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IL-25, a member of the IL-17 family of cytokines, is known to enhance type 2 immune responses, but suppress type 3 (IL-17A)-mediated immune responses. Mice deficient in IL-1 receptor antagonist (Il1rn−/− mice) ha...
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Up-grading of natural ilmenite ore by combining oxidation and acid leaching
Rutile (TiO2) is heavily used in pigments and colorants, and the most abundant source of rutile is ilmenite. Upon oxidation of ilmenite, rutile can be formed with modest energy consumption; furthermore, after lea...
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To investigate the clinical characteristics of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) occurring during a sporting activity.
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Nipro extra-corporeal left ventricular assist device fitting after left ventricular reconstruction with mitral valve plasty
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First Precision Spectroscopy of Pionic Atoms at RI Beam Factory
We conducted an inclusive missing-mass spectroscopy of 122Sn (d, 3He) reaction near the π¯ emission threshold at an incident energy of T d = 250 MeV/nucleon. Th...
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Spectroscopy of η′ Mesic Nuclei with (p, d) Reaction
We are going to perform an inclusive spectroscopy experiment of η′ mesic nuclei with the 12C(p,d) reaction to study in-medium properties of the η′ meson. In nuclear medium, the η′ meson mass may be reduced due to...
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Imbalance of CPU temperatures in a blade system and its impact for power consumption of fans
We are now develo** a new metric of data center power efficiency to fairly evaluate the contribution of each improvement for power efficiency. In order to develop it, we built a testbed of a data center and ...
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Measurement of Pionic 121Sn atoms at the RI beam factory
We have measured the energy spectrum of pionic 121Sn atoms by missing-mass spectroscopy of the 122Sn(d, 3He) reaction near the π − emission threshold. The measurement serves as a pilot experiment...
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Measurement of Pionic 121Sn atoms at the RI beam factory
We have measured the energy spectrum of pionic 121Sn atoms by missing-mass spectroscopy of the 122Sn(d, 3He) reaction near the π − emission threshold. The measurement serves as a pilot experiment for...
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The incoherent transport model based on electron-phonon interaction was introduced for calculating the current-voltage characteristics of the nanowire conductor. The current-voltage characteristics of silicon ...
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IL-17 Contributes to the Development of Chronic Rejection in a Murine Heart Transplant Model
Although interleukin-17 (IL-17) has been reported to participate in the pathogenesis of infectious, autoimmune and allergic disorders, the precise role in allograft rejection remains uncertain. This study illu...
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Eliminating Datacenter Idle Power with Dynamic and Intelligent VM Relocation
We are develo** an advanced IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) datacenter management system that dynamically minimizes running physical servers depending on resource utilization. The management system period...
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Pionic atom factory project in the RIBF
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Toward Virtual Machine Packing Optimization Based on Genetic Algorithm
To enable efficient resource provisioning in HaaS (Hardware as a Service) cloud systems, virtual machine packing, which migrate virtual machines to minimize running real node, is essential. The virtual machine...
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PetaFLOPS Computing and Computational Nanotechnology on Industrial Issues
TA prospect of new development by PetaFLOPS computing is discussed for the industrial research and application in the field of materials sciences based on the TeraFLOPS computing in the Earth Simulator. Two ex...
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Feasibility study of the new rutile extraction process from natural ilmenite ore based on the oxidation reaction
Phase relations in the Fe2O3-FeTiO3-TiO2 system were investigated by equilibrating synthetic samples in evacuated sealed quartz tubes at a temperature of 1373 K. The equilibrium partial pressure of oxygen was mea...
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World’s First CO2 Air Conditioning System
Denso introduces the world’s first CO2 car air conditioning system for Toyota’s fuel cell hybrid vehicle (FCHV-4).
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In order to study the cytoprotective function of colonic heat shock proteins (HSPs) in vivo, the effect of specific preinduction of HSP60 by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) administration on the development o...
