N. Katoh

Enumeration of optimal pin-jointed bistable compliant mechanisms with non-crossing members (2009)

Ohsaki, M., Katoh, N., Kinoshita, T., Tanigawa, S., Avis, D., Streinu, I.

An optimization approach is presented for enumerating pin-jointed bistable compliant mechanisms. In the first stage, the statically determinate trusses with non-crossing members containing a given...

Enumeration of optimal pin-jointed bistable compliant mechanisms with non-crossing members (2009)

Ohsaki, M, Katoh, N, Kinoshita, T, Tanigawa, S, Avis, D, Streinu, I

StrucOpt manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor) Enumeration of Optimal Pin-Jointed Bistable Compliant Mechanisms with Non-Crossing Members (2008)

M. Ohsaki, N. Katoh, T. Kinoshita, S. Tanigawa, D. Avis, I. Streinu

Abstract An optimization approach is presented for enumerating pin-jointed bistable compliant mechanisms. In the first stage, the statically determinate trusses with non-crossing members containing a...

Therapeutic outcome of cyclic VAD (vincristine, doxorubicin and dexamethasone) therapy in primary systemic AL amyloidosis patients (2008)

Tazawa, K, Matsuda, M, Yoshida, T, Gono, T, Katoh, N, Shimojima, Y, ...

Arc-disjoint In-trees in Discrted Graphs (2008)

Kamiyama, N, Katoh, N, Takizawa, A

Fast Enumeration Algorithms for Non-crossing Geometric Graphs (2008)

Katoh, N, Tanigawa, S

Covering Directed Graphs by In-trees (2008)

Katoh, N, Tanigawa, S

Geometric Spanner of Objects Under L1 Distance (2008)

Zhu, Y, Xu, J, Yang, Y, Katoh, N, Tanigawa, S

Optimal Approximation of Monotone Curves on a Grid (Extended Abstract) (2007)

T. Asano, N. Katoh, Tetsuo Asano, Naoki Katoh, Elena Lodi, Thomas Roos

) Tetsuo Asano 1 Naoki Katoh 2 Elena Lodi 3 Thomas Roos 4 1 Dept. of Applied Electronics, Osaka Electro-Communication Univ., Neyagawa, Osaka 572, Japan (asano@djinni.osakac.ac.jp) 2 Kobe University...

Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with rheumatoid arthritis: A case report and review of the literature (2007)

Katoh, N, Gono, T, Mitsuhashi, S, Fukushima, K, Takei, Y, Matsuda, M, ...

An efficient algorithm for the evacuation problem in a certain class of a network with uniform path-lenths (2007)

Kamiyama, S, Katoh, N, Takizawa, A

Enumerating Constrained Non-crossing Geometric Spanning Trees (2007)

Katoh, N, Tanigawa, S

Applying Graph Minning to Discover Substructures of Room Layouts which Affect the Rent of Apartments (2007)

Takizawa, A, Yashida, K, Katoh, N

Geometric Spanner of Segments (2007)

Yang, Y, Zhu, Y, Xu, J, Katoh, N

Fourteenth International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation ISAAC 2003), December 2003, Kyoto, Japan - Foreword (2006)

Katoh, N

An efficient algorithm for evacuation problems in dynamic network flows with uniform arc capacity (2006)

Kamiyama, N, Katoh, N, Takizawa, A

An efficient algorithm for evacuation problem in dynamic network flows with uniform arc capacity (2006)

Kamiyama, N, Katoh, N, Takizawa, A

Enumerating non-crossing minimally rigid frameworks (2006)

Avis, D, Katoh, N, Ohsaki, M, Streinu, I, Tanigawa, SI

Polyline fitting of planar points under min-sum criteria (2006)

Aronov, B, Asano, T, Katoh, N, Mehlhorn, K, Tokuyama, T

Assignment of evacuation centens against great disasters by EMO/AP heuristics with three objectives. MOPGP'06 (2006)

Takizawa, A, Katoh, N

An Efficient Algorithm for Evacuation Problem in Dyanmic Network Flows with Uniform Arc Capacity (2006)

Kamiyama, N, Katoh, N, Takizawa, A

Topology optimization of trusses with stress and local constraints on nodal stability and member intersection (2005)

Ohsaki, M, Katoh, N

Efficient algorithms and implementations for optimizing the sum of linear fractional functions, with applications (2005)

Chen, DZ, Daescu, O, Dai, Y, Katoh, N, Wu, XD, Xu, JH

Optimal spanners for axis-aligned rectangles (2005)

Asano, T, De Berg, M, Cheong, O, Everett, H, Haverkort, H, Katoh, N, ...

