Hiroshi Sasaki

Risk factors for lower limb lymphedema after lymph node dissection in patients with ovarian and uterine carcinoma (2009)

Tada, Harue, Teramukai, Satoshi, Fukushima, Masanori, Sasaki, Hiroshi

Abstract Background Lymph node dissection has proven prognostic benefits for patients with ovarian or uterine carcinoma; however, one of the complications associated with this procedure is...

HAND-MENU SYSTEM: A DEVICELESS VIRTUAL INPUT INTERFACE FOR WEARABLE COMPUTERS (2008)

Hiroshi Sasaki, Tomohiro Kuroda, Peter Antoniac, Yoshitsugu Manabe, Kunihiro Chihara

Abstract: Although research on wearable computing is in fashion, few researches pay attentions on interface of wearable computers. This paper presents “Hand-Menu ” System”, an innovative input...

Neural Correlates of True Memory, False Memory, and Deception (2008)

Abe, Nobuhito, Okuda, Jiro, Suzuki, Maki, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Matsuda, Tetsuya, Mori, Etsuro, ...

We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to determine whether neural activity can differentiate between true memory, false memory, and deception. Subjects heard a series of semantically...

HandSmart Mediaphone, Advanced Interface for Mobile Services (2007)

Peter Antoniac, Petri Pulli J, Tomohiro Kuroda, Dan Bendas, Seamus Hickey, Hiroshi Sasaki

Evolutions in technology have provided a variety of new opportunities for exploring and discovering virtual 3D worlds. Head-mounted displays (HMD) and data gloves enable us to interact and immerse...

Numerical Study on Electromagnetisms and Material Characteristics of Magnetic Flux Shield for Eddy-Current Type Proximity Sensor (2007)

KOIBUCHI, Koichi, SAWA, Koichiro, HONMA, Takashi, HAYASHI, Takumi, UEDA, Kuniyoshi, SASAKI, Hiroshi

Eddy-current type proximity sensor is a non-contact type sensing device to detect the approach of a conductor by increase of coil resistance due to eddy-current loss. This paper proposes to add the...

On the ocular refractive components: the Reykjavik Eye Study (2007)

Olsen, Thomas, Arnarsson, Arsaell, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Sasaki, Kazuyuki, Jonasson, Fridbert

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Interaction between cytochrome P450 gene polymorphisms and serum organochlorine TEQ levels in the risk of endometriosis (2007)

Tsuchiya, Masaki, Tsukino, Hiromasa, Iwasaki, Motoki, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Tadao, Katoh, Takahiko, ...

Exposure to dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been suggested as a possible etiologic factor for endometriosis, but the association remains highly controversial. To assess whether...

Induction of apoptosis during the early phase of reperfusion after rat liver ischemia (2007)

Sasaki, Hiroshi, Matsuno, Tsuyoshi, Nakagawa, Kazuhiko, Tanaka, Noriaki

This study was designed to investigate the induction of apoptosis during the reperfusion phase following warm liver ischemia in vivo. We evaluated apoptotic bodies (ABs) in sections stained with...

Molecular analysis of coordinated bladder and urogenital organ formation by Hedgehog signaling (2007)

Haraguchi, Ryuma, Motoyama, Jun, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Satoh, Yoshihiko, Miyagawa, Shinichi, Nakagata, Naomi, ...

The urogenital and reproductive organs, including the external genitalia, bladder and urethra, develop as anatomically aligned organs. Descriptive and experimental embryology suggest that the cloaca,...

Prevalence and risk factors for cornea guttata in the Reykjavik Eye Study (2006)

Zoega, Gunnar M, Fujisawa, Aya, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Kubota, Akiko, Sasaki, Kazuyuki, Kitagawa, Kazuko, ...

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IHI's Experience of Technical Transfer & Some Considerations on Further Productivity Improvement in U.S. Shipyards (The National Shipbuilding Research Program) (2006)

Sasaki, Hiroshi

Ishikawaiima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (IHI), a leading shipbuilder in Japan, has uniguely exported shipbuilding technology throughout the world for three decades. The North American efforts,...

DNA methylation regulates long-range gene silencing of an X-linked homeobox gene cluster in a lineage-specific manner (2006)

Oda, Masaaki, Yamagiwa, Akiko, Yamamoto, Shinji, Nakayama, Takao, Tsumura, Akiko, Sasaki, Hiroshi, ...

