Robotics and Automation, RA-2(1):14–23, 1986. (2008)
M. Asada, S. Noda, S. Tawaratsumida, G. Bojadziev, Fuzzy Logic, ...
for a real robot by vision-based reinforcement learning. Machine Learning,
OGLE 2003–BLG–235/MOA 2003–BLG–53: A planetary microlensing event. (2007)
I. A. Bond, A. Udalski, M. Jaroszyński, N. J. Rattenbury, B. Paczyński, I. Soszyński, ...
(The MOA and OGLE Collaborations) We present observations of the unusual microlensing event OGLE 2003–BLG– 235/MOA 2003–BLG–53. In this event a short duration ( � 7 days) low amplitude...
Millimeter-Thick Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Forests: Hidden Role of Catalyst Support (2007)
Noda, S., Hasegawa, K., Sugime, H., Kakehi, K., Zhang, Z., Maruyama, S., ...
A parametric study of so-called "super growth" of single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWNTs) was done by using combinatorial libraries of iron/aluminum oxide catalysts. Millimeter-thick forests of...
Optical trapping of metal particles in doughnut-shaped beam emitted by photonic-crystal laser (2007)
Gauge-Higgs Unification and Quark-Lepton Phenomenology in the Warped Spacetime (2006)
Hosotani, Y., Noda, S., Sakamura, Y., Shimasaki, S.
In the dynamical gauge-Higgs unification of electroweak interactions in the Randall-Sundrum warped spacetime the Higgs boson mass is predicted in the range 120 GeV -- 290 GeV, provided that the...
Photonics: Lasers producing tailored beams (2006)
Miyai, E, Sakai, K, Okano, T, Kunishi, W, Ohnishi, D, Noda, S
Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2005)
Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...
We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...
Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33 (2005)
Rattenbury, N. J., Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Calitz, J. J., Claret, A., ...
We report a measurement of the shape of the source star in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. The lens for this event was a close binary whose centre-of-mass passed almost directly in front of the...
Multiple Outbursts of a Cataclysmic Variable in the Globular Cluster M22 (2005)
Bond, I. A., Abe, F., Eguchi, S., Furuta, Y., Hearnshaw, J. B., Kamiya, K., ...
We present a 4 year light curve of a cataclysmic variable in M22, based on an analysis of accumulated data from the MOA microlensing survey. The position of the star coincides with that of a...
Lasing band-edge identification for a surface-emitting photonic crystal laser (2005)
Sakai, K, Miyai, E, Sakaguchi, T, Ohnishi, D, Okano, T, Noda, S
Simultaneous inhibition and redistribution of spontaneous light emission in photonic crystals (2005)
Two-dimensional photonic-crystal-slab channel-drop filter with flat-top response (2005)
Akahane, Y, Asano, T, Takano, H, Song, BS, Takana, Y, Noda, S
Search for Low-Mass Exoplanets by Gravitational Microlensing at High Magnification (2004)
Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Eguchi, S., Furuta, Y., Hearnshaw, J. B., ...
Observations of the gravitational microlensing event MOA 2003-BLG-32/OGLE 2003-BLG-219 are presented for which the peak magnification was over 500, the highest yet reported. Continuous observations...
OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53: A planetary microlensing event (2004)
Bond, I. A., Udalski, A., Jaroszynski, M., Rattenbury, N. J., Paczynski, B., Soszynski, I., ...
We present observations of the unusual microlensing event OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53. In this event a short duration (~7 days) low amplitude deviation in the light curve due a single lens...
MOA 2003-BLG-37: A Bulge Jerk-Parallax Microlens Degeneracy (2004)
DePoy, D. L., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Han, C., Pogge, R. W., ...
We analyze the Galactic bulge microlensing event MOA-2003-BLG-37. Although the Einstein timescale is relatively short, t_e=43 days, the lightcurve displays deviations consistent with parallax effects...
Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2004)
Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...
We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...
Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2004)
Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...
We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...
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
Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2004)
Ghosh, H, DePoy, DL, Gal-Yam, A, Gaudi, BS, Gould, A, Han, C, ...
Probing the atmosphere of a solar-like star by galactic microlensing at high magnification (2003)
Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Calitz, J. J., Claret, A., Cook, K. H., ...
We report a measurement of limb darkening of a solar-like star in the very high magnification microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. A 15 hour deviation from the light curve profile expected for a...
Indications of neutrino oscillation in a 250 km long-baseline experiment (2003)
Aoki, S, Bhang, H, Casper, D, Choi, J H, ...
