K. Shibata

Publication List Details

Period

1936 - 2009

Number

75

Co-Authors

Coronal rain as a marker for coronal heating mechanisms (2009)

Antolin, P., Shibata, K.

Reported observations in H-alpha, Ca II H and K or or other chromospheric lines of coronal rain trace back to the days of the Skylab mission. Offering a high contrast in intensity with respect to the...

The role of torsional Alfven waves in coronal heating (2009)

Antolin, P., Shibata, K.

In the context of coronal heating, among the zoo of MHD waves that exist in the solar atmosphere, Alfven waves receive special attention. Indeed, these waves constitute an attractive heating agent...

Spin-Related Current Suppression in a Semiconductor-Quantum-Dot Spin-Diode Structure (2009)

Hamaya, K., Kitabatake, M., Shibata, K., Jung, M., Ishida, S., Taniyama, T., ...

We experimentally study the transport features of electrons in a spin-diode structure consisting of a single semiconductor quantum dot (QD) weakly coupled to one nonmagnetic (NM) and one...

A scalable quantum computer with an ultranarrow optical transition of ultracold neutral atoms in an optical lattice (2009)

Shibata, K., Kato, S., Yamaguchi, A., Uetake, S., Takahashi, Y.

We propose a new quantum-computing scheme using ultracold neutral ytterbium atoms in an optical lattice. The nuclear Zeeman sublevels define a qubit. This choice avoids the natural phase evolution...

Signatures of Coronal Heating Mechanisms (2009)

Antolin, P., Shibata, K., Kudoh, T., Shiota, D., Brooks, D.

Alfven waves created by sub-photospheric motions or by magnetic reconnection in the low solar atmosphere seem good candidates for coronal heating. However, the corona is also likely to be heated more...

Clear sky UV simulations for the 21st century based on ozone and temperature projections from Chemistry-Climate Models (2009)

Tourpali, Klairie, Bais, A.F., Kazantzidis, A., Zerefos, C.S., Akiyoshi, H., Austin, John, ...

We have estimated changes in surface solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation under cloud free conditions in the 21st century based on simulations of 11 coupled Chemistry- Climate Models (CCMs). The total...

Clear sky UV simulations for the 21st century based on ozone and temperature projections from Chemistry-Climate Models (2009)

Tourpali, K., Bais, A. F., Kazantzidis, A., Zerefos, C. S., Akiyposhi, H., Austin, J., ...

We have estimated changes in surface solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation under cloud free conditions in the 21st century based on simulations of 11 coupled Chemistry-Climate Models (CCMs). The total...

Clear sky UV simulations for the 21st century based on ozone and temperature projections from Chemistry-Climate Models (2009)

K. Tourpali, A. F. Bais, A. Kazantzidis, C. S. Zerefos, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, ...

We have estimated changes in surface solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation under cloud free conditions in the 21st century based on simulations of 11 coupled Chemistry-Climate Models (CCMs). The total...

The Tropical Tropopause Layer 1960–2100 (2009)

A. Gettelman, T. Birner, V. Eyring, H. Akiyoshi, S. Bekki, C. Brühl, ...

The representation of the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) in 13 different Chemistry Climate Models (CCMs) designed to represent the stratosphere is analyzed. Simulations for 1960–2005 and...

Northern winter stratospheric temperature and ozone responses to ENSO inferred from an ensemble of Chemistry Climate Models (2009)

C. Cagnazzo, E. Manzini, N. Calvo, A. Douglass, H. Akiyoshi, S. Bekki, ...

The connection between the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the northern polar stratosphere has been established from observations and atmospheric modeling. Here a systematic inter-comparison...

Giant Chromospheric Anemone Jet Observed with Hinode and Comparison with Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations: Evidence of Propagating Alfven Waves and Magnetic Reconnection (2008)

Nishizuka, N., Shimizu, M., Nakamura, T., Otsuji, K., Okamoto, T. J., Katsukawa, Y., ...

Hinode discovered a beautiful giant jet with both cool and hot components at the solar limb on 2007 February 9. Simultaneous observations by the Hinode SOT, XRT, and TRACE 195 satellites revealed...

High Kondo temperature (TK ~ 80 K) in self-assembled InAs quantum dots laterally coupled to nanogap electrodes (2008)

Shibata, K., Hirakawa, K.

We have fabricated single electron tunneling structures by forming nanogap metallic electrodes directly upon single self-assembled InAs quantum dots (QDs). The fabricated samples exhibited clear...

NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (2008)

A. D. Carlson, K. Shibata

The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 30 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of...

Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of the solar cycle in ozone and temperature (2008)

Austin, J., Tourpali, K., Rozanov, E., Akiyoshi, H., Bekki, S., Boedeker, G., ...

The 11-year solar cycles in ozone and temperature are examined using new simulations of coupled chemistry climate models. The results show a secondary maximum in stratospheric tropical ozone, in...

The Tropical Tropopause Layer 1960–2100 (2008)

Gettelman, A., Birner, T., Eyring, V., Akiyoshi, H., Plummer, D. A., Dameris, M., ...