T'riangulating a convex polygon with small number of non-standard bars (2005)

Xu, YF, Dai, WQ, Katoh, N, Ohsaki, M

Data mining oriented CRM systems based on MUSASHI: C-MUSASHI (2005)

Yada, K, Hamuro, Y, Katoh, N, Washio, T, Fusamoto, I, Fujishima, D, ...

The future direction of new computing environment for exabyte data in the business world (2005)

Yada, K, Hamuro, Y, Katoh, N, Kishiya, K

Efficient algorithms for approximating a multi-dimensional voxel terrain by a unimodal terrain (2004)

Chen, DZ, Chun, JH, Katoh, N, Tokuyama, T

On geometric structure of global roundings for graphs and range spaces (2004)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Tamaki, H, Tokuyama, T

The structure and number of global roundings of a graph (2004)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Tamaki, H, Tokuyama, T

Polyline fitting of planar points under min-sum criteria (2004)

Aronov, B, Asano, T, Katoh, N, Mehlhorn, K, Tokuyama, T

Use of a genetic heritage for solving the assignment problem with two objectives (2003)

Gandibleux, X, Morita, H, Katoh, N

The structure and number of global roundings of a graph (2003)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Tamaki, H, Tokuyama, T

Business application for sales transaction data by using genome analysis technology (2003)

Katoh, N, Yada, K, Hamuro, Y

Combinatorial and geometric problems related to digital halftoning (2003)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Obokata, K, Tokuyama, T

Matrix rounding under the L-p-discrepancy measure and its application to digital halftoning (2003)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Obokata, K, Tokuyama, T

Approximating uniform triangular meshes in polygons (2002)

Aurenhammer, F, Katoh, N, Kojima, H, Ohsaki, M, Xu, YF

Symmetricity of the solution of semidefinite programming (2002)

Kanno, Y, Ohsaki, M, Katoh, N

K-levels of concave surfaces (2002)

Katoh, N, Tokuyama, T

Parametric polymatroid optimization and its geometric applications (2002)

Katoh, N, Tamaki, H, Tokuyama, T

The supported solutions used as a genetic information in a population heuristic (2001)

Gandibleux, X, Morita, H, Katoh, N

A unified scheme for detecting fundamental curves in binary edge images (2001)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Tokuyama, T

Special Issue - Selected Papers - First Japanese-Hungarian Symposium for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications - Kyoto, March 17-19, 1999 - Preface (2001)

Katoh, N, Ibaraki, T, Recski, A

Approximating uniform triangular meshes for spheres (2001)

Katoh, N, Kojima, H, Taniguchi, R

Efficient algorithms for optimization-based image segmentation (2001)

Asano, T, Chen, DZ, Katoh, N, Tokuyama, T

A new approximation algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem on a tree (2001)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Kawashima, K

Notes on computing peaks in k-levels and parametric spanning trees (2001)

Katoh, N, Tokuyama, T

A new approximation algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem on a tree (2000)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Kawashima, K

Finding an optimal region in one- and two-dimensional arrays (2000)

Katoh, N

LMT-skeleton heuristics for several new classes of optimal triangulations (2000)

Dai, Y, Katoh, N, Cheng, SW

Variance-based k-clustering algorithms by Voronoi diagrams and randomization (2000)

Inaba, M, Katoh, N, Imai, H

Approximating uniform triangular meshes in polygons (2000)

Aurenhammer, F, Katoh, N, Kojima, H, Ohsaki, M, Xu, YF

Kyoto university (2000)

Y. Kanno, M. Ohsaki, N. Katoh

Abstract Symmetricity of an optimal solution of Semi-Definite Program (SDP) with certain symmetricity is discussed based on symmetry property of the central path that is traced by a primal-dual...