The K2K experiment observes indications of neutrino oscillation: a reduction of nu(mu) flux together with a distortion of the energy spectrum. Fifty-six beam neutrino events are observed in...
Organic light-emitting diode with ITO/organic photonic crystal (2003)
Fujita, M, Ueno, T, Asano, T, Noda, S, Ohhata, H, Tsuji, T, ...
The Nature of V359 Centauri Revealed: New Long-Period SU UMa-Type Dwarf Nova (2002)
Kato, T., Stubbings, R., Nelson, P., Santallo, R., Ishioka, R., Uemura, M., ...
We detected four outbursts of V359 Cen (possible nova discovered in 1939) between 1999 and 2002. Time-resolved CCD photometry during two outbursts (1999 and 2002) revealed that V359 Cen is actually a...
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...
Semiconductor three-dimensional and two-dimensional photonic crystals and devices (2002)
Noda, S, Imada, M, Okano, M, Ogawa, S, Mochizuki, M, Chutinan, A
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...
Bond, I. A., Abe, F., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., Kilmartin, P. M., Masuda, K., ...
Gravitational microlensing events of high magnification have been shown to be promising targets for detecting extrasolar planets. However, only a few events of high magnification have been found...
Photonic bands of metallic systems. I. Principle of calculation and accuracy (2001)
Sakoda, K, Kawai, N, Ito, T, Chutinan, A, Noda, S, Mitsuyu, T, ...
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...
Photonic bands of metallic systems. I. Principle of calculation and accuracy (2001)
Sakoda, K, Kawai, N, Ito, T, Chutinan, A, Noda, S, Mitsuyu, T, ...
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...
Discovery of the optical counterpart and early optical observations of GRB 990712 (2000)
Sahu, K.C., Vreeswijk, P.M., Bakos, G., Menzies, J.W., Bragaglia, A., Frontera, F., ...
Discovery of the Optical Counterpart and Early Optical Observations of GRB 990712 (2000)
Sahu, KC, Vreeswijk, P, Bakos, G, Menzies, JW, Bragaglia, A, Frontera, F, ...
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...
Noda, S., Horitani, Y., Yamamuro, K.
A scalar probability density function (PDF) method, considering a detailed chemical kinetics, is applied to a diluted hydrogen turbulent jet nonpremixed flame to evaluate the performance. The flame...
Kohzaki, M., Higuchi, K., Noda, S., Uchida, K.
Effects of surface roughness and crystallinity of polycrystalline diamond films on their tribological characteristics, as well as the effects of test environment, have been investigated. Friction and...
ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ION-IRRADIATED ORGANIC POLYMER KAPTON H. (1998)
HIOKI, T., NODA, S., SUGIURA, M., KAKENO, M., YAMADA, K.
An organic polymer Kapton H film was irradiated with high-energy (about MeV) N(2)(+) ions. The specific resistivity of the film irradiated to a dose about 10(17) N/cm(2) was estimated to be about...
DEFORMATION AND CRACKING OF METAL-DEPOSITED CERAMICS AND EFFECTS OF ION IRRADIATION (1986)
Noda, S., Doi, H., Hioki, T., Kamigaito, O.
Deposition of Zr or Ag thin film and Ar+ ion irradiation increases cooperatively the durability of sapphire against cracking by scratching. The deposition of the thin films were found to cause the...
DEFORMATION AND CRACKING OF METAL-DEPOSITED CERAMICS AND EFFECTS OF ION IRRADIATION (1986)
Noda, S., Doi, H., Hioki, T., Kamigaito, O.
Deposition of Zr or Ag thin film and Ar+ ion irradiation increases cooperatively the durability of sapphire against cracking by scratching. The deposition of the thin films were found to cause the...
DEFORMATION AND CRACKING OF METAL-DEPOSITED CERAMICS AND EFFECTS OF ION IRRADIATION (1986)
Noda, S., Doi, H., Hioki, T., Kamigaito, O.
Deposition of Zr or Ag thin film and Ar+ ion irradiation increases cooperatively the durability of sapphire against cracking by scratching. The deposition of the thin films were found to cause the...
Yamashita, T, Kasuya, S, Noda, S, Nagano, I, Ohtsuka, S, Ohtomo, H
Four isolated strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi from patients in a new endemic area of Japan were tested for antigenicities by using 12 monoclonal antibodies to Karp, Gilliam, and Kato strains. It...
Ohkuma, M., Noda, S., Usami, R., Horikoshi, K., Kudo, T.
The diversity of nitrogen-fixing organisms in the symbiotic intestinal microflora of a lower termite, Reticulitermes speratus, was investigated without culturing the resident microorganisms....
