K. Saito

Publication List Details

Period

1981 - 2009

Number

94

Co-Authors

Nuclear effects in neutrino-nucleus DIS (2009)

Hirai, M., Kumano, S., Saito, K.

We explain the current status of nuclear parton distribution functions in connection with neutrino-nucleus interactions. Neutrino deep inelastic scattering (DIS) measurements have been done for heavy...

CANGAROO-III Observation of TeV Gamma Rays from the vicinity of PSR B1 706-44 (2009)

Enomoto, R., Kushida, J., Nakamori, T., Kifune, T., Bicknell, G. V., Clay, R. W., ...

Observation by the CANGAROO-III stereoscopic system of the Imaging Cherenkov Telescope has detected extended emission of TeV gamma rays in the vicinity of the pulsar PSR B1706$-$44. The strength of...

Bidirectional Single-Electron Counting and the Fluctuation Theorem (2009)

Utsumi, Y., Golubev, D. S., Marthaler, M., Saito, K., Fujisawa, T., Schön, Gerd

We investigate theoretically and experimentally the full counting statistics of bidirectional single-electron tunneling through a double quantum dot in a GaAs/GaAlAs heterostructure and compare with...

Improvements in the technique for the detection of single proteins for extended time periods (2008)

X. Jin, J. Li, M. Shinjo, Y. Matsumura, H. Kihara, H. M. Sonawt, ...

Formation of turn/bend structures initiates the self folding process through collapse for β- barrel having conserved buldges of cyclophilins

APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY OF ALUMINUM BLOW FORMING FOR AUTOMOTIVE CLOSURE PANEL (2008)

Saito, K., Watanabe, J., Yokoyama, O., Nakao, K.

Replacement by aluminum for the closure panels is one of the common methods for lightening car body. However the application used to be limited into shallow drawing parts like hood because of its low...

Bolus infusion of human urinary trypsin inhibitor improves intractable interstitial pneumonia in patients with connective tissue diseases (2008)

Tsujimura, S., Saito, K., Nakayamada, S., Tanaka, Y.

Objective. Interstitial pneumonia (IP) associated with CTDs often progresses despite conventional immunosuppressive treatment. We investigated the efficacy of human urinary trypsin (UT) inhibitor...

Clinical characteristics of cytomegalovirus infection in rheumatic diseases: multicentre survey in a large patient population (2008)

Takizawa, Y., Inokuma, S., Tanaka, Y., Saito, K., Atsumi, T., Hirakata, M., ...

Objective. To survey and elucidate the clinical characteristics of CMV infection in rheumatic disease patients. Methods. A detailed questionnaire survey on CMV infection was carried out against...

Clinical application of QT dispersion on ventricular hypertrophy (2007)

Using Magnetocardiogram Nomura, M. Nomura, Y. Nakaya, H. Miyajima, T. Nada, S. Morishita, ...

Introduction QT dispersion is defined as the difference between the maximum QT and minimum QT intervals on standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). It is a new index of the homogeneity of...

Japanese adult male voxel phantom constructed on the basis of CT images (2007)

Sato, K., Noguchi, H., Emoto, Y., Koga, S., Saito, K.

A Japanese adult male voxel (volume pixel) phantom (hereinafter referred to as the JM phantom) was constructed on the basis of CT images of a healthy Japanese adult male volunteer. Body...

Rheumatoid synovial endothelial cells produce macrophage colony-stimulating factor leading to osteoclastogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis (2007)

Nakano, K., Okada, Y., Saito, K., Tanikawa, R., Sawamukai, N., Sasaguri, Y., ...

Objectives. Periarticular osteoporosis and joint destruction are major complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), caused by osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. However, the mechanisms of...

Development of a voxel phantom of Japanese adult male in upright posture (2007)

Sato, K., Noguchi, H., Endo, A., Emoto, Y., Koga, S., Saito, K.

A Japanese voxel phantom in upright posture, JM2, has been developed on the basis of CT images of a healthy Japanese adult male. Body characteristics of JM2 were compared with those of the supine...

Application of voxel phantoms and Monte Carlo method to whole-body counter calibration (2007)

Kinase, S., Takagi, S., Noguchi, H., Saito, K.

