K. Kobayashi

Publication List Details

Period

1977 - 2009

Number

297

Co-Authors

Drastic suppression of the superconductivity of LaFeAsO0.85 by a nonmagnetic impurity (2009)

Guo, Y. F., Shi, Y. G., Yu, S., Belik, A. A., Matsushita, Y., Tanaka, M., ...

We observed a drastic Tc suppression caused by no more than 3 at.% of Zn doped to the optimized superconductor LaFeAsO0.85 (Tc = 26 K). The electrical resistivity and magnetic susceptibility...

Universality of Bias- and Temperature-induced Dephasing in Ballistic Electronic Interferometers (2009)

Yamauchi, Y., Hashisaka, M., Nakamura, S., Chida, K., Kasai, S., Ono, T., ...

We performed a transport measurement in a ballistic Aharonov-Bohm ring and a Fabry-Perot type interferometer. In both cases we found that the interference signal is reversed at a certain bias voltage...

Superconducting properties of the oxygen-vacant iron oxyarsenide TbFeAsO1-x (2008)

Shi, Y. G., Yu, S., Belik, A. A., Matsushita, Y., Tanaka, M., Katsuya, Y., ...

A wide-range doping was attained for TbFeAsO1-x from "under doped" to "over doped" throughout the optimized superconductivity at Tc of 42 K as function of amount of oxygen vacancies. Tc vs. lattice...

Distillation of Liquid Xenon to Remove Krypton (2008)

Abe, K., Hosaka, J., Iida, T., Ikeda, M., Kobayashi, K., Koshio, Y., ...

A high performance distillation system to remove krypton from xenon was constructed, and a purity level of Kr/Xe = $\sim 3 \times 10^{-12}$ was achieved. This development is crucial in facilitating...

Magnetic and charge transport properties of the Na-based Os oxide pyrochlore (2008)

Shi, Y. G., Belik, A. A., Tachibana, M., Tanaka, M., Katsuya, Y., Kobayashi, K., ...

Na-based osmium oxide pyrochlore was synthesized for the first time by an ion-exchange method. KOs2O6 was used as a host compound. Elelectron probe micro-analysis, synchrotron x-ray diffraction...

Synthesis and superconducting properties of the iron oxyarsenide TbFeAsO0.85 (2008)

Shi, Y. G., Yu, S., Belik, A. A., Matsushita, Y., Tanaka, M., Katsuya, Y., ...

The iron oxyarsenide TbFeAsO0.85 was synthesized by a high-pressure method. A high-quality polycrystalline sample was obtained and characterized by measurements of magnetic susceptibility and...

Solar neutrino measurements in Super-Kamiokande-II (2008)

Cravens, J. P., Abe, K., Iida, T., Ishihara, K., Kameda, J., Koshio, Y., ...

The results of the second phase of the Super-Kamiokande solar neutrino measurement are presented and compared to the first phase. The solar neutrino flux spectrum and time variation as well as...

Local electronic structure of Cr in the II-VI diluted ferromagnetic semiconductor Zn$_{1-x}$Cr$_x$Te (2008)

Kobayashi, M., Ishida, Y., Hwang, J. I., Song, G. S., Fujimori, A., ...

The electronic structure of the Cr ions in the diluted ferromagnetic semiconductor Zn$_{1-x}$Cr$_x$Te ($x=0.03$ and 0.15) thin films has been investigated using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism...

Electronic Structures of Fe$_{3-x}V$_x$Si Probed by Photoemission Spectroscopy (2008)

Cui, Y. T., Kimura, A., Miyamoto, K., Sakamoto, K., Xie, T., Qiao, S., ...

The electronic structures of the Heusler type compounds Fe$_{3-x}V$_x$Si in the concentration range between x = 0 and x = 1 have been probed by photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The observed shift of...

Scintillation yield of liquid xenon at room temperature (2008)

Ueshima, K., Abe, K., Iida, T., Ikeda, M., Kobayashi, K., Koshio, Y., ...

The intensity of scintillation light emission from liquid xenon at room temperature was measured. The scintillation light yield at 1 deg. was measured to be 0.64 +/- 0.02 (stat.) +/- 0.06 (sys.) of...

Search for matter-dependent atmospheric neutrino oscillations in Super-Kamiokande (2008)

Abe, K., Hayato, Y., Iida, T., Ikeda, M., Kameda, J., Koshio, Y., ...

We consider ν_μ→ν_τ oscillations in the context of the mass varying neutrino (MaVaN) model, where the neutrino mass can vary depending on the electron density along the flight path of the...

Expression of pulmonary vasoactive factors after sevoflurane anaesthesia in rats: a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction study (2008)

Takemori, K., Kobayashi, K., Sakamoto, A.

Background Sevoflurane is a fluorinated volatile anaesthetic agent that lowers arterial pressure, in part by vasodilation. We previously showed, in rat lungs, that sevoflurane affected the expression...

by a 3-D (2007)

K. Kobayashi, Y. Uchikawa, I. Izumi, M. Kawakatsu, M. Saito

Time-frequency analysis of biomagnetic signals measured

Magnetic noises due to direct-current electric railcars (2007)

K. Yamazaki, K. Kato, K. Kobayashi, A. Haga, Y. Kumagai, K. Fujiwara

Biomagnetic signals are very weak compared with those of environmental magnetic fields due to trains and motor cars. In Japan, fluctuation and frequency dependence of the environmental magnetic...

Abstract Data Acquisition System with Database at the SPring-8 Storage Ring (2007)

A. Taketani, T. Fukui, K. Kobayashi, T. Masuda, R. Tanaka, T. Wada, ...

The SPring-8 storage ring control system has two kinds of access to the machine components, that is, an interactive operation and a periodic reading/monitoring operation. This paper describes the...

