Nemoto, K., Midorikawa, T., Wada, A., Ogawa, K., Takatani, S., Kimoto, H., ...
An automatic measuring system for the partial pressure, pCO2, of atmospheric and oceanic carbon dioxide was developed. The system was mounted on a moored buoy for routine observation of maritime...
Development of net-current free heliotron plasmas in the Large Helical Device (2009)
Komori, A., Yamada, H., Sakakibara, S., Kaneko, O., Kawahata, K., Mutoh, T., ...
Topological susceptibility in 2-flavor lattice QCD with fixed topology (2008)
Chiu, T. W., Aoki, S., Fukaya, H., Hashimoto, S., Hsieh, T. H., Kaneko, T., ...
We determine the topological susceptibility $ \chi_t $ in the trivial topological sector generated by lattice simulations of two-flavor QCD with overlap Dirac fermion, on a $16^3 \times 32$ lattice...
Copyright © 1996, AAAI Development of Self-Maintenance Photocopiers (2008)
Y. Shimornura, K Ogawa, Nd S Tanigawa
The traditional reliability design methods are imperfect, because the designed systems aim at less faults but once a fault happens they may hardfail. To solve this problem, we propose the concepts of...
Computer-based classification of dermoscopy images of melanocytic lesions on acral volar skin (2008)
Iyatomi, H., Oka, H., Celebi, M. E., Ogawa, K., Argenziano, G., Soyer, H. P., ...
Lattice study of meson correlators in the epsilon-regime of two-flavor QCD (2007)
Fukaya, JLQCD Collaboration: H., Aoki, S., Hashimoto, S., Kaneko, T., Matsufuru, H., Noaki, J., ...
We calculate mesonic two-point functions in the epsilon-regime of two-flavor QCD on the lattice with exact chiral symmetry. We use gauge configurations of size 16^3 32 at the lattice spacing a \sim...
The optimal gait pattern in hexapods based on energetic efficiency (2007)
J. Nishii, K. Ogawa, R. Suzuki
The gait transition during locomotion in legged animals is an attractive phenomenon from the point of view of both robotics and biology. In this paper we will show by means of a mathematical model...
Meson correlators in the epsilon-regime of two-flavor lattice QCD (2007)
Aoki, S., Hashimoto, S., Kaneko, T., Matsufuru, H., Noaki, J., ...
We calculate the meson correlators in the $\epsilon$-regime of two-flavor QCD. On a $16^3\times 32$ lattice with $a\sim 0.11$ fm, the lattice simulations are performed with the dynamical overlap...
Topological susceptibility in two-flavor lattice QCD with exact chiral symmetry (2007)
Aoki, S., Chiu, T. W., Fukaya, H., Hashimoto, S., Hsieh, T. H., Kaneko, T., ...
We determine the topological susceptibility $\chi_t$ in two-flavor QCD using the lattice simulations at a fixed topological sector. The topological charge density is unambiguously defined on the...
The significance of cortisol on acclimation to salinity in pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis (2007)
Tsuzuki,M.Y., Ogawa,K., Strüssmann,C.A., Maita,M., Takashima,F., Melo,C.M.R.
The role of cortisol on the osmoregulation of pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis at different salinities was investigated in adult fish injected with 0.7mg hydrocortisone per 100g body weight of fish,...
Photo- and electro-production of medium mass Lambda-hypernuclei (2007)
Bydzovsky, P., Sotona, M., Motoba, T., Itonaga, K., Ogawa, K., Hashimoto, O.
The characteristic and selective nature of the electro-magnetic production of Lambda-hypernuclei in exciting states is demonstrated assuming the medium-mass targets 28Si, 40Ca, and 52Cr. Formalism of...
Two-flavor lattice QCD in the epsilon-regime and chiral Random Matrix Theory (2007)
Fukaya, TWQCD Collaboration: H., Aoki, S., Chiu, T. W., Hashimoto, S., Kaneko, T., ...
The low-lying eigenvalue spectrum of the QCD Dirac operator in the epsilon-regime is expected to match with that of chiral Random Matrix Theory (ChRMT). We study this correspondence for the case...
Two-flavor lattice QCD simulation in the epsilon-regime with exact chiral symmetry (2007)
Fukaya, JLQCD Collaboration: H., Aoki, S., Chiu, T. W., Hashimoto, S., Kaneko, T., Matsufuru, H., ...
We perform lattice simulations of two-flavor QCD using Neuberger's overlap fermion, with which the exact chiral symmetry is realized at finite lattice spacings. The epsilon-regime is reached by...
Where did the super-small sized large bowel advanced cancer come from? (2007)
Wada, R, Sato, K, Ichida, T, Maekawa, H, Ogawa, K, Maekawa, T
Reduction in resting plasma granulysin as a marker of increased training load (2007)
Shing, C, Ogawa, K, Zhang, X, Nagatomi, R, Peake, JM, Suzuki, K, ...
Granulysin is a cytolytic granule protein released by natural killer cells and activated cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The influence of exercise training on circulating granulysin concentration is...
Reduction in resting plasma granulysin as a marker of increased training load (2007)
Shing, C, Ogawa, K, Zhang, X, Nagatomi, R, Peake, JM, Suzuki, K, ...
Granulysin is a cytolytic granule protein released by natural killer cells and activated cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The influence of exercise training on circulating granulysin concentration is...
