Hiroshi Noguchi

Dynamics of Fluid Vesicles in Flow through Structured Microchannels (2008)

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Gompper, Gerhard, Schmid, Lothar, Wixforth, Achim, Franke, Thomas

The dynamics of fluid vesicles is studied under flow in microchannels, in which the width varies periodically along the channel. Three types of flow instabilities of prolate vesicles are found. For...

Multiple Persons Tracking with Data Fusion of Multiple Cameras and Floor Sensors Using Particle Filters (2008)

Mori, Taketoshi, Matsumoto, Takashi, Shimosaka, Masamichi, Noguchi, Hiroshi, Sato, Tomomasa

Successful multi-target tracking requires locating the targets and labeling their identities. For the multi-target tracking systems, the latter becomes more challenging when the targets frequently...

Multiple Persons Tracking with Data Fusion of Multiple Cameras and Floor Sensors Using Particle Filters (2008)

Mori, Taketoshi, Matsumoto, Takashi, Shimosaka, Masamichi, Noguchi, Hiroshi, Sato, Tomomasa

Successful multi-target tracking requires locating the targets and labeling their identities. For the multi-target tracking systems, the latter becomes more challenging when the targets frequently...

Transport coefficients of off-lattice mesoscale-hydrodynamics simulation techniques (2008)

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Gompper, Gerhard

The viscosity and self-diffusion constant of particle-based mesoscale hydrodynamic methods, multi-particle collision dynamics (MPC) and dissipative particle dynamics (DPD), are investigated, both...

Effects of Internal Hydrogen on Fatigue Strength of Commercially Pure Titanium (2007)

Nishikawa, Hideaki, Oda, Yasuji, Noguchi, Hiroshi, 尾田, 安司, 野口, 博司, オダ, ヤスジ, ...

Commercially pure titanium usually contains a few tens of ppm hydrogen. In order to investigate the effect of such internal hydrogen on the fatigue characteristics, rotating bending fatigue tests...

Relevance of angular momentum conservation in mesoscale hydrodynamics simulations (2007)

Goetze, Ingo O., Noguchi, Hiroshi, Gompper, Gerhard

The angular momentum is conserved in fluids with a few exceptions such as ferrofluids. However it can be violated locally in fluid simulations to reduce computational costs. The effects of this...

Fatigue Characteristics of Vulcanized Natural Rubber for Automotive Engine Mounting (Characteristics of Composition and Mechanical Properties) (2007)

Oshima, Hideki, Aono, Yuuta, Noguchi, Hiroshi, Shibata, Shunsaku, 青野, 雄太, 野口, 博司, ...

In order to investigate fatigue characteristics of vulcanized natural rubber (NR), fatigue tests were carried out under various R and variable loadings. In this paper, an indicator for the material...

Transport coefficients of dissipative particle dynamics with finite time step (2007)

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Gompper, Gerhard

The viscosity and self-diffusion constant of a mesoscale hydrodynamic method, dissipative particle dynamics (DPD), are investigated. The viscosity of DPD with finite time step, including the...

Hybrid layer seals the cementum/4-META/MMA-TBB resin interface (2007)

Tanaka, Saori, Sugaya, Tsutomu, Kawanami, Masamitsu, Nodasaka, Yoshinobu, Yamamoto, Toshiki, Noguchi, Hiroshi, ...

Although 4-META/MMA-TBB resin has adhesive properties to dentin, and has been clinically used for the bonding treatment of vertically fractured roots and apicoectomy, there has not been any...

Hybrid layer seals the cementum/4-META/MMA-TBB resin interface. (2007)

Tanaka, Saori, Sugaya, Tsutomu, Kawanami, Masamitsu, Nodasaka, Yoshinobu, Yamamoto, Toshiki, Noguchi, Hiroshi, ...

Although 4-META/MMA-TBB resin has adhesive properties to dentin, and has been clinically used for the bonding treatment of vertically fractured roots and apicoectomy, there has not been any...

Swinging and Tumbling of Fluid Vesicles in Shear Flow (2006)

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Gompper, Gerhard

The dynamics of fluid vesicles in simple shear flow is studied using mesoscale simulations of dynamically-triangulated surfaces, as well as a theoretical approach based on two variables, a shape...

Particle-Based Mesoscale Hydrodynamic Techniques (2006)

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Kikuchi, Norio, Gompper, Gerhard

Dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) and multi-particle collision (MPC) dynamics are powerful tools to study mesoscale hydrodynamic phenomena accompanied by thermal fluctuations. To understand the...

