S. Tanaka

Publication List Details

Period

1974 - 2009

Number

287

Co-Authors

ABSTRACTS (2009)

Abdelwahab, A., Gardner, M., Parkash, R., Basta, M., Sapp, J., Veltmann, C., ...

Introduction: Scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) is often unmappable. Data regarding the outcomes of ablation for mappable vs unmappable VT are lacking. Methods: Catheter ablation of...

MODULE FOR MODELING, VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS (2008)

M. Kawaguti, S. Tanaka

A versatile graphics system is being development at Fukui University. It combines different rendering schemes to achieve both high speed and fine quality of drawing in a single graphics package....

Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)

Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...

A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...

Measurement of the quark to photon fragmentation function through the inclusive production of prompt photons in hadronic $Z^0$ decays (2008)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The inclusive production of prompt photons with energy above 10 GeV is measured using the OPAL detector in hadronic Z^0 decays at LEP. In contrast to previous measurements, the prompt photons were...

Measurement of f(c -> D^*+ X), f(b -> D^*+ X) and Gamma_cc(bar)/Gamma_had using D^*+/- Mesons (2008)

Al, K Ackerstaff Et, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The production rates of D^*+/- mesons in charm and bottom events at centre-of-mass energies of about 91 GeV and the partial width of primary cc(bar) pairs in hadronic Z^0 decays have been measured at...

A Measurement of the B_s^0 Lifetime using Reconstructed D_s^- Mesons (2008)

Al, K Ackerstaff Et, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

We report a measurement of the B^0_s meson lifetime from B_s^0 -> D^-_s X decays, where D_s^- mesons are reconstructed in the D_s^- -> phi pi^- and D_s^- -> K^{*0} K^- decay channels. From...

Tests of the Standard Model and Constraints on New Physics from Measurements of Fermion-pair Production at 130-172 GeV at LEP (2008)

Al, K Ackerstaff Et, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Production of events with hadronic and leptonic final states has been measured in e^+e^- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130-172 GeV, using the OPAL detector at LEP. Cross-sections and...

Recoil Effect of Photoelectrons in the Fermi-Edge of Simple Metals (2008)

Takata, Y., Kayanuma, Y., Oshima, S., Tanaka, S., Yabashi, M., Tamasaku, K., ...

High energy resolution photoelectron spectroscopy of conduction electrons in the vicinity of the Fermi-edge in Al and Au at the excitation energy of 880 and 7940 eV was carried out using synchrotron...

Assessment on Soil Fertility Status and Growth Performance of Planted Dipterocarp Species in Perak, Peninsular Malaysia (2008)

A. Abdu, S. Tanaka, S. Jusop, N.M. Majid, Z. Ibrahim, K. Sakurai, ...

A study was conducted in the rehabilitation of degraded forestland in the Bukit Kinta Forest Reserve, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia with two main objectives: (1) to assess the growth performance of two...

Anterior pituitary progenitor cells express costimulatory molecule 4Ig-B7-H3 (2008)

Nagai, Yasuhiro, Aso, H., Ogasawara, Hideki, Tanaka, S., Taketa, Y., Watanabe, K., ...

Stem/Progenitor cells in the postnatal pituitary gland are embedded in a marginal cell layer around Rathke’s pouch. However, the nature and behavior of anterior pituitary progenitor cells remain...

Determination of the specific activity of CDK1 and CDK2 as a novel prognostic indicator for early breast cancer (2008)

Kim, S. J., Nakayama, S., Miyoshi, Y., Taguchi, T., Tamaki, Y., Matsushima, T., ...

Background: We recently established a novel assay for specific activity (SA) of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) using small tumor samples (≥8 mm3). The aim of this study was to investigate the...

Latest design of liquid lithium target in IFMIF. (2008)

Nakamura, H., Agostini, P., Ara, K., Cevolani, S., Chida, T., Ciotti, M., ...

8th Internat.Symp.on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-8), Heidelberg, September 30 - October 5, 2007

Resonance Conditions in Asymmetrical Rectangular Double-Barrier Structures under DC Bias Field (2007)

H. Yamamoto, Y. Senshu, K. Miyamoto, S. Tanaka

Analytical expressions for the transmission coefficient and the resonance condition are derived for the first time for the asymmetrical rectangular double-barrier structures with deep well when a dc...

A Systematic Measurement of Energy Resolution and (2007)

Ratio Of Lead, T. Suzuki, Y. Fujii, K. Hara, T. Ishizaki, F. Kajino, ...

The energy resolution and the e/# ratio of a lead/plastic-scintillator sampling calorimeter were measured for various volume ratios of the lead thickness to the scintillator thickness. For this...

with hollow circular pits, ” IEEE J. Lightwave Technology, vol. LT-4, pp. 1609-1616, (2007)

T. Hosono, T. Hinata, H. Yoshikawa, S. B. Poole, ...

ive-index profile," Optics Letters, vol. 20, pp. 1973-1975, 1995. [106] A. W. Snyder, and J. D. Love, Optical Waveguide Theory, Chappman and Hall, London, 1983. [107] A. M. Vengsarker, A. H....

The ATLAS Level-1 Trigger: Status of the System and First Results from Cosmic-Ray Data (2007)

Berge, D, Aielli, G, Andrei, V, Achenbach, R, Adragna, P, Aloisio, A, ...

The ATLAS detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be exposed to proton-proton collisions from beams crossing at 40 MHz. At the design luminosity of 10^34 cm^-2 s^-1 there are on average...

The Geant4 Visualisation System (2007)

Allison, J., Asai, M., Barrand, G., Donszelmann, M., Minamimoto, K., Perl, J., ...

The Geant4 Visualisation System is a multi-driver graphics system designed to serve the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit. It is aimed at the visualization of Geant4 data, primarily detector descriptions and...