The representation of the Tropical Tropopause Layer in 13 different Chemistry Climate Models designed to represent the stratosphere is analyzed. Simulations for 1960–present and 1980–2100 are...

The Tropical Tropopause Layer 1960–2100 (2008)

Gettelman, A., Birner, T., Eyring, V., Akiyoshi, H., Plummer, D. A., Dameris, M., ...

The representation of the Tropical Tropopause Layer in 13 different Chemistry Climate Models designed to represent the stratosphere is analyzed. Simulations for 1960–present and 1980–2100 are...

The Tropical Tropopause Layer 1960–2100 (2008)

A. Gettelman, T. Birner, V. Eyring, H. Akiyoshi, D. A. Plummer, M. Dameris, ...

The representation of the Tropical Tropopause Layer in 13 different Chemistry Climate Models designed to represent the stratosphere is analyzed. Simulations for 1960–present and 1980–2100...

Clear sky UV simulations in the 21st century based on ozone and temperature projections from Chemistry-Climate Models (2008)

K. Tourpali, A. F. Bais, A. Kazantzidis, C. S. Zerefos, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, ...

We have used total ozone columns and vertical profiles of ozone and temperature from 11 coupled Chemistry-Climate Models (CCMs) to project future solar ultraviolet radiation levels at the surface in...

The Tropical Tropopause Layer 1960–2100 (2008)

A. Gettelman, T. Birner, V. Eyring, H. Akiyoshi, D. A. Plummer, M. Dameris, ...

The representation of the Tropical Tropopause Layer in 13 different Chemistry Climate Models designed to represent the stratosphere is analyzed. Simulations for 1960–present and 1980–2100...

Twist expression in patients with cervical cancer is associated with poor disease outcome (2008)

Shibata, K., Kajiyama, H., Ino, K., Terauchi, M., Yamamoto, E., Nawa, A., ...

Background: Twist, a basic helix–-loop–helix transcription factor, has been reported to be associated with the development and progression of human cancer. We examined the distribution and...

Is there any association between retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy and survival benefit in ovarian clear cell carcinoma patients? (2008)

Suzuki, S., Kajiyama, H., Shibata, K., Ino, K., Nawa, A., Sakakibara, K., ...

Background: To estimate the survival impact of systemic retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy in patients diagnosed with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics pTI–IIb clear cell carcinoma...

Kondo effect in a semiconductor quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic electrodes (2007)

Hamaya, K., Kitabatake, M., Shibata, K., Jung, M., Kawamura, M., Hirakawa, K., ...

Using a laterally-fabricated quantum-dot (QD) spin-valve device, we experimentally study the Kondo effect in the electron transport through a semiconductor QD with an odd number of electrons (N). In...

Lateral electron tunneling through single self-assembled InAs quantum dots coupled to superconducting nanogap electrodes (2007)

Shibata, K., Buizert, C., Oiwa, A., Hirakawa, K., Tarucha, S.

We have fabricated superconductor-quantum dot-superconductor (SC-QD-SC) junctions by using SC aluminum electrodes with narrow gaps laterally contacting a single self-assembled InAs QD. The fabricated...

Compensation of the Crossing Angle with Crab Cavities at KEKB (2007)

Abe, T., Akai, K., Akemoto, M., Akiyama, A., Arinaga, M., Ebihara, K., ...

Crab cavities have been installed in the KEKB B--Factory rings to compensate the crossing angle at the collision point and thus increase luminosity. The beam operation with crab crossing has been...

Electric-field control of tunneling magnetoresistance effect in a Ni/InAs/Ni quantum-dot spin valve (2007)

Hamaya, K., Kitabatake, M., Shibata, K., Jung, M., Kawamura, M., Hirakawa, K., ...

We demonstrate an electric-field control of tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) effect in a semiconductor quantum-dot (QD) spin-valve device. By using ferromagnetic Ni nano-gap electrodes, we observe...

Multimodel projections of stratospheric ozone in the 21st century (2007)

Eyring, V., Waugh, D. W., Bodeker, G. E., Cordero, E., Akiyoshi, H., Austin, J., ...

Simulations from eleven coupled chemistry-climate models (CCMs) employing nearly identical forcings have been used to project the evolution of stratospheric ozone throughout the 21st century. The...

Spin transport through a single self-assembled InAs quantum dot with ferromagnetic leads (2006)

Hamaya, K., Masubuchi, S., Kawamura, M., Machida, T., Jung, M., Shibata, K., ...

We have fabricated a lateral double barrier magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) which consists of a single self-assembled InAs quantum dot (QD) with ferromagnetic Co leads. The MTJ shows clear hysteretic...

Assessment of temperature, trace species, and ozone in chemistry-climate model simulations of the recent past (2006)

Eyring, V., Butchart, N., Waugh, D. W., Akiyoshi, H., Austin, J., Bekki, S., ...

Simulations of the stratosphere from thirteen coupled chemistry-climate models (CCMs) are evaluated to provide guidance for the interpretation of ozone predictions made by the same CCMs. The focus of...

Diurnal regulation of the brassinosteroid-biosynthetic CPD gene in Arabidopsis (2006)

Bancos, S., Szatmari, A. M., Castle, J., Kozma-Bognar, L., Shibata, K., Yokota, T., ...