Reduction in resting plasma granulysin as a marker of increased training load (2007)
Shing, C., Ogawa, K., Zhang, X., Nagatomi, R., Peake, J. M., Suzuki, K., ...
Reduction in resting plasma granulysin as a marker of increased training load (2007)
Shing, C, Ogawa, K, Zhang, X, Nagatomi, R, Peake, JM, Suzuki, K, ...
Reduction in resting plasma granulysin as a marker of increased training load (2007)
Shing, C., Ogawa, K., Zhang, X., Nagatomi, R., Peake, J. M., Suzuki, K., ...
Reduction in resting plasma granulysin as a marker of increased training load (2007)
Shing, C, Ogawa, K, Zhang, X, Nagatomi, R, Peake, JM, Suzuki, K, ...
Granulysin is a cytolytic granule protein released by natural killer cells and activated cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The influence of exercise training on circulating granulysin concentration is...
Dynamical overlap fermions in the epsilon-regime (2006)
Fukaya, JLQCD Collaboration: H., Hashimoto, S., Kanaya, K., Kaneko, T., Matsufuru, H., Ogawa, K., ...
We report on the two-flavor QCD simulation in the epsilon-regime using the overlap fermion formulation. Sea quark mass is reduced to ~ 2 MeV on a 16^3x32 lattice with the lattice spacing ~ 0.11fm....
Broadband variable chromatic dispersion in photonic-band electro-optic wavefuide (2006)
Ogawa, K., Tomiyama, K., Tan, Y., Doan, M., Bin, Y., ...
Modeling and Inversion in Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing over Vegetated Land Surfaces (2006)
Jacob, F., Schmugge, T., Olioso, A., French, A., Ogawa, K., Petitcolin, F., ...
Thermal Infra Red (TIR) Remote sensing allow spatializing various land surface temperatures: ensemble brightness, radiometric and aerodynamic temperatures, soil and vegetation temperatures optionally...
Modeling and Inversion in Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing over Vegetated Land Surfaces (2006)
Jacob, F., Schmugge, T., Olioso, A., French, A., Ogawa, K., Petitcolin, F., ...
Thermal Infra Red (TIR) Remote sensing allow spatializing various land surface temperatures: ensemble brightness, radiometric and aerodynamic temperatures, soil and vegetation temperatures optionally...
Topology conserving gauge action and the overlap-Dirac operator (2005)
Fukaya, H, Hashimoto, S, Hirohashi, T, Ogawa, K, Onogi, T
We apply the topology conserving gauge action proposed by Luescher to the four-dimensional lattice QCD simulation in the quenched approximation. With this gauge action the topological charge is...
Topology conserving gauge action and the overlap-Dirac operator (2005)
Fukaya, H., Hashimoto, S., Hirohashi, T., Ogawa, K., Onogi, T.
We apply the topology conserving gauge action proposed by Luescher to the four-dimensional lattice QCD simulation in the quenched approximation. With this gauge action the topological charge is...
Overlap fermion with the topology conserving gauge action (2005)
Fukaya, H., Hashimoto, S., Hirohashi, T., Matsufuru, H., Ogawa, K., Onogi, T.
We investigate the distribution of low-lying eigenmodes of hermitian Wilson-Dirac operator, $H_W$, with the gauge action whose form is designed to avoid topology change, as well as with the standard...
Fukaya, H., Onogi, T., Hashimoto, S., Hirohashi, T., Ogawa, K.
The topology conserving gauge action proposed by Luescher is expected to reduce the number of non-smooth gauge configurations as well as the topology change compared to the conventional actions for...
Energy Centroids in the presence of random interactions (2005)
Zhao, Y. M., Arima, A., Yoshida, N., Ogawa, K., Yoshinaga, N., Kota, V. K. B.
In this paper we study energy centroids such as those with fixed spin and isospin, those with fixed irreducible representations for bosons, in the presence of random two-body and/or three-body...
Koshiba, T, Fujimoto, Y, Yoshizawa, A, Ito, T, ...
BACKGROUND: Bolus steroids are usually administered prior to graft reperfusion in an attempt to provide protection against ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). However, the anti-IRI properties of...
P.2. Syncope, Pacemaker, CRT & ICD: P.2.7 Pacemaker Registry in Saitama Prefecture, Japan (2005)
Suga, C., Matsumoto, K., Kato, R., Kurita, A., Katsumoto, K., Endo, Y., ...
Objective Pacemaker Registry has been started since 2004 to establish a reliable source of pacemaker use in Saitama-prefecture having the fifth largest population in Japan. Method Patient...
Energy Centroids of Spin $I$ States by Random Two-body Interactions (2004)
Zhao, Y. M., Arima, A., Ogawa, K.
In this paper we study the behavior of energy centroids (denoted as $\bar{E_I}$) of spin $I$ states in the presence of random two-body interactions, for systems ranging from very simple systems (e.g....
Patterns of the ground states in the presence of random interactions: nucleon systems (2004)
Zhao, Y. M., Arima, A., Shimizu, N., Ogawa, K., Yoshinaga, N., Scholten, O.
We present our results on properties of ground states for nucleonic systems in the presence of random two-body interactions. In particular we present probability distributions for parity, seniority,...
Devulcanization of sulfur-cured isoprene rubber in supercritical carbon dioxide (2003)
Kojima, M, Ogawa, K, Mizoshima, H, Tosaka, M, Kohjiya, S, Ikeda, Y
Watanabe, M., Henmi, K., Ogawa, K., Suzuki, T.