Abstract The first operation of control system at the SPring-8 storage ring (2007)

R. Tanaka, T. Fukui, K. Kobayashi, T. Masuda, A. Taketani, T. Wada, ...

The control system based on the standard model of the UNIX and VMEbus system has successfully performed accelerator operation with 8GeV electron beams. The software architecture of the control system...

An Effective Solution to Large-scale Traveling Salesman Problems Using Chaotic Neural Networks (2007)

T. Nagashima, K. Kobayashi, M. Obayashi

This paper presents an effective TSP (Traveling Salesman Problem) solver for large-scale problems using neural networks. Firstly, in the proposed method, an intractable large-scale TSP is divided...

A 3-D vector measurement and its application on biomagnetic signals (2007)

Uchikawa Kobayashi Kawakatsu, Y. Uchikawa, K. Kobayashi, M. Kawakatsu, M. Kotani

this paper we focus the usefulness of 3-D vector measurement for estimating multiple sources in MEG data, which are obtained by a prototype of SQUID system. Lastly, we introduce recent studies of 3-D...

Quantum Field Theoretical Analysis on Unstable Behavior of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices (2007)

Kobayashi, K., Mine, M., Okumura, M., Yamanaka, Y.

We study the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates flowing in optical lattices on the basis of quantum field theory. For such a system, a Bose-Einstein condensate shows a unstable behavior which is...

Mitotic arrest caused by an X-ray microbeam in a single cell expressing EGFP-aurora kinase B (2007)

Tanno, Y., Kobayashi, K., Tatsuka, M., Gotoh, E., Takakura, K.

Although the highest radiosensitivity of cells in the M phase among the other cell phases, such as the G1, S and G2 phases, has been known, the exact mechanism of radiosensitivity in mitotic cells...

Radiation-induced {gamma}-H2AX in mammalian cells irradiated with a synchrotron X-ray microbeam (2007)

Usami, N., Maeda, M., Eguchi-Kasai, K., Maezawa, H., Kobayashi, K.

In order to study the radiobiological effects from low dose radiation, a cell irradiation system using synchrotron X-ray microbeam has been developed, by which cells can be recognised individually...

A novel GJB2 mutation p.Asn54His in a patient with palmoplantar keratoderma, sensorineural hearing loss and knuckle pads (2007)

Akiyama, M., Sakai, K., Arita, K., Nomura, Y., Ito, K., Kodama, K., ...

Mutations in the GJB2 gene encoding connexin26 are the major cause of autosomal-recessive or -dominant nonsyndromic congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) (Kelsell et al., 1997; Kenneson et...

Magnetic Noise Rejection in the MCG Using Independent Component Analysis (2006)

K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki, Y Uchikawa, T Simizu, K Nakai, K Kawazoe, ...

In magnetocardiogram (MCG) measurements, the magnetic noise from any magnetic wire, used to suture the sternum after heart surgery, becomes a problem. As one method of noise rejection, independent...

Active Magnetic Compensation Composed of Shielding Panels (2006)

K Kato, K Yamazaki, T Sato, A Haga, T Okitsu, K Muramatsu, ...

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) with materials of high permeability and active shield systems have been used to shield magnetic noise for biomagnetic measurements up to now. However, these...

MCG Measurement in the Environment of Active Magnetic Shield (2006)

K Yamazaki, K Kato, K Kobayashi, A Igarashi, T Sato, A Haga, ...

MCG (Magnetocardiography) measurement by a SQUID gradiometer was attempted with only active magnetic shielding (active shielding). A three-axis-canceling-coil active shielding system, where three...

3-D Magnetic Measurement of Exercise-Induced MCG (2006)

BS Kim, Y Uchikawa, K Kobayashi

We carried out a three-dimensional (3-D) vector measurement of exercise-induced magnetocardiograms (MCGs) for normal subjects with a wooden and brass-based bicycle ergometer. MCGs were measured by a...

3-D Magnetic Measurement of Neuromagnetic Response of Somatosensory Area to Different Repetition Frequencies (2006)

BS Kim, Y Uchikawa, K Kobayashi, M Kawakatsu, M Kotani

3-D magnetic measurements of the bilateral somatosensory evoked fields (SEFs) by electric stimulus to the right thumb for four normal subjects were carried out, using a three-dimensional (3-D)...

Magnetic Noise Rejection in the MCG Using Independent Component Analysis (2006)

K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki, Y Uchikawa, T Simizu, K Nakai, K Kawazoe, ...

In magnetocardiogram (MCG) measurements, the magnetic noise from any magnetic wire, used to suture the sternum after heart surgery, becomes a problem. As one method of noise rejection, independent...

Active Magnetic Compensation Composed of Shielding Panels (2006)

K Kato, K Yamazaki, T Sato, A Haga, T Okitsu, K Muramatsu, ...

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) with materials of high permeability and active shield systems have been used to shield magnetic noise for biomagnetic measurements up to now. However, these...

MCG Measurement in the Environment of Active Magnetic Shield (2006)

K Yamazaki, K Kato, K Kobayashi, A Igarashi, T Sato, A Haga, ...

MCG (Magnetocardiography) measurement by a SQUID gradiometer was attempted with only active magnetic shielding (active shielding). A three-axis-canceling-coil active shielding system, where three...

3-D Magnetic Measurement of Exercise-Induced MCG (2006)

BS Kim, Y Uchikawa, K Kobayashi

We carried out a three-dimensional (3-D) vector measurement of exercise-induced magnetocardiograms (MCGs) for normal subjects with a wooden and brass-based bicycle ergometer. MCGs were measured by a...