Michelassi, F, Erroi, F, Dawson, P J, Pietrabissa, A, Noda, S, Handcock, M, ...
Between 1946 and 1987, 647 patients with periampullary tumors were diagnosed at the University of Chicago Medical Center. These included 549 tumors located in the head of the pancreas, 40 in the...
Yamashita, T, Kasuya, S, Noda, S, Nagano, I, Ohtsuka, S, Ohtomo, H
Four isolated strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi from patients in a new endemic area of Japan were tested for antigenicities by using 12 monoclonal antibodies to Karp, Gilliam, and Kato strains. It...
Michelassi, F, Erroi, F, Dawson, P J, Pietrabissa, A, Noda, S, Handcock, M, ...
Between 1946 and 1987, 647 patients with periampullary tumors were diagnosed at the University of Chicago Medical Center. These included 549 tumors located in the head of the pancreas, 40 in the...
Ohkuma, M., Noda, S., Usami, R., Horikoshi, K., Kudo, T.
The diversity of nitrogen-fixing organisms in the symbiotic intestinal microflora of a lower termite, Reticulitermes speratus, was investigated without culturing the resident microorganisms....
Kosugi, A, Noda, S, Saitoh, S, Narumiya, S, Ogata, M, Hashimoto, Y, ...
The pre-T-cell receptor (TCR) complex, which consists of a heterodimer of the TCR beta-chain and the pre-TCR alpha-chain, is known to regulate early thymocyte development. The pre-TCR complex...
Yamashita, Y, Miyake, K, Kikuchi, Y, Takatsu, K, Noda, S, Kosugi, A, ...
A novel monoclonal antibody (mAb) was established in an attempt to look for a cell-surface molecule that delivered a signal regulating apoptotic cell death of B cells. Because spleen cells in resting...
Hayasaka, S, Noda, S, Setogawa, T
The ratios of D-arabinitol (a major metabolite of Candida species) to creatinine were examined in 46 sera of 40 patients with ocular inflammatory disease and in 50 age-matched normal controls (25 men...
Hayasaka, S, Fujii, M, Yamamoto, Y, Noda, S, Kurome, H, Sasaki, M
A total of 43 patients (86 eyes) with chronic viral hepatitis were examined prospectively before and after the start of interferon therapy. Of 37 non-diabetic patients, 23 (group A1) did not have...
Epiblepharon with inverted eyelashes in Japanese children. I. Incidence and symptoms.
Noda, S, Hayasaka, S, Setogawa, T
Epiblepharon commonly occurs in Japanese infants and tends to disappear spontaneously with age. We examined 4449 Japanese children aged 3 months to 18 years for epiblepharon associated with inverted...
Epiblepharon with inverted eyelashes in Japanese children. II. Surgical repairs.
Hayasaka, S, Noda, S, Setogawa, T
We used lid bracing sutures, buried sutures, and skin resection operations to correct epiblepharon in Japanese children. Epiblepharon and ocular irritation in 103 children (254 eyelids) were treated...
Hayasaka, S, Takatori, Y, Noda, S, Setogawa, T, Hayashi, H
A 53-year-old woman had difficulty in walking, raised titres to human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, and yellowish white retinal lesions and vasculitis in the...
Thalamic experiential hallucinosis.
Noda, S, Mizoguchi, M, Yamamoto, A
Two patients with an infarct limited to the thalamus developed auditory and visual experiential hallucinations. Neuropathological studies in one patient showed a small cavity in the right...
Familial spinocerebellar degeneration as an expression of adrenoleukodystrophy.
Kobayashi, T, Noda, S, Umezaki, H, Goto, I, Suzuki, S, Kitaguchi, T, ...
A family with adrenoleukodystrophy and clinical manifestations of spinocerebellar degeneration was studied. Two adult male first cousins showed progressive limb and truncal ataxia, slurred speech and...
Reye-like syndrome following treatment with the pantothenic acid antagonist, calcium hopantenate.
Noda, S, Umezaki, H, Yamamoto, K, Araki, T, Murakami, T, Ishii, N
Three senile patients developed fatal acute encephalopathy while receiving calcium hopantenate. The clinical, biochemical, and pathological picture was similar to Reye's syndrome. Calcium hopantenate...
Kawata, S, Yamasaki, E, Nagase, T, Inui, Y, Ito, N, Matsuda, Y, ...
Chemotherapy is not effective for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HMG-CoA redutase inhibitors have cytostatic activity for cancer cells, but their clinical usefulness is unknown. To investigate...