Voxel phantoms and Monte Carlo methods are of considerable interest in calibrating in vivo counting applications for radioactive body burden such as whole-body counters. At the Japan Atomic Energy...

Rheumatoid synovial endothelial cells produce macrophage colony-stimulating factor leading to osteoclastogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis (2006)

Nakano, K., Okada, Y., Saito, K., Tanikawa, R., Sawamukai, N., Sasaguri, Y., ...

Objectives. Periarticular osteoporosis and joint destruction are major complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), caused by osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. However, the mechanisms of...

JAPANESE ADULT MALE VOXEL PHANTOM CONSTRUCTED ON THE BASIS OF CT IMAGES (2006)

Sato, K., Noguchi, H., Emoto, Y., Koga, S., Saito, K.

A Japanese adult male voxel (volume pixel) phantom (hereinafter referred to as the JM phantom) was constructed on the basis of CT images of a healthy Japanese adult male volunteer. Body...

Rheumatoid synovial endothelial cells produce macrophage colony-stimulating factor leading to osteoclastogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis (2006)

Nakano, K., Okada, Y., Saito, K., Tanikawa, R., Sawamukai, N., Sasaguri, Y., ...

Objectives. Periarticular osteoporosis and joint destruction are major complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), caused by osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. However, the mechanisms of...

via Landau-Zener tunneling (2006)

K. Saito, M. Wubs, S. Kohler, P. Hänggi, Y. Kayanuma

PACS. 32.80.Qk – Coherent control of atomic interactions with photons. PACS. 03.67.Lx – Quantum computation. PACS. 32.80.Bx – Level crossing and optical pumping. Abstract. – We study a qubit...

Study of the neutron beam line shield design for JSNS (2005)

Kawai, M., Saito, K., Sanami, T., Nakao, N., Maekawa, F.

The JSNS, a spallation neutron source of J-PARC (JAERI-KEK Joint Project of the High Intensity Proton Accelerator) has 23 neutron beam lines. In the present study, a database was formulated for an...

Dose calculation system for remotely supporting radiotherapy (2005)

Saito, K., Kunieda, E., Narita, Y., Kimura, H., Hirai, M., Deloar, H. M., ...

The dose calculation system IMAGINE is being developed keeping in mind remotely supporting external radiation therapy using photon beams. The system is expected to provide an accurate picture of the...

Analysis of induced radionuclides in low-activation concrete (limestone concrete) using the 12 GeV proton synchrotron accelerator facility at KEK (2005)

Saito, K., Tanosaki, T., Fujii, H., Miura, T.

22Na is one of the long-lived radionuclides induced in shielding concrete of a beam-line tunnel of a high-energy particle accelerator facility and poses a problem of radiation wastes at the...

Down-regulation of CD40 and CD80 on B cells in patients with life-threatening systemic lupus erythematosus after successful treatment with rituximab (2005)

Tokunaga, M., Fujii, K., Saito, K., Nakayamada, S., Tsujimura, S., Nawata, M., ...

Objectives. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoreactive T cells and polyclonally activated B cells that produce autoantibodies. Five SLE patients who...

Potential of metabolomics as a functional genomics tool (2004)

Bino, R. J., Hall, R. D., Fiehn, O., Kopka, J., Saito, K., Draper, John, ...

Metabolomics is developing as an important functional genomics tool; however, there is still room for technical improvements in both the large-scale determination of metabolites from complex plant...

A sensitivity-based commonality strategy for family products of mild variation, with application to automotive body structures (2004)

Fellini , R., Kokkolaras, Michael, Michelena, Nestor F., Papalambros, Panos Y., Perez-Duarte , A., Saito, K., ...

Identification of the product platform is a key step in designing a family of products. This article presents a methodology for selecting the product platform by using information obtained from the...

Potential of metabolomics as a functional genomics tool (2004)

Bino, R.J., Hall, R.D., Fiehn, O., Kopka, J., Saito, K., Draper, J., ...

Metabolomics is developing as an important functional genomics tool; however, there is still room for technical improvements in both the large-scale determination of metabolites from complex plant...

A proposed framework for the description of plant metabolomics experiments and their results (2004)

Jenkens, H., Hardy, N., Beckmann, M., Draper, J., Smith, A.R., Taylor, J., ...