DNA methylation is a major epigenetic mechanism that has been suggested to control developmental gene regulation during embryogenesis, but its regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. In this report, we...

5-year incidence of age-related maculopathy in the Reykjavik Eye Study (2005)

Jonasson, Fridbert, Arnarsson, Arsaell, Peto, Tunde, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Sasaki, Kazuyuki, Bird, Alan C

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Involvement of IP3 receptors in LTP and LTD induction in guinea pig hippocampal CA1 neurons (2005)

Taufiq, Ahmed Mostafa, Fujii, Satoshi, Yamazaki, Yoshihiko, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Kaneko, Kenya, Li, Jianmin, ...

The role of inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) in long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) was studied in CA1 neurons in guinea pig hippocampal slices. In standard...

Anti-CD3 induces bi-phasic apoptosis in murine intestinal epithelial cells: possible involvement of the Fas/Fas ligand system in different T cell compartments (2005)

Miura, Naoko, Yamamoto, Masahiro, Fukutake, Masato, Ohtake, Nobuhiro, Iizuka, Seiichi, Ishige, Atsushi, ...

Recent studies have suggested that Fas-mediated apoptosis is involved in the pathogenesis of intestinal injury. In this study, we determined the role of Fas/Fas ligand (FasL) interactions in...

Characteristic Analysis and Enhancement of Sensing Property for Eddy-Current Type Proximity Sensor (2005)

KOIBUCHI, Koichi, SAWA, Koichiro, HONMA, Takashi, HAYASHI, Takumi, UEDA, Kuniyoshi, SASAKI, Hiroshi

An eddy-current type proximity sensor is a non-contact type sensing device to detect the approach of a conductor by increase of equivalent AC resistance of excitation coil due to eddy current loss in...

Anti-CD3 induces bi-phasic apoptosis in murine intestinal epithelial cells: possible involvement of the Fas/Fas ligand system in different T cell compartments (2005)

Miura, Naoko, Yamamoto, Masahiro, Fukutake, Masato, Ohtake, Nobuhiro, Iizuka, Seiichi, Ishige, Atsushi, ...

Recent studies have suggested that Fas-mediated apoptosis is involved in the pathogenesis of intestinal injury. In this study, we determined the role of Fas/Fas ligand (FasL) interactions in...

Involvement of IP3 receptors in LTP and LTD induction in guinea pig hippocampal CA1 neurons (2005)

Taufiq, Ahmed Mostafa, Fujii, Satoshi, Yamazaki, Yoshihiko, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Kaneko, Kenya, Li, Jianmin, ...

The role of inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) in long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) was studied in CA1 neurons in guinea pig hippocampal slices. In standard...

Localization of cortical cataract in subjects of diverse races and latitude (2003)

Sasaki, Hiroshi, Kawakami, Yutaka, Ono, Masaji, Jonasson, Fridbert, Shui, Ying Bo, Cheng, Hong-Ming, ...

PURPOSE. To compare the characteristics of early cortical cataract localization in three groups in cataract epidemiologic surveys performed in Reykjavík, Melbourne, and Singapore. METHODS....

The prevalence of age-related maculopathy in iceland: Reykjavik eye study (2003)

Jonasson, Fridbert, Arnarsson, Arsaell, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Peto, Tunde, Sasaki, Kazuyuki, Bird, Alan C

OBJECTIVE: To examine the age- and sex-specific prevalence of age-related maculopathy (ARM) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in citizens of Reykjavik, Iceland, who were 50 years and older....

Increased disk size in glaucomatous eyes vs normal eyes in the Reykjavik eye study (2003)

Wang, Lan, Damji, Karim F, Munger, Rejean, Jonasson, Fridbert, Arnarsson, Arsaell, Sasaki, Hiroshi, ...

PURPOSE: To evaluate the use of disk diameter as an indicator in the identification of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. METHODS: We evaluated all available stereofundus photographs for 1,040 right eyes...

Risk factors for nuclear lens opacification: the Reykjavik Eye Study. (2002)

Arnarsson, Arsaell, Jonasson, Fridbert, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Ono, Masaji, Jonsson, Vesteinn, Kojima, Masami, ...

