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Observations of Damage to Uto City Hall Suffered in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
The main building of Uto City Hall was constructed in 1965 and severely damaged in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. In the present article, the damage observed is described and discussed. First, observations of d...
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Visualization of angiographical arteriovenous shunting in perisylvian glioblastomas
Arteriovenous shunting visualized by angiography is one of the major features of glioblastomas, and the visualization is dependent on the presence of extensive shunting. Extensive arteriovenous shunting is ass...
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Implementation of OpenMP and MPI hybrid parallelization to Monte Carlo dose simulation for particle therapy
We report a successful implementation of the sharedmemory parallelization using OpenMP to the dose calculation by the Monte Carlo particle and heavy-ion transport code PHITS. The OpenMP shared-memory paralleli...
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Diffusion suppression in gel dosimetry by addition of nanoclay
This paper reports diffusion suppression in gel dosimetery by using nanocomposite gel. A Fricke xylenol gel (FXG) and a dichromate gel (DCG) were selected for adding a small amount of nanoclay (Laponite XLG). ...
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Spin Dynamics in ZnO-Based Materials
In this work, we address the issue of spin relaxation and its relevance to spin detection in ZnO-based materials, by spin-polarized, time-resolved magneto-optical spectroscopy. We have found that spin relaxati...
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Efficient gene transduction of neurons by lentivirus with enhanced neuron-specific promoters
In the field of basic and clinical neurosciences, it is important to develop a method for easy delivery and persistent expression of transgene in central neurons. We firstly generated lentiviral vectors with f...
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Fatigue behavior of AZ31 magnesium alloy produced by solid-state recycling
Mechanical properties of AZ31 Mg alloy produced from machined chips by the solid-state recycle method were compared to those of the reference alloy which was produced from an as-received AZ31 Mg alloy block un...
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p21CDKN1A allows the repair of replication-mediated DNA double-strand breaks induced by topoisomerase I and is inactivated by the checkpoint kinase inhibitor 7-hydroxystaurosporine
This study provides evidence for the importance of p21CDKN1A for the repair of replication-mediated DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) induced by topoisomerase I. We report that defects of p21CDKN1A and p53 enhance ...
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Plastic deformation in a multifunctional Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr-O alloy
Mechanisms for plastic deformation in the newly developed Ti-24 at. pct (Ta + Nb + V)-(Zr,Hf)-O alloys (Gum Metal) were investigated in relation to their unique properties. Transmission electron microscopy rev...
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Phase-stability dependence of plastic deformation behavior in Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr-O alloys
The authors investigated the effects of alloy content on mechanical properties to make clear a correlation between plastic deformation behavior and β-phase stability in Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr-O alloys. It was realized th...
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Electrolytic decomposition of amaranth dyestuff using diamond electrodes
The electrolytic decomposition of an amaranth dyestuff solution using several combinations of electrodes with diamond and platinum is reported. It is observed that a portion of the amaranth is decomposed on th...
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy reflects cellular proliferative activity in astrocytomas
We examined whether proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) could provide accurate information on histological grade and cell proliferation in astrocytomas. We studied 23 patients with astrocytomas: five...
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Cerebral Gangliogliomas: Clinical Characteristics, CT and MRI
Eight patients with ganglioglioma who received surgical treatment at our institute between January 1989 and January 1997 were reviewed to determine their clinical, CT and MRI characteristics. Tumours were loc...
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Formation of Inclusion Complex of Cyclodextrin in Organic Solvents and Alcohols under Anhydrous Conditions
To prepare a complex between cyclodextrin and a drug, many techniques have been developed such as kneading, grinding, spray drying, roll mixing, and coprecipitation from various solvents. The most popular meth...
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Release Characteristics of Hydrophobic Flavor Encapsulated in Cyclodextrins
The incorporation of hydrophobic flavors into powders is of great importance in the food and flavouring industries. Several techniques have been applied for encapsulation of hydrophobic flavors. Encapsulants m...
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Neural networks for control in an artificial brain of a recognition and tracking system
This paper presents a new information-processing machine which is called the artificial brain (ABrain). It also considers the structure of artificial neural networks constructed in a Ricoh neurocomputer RN-200...
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Oxidation stability of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid included in cyclodextrins
We have proposed a novel method for complexing of the ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), such as eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids, with cyclodextrin as dry powders by a twin-screw kneader. The e...
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Oxidation Stability of Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acid Included in Cyclodextrins
We have proposed a novel method for complexing of the ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), such as eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids, with cyclodextrin as dry powders by a twin-screw kneader. The e...
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A Short-Cut Method for Estimating l-Menthol Retention Included in Cyclodextrin During Drying a Single Drop
Good taste and flavor of the spray-dried powder products are the most important quality factors. In the present study, molecular encapsulation in cyclodextrin has been applied to prevent the loss of hydrophobi...