3-D Magnetic Measurement of Neuromagnetic Response of Somatosensory Area to Different Repetition Frequencies (2006)

BS Kim, Y Uchikawa, K Kobayashi, M Kawakatsu, M Kotani

3-D magnetic measurements of the bilateral somatosensory evoked fields (SEFs) by electric stimulus to the right thumb for four normal subjects were carried out, using a three-dimensional (3-D)...

Active Magnetic Compensation Composed of Shielding Panels (2006)

K Kato, K Yamazaki, T Sato, A Haga, T Okitsu, K Muramatsu, ...

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) with materials of high permeability and active shield systems have been used to shield magnetic noise for biomagnetic measurements up to now. However, these...

MCG Measurement in the Environment of Active Magnetic Shield (2006)

K Yamazaki, K Kato, K Kobayashi, A Igarashi, T Sato, A Haga, ...

MCG (Magnetocardiography) measurement by a SQUID gradiometer was attempted with only active magnetic shielding (active shielding). A three-axis-canceling-coil active shielding system, where three...

3-D Magnetic Measurement of Exercise-Induced MCG (2006)

BS Kim, Y Uchikawa, K Kobayashi

We carried out a three-dimensional (3-D) vector measurement of exercise-induced magnetocardiograms (MCGs) for normal subjects with a wooden and brass-based bicycle ergometer. MCGs were measured by a...

3-D Magnetic Measurement of Neuromagnetic Response of Somatosensory Area to Different Repetition Frequencies (2006)

BS Kim, Y Uchikawa, K Kobayashi, M Kawakatsu, M Kotani

3-D magnetic measurements of the bilateral somatosensory evoked fields (SEFs) by electric stimulus to the right thumb for four normal subjects were carried out, using a three-dimensional (3-D)...

Magnetic Noise Rejection in the MCG Using Independent Component Analysis (2006)

K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki, Y Uchikawa, T Simizu, K Nakai, K Kawazoe, ...

In magnetocardiogram (MCG) measurements, the magnetic noise from any magnetic wire, used to suture the sternum after heart surgery, becomes a problem. As one method of noise rejection, independent...

Magnetic Noise Rejection in the MCG Using Independent Component Analysis (2006)

K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki, Y Uchikawa, T Simizu, K Nakai, K Kawazoe, ...

In magnetocardiogram (MCG) measurements, the magnetic noise from any magnetic wire, used to suture the sternum after heart surgery, becomes a problem. As one method of noise rejection, independent...

Active Magnetic Compensation Composed of Shielding Panels (2006)

K Kato, K Yamazaki, T Sato, A Haga, T Okitsu, K Muramatsu, ...

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) with materials of high permeability and active shield systems have been used to shield magnetic noise for biomagnetic measurements up to now. However, these...

MCG Measurement in the Environment of Active Magnetic Shield (2006)

K Yamazaki, K Kato, K Kobayashi, A Igarashi, T Sato, A Haga, ...

MCG (Magnetocardiography) measurement by a SQUID gradiometer was attempted with only active magnetic shielding (active shielding). A three-axis-canceling-coil active shielding system, where three...

3-D Magnetic Measurement of Exercise-Induced MCG (2006)

BS Kim, Y Uchikawa, K Kobayashi

We carried out a three-dimensional (3-D) vector measurement of exercise-induced magnetocardiograms (MCGs) for normal subjects with a wooden and brass-based bicycle ergometer. MCGs were measured by a...

3-D Magnetic Measurement of Neuromagnetic Response of Somatosensory Area to Different Repetition Frequencies (2006)

BS Kim, Y Uchikawa, K Kobayashi, M Kawakatsu, M Kotani

3-D magnetic measurements of the bilateral somatosensory evoked fields (SEFs) by electric stimulus to the right thumb for four normal subjects were carried out, using a three-dimensional (3-D)...

Molecular gas dynamics approaches to interfacial phenomena accompanied with condensation (2006)

Mikami, S., Kobayashi, K., Ota, T., Fujikaw, S., Yano, T., Ichijo, M.

This paper deals with the condensation coefficient of methanol, which is evaluated from a condensation rate at the vapor–liquid interface. Film condensation is induced on the endwall of a...

Electronic structure of semiconducting CeFe$_4$P$_{12}$: Strong hybridization and relevance of single-impurity Anderson model (2006)

Matsunami, M., Horiba, K., Taguchi, M., Yamamoto, K., Chainani, A., Takata, Y., ...

Semiconducting skutterudite CeFe$_4$P$_{12}$ is investigated by synchrotron x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (PES) and x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Ce 3$d$ core-level PES and 3$d-4f$ XAS, in...

The CDF Run IIb silicon detector: Design, preproduction, and performance (2006)

Akimoto, T., Aoki, M., Azzi, P., Bacchetta, N., Behari, S., Benjamin, D., ...

A new silicon microstrip detector was designed by the CDF collaboration for the proposed high-luminosity operation of the Tevatron p (p) over bar collider (Run IIb). The detector is...

RADIATION-INDUCED {gamma}-H2AX IN MAMMALIAN CELLS IRRADIATED WITH A SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROBEAM (2006)

Usami, N., Maeda, M., Eguchi-Kasai, K., Maezawa, H., Kobayashi, K.

In order to study the radiobiological effects from low dose radiation, a cell irradiation system using synchrotron X-ray microbeam has been developed, by which cells can be recognised individually...