The Geant4 Visualisation System (2007)

Allison, J., Asai, M., Barrand, G., Donszelmann, M., Minamimoto, K., Perl, J., ...

The Geant4 Visualisation System is a multi-driver graphics system designed to serve the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit. It is aimed at the visualization of Geant4 data, primarily detector descriptions and...

The Geant4 Visualisation System (2007)

Allison, J., Asai, M., Barrand, G., Donszelmann, M., Minamimoto, K., Perl, J., ...

The Geant4 Visualisation System is a multi-driver graphics system designed to serve the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit. It is aimed at the visualization of Geant4 data, primarily detector descriptions and...

Immunohistochemical characterization of cell types expressing the cellular prion protein in the small intestine of cattle and mice (2007)

Miyazawa, K., Kanaya, T., Tanaka, S., Takakura, I., Watanabe, K., Ohwada, S., ...

The gastrointestinal tract is thought to be the main site of entry for the pathological isoform of the prion protein (PrPSc). Prion diseases are believed to result from a conformational change of the...

Differential cross sections of neutron-induced fragment-emission reactions for a microdosimetry study (2007)

Hagiwara, M., Sanami, T., Oishi, T., Kamada, S., Okuji, T., Tanaka, S., ...

Experimental differential cross sections of fragment emission (p, d, t, alpha, Li, Be and B), which were obtained for tens of mega electron volt neutrons on carbon and aluminum, using a counter...

Laser-Induced Microexplosion Confined in the Bulk of a Sapphire Crystal: Evidence of Multimegabar Pressures (2006)

Juodkazis, S., Nishimura, K., Tanaka, S., Misawa, H., Gamaly, E. G., Luther-Davies, B., ...

Extremely high pressures (~10 TPa) and temperatures (5×10^5 K) have been produced using a single laser pulse (100 nJ, 800 nm, 200 fs) focused inside a sapphire crystal. The laser pulse creates an...

Precision Electroweak Measurements on the Z Resonance (2006)

Schael, S, Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, ...

We report on the final electroweak measurements performed with data taken at the Z resonance by the experiments operating at the electron-positron colliders SLC and LEP. The data consist of 17...

Subpopulations of corticotrophs in the sheep pituitary during late gestation: Effects of development and placental restriction (2006)

Farrand, K, McMillen, IC, Tanaka, S, Schwartz, J

The prepartum surge in fetal plasma cortisol is essential for the normal timing of parturition in sheep and may result from an increase in the ratio of ACTH to proopiomelanocortin (POMC) in the fetal...

Subpopulations of corticotrophs in the sheep pituitary during late gestation: Effects of development and placental restriction (2006)

Farrand, K., McMillen, I. C., Tanaka, S., Schwartz, J.

The prepartum surge in fetal plasma cortisol is essential for the normal timing of parturition in sheep and may result from an increase in the ratio of ACTH to proopiomelanocortin (POMC) in the fetal...

The first-level trigger of ATLAS (2005)

Haller, J, Achenbach, R, Aielli, G, Aloisio, A, Alviggi, M G, Aprodu, V, ...

Due to the huge interaction rates and the tough experimental environment of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=14 TeV and luminosities of up to 10^34cm^-2s^-1, one of the experimental...

Electrostatic interaction models for ion binding to humic substances (2005)

Saito, T., Nagasaki, S., Tanaka, S., Koopal, L.K.

Preferably, the description of ion binding to humic substances (HSs) is done with thermodynamic constants that do not depend on the environmental conditions. To solve this problem, models have to be...

Analysis of copper binding in the ternary system Cu2+/Humic Acid/Goethite at neutral to acidic pH (2005)

Saito, T., Koopal, L.K., Nagasaki, S., Tanaka, S.

Binding of heavy metal and actinide ions to natural colloids, such as humic substances (HSs) and metal (hydr)oxides, plays an important role in the ecotoxicological behavior of these ions. Several...

Determination of monovalent inorganic anions in high-ionic-strength samples by electrostatic ion chromatography with suppressed conductometric detection (2004)

Hu, W, Haddad, PR, Tanaka, K, Sato, S, Mori, M, Xu, Q, ...

A new ion chromatographic (IC) system has been established by using micelles of 3-(N,N-dimethylmyristylammonio)propanesulfonate (Zwittergent 3–14) loaded onto a reversed-phase packed column as the...

Adsorption of humic acid on goethite: Isotherms, charge adjustments and potential profiles (2004)

Saito, T., Koopal, L.K., Nagasaki, S., Tanaka, S.

The adsorption of natural organic matter (NOM) on mineral (hydr)oxide plays an important role in the evaluation of the speciation of toxic metal ions in the environment. Because both NOM and mineral...

Application of the NICADonnan model for proton, copper and uranyl binding to humic acid (2004)

Saito, T., Nagasaki, S., Tanaka, S., Koopal, L.K.

Humic acids are natural organic materials that play an important role in the migration of heavy metal and actinide ions in aquatic and soil systems. In the present study, the binding of protons,...

Determination of monovalent inorganic anions in high-ionic-strength samples by electrostatic ion chromatography with suppressed conductometric detection (2004)

Hu, W, Haddad, PR, Tanaka, K, Sato, S, Mori, M, Xu, Q, ...

A new ion chromatographic (IC) system has been established by using micelles of 3-(N,N-dimethylmyristylammonio)propanesulfonate (Zwittergent 3–14) loaded onto a reversed-phase packed column as the...

Reaction bonding of microstructured silicon carbide using polymer and silicon thin film (2004)

Rajanna, K, Tanaka, S, Itoh, T, Esashi, M

We report the successful bonding of microstructured Silicon carbide using the reaction between polymer layer and sputtered silicon thin film. The necessary steps and the process parameters have been...

