JEM-EUSO Science Objectives (2009)
Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Asano, K., Cline, D., Ebisuzaki, T., Inoue, S., Lipari, P., ...
JEM-EUSO, on board of the Japanese Exploration Module of the International Space Station, is being proposed as the first space observatory devoted to UHECR. Its privileged position at 430 km above...
Hadron-gamma discrimination from an orbital UHECR observatory (2009)
Supanitsky, A. D., Medina-Tanco, G., Asano, K., Cline, D., Ebisuzaki, T., Inoue, S., ...
The identification of very high energy photons is of great importance for the understanding of the origin of extreme energy cosmic rays (EECR). Several can be the sources of high energy photons at...
Development of neutrino initiated cascades at mid and high altitudes in the atmosphere (2009)
Supanitsky, A. D., Medina-Tanco, G., Asano, K., Cline, D., Ebisuzaki, T., Inoue, S., ...
Neutrinos are a very promising messenger at tens of EeV and above. They can be produced by several channels, namely as by products of hadronic interactions at the sources, as the main products of the...
Fermi Discovery of Gamma-Ray Emission from Ngc 1275 (2009)
Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Asano, K., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., ...
Slow Heating Model of Gamma-Ray Burst: Photon Spectrum and Delayed Emission (2009)
We propose a new mechanism for the prompt emission of gamma-ray burst. In our model electrons are continuously accelerated in the post shock region via plasma turbulence. Using the Monte Carlo...
Fermi observations of high-energy gamma-ray emission from GRB 080916C (2009)
Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Arimoto, M., Asano, K., Atwood, W. B., Axelsson, M., ...
Fermi discovery of gamma-ray emission from NGC 1275 (2009)
Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Asano, K., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., ...
Secondary Photons from High-energy Protons Accelerated in Hypernovae (2008)
Recent observations show that hypernovae may deposit some fraction of their kinetic energy in mildly relativistic ejecta. In the dissipation process of such ejecta in a stellar wind, cosmic ray...
K. Asano, A. Furuta, K. Kanai, S. Sakaue, H. Suzaki, T. Hisamitsu
Angiogenesis is an important event both in the development of allergic inflammatory responses and in the pathophysiology of tissue remodeling in allergic diseases. In the present study, therefore, we...
K. Asano, A. Furuta, K. Kanai, S. Sakaue, H. Suzaki, T. Hisamitsu
Angiogenesis is an important event both in the development of allergic inflammatory responses and in the pathophysiology of tissue remodeling in allergic diseases. In the present study, therefore, we...
initial data and for the linearised (2007)
Alexei Heintz, J. P. Guiraud, S. Ukai, K. Asano
The paper considers initial boundary value problems for the nonlinear Boltzmann equation with large L 1
J. Liu, K. Asano, Liu Asano Ezura, M. Fukutomi, S. Inagaki, S. Isagawa, ...
In order to apply high-T c material to a real accelerator cavity, it may be indispensable that the material is deposited on metal substrate. It is now possible to align the c axis of YBa 2 Cu 3 O y...
Different amplitude of auditory N1m evoked by a tone (2007)
Asano And Takeda, K. Asano, T. Takeda
Introduction It is well known that the shape of auditory N1mwaveform depends on the property of auditory stimulus. Besides, it has been reported that reactions of the neurons in the auditory cortex...
Very High Energy Neutrinos Originating from Kaons in Gamma-Ray Bursts (2006)
We simulate neutrino production in a gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the most detailed method to date. We show that the highest energy neutrinos from GRBs mainly come from kaons. Although there is little...
Dispersion of the Break Energy in the GRB Internal Shock Model (2003)
In order to investigate the dispersion of the spectral break energy in gamma-ray bursts, we simulate internal shocks, including effects of shell-splitting after shell collisions and the Thomson...
High-energy (MeV) Al and B ion implantations into 4H-SiC and fabrication of pin diodes (2002)
Kimoto, T, Miyamoto, N, Schoner, A, Saitoh, A, Matsunami, H, Asano, K, ...
Development and characterization of a reconstituted yeast translation initiation system (2002)
Algire, M. A., Maag, D., Savio, P., Acker, M. G., Tarun, S. Z., Sachs, A. B., ...
Suzuki, H., Asano, K., Eiro, M., Kuriki, M., Hashimoto, S., Katoh, T., ...
Dynamic behaviors of dust particles in the plasma–sheath boundary (2001)
Takamura, S., Misawa, T., Ohno, N., Nunomura, S., Sawai, M., Asano, K., ...
