M. Honda

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2008

Number

94

Co-Authors

Resolved 24.5 micron emission from massive young stellar objects (2008)

De Wit, W. J., Hoare, M. G., Fujiyoshi, T., Oudmaijer, R. D., Honda, M., Kataza, H., ...

Massive young stellar objects (MYSO) are surrounded by massive dusty envelopes. Our aim is to establish their density structure on scales of ~1000 AU, i.e. a factor 10 increase in angular resolution...

A red supergiant nebula at 25 micron: arcsecond scale mass-loss asymmetries of mu Cep (2008)

De Wit, W. J., Oudmaijer, R. D., Fujiyoshi, T., Hoare, M. G., Honda, M., Kataza, H., ...

We present diffraction limited (0.6") 24.5micron Subaru/COMICS images of the red supergiant mu Cep. We report the detection of a circumstellar nebula, that was not detected at shorter wavelengths. It...

Revisiting carbon flux through the ccean's twilight zone (2007)

Buesseler, KO, Elskens, M, Honda, M, Karl, DM, Siegel, DA, Silver, MW, ...

The oceanic biological pump drives sequestration of carbon dioxide in the deep sea via sinking particles. Rapid biological consumption and remineralization of carbon in the "twilight zone" (depths...

Revisiting carbon flux through the ccean's twilight zone (2007)

Buesseler, KO, Elskens, M, Honda, M, Karl, DM, Siegel, DA, Silver, MW, ...

The oceanic biological pump drives sequestration of carbon dioxide in the deep sea via sinking particles. Rapid biological consumption and remineralization of carbon in the "twilight zone" (depths...

Calculation of atmospheric neutrino flux using the interaction model calibrated with atmospheric muon data (2006)

Honda, M., Kajita, T., Kasahara, K., Midorikawa, S., Sanuki, T.

Using the ``modified DPMJET-III'' model explained in the previous paper, we calculate the atmospheric neutrino flux. The calculation scheme is almost the same as HKKM04 \cite{HKKM2004}, but the usage...

Study of cosmic ray interaction model based on atmospheric muons for the neutrino flux calculation (2006)

Sanuki, T., Honda, M., Kajita, T., Kasahara, K., Midorikawa, S.

We have studied the hadronic interaction for the calculation of the atmospheric neutrino flux by summarizing the accurately measured atmospheric muon flux data and comparing with simulations. We find...

Deep impact: observations from a worldwide Earth-based campaign (2005)

Meech, K.J., Ageorges, N., A'Hearn, M.F., Arpigny, C., Ates, A., Aycock, J., ...

On 4 July 2005, many observatories around the world and in space observed the collision of Deep Impact with comet 9P/Tempel 1 or its aftermath. This was an unprecedented coordinated observational...

Effects of mirror reflection versus diffusion anisotropy on particle acceleration in oblique shocks (2005)

Honda, Y. S., Honda, M.

Cosmic ray particles are more rapidly accelerated in oblique shocks, with the magnetic field inclined with respect to the shock normal direction, than in parallel shocks, as a result of mirror...

Deep Impact: Observations from a Worldwide Earth-Based Campaign (2005)

Meech, K.J., Ageorges, N., Arpigny, C., Ates, A., Aycock, J., ...

On 4 July 2005, many observatories around the world and in space observed the collision of Deep Impact with comet 9P/Tempel 1 or its aftermath. This was an unprecedented coordinated observational...

Ephrin-A1 expression contributes to the malignant characteristics of {alpha}-fetoprotein producing hepatocellular carcinoma. (2005)

Iida, H, Honda, M, Kawai, H F, Yamashita, T, Shirota, Y, Wang, B-C, ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP), a tumour marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is associated with poor prognosis. Using cDNA microarray analysis, we previously found that...

Investigation on the valence of Cr ions in LiAlO2 (2004)

Yamaga, M., Wells, J.P.R., Honda, M., Han, T.P.J., Henderson, B.

The angular dependence of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of Cr:LiAlO2 does not fit Cr4+ with S=1, but rather Cr3+ with S ¼ 3 2: The energy level (740 cm1) of the first excited...

Investigation on the valence of Cr ions in LiAlO2 (2004)

Yamaga, M., Wells, J.P.R., Honda, M., Han, T.P.J., Henderson, B.

The angular dependence of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of Cr:LiAlO2 does not fit Cr4+ with S=1, but rather Cr3+ with S ¼ 3 2: The energy level (740 cm1) of the first excited...