The study of the metabolite complement of biological samples, known as metabolomics, is creating large amounts of data, and support for handling these data sets is required to facilitate meaningful...

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Idei, H., Inagaki, S., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Inagaki, S., Yokoyama, M., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling cold tolerance at the reproductive stage in Yunnan landrace of rice, Kunmingxiaobaigu (2004)

Dai, L. Y., Lin, X. H., Ye, C. R., Ise, K. Z., Saito, K., Kato, A., ...

This study focused on a Yunnan landrace of rice, Kunmingxiaobaigu, to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling cold tolerance at the reproductive stage using DNA markers. A linkage map...

Analysis of localised dose distribution in human body by Monte Carlo code system for photon irradiation (2004)

Ohnishi, S., Odano, N., Nariyama, N., Saito, K.

In usual personal dosimetry, whole body irradiation is assumed. However, the opportunity of partial irradiation is increasing and the tendencies of protection quantities caused under those...

Detection of Pneumocystis carinii by DNA amplification in patients with connective tissue diseases: re-evaluation of clinical features of P. carinii pneumonia in rheumatic diseases (2004)

Saito, K., Nakayamada, S., Nakano, K., Tokunaga, M., Tsujimura, S., Nakatsuka, K., ...

Objectives. We evaluated the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in induced sputum of patients with connective tissue diseases and assessed the clinical features of...

Down-regulation of CD40 and CD80 on B cells in patients with life-threatening systemic lupus erythematosus after successful treatment with rituximab (2004)

Tokunaga, M., Fujii, K., Saito, K., Nakayamada, S., Tsujimura, S., Nawata, M., ...

Objectives. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoreactive T cells and polyclonally activated B cells that produce autoantibodies. Five SLE patients who...

Detection of Pneumocystis carinii by DNA amplification in patients with connective tissue diseases: re-evaluation of clinical features of P. carinii pneumonia in rheumatic diseases (2004)

Saito, K., Nakayamada, S., Nakano, K., Tokunaga, M., Tsujimura, S., Nakatsuka, K., ...

Objectives. We evaluated the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in induced sputum of patients with connective tissue diseases and assessed the clinical features of...

Detection of Pneumocystis carinii by DNA amplification in patients with connective tissue diseases: re-evaluation of clinical features of P. carinii pneumonia in rheumatic diseases (2004)

Saito, K., Nakayamada, S., Nakano, K., Tokunaga, M., Tsujimura, S., Nakatsuka, K., ...

Objectives. We evaluated the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in induced sputum of patients with connective tissue diseases and assessed the clinical features of...

Down-regulation of CD40 and CD80 on B cells in patients with life-threatening systemic lupus erythematosus after successful treatment with rituximab (2004)

Tokunaga, M., Fujii, K., Saito, K., Nakayamada, S., Tsujimura, S., Nawata, M., ...

Objectives. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoreactive T cells and polyclonally activated B cells that produce autoantibodies. Five SLE patients who...

Conversion factors for a mobile survey method by car in the Chernobyl area (2003)

Sakamoto, R., Saito, K.

Conversion factors for the purpose of mobile survey by car in the Chernobyl area have been evaluated using simulation calculations. In the calculations, the width of road is assumed as being 4 m, 10...

Evaluation of specific absorbed fractions in voxel phantoms using Monte Carlo simulation (2003)

Kinase, S., Zankl, M., Kuwabara, J., Sato, K., Noguchi, H., Funabiki, J., ...

There is a need to calculate specific absorbed fractions (SAFs) in voxel phantoms for internal dosimetry. For this purpose, an EGS4 user code for calculating SAFs using voxel phantoms was developed...

Analysis of absorbed dose to tooth enamel against external photon exposure (2003)

Takahashi, F., Yamaguchi, Y., Iwasaki, M., Miyazawa, C., Hamada, T., Funabiki, J., ...

Absorbed dose to tooth enamel was examined against external photon exposure by measurements with thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLDs) and Monte Carlo calculations. TLDs were placed in a realistic...