The photosynthetic strain Z of Euglena gracilis is more susceptible to cadmium chloride (Cd) than the non-photosynthetic strain SMZ. We investigated the correlation of intracellular reactive oxygen...
Mitochondrial DNA Strand Breaks by CdCl2-exposure in Euglena gracilis (2003)
Watanabe, M., Henmi, K., Ogawa, K., Suzuki, T.
Inorganic cadmium causes cellular damage to eukaryotes as a result of reactive oxygen stress. We have demonstrated cadmium chloride (Cd)-induced ROS in the unicellular eukaryote Euglena gracilis Z...
Watanabe, M., Henmi, K., Ogawa, K., Suzuki, T
We have shown that the photosynthetic strain Z of Euglena gracilis is more susceptible to cadmium chloride (Cd) than the non photosynthetic strain SMZ. We here investigated the correlation of the...
EphA4 is not required for Purkinje cell compartmentation (2002)
Karam, SD, Dottori, M, Ogawa, K, Henderson, JT, Boyd, AW, Pasquale, EB, ...
The Purkinje cells of both the adult and the developing cerebellar cortex are organized into parasagittal stripes or 'segments' expressing a variety of biochemical markers. We show that in the...
EphA4 is not required for Purkinje cell compartmentation (2002)
Karam, SD, Dottori, M, Ogawa, K, Henderson, JT, Boyd, AW, Pasquale, EB, ...
The Purkinje cells of both the adult and the developing cerebellar cortex are organized into parasagittal stripes or 'segments' expressing a variety of biochemical markers. We show that in the...
Ogawa, K, Asonuma, K, Inomata, Y, Kim, I, Ikada, Y, Tabata, Y, ...
Matsuzawa, T., Nakada, H., Ogawa, K., Momoki, G.
The $10^+$ and $27/2^-$ isomers of the $Z>64$, $N=82$ nuclei are investigated in the shell model framework. We derive an extended seniority reduction formula for the relevant $E2$ transition...
Glossopharyngeal Taste Responses of the Channel Catfish to Binary Mixtures of Amino Acids (2000)
This study examines the neural processing of binary mixtures in the glossopharyngeal (IX) taste system of the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, and finds that the nature of the components of a...
Thomas-Ehrman shifts in nuclei around ^{16}O and role of residual nuclear interaction (1999)
Ogawa, K., Nakada, H., Hino, S., Motegi, R.
The asymmetry in the energy spectra between mirror nuclei (the Thomas-Ehrman shifts) around $^{16}$O is investigated from a phenomenological viewpoint. The recent data on proton-rich nuclei indicates...
Toita, T, Ogawa, K, Kamata, M, Kojya, S, Itokazu, T, Kakinohana, Y, ...
Yang, B., Koga, H., Ohno, H., Ogawa, K., Fukuda, M., Hirakata, Y., ...
A large maxillofacial prosthesis for total mandibular defect: a case report (1999)
Ota, Y, Ebihara, S, Ooyama, W, Kishimoto, S, Asai, M, Saikawa, M, ...
Ogawa, K, Toita, T, Kakinohana, Y, Kamata, M, Moromizato, H, Nagai, Y, ...
Precise measurement of the $e^{+} e^{-}\to \mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ reaction at $\sqrt{s} = 57.77 GeV (1998)
Miura, M, Odaka, S, Arima, T, Tobimatsu, K, Ogawa, K, Shirai, J, ...
Kudo, T., Tarutani, Y., Ogawa, K., Azuma, S.
Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is one of the most serious corrosion problems in chemical process industries; standard 300 series austenitic stainless steels are most widely used, but much...
Morphology of Alpha(sub 2) Phase in Gamma-TiAl-Base Alloy Ingots. (1998)
Aritomi, N., Ogawa, K., Honma, K., Sato, K., Tsujimoto, T.
Using an etching technique for the investigation of non-metallic inclusions in iron, the morphology of the alpha(sub 2) (ordered hexagonal close-packed (h.c.p.)) phase in Ti-(46-54)at.%Al alloy...
Azuma, S., Miyuki, H., Ogawa, K., Kudo, T., Fukuda, T.
Dps 18 and dps 28, two duplex stainless steels were studied. they were produced using powder metallurgy. both alloys were corrosion tested.
Critical Current Properties of Fine Filament Superconducting Wires for the SSC. (1998)
Susai, K., Ii, H., Ogawa, K., Suzuki, T., Ikeda, M.
Developed and manufactured at the furukawa electric co., ltd. under the ssc vendor qualification program are nb-ti superconducting wires with high performance. long unit length, narrowest variation...
Sakata, K., Ogawa, K., Isoda, Y., Homma, K., Tokushima, T.
Composite spherical powders made of aluminum and yttria were prepared by the mechanical shock method. This unique idea for composite powder products, without the use of heat, and making use of the...
Structure and Properties of Ni-TiC Cermet Films Formed by Ion Plating. (1998)
Ishida, A., Ogawa, K., Kimura, T., Takei, A.
Ni-TiC cermet films with Ti:Ni ratios of 0.35 and 3 were deposited by activated reactive evaporation. Electron microscopy study revealed that the films were fine-grained mixtures of nickel and TiC....
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Measurement of the proton-antiproton pair production from two-photon collisions at TRISTAN (1998)
Hamasaki, H, Abe, K, Amako, K, Arai, Y, Asano, Y, Chiba, M, ...