Determination of monovalent inorganic anions in high-ionic-strength samples by electrostatic ion chromatography with suppressed conductometric detection (2004)

Hu, W, Haddad, PR, Tanaka, K, Sato, S, Mori, M, Xu, Q, ...

A new ion chromatographic (IC) system has been established by using micelles of 3-(N,N-dimethylmyristylammonio)propanesulfonate (Zwittergent 3–14) loaded onto a reversed-phase packed column as the...

The clinical significance of Cyclin B1 and Wee1 expression in non-small-cell lung cancer (2004)

Yoshida, T., Tanaka, S., Mogi, A., Shitara, Y., Kuwano, H.

Background: Cyclin B1 has an important role in the G2–M phase transition of the cell cycle. Wee1 delays mitosis by suppressing the activity of the Cyclin B1/cdc2 complex. The objective of the...

A new and selective capillary column coated with cationic diazacrown ether for separation of organic and inorganic anions by capillary electrophoresis (2003)

Mori, M, Tsue, H, Tanaka, S, Tanaka, K, Haddad, PR

A new coated capillary has been introduced for capillary electrophoretic separation of anions by using a positively charged diazacrown ether with a 12-membered ring. A positive charge spread over the...

GEANT4: A Simulation toolkit (2003)

Agostinelli, S, Allison, J, Amako, K, Apostolakis, John, Araújo, H M, Arce, P, ...

Geant4 is a toolkit for simulating the passage of particles through matter. It includes a complete range of functionality including tracking, geometry, physics models and hits. The physics processes...

A new and selective capillary column coated with cationic diazacrown ether for separation of organic and inorganic anions by capillary electrophoresis (2003)

Mori, M, Tsue, H, Tanaka, S, Tanaka, K, Haddad, PR

A new coated capillary has been introduced for capillary electrophoretic separation of anions by using a positively charged diazacrown ether with a 12-membered ring. A positive charge spread over the...

A new and selective capillary column coated with cationic diazacrown ether for separation of organic and inorganic anions by capillary electrophoresis (2003)

Mori, M, Tsue, H, Tanaka, S, Tanaka, K, Haddad, PR

A new coated capillary has been introduced for capillary electrophoretic separation of anions by using a positively charged diazacrown ether with a 12-membered ring. A positive charge spread over the...

Novel autoantibodies to pituitary gland specific factor 1a in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2003)

Tanaka, S., Tatsumi, K., Tomita, T., Kimura, M., Takano, T., Yoshikawa, H., ...

Objective. We recently identified a new protein, pituitary gland specific factor 1a (PGSF1a), that is specifically transcribed in the pituitary gland. In our investigation of...

Micro evaluation methodology for micro metal injection molding. (2003)

Nishiyabu, K., Matsuzaki, S., Tanaka, S., Piotter, V.

World Congress on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials (PM2TEC), Las Vegas, Nev., June 8-12, 2003

Effects of [His(7)]-corazonin on the phase state of isolated-reared (solitarious) desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria (2002)

Simpson, SJ, Tanaka, S, Zhu, DH

[His(7)] -corazonin is a neuropeptide produced in the pars lateralis of the brain. It is stored in the corpora cardiaca and probably released front there. The only well-documented effect in locusts...

A comparison of phase-related shifts in behavior and morphometrics of an albino strain, deficient in [His(7)]-corazonin, and a normally colored Locusta migratoria strain (2002)

Simpson, SJ, Tanaka, S

The albino Okinawa strain of Locusta migratoria is deficient in the neurohormone [His(7)]-corazonin. This peptide induces darkening of the cuticle, one of the typical features of gregarious locusts....

Capillary electrophoresis using high ionic strength background electrolytes containing zwitterionic and non-ionic surfactants and its application to direct determination of bromide and nitrate in seawater (2002)

Mori, M, Hu, W, Haddad, PR, Fritz, JS, Tanaka, K, Tsue, H, ...

In capillary electrophoresis, it is commonly considered that even a moderately high ionic concentration in the background electrolyte (BGE) leads to high currents, resulting in Joule heating and...

Capillary electrophoresis using high ionic strength background electrolytes containing zwitterionic and non-ionic surfactants and its application to direct determination of bromide and nitrate in seawater (2002)

Mori, M, Hu, W, Haddad, PR, Fritz, JS, Tanaka, K, Tsue, H, ...

In capillary electrophoresis, it is commonly considered that even a moderately high ionic concentration in the background electrolyte (BGE) leads to high currents, resulting in Joule heating and...

Capillary electrophoresis using high ionic strength background electrolytes containing zwitterionic and non-ionic surfactants and its application to direct determination of bromide and nitrate in seawater (2002)

Mori, M, Hu, W, Haddad, PR, Fritz, JS, Tanaka, K, Tsue, H, ...

In capillary electrophoresis, it is commonly considered that even a moderately high ionic concentration in the background electrolyte (BGE) leads to high currents, resulting in Joule heating and...

Measurement of Lineal-energy Distributions for Neutrons of 8 keV to 65 MeV by Using a Tissue-equivalent Proportional Counter (2002)

Nunomiya, T., Kim, E., Kurosawa, T., Taniguchi, S., Yonai, S., Nakamura, T., ...

The lineal-energy spectra for monoenergetic and quasi-monoenergetic neutrons of 8 keV to 65 MeV were obtained using a tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC). The frequency-mean lineal energy,...

Deep reactive ion etching of silicon carbide (2001)

Tanaka, S, Rajanna, K, Abe, T, Esashi, M

In this article, we describe more than 100-\mu m-deep reactive ion etching (RIE) of silicon carbide (SiC) in oxygen-added sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) plasma. We used a homemade magnetically enhanced,...

Mass spectrometric evidence for the deficiency in the dark color inducing hormone, [His(7)]-corazonin in an albino strain of Locusta migratoria as well as for its presence in solitary Schistocerca gregaria (2001)

Mazibur, R, ...