MITOTIC ARREST CAUSED BY AN X-RAY MICROBEAM IN A SINGLE CELL EXPRESSING EGFP-AURORA KINASE B (2006)

Tanno, Y., Kobayashi, K., Tatsuka, M., Gotoh, E., Takakura, K.

Although the highest radiosensitivity of cells in the M phase among the other cell phases, such as the G1, S and G2 phases, has been known, the exact mechanism of radiosensitivity in mitotic cells...

Frequency and distribution in East Asia of 12 mutations identified in the SLC25A13 gene of Japanese patients with citrin deficiency (2005)

Lu, YB, Kobayashi, K, Ushikai, M, Tabata, A, Iijima, M, Li, MX, ...

Deficiency of citrin, a liver-type mitochondrial aspartate-glutamate carrier (AGC), encoded by the SLC25A13 gene on chromosome 7q21.3, causes autosomal recessive disorders: adult-onset type II...

16. ICD: Defibrillation Threshold Testing & Other Issues: 16.1 Efficacy of Chest Thump Version for Ventricular Arrhythmias (2005)

Igarashi, M., Fujino, N., Sato, H., Nakanishi, R., Sasao, K., Ohtsuka, T., ...

Purpose Electrical cardioversion for ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) contained of ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF) and torsades de pointes (TdP), was established to be...

P.1. Supraventricular Arrhythmias: P.1.2 Successful Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Nonreentrant Supraventricular Tachycardia Due to Simultaneous Conduction Through Dual Atrioventricular Nodal Pathways (2005)

Otsuka, T., Igarashi, M., Fujino, N., Nakanishi, R., Takamura, K., Kobayashi, K., ...

Double ventricular response (DVR) was found to induce atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia or atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. We experienced a rare case with antegrade dual...

P.2. Syncope, Pacemaker, CRT & ICD: P.2.12 Interactions Between Implanted Pacemaker and Automated External Defibrillator in a Patient With Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation (2005)

Sato, H., Igarashi, M., Fujino, N., Nakanishi, R., Sasao, K., Otsuka, T., ...

Automated external defibrillator (AED) has been available for out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF). The algorithm of AED concerning VF was excellent in sensitivity and specificity. However,...

P.3. Basic Science, Sudden Death Risk Stratification and Ventricular Arrhythmias: P.3.28 Does Verapamil-Sensitive Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia Cause Ventricular Fibrillation? (2005)

Kobayashi, K., Igarashi, M., Fujino, N., Nakanishi, R., Otsuka, T., Takamura, K., ...

Verapamil-sensitive idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (IVT) has a clinical entity showing electrocardiographic features with left axis deviation and right bundle branch block. Sudden cardiac death...

The Photon Collider at Tesla (2004)

Badelek, B, Blochinger, C, Blumlein, J, Boos, E, Brinkmann, R, Burkhardt, H, ...

High energy photon colliders $(\gamma\gamma,\gamma e)$ are based on $e^- e^-$ linear colliders where high energy photons are produced using Comptonscattering of laser light on high energy electrons...

Limits on the neutrino magnetic moment using 1496 days of Super-Kamiokande-I solar neutrino data (2004)

Ashie, Y, Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Ishihara, K, Itow, Y, ...

A search for a nonzero neutrino magnetic moment has been conducted using 1496 live days of solar neutrino data from Super-Kamiokande-I. Specifically, we searched for distortions to the energy...

Acute effects of alcohol on larval zebrafish: a genetic system for large-scale screening (2004)

Lockwood, B, Bjerke, S, Kobayashi, K, Guo, Su

Larval zebrafish are used extensively for developmental genetic studies due to their salient features, such as small size, external development, optical transparency, and accessibility in large...

Sensors for the CDF Run2b silicon detector (2004)

Akimoto, T., Aoki, M., Azzi, P., Bacchetta, N., Behari, S., Benjamin, D., ...

We describe the characteristics of silicon microstrip sensors fabricated by Hamamatsu Photonics; for the CDF Run 2b silicon detector. A total of 953 sensors, including 117 prototype sensors, have...

CDF run IIb silicon detector: Electrical performance and deadtime-less operation (2004)

Akimoto, T., Aoki, M., Azzi, P., Bacchetta, N., Behari, S., Benjamin, D., ...

The main building block and readout unit of the planned CDF Run IIb silicon detector is a "stave," a highly integrated mechanical, thermal, and electrical structure. One of its characteristic...

CDF run IIb silicon: Design and testing (2004)

Lu, R. S., Akimoto, T., Aoki, M., Azzi, P., Bacchetta, N., Behari, S., ...

The various generations of Silicon Vertex Detectors (SVX, SVX', SVXII) for Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) at the Fermilab Tevatron have been fundamental tools for heavy-flavor tagging via...

CDF Run IIb silicon detector: The innermost layer (2004)

Merkel, P., Azzi, P., Bacchetta, N., Bisello, D., Busetto, G., Hara, K., ...

The innermost layer (L00) of the Run IIa silicon detector of CDF was planned to be replaced for the high luminosity Tevatron upgrade of Run IIb. This new silicon layer (L0) is designed to be a...

The CDF Run IIb silicon detector (2004)

Aoki, M., Bacchetta, N., Behari, S., Benjamin, D., Bisello, D., Bolla, G., ...

Fermilab plans to deliver 5-15 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity to the CDF and D0 experiments. The current inner silicon detectors at CDF (SVXIIa and L00) will not tolerate the radiation dose...

The Photon Collider at Tesla (2004)

Badelek, B, Blochinger, C, Blumlein, J, Boos, E, Brinkmann, R, Burkhardt, H, ...