$D^{*+-}$ inclusive production in two-photon process at $\sqrt{s}$ = 58 GeV in TRISTAN (1997)
Ohyama, H, Abe, K, Amako, K, Arai, Y, Asano, Y, Chiba, M, ...
Ogawa, K., Kikuchi, T., Kajiwara, S., Matsunaga, T., Miyazaki, S.
It is shown by high resolution electron microscopy that coherent plate precipitates with 0.5-1 nm thickness are formed in Ti-rich Ti-Ni thin films when heat treated directly from the...
Ogawa, K., Kikuchi, T., Kajiwara, S.
Continuous lattice change from f.c.c. to b.c.c. as a function of subnanometric distance is observed near the austenite-martensite interface in an Fe-Ni-Mn alloy transformed isothermally at low...
Mechanical Behaviors of β-Titanium Alloy at High Rates of Strain (1997)
The compressive deformation of aged and un-aged β-Titanium alloy (Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al) was investigated at temperatures between 77K and 673K, at strain rate up to 104 s-1. Temperature and/or...
The complete genome sequence of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis (1997)
Kunst, F., Ogasawara, N., Moszer, I., Albertini, A.M., Alloni, G., Azevedo, V., ...
Bacillus subtilis is the best-characterized member of the Gram-positive bacteria. Its genome of 4,214,810 base pairs comprises 4,100 protein-coding genes. Of these protein-coding genes, 53% are...
Ogawa, K., Kikuchi, T., Kajiwara, S., Matsunaga, T., Miyazaki, S.
It is shown by high resolution electron microscopy that coherent plate precipitates with 0.5-1 nm thickness are formed in Ti-rich Ti-Ni thin films when heat treated directly from the...
Ogawa, K., Kikuchi, T., Kajiwara, S.
Continuous lattice change from f.c.c. to b.c.c. as a function of subnanometric distance is observed near the austenite-martensite interface in an Fe-Ni-Mn alloy transformed isothermally at low...
Mechanical Behaviors of β-Titanium Alloy at High Rates of Strain (1997)
The compressive deformation of aged and un-aged β-Titanium alloy (Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al) was investigated at temperatures between 77K and 673K, at strain rate up to 104 s-1. Temperature and/or...
Ogawa, K., Kikuchi, T., Kajiwara, S., Matsunaga, T., Miyazaki, S.
It is shown by high resolution electron microscopy that coherent plate precipitates with 0.5-1 nm thickness are formed in Ti-rich Ti-Ni thin films when heat treated directly from the...
Ogawa, K., Kikuchi, T., Kajiwara, S.
Continuous lattice change from f.c.c. to b.c.c. as a function of subnanometric distance is observed near the austenite-martensite interface in an Fe-Ni-Mn alloy transformed isothermally at low...
Mechanical Behaviors of β-Titanium Alloy at High Rates of Strain (1997)
The compressive deformation of aged and un-aged β-Titanium alloy (Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al) was investigated at temperatures between 77K and 673K, at strain rate up to 104 s-1. Temperature and/or...
Koga, H, Miyamoto, J, Ohno, H, Ogawa, K, Tomono, K, Tashiro, T, ...
The Complete Genome Sequence Of The Gram-Positive Bacterium Bacillus Subtilis (1997)
Kunst, F., Ogasawara, N., Moszer, I., Albertini, Am., Alloni, G., Azevedo, V., ...
Precise measurement of Bhabha scattering at a center-of-mass energy of 57.77 GeV (1996)
Arima, T, Odaka, S, Ogawa, K, Shirai, J, Tsuboyama, T, Hosoda, N, ...
Study of $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ pair production in a two-photon process at TRISTAN (1995)
Yabuki, F, Abe, K, Amako, K, Arai, Y, Arima, T, Asano, Y, ...
Ogawa, K, Sakuda, M, Hayashi, K, Kohriki, T, Sumiyoshi, T, Watase, Y, ...
KUNISHIMA, S., HATTORI, M., KOBAYASHI, S., HATTORI, H., IWAMA, Y., IMAI, Y., ...
We evaluated the activation and destruction of platelets in 24 patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) involving the mitral valve. Ex vivo platelet aggregation induced by adenosine diphosphate...
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL (1991)
The strength and the shape memory effect of Fe-9Cr- 5Ni-14Mn-6Si stainless steel were clarified at temperatures from 208K to 423K and at strain rates from 10-4/sec to 4x102/sec. Shape recovery ratio...
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL (1991)
The strength and the shape memory effect of Fe-9Cr- 5Ni-14Mn-6Si stainless steel were clarified at temperatures from 208K to 423K and at strain rates from 10-4/sec to 4x102/sec. Shape recovery ratio...
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL (1991)
The strength and the shape memory effect of Fe-9Cr- 5Ni-14Mn-6Si stainless steel were clarified at temperatures from 208K to 423K and at strain rates from 10-4/sec to 4x102/sec. Shape recovery ratio...
Coding sequence of human placenta Cofilin cDNA (1990)
Ogawa, K., Tashima, M., Yumoto, Y., Okuda, T., Sawada, H., Okuma, M., ...
CHARACTERISTICS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY AT HIGH STRAIN RATE (1988)
In prospect of its wide technological applications, the dynamic response of shape memory alloy was investigated in the wide temperature range from 201K to 363K. The temperature and the strain rate...
