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Chapter and Conference Paper
Ultimate Strength of Steel Pile Top Filled with Concrete Using Reduced Scale Model Test Considering Effects of Inner Ribs and Concrete-Pile Bonds
In the latest version of Japanese design standards for foundations, the contribution of inner ribs on the ultimate strength is calculated by substituting them with the equivalent concrete bonding effect. Howev...
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Open AccessThe ability to produce a timely explosive force may affect loading rate at landing
Sports injuries are strongly associated with the impact loading at landing. The abilities to produce force and adjust timing are simultaneously required to absorb impact loading.
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One-Neutron Removal Cross Sections for \(^{16}\) N Isomeric State
It is well known that the enhancement of halo neutron removal cross sections in neutron halo nuclei. This is one of the evidence for the neutron halo structure. Because the valence neutron of the isomeric stat...
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Factors Associated with Increased Caregiver Burden of Informal Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan
This study’s objective was to explore the association between various factors and the increased caregiver burden of informal caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. On February, 2021, 700 informal caregivers ...
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Development of a small Beta-NMR system using Halbach Array permanent magnet
We have developed a new and compact β-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system using beta-radioactive nuclei. By using a Halbach array permanent magnet to create a static magnetic field, and a scintillating fib...
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Application of spin polarized 19O beam to the study of oxygen motion in solid oxide fuel cell materials
The spin-lattice relaxation times T1 of an unstable nucleus 19O (T1/2 = 26.9 s, I = 5/2) implanted into Y2O3 stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ), which is a solid oxide fuel cell material, were measured at T = 278 − 333 K by m...
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The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity and New Incidence of Frailty among Initially Non-Frail Older Adults in Japan: A Follow-Up Online Survey
The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity (PA) and the incidence of frailty among initially non-frail older adults in Japan.
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Circular dichroism and resonance Raman spectroscopies of bacteriochlorophyll b-containing LH1-RC complexes
The core light-harvesting complexes (LH1) in bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) b-containing purple phototrophic bacteria are characterized by a near-infrared absorption maximum around 1010 nm. The determinative cause fo...
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Thermoelectric Properties of \({\hbox {La}}_{1-x}{\hbox {Sr}}_x{\hbox {ZnAsO}}\)
Polycrystalline \({\hbox {La}}_{1-x}{\hbox {Sr}}_x{\hbox {ZnAsO}}\) ...
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Effect of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey
The objective of this study was to investigate changes in physical activity (PA) between January (before the COVID-19 epidemic) and April (during the COVID-19 epidemic) 2020 in community-dwelling older adults ...
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Recovery of Physical Activity among Older Japanese Adults Since the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Phase Angle is a Useful indicator for Muscle Function in Older Adults
Phase angle (PhA) can be determined through bioelectrical impedance analysis and is a unique variable for skeletal muscle. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between PhA and muscle ma...
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Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations Are Associated with Muscle Function in Older Japanese Women
Although several previous studies have found benefits for amino acid supplementation in terms of muscle function, the role of plasma amino acid concentrations on sarcopenia are not well addressed yet.
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Measurement of psychological state changes at low dopamine transporter occupancy following a clinical dose of mazindol
The beneficial effects of psychostimulant drugs in the treatment of psychiatric disorders occur because they increase the extracellular dopamine concentration by inhibiting re-uptake of extracellular dopamine ...
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Open AccessNanodiamond Finding in the Hyblean Shallow Mantle Xenoliths
Most of Earth’s diamonds are connected with deep-seated mantle rocks; however, in recent years, μm-sized diamonds have been found in shallower metamorphic rocks and the process of shallow-seated diamond format...
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Composition Dependences of Entropy Change and Transformation Temperatures in Ni-rich Ti–Ni System
For Ni-rich Ti–Ni alloys, physical properties such as specific heat and electric resistance were systematically investigated. The B2/B19′ martensitic transformation temperatures ranging from 180 to 373 K were ...
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Association of adulthood weight gain with circulating adipokine and insulin resistance in the Japanese population
Although adipokines and insulin resistance are known to be correlated with body fatness, it is unclear whether they are independently related to weight gain experience. We examined the associations of serum ad...
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Open AccessTapering and withdrawal of tocilizumab in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in inactive disease: results from an alternative dosing regimen in the TENDER study
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Open AccessThe Noether-Lefschetz problem and gauge-group-resolved landscapes: F-theory on K3 × K3 as a test case
Four-form flux in F-theory compactifications not only stabilizes moduli, but gives rise to ensembles of string vacua, providing a scientific basis for a stringy notion of naturalness. Of particular interest in...
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Open AccessPReS-FINAL-2139: Tapering and withdrawal of tocilizumab in patients with systemic JIA in inactive disease: results from an alternative dosing regimen in the tender study