High energy photon colliders $(\gamma\gamma,\gamma e)$ are based on $e^- e^-$ linear colliders where high energy photons are produced using Comptonscattering of laser light on high energy electrons...

Slc25a13-Knockout Mice harbor metabolic deficits but fail to display hallmarks of Adult-Onset Type II Citrullinemia (2004)

Sinasac, DS, Moriyama, M, Jalil, MA, Begum, L, Li, MX, Iijima, M, ...

Adult-onset type II citrullinemia (CTLN2) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in SLC25A13, the gene encoding the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier citrin. The absence of...

Bacillus (2004)

Y. Makita, S. Imoto, K. Kobayashi, N. Ogasawara, K. Nakai, ...

Vol. 20 Suppl. 1 2004, pages i101–i108

Predicting The Operon Structure Of Bacillus Subtilis Using Operon Length, Intergeene Distance, and Gene Expression Information (2004)

S. Imoto, K. Kobayashi, N. Ogasawara, S. Miyano

Introduction In prokaryotes, open reading frames (ORFs) belonging to the same operon are transcribed together into a single mRNA molecule. To understand gene regulation in prokaryotic organisms, as a...

Predicting the operon structure of Bacillus subtilis using operon length, intergene distance, and gene expression information (2004)

S. Imoto, S. Imoto, K. Kobayashi, K. Kobayashi, ...

We predict the operon structure of the Bacillus subtilis genome using the average operon length, the distance between genes in base pairs, and the similarity in gene expression measured in time...

Predicting gene regulation by sigma factors in Bacillus subtilis from genome-wide data (2004)

Makita, Y., Imoto, S., Kobayashi, K., Ogasawara, N., Nakai, K., ...

Motivation: Sigma factors regulate the expression of genes in Bacillus subtilis at the transcriptional level. We assess the accuracy of a fold-change analysis, Bayesian networks, dynamic models and...

Search for nu(e) from the sun at Super-Kamiokande-I (2003)

Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Ishitsuka, M, Itow, Y, Kajita, T, ...

We present the results of a search for low energy nu(e) from the Sun using 1496 days of data from Super-Kamiokande-I. We observe no significant excess of events and set an upper limit for the...

Search for supernova relic neutrinos at Super-Kamiokande (2003)

Morii, M, Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Ishitsuka, M, Itow, Y, ...

A search for the relic neutrinos from all past core-collapse supernovae was conducted using 1496 days of data from the Super-Kamiokande detector. This analysis looked for electron-type antineutrinos...

Indications of neutrino oscillation in a 250 km long-baseline experiment (2003)

Aoki, S, Bhang, H, Casper, D, Choi, J H, ...

The K2K experiment observes indications of neutrino oscillation: a reduction of nu(mu) flux together with a distortion of the energy spectrum. Fifty-six beam neutrino events are observed in...

Reduced expression of the cytokine transducer gp130 inhibits hormone secretion, cell growth, and tumor development of pituitary lactosomatotrophic GH3 cells (2003)

Castro, CP, Giacomini, D, Nagashima, AC, Onofri, C, Graciarena, M, Kobayashi, K, ...

Two of the most potent cytokines that regulate anterior pituitary cell function are leukemia inhibitory factor and IL- 6. These and others like IL-11 and ciliary neurotrophic factor are referred to...

A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis - IV. Genes for HMG transcriptional regulators, bZip and GATA/Gli/Zic/Snail (2003)

Yamada, L., Kobayashi, K., Degnan, B., Satoh, N., Satou, Y.

Many kinds of transcription factors and regulators play key roles in a variety of developmental processes. In the present survey, genes encoding proteins with conserved HMG-box, bZip domains, and...

A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis - IV. Genes for HMG transcriptional regulators, bZip and GATA/Gli/Zic/Snail (2003)

Yamada, L., Kobayashi, K., Degnan, B., Satoh, N., Satou, Y.

Many kinds of transcription factors and regulators play key roles in a variety of developmental processes. In the present survey, genes encoding proteins with conserved HMG-box, bZip domains, and...

Inferring gene regulatory networks from time-ordered gene expression data of bacillus subtilis using differential equations (2003)

S. Imoto, K. Kobayashi, N. Ogasawara, S. Miyano, Michiel J. L, ...

We describe a new method to infer a gene regulatory network, in terms of a linear system of differential equations, from time course gene expression data. As biologically the gene regulatory network...

Induced lattice defects in InGaAs photodiodes by high-temperature electron irradiation (2003)

Ohyama, H., Kobayashi, K., Vanhellemont, Jan, Simoen, E., Claeys, C., Takakura, K., ...

Results of a detailed study of the effects of high-temperature 2-MeV electron irradiation on the performance degradation of InGaAs photodiodes are presented. The macroscopic device performance will...

RICK/Rip2/CARDIAK mediates signalling for receptors of the innate and adaptive immune systems (2002)

Kobayashi, K, Inohara, N, Hernandez, LD, Galan, JE, Nunez, G, Janeway, CA, ...

The immune system consists of two evolutionarily different but closely related responses, innate immunity and adaptive immunity. Each of these responses has characteristic receptors-Toll-like...

Monolayer formation of cytochrome b(562) on gold surfaces and its reconstitution reaction, studied by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (2002)

Kobayashi, K., Shimizu, M., Nagamune, T., Sasabe, H., Fang, Y., Knoll, Wolfgang

Association and dissociation reactions of cytochrome b(562) on solid surfaces were investigated by means of surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. Propionates of side chains in the heme molecule...

