Non local theory of excitations applied to the Hubbard model (2009)
Kakehashi, Y., Nakamura, T., Fulde, P.
We propose a nonlocal theory of single-particle excitations. It is based on an off-diagonal effective medium and the projection operator method for treating the retarded Green function. The theory...
First-principles dynamical CPA to finite-temperature magnetism of transition metals (2009)
Kakehashi, Y., Tamashiro, T., Patoary, M. A. R., Nakamura, T.
We present here the first-principles dynamical CPA (coherent potential approximation) combined with the tight-binding LMTO LDA+U method towards quantitative calculations of the electronic structure...
Seven coral reef communities were defined on Shiraho fringing reef, Ishigaki Island, Japan. Net photosynthesis and calcification rates were measured by in situ incubations at 10 sites that included...
Spectroscopy of 32Ne and the Island of Inversion (2009)
Doornenbal, P., Scheit, H., Aoi, N., Takeuchi, S., Li, K., Takeshita, E., ...
We report on the first spectroscopic study of the N=22 nucleus 32Ne at the newly completed RIKEN Radioactive Ion Beam Factory. A single gamma-ray line with an energy of 722(9) keV was observed in...
Angular dependence of the upper critical field of Sr2RuO4 (2009)
Kittaka, S., Nakamura, T., Aono, Y., Yonezawa, S., Ishida, K., Maeno, Y.
One of the remaining issues concerning the spin-triplet superconductivity of Sr2RuO4 is the strong limit of the in-plane upper critical field Hc2 at low temperatures. In this study, we clarified the...
Two-particle correlations in continuum dipole transitions in Borromean nuclei (2009)
Hagino, K., Sagawa, H., Nakamura, T., Shimoura, S.
We discuss the energy and angular distributions of two emitted neutrons from the dipole excitation of typical weakly-bound Borromean nuclei, $^{11}$Li and $^6$He. To this end, we use a three-body...
GRB polarimetry with POET (2009)
McConnell, M. L., Angelini, L., Baring, M. G., Barthelmy, S., Black, J. K., Bloser, P. F., ...
Rao, R. K., Gurubaran, S., Sathishkumar, S., Sridharan, S., Nakamura, T., Tsuda, T., ...
Simultaneous observations of mean zonal wind at 88 km obtained by the meteor radars at Cariri (7.4 degrees S, 36.5 degrees W) and Ascension Island (7.9 degrees S, 14.4 degrees W) and two...
M. Hayakawa, T. Horie, M. Yoshida, Y. Kasahara, F. Muto, K. Ohta, ...
In order to investigate any precursory effect of ionospheric perturbations associated with the large 2007 Niigata Chuetsu-oki earthquake (16 July 2007) (magnitude, 6.8), we have made full use of our...
Miyagawa, H., Yamai, M., Sakaguchi, D., Kiyohara, C., Tsukamoto, H., Kimoto, Y., ...
Objective. Identification of the genes responsible for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods. All the exons and putative promoter regions of 53 candidate genes (TNFRSF6/Fas, TNFSF6/FasL, Fli1,...
Nationwide measurements of cosmic-ray dose rates throughout Japan (2008)
Nagaoka, K., Hiraide, I., Sato, K., Nakamura, T.
Cosmic-ray dose rates on the ground were measured throughout Japan. Neutron dose rates were measured as ambient dose equivalent rates (H*(10)) at 240 points using high-sensitivity neutron REM...
Magnetic and electronic Co states in the layered cobaltate GdBaCo2O5.5−x (2008)
García-Fernández, M., Scagnoli, V., Staub, U., Mulders, A.M., Janousch, M., Bodenthin, Y., ...
We have performed nonresonant x-ray diffraction, resonant soft and hard x-ray magnetic diffraction, soft x-ray absorption, and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements to clarify the electronic...
Development of advanced-type multi-functional electronic personal dosemeter (2007)
Nunomiya, T., Abe, S., Aoyama, K., Nakamura, T.
An advanced-type small, light, multi-functional electronic personal dosemeter has been developed using silicon semiconductor radiation detectors for dose management of workers at nuclear power plants...
Taniguchi, S., Nakao, N., Nakamura, T., Yashima, H., Iwamoto, Y., Satoh, D., ...
A quasi-monoenergetic neutron field using the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction has been developed at the ring cyclotron facility at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University. Neutrons were...
A phoswich detector for high-energy neutrons (2007)
A phoswich detector was developed to measure neutron energy spectra from a few MeV to a few hundreds MeV in aircrafts and space crafts. Radiation fields, which both crafts are exposured, consist of...
Measurements of neutron dose rates with a balloon in Japan (2007)
Nagaoka, K., Hiraide, I., Sato, K., Yamagami, T., Nakamura, T., Yabutani, T.