A variety of dynamic behaviors in dusty plasmas is expected under the experimental condition of weak friction with gas molecules. The device ‘‘KAGEROU’’ provides such an environment for...
Anisotropy of inversion channel mobility in 4H-and 6H-SIC MOSFETs on (11(2)over-bar0) face (2000)
Yano, H, Hirao, T, Kimoto, T, Matsunami, H, Asano, K, Sugawara, Y
K. Kawazu, M. Kurokawa, K. Asano, A. Mita, M. Adachi
The influence of roxithromycin (RXM) on the expression of co-stimulatory molecules, CD40, CD80 and CD86, was examined in vivo. When BALB/c mice were immunized intraperitoneally with two doses of...
The profile of Navarro, Frenk, and White (the NFW profile), which was derived from the {\it N}-body simulations of cold dark-matter halos, is a strong candidate for a galaxy or cluster profile. In...
H. Suzaki, K. Asano, S. Ohki, K. Kanai, T. Mizutani, T. Hisamitsu
This study was designed to examine the influence of a macrolide antibiotic, roxithromycin (RXM), on the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, interleukin (IL)-1β and tumor necrosis factor...
Beam test of a superconducting damped cavity for KEKB (1998)
Furuya, T, Akai, K, Asano, K, Ezura, E, Hara, K, Hosoyama, K, ...
Asano, K, Ezura, E, Furuya, T, Ishimaru, H, Maeda, Y, Mitsunobu, S, ...
Beam test of ferrite absorber in TRISTAN MR (1996)
Tajima, T, Asano, K, Furuya, T, Ishi, Y, Kijima, Y, Mitsunobu, S, ...
HOM absorbers of superconducting cavities for KEKB (1996)
Tajima, T, Asano, K, Furuya, T, Mitsunobu, S, Takahashi, T, Ishi, Y, ...
Elliptical Lens Model in PG1115+080 (1996)
The mass distribution of the lensing galaxy of the multiple quasar PG1115+080 has been studied. Using the observational data of Christian et al. (1987, ApJ 464, 92), we applied a single elliptical...
A prototype module of a superconducting damped cavity for KEKB (1996)
Furuya, T, Akai, K, Asano, K, Ezura, E, Hara, K, Hosoyama, K, ...
Superconducting accelerating cavity for KEK B-factory (1996)
Furuya, T, Asano, K, Ishi, Y, Kijima, Y, Mitsunobu, S, Murai, T, ...
Cardiac adrenergic receptor effects of carvedilol (1996)
Yoshikawa, T., Port, J. D., Asano, K., Chidiak, P., Bouvier, M., Dutcher, D., ...
Carvedilol is an adrenoceptor antagonist which modulates the activity not only of β1 and β1 but also of α1 adrenergic receptors present on the cell surface membrane of the human cardiac myocyte....
Liu, J, Asano, K, Ezura, E, Fukutomi, M, Inagaki, S, Isagawa, S, ...
Development of HOM damper for B-factory (KEKB) superconducting cavities (1995)
Tajima, T, Asano, K, Furuya, T, Izawa, M, Mitsunobu, S, Takahashi, T, ...
SANS study of phase decomposition in Fe-Cu alloy added by Ni and Mn (1993)
Osamura, K., Okuda, H., Asano, K., Furusaka, M., Kishida, K., Kurosawa, F.
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements were mainly carried out in order to investigate the structure change during early stage of phase decomposition in Fe-Cu-Ni-Mn quaternary alloy. The...
SANS study of phase decomposition in Fe-Cu alloy added by Ni and Mn (1993)
Osamura, K., Okuda, H., Asano, K., Furusaka, M., Kishida, K., Kurosawa, F.
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements were mainly carried out in order to investigate the structure change during early stage of phase decomposition in Fe-Cu-Ni-Mn quaternary alloy. The...
SANS study of phase decomposition in Fe-Cu alloy added by Ni and Mn (1993)
Osamura, K., Okuda, H., Asano, K., Furusaka, M., Kishida, K., Kurosawa, F.
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements were mainly carried out in order to investigate the structure change during early stage of phase decomposition in Fe-Cu-Ni-Mn quaternary alloy. The...
Inhibitory effect of interferon-beta on mouse spleen-derived mast cells (1993)
S. Konno, M. Adachi, K. Asano, K. Okamoto, T. Takahashi
Preparations of murine recombinant interferon (Mu-rIFN)-alpha, -beta and -gamma were assessed for their influence on in vitro growth of mast cells from normal mouse spleen cells (Sp C). Mast cell...
Asano, K, Chee, C B, Gaston, B, Lilly, C M, Gerard, C, Drazen, J M, ...