Discovery of two novel families of proteins that are proposed to interact with prokaryotic SMC proteins, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis family members ScpA and ScpB (2002)

Soppa, J., Kobayashi, K., Noirot-Gros, M. F., Oesterhelt, D., Ehrlich, S. D., Dervyn, E., ...

Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins are present in all eukaryotes and in many prokaryotes. Eukaryotic SMC proteins form complexes with various non-SMC subunits, which affect their...

Interstitial lung disease associated with juvenile dermatomyositis: clinical features and efficacy of cyclosporin A (2002)

Kobayashi, I., Yamada, M., Takahashi, Y., Kawamura, N., Okano, M., Sakiyama, Y., ...

Objectives. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a rare complication of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical features of...

Impact of high-energy particle irradiation on polycrystalline silicon films (2002)

Ohyama, H, Simoen, E, Tanaka, K, Kobayashi, K, ...

The degradation of polycrystalline silicon films, subjected to 20-MeV alpha ray irradiation, is studied. To investigate the radiation source dependence, 20-MeV proton and 1-MeV electron irradiation...

Induction of Sparc by Vegf in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells (2001)

Kato, Y, Lewalle, JM, Baba, Y, Tsukuda, M, Sakai, N, Baba, M, ...

SPARC/osteonectin/BM-40 is a matricellular protein that is thought to be involved in angiogenesis and endothelial barrier function. Previously, we have detected high levels of SPARC expression in...

A global perspective of ground level, 'ambient' carbon dioxide for assessing the response of plants to atmospheric CO2 (2001)

Ghannoum, Oula, Baker, J. T., Remote Sensing And Modelling Laboratory (U.S.), Conroy, Jann P., Bunce, James A., ...

For most studies involving the response of plants to future concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO[sub 2]), a current concentration of 360-370 µatm is assumed, based on recent data...

A global perspective of ground level, 'ambient' carbon dioxide for assessing the response of plants to atmospheric CO2 (2001)

Ziska, Lewis H., Climate Stress Laboratory (U.S.), Ghannoum, Oula, Baker, J. T., Remote Sensing And Modelling Laboratory (U.S.), Conroy, Jann P., ...

For most studies involving the response of plants to future concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO[sub 2]), a current concentration of 360-370 µatm is assumed, based on recent data...

In vivo determination of the centres of resistance of maxillary anterior teeth subjected to retraction forces (2001)

Yoshida, N., Koga, Y., Mimaki, N., Kobayashi, K.

This study was designed to locate the centres of resistance of consolidated units of two, four, and six anterior teeth during retraction in two human subjects. Initial displacements of these units...

Negative photoconductivity in polycrystalline silicon films doped with phosphorus (2000)

Ohyama, H, Simoen, E, Ikegami, M, Claeys, C, Kobayashi, K, ...

An experiment was conducted in which the first observation of the negative photoconductivity phenomenon in polycrystalline silicon (Poly-Si) films doped with phosphorus atoms was achieved. Negative...

Doping dependence of the electronic structure of Ba12xKxBiO3 studied by x-ray-absorption spectroscopy (1999)

Kobayashi, K., Mizokawa, T., Ino, A., Matsuno, J., Fujimori, A., Samata, H., ...

We have performed x-ray-absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and x-ray-photoemission spectroscopy ~XPS! studies of single crystal Ba12xKxBiO3 (BKBO) covering the whole composition range 0

The gene mutated in adult-onset type II citrullinaemia encodes a putative mitochondrial carrier protein (1999)

Kobayashi, K, Sinasac, DS, Iijima, M, Boright, AP, Begum, L, Lee, JR, ...

Citrullinaemia (CTLN) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by deficiency of argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS). Adult-onset type II citrullinaemia (CTLN2) is characterized by a liver-specific ASS...

Genomic structure of the adult-onset type II citrullinemia gene, SLC25A13, and cloning and expression of its mouse homologue (1999)

Sinasac, DS, Crackower, MA, Lee, JR, Kobayashi, K, Saheki, T, Scherer, SW, ...

Citrullinemia is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by an argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS) deficiency. Adult-onset type II citrullinemia (CTLN2) is a form of the disease that is defined...

Crystal structure of human serum albumin at 2.5 A resolution (1999)

Sugio, S., Kashima, A., Mochizuki, S., Noda, M., Kobayashi, K.

A new triclinic crystal form of human serum albumin (HSA), derived either from pool plasma (pHSA) or from a Pichia pastoris expression system (rHSA), was obtained from polyethylene glycol 4000...

Site-Specified Magnetic States in Ferrites Probed by Magnetic Circular X-Ray Dichroism (1997)

Kawamura, N., Maruyama, H., Kobayashi, K., Inoue, I., Yamazaki, H.

To study magnetic states in ferrimagnetic Fe-oxides, we have measured magnetic circular x-ray dichroism at K-edge of 3d-transition metal. The observed dichroic signals are separately assigned to the...

Site-Specified Magnetic States in Ferrites Probed by Magnetic Circular X-Ray Dichroism (1997)

Kawamura, N., Maruyama, H., Kobayashi, K., Inoue, I., Yamazaki, H.

To study magnetic states in ferrimagnetic Fe-oxides, we have measured magnetic circular x-ray dichroism at K-edge of 3d-transition metal. The observed dichroic signals are separately assigned to the...

A Memory-based Parallel Processor for Vector Quantization (1997)

K. Kobayashi, M. Kinoshita, M. Takeuchi, H. Onodera, K. Tamaru

We propose a memory-based parallel processor for vector quantization FMPP-VQ. It accelerates nearest neighbor search of vector quantization. All distances between an input vector and reference...

COSTA: A Computerised Support System for Emergency Technical Advice (1997)

Kobayashi, K., Ishigami, T., Akiyama, T.