Measurements of cosmic-ray neutron dose rates with a balloon in Sanriku, Japan (geographic location: 39° N, 142° E; corresponding geomagnetic latitude: 30° N) were conducted at an altitude from...
Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries (2006)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., ...
We search for coincident gravitational wave signals from inspiralling neutron star binaries using LIGO and TAMA300 data taken during early 2003. Using a simple trigger exchange method, we perform an...
Association between PADI4 and rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis (2006)
Iwamoto, T., Ikari, K., Nakamura, T., Kuwahara, M., Toyama, Y., Tomatsu, T., ...
Objective. Polymorphisms and haplotypes of the peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 gene (PADI4) have been reported to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Japanese population. However,...
Hiramitsu, T., Yasuda, T., Ito, H., Shimizu, M., Julovi, S. M., Kakinuma, T., ...
Objective. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it is well known that rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts (RSF) produce matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) when stimulated with proinflammatory cytokines such as...
Association between PADI4 and rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis (2006)
Iwamoto, T., Ikari, K., Nakamura, T., Kuwahara, M., Toyama, Y., Tomatsu, T., ...
Objective. Polymorphisms and haplotypes of the peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 gene (PADI4) have been reported to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Japanese population. However,...
Hiramitsu, T., Yasuda, T., Ito, H., Shimizu, M., Julovi, S. M., Kakinuma, T., ...
Objective. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it is well known that rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts (RSF) produce matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) when stimulated with proinflammatory cytokines such as...
Effect of nCPAP therapy on heart rate in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea (2006)
Sumi, K., Chin, K., Takahashi, K., Nakamura, T., Matsumoto, H., Niimi, A., ...
Background: Elevated heart rate (HR) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The effects of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) on HR are controversial. Aim: To investigate the...
Effect of nCPAP therapy on heart rate in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea (2006)
Sumi, K., Chin, K., Takahashi, K., Nakamura, T., Matsumoto, H., Niimi, A., ...
Background: Elevated heart rate (HR) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The effects of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) on HR are controversial. Aim: To investigate the...
Takahashi, O., Cook, E.F., Nakamura, T., Saito, J., Ikawa, F., Fukui, T.
Background: Risk stratification for mortality in intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) helps guide care, but existing clinical prediction rules are too cumbersome for clinical practice because of their...
Takahashi, O., Cook, E.F., Nakamura, T., Saito, J., Ikawa, F., Fukui, T.
Background: Risk stratification for mortality in intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) helps guide care, but existing clinical prediction rules are too cumbersome for clinical practice because of their...
Nakamura, T., Higashi, S., Tomoda, K., Tsukano, M., Baba, S., Shono, M.
Objective. To clarify the clinical significance of the SAA1.3 allele in the development and outcome of AA amyloidosis in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. One hundred and...
Association between PADI4 and rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis (2006)
Iwamoto, T., Ikari, K., Nakamura, T., Kuwahara, M., Toyama, Y., Tomatsu, T., ...
Objective. Polymorphisms and haplotypes of the peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 gene (PADI4) have been reported to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Japanese population. However,...
Hiramitsu, T., Yasuda, T., Ito, H., Shimizu, M., Julovi, S. M., Kakinuma, T., ...
Objective. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it is well known that rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts (RSF) produce matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) when stimulated with proinflammatory cytokines such as...
Effect of nCPAP therapy on heart rate in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea (2006)
Sumi, K., Chin, K., Takahashi, K., Nakamura, T., Matsumoto, H., Niimi, A., ...
Background: Elevated heart rate (HR) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The effects of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) on HR are controversial. Aim: To investigate the...
Takahashi, O., Cook, E.F., Nakamura, T., Saito, J., Ikawa, F., Fukui, T.
Background: Risk stratification for mortality in intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) helps guide care, but existing clinical prediction rules are too cumbersome for clinical practice because of their...
Takahashi, O., Cook, E.F., Nakamura, T., Saito, J., Ikawa, F., Fukui, T.
Background: Risk stratification for mortality in intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) helps guide care, but existing clinical prediction rules are too cumbersome for clinical practice because of their...
Nakamura, T., Higashi, S., Tomoda, K., Tsukano, M., Baba, S., Shono, M.
Objective. To clarify the clinical significance of the SAA1.3 allele in the development and outcome of AA amyloidosis in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. One hundred and...
Nakamura, T., Higashi, S., Tomoda, K., Tsukano, M., Baba, S., Shono, M.
Objective. To clarify the clinical significance of the SAA1.3 allele in the development and outcome of AA amyloidosis in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. One hundred and...
Overview of secondary neutron production relevant to shielding in space (2005)
Heilbronn, L., Nakamura, T., Iwata, Y., Kurosawa, T., Iwase, H., Townsend, L. W.