CHARACTERISTICS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY AT HIGH STRAIN RATE (1988)
In prospect of its wide technological applications, the dynamic response of shape memory alloy was investigated in the wide temperature range from 201K to 363K. The temperature and the strain rate...
CHARACTERISTICS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY AT HIGH STRAIN RATE (1988)
In prospect of its wide technological applications, the dynamic response of shape memory alloy was investigated in the wide temperature range from 201K to 363K. The temperature and the strain rate...
NEW APPLICATIONS OF SPLIT HOPKINSON BAR TO MATERIALS TESTING (1985)
Conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar method (SHPB) is applied to new types of tensile tests, strain rate incremental or decremental tests, reloading tests, sequenced reverse tests and relaxation...
NEW APPLICATIONS OF SPLIT HOPKINSON BAR TO MATERIALS TESTING (1985)
Conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar method (SHPB) is applied to new types of tensile tests, strain rate incremental or decremental tests, reloading tests, sequenced reverse tests and relaxation...
NEW APPLICATIONS OF SPLIT HOPKINSON BAR TO MATERIALS TESTING (1985)
Conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar method (SHPB) is applied to new types of tensile tests, strain rate incremental or decremental tests, reloading tests, sequenced reverse tests and relaxation...
Effects of antibodies against dynein and tubulin on the stiffness of flagellar axonemes (1981)
Okuno, M., Asai, D. J., Ogawa, K., Brokaw, C. J.
Antidynein antibodies, previously shown to inhibit flagellar oscillation and active sliding of axonemal microtubules, increase the bending resistance of axonemes measured under relaxing conditions,...
Properties of an antiserum against native dynein 1 from sea urchin sperm flagella (1977)
Ogawa, K., Asai, D. J., Brokaw, C. J.
Effects of an antiserum against native dynein 1 from sperm flagella of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus were compared with effects of an antiserum previously obtained against an...
Properties of an antiserum against native dynein 1 from sea urchin sperm flagella (1977)
Ogawa, K., Asai, D. J., Brokaw, C. J.
Effects of an antiserum against native dynein 1 from sperm flagella of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus were compared with effects of an antiserum previously obtained against an...
Perturbed angular distributions in $^{36}$Cl and $^{40}$K (1977)
Bozek, E., Gehringer, C., Merdinger, J.C., Ogawa, K., Vivien, J.P.
Perturbed angular distributions in $^{36}$Cl and $^{40}$K (1977)
Bozek, E., Gehringer, C., Merdinger, J.C., Ogawa, K., Vivien, J.P.
Magnetic moment of the 2543 keV 7$^+$ state in $^{40}$K (1976)
Bozek, E., Gehringer, C., Merdinger, J.C., Ogawa, K., Vivien, J.P.
Magnetic moment of the 2543 keV 7$^+$ state in $^{40}$K (1976)
Bozek, E., Gehringer, C., Merdinger, J.C., Ogawa, K., Vivien, J.P.
The nasB operon and nasA gene are required for nitrate/nitrite assimilation in Bacillus subtilis.
Ogawa, K, Akagawa, E, Yamane, K, Sun, Z W, LaCelle, M, Zuber, P, ...
Bacillus subtilis can use either nitrate or nitrite as a sole source of nitrogen. The isolation of the nasABCDEF genes of B. subtilis, which are required for nitrate/nitrite assimilation, is...
Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Sakai, H, Ogawa, K, Kiyomasu, T, ...
We constructed a full-length molecular clone of simian immunodeficiency virus from an African green monkey. Upon transfection, this clone directed the production of virus particles cytopathic and...
Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Ogawa, K, Sakai, H, Kiyomasu, T, ...
We constructed an infectious molecular clone of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) and generated nine frameshift mutants corresponding to nine open reading frames identified so far....
Complementation of the rev gene mutation among human and simian lentiviruses.
Sakai, H, Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Ogawa, K, Kiyomasu, T, ...
The functional exchangeability of the rev gene was assessed in transient transfection experiments by using in vitro-constructed rev and gag mutants of the following three primate lentiviruses: human...
Mutational analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus vpr open reading frame.
Ogawa, K, Shibata, R, Kiyomasu, T, Higuchi, I, Kishida, Y, Ishimoto, A, ...
Mutations were introduced by recombinant DNA techniques into the vpr open reading frame of an infectious molecular clone of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. The effect of these changes on the...
Production of human interferon-gamma in serum-free medium.
Tsujimoto, M, Tarutani, T, Ogawa, K, Akashi, K, Okubo, Y, Higashi, N
Interferon (IFN)-gamma was produced with a high yield in cultures of human peripheral mononuclear cells by combined stimulation with OK-432 and staphylococcal enterotoxin B. Human mononuclear cells...
Is outer arm dynein intermediate chain 1 multifunctional?
Ogawa, K, Takai, H, Ogiwara, A, Yokota, E, Shimizu, T, Inaba, K, ...
The outer arm dynein of sea urchin sperm axoneme contains three intermediate chains (IC1, IC2, and IC3; M(r) 128,000, 98,000, and 74,000, respectively). IC2 and IC3 are members of the WD family; the...
Ogawa, K, Kamiya, R, Wilkerson, C G, Witman, G B
Immunological analysis showed that antibodies against the intermediate chains (ICs) IC2 and IC3 of sea urchin outer arm dynein specifically cross-reacted with intermediate chains IC78 and IC69,...
Coding sequence of human placenta cofilin cDNA.
Ogawa, K, Tashima, M, Yumoto, Y, Okuda, T, Sawada, H, Okuma, M, ...
