Gvasaliya, S. N., Roessli, B., Kojima, S., Lushnikov, S. G., ...
We show that the neutron diffuse scattering in relaxor ferroelectric (1-x)PbZn$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$O$_{3}$ - x PbTiO$_{3}$ (x=0.07) consists of two components. The first component is strictly elastic...
Matsuda, K, Shimada, A, Yoshida, N, Ogawa, A, Watanabe, A, Yajima, S, ...
This research was originally published in Blood. Authors.Matsuda, K; Shimada, A; Yoshida, N; Ogawa, A; Watanabe, A; Yajima, S; Iizuka, S; Koike, K; Yanai, F; Kawasaki, K; Yanagimachi, M; Kikuchi, A;...
The Structural Phase Transition of the Relaxor Ferroelectric 68%PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-32%PbTiO3 (2006)
Gvasaliya, S. N., Roessli, B., Cowley, R. A., Kojima, S., Lushnikov, S. G.
Neutron scattering techniques have been used to study the relaxor ferroelectric 0.68PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-0.32PbTiO3 denoted in this paper as 0.68PMN-0.32PT. On cooling, these relaxor ferroelectrics have a...
Ichlyama, S, Oka, Y, Haga, K, Kojima, S, Tateishi, Y, Shirakawa, M, ...
Nishida, T, Kubota, S, Kojima, S, Kuboki, T, Nakao, K, Kushibiki, T, ...
Kojima, S, Saito, T, Takada, J, Furukawa, M, Oda, H, Nakamura, T, ...
Nishida, T, Kubota, S, Kojima, S, Kuboki, T, Kushibiki, T, Tabata, Y, ...
Dilaton Gravity Coupled to a Nonlinear Sigma Model in $2+\epsilon$ Dimensions (1995)
Kojima, S., Sakai, N., Tanii, Y.
Quantum theory of dilaton gravity coupled to a nonlinear sigma model with a maximally symmetric target space is studied in $2+\epsilon$ dimensions. The ultraviolet stable fixed point for the...
Dilaton Gravity in $2+\epsilon$ Dimensions (1994)
Kojima, S., Sakai, N., Tanii, Y.
Quantum theory of dilaton gravity is studied in $2+\epsilon$ dimensions. Divergences are computed and renormalized at one-loop order. The mixing between the Liouville field and the dilaton field...
Physical Scaling and Renormalization Group in Two-Dimensional Gravity (1993)
Tanii, Y., Kojima, S., Sakai, N.
Quantum gravitational effects on the renormalization group equation are studied in the $(2+\epsilon)$-dimensional approach. Divergences in a matter one-loop effective action do not receive...
Supergravity in $2+\epsilon$ Dimensions (1993)
Kojima, S., Sakai, N., Tanii, Y.
Supergravity theory in $2+\epsilon$ dimensions is studied. It is invariant under supertransformations in 2 and 3 dimensions. One-loop divergence is explicitly computed in the background field method...
ULTRASONIC VELOCITY NEAR THE MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURE (1982)
Yasunaga, M., Funatsu, Y., Kojima, S., Otsuka, K., Suzuki, T.
Single crystal specimens of γ'1-martensite and β1-austenite of Cu-Al-Ni alloy are prepared. The temperature dependence of the shear elastic constants of both phases is measured and found to...
ULTRASONIC VELOCITY NEAR THE MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURE (1982)
Yasunaga, M., Funatsu, Y., Kojima, S., Otsuka, K., Suzuki, T.
Single crystal specimens of γ'1-martensite and β1-austenite of Cu-Al-Ni alloy are prepared. The temperature dependence of the shear elastic constants of both phases is measured and found to...
ULTRASONIC VELOCITY NEAR THE MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURE (1982)
Yasunaga, M., Funatsu, Y., Kojima, S., Otsuka, K., Suzuki, T.
Single crystal specimens of γ'1-martensite and β1-austenite of Cu-Al-Ni alloy are prepared. The temperature dependence of the shear elastic constants of both phases is measured and found to...
