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Fibulin-2 is involved in early extracellular matrix development of the outgrowing mouse mammary epithelium
Cell–matrix interactions control outgrowth of mammary epithelium during puberty and pregnancy. We demonstrate here that the glycoprotein fibulin-2 (FBLN2) is strongly associated with pubertal and early pregnan...
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Open AccessRandomised phase II study comparing dose-escalated weekly paclitaxel vs standard-dose weekly paclitaxel for patients with previously treated advanced gastric cancer
This randomised phase II trial compared dose-escalated weekly paclitaxel (wPTX) vs standard-dose wPTX for patients with previously treated advanced gastric cancer (AGC).
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Abel inversion for deriving refractivity profile from down-looking GPS radio occultation: simulation analysis
Down-looking (DL) Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation can produce an estimate of the atmospheric refractivity profile. The main observations are the bending angle as a function of the impact para...
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Changes of Concentrations, Shipment Amounts and Ecological Risk of Pesticides in River Water Flowing into Lake Biwa
A survey of various pesticide contaminations was performed for water in Yanamune River flowing into Lake Biwa from 1988 to 2009. Ten pesticides (diazinon and fenitrothion as insecticides, iprobenfos and isopro...
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Seasonal Changes of PFOS and PFOA Concentrations in Lake Biwa Water
A survey on seasonal concentration changes of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was performed for surface water in Lake Biwa (14 sites) from February to November in 2009. The c...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of gravity waves observed with intensive radiosonde campaign during November–December 2005 over western Sumatera
Characteristics of gravity waves are studied using radiosonde campaign conducted during November–December 2005 at Koto Tabang (KT, 0.2°S, 100.32°E). Intensive sounding with hourly launches was also conducted o...
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Pesticides in Water and Sediment from Littoral Area of Lake Biwa
A survey of 29 pesticides was performed for water and sediment from two littoral areas of Lake Biwa in 2007. Two insecticides, 5 fungicides and 13 herbicides in the water and an insecticide, 4 fungicides and 7...
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Pesticides in Water, Fish and Shellfish from Littoral Area of Lake Biwa
A survey of 29 pesticides were performed for water, fish and shellfish from two littoral areas of Lake Biwa and Yanamune River in 2007. Three insecticides, 5 fungicides and 13 herbicides were detected in the w...
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Open AccessRadar observations of the diurnal tide in the tropical mesosphere-lower thermosphere region: Longitudinal variabilities
Significant attention is being paid in recent times by several observational and modeling studies to quantify the spatial and temporal variabilities of diurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (ML...
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Recent Advances in the Study of Stratospheric Wave Activity Using COSMIC and CHAMP GPS-RO
Gravity (buoyancy) waves are mainly generated in the lower atmosphere and propagate upwards, transporting energy and momentum. They must be characterized and parameterized in models because their cumulative ef...
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Limit of Spatial Resolution in FDG-PET due to Annihilation Photon Non-Collinearity
We provide a new viewpoint for a fundamental but little investigated problem in positron emission tomography (PET): non-collinearity of annihilation radiation from the human body. The cause of the angular devi...
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Genetic characterization of Batai virus indicates a genomic reassortment between orthobunyaviruses in nature
Two viruses were isolated from bovine blood in the southernmost part of Japan in 1994 and 2001, respectively. Genetic analyses showed that the viruses were Batai virus of the genus Orthobunyavirus of the family B...
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Open AccessEISCAT observational results during the DELTA campaign
This paper aims at describing the ionospheric conditions during the DELTA (Dynamics and Energetics of the Lower Thermosphere in Aurora) campaign period based on EISCAT radar observations conducted at Tromsø (6...
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Open AccessA global distribution of sporadic E events revealed by means of CHAMP-GPS occultations
With the advent of the GPS/MET mission, the atmospheric sciences were given a new tool to enhance studies related to global and seasonal variations of different atmospheric parameters. In particular, it has pr...
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The resurgence of Shamonda virus, an African Simbu group virus of the genus Orthobunyavirus, in Japan
Six virus isolations were made from Culicoides biting midges and blood samples of sentinel cattle in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, the southern part of Japan, in 2002. Serological and genetical tests identi...
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The emergence in Japan of Sathuperi virus, a tropical Simbu serogroup virus of the genus Orthobunyavirus
In 1999, two viruses were isolated from blood samples of sentinel cattle in the Western part of Japan. The physiochemical and morphological properties of these viruses indicated that they belonged to the family B...
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Atmospheric density and pressure inferred from the meteor diffusion coefficient and airglow O2b temperature in the MLT region
Atmospheric density and pressure in the upper mesosphere-lower thermosphere (MLT) region, around 90 km, are inferred from the meteor trail ambipolar diffusion coefficients, D, and simultaneously observed airglow ...
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Refractivity Profiles Obtained by Abel Inversion from a Down Looking GPS Radio Occultation Experiment at Mt. Fuji: Preliminary Results and Future Plan
Down looking (DL) GPS radio occultation can produce an estimate of the atmospheric refractivity profile. The main observations are the bending angle as a function of the impact parameter. DL provides both nega...
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Utility of Occultations for Atmospheric Wave Activity Studies: Results of GPS/MET Data Analysis and Future Plan
This paper aims at demonstrating usefulness of the GPS occultation technique for determining the detailed thermal structure near the tropopause, global distribution of atmospheric gravity wave energy and elect...
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Stratospheric Gravity Wave Fluctuations and Sporadic E at Mid-latitudes with Focus on Possible Effects of the Andes
Longitudinal dependences of stratospheric GW (gravity wave) fluctuations and lower ionospheric irregularities (sporadic E) at mid latitudes are studied by means of radio occultation data of the GPS/MET satelli...