Characterization of the Energy Structure and Adiabatic Magnetization Process of V15 (2002)

Rudra, Indranil, Saito, K., Ramasesha, S., Miyashita, Seiji

The energy structure of the V$_{15}$ is studied using exact diagonalization methods, and the adiabatic changes of the magnetization in the system with the sweeping field are investigated. We confirm...

Cooperative co-evolutionary algorithm—How to evaluate a module (2000)

Q. F. Zhao, O. Hammami, K. Kuroda, K. Saito

Abstract- When we talk about co-evolution, we often consider it as competitive co-evolution (CompCE). Examples include co-evolution of training data and neural networks, co-evolution of game players,...

Beam Loading Effects in JHF Synchrotron (1998)

M. Yamamoto, E. Ezura, M. Fujieda, Y. Hashimoto, H. Kobayashi, H. Nakayama, ...

Beam loading effects on the rf system of JHF proton synchrotrons have been investigated by both computer simulation and experiment using a low energy electron beam. From the simulation results, it is...

Higher Harmonics Beam Loading Compensation for a Broad Band MA-Loaded RF Cavity (1998)

K. Saito, M. Fujieda, Y. Mori, H. Nakayama, C. Ohmori, Y. Sato, ...

A broad band RF cavity loaded with magnetic alloy cores has been developed for the Japanese Hadron Facility synchrotrons. Its Q-value can be chosen at between 0.5 and 5. To reduce transient beam...

Characterization of FeSe thin films prepared on GaAs substrate by selenization technique (1997)

Takemura, Yasushi, Suto, H., Honda, N., Kakuno, K., Saito, K., 竹村, 泰司, ...

FeSe thin films were prepared on GaAs(100) substrate by the selenization of Fe films using molecular-beam epitaxy. FeSe compound thin films were obtained at a substrate temperature above 380 degrees...

Measurements of Gamma Dose Rates in Dwellings in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (1997)

Saito, K., Sakamoto, R., Nagaoka, T., Tsutsumi, M., Moriuchi, S.

Absorbed dose rates in air due to natural gamma rays were measured in 246 dwellings in the Tokyo Metropolitan area using thermoluminescence dosemeters. The mean absorbed dose rates in air were 53.7,...

Dependence of magnetization dynamics and magneto-impedance effect in FeSiB amorphous wire on annealing conditions (1996)

Takemura, Yasushi, Tokuda, H., Komatsu, K., Masuda, S., Yamada, T., Kakuno, K., ...

Dependence of magnetization dynamics and magneto-impedance effect in positively magnetostrictive Fe77.5Si7.5B15 amorphous wires on annealing conditions was studied. The observed MI ratio of the...

Gamma Ray Fields in the Air Due to Sources in the Ground (1995)

Saito, K., Jacob, P.

Air kerma per unit source density at 12 heights up to 300 m above the ground was calculated using a Monte Carlo method for monoenergetic plane sources in and on the ground and for natural...

Reversible complete atrioventricular block due to malignant lymphoma (1994)

OTSUJI, Y., ARIMA, N., FUJIWARA, H., SAITO, K., KISANUKI, A., TANAKA, H.

An 83-year-old man was hospitalized due to general fatigue and dyspnoea. He was diagnosed as having complete atrioventricular (AV) block due to cardiac involvement by a malignant lymphoma. Eleven...

QUINOLINIC ACID AND KYNURENINE PATHWAY METABOLISM IN INFLAMMATORY AND NON-INFLAMMATORY NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE (1992)

HEYES, M. P., SAITO, K., CROWLEY, J. S., DAVIS, L. E., DEMITRACK, M. A., DER, M., ...

Neurological dysfunction, seizures and brain atrophy occur in a broad spectrum of acute and chronic neurological diseases. In certain instances, over-stimulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors has...

External Doses to Terrestrial Gamma Rays on the Snow Cover (1991)

Saito, K.

The external doses due to terrestrial gamma rays in the presence of snow cover were investigated using Monte Carlo calculations. The attention of air kerma by snow cover was determined for snow water...

Organ Doses for Foetuses, Babies, Children and Adults from Environmental Gamma Rays (1991)

Petoussi, N., Jacob, P., Zankl, M., Saito, K.

Organ doses for babies, children and adults and doses to foetuses from environmental gamma rays were calculated using Monte Carlo codes. Firstly, gamma ray fields in the air over ground geometry were...