If an accident at a nuclear facility escalates to an emergency, the emergency technical advisory body (ETAB) is required to provide technical advice to the national and local governments for...

Temperature-dependent photoemission spectral weight in $La_{0.6}Sr_{0.4}MnO_3$ (1996)

Sarma, DD, Shanthi, N, Krishnakumar, SR, Saitoh, T, Mizokawa, T, Sekiyama, A, ...

We report temperature-dependent redistribution of spectral weight in photoemission spectra of $La_{0.6}Sr_{0.4}MnO_3$ over a wide energy range of several eV. We attribute this to a change in the...

Temperature-dependent photoemission spectral weight in $La_{0.6}Sr_{0.4}MnO_3$ (1996)

Sarma, DD, Shanthi, N, Krishnakumar, SR, Saitoh, T, Mizokawa, T, Sekiyama, A, ...

We report temperature-dependent redistribution of spectral weight in photoemission spectra of $La_{0.6}Sr_{0.4}MnO_3$ over a wide energy range of several eV. We attribute this to a change in the...

Diastolic mitral annular motion in normal subjects and patients with coronary artery disease (1995)

OHTE, N., NARITA, H., HASHIMOTO, T., KOBAYASHI, K., AKITA, S., FUJINAMI, T.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of mitral annular motion during diastole in 28 normal subjects, 40 patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI), and 23 patients with...

CORRIGENDUM: PCR analysis of the Y chromosome long arm in azoospermic patients: evidence for a second locus required for spermatogenesis (1995)

Kobayashi, K., Mizuno, K., Hida, A., Komaki, R., Tomita, K., Matsushita, I., ...

The authors wish to correct an error in the sequence of one of the primers for the YRRMI locus. A letter A is missing from the Fl9 primer sequence, the correct sequence being: F19,...

Methods for analysis of multiple cystic fibrosis mutations (1991)

Ng, ISL, Pace, R, Richard, MV, Kobayashi, K, Kerem, B, Tsui, L-C, ...

A large number of mutations causing cystic fibrosis (CF) have been reported. In an attempt to improve methods for genetic diagnosis and for heterozygote screening, we evaluated methods for efficient...

NARROW STRUCTURES OBSERVED IN THE p-p ANALYZING POWER AND NARROW RESONANCES (1990)

Shimizu, H., Glass, G., Hiebert, J., Hiramatsu, S., Holt, J., Imai, K., ...

Small but rather narrow structures have been observed in the momentum dependence of the analyzing power in proton-proton elastic scattering around 1 GeV/c. A possible explanation for the structures...

NARROW STRUCTURES OBSERVED IN THE p-p ANALYZING POWER AND NARROW RESONANCES (1990)

Shimizu, H., Glass, G., Hiebert, J., Hiramatsu, S., Holt, J., Imai, K., ...

Small but rather narrow structures have been observed in the momentum dependence of the analyzing power in proton-proton elastic scattering around 1 GeV/c. A possible explanation for the structures...

6000 meters deep : a trip to the japanese trenches (1988)

FUJIOKA, K, TAIRA, A, KOBAYASHI, K, NAKAMURA, K, IIYAMA, J.T., CADET, J.P., ...

In 1985, a team of French and Japanese scientists made a systematic scientific exploration of the deep trenches surrounding the Japanese islands using the brand new French IFREMER's Nautile...

EFFECT OF SELECTIVE DOPING ON THE LUMINESCENCE RESPONSE OF A HEAVILY Si-DOPED GaAs/AlGaAs QUANTUM WELL (1987)

Kamata, N., Tsuchiya, H., Kobayashi, K., Suzuki, T.

Spontaneous emission characteristics in a heavily doped active layer have successfully been improved by using a selective doping structure. Spatial separation of impurities from recombining majority...

EFFECT OF SELECTIVE DOPING ON THE LUMINESCENCE RESPONSE OF A HEAVILY Si-DOPED GaAs/AlGaAs QUANTUM WELL (1987)

Kamata, N., Tsuchiya, H., Kobayashi, K., Suzuki, T.

Spontaneous emission characteristics in a heavily doped active layer have successfully been improved by using a selective doping structure. Spatial separation of impurities from recombining majority...

EFFECT OF AUSAGING ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF MARTENSITE IN Fe-Ni-Ti-Co ALLOYS (1982)

Maki, T., Kobayashi, K., Tamura, I.

The change in martensite morphology with ausaging in Fe-31%Ni-3%Ti and Fe-31%Ni-3%Ti-10%Co alloys has been examined. By the ausaging, austenite hardness and Ms temperature changed with the...

EFFECT OF AUSAGING ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF MARTENSITE IN Fe-Ni-Ti-Co ALLOYS (1982)

Maki, T., Kobayashi, K., Tamura, I.

The change in martensite morphology with ausaging in Fe-31%Ni-3%Ti and Fe-31%Ni-3%Ti-10%Co alloys has been examined. By the ausaging, austenite hardness and Ms temperature changed with the...

OBSERVATION OF SUCCESSIVE PHASE TRANSITIONS IN SnTe SINGLE CRYSTALS (1979)

Ortalli, I., Fedeli, G., Kobayashi, K., Komatsubara, K.

A phase transition at 22 K was observed in p-type single crystal of SnTe by Mössbauer spectroscopy and electrical resistivity. At this temperature the recoilless fraction versus temperature curve...

Development of the high-gradient electrostatic accelerator techniques in the Kyushu University tandem (1977)

Isoya, A., Kuroyanagi, T., Nakajima, Y., Nakashima, T., Maki, T., Kato, N., ...