An overview of experimental secondary neutron measurements relevant to space-related activities is presented. Stopping target yields and cross section measurements conducted at particle accelerators...
Nakao, N., Yashima, H., Kawai, M., Oishi, K., Nakashima, H., Masumoto, K., ...
An irradiation field of high-energy neutrons produced in the forward direction from a thick tungsten target bombarded by 500 MeV protons was arranged at the KENS spallation neutron source facility....
Iwase, H., Wiegel, B., Fehrenbacher, G., Schardt, D., Nakamura, T., Niita, K., ...
Measured neutron energy fluences from high-energy heavy ion reactions through targets several centimeters to several hundred centimeters thick were compared with calculations made using the recently...
Stress-induced phenomena in metallization. (2005)
Ho, P.S., Baker, S.P., Nakamura, T., Volkert, C.A., [Hrsg.]
Proc.of the 7th Internat.Workshop, Austin, Tex., June 14-16, 2004
Mesosphere/lower thermosphere prevailing wind model (2004)
Portnyagin, Y., Solovjova, T., Merzlyakov, E., Forbes, J., Palo, S., Ortland, D., ...
The mesosphere/lower thermosphere (MLT) wind data from the 46 ground-based (GB) MF and meteor radar (MR) stations, located at the different latitudes over the globe, and the space-based (SB) HRDI...
Yasuda, T., Kakinuma, T., Julovi, S. M., Yoshida, M., Hiramitsu, T., Akiyoshi, M., ...
Objectives. To examine the mechanism of nitric oxide (NO) production by a COOH-terminal heparin-binding fibronectin fragment (HBFN-f) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cartilage. Methods. Articular...
Yashima, H., Uwamino, Y., Sugita, H., Ito, S., Nakamura, T., Fukumura, A.
Irradiation experiments were performed at the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) facility, National Institute of Radiological Sciences. The radioactive spallation products in a thick Cu...
Yashima, H., Uwamino, Y., Sugita, H., Ito, S., Nakamura, T., Fukumura, A.
Irradiation experiments were performed at the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) facility, National Institute of Radiological Sciences. The radioactive spallation products in a thick Cu...
Yasuda, T., Kakinuma, T., Julovi, S. M., Yoshida, M., Hiramitsu, T., Akiyoshi, M., ...
Objectives. To examine the mechanism of nitric oxide (NO) production by a COOH-terminal heparin-binding fibronectin fragment (HBFN-f) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cartilage. Methods. Articular...
Yasuda, T., Kakinuma, T., Julovi, S. M., Yoshida, M., Hiramitsu, T., Akiyoshi, M., ...
Objectives. To examine the mechanism of nitric oxide (NO) production by a COOH-terminal heparin-binding fibronectin fragment (HBFN-f) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cartilage. Methods. Articular...
Yashima, H., Uwamino, Y., Sugita, H., Ito, S., Nakamura, T., Fukumura, A.
Irradiation experiments were performed at the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) facility, National Institute of Radiological Sciences. The radioactive spallation products in a thick Cu...
Martin, Tracey A., Parr, Christian, Davies, Gaynor, Watkins, Gareth, Lane, Jane, Matsumoto, Kunio, ...
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a cytokine primarily produced by stromal fibroblasts and is a known angiogenic and invasion-inducing factor. It is increased in patients with...
Application of a Ge semi-conductor detector to whole-body counter (2003)
Kinase, S., Noguchi, H., Nakamura, T.
To calibrate a whole-body counter, it is necessary to find a determination method for peak efficiencies of detectors used in the whole-body counter. For this purpose, peak efficiencies of a Ge...
Nunomiya, T., Yonai, S., Takada, M., Fukumura, A., Nakamura, T.
A shielding experiment was performed at the HIMAC (Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba), of National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), to measure neutron dose using a spherical TEPC...
Martin, Tracey A., Parr, Christian, Davies, Gaynor, Watkins, Gareth, Lane, Jane, Matsumoto, Kunio, ...
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a cytokine primarily produced by stromal fibroblasts and is a known angiogenic and invasion-inducing factor. It is increased in patients...
Martin, Tracey A., Parr, Christian, Davies, Gaynor, Watkins, Gareth, Lane, Jane, Matsumoto, Kunio, ...
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a cytokine primarily produced by stromal fibroblasts and is a known angiogenic and invasion-inducing factor. It is increased in patients with...
Kim, E., Endo, A., Yamaguchi, Y., Yoshizawa, M., Nakamura, T., Shiomi, T.
A dose evaluation method for neutrons in the energy range of a few MeV to 100 MeV has been developed using a spectrum weight function (G-function), which is applied to an organic liquid scintillator...
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,...