Histochemical activity and immunoreactivity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS, EC 1.14.13.39) have been recently demonstrated in human lung epithelium. However, the molecular nature of NOS and the...
Nagano, R, Shibata, K, Naito, T, Fuse, A, Asano, K, Hashizume, T, ...
The in vivo activity of BO-3482, which has a dithiocarbamate chain at the C-2 position of 1beta-methyl-carbapenem, was compared with those of vancomycin and imipenem in murine models of septicemia...
Saito, H, Tomioka, H, Sato, K, Tasaka, H, Tsukamura, M, Kuze, F, ...
We attempted to identify the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolated in Japan by using DNA probes specific for M. avium or Mycobacterium intracellulare (Gen-Probe Rapid Diagnostic System for MAC;...
Kusunoki, S, Ezaki, T, Tamesada, M, Hatanaka, Y, Asano, K, Hashimoto, Y, ...
Quantitative microdilution plate hybridization was used to identify 22 Mycobacterium species. DNAs of clinical strains were rapidly extracted and labeled with photoreactive biotin. Labeled DNAs were...
Effect of lipopolysaccharide on mouse mast cell induction by a splenic cell culture system.
Hu, Z Q, Asano, K, Yamazaki, T, Shimamura, T
We have previously reported a method of mast cell induction by long-term culture of mouse spleen cells without using exogenous mast cell growth factor (Z.-Q. Hu, T. Yoshida, and T. Shimamura, J....
Asano, K, Nakamura, H, Lilly, C M, Klagsbrun, M, Drazen, J M
The induction of prostaglandin G/H synthase (PGHS; prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase, cyclooxygenase) by proinflammatory cytokines accounts, at least in part, for the altered eicosanoid...
In, K H, Asano, K, Beier, D, Grobholz, J, Finn, P W, Silverman, E K, ...
Five lipoxygenase (5-LO) is the first committed enzyme in the metabolic pathway leading to the synthesis of the leukotrienes. We examined genomic DNA isolated from 25 normal subjects and 31 patients...
Lilly, C M, Nakamura, H, Kesselman, H, Nagler-Anderson, C, Asano, K, Garcia-Zepeda, E A, ...
Eotaxin is a potent and specific eosinophil chemoattractant that is mobilized in the respiratory epithelium after allergic stimulation. Pulmonary levels of eotaxin mRNA are known to increase after...
Replication of a low-copy-number IncIalpha plasmid ColIb-P9 depends on expression of the repZ gene encoding the replication initiator protein. repZ expression is negatively controlled by the small...
Asano, K, Krishnamoorthy, T, Phan, L, Pavitt, G D, Hinnebusch, A G
In the initiation phase of eukaryotic translation, eIF5 stimulates the hydrolysis of GTP bound to eIF2 in the 40S ribosomal pre-initiation complex, and the resultant GDP on eIF2 is replaced with GTP...
Takahashi, H, Asano, K, Nakamura, S, Ishida-Yamamoto, A, Iizuka, H
Involucrin is one of the precursor proteins of the cornified cell envelope of keratinocytes, and is expressed during the later stages of keratinocyte differentiation. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), a...
Asano, K, Chee, C B, Gaston, B, Lilly, C M, Gerard, C, Drazen, J M, ...
Histochemical activity and immunoreactivity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS, EC 1.14.13.39) have been recently demonstrated in human lung epithelium. However, the molecular nature of NOS and the...
Nagano, R, Shibata, K, Naito, T, Fuse, A, Asano, K, Hashizume, T, ...
The in vivo activity of BO-3482, which has a dithiocarbamate chain at the C-2 position of 1beta-methyl-carbapenem, was compared with those of vancomycin and imipenem in murine models of septicemia...
Saito, H, Tomioka, H, Sato, K, Tasaka, H, Tsukamura, M, Kuze, F, ...
We attempted to identify the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolated in Japan by using DNA probes specific for M. avium or Mycobacterium intracellulare (Gen-Probe Rapid Diagnostic System for MAC;...
Kusunoki, S, Ezaki, T, Tamesada, M, Hatanaka, Y, Asano, K, Hashimoto, Y, ...
Quantitative microdilution plate hybridization was used to identify 22 Mycobacterium species. DNAs of clinical strains were rapidly extracted and labeled with photoreactive biotin. Labeled DNAs were...
Effect of lipopolysaccharide on mouse mast cell induction by a splenic cell culture system.
Hu, Z Q, Asano, K, Yamazaki, T, Shimamura, T
We have previously reported a method of mast cell induction by long-term culture of mouse spleen cells without using exogenous mast cell growth factor (Z.-Q. Hu, T. Yoshida, and T. Shimamura, J....