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Effects of the mono- and tetrasialogangliosides GM1 and GQ1b on ATP-induced long-term potentiation in hippocampal CA1 neurons (2002)

Fujii, Satoshi, Igarashi, Kotaro, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Furuse, Hidekazu, Ito, Ken-ichi, Kaneko, Kenya, ...

The effects of the mono- and tetrasialogangliosides, GM1 and GQ1b, on ATP-induced long-term potentiation (LTP) were studied in CA1 neurons of guinea pig hippocampal slices. Application of 5 or 10 µM...

Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Studies of a 40 kDa Calcium Binding Protein Specifically Expressed in Plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum (1999)

Iwasaki, Wakana, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Nakamura, Akio, Kohama, Kazuhiro, Tanokura, Masaru

A calcium binding protein with a molecular mass of 40 kDa (CBP40), the gene product of plasmodial-specific LAV1-2 of Physarum polycephalum, was crystallized in the presence of EDTA. The crystals...

Measurement of Plasma Parameters in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactor (1998)

Sasaki, Hiroshi, Nanbu, Kenichi, Takahashi, Masayoshi

The objective is to deepen the understanding of basic plasma properties in a high-density inductively coupled plasma(ICP) reactor. The experiment using a Langmuir probe, which is made of tungsten...

Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Studies of a Rice Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor, Oryzacystatin-I (1998)

Kudo, Norio, Nishiyama, Makoto, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Abe, Keiko, Arai, Soichi, Tanokura, Masaru

Oryzacystatin-I from rice seeds was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and crystallized by the sitting-drop vapor diffusion method. Crystals obtained with 2-methyl-2, 4-pentanediol as a...

Management of Ovarian Dermoid Cysts by Laparoscopy Compared With Laparotomy (1996)

Pang Liyi, Hiroshi Sasaki, Liu Chang Qing, Minoru Akiyama, Akihiko Watanabe, Shigeki Niimi, ...

Thirty patients with ovarian dermoid cysts removed by laparoscopic surgery were compared with 42 patients with ovarian dermoid cysts removed by laparotomy, with respect to the selection criteria,...

Possible involvement of ethylene-activated {beta}-cyanoalanine synthase in the regulation of cocklebur seed germination (1995)

Hasegawa, Ryo, Maruyama, Akiko, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Tada, Tomoko, Esashi, Yohji

A possible involvement of β-cyanoalanine synthase (CAS: EC 4.4.1.9) in germination processes of seeds was demonstrated using pre-soaked upper seeds of cocklebur (Xanthium pennsylvanicum Wallr.)....

A New Crystal Form of Proteinase A, a Non-Pepsin-Type Acid Proteinase from Aspergillus niger var. macrosporus (1993)

Tanokura, Masaru, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Muramatsu, Tomonari, Iwata, So, Hamaya, Toru, Takizawa, Toshio, ...

Proteinase A from Aspergillus niger var. macrosporus is a non-pepsin-type acid proteinase, whose catalytic residues and mechanism remain to be elucidated. A new form of proteinase A crystals more...

Specific DNA binding of the two chicken Deformed family homeodomain proteins, Chox-1.4 and Chox-a (1990)

Sasaki, Hiroshi, Yokoyama, Emiko, Kuroiwa, Atsushi

The cDNA clones encoding two chicken Deformed (Dfd) family homeobox containing genes Chox-1.4 and Chox-a were isolated. Comparison of their amino acid sequences with another chicken Dfd family...

A Cell Wall Proteo-Heteroglycan from Piricularia oryzae: Further Studies of the Structure (1977)

NAKAJIMA, Tasuku, SASAKI, Hiroshi, SATO, Michikatsu, TAMARI, Kinjiro, MATSUDA, Kazuo

The carbohydrate part of a proteo-heteroglycan from Piricularia oryzae was further studied by chemical and immunological methods. Acetolysis studies of the proteo-heteroglycan and exo-α-D-mannanase...

EFFECTS OF CULTURE CONDITIONS ON HYDROGENASE ACTIVITY OF SCENEDESMUS D3 (1966)

SASAKI, HIROSHI

The effects of culture conditions and of culture ages upon hydrogenase activity in Scenedesmus D3 was investigated with nitrite and benzoquinone as acceptors. It was noticed that level of iron in the...