At Kyushu university a 10 MV tandem accelerator is just completed and being tested for the overall performance. The construction of this machine was started five years ago and the design principle...

Serum concentration of 7S collagen and prognosis in patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome.

Kawamura, M, Yamasawa, F, Ishizaka, A, Kato, R, Kikuchi, K, Kobayashi, K, ...

BACKGROUND--7S collagen, an N-terminal peptide of type IV collagen, is a primary constituent of the basement membrane. To evaluate whether the serum concentration of 7S collagen reflects the severity...

Delirium associated with Joseph disease.

Fukutani, Y, Katsukawa, K, Matsubara, R, Kobayashi, K, Nakamura, I, Yamaguchi, N

Three Japanese patients with Joseph disease from different families developed sleep disturbance, followed by delirium at the middle to end stage. Brain CT scans of the three patients showed brainstem...

N18 in median somatosensory evoked potentials: a new indicator of medullary function useful for the diagnosis of brain death

Sonoo, M., Tsai-Shozawa, Y., Aoki, M., Nakatani, T., Hatanaka, Y., Mochizuki, A., ...

OBJECTIVES—To record N18 in median somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) for deeply comatose or brain dead patients and to demonstrate the usefulness of N18 for the diagnosis of brain death in...

Type II (adult onset) citrullinaemia: clinical pictures and the therapeutic effect of liver transplantation

Ikeda, S, Yazaki, M, Takei, Y, Ikegami, T, Hashikura, Y, Kawasaki, S, ...

OBJECTIVE—Adult onset type II citrullinemia is an inherited disorder of amino acid metabolism caused by a deficiency of liver specific argininosuccinate synthetase activity. Most of the patients...

Influence of spironolactone on neonatal screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Terai, I., Yamano, K., Ichihara, N., Arai, J., Kobayashi, K.

AIM—To determine if the diuretic spironolactone cross reacts with 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) in an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit used for the mass screening of congenital...

Enhancement of B7-1 (CD80) expression on B-lymphoma cells by irradiation

Seo, A, Ishikawa, F, Nakano, H, Nakazaki, H, Kobayashi, K, Kakiuchi, T

Irradiation of A20.2J mouse B-lymphoma cells enhanced their antigen-presenting ability to induce interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by 42-6A T cells specific for ovalbumin (OVA)323–339/I-Ad....

Activation of NOD2 in vivo induces IL-1β production in the eye via caspase-1 but results in ocular inflammation independently of IL-1 signaling

Rosenzweig, H. L., Martin, T. M., Planck, S. R., Galster, K., Jann, M. M., Davey, M. P., ...

Nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain 2 (NOD2) belongs to the emerging Nod-like receptor (NLR) family considered important in innate immunity. Mutations in NOD2 cause Blau syndrome, an...

Effects on tumour microcirculation in mice of misonidazole and tumour necrosis factor plus hyperthermia.

Fujimoto, S., Kobayashi, K., Takahashi, M., Konno, C., Kokubun, M., Ohta, M., ...

We examined the effects of misonidazole (MISO) and recombinant human tumour necrosis factor (rh-TNF) on tumour blood flow in mice given hyperthermic treatments. MISO (500 mg kg-1) or rh-TNF (6 x...

Gefitinib for non-small-cell lung cancer patients with epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations screened by peptide nucleic acid-locked nucleic acid PCR clamp

Sutani, A, Nagai, Y, Udagawa, K, Uchida, Y, Koyama, N, Murayama, Y, ...

This study was prospectively designed to evaluate a phase II study of gefitinib for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. Clinical...

A phase I/II trial of irinotecan–cisplatin combined with an anti-late-diarrhoeal programme to evaluate the safety and antitumour response of this combination therapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

Takeda, Y, Tsuduki, E, Izumi, S, Hojo, M, Kamimura, M, Naka, G, ...

We conducted a phase I/II study in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to increase the therapeutic index of the cisplatin–irinotecan combination by institution of an...

Caveolin-1 overexpression is an early event in the progression of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Ito, Y, Yoshida, H, Nakano, K, Kobayashi, K, Yokozawa, T, Hirai, K, ...

Caveolin-1 is a major structural component of caveolae, which are plasma membrane microdomains implicated in the regulation of intracellular signalling pathways. Previous in vitro and in vivo studies...

Cimetidine increases survival of colorectal cancer patients with high levels of sialyl Lewis-X and sialyl Lewis-A epitope expression on tumour cells

Matsumoto, S, Imaeda, Y, Umemoto, S, Kobayashi, K, Suzuki, H, Okamoto, T

Cimetidine has been shown to have beneficial effects in colorectal cancer patients. In this study, a total of 64 colorectal cancer patients who received curative operation were examined for the...

Expression of cdc25A and cdc25B proteins in thyroid neoplasms

Ito, Y, Yoshida, H, Nakano, K, Kobayashi, K, Yokozawa, T, Hirai, K, ...

Cdc25B and cdc25A phosphates are prominent stimulators of cell cycle progression and recent studies have also suggested their oncogenic roles. To elucidate the role of these proteins in thyroid...

Fine mapping and DNA fiber FISH analysis locates the tobamovirus resistance gene L3 of Capsicum chinense in a 400-kb region of R-like genes cluster embedded in highly repetitive sequences

Tomita, R., Murai, J., Miura, Y., Ishihara, H., Liu, S., Kubotera, Y., ...

The tobamovirus resistance gene L3 of Capsicum chinense was mapped using an intra-specific F2 population (2,016 individuals) of Capsicum annuum cultivars, into one of which had been introduced the C....