A New calculation of the atmospheric neutrino flux in a 3-dimensional scheme (2004)

Honda, M., Kajita, T., Kasahara, K., Midorikawa, S.

We have revised the calculation of the flux of atmospheric neutrinos based on a 3-dimensional scheme with the realistic IGRF geomagnetic model. The primary flux model has been revised, based on the...

On the Evolutionary State of the Components of the YLW 15 Binary System (2004)

Girart, J. M., Curiel, S., Rodriguez, L. F., Honda, M., Canto, J., Okamoto, Y. K., ...

We report centimeter continuum observations with the VLA and the VLBA as well as mid-infrared observations with COMICS/SUBARU toward the components of the YLW 15 very young binary system, VLA 1 and...

Photometry of eclipsing binary stars in the large and Small magellanic clouds (2004)

Bayne, G. P., Besier, S. C., Bond, I., Hearnshaw, J. B., Honda, M., Kilmartin, P. M., ...

Se han obtenido curvas de luz para tres binarias eclipsantes en las Nubes de Magallanes mediante fotometra CCD uVJIC. Uno de los objetos en la GNM, MACHO*05:36:48.7

Calculation of Muon Fluxes at the Small Atmospheric Depths (2003)

Abe, K., Honda, M., Kasahara, K., Kajita, T., Midorikawa, S., Sanuki, T.

Precise knowledge of the hadronic interaction between primary cosmic rays and atmospheric nuclei is very important and fundamental to study atmospheric neutrinos and their oscillations. We studied...

Cosmic-Ray Detection System using Internet (2003)

Hamaguchi, T., Katsumata, M., Nakano, E., Takahashi, T., Teramoto, Y., Saito, Y., ...

A cosmic ray detection system, consisting of standardized detector stations connected through the Internet, is described. The system can be used for detecting air showers that arrive over a wide area...

Microlensing optical depth towards the Galactic bulge from MOA observations during 2000 with Difference Image Analysis (2002)

Sumi, T., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., Honda, M., ...

We analyze the data of the gravitational microlensing survey carried out by by the MOA group during 2000 towards the Galactic Bulge (GB). Our observations are designed to detect efficiently high...

Atmospheric gamma-ray observation with the BETS detectorfor calibrating atmospheric neutrino flux calculations (2002)

Kasahara, K., Mochizuki, E., Torii, S., Tamura, T., Tateyama, N., Yoshida, K., ...

We observed atmospheric gamma-rays around 10 GeV at balloon altitudes (15~25 km) and at a mountain (2770 m a.s.l). The observed results were compared with Monte Carlo calculations to find that an...

Flux of Atmospheric Neutrinos (2002)

Gaisser, T. K., Honda, M.

Atmospheric neutrinos produced by cosmic-ray interactions in the atmosphere are of interest for several reasons. As a beam for studies of neutrino oscillations they cover a range of parameter space...

Study of variable stars in the MOA data base: long-period red variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2001)

Noda, S., Takeuti, M., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., ...

One hundred and forty six long-period red variable stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) from the three year MOA project database were analysed. A careful periodic analysis was performed on these...

Comparison of 3-Dimensional and 1-Dimensional Schemes in the calculation of Atmospheric Neutrinos (2001)

Honda, M., Kajita, T., Kasahara, K., Midorikawa, S.

A 3-dimensional calculation of atmospheric neutrinos flux is presented, and the results are compared with those of a 1-dimensional one. In this study, interaction and propagation of particles is...

Study by MOA of extra-solar planets in gravitational microlensing events of high magnification (2001)

Bond, I. A., Rattenbury, N. J., Skuljan, J., Abe, F., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., ...

A search for extra-solar planets was carried out in three gravitational microlensing events of high magnification, MACHO 98-BLG-35, MACHO 99-LMC-2, and OGLE 00-BUL-12. Photometry was derived from...

Real-Time Difference Imaging Analysis of MOA Galactic Bulge Observations During 2000 (2001)

Bond, I. A., Abe, F., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., Honda, M., Jugaku, J., ...

We describe observations carried out by the MOA group of the Galactic Bulge during 2000 that were designed to detect efficiently gravitational microlensing of faint stars in which the magnification...

Recent results by the MOA group on gravitational microlensing (2000)

Yock, P., Bond, I., Rattenbury, N., Skuljan, J., Sumi, T., Abe, FR., ...

Recent work by the MOA gravitational microlensing group is briefly described, including (i) the current observing strategy, (ii) use of a high-speed parallel computer for analysis of results by...