Fluid Vesicles with Viscous Membranes in Shear Flow (2004)

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Gompper, Gerhard

The effect of membrane viscosity on the dynamics of vesicles in shear flow is studied. We present a new simulation technique, which combines three-dimensional multi-particle collision dynamics for...

Polyhedral vesicles (2002)

Noguchi, Hiroshi

Polyhedral vesicles with a large bending modulus of the membrane such as the gel phase lipid membrane were studied using a Brownian dynamics simulation. The vesicles exhibit various polyhedral...

Resistance to a mating disruptant composed of (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate in the smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai (Yasuda) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (2002)

Fumiaki Mochizuki, Takehiko Fukumoto, Hiroshi Noguchi, Hajime Sugie, Teruichi Morimoto, Kazuya Ohtani

At tea fields in Shimada in Shizuoka Prefecture, a mating disruptant composed of (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate (trade name: Hamaki-con) had been used for controlling Adoxophyes honmai (Yasuda) annually...

Further Studies on Mating Disruptants for the Summerfruit Tortrix Moth, Adoxophyes orana fasciata (2001)

Kazuhiro Okazaki, Akihiro Arakawa, Hiroshi Noguchi, Fumiaki Mochizuki

Mating disruption by two disruptants was compared Adoxophyes orana fasciata by field tests. A binary mixture of (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate (Z11-14:Ac) and (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate (Z9-14:Ac)...

Antibacterial Activity of Apalcillin (PC-904) Against Gram-Negative Bacilli, Especially Ampicillin-, Carbenicillin-, and Gentamicin-Resistant Clinical Isolates

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Kubo, Masako, Kurashige, Satonori, Mitsuhashi, Susumu

Apalcillin (PC-904) is active against carbenicillin- and ampicillin-resistant strains of gram-negative bacilli. Among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains highly resistant to carbenicillin (≥3,200...

New Antipseudomonal Penicillin, PC-904: Affinity to Penicillin-Binding Proteins and Inhibition of the Enzyme Cross-Linking Peptidoglycan

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Matsuhashi, Michio, Takaoka, Masayoshi, Mitsuhashi, Susumu

The mechanism of action of a new antipseudomonal penicillin, PC-904, was studied with respect to its binding affinities to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and its inhibitory activities on...

Adhesion of nanoparticles to vesicles: a Brownian dynamics simulation.

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Takasu, Masako

We studied the interaction of bilayer vesicles and adhesive nanoparticles using a Brownian dynamics simulation. The nanoparticles are simple models of proteins or colloids. The adhering nanoparticle...

Shape transitions of fluid vesicles and red blood cells in capillary flows

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Gompper, Gerhard

The dynamics of fluid vesicles and red blood cells (RBCs) in cylindrical capillary flow is studied by using a three-dimensional mesoscopic simulation approach. As flow velocity increases, a model RBC...

Antibacterial Activity of Apalcillin (PC-904) Against Gram-Negative Bacilli, Especially Ampicillin-, Carbenicillin-, and Gentamicin-Resistant Clinical Isolates

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Kubo, Masako, Kurashige, Satonori, Mitsuhashi, Susumu

Apalcillin (PC-904) is active against carbenicillin- and ampicillin-resistant strains of gram-negative bacilli. Among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains highly resistant to carbenicillin (≥3,200...

New Antipseudomonal Penicillin, PC-904: Affinity to Penicillin-Binding Proteins and Inhibition of the Enzyme Cross-Linking Peptidoglycan

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Matsuhashi, Michio, Takaoka, Masayoshi, Mitsuhashi, Susumu

The mechanism of action of a new antipseudomonal penicillin, PC-904, was studied with respect to its binding affinities to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and its inhibitory activities on...

Shape transitions of fluid vesicles and red blood cells in capillary flows

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Gompper, Gerhard

The dynamics of fluid vesicles and red blood cells (RBCs) in cylindrical capillary flow is studied by using a three-dimensional mesoscopic simulation approach. As flow velocity increases, a model RBC...

Adhesion of nanoparticles to vesicles: a Brownian dynamics simulation.

Noguchi, Hiroshi, Takasu, Masako

We studied the interaction of bilayer vesicles and adhesive nanoparticles using a Brownian dynamics simulation. The nanoparticles are simple models of proteins or colloids. The adhering nanoparticle...

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a novel plant type III polyketide synthase that produces pentaketide chromone

Morita, Hiroyuki, Kondo, Shin, Abe, Tsuyoshi, Noguchi, Hiroshi, Sugio, Shigetoshi, Abe, Ikuro, ...

Pentaketide chromone synthase from A. arborescens has been overexpressed in E. coli, purified and crystallized. Diffraction data have been collected to 1.6 Å.