Rationale for bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Ikehara, S, Good, R A, Nakamura, T, Sekita, K, Inoue, S, Oo, M M, ...
Transplantation of normal bone marrow from C3H/HeN nu/nu (H-2k) mice into young MRL/MP-lpr/lpr (MRL/l; H-2k) mice (less than 1.5 mo) prevented the development of autoimmune diseases and...
Identification of dynein as the outer arms of sea urchin sperm axonemes.
The location of dynein, the main flagellar ATPase, within the sea urchin sperm axoneme was investigated by the use of immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy, employing an antiserum against...
Distribution of vitamin B12 R-binder in carcinomas of the digestive tract.
Kudo, H, Ohshio, G, Ogawa, K, Kim, Y C, Wakatsuki, Y, Nakashima, Y, ...
To evaluate whether the increase in serum transcobalamin I, seen in patients with carcinoma, is caused by synthesis of R-binder to tumour cells, the distribution of vitamin B12 R-binder in 125...
Tsukamoto, Y, Kotani, T, Hiroi, S, Egawa, M, Ogawa, K, Sasaki, F, ...
The expression and adhesive activities of gicerin, a cell adhesion protein, in the pock lesions on chicken chorioallantoic membranes (CAM) infected with an avian poxvirus were studied. In normal...
Levavasseur, F, Liétard, J, Ogawa, K, Théret, N, Burbelo, P D, Yamada, Y, ...
Laminin gamma 1 chain is present in all basement membranes and is expressed at high levels in various diseases, such as hepatic fibrosis. We have identified cis- and trans-acting elements involved in...
Kurohmaru, M, Maeda, S, Suda, A, Hondo, E, Ogawa, K, Endo, H, ...
The seminiferous epithelium of the common tree shrew (Tupaia glis) was investigated using transmission electron microscopy and lectin-histochemistry. It was compared with that of shrews examined in...
The nasB operon and nasA gene are required for nitrate/nitrite assimilation in Bacillus subtilis.
Ogawa, K, Akagawa, E, Yamane, K, Sun, Z W, LaCelle, M, Zuber, P, ...
Bacillus subtilis can use either nitrate or nitrite as a sole source of nitrogen. The isolation of the nasABCDEF genes of B. subtilis, which are required for nitrate/nitrite assimilation, is...
Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Sakai, H, Ogawa, K, Kiyomasu, T, ...
We constructed a full-length molecular clone of simian immunodeficiency virus from an African green monkey. Upon transfection, this clone directed the production of virus particles cytopathic and...
Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Ogawa, K, Sakai, H, Kiyomasu, T, ...
We constructed an infectious molecular clone of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) and generated nine frameshift mutants corresponding to nine open reading frames identified so far....
Complementation of the rev gene mutation among human and simian lentiviruses.
Sakai, H, Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Ogawa, K, Kiyomasu, T, ...
The functional exchangeability of the rev gene was assessed in transient transfection experiments by using in vitro-constructed rev and gag mutants of the following three primate lentiviruses: human...
Mutational analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus vpr open reading frame.
Ogawa, K, Shibata, R, Kiyomasu, T, Higuchi, I, Kishida, Y, Ishimoto, A, ...
Mutations were introduced by recombinant DNA techniques into the vpr open reading frame of an infectious molecular clone of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. The effect of these changes on the...
Production of human interferon-gamma in serum-free medium.
Tsujimoto, M, Tarutani, T, Ogawa, K, Akashi, K, Okubo, Y, Higashi, N
Interferon (IFN)-gamma was produced with a high yield in cultures of human peripheral mononuclear cells by combined stimulation with OK-432 and staphylococcal enterotoxin B. Human mononuclear cells...
Is outer arm dynein intermediate chain 1 multifunctional?
Ogawa, K, Takai, H, Ogiwara, A, Yokota, E, Shimizu, T, Inaba, K, ...
The outer arm dynein of sea urchin sperm axoneme contains three intermediate chains (IC1, IC2, and IC3; M(r) 128,000, 98,000, and 74,000, respectively). IC2 and IC3 are members of the WD family; the...
Ogawa, K, Kamiya, R, Wilkerson, C G, Witman, G B
Immunological analysis showed that antibodies against the intermediate chains (ICs) IC2 and IC3 of sea urchin outer arm dynein specifically cross-reacted with intermediate chains IC78 and IC69,...
Coding sequence of human placenta cofilin cDNA.
Ogawa, K, Tashima, M, Yumoto, Y, Okuda, T, Sawada, H, Okuma, M, ...
Rationale for bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Ikehara, S, Good, R A, Nakamura, T, Sekita, K, Inoue, S, Oo, M M, ...
Transplantation of normal bone marrow from C3H/HeN nu/nu (H-2k) mice into young MRL/MP-lpr/lpr (MRL/l; H-2k) mice (less than 1.5 mo) prevented the development of autoimmune diseases and...
Identification of dynein as the outer arms of sea urchin sperm axonemes.
The location of dynein, the main flagellar ATPase, within the sea urchin sperm axoneme was investigated by the use of immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy, employing an antiserum against...
Distribution of vitamin B12 R-binder in carcinomas of the digestive tract.
Kudo, H, Ohshio, G, Ogawa, K, Kim, Y C, Wakatsuki, Y, Nakashima, Y, ...