E (x) - A1 (z) OBLIQUE PHONONS IN TETRAGONAL BaTiO3 (1981)
Nakamura, T., Kojima, S., Jang, M., Takashige, M., Itoh, S.
The polarized Raman scattering measurements from tetragonal BaTiO3 were made, with incident and scattered light polarized both in (x, z) scattering plane, having a crystal rotated about y-axis...
RAMAN SCATTERING STUDY OF LOW FREQUENCY PHONON POLARITONS IN SEVERAL CRYSTALS (1981)
Dispersion relations of low-frequency phonon polaritons have been investigated by the near-forward Raman scattering technique. The results of measurements are given for the crystals Sr2Nb2O7, LiTaO3...
E (x) - A1 (z) OBLIQUE PHONONS IN TETRAGONAL BaTiO3 (1981)
Nakamura, T., Kojima, S., Jang, M., Takashige, M., Itoh, S.
The polarized Raman scattering measurements from tetragonal BaTiO3 were made, with incident and scattered light polarized both in (x, z) scattering plane, having a crystal rotated about y-axis...
RAMAN SCATTERING STUDY OF LOW FREQUENCY PHONON POLARITONS IN SEVERAL CRYSTALS (1981)
Dispersion relations of low-frequency phonon polaritons have been investigated by the near-forward Raman scattering technique. The results of measurements are given for the crystals Sr2Nb2O7, LiTaO3...
E (x) - A1 (z) OBLIQUE PHONONS IN TETRAGONAL BaTiO3 (1981)
Nakamura, T., Kojima, S., Jang, M., Takashige, M., Itoh, S.
The polarized Raman scattering measurements from tetragonal BaTiO3 were made, with incident and scattered light polarized both in (x, z) scattering plane, having a crystal rotated about y-axis...
RAMAN SCATTERING STUDY OF LOW FREQUENCY PHONON POLARITONS IN SEVERAL CRYSTALS (1981)
Dispersion relations of low-frequency phonon polaritons have been investigated by the near-forward Raman scattering technique. The results of measurements are given for the crystals Sr2Nb2O7, LiTaO3...
The absence of IgE antibody-mediated augmentation of immune responses in CD23-deficient mice.
Fujiwara, H, Kikutani, H, Suematsu, S, Naka, T, Yoshida, K, Yoshida, K, ...
The CD23 antigen, a low-affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RII), is a type II membrane-bound glycoprotein expressed on various cells, particularly mature B cells. A number of functions have been...
Yoshioka, Y, Matsumoto, S, Kojima, S, Ohshima, K, Okada, N, Machida, Y
We have characterized a family of tRNA-derived short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) in the tobacco genome. Members of this family of SINEs, designated TS, have a composite structure and...
Crystal structure of an engineered subtilisin inhibitor complexed with bovine trypsin.
Takeuchi, Y, Nonaka, T, Nakamura, K T, Kojima, S, Miura, K, Mitsui, Y
Proteinase specificity of a proteinaceous inhibitor of subtilisin (SSI; Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor) can be altered so as to strongly inhibit trypsin simply by replacing P1 methionine with...
Taguchi, S, Suzuki, M, Kojima, S, Miura, K, Momose, H
Previously, we isolated a candidate for an endogenous target enzyme(s) of the Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI), termed SAM-P20, from a non-SSI-producing mutant strain (S. Taguchi, A. Odaka, Y....
A novel member of the subtilisin-like protease family from Streptomyces albogriseolus.
Suzuki, M, Taguchi, S, Yamada, S, Kojima, S, Miura, K I, Momose, H
We previously isolated three extracellular endogenous enzymes from a Streptomyces albogriseolus mutant strain which were targets of Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI) (S. Taguchi, A. Odaka, Y....
Asai, Y, Kojima, S, Kato, H, Nishioka, N, Kawagishi, I, Homma, M
The polar flagellum of Vibrio alginolyticus rotates remarkably fast (up to 1,700 revolutions per second) by using a motor driven by sodium ions. Two genes, motX and motY, for the sodium-driven...
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins are distributed widely in streptomycetes.
Taguchi, S, Kikuchi, H, Suzuki, M, Kojima, S, Terabe, M, Miura, K, ...