A factor present in the brain and corpus cardiacum responsible for the induction of dark colour in Locusta migratoria was recently isolated and identified from the corpora cardiaca of normally...

Deep reactive ion etching of silicon carbide (2001)

Tanaka, S, Rajanna, K, Abe, T, Esashi, M

In this article, we describe more than 100-\mu m-deep reactive ion etching (RIE) of silicon carbide (SiC) in oxygen-added sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) plasma. We used a homemade magnetically enhanced,...

Identification of[Arg7] corazonin in the silkworm, Bombyx mori and the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, as a factor inducing dark color in an albino strain of the locust, Locusta migratoria (2000)

Ishibashi, J, Tawfik, AI, Sakakibara, M, Tanaka, Y, ...

The neuropeptides inducing dark color in albino nymphs of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria were isolated from the larval brain of the silkworm, Bombyx mori and from the adult corpora cardiaca...

Identification of the gregarization-associated dark-pigmentotropin in locusts through an albino mutant (1999)

Tanaka, S, ...

In response to crowding, locusts develop characteristic black patterns that are well discernible in the gregarious phase at outbreaks. We report here a dark-color-inducing neuropeptide...

Searches for R-Parity Violating Decays of Gauginos at 183 GeV at LEP (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Searches for pair-produced charginos and neutralinos with R-parity violating decays have been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 56 pb-1 collected with the...

Measurement of the W Mass and Width in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at 183 GeV (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Using a data sample of 57 pb-1 recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 183 GeV with the Opal detector at LEP, 282 W+W- -> qqqq and 300 W+W- -> qqlnu candidate events are used to obtain a measurement...

Measurement of the $B^{+}$ and $B^{0}$ lifetimes and search for CP(T) violation using reconstructed secondary vertices (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The lifetimes of the B+ and B0 mesons, and their ratio, have been measured in the OPAL experiment using 2.4 million hadronic Z0 decays recorded at LEP. Z0 -> b bbar decays were tagged using displaced...

Search for Baryon and Lepton Number Violating $Z^0$ Decays (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Using data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP, we have searched for the processes e+e- -> Z0 -> p e-, p mu- and the charge conjugate final-states. These would violate the conservation of the...

A Measurement of the Product Branching Ratio $f(b \to \Lambda_{b}).BR (\Lambda_{b} \to \Lambda X)$ in $Z^{0}$ Decays (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The product branching ratio, f(b->Lambda_b).BR(Lambda_b->Lambda X), where Lambda_b denotes any weakly-decaying b-baryon, has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. Lambda_b are selected by the...

A measurement of the $\tau^{-} \to e^{-} \overline{\nu}_{e}\nu_{\tau}$ branching ratio (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The branching ratio for the decay tau->e nue nutau has been measured using Z0 decay data collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP. In total 33073 tau->e nue nutau candidates were identified from a...

$W^{+}W^{-}$ production and triple gauge boson couplings at LEP energies up to 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A study of W-pair production in e+e- annihilations at Lep2 is presented, based on 877 W+W- candidates corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 57 pb-1 at sqrt(s) = 183 GeV. Assuming that the...

Search for Higgs Bosons in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collisions at 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The data collected by the OPAL experiment at sqrts=183 GeV were used to search for Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Standard Model and various extensions, such as general models with two Higgs...

Bose-Einstein Correlations in $e^{+} e^{-} \to W^{+}W^{-}$ at 172 and 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Bose-Einstein correlations between like-charge pions are studied in hadronic final states produced by e+e- annihilations at center-of-mass energies of 172 and 183 GeV. Three event samples are...

A Measurement of $R_{b}$ using a Double Tagging Method (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The fraction of Z to bbbar events in hadronic Z decays has been measured by the OPAL experiment using the data collected at LEP between 1992 and 1995. The Z to bbbar decays were tagged using...

Search for Anomalous Photonic Events with Missing Energy in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130, 136 and 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Photonic events with large missing energy have been observed in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130, 136 and 183 GeV collected in 1997 using the OPAL detector at LEP. Results are...

Measurement of the Semileptonic Branching Ratio of Charm Hadrons Produced in $Z^{0} \to c\bar{c}$ Decays (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The inclusive charm hadron semileptonic branching fractions B(c to e) and B(c to mu) in Z to ccbar events have been determined using 4.4 million hadronic Z decays collected with the OPAL detector at...

Search for Chargino and Neutralino Production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 181-184 GeV at LEP (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A search for charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, has been performed using a data sample of 57 pb-1 at centre-of-mass energies of 181-184 GeV taken with the OPAL detector...

Measurement of the longitudinal cross-section using the direction of the thrust axis in hadronic events at LEP (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

In the process e+e- to hadrons, one of the effects of gluon emission is to modify the 1+cos(theta)**2 form of the angular distribution of the thrust axis, an effect which may be quantified by the...

Search for Acoplanar Lepton Pair Events in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161, 172 and 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A selection of di-lepton events with significant missing transverse momentum has been performed using a total data sample of 77.0 pb-1 at e+e- centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV, 172 GeV and 183 GeV....

A Study of Parton Fragmentation in Hadronic $Z^{0}$ Decays Using $\Lambda \overline\Lambda$ Correlations (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The correlated production of Lambda and Lambdabar baryons has been studied using 4.3 million multihadronic Zo decays recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. Di-lambda pairs were investigated in the...

First measurement of $Z/\gamma^{*}$ production in Compton scattering of quasi-real photons (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

We report the first observation of Z/gamma* production in Compton scattering of quasi-real photons. This is a subprocess of the reaction e+e- to e+e-Z/gamma*, where one of the final state electrons...