To evaluate whether the increase in serum transcobalamin I, seen in patients with carcinoma, is caused by synthesis of R-binder to tumour cells, the distribution of vitamin B12 R-binder in 125...
Kurohmaru, M, Maeda, S, Suda, A, Hondo, E, Ogawa, K, Endo, H, ...
The seminiferous epithelium of the common tree shrew (Tupaia glis) was investigated using transmission electron microscopy and lectin-histochemistry. It was compared with that of shrews examined in...
Tsukamoto, Y, Kotani, T, Hiroi, S, Egawa, M, Ogawa, K, Sasaki, F, ...
The expression and adhesive activities of gicerin, a cell adhesion protein, in the pock lesions on chicken chorioallantoic membranes (CAM) infected with an avian poxvirus were studied. In normal...
Levavasseur, F, Liétard, J, Ogawa, K, Théret, N, Burbelo, P D, Yamada, Y, ...
Laminin gamma 1 chain is present in all basement membranes and is expressed at high levels in various diseases, such as hepatic fibrosis. We have identified cis- and trans-acting elements involved in...
Mosaic pattern of ornithine transcarbamylase expression in spfash mouse liver.
Shiojiri, N., Imai, H., Goto, S., Ohta, T., Ogawa, K., Mori, M.
Mosaicism of ornithine transcarbamylase expression was immunohistochemically examined in hepatocytes of spfash heterozygous female mouse livers. An immunohistochemical method using polyclonal...
Lee, G. H., Ogawa, K., Drinkwater, N. R.
Primary rodent and human hepatocytes have a very limited lifespan in culture and are not readily applicable to transformation studies in vitro. To facilitate the investigation of early genetic events...
Immunohistochemical localisation of vitamin B12 R-binder in the human digestive tract.
Kudo, H, Inada, M, Ohshio, G, Wakatsuki, Y, Ogawa, K, Hamashima, Y, ...
The distribution of vitamin B12 R-binder in the human digestive tract was studied using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique. Positive staining for R-binder was found in the mucous cells and ductal...
Effects of N-alpha-methyl-histamine on human H2 receptors expressed in CHO cells
Saitoh, T, Fukushima, Y, Otsuka, H, Ishikawa, M, Tamai, M, Takahashi, H, ...
Background: Production of N-alpha-methyl-histamine (NAMH), a histamine H3 receptor (H3R) agonist, is reportedly promoted in Helicobacter pylori infected human gastric mucosa. NAMH was suggested to...
Healing of focal injury in the rat liver.
Ogawa, K., Suzuki, J., Narasaki, M., Mori, M.
The healing process of focal hepatic injury produced by thrusting a liquid nitrogen-cooled or fire-heated needle in rat liver was investigated by light and electron microscopy and autoradiography....
Ogawa, K., Suzuki, J., Mukai, H., Mori, M.
Immunohistochemical investigations were carried out on the properties of the cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) in focal hepatic injuries. A liquid nitrogen-cooled syringe needle was thrust into...
Increased plasma cyclic nucleotide concentrations in congestive heart failure.
Ogawa, K, Shiozu, H, Mizuno, K, Ban, M, Ito, T, Satake, T
Plasma concentrations of cyclic nucleotides (adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and guanosine monophosphate (GMP) were measured by an ultrasensitive radioimmunoassay in 138 patients with heart failure due...
Transient hyperopia with lens swelling at initial therapy in diabetes.
Saito, Y, Ohmi, G, Kinoshita, S, Nakamura, Y, Ogawa, K, Harino, S, ...
The clinical courses of 10 eyes of five diabetic patients who exhibited bilateral transient hyperopia (maximum: 1:1-4.9 dioptres, spherical equivalent) after initiation of strict control of diabetes...
Ogawa, K, Hashida, R, Miyagawa, M, Kagaya, S, Sugita, Y, Matsumoto, K, ...
Investigation of differentially expressed genes in eosinophils of patients with allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis (AD) will provide important information for elucidating possible mechanisms...
Serum granulysin is a marker for Th1 type immunity in pre-eclampsia
SAKAI, M, OGAWA, K, SHIOZAKI, A, YONEDA, S, SASAKI, Y, NAGATA, K, ...
Recent studies suggest that pre-eclampsia is associated with a Th1 predominant state and may be considered a failure of tolerance. Granulysin is a cytotoxic granule protein of natural killer (NK)...
Increase in Ksp37-positive peripheral blood lymphocytes in mild extrinsic asthma
Kuepper, M, Koester, K, Bratke, K, Myrtek, D, Ogawa, K, Nagata, K, ...
Killer-specific secretory protein of 37 kDa (Ksp37), identified as a Th1/Tc1 specific secretory protein is expressed preferentially in cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cells and...
SHIRAI, R, KADOTA, J, TOMONO, K, OGAWA, K, IIDA, K, KAWAKAMI, K, ...
We investigated the effects of G-CSF in a granulocytopenic mouse model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection. The model was prepared by intratracheal instillation of the bacteria, while...
Elevated IL-5 levels in pleural fluid of patients with paragonimiasis westermani
Taniguchi, H, Mukae, H, Matsumoto, N, Tokojima, M, Katoh, S, Matsukura, S, ...
To investigate the pathogenic mechanisms of eosinophilic pleural effusion in patients with paragonimiasis, we measured the levels of IL-5, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)...
NAKATA, A, OGAWA, K, SASAKI, T, KOYAMA, N, WADA, K, KOTERA, J, ...