Optimizing the Sum of Linear Fractional Functions and Applications (2000)

Chen, D.Z., Daescu, O, Dai, Y, Katoh, N, Wu, X

Semi-definite programming for topology optimization of trusses under multiple eigenvalue constraints (1999)

Ohsaki, M, Fujisawa, K, Katoh, N, Kanno, Y

Approximation of optimal two-dimensional association rules for categorical attributes using semidefinite programming (1999)

Fujisawa, K, Hamuro, Y, Katoh, N, Tokuyama, T, Yada, K

Semi-Definite Programming for Topology Optimization of Trusses under Multiple Eigenvalue Constraints (1999)

M. Ohsaki, K. Fujisawa, N. Katoh, Y. Kanno

Topology optimization problem of trusses for specified eigenvalue of vibration is formulated as Semi-Definite Programming (SDP), and an algorithm is presented based on the Semi-Definite Programming...

Semi-Definite Programming for Topology Optimization of Trusses under Multiple Eigenvalue Constraints (1999)

Ohsaki Fujisawa, M. Ohsaki, K. Fujisawa, N. Katoh, Y. Kanno

Topology optimization problem of trusses for specified eigenvalue of vibration is formulated as Semi-Definite Programming (SDP), and an algorithm is presented based on the Semi-Definite Programming...

Finding subsets maximizing minimum structures (1999)

Halldorsson, MM, Iwano, K, Katoh, N, Tokuyama, T

A capacitated vehicle routing problem on a tree (1998)

Hamaguchi, S, Katoh, N

Convertibility among grid filling curves (1998)

Asano, T, Katoh, N, Tamaki, H, Tokuyama, T

Triangulations Intersect Nicely (1995)

O. Aichholzer, F. Aurenhammer, Siu-wing Cheng, N. Katoh, G. Rote, ...

. We show that there is a matching between the edges of any two triangulations of a planar point set such that an edge of one triangulation is matched either to the identical edge in the other...

Graph endpoint coloring and distributed processing: A scheduling problem in distributed processing, (1993)

De Werra, D., Hell, P., Kameda, T., Katoh, N., Solot, P., Yamashita, M.

Macrolide accumulation by Bacteroides fragilis ATCC 25285.

Muto, Y, Bandoh, K, Watanabe, K, Katoh, N, Ueno, K

The accumulation of macrolide antibiotics in Bacteroides fragilis ATCC 25285 was increased in the order erythromycin, josamycin, and rokitamycin, depending on hydrophobicity. The half-times of efflux...

Biochemical properties and purification of metallo-beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis.

Bandoh, K, Muto, Y, Watanabe, K, Katoh, N, Ueno, K

The beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis GAI-30144 hydrolyzed imipenem, oxyiminocephalosporins, cephamycins, and penicillins. Enzyme activity was inhibited by EDTA. Zinc completely reversed...

Isolation of Clostridium pseudotetanicum from a patient with gas gangrene.

Katoh, N, Watanabe, K, Miki, Y, Muro, T, Ueno, K

Clostridium pseudotetanicum was isolated along with Serratia marcescens, Proteus mirabilis, and Staphylococcus epidermidis from a patient suffering from gas gangrene who had been injured in the right...

Substrate proteins for calmodulin-sensitive and phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinases in heart, and inhibition of their phosphorylation by palmitoylcarnitine.

Katoh, N, Wrenn, R W, Wise, B C, Shoji, M, Kuo, J F

At least two substrate proteins for phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase and at least six substrates for calmodulin-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase were identified in the...

Calcium-dependent protein kinase: widespread occurrence in various tissues and phyla of the animal kingdom and comparison of effects of phospholipid, calmodulin, and trifluoperazine.

Kuo, J F, Andersson, R G, Wise, B C, Mackerlova, L, Salomonsson, I, Brackett, N L, ...