Di-Jet Production in Photon-Photon Collisions at $\sqrt{s}_{ee}$ = 161 and 172 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Di-jet production is studied in collisions of quasi-real photons radiated by the LEP beams at e+e- centre-of-mass energies 161 and 172 GeV. The jets are reconstructed using a cone jet finding...

Tests of the Standard Model and constraints on new physics from measurements of fermion-pair production at 183 GeV at LEP (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Cross-sections for hadronic, b-bbar and lepton pair final states in e+e- collisions at sqrt(s) = 183 GeV, measured with the OPAL detector at LEP, are presented and compared with the predictions of...

Measurement of the Strong Coupling Constant $\alpha_s$ and the Vector and Axial-Vector Spectral Functions in Hadronic Tau Decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The spectral functions of the vector current and the axial-vector current have been measured in hadronic tau decays using the OPAL detector at LEP. Within the framework of the Operator Product...

Measurement of the Michel Parameters in Leptonic Tau Decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The Michel parameters of the leptonic tau decays are measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. The Michel parameters are extracted from the energy spectra of the charged decay leptons and from their...

Search for Higgs bosons and new particles decaying into two photons at $\sqrt{s}$ = 183 GeV (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for the resonant production of high mass photon pairs associated with a leptonic or hadronic system has been performed using a data sample of 57.7 pb-1 collected at an average center-of-mass...

Multi-photon production in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 183 GeV (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The process e+e- to gamma gamma (gamma) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 56.2 pb-1 taken at a...

Inclusive production of charged hadrons and $K_{s}^{0}$ mesons in photon-photon collisions (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The production of charged hadrons and K_s mesons in the collisions of quasi-real photons has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. The data were taken at e+e- centre-of-mass energies of 161...

Measurement of the average polarization of b baryons in hadronic $Z^0$ decays (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

In the Standard Model, b quarks produced in e^+e^- annihilation at the Z^0 peak have a large average longitudinal polarization of -0.94. Some fraction of this polarization is expected to be...

Measurement of Tau Branching Ratios to Five Charged Hadrons (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The branching ratios of the decay of the tau lepton to five charged hadrons have been measured with the OPAL detector at LEP using data collected between 1991 and 1995 at e+e- centre-of-mass energies...

Measurements of flavour dependent fragmentation functions in $Z^{0} \to q\overline{q}$ events (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Fragmentation functions for charged particles in Z -> qq(bar) events have been measured for bottom (b), charm (c) and light (uds) quarks as well as for all flavours together. The results are based on...

Bose-Einstein correlations of three charged pions in hadronic $Z^{0}$ decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Bose-Einstein Correlations (BEC) of three identical charged pions were studied in 4 x 10^6 hadronic Z^0 decays recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The genuine three-pion correlations, corrected...

An upper limit for the $\tau$-neutrino mass from $\tau \to 5\pi^{\pm} \nu_{\tau}$ decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

An upper limit for the tau-neutrino mass has been determined from the decay tau -> 5pi+- \nu_tau using data collected with the OPAL detector from 1991 to 1995 in e+e- collisions at \sqrt{s} ~ M_Z. A...

Photon and light meson production in hadronic $Z^{0}$ decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The inclusive production rates and differential cross-sections of photons and mesons with a final state containing photons have been measured with the OPAL detector at LEP. The light mesons covered...

Production of $K^{0}_{S}$ and $\Lambda$ in Quark and Gluon Jets from $Z^{0}$ Decay (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The production of K^0_S mesons and Lambda baryons in quark and gluon jets has been investigated using two complementary techniques. In the first approach, which provides high statistical accuracy,...

Measurements of the $B^{0}_s$ and $\Lambda^{0}_b$ lifetimes (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

This paper presents updated measurements of the lifetimes of the B^0_s meson and the \Lambda_b baryon using 4.4 million hadronic Z^0 decays recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP from 1990 to 1995. A...

Measurement of the one-prong hadronic $\tau$ branching ratios at LEP (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The branching ratios of the \tau^- -> h^- \nu_\tau, \tau^- -> h^- \pi^0 1991-1995 data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. These branching ratios are measured simultaneously using three selection...

Search for anomalous production of photonic events with missing energy in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Photonic events with large missing energy have been observed in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130, 136, 161 and 172 GeV using the OPAL detector at LEP. Results are presented based on...

Search for the $B_c$ meson in hadronic $Z^0$ decays (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for decays of the B_c meson was performed using data collected from 1990-1995 with the OPAL detector on or near the Z peak at LEP. The decay channels B_c^+ -> J/psi pi^+, B_c^+ -> J/psi...

Search for anomalous production of dilepton events with missing transverse momentum in $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 and 172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Events containing a pair of charged leptons and significant missing transverse momentum are selected from a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 20.6 pb^-1 at centre-of-mass...

Measurement of triple gauge boson couplings from $W^+ W^-$ production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

We present measurements of triple gauge boson coupling parameters using data recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP2 at a centre-of-mass energy of 172 GeV. A total of 120 W-pair candidates has been...

Search for Unstable Heavy and Excited Leptons in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 170-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

We have searched for unstable neutral and charged heavy leptons, N and L^+/-, and for excited states of neutral and charged leptons, nu*, e*, mu* and tau*, in e^+e^- collisions at centre-of-mass...

Search for a massive diphoton resonance at $\sqrt{s}$ = 91-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for the resonant production of high mass photon pairs associated with a leptonic or hadronic system has been performed using a total data sample of 25.7 pb^-1 taken at centre-of-mass...

Multi-photon final states in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The process e^+e^- -> gamma gamma (gamma) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 25.38 pb^{-1} taken at...

Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

This paper describes a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson using data from e^+e^- collisions collected at center-of-mass energies of 161, 170 and 172 GeV by the OPAL detector at LEP. The data...