Prompt Estimation of Release Rates of Gaseous Radioactivity from a Nuclear Plant using an Aerial Survey (1988)

Saito, K., Sakamoto, R., Tsutsumi, M., Nagaoka, T., Moriuchi, S.

Two methods for estimating release rates of gaseous radioactivity from a nuclear plant using an aerial survey were investigated. In these methods, the release rates are derived from observed spatial...

Gamma Ray Dose Build-up Factors at Ground Level for a Point Source in Air (1985)

Takada, K., Saito, K., Moriuchi, S.

Gamma ray dose build-up factors have been presented for a point isotropic source in air, considering the scattering and the absorption by the soil. Exposures at 1 m above the ground surface were...

Development of a Monte Carlo Code for the Calculation of Gamma Ray Transport in the Natural Environment (1985)

Saito, K., Moriuchi, S.

A gamma ray transport program using a Monte Carlo method was developed for investigating the physical properties of gamma ray fields in the natural environment. The program was intended for easy and...

a-Si : H IN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDICON DEVICES (1981)

Shimizu, I., Oda, S., Saito, K., Tomita, H., Inoue, E.

Experimental studies in application of a-Si : H to a photoreceptor of electrophotography and vidicon target of image pickup tube are summerized. Two types of blocking contacts, homojunction and...

An Rf Cavity For Barrier Bucket Experiment In The Ags

Fujieda Iwashita, M. Fujieda, Y. Iwashita, Y. Mori, C. Ohmori, K. Saito, ...

A barrier bucket experiment in the AGS is planed in 1998. An accumulation of the beam, which intensity of 1.0\Theta10 14 ppp is, acceleration after the injection with a barrier bucket scheme and...

中山式新食道鏡に就いて

齋藤, 宏三, 栃倉, 辰五郞, 高橋, 健男, Saito, K.

It is impossible to observate the wall of the esophagus in ditail with Jackson's Esophagoscope. We have tried to use prism in the esophagoscope, however, We encountered difficulty to look at the...

Predicting chemotherapeutic response to small-cell lung cancer of platinum compounds by thallium-201 single-photon emission computerized tomography.

Tokuchi, Y., Isobe, H., Takekawa, H., Hanada, T., Ishida, T., Ogura, S., ...

Thallium-201 single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) was used to clarify the relationship between 201Tl uptake and the response in chemotherapy to platinum compounds in 21 patients...

Network-based analysis of calcium-binding protein genes identifies Grp94 as a target in human oral carcinogenesis

Nomura, H, Uzawa, K, Yamano, Y, Fushimi, K, Ishigami, T, Kato, Y, ...

To characterise Ca2+-binding protein gene expression changes in oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs), we compared the gene expression profiles in OSCC-derived cell lines with normal oral tissues....

Overexpression of stathmin in oral squamous-cell carcinoma: correlation with tumour progression and poor prognosis

Kouzu, Y, Uzawa, K, Koike, H, Saito, K, Nakashima, D, Higo, M, ...

Stathmin is an intracellular phosphoprotein that is overexpressed in a number of human malignancies. Our previous study using proteomic profiling showed that significant upregulation of stathmin...

Inhibition of ICAM2 induces radiosensitisation in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells

Ishigami, T, Uzawa, K, Fushimi, K, Saito, K, Kato, Y, Nakashima, D, ...

We recently identified genes and molecular pathways related to radioresistance of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) using Affymetrix GeneChip. The current study focused on the association between...

Gene expression profiles in human gastric cancer: expression of maspin correlates with lymph node metastasis

Terashima, M, Maesawa, C, Oyama, K, Ohtani, S, Akiyama, Y, Ogasawara, S, ...

To seek for a candidate gene that would regulate tumour progression and metastasis in gastric cancer, we investigated gene expression profiles by using DNA microarray. Tumour tissue and adjacent...

Sequential detection of alphafetoprotein-bearing cells in blood stem cell fraction of germ cell tumour patients

Kasahara, T, Hara, N, Bilim, V, Tomita, Y, Saito, K, Obara, K, ...

High-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation in advanced germ cell tumour (GCT) patients is widely applied. The aims of this study were: (1) To examine the presence...