Collisional energy transfer in two-component plasmas (2008)
Vranjes, J., Kono, M., Poedts, S., Tanaka, M. Y.
The friction in plasmas consisting of two species with different temperatures is discussed together with the consequent energy transfer. It is shown that the friction between the two species has no...
Lupin: from Web Services to Web-based Problem Solving Environments (2008)
K. Li, M. Sakai, Y. Morizane, M. Kono
The research of powerful Problem Solving Environments (PSEs) is strongly motivated by the increasing complexity in scientific and engineering computation. In this paper, an initial design of Lupin, a...
Unstable kinetic Alfven wave in partially ionized plasma (2006)
The stability of kinetic Alfven waves is discussed for a partially ionized plasma with a flux of ionizing electrons which balance the plasma particle losses. Accidental electromagnetic perturbations...
The effects of inelastic collisions on waves in partially ionized plasma (2006)
Kono, M, Okamoto, A, Yoshimura, S, ...
An analytical description is presented for the excitation of electrostatic modes in partially ionized magnetized space and laboratory plasmas. The neutrals introduce some effects that are responsible...
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic measurements of igneous and metamorphic rocks of Hole 55-433C (2005)
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic measurements of igneous and metamorphic rocks of Hole 55-430A (2005)
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic measurements of igneous and metamorphic rocks of Hole 55-432A (2005)
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic measurements of igneous and metamorphic rocks of Hole 55-433A (2005)
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic measurements of igneous and metamorphic rocks of Hole 55-433B (2005)
Tripolar vortex in a plasma (2005)
Nagaoka, K, Yoshimura, S, Kado, S, Kono, M, ...
A tripolar vortex is spontaneously generated in a magnetized plasma. The How velocity field of ions has been measured with a directional Langmuir probe, exhibiting the tripolar structure in vorticity...
In a recent publication, viz. [Phys. Lett. A 326 (2004) 267], Jovanovic and Shukla (J. and S. in the rest of the text) have criticized some of our work [1,2] in which we have described our experiment...
The behavior of the electrostatic ion acoustic mode in a partially ionized plasma is studied in the presence of collisions which involve processes of ionization and recombination, taking into account...
Experimental observation of a tripolar vortex in a plasma (2003)
Hara, K, Nagaoka, K, Yoshimura, S, Kono, M, ...
A tripolar vortex, three aligned vortices with alternate signs of polarity of rotation, has been observed in a plasma for the first time. The tripolar vortex always appears with a deep density...
Interchange mode in the presence of dust (2003)
The linear and nonlinear development of an electrostatic interchange mode which involves a magnetized nonuniform electron-ion fluid in the presence of nonuniform static charged dust grains is...
Electrostatic interaction in dusty plasma (2002)
Tanaka, MY, Pandey, BP, Kono, M
Two modifications of the standard description of electrostatic interaction in a dusty plasma are emphasized. First, the Coulomb-type potential profile is not applicable at very short distances around...
Magnetic rope structures in the electromagnetic interchange mode (2002)
Nonlinear electromagnetic interchange mode in a magnetized plasma, with the spatially dependent intensity of the magnetic field, is studied. The equilibrium conditions in such a system require the...
Analytical description of a neutral-induced tripole vortex in a plasma (2002)
Okamoto, A, Yoshimura, S, Kono, M, Tanaka, MY
An analytical description of a stationary triple vortex, observed in a cylindrical plasma, is presented. The concentration of neutrals, which is rather high in the experiment, turns out to be of...
Linear and nonlinear electrostatic modes in a nonuniform magnetized electron plasma (2001)
Linear and nonlinear low-frequency modes in a magnetized electron plasma are studied, taking into account a proper description of the equilibrium plasma state that is inhomogeneous. Assuming a...
Kono, M., Yahagi, N., Kitahara, M., Fujiwara, Y., Sha, M., Ohmura, A.
We describe a cardiac arrest during use of an argon beam coagulation (ABC) system in an 82‐yr‐old woman having laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general and epidural anaesthesia....