Multiplicity distributions of gluon and quark jets and tests of QCD analytic predictions (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Gluon jets are identified in e+e- hadronic annihilation events by tagging two quark jets in the same hemisphere of an event. The gluon jet is defined inclusively as all the particles in the opposite...

Measurement of the photon structure function $F_{2}^{\gamma}$ at low x (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Deep inelastic electron-photon scattering is studied using e+e- data collected by the OPAL detector at centre-of-mass energies sqrt{s_ee} ~ M_{Z^0}. The photon structure function F_2^gamma(x,Q^2) is...

Polarization and forward-backward asymmetry of $\Lambda$ baryons in hadronic $Z^0$ decays (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The longitudinal polarization, the transverse polarization, and the forward-backward asymmetry of Lambda baryons have been measured using a sample of 4.34 million hadronic Z^0 decays collected with...

Search for chargino and neutralino production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 170 and 172 GeV at LEP (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, has been performed using a data sample of 10.3 pb^-1 at centre-of-mass energies of sqrt(s) = 170 and 172 GeV with the...

Measurement of the branching fractions and forward-backward asymmetries of the $Z^0$ into light quarks (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Using approximately 4.3 million hadronic Z^0 decays collected with the OPAL detector at LEP between 1990 and 1995, we measure the branching fractions of the Z^0 into up-type and down-type light...

An updated study of B meson oscillations using dilepton events (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

This paper reports a study of B meson oscillations using hadronic Z^0 decays with two identified leptons, and updates a previous publication by including data collected in 1994. Decay times are...

An upper limit on the branching ratio for $\tau$ decays into seven charged particles (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

We have searched for decays of the tau lepton into seven or more charged particles, using data collected with the OPAL detector from 1990 to 1995 in e^+e^- collisions at sqrt(s) ~ M_Z. No candidate...

A study of B meson oscillations using hadronic $Z^0$ decays containing leptons (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

An event sample enriched in semileptonic decays of b hadrons is selected using an inclusive lepton selection from approximately 3.0 million hadronic Z^0 decays collected with the OPAL detector. This...

Point Isotropic Build-up Factors of Medium Energy Neutrons for Concrete, Iron and A Double Layer of Iron Followed by Concrete (1997)

Shin, K., Kotegawa, H., Sakamoto, Y., Nakane, Y., Nakashima, H, Tanaka, S., ...

The neutron build up factor is newly defined for describing the dose equivalent profiles of medium energy neutrons (En ( 400 MeV) in shields of concrete, iron and a double layered shield of iron +...

Responses and Glow Curves of Li2B4O7:Cu,BeO and CaSO4:Tm TLDs to 10-40 keV Monoenergetic Photons from Synchrotron Radiation (1997)

Nariyama, N., Tanaka, S., Nakane, Y., Asano, Y., Hirayama, H., Ban, S., ...

Energy and dose responses of Li2B4O7:Cu, BeO and CaSO4:Tm TLDs were obtained from the glow curves measured for 10-40 keV monoenergetic photons from synchrotron radiation. The energy responses of...

Angle-Dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillations and Thermoelectric Power of (BO)2Cl(H2O)x (1996)

Mori, T., Ono, S., Mori, H., Tanaka, S.

Magnetoresistance of the tittle organic metal, where BO is bis (ethylenedioxy)-tetrathiafulvalene, is investigated. The angle dependent oscillations indicate the existence of cylindrical Fermi...

Angle-Dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillations and Thermoelectric Power of (BO)2Cl(H2O)x (1996)

Mori, T., Ono, S., Mori, H., Tanaka, S.

Magnetoresistance of the tittle organic metal, where BO is bis (ethylenedioxy)-tetrathiafulvalene, is investigated. The angle dependent oscillations indicate the existence of cylindrical Fermi...

Calculations of Equivalent Dose and Effective Dose Conversion Coefficients for Photons from 1 MeV to 10 GeV (1995)

Sato, O., Iwai, S., Tanaka, S., Uehara, T., Sakamoto, Y., Yoshizawa, N., ...

A calculational method is presented to evaluate equivalent doses of tissues or organs and effective dose for high energy radiations, where the radiation weighting factor given in ICRP 60 was replaced...

Tritium recovery from liquid metals. (1995)

Moriyama, H., Tanaka, S., Sze, D.K., Reimann, J., Terlain, A.

Proc.of the 3rd Internat.Symp.on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Los Angeles, Calif., June 27 - July 1, 1994 Part B

Endothelial Gi protein in human coronary arteries (1994)

TSUTSUI, M., SHIMOKAWA, H., TANAKA, S., KUWAOKA, I., HASE, K., NOGAMl, N., ...

Endothelium-dependent relaxations mediated by Gi protein are prominently impaired in atherosclerotic coronary arteries. However, it remains to be determined whether the expression of endothelial Gi...

Responses of LiF TLDs to 10-40 keV Monoenergetic Photons from Synchrotron Radiation (1993)

Nariyama, N., Tanaka, S., Yoshizawa, M., Hirayama, H., Ban, S., Nakashima, H., ...

Glow curves of LiF TLDs (TLD-100) were measured for 10-40 keV monoenergetic photons from synchrotron radiation, and the energy and dose responses were evaluated based on the glow curve data. The...

Fabrication, properties, and tritium recovery from solid breeder materials. (1992)

Johnson, C.E., Kondo, T., Roux, N., Tanaka, S., Vollath, D.

Proc.of the 2nd Internat.Symp.on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Karlsruhe, June 2-7, 1991 Part A

INFLUENCE OF LOADING RATE ON ANISOTROPY OF COMPACT BONE (1991)

Tanabe, Y., Tanaka, S., Sakamoto, M., Hara, T., Takahashi, H., Koga, Y.

Impact compression experiments for bovine femoral compact bone (plexiform bone) are performed using the split-Hopkinson pressure-bar (SHPB) technique. A method is developed for the identification of...