Plant steroid hormones, brassinosteroids (BRs), are essential for normal photomorphogenesis. However, the mechanism by which light controls physiological functions via BRs is not well understood....

Phase transformation behavior of austenitic steels upon deformation at cryogenic temperatures. (2006)

Nyilas, A., Shibata, K., Ogata, T.

CryoPrague 2006 : 21st Cryogenic Engineering Conf., Internat.Cryogenic Materials Conf., Praha, CZ, July 17-21, 2006

Development of a simple method to evaluate medical staff radiation dose and its application to a software system supporting PET facility operation (2005)

Hayashi, K., Tayama, R., Shibata, K., Honda, T., Morimoto, M., Izumida, T., ...

In recent years, positron-emitting labelled radiopharmaceuticals have come to be used in conjunction with positron emission tomography (PET) in various clinical diagnoses. Radiation exposure of the...

Difference in sensitivity to vecuronium between patients with ocular and generalized myasthenia gravis (2001)

Itoh, H., Shibata, K., Nitta, S.

Patients with myasthenia gravis show sensitivity to non‐depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs, but little is known about differences in this sensitivity between types of myasthenia. In 10...

Superspace-group approach to the phase transition of Cu8GeSe6 (1999)

Onoda, M., Ishii, M., Pattison, P., Shibata, K., Yamamoto, A., Chapuis, G.

The high- and low-temperature forms, i.e., phase I (stable above 328 K) and phase II (stable below 328 K), of Cu8GeSe6 have been investigated by the powder X-ray diffraction method. Cu8GeSe6 II is...

Statistics Of Fluctuations In The Solar Soft X-Ray Emission (1997)

S. Ueno, S. Mineshige, H. Negoro, K. Shibata, H. S. Hudson

X-ray emission from the Sun uctuates as a result of occasional are events. We have calculated the power spectra of the solar soft X-ray variations using the photometric data of the GOES 6 satellite....

THE DIGITAL PLETHYSMOGRAM AS AN INDEX OF AGEING GRADE (1986)

SHIMOKATA, H., SHIBATA, K., KUZUYA, F.

In order to determine whether the digital plethysmogram (PTG) can be used as an index of ageing or not, the PTG was recorded in 89 males and 110 females in a pilot study. Of the parameters which were...

Modulation of sensitivity to cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) by thromboxane A2 receptor antagonists in non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines.

Kasahara, K., Fujimura, M., Bando, T., Shibata, K., Shirasaki, H., Matsuda, T.

We examined the effect of selective thromboxane A2 (TXA2) receptor antagonists, calcium 5(Z)-1R, 2S, 3S, 4S-7-[3-phenylsulphonylaminobicyclo [2.2.1] hept-2-yl]-5-heptonoate hydrate (S-1452) and +/-...

Multicentre prospective phase II trial of gefitinib for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations: results of the West Japan Thoracic Oncology Group trial (WJTOG0403)

Tamura, K, Okamoto, I, Kashii, T, Negoro, S, Hirashima, T, Kudoh, S, ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of gefitinib and the feasibility of screening for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations among select patients with advanced...

Expression of Twist increases the risk for recurrence and for poor survival in epithelial ovarian carcinoma patients

Hosono, S, Kajiyama, H, Terauchi, M, Shibata, K, Ino, K, Nawa, A, ...

Twist is a transcription factor that regulates the expression of tumour suppressors such as E-cadherin. We examined the distribution and expression of Twist in human epithelial ovarian carcinoma...

Expression of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V in endometrial cancer correlates with poor prognosis

Yamamoto, E, Ino, K, Miyoshi, E, Shibata, K, Takahashi, N, Kajiyama, H, ...

N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GnT-V) is an enzyme that catalyses β1–6 branching of N-acetylglucosamine on asparagine-linked oligosaccharides of cell proteins. The present study aimed to...

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase is a novel prognostic indicator for endometrial cancer

Ino, K, Yoshida, N, Kajiyama, H, Shibata, K, Yamamoto, E, Kidokoro, K, ...

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a tryptophan-catabolising enzyme inducing immune tolerance. The present study aimed to investigate IDO expression and its prognostic significance in endometrial...

Angiotensin II type 1 receptor expression in ovarian cancer and its correlation with tumour angiogenesis and patient survival

Ino, K, Shibata, K, Kajiyama, H, Yamamoto, E, Nagasaka, T, Nawa, A, ...

Angiotensin II, a main effector peptide in the renin–angiotensin system, acts as a growth-promoting and angiogenic factor via type 1 angiotensin II receptors (AT1R). We have recently demonstrated...

Gemcitabine and vinorelbine followed by docetaxel in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a multi-institutional phase II trial of nonplatinum sequential triplet combination chemotherapy (JMTO LC00-02)

Hosoe, S, Komuta, K, Shibata, K, Harada, H, Iwamoto, Y, Ohsaki, Y, ...

To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of the sequential nonplatinum combination chemotherapy consisting of gemcitabine (GEM) and vinorelbine (VNR) followed by docetaxel (DOC) in patients with...