Photometry of pulsating stars in the Magellanic Clouds as observed in the MOA project (1999)

Hearnshaw, J. B., Bond, I. A., Rattenbury, N. J., Noda, S., Takeuti, M., Abe, F., ...

A review of the MOA (Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics) project is presented. MOA is a collaboration of approximately 30 astronomers from New Zealand and Japan established with the aim of...

On Planetary Companions to the MACHO-98-BLG-35 Microlens Star (1999)

Rhie, S. H., Bennett, D. P., Becker, A. C., Peterson, B. A., Fragile, P. C., Johnson, B. R., ...

We present observations of microlensing event MACHO-98-BLG-35 which reached a peak magnification factor of almost 80. These observations by the Microlensing Planet Search (MPS) and the MOA...

Uncertainty of the atmospheric neutrino fluxes (1998)

Honda, M.

The uncertainty in the calculation of atmospheric neutrino fluxes is studied. The absolute value of atmospheric neutrino fluxes is sensitive to variation of the primary cosmic ray flux model and/or...

Factors Affecting Corrosion Resistance of Duplex Stainless Steel Line Pipes in H2S Containing Environments. (1998)

Fujita, S., Kobayashi, Y., Suga, M., Honda, M.

Effects of alloy contents, alpha/gamma ratios and welding of 22%Cr and 25%Cr containing Duplex Stainless Steels (DSS) on corrosion resistance have been investigated in H(2)S containing and H(2)S free...

MACHO Alert 95-30 : First Real-Time Observation of Extended Source Effects in Gravitational Microlensing (1997)

Alcock, C., Allen, W. H., Allsman, R. A., Alves, D., Axelrod, T. S., Banks, T. S., ...

We present analysis of MACHO Alert 95-30, a dramatic gravitational microlensing event towards the Galactic bulge whose peak magnification departs significantly from the standard point-source...

Comparison of Atmospheric Neutrino Flux Calculations at Low Energies (1996)

Gaisser, T. K., Honda, M., Kasahara, K., Lee, H., Midorikawa, S., Naumov, V., ...

We compare several different calculations of the atmospheric neutrino flux in the energy range relevant for contained neutrino interactions, and we identify the major sources of difference among the...

A Possible Correlation of Most Energetic Cosmic Rays Observed by AGASA with Supergalactic Structure (1996)

M. Honda, K. Kamata

Accumulated data of the Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (AGASA) indicate that the arrival directions of about 30% of cosmic rays with energy above 40EeV (4210 19 eV) concentrate within a thin latitude...

Atmospheric Neutrinos (1995)

Honda, M., Kajita, T., Kasahara, K., Midorikawa, S.

The atmospheric neutrino-flux is calculated over the wide energy range from 1 GeV to 3,000 GeV for the study of neutrino-physics using the data from underground neutrino-detectors. The uncertainty of...

Calculation of the Flux of Atmospheric Neutrinos (1995)

Honda, M., Kajita, T., Midorikawa, S., Kasahara, K.

Atmospheric neutrino-fluxes are calculated over the wide energy range from 30 MeV to 3,000 GeV for the study of neutrino-physics using the data from underground neutrino-detectors. The atmospheric...

Involvement of specific macrophage-lineage cells surrounding arterioles in barrier and scavenger function in brain cortex.

Mato, M, Ookawara, S, Sakamoto, A, Aikawa, E, Ogawa, T, Mitsuhashi, U, ...

The transport of solutes between blood and brain is regulated by a specific barrier. Capillary endothelial cells of brain are known to mediate barrier function and facilitate transport. Here we...

Protective immune responses induced by secretion of a chimeric soluble protein from a recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin vector candidate vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in small animals.

Honda, M, Matsuo, K, Nakasone, T, Okamoto, Y, Yoshizaki, H, Kitamura, K, ...

A recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vector-based vaccine that secretes the V3 principal neutralizing epitope of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) could induce immune...

Mutations within the 5' nontranslated RNA of cell culture-adapted hepatitis A virus which enhance cap-independent translation in cultured African green monkey kidney cells.

Schultz, D E, Honda, M, Whetter, L E, McKnight, K L, Lemon, S M

Mutations in the 5' nontranslated RNA (5'NTR) of an attenuated, cell culture-adapted hepatitis A virus (HAV), HM175/P16, enhance growth in cultured African green monkey kidney (BS-C-1) cells but not...

Characterization of immunodominant epitopes of gag and pol gene-encoded proteins of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I.

Lal, R B, Rudolph, D L, Griffis, K P, Kitamura, K, Honda, M, Coligan, J E, ...