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins were found to be distributed widely in streptomycetes by using the combination of the convenient, newly developed plate assay system and an established...
Asai, T, Kim, T J, Kobayashi, M, Kojima, S
The nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase, which is present in the tachyzoite form of Toxoplasma gondii, was detected as a circulating antigen in sera of mice infected with a virulent (RH) or an...
Asai, T, Mizuno, F, Kojima, S, Takeuchi, T, Kobayashi, A, Suzuki, Y
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect immunoglobulin G antibodies against nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase, which is a specific and dominant antigen of Toxoplasma gondii, was developed, and...
Yano, A, Aosai, F, Yui, K, Kojima, S, Kawana, T
This report describes the development of an assay system which overcomes the difficulty of detecting immune responses of patients with Trichomonas vaginitis by making use of peripheral blood...
Masai, I, Hosoya, T, Kojima, S, Hotta, Y
We have isolated a Drosophila melanogaster diacylglycerol kinase (DGK, EC 2.7.1.107) homologue by using a porcine DGK cDNA probe and we have characterized its structure and expression. The DGK cDNA...
Molecular cloning and expression of the canine metallothionein-III gene.
Kojima, S, Shimada, A, Kodan, A, Kobayashi, K, Morita, T, Yamano, Y, ...
We have isolated and determined the complete nucleotide sequence of canine metallothionein-III (MT-III) cDNA. The predicted amino acid sequence of the canine MT-III showed a high homology (93%, 87%...
The absence of IgE antibody-mediated augmentation of immune responses in CD23-deficient mice.
Fujiwara, H, Kikutani, H, Suematsu, S, Naka, T, Yoshida, K, Yoshida, K, ...
The CD23 antigen, a low-affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RII), is a type II membrane-bound glycoprotein expressed on various cells, particularly mature B cells. A number of functions have been...
Yoshioka, Y, Matsumoto, S, Kojima, S, Ohshima, K, Okada, N, Machida, Y
We have characterized a family of tRNA-derived short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) in the tobacco genome. Members of this family of SINEs, designated TS, have a composite structure and...
Crystal structure of an engineered subtilisin inhibitor complexed with bovine trypsin.
Takeuchi, Y, Nonaka, T, Nakamura, K T, Kojima, S, Miura, K, Mitsui, Y
Proteinase specificity of a proteinaceous inhibitor of subtilisin (SSI; Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor) can be altered so as to strongly inhibit trypsin simply by replacing P1 methionine with...
Taguchi, S, Suzuki, M, Kojima, S, Miura, K, Momose, H
Previously, we isolated a candidate for an endogenous target enzyme(s) of the Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI), termed SAM-P20, from a non-SSI-producing mutant strain (S. Taguchi, A. Odaka, Y....
A novel member of the subtilisin-like protease family from Streptomyces albogriseolus.
Suzuki, M, Taguchi, S, Yamada, S, Kojima, S, Miura, K I, Momose, H
We previously isolated three extracellular endogenous enzymes from a Streptomyces albogriseolus mutant strain which were targets of Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI) (S. Taguchi, A. Odaka, Y....
Asai, Y, Kojima, S, Kato, H, Nishioka, N, Kawagishi, I, Homma, M
The polar flagellum of Vibrio alginolyticus rotates remarkably fast (up to 1,700 revolutions per second) by using a motor driven by sodium ions. Two genes, motX and motY, for the sodium-driven...
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins are distributed widely in streptomycetes.
Taguchi, S, Kikuchi, H, Suzuki, M, Kojima, S, Terabe, M, Miura, K, ...
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins were found to be distributed widely in streptomycetes by using the combination of the convenient, newly developed plate assay system and an established...
Asai, T, Kim, T J, Kobayashi, M, Kojima, S
The nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase, which is present in the tachyzoite form of Toxoplasma gondii, was detected as a circulating antigen in sera of mice infected with a virulent (RH) or an...
Asai, T, Mizuno, F, Kojima, S, Takeuchi, T, Kobayashi, A, Suzuki, Y
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect immunoglobulin G antibodies against nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase, which is a specific and dominant antigen of Toxoplasma gondii, was developed, and...