A widespread occurrence of Ca2+-dependent protein kinase was shown in various tissues and phyla of the animal kingdom. Phosphatidylserine appeared to be more effective than calmodulin in supporting...

Phosphorylation of high mobility group 1 protein by phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase from pig testis.

Kimura, K, Katoh, N, Sakurada, K, Kubo, S

Phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase was partially purified from total particulate fraction of pig testis. The enzyme phosphorylated high mobility group 1 protein (HMG 1), one of the...

Phosphorylation of cardiac troponin inhibitory subunit (troponin I) and tropomyosin-binding subunit (troponin T) by cardiac phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase.

Katoh, N, Wise, B C, Kuo, J F

Cardiac phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase phosphorylated cardiac troponin inhibitory subunit (troponin I) and tropomyosin-binding subunit (troponin T), present either as the free...

Inhibition by melittin of phospholipid-sensitive and calmodulin-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinases.

Katoh, N, Raynor, R L, Wise, B C, Schatzman, R C, Turner, R S, Helfman, D M, ...

Effects of melittin, an amphipathic polypeptide, on various species of protein kinases were investigated. It was found that melittin inhibited the newly identified phospholipid-sensitive...

Inhibition by adriamycin of calmodulin-sensitive and phospholipid-sensitive calcium-dependent phosphorylation of endogenous proteins from heart.

Katoh, N, Wise, B C, Wrenn, R W, Kuo, J F

Adriamycin, a lipid-interacting anti-cancer agent, was found to inhibit phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation of endogenous proteins from the cytosol of the guinea-pig heart. The...

Decreased serum apolipoprotein A-I concentrations in cows infected with Salmonella typhimurium.

Oikawa, S, Katoh, N, Itoh, H, Miyamoto, T, Konno, M, Kajita, T

Serum apolipoprotein A-I concentrations in cows infected with Salmonella Typhimurium were evaluated to assess its relevance in salmonellosis. Apolipoprotein A-I has been shown in rats to be secreted...

Reduced concentrations of apolipoproteins B-100 and A-I in serum from cows with retained placenta.

Oikawa, S, Katoh, N

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate apolipoprotein B-100 and A-I concentrations in cows with retained placenta. Animals used were cows with retained placenta alone (n = 10), those with...

Macrolide accumulation by Bacteroides fragilis ATCC 25285.

Muto, Y, Bandoh, K, Watanabe, K, Katoh, N, Ueno, K

The accumulation of macrolide antibiotics in Bacteroides fragilis ATCC 25285 was increased in the order erythromycin, josamycin, and rokitamycin, depending on hydrophobicity. The half-times of efflux...

Biochemical properties and purification of metallo-beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis.

Bandoh, K, Muto, Y, Watanabe, K, Katoh, N, Ueno, K

The beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis GAI-30144 hydrolyzed imipenem, oxyiminocephalosporins, cephamycins, and penicillins. Enzyme activity was inhibited by EDTA. Zinc completely reversed...

Isolation of Clostridium pseudotetanicum from a patient with gas gangrene.

Katoh, N, Watanabe, K, Miki, Y, Muro, T, Ueno, K

Clostridium pseudotetanicum was isolated along with Serratia marcescens, Proteus mirabilis, and Staphylococcus epidermidis from a patient suffering from gas gangrene who had been injured in the right...

Substrate proteins for calmodulin-sensitive and phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinases in heart, and inhibition of their phosphorylation by palmitoylcarnitine.

Katoh, N, Wrenn, R W, Wise, B C, Shoji, M, Kuo, J F

At least two substrate proteins for phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase and at least six substrates for calmodulin-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase were identified in the...

Calcium-dependent protein kinase: widespread occurrence in various tissues and phyla of the animal kingdom and comparison of effects of phospholipid, calmodulin, and trifluoperazine.

Kuo, J F, Andersson, R G, Wise, B C, Mackerlova, L, Salomonsson, I, Brackett, N L, ...