INFLUENCE OF LOADING RATE ON ANISOTROPY OF COMPACT BONE (1991)

Tanabe, Y., Tanaka, S., Sakamoto, M., Hara, T., Takahashi, H., Koga, Y.

Impact compression experiments for bovine femoral compact bone (plexiform bone) are performed using the split-Hopkinson pressure-bar (SHPB) technique. A method is developed for the identification of...

The spontaneous acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa incubated in vitro (1989)

Mortimer, D., Curtis, E. F., Camenzind, A. R., Tanaka, S.

Motile human sperm populations were prepared from liquefied semen (10 donors × 3 replicates) using Percoll density gradients at 30–60 min post-ejaculation. Sperm suspensions were incubated in a...

HVEM AND HREM OF INTERFACES IN ALUMINIUM NITRIDE CERAMICS (1988)

Hagege, S., Ishida, Y., Tanaka, S.

Impurities in the wurtzite structure of aluminium nitride (AlN 2H) ceramics are accommodated by a pair of very particular interfaces. An analysis of their structure has been performed using high...

THEORY OF X-RAY EMISSION SPECTRA IN Ce COMPOUNDS (1988)

Tanaka, S., Kayanuma, Y., Kotani, A.

X-ray emission spectra (XES) corresponding to the Ce 5p → 3d transition in insulating Ce compounds are studied theoretically with the impurity Anderson model. It is shown that the XES reflects...

HVEM AND HREM OF INTERFACES IN ALUMINIUM NITRIDE CERAMICS (1988)

Hagege, S., Ishida, Y., Tanaka, S.

Impurities in the wurtzite structure of aluminium nitride (AlN 2H) ceramics are accommodated by a pair of very particular interfaces. An analysis of their structure has been performed using high...

THEORY OF X-RAY EMISSION SPECTRA IN Ce COMPOUNDS (1988)

Tanaka, S., Kayanuma, Y., Kotani, A.

X-ray emission spectra (XES) corresponding to the Ce 5p → 3d transition in insulating Ce compounds are studied theoretically with the impurity Anderson model. It is shown that the XES reflects...

AN INTERNAL FRICTION STUDY OF V-Ti-H(D) ALLOYS (1981)

Tanaka, S., Koiwa, M.

The internal friction of V-1 at. % H alloys (M : Ti, Zr, Mo, Nb, Cr, Fe and Cu) has been measured over a temperature range from about 10 K to room temperature. Relaxation peaks are observed at lower...

INVESTIGATION OF THE CHARGE DENSITY WAVES IN 2H-TaSe2 BY ONE AND TWO PHONON RAMAN SCATTERING (1981)

Sugai, S., Murase, K., Uchida, S., Tanaka, S.

One and two phonon Raman scattering was investigated in 2H-TaSe2 at the normal and the charge density wave (CDW) phases. The temperature dependence of the generalized susceptibility was obtained from...

INVESTIGATION OF THE CHARGE DENSITY WAVES IN IT-VSe2 BY RAMAN SCATTERING (1981)

Sugai, S., Murase, K., Uchida, S., Tanaka, S.

The lattice dynamics in 1T-VSe2 was investigated by Raman scattering in the normal phase (> 112 K ) , the incommensurate charge density wave (ICDW) phase (80 - 112 K) and the commensurate charge...

AN INTERNAL FRICTION STUDY OF V-Ti-H(D) ALLOYS (1981)

Tanaka, S., Koiwa, M.

The internal friction of V-1 at. % H alloys (M : Ti, Zr, Mo, Nb, Cr, Fe and Cu) has been measured over a temperature range from about 10 K to room temperature. Relaxation peaks are observed at lower...

INVESTIGATION OF THE CHARGE DENSITY WAVES IN 2H-TaSe2 BY ONE AND TWO PHONON RAMAN SCATTERING (1981)

Sugai, S., Murase, K., Uchida, S., Tanaka, S.

One and two phonon Raman scattering was investigated in 2H-TaSe2 at the normal and the charge density wave (CDW) phases. The temperature dependence of the generalized susceptibility was obtained from...

INVESTIGATION OF THE CHARGE DENSITY WAVES IN IT-VSe2 BY RAMAN SCATTERING (1981)

Sugai, S., Murase, K., Uchida, S., Tanaka, S.

The lattice dynamics in 1T-VSe2 was investigated by Raman scattering in the normal phase (> 112 K ) , the incommensurate charge density wave (ICDW) phase (80 - 112 K) and the commensurate charge...

Studies on transfer ribonucleic acids and related compounds. IX(1) Ribo-oligonucleotide synthesis using a photosensitive o-nitrobenzyl protection at the 2'-hydroxyl group (1974)

Ohtsuka, E., Tanaka, S., Ikehara, M.

o-Nitrobenzyl group was introduced to the 2′-hydroxyl function of uridine via 2′, 3′-O-(dibutylstannylene) uridine. The benzylated uridine was protected at the 5′-hydroxyl group with...

Effect of loratadine, an H1 antihistamine, on induced cough in non-asthmatic patients with chronic cough.

Tanaka, S., Hirata, K., Kurihara, N., Yoshikawa, J., Takeda, T.

BACKGROUND: H1 antihistamines have been shown to have an antitussive effect in patients with asthma, postnasal drip, and allergic rhinitis. No study has been performed to determine whether orally...

Empyema and mediastinitis complicating retropharyngeal abscess.

Watanabe, M, Ohshika, Y, Aoki, T, Takagi, K, Tanaka, S, Ogata, T

A 21 year old man with a retropharyngeal abscess complained of right sided chest pain, and chest radiography and thoracocentesis revealed an empyema. A computed tomographic scan of the chest showed a...

Morbidity from repetitive knee trauma in carpet and floor layers.