A series of synthetic peptides derived from the corresponding regions of the gag, pol, and env proteins of human T-cell lymphotropic virus types I (HTLV-I) and II (HTLV-II) were used in an enzyme...

Evidence that Lo's mycoplasma (Mycoplasma fermentans incognitus) is not a unique strain among Mycoplasma fermentans strains.

Sasaki, T, Sasaki, Y, Kita, M, Suzuki, K, Watanabe, H, Honda, M

Mycoplasma fermentans incognitus has attracted much interest either as a cofactor for the progression of AIDS or as a pathogenic agent in non-AIDS-related diseases (S.-C. Lo, M. S. Dawson, P. B....

Ly-1 B cells: functionally distinct lymphocytes that secrete IgM autoantibodies.

Hayakawa, K, Hardy, R R, Honda, M, Herzenberg, L A, Steinberg, A D, Herzenberg, L A

Studies presented here introduce another perspective on the mechanisms responsible for IgM autoantibody production. A unique subpopulation of B lymphocytes (Ly-1 B) that concomitantly expresses IgM,...

Studies of immune functions of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: antibodies to desialized, rather than intact, T cells preferentially bind to and eliminate suppressor effector T cells.

Honda, M, Sakane, T, Steinberg, A D, Kotani, H, Tsunematsu, T, Moriyama, K, ...

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were found to have in their plasma antibodies specific for desialized T cells. Adsorption studies with intact or desialized T cells indicated that SLE...

Separation of concanavalin A-induced human suppressor and helper T cells by the autologous erythrocyte rosette technique.

Sakane, T, Honda, M, Taniguchi, Y, Kotani, H

Very few normal human peripheral blood T cells are capable of binding autologous erythrocytes to form rosettes, whereas in the T cell population activated by concanavalin A (Con A) the autorosette...

Novel enzyme from rat liver that cleaves an ADP-ribosyl histone linkage.

Okayama, H, Honda, M, Hayaishi, O

A novel enzyme that splits a bond between ADP-ribose and histone was discovered and partially purified from rat liver cytosol. The 105,000 X g supernatant of rat liver homogenate was precipitated by...

Studies of the pathogenesis of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy.

Honda, M, Smith, H R, Steinberg, A D

We studied the immune functions of two patients with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD) in an attempt to determine whether the B cells were primarily hyperactive or, rather, if T cell...

Orientation dependence of displacements by a single one-headed myosin relative to the actin filament.

Tanaka, H, Ishijima, A, Honda, M, Saito, K, Yanagida, T

Displacements of single one-headed myosin molecules in a sparse myosin-rod cofilament were measured from bead displacements at various angles relative to an actin filament by dual optical trapping...

Stability of a stem-loop involving the initiator AUG controls the efficiency of internal initiation of translation on hepatitis C virus RNA.

Honda, M, Brown, E A, Lemon, S M

The initiation of translation on the positive-sense RNA genome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is directed by an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) that occupies most of the 341-nt 5' nontranslated RNA...

Novel Metabolic Transformation Pathway for Cyclic Imides in Blastobacter sp. Strain A17p-4

Ogawa, J., Soong, C. L., Honda, M., Shimizu, S.

The metabolic transformation pathway for cyclic imides in microorganisms was studied in Blastobacter sp. strain A17p-4. This novel pathway involves, in turn, hydrolytic ring opening of a cyclic imide...

Effects of Uvsx, Uvsy and DNA Topoisomerase on the Formation of Tandem Duplications of the Rii Gene in Bacteriophage T4

Kumagai, M., Yamashita, T., Honda, M., Ikeda, H.

We have characterized tandem duplications in the rII regions of phage T4. The rII deletion r1589 blocks only the function of the rIIA cistron, although it extends into the B cistron. Another rII...

Involvement of specific macrophage-lineage cells surrounding arterioles in barrier and scavenger function in brain cortex.

Mato, M, Ookawara, S, Sakamoto, A, Aikawa, E, Ogawa, T, Mitsuhashi, U, ...

The transport of solutes between blood and brain is regulated by a specific barrier. Capillary endothelial cells of brain are known to mediate barrier function and facilitate transport. Here we...

Protective immune responses induced by secretion of a chimeric soluble protein from a recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin vector candidate vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in small animals.

Honda, M, Matsuo, K, Nakasone, T, Okamoto, Y, Yoshizaki, H, Kitamura, K, ...

A recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vector-based vaccine that secretes the V3 principal neutralizing epitope of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) could induce immune...