A widespread occurrence of Ca2+-dependent protein kinase was shown in various tissues and phyla of the animal kingdom. Phosphatidylserine appeared to be more effective than calmodulin in supporting...

Phosphorylation of high mobility group 1 protein by phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase from pig testis.

Kimura, K, Katoh, N, Sakurada, K, Kubo, S

Phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase was partially purified from total particulate fraction of pig testis. The enzyme phosphorylated high mobility group 1 protein (HMG 1), one of the...

Phosphorylation of cardiac troponin inhibitory subunit (troponin I) and tropomyosin-binding subunit (troponin T) by cardiac phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase.

Katoh, N, Wise, B C, Kuo, J F

Cardiac phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase phosphorylated cardiac troponin inhibitory subunit (troponin I) and tropomyosin-binding subunit (troponin T), present either as the free...

Inhibition by melittin of phospholipid-sensitive and calmodulin-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinases.

Katoh, N, Raynor, R L, Wise, B C, Schatzman, R C, Turner, R S, Helfman, D M, ...

Effects of melittin, an amphipathic polypeptide, on various species of protein kinases were investigated. It was found that melittin inhibited the newly identified phospholipid-sensitive...

Inhibition by adriamycin of calmodulin-sensitive and phospholipid-sensitive calcium-dependent phosphorylation of endogenous proteins from heart.

Katoh, N, Wise, B C, Wrenn, R W, Kuo, J F

Adriamycin, a lipid-interacting anti-cancer agent, was found to inhibit phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation of endogenous proteins from the cytosol of the guinea-pig heart. The...

Decreased serum apolipoprotein A-I concentrations in cows infected with Salmonella typhimurium.

Oikawa, S, Katoh, N, Itoh, H, Miyamoto, T, Konno, M, Kajita, T

Serum apolipoprotein A-I concentrations in cows infected with Salmonella Typhimurium were evaluated to assess its relevance in salmonellosis. Apolipoprotein A-I has been shown in rats to be secreted...

Reduced concentrations of apolipoproteins B-100 and A-I in serum from cows with retained placenta.

Oikawa, S, Katoh, N

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate apolipoprotein B-100 and A-I concentrations in cows with retained placenta. Animals used were cows with retained placenta alone (n = 10), those with...

The role of interleukin-16 in murine contact hypersensitivity

Masuda, K, Katoh, N, Soga, F, Kishimoto, S

Contact hypersensitivity (CHS) is a T-cell-mediated skin inflammatory response. It is controversial whether CD4+ T cells play an enhancing or regulatory role in the pathogenesis of CHS. Because...

Calcium channel blockers suppress the contact hypersensitivity reaction (CHR) by inhibiting antigen transport and presentation by epidermal Langerhans cells in mice

KATOH, N, HIRANO, S, KISHIMOTO, S, YASUNO, H

Since Langerhans cells (LC) are the principal antigen-presenting cells among epidermal cells, treatments suppressing LC function may inhibit CHR. Although calcium channel blockers (CCB) have been...

Soluble CD30 is more relevant to disease activity of atopic dermatitis than soluble CD26

Katoh, N, Hirano, S, Suehiro, M, Ikenaga, K, Yamashita, T, Sugawara, N, ...

It is suggested that CD30 and CD26 are surface molecules expressed on activated Th2 and Th1 cells, respectively. We examined plasma levels of soluble CD26 (sCD26) and sCD30 in patients with atopic...

Increased levels of serum tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 but not metalloproteinase-3 in atopic dermatitis

KATOH, N, HIRANO, S, SUEHIRO, M, IKENAGA, K, YASUNO, H

Matrix metalloproteinases and their specific inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), contribute to inflammation-induced tissue destruction and subsequent remodeling for...

Effect of serotonin on the differentiation of human monocytes into dendritic cells

Katoh, N, Soga, F, Nara, T, Tamagawa-Mineoka, R, Nin, M, Kotani, H, ...

The local cytokine environment and presence of stimulatory signals determine whether monocytes acquire dendritic cell (DC) or macrophage characteristics and functions. Because enhanced platelet...