Thun, M, Tanaka, S, Smith, A B, Halperin, W E, Lee, S T, Luggen, M E, ...

Carpet layers comprise less than 0.06% of the United States workforce yet they submit 6.2% of compensation claims for traumatic knee inflammation. Their work involves multiple sources of acute and...

Metabolic and health consequences of occupational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls.

Smith, A B, Schloemer, J, Lowry, L K, Smallwood, A W, Ligo, R N, Tanaka, S, ...

In surveys of three groups of workers occupationally exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) serum PCB concentrations were quantitated as lower chlorinated biphenyls (L-PCBs) and higher...

Treponema pallidum immune adherence test for serodiagnosis of syphilis. 1: An improved method of the TPIA test.

Tanaka, S, Suzuki, T, Numata, T

Clinical investigations using the Treponema pallidum immune adherence (TPIA) test as reported by Nelson (1953) were performed only by Olansky et al in 1954. In this paper an improved method of the...

Treponema pallidum immune adherence test for serodiagnosis of syphilis. 2: Comparison with glass plate, TPHA, and FTA-ABS tests.

Tanaka, S, Suzuki, T, Numata, T, Tsuyuki, K

Using sera from 340 patients with syphilis the Treponema pallidum immune adherence (TPIA) test was compared with the glass plate, T. pallidum haemagglutination (TPHA), and fluorescent treponemal...

Treponema pallidum immune adherence test for serodiagnosis of syphilis. 3: Clinical significance and evaluation of treatment.

Tanaka, S, Suzuki, T, Numata, T

Antibody titres were measured in patients with clinical syphilis, and the effect of treatment on the results of the Treponema pallidum immune adherence (TPIA) test is reported. In the Treponema...

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Japanese patients with Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia.

Kawamata, J, Tanaka, S, Shimohama, S, Ueda, K, Kimura, J

Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) plays a key part in lipid metabolism both in the liver, and in the CNS. To clarify the association of ApoE polymorphism with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in...

Anti-Treponema pallidum IgM, IgA, and IgG subclass antibody responses after treatment in patients with syphilis at various stages: 1. Assessments by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Tanaka, S, Suzuki, T

Patients with syphilis at various stages were followed from the beginning by serial measurements of antibodies against Treponema pallidum that belonged to the classes IgM and IgA, and to the...

An antibody to VacA of Helicobacter pylori in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome

Chiba, S, Sugiyama, T, Yonekura, K, Tanaka, S, Matsumoto, H, Fujii, N, ...

Methods: CSF samples from 13 patients with GBS (electrophysiologically classified as eight acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP), four acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN),...

Cross sectional observation of the effects of carbon disulphide on arteriosclerosis in rayon manufacturing workers

Omae, K., Takebayashi, T., Nomiyama, T., Ishizuka, C., Nakashima, H., Uemura, T., ...

OBJECTIVE: A prospective cohort study was designed to clarify the relations between occupational exposure to carbon disulphide (CS2) and its effects on arteriosclerosis in workers in 11 Japanese...

Turned head--adducted hip--truncal curvature syndrome.

Hamanishi, C, Tanaka, S

One hundred and eight neonates and infants who showed the clinical triad of a head turned to one side, adduction contracture of the hip joint on the occipital side of the turned head, and truncal...

Follow-up studies on the distribution of haemoglobin levels in female farm workers.

Futatsuka, M, Koyama, W, Arimatsu, Y, Ueda, A, Hitoshi, T, Ueda, T, ...

Haemoglobin concentrations in about 1000 women agricultural workers in Japan were measured every year, except in 1972, during the period 1967-77. Improvements were noted in the course of this...

Interleukin-15 production at the early stage after oral infection with Listeria monocytogenes in mice

MITANI, A, NISHIMURA, H, HIROSE, K, WASHIZU, J, KIMURA, Y, TANAKA, S, ...

We previously reported that exogenous interleukin-15 (IL-15) induces proliferation and activation of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (i-IEL) in naive mice. To investigate the ability of...

Evaluation of tibial bone-tunnel changes with X-ray and computed tomography after ACL reconstruction using a bone-patella tendon-bone autograft

Ito, M. M., Tanaka, S.

Thirteen patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with bone-patella tendon-bone autografts (BTB) using interference screws were the subjects of this study. We analysed...

Microsomal cytochrome P-450-linked monooxygenase systems and lipid composition of human hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hamamoto, I., Tanaka, S., Maeba, T., Chikaishi, K., Ichikawa, Y.

The tissues of hepatocellular carcinoma were operatively resected from six patients. All four components of the systems of microsomal cytochrome P-450-linked monooxygenase of the tissues were...

A monoclonal antibody specifically reactive with Ewing's sarcoma.

Hara, S., Ishii, E., Tanaka, S., Yokoyama, J., Katsumata, K., Fujimoto, J., ...

We have developed a mouse monoclonal antibody 5C11 (IgG2a) against cell surface antigen of Ewing's sarcoma (ES). 5C11 specifically reacted with ESs but not with other small round cell tumours in...

Prognostic significance of L-type amino acid transporter 1 expression in resectable stage I–III nonsmall cell lung cancer

Kaira, K, Oriuchi, N, Imai, H, Shimizu, K, Yanagitani, N, Sunaga, N, ...

The clinical significance of L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) expression remains unclear, whereas many experimental studies have demonstrated that LAT1 is associated with the proliferation of...

Lack of DMBT1 expression in oesophageal, gastric and colon cancers

Mori, M, Shiraishi, T, Tanaka, S, Yamagata, M, Mafune, K, Tanaka, Y, ...

Loss of sequences from human chromosome 10q has been reported in several different cancers. Recently, a second candidate tumour-suppressor gene, DMBT1, was identified in this chromosomal region. We...