Yano, A, Aosai, F, Yui, K, Kojima, S, Kawana, T
This report describes the development of an assay system which overcomes the difficulty of detecting immune responses of patients with Trichomonas vaginitis by making use of peripheral blood...
Masai, I, Hosoya, T, Kojima, S, Hotta, Y
We have isolated a Drosophila melanogaster diacylglycerol kinase (DGK, EC 2.7.1.107) homologue by using a porcine DGK cDNA probe and we have characterized its structure and expression. The DGK cDNA...
Molecular cloning and expression of the canine metallothionein-III gene.
Kojima, S, Shimada, A, Kodan, A, Kobayashi, K, Morita, T, Yamano, Y, ...
We have isolated and determined the complete nucleotide sequence of canine metallothionein-III (MT-III) cDNA. The predicted amino acid sequence of the canine MT-III showed a high homology (93%, 87%...
Antiplatelet treatment with cilostazol after stent implantation
Yoshitomi, Y, Kojima, S, Sugi, T, Yano, M, Matsumoto, Y, Kuramochi, M
Objectives—To evaluate the efficacy of cilostazol, a new synthetic inhibitor of phosphodiesterase, in preventing stent thrombosis after successful implantation. Design—Preliminary prospective...
Plasma adrenomedullin as an indicator of prognosis after acute myocardial infarction
Nagaya, N, Nishikimi, T, Uematsu, M, Yoshitomi, Y, Miyao, Y, Miyazaki, S, ...
OBJECTIVE—To elucidate whether prognosis after acute myocardial infarction can be predicted by measuring plasma adrenomedullin, a novel vasorelaxant peptide. PATIENTS AND DESIGN—Plasma...
Is preinfarction angina related to the presence or absence of coronary plaque rupture?
Kojima, S, Nonogi, H, Miyao, Y, Miyazaki, S, Goto, Y, Itoh, A, ...
OBJECTIVE—To analyse the prodrome of acute myocardial infarction in relation to the plaque morphology underlying the infarct. DESIGN—A retrospective investigation of the relation between...
1. In the presence of atropine (0.2 microM) and indomethacin (2 microM), the effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) have been studied on electrically-evoked, neurogenic contractions of the guinea-pig...
Effects of nicotine on salivary amylase secretion from rabbit parotid gland
Inoki, R., Kojima, S., Tamari, Y., Yamamoto, I.
1. The effects of nicotine on amylase secretion induced by auriculo-temporal nerve stimulation were studied.
1. We have investigated the effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) excitatory transmission to the longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig proximal...
1. The aim of this study was to characterize the receptors mediating the atropine-resistant neurogenic contraction to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in the longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig proximal...
Kamata, K., Sugiura, M., Kojima, S., Kasuya, Y.
1. Experiments were designed to investigate the effects of the low density lipoprotein (LDL)-lowering drugs cholestyramine on serum LDL levels and endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine...
Tamura, A., Matsushita, M., Naito, A., Kojima, S., Miura, K. I., Akasaka, K.
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI) contains three methionine residues in a subunit: two (at positions 73 and 70) in the crucial enzyme-recognition sites P1 and P4, respectively, and one (Met...
Hirayama, K, Tomonaga, M, Kitano, K, Yamada, T, Kojima, S, Arai, K
A new clinical entity under the name of "juvenile muscular atrophy of unilateral upper extremity" was first described in 1959. Although about 150 cases in Japan, and several additional cases in other...
Pontine lesion in opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome shown by MRI.
Hattori, T, Hirayama, K, Imai, T, Yamada, T, Kojima, S
Two patients with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome are reported whose magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed brain stem lesions. Both patients developed the opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome after an upper...
Recovery patterns and long term prognosis for axonal Guillain–Barré syndrome
Hiraga, A, Mori, M, Ogawara, K, Kojima, S, Kanesaka, T, Misawa, S, ...
Background: Little is known about the long term prognosis for patients the severe acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) form of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), unlike those with acute inflammatory...