Asano, K, Nakamura, H, Lilly, C M, Klagsbrun, M, Drazen, J M
The induction of prostaglandin G/H synthase (PGHS; prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase, cyclooxygenase) by proinflammatory cytokines accounts, at least in part, for the altered eicosanoid...
In, K H, Asano, K, Beier, D, Grobholz, J, Finn, P W, Silverman, E K, ...
Five lipoxygenase (5-LO) is the first committed enzyme in the metabolic pathway leading to the synthesis of the leukotrienes. We examined genomic DNA isolated from 25 normal subjects and 31 patients...
Lilly, C M, Nakamura, H, Kesselman, H, Nagler-Anderson, C, Asano, K, Garcia-Zepeda, E A, ...
Eotaxin is a potent and specific eosinophil chemoattractant that is mobilized in the respiratory epithelium after allergic stimulation. Pulmonary levels of eotaxin mRNA are known to increase after...
Replication of a low-copy-number IncIalpha plasmid ColIb-P9 depends on expression of the repZ gene encoding the replication initiator protein. repZ expression is negatively controlled by the small...
Asano, K, Krishnamoorthy, T, Phan, L, Pavitt, G D, Hinnebusch, A G
In the initiation phase of eukaryotic translation, eIF5 stimulates the hydrolysis of GTP bound to eIF2 in the 40S ribosomal pre-initiation complex, and the resultant GDP on eIF2 is replaced with GTP...
Takahashi, H, Asano, K, Nakamura, S, Ishida-Yamamoto, A, Iizuka, H
Involucrin is one of the precursor proteins of the cornified cell envelope of keratinocytes, and is expressed during the later stages of keratinocyte differentiation. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), a...
Influence of a macrolide antibiotic, roxithromycin, on mast cell growth and activation in vitro.
Shimane, T, Asano, K, Suzuki, M, Hisamitsu, T, Suzaki, H
BACKGROUND: Long-term administration of macrolide antibiotics is recognized to be able to favorably modify the clinical condition of inflammatory diseases, such as diffuse panbronchiolitis and cystic...
Kurokawa, M, Kawazu, K, Asano, K, Fumio, K, Mita, A, Adachi, M
The effects of IPD-1151T on the expression of co-stimulatory molecules, CD40, CD80 and CD86, were investigated in vivo using mice with allergic disorders. BALB/c mice were immunized intraperitoneally...
Kawazu, K, Kurokawa, M, Asano, K, Mita, A, Adachi, M
The influence of roxithromycin (RXM) on the expression of co-stimulatory molecules, CD40, CD80 and CD86, was examined in vivo. When BALB/c mice were immunized intraperitoneally with two doses of...
Ito, J, Asano, K, Tryka, E, Kanai, K, Yamamoto, S, Hisamitsu, T, ...
The influence of anti-allergic drugs, epinastine hydrochloride (EP) and disodium cromoglycate (DSCG), on the co-stimulatory molecule expression was examined using in vitro cell culture technique....
Asano, K, Mizutani, T, Shimane, T, Hisano, M, Hisamitsu, T, Suzaki, H
The influence of an anti-allergic agent, suplatast tosilate (IPD-1151T; (+/-)-[2-[4-(3-ethoxy-2-hydroxypropoxy)phenyl-carbamoyl]-ethyl] dimethylsulfonium p-toluenesulfonate) on allergic...
Suzaki, H, Asano, K, Ohki, S, Kanai, K, Mizutani, T, Hisamitsu, T
This study was designed to examine the influence of a macrolide antibiotic, roxithromycin (RXM), on the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, interleukin (IL)-1beta and tumor necrosis factor...
Inhibitory effect of interferon-beta on mouse spleen-derived mast cells
Konno, S., Adachi, M., Asano, K., Okamoto, K., Takahashi, T.
Preparations of murine recombinant interferon (Mu-rIFN)-alpha, -beta and -gamma were assessed for their influence on in vitro growth of mast cells from normal mouse spleen cells (Sp C). Mast cell...
Asano, K., Furuta, A., Kanai, K., Sakaue, S., Suzaki, H., Hisamitsu, T.
Angiogenesis is an important event both in the development of allergic inflammatory responses and in the pathophysiology of tissue remodeling in allergic diseases. In the present study, therefore, we...
Ishitoya, J., Toriyama, M., Oguchi, N., Kitamura, K., Ohshima, M., Asano, K., ...
Tumours of the head and neck were examined for gene amplification and expression of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor by Southern blot and Western blot analyses. The EGF receptor gene was...