Electromagnetic vortices in streaming pair plasmas (2000)
Kono, M, Lazzaro, E, Lontano, M
Two coupled nonlinear equations for a perturbed electromagnetic field in an electron-positron streaming plasma which is placed in a nonuniform magnetic field are derived and solved analytically,...
Ikehara, Y, Kojima, N, Kurosawa, N, Kudo, T, Kono, M, Nishihara, S, ...
Noguchi, N, Emura, A, Matsuyama, H, O'Hara, K, Sasatsu, M, Kono, M
The DNA fragment (3.3 kb) containing the erythromycin resistance determinant was cloned from Escherichia coli Tf481A and sequenced. Deletion and complementation analyses indicated that the expression...
O'Hara, K, Kanda, T, Ohmiya, K, Ebisu, T, Kono, M
Macrolide 2'-phosphotransferase [MPH(2')] was purified 90-fold from an erythromycin-resistant strain of Escherichia coli, and its enzymatic properties were investigated. MPH(2') is an inducible...
Mechanism of resistance to some cephalosporins in Staphylococcus aureus.
Kono, M, Sasatsu, M, O'Hara, K, Shiomi, Y, Hayasaka, T
The mechanism of resistance to some cephalosporins in Staphylococcus aureus strains was investigated with high-pressure liquid chromatography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry. Drug...
Ushikai, M, Lace, M J, Yamakawa, Y, Kono, M, Anson, J, Ishiji, T, ...
Papillomaviral E2 genes encode proteins that regulate viral transcription. While the full-length bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) E2 peptide is a strong trans activator, the homologous...
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometric assay of beta-lactamase.
Beta-Lactam antibiotics and the crude enzyme were mixed in deuterium oxide and placed in a nuclear magnetic resonance tube. The change of the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum during the enzymatic...
O'Hara, K., Kono, M., Mitsuhashi, S.
The antibacterial activity of sisomicin (SS), a new aminoglycoside antibiotic active toward clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was determined and compared with that of the gentamicin C...
Effect of pH buffer molecules on the light-induced currents from oriented purple membrane.
The effect of pH buffers on the microsecond photocurrent component, B2, of oriented purple membranes has been studied. We found that under low salt conditions (less than 10 mM monovalent cationic...
Noguchi, N, Emura, A, Matsuyama, H, O'Hara, K, Sasatsu, M, Kono, M
The DNA fragment (3.3 kb) containing the erythromycin resistance determinant was cloned from Escherichia coli Tf481A and sequenced. Deletion and complementation analyses indicated that the expression...
O'Hara, K, Kanda, T, Ohmiya, K, Ebisu, T, Kono, M
Macrolide 2'-phosphotransferase [MPH(2')] was purified 90-fold from an erythromycin-resistant strain of Escherichia coli, and its enzymatic properties were investigated. MPH(2') is an inducible...
Mechanism of resistance to some cephalosporins in Staphylococcus aureus.
Kono, M, Sasatsu, M, O'Hara, K, Shiomi, Y, Hayasaka, T
The mechanism of resistance to some cephalosporins in Staphylococcus aureus strains was investigated with high-pressure liquid chromatography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry. Drug...
Ushikai, M, Lace, M J, Yamakawa, Y, Kono, M, Anson, J, Ishiji, T, ...
Papillomaviral E2 genes encode proteins that regulate viral transcription. While the full-length bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) E2 peptide is a strong trans activator, the homologous...
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometric assay of beta-lactamase.
Beta-Lactam antibiotics and the crude enzyme were mixed in deuterium oxide and placed in a nuclear magnetic resonance tube. The change of the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum during the enzymatic...
O'Hara, K., Kono, M., Mitsuhashi, S.
The antibacterial activity of sisomicin (SS), a new aminoglycoside antibiotic active toward clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was determined and compared with that of the gentamicin C...
Effect of pH buffer molecules on the light-induced currents from oriented purple membrane.
The effect of pH buffers on the microsecond photocurrent component, B2, of oriented purple membranes has been studied. We found that under low salt conditions (less than 10 mM monovalent cationic...
Financial Services Trade, Capital Flow, and Financial Stability.
This study argues that trade policies regarding financial services are an important-but typically neglected- determinant of capital flows and financial sector stability. Financial services trade...