Even though the existence of phosphodiesterase (PDE) 7 in T cells has been proved, the lack of a selective PDE7 inhibitor has confounded an accurate assessment of PDE7 function in such cells. In...
Transcriptional regulation of the IL-5 gene in peripheral T cells of asthmatic patients
OGAWA, K, KAMINUMA, O, OKUDAIRA, H, KIKKAWA, H, IKEZAWA, K, SAKURAI, N, ...
Mechanisms that underlie the regulation of IL-5 gene expression in human peripheral T cells remain incompletely defined because of the low efficiency of transfection of plasmid constructs into...
Ohashi, H., Wakui, K., Ogawa, K., Okano, T., Niikawa, N., Fukushima, Y.
A centromere is considered to be an essential chromosomal component where microtubule-kinetochore interaction occurs to segregate sister chromatids faithfully and acentric chromosomes are unstable...
Newer insights into the pathogenesis of liver cancer.
Farber, E., Solt, D., Cameron, R., Laishes, B., Ogawa, K., Medline, A.
A new hypothesis leading to a new model of liver carcinogenesis is described; it is based on the acquisition by carcinogen-altered hepatocytes during initiation of a new functional handle--resistance...
Kanda, K., Ogawa, K., Miyamoto, N., Hatano, T., Seo, H., Matsui, N.
1. The effect of steroid hormones on atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-stimulated cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cyclic GMP) formation was studied in cultured rat renal cells. 2. ANP increased cyclic...
Mechanism of xanthine-induced relaxation of guinea-pig isolated trachealis muscle.
Ogawa, K., Takagi, K., Satake, T.
1. Four 3-alkylxanthines (3-methylxanthine, 3-n-propylxanthine (enprofylline), 3-n-butylxanthine and 3-iso-butylxanthine) and four 1-methyl-3-alkylxanthines (1-methyl-3-methylxanthine (theophylline),...
Inoue, M, Fujishiro, N, Ogawa, K, Muroi, M, Sakamoto, Y, Imanaga, I, ...
The role of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in catecholamine secretion from dissociated adrenal chromaffin cells of the guinea-pig was investigated using amperometry, the...
Ogawa, K, Negishi, S, Obika, M
The 0.5 M KCl-treatment solubilizes the outer arms from sea urchin sperm axonemes. Approximately 30 percent of A-polypeptide, corresponding to dynein 1 in SDS- polyacrylamide gel, was solubilized by...
How Important Is Land as a Production Factor for Japanese Manufacturing Industries?
We analyse the contribution of land to production activity for Japanese manufacturing industries employing panel data of the firms. Since land is not necessarily held for production purpose, we check...
Demand for Bank Loans Under Borrowing Constraints: A Panel Study of Japanese Firm Data.
We estimate a corporate demand model for bank loans on the basis of a panel data set of the Japanese corporations. What is novel is an explicit treatment of borrowing constraints in the estimation,...
Land Value and Corporate Investment: Evidence from Japanese Panel Data.
Based on a panel data set of the Japanese corporations, we investigate into the collateral role of the land assets. We estimate the Euler equation of investment decision rule by the GMM when the...
Uncertainty and Investment : Some Evidence from the Panel Data of Japanese Manufacturing Firms.
We analyse empirically the effect of uncertainty on fixed investment by estimating an accelerator-type investment function based on a panel data set of the Hapanese manufacturing firms. The...
Liquidity Preference and Persistent Unemployment with Dynamic Optimizing Agents
Ono, Y., Ogawa, K., Yoshida, A.
Standard money-in-utlity dynamic models assume satiable liquidity preference, and thereby prove the existence of a full employment steady state. Using the same model, Ono (1994) shows that under...
Trends and Determinants of Japanese Saving Rates
We project the future trends of the japanese saving rates with special emphasis on an analysis of the consumption and saving behavior of the household sector. Notable feature of our modeling is that...
A Chinese Province as a Reform Experiment: The Case of Hainan.
Cadario, P.M., Ogawa, K., Wen, Y.K.
economic policy ; economic reform
Land Value and Corporate Investment: Evidence from Japanese Panel Data.
LAND;PRICES;INVESTMENTS
An Empirical Re-Evaluation of Wealth Effect in Japanese Household Behavior.
Ogawa, K., Kitasaka, S.I., Yamaoka, H., Iwata, Y.
WEALTH;HOUSEHOLD
Bank Lending in Japan: its Determinants and Macroeconomic Implications.
We examine the role of bank loans in the Japanese economy by analyzing the lending behavior of banking firms and the investment behavior of non-financial firms.
Ogawa, K., Medline, A., Farber, E.
The organizational pattern of hepatocytes in hyperplastic nodules, probable precursors of hepatocellular carcinoma, was examined sequentially at different stages in the carcinogenic process, and...
Phase II trial of radiotherapy after hyperbaric oxygenation with chemotherapy for high-grade gliomas
Ogawa, K, Yoshii, Y, Inoue, O, Toita, T, Saito, A, Kakinohana, Y, ...
We conducted a phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of radiotherapy immediately after hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) with chemotherapy in adults with high-grade gliomas. Patients with...
Clinicopathological significance of EZH2 mRNA expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Sudo, T, Utsunomiya, T, Mimori, K, Nagahara, H, Ogawa, K, Inoue, H, ...
Enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2), a member of the polycomb group protein family, plays a crucial role in the regulation of embryonic development and has been associated with the regulation of the...