HYDROGENASE ACTIVITY IN SCENEDESMUS D3 CULTURED IN A MEDIUM CONTAINING CARROT EXTRACT (1963)

CHIBA, YASUTANE, SASAKI, HIROSHI

Scenedesmus species D3 (GAFFRON's strain) cultured in a medium containing boiled extract of carrot root was found to be able to absorb molecular hydrogen in the presence of MB or nitrite as a...

Ski is involved in transcriptional regulation by the repressor and full-length forms of Gli3

Dai, Ping, Shinagawa, Toshie, Nomura, Teruaki, Harada, Jun, Kaul, Sunil C., Wadhwa, Renu, ...

Transcription factor Glioblastoma-3 (Gli3) is cleaved in the anterior region of the limb bud to generate its repressor form. In contrast, Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling from the posterior zone of...

Microbial Degradation of a Macrotetrolide Miticide in Soil

Sasaki, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Koji, Ichikawa, Tadashi, Sawada, Mikio, Iwane, Yoshitaka, Ando, Kunio

Macrotetrolide, a miticide consisting of tetranactin, trinactin, and dinactin, was readily biodegradable and hence did not accumulate in soil. [U-14C]macrotetrolide was rapidly degraded via its...

Involvement of IP3 receptors in LTP and LTD induction in guinea pig hippocampal CA1 neurons

Taufiq, Ahmed Mostafa, Fujii, Satoshi, Yamazaki, Yoshihiko, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Kaneko, Kenya, Li, Jianmin, ...

The role of inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) in long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) was studied in CA1 neurons in guinea pig hippocampal slices. In standard...

Ski is involved in transcriptional regulation by the repressor and full-length forms of Gli3

Dai, Ping, Shinagawa, Toshie, Nomura, Teruaki, Harada, Jun, Kaul, Sunil C., Wadhwa, Renu, ...

Transcription factor Glioblastoma-3 (Gli3) is cleaved in the anterior region of the limb bud to generate its repressor form. In contrast, Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling from the posterior zone of...

Microbial Degradation of a Macrotetrolide Miticide in Soil

Sasaki, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Koji, Ichikawa, Tadashi, Sawada, Mikio, Iwane, Yoshitaka, Ando, Kunio

Macrotetrolide, a miticide consisting of tetranactin, trinactin, and dinactin, was readily biodegradable and hence did not accumulate in soil. [U-14C]macrotetrolide was rapidly degraded via its...

Involvement of IP3 receptors in LTP and LTD induction in guinea pig hippocampal CA1 neurons

Taufiq, Ahmed Mostafa, Fujii, Satoshi, Yamazaki, Yoshihiko, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Kaneko, Kenya, Li, Jianmin, ...

The role of inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) in long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) was studied in CA1 neurons in guinea pig hippocampal slices. In standard...

DNA methylation regulates long-range gene silencing of an X-linked homeobox gene cluster in a lineage-specific manner

Oda, Masaaki, Yamagiwa, Akiko, Yamamoto, Shinji, Nakayama, Takao, Tsumura, Akiko, Sasaki, Hiroshi, ...

DNA methylation is a major epigenetic mechanism that has been suggested to control developmental gene regulation during embryogenesis, but its regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. In this report, we...

Management of Ovarian Dermoid Cysts by Laparoscopy Compared With Laparotomy

Liyi, Pang, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Qing, Liu Chang, Akiyama, Minoru, Watanabe, Akihiko, Niimi, Shigeki, ...

Thirty patients with ovarian dermoid cysts removed by laparoscopic surgery were compared with 42 patients with ovarian dermoid cysts removed by laparotomy, with respect to the selection criteria,...

Redundant Roles of Tead1 and Tead2 in Notochord Development and the Regulation of Cell Proliferation and Survival▿

Sawada, Atsushi, Kiyonari, Hiroshi, Ukita, Kanako, Nishioka, Noriyuki, Imuta, Yu, Sasaki, Hiroshi

Four members of the TEAD/TEF family of transcription factors are expressed widely in mouse embryos and adult tissues. Although in vitro studies have suggested various roles for TEAD proteins, their...

Neural Correlates of True Memory, False Memory, and Deception

Abe, Nobuhito, Okuda, Jiro, Suzuki, Maki, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Matsuda, Tetsuya, Mori, Etsuro, ...

We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to determine whether neural activity can differentiate between true memory, false memory, and deception. Subjects heard a series of semantically...