Development of a Gamma Ray Monitor using a CdZnTe Semiconductor Detector (2002)
Shiomi, T., Nakamura, T., Nishizawa, H., Tsudaka, Y., Fujiwara, H., ...
The aim of this study was to develop a new X ray and gamma ray monitor using the CdZnTe semiconductor detector, which has high sensitivity at room temperature. The pulse height spectra and the...
Discovery of the optical counterpart and early optical observations of GRB 990712 (2000)
Sahu, Kailash C., Vreeswijk, P. M., Bakos, Gaspar A., Menzies, John W., Bragaglia, Angela, Frontera, Filippo, ...
We present the discovery observations of the optical counterpart of the gamma-ray burst GRB 990712 taken 4.16 hr after the outburst and discuss its light curve observed in the V, R, and I bands...
Akedo, I, Ishikawa, H, Nakamura, T, Kimura, K, Takeyama, I, Suzuki, T, ...
KOIZUMI, M., TAKAHASHI, K., MINEUCHI, K., NAKAMURA, T., KANO, H.
The light gradient and transverse distribution of chlorophyll fluorescence in mangrove andCamellialeaves, which have different morphological characteristics, were examined using a micro-fluorescence...
Chin, K, Kita, H, Noguchi, T, Otsuka, N, Tsuboi, T, Nakamura, T, ...
Hypoxaemia in patients with hyperventilation syndrome (1997)
Chin, K, Hirai, M, Kuriyama, T, Kita, H, Nakamura, T, Shimizu, K, ...
Neural Interaction between Cortical Taste Neurons in Rats: a Cross-correlation Analysis (1997)
In the rat cortical taste area (CTA), we recorded 31 pairs of taste neurons and seven pairs of taste and non-taste neurons, with single or double electrodes. By using a cross-correlogram (CCG) in a...
Koide, H., Nakamura, T., Kimura, K., Ebihara, I., Nagai, R., Tomino, Y.
Background. We reported that an embryonic type of non-muscle-type myosin heavy-chain isoform (SMemb) may be a molecular marker for phenotypic alteration in initial glomerular injury and that...
Gotoh, T, Tanaka, Y, Fujita, Y, Hiramori, N, Fujii, T, Arimoto, T, ...
Nakamura, T., Ebihara, I., Tomino, Y., Koide, H.
Background. The early phase of glomerular growth in diabetic rats is accompanied by increased c-fos and c-jun expression. The renal endothelin (ET)-1 mRNA levels increased with the progression of...
OGUCHI, T., KASHIMOTO, S., YAMAGUCHI, T., NAKAMURA, T., KUMAZAWA, T.
This study was designed to examine the effects of inhalation anaesthetics on function and metabolism in isolated ischaemic rat hearts. Four volatile anaesthetics in two different concentrations (1.0...
Y. Sugamura, M. Jibiki, H. Ikari, T. Nakamura, H. Kawabe, T. Ishibashi, ...
We report our experience with thoracoscopy used for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax and idiopathic emphysematous bullae. Fifty-one patients with pneumothorax were admitted to the hospital...
KASHIMOTO, S., NAKAMURA, T., NONAKA, A., KUME, M., OGUCHI, T., KUMAZAWA, T.
We have assessed the effects of artificial blood (FC-43 emulsion) on myocardial energy metabolism in the rat heart-lung preparation. Animals were allocated to four groups (n = 8 each group) according...
Hepatocyte growth factor stimulates neutrophil degranulation but not respiratory burst (1993)
I. C. Kowanko, A. Ferrante, T. Nakamura
Neutrophil function is regulated in part by cytokines with growth factor activities for different cell types. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a cytokine produced during injury to the liver and...
MAPPING OF BRAINSTEM LESIONS BY THE COMBINED USE OF TESTS OF VISUALLY-INDUCED EYE MOVEMENTS (1990)
KATO, I., WATANABE, J., NAKAMURA, T., HARADA, K., HASEGAWA, T., KANAYAMA, R.
To determine the diagnostic value of visually-induced eye movements for indicating the lateralization of the lesion, optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), fixation-suppression of caloric nystagmus and pursuil...
A Real Time Wide Energy Range Personal Neutron Dosemeter with Two Silicon Detectors (1989)
Nakamura, T., Horiguchi, M., Suzuki, T., Yamano, T.
A real time personal neutron dosemeter was developed by using two types of silicon p-n junction detectors, Type A and Type B, fabricated by Fuji Electric Co. Ltd. The Type A detector is a 10B(96%...
Nagaya, T, Nakamura, T, Tokino, T, Tsurimoto, T, Imai, M, Mayumi, T, ...
Moore, M.A., Nakamura, T., Thamavit, W., Ichihara, A., Ito, N.
The behaviour of rat liver putative preneoplastic lesions with respect to the enzyme tryptophan oxygenase (TO), a liver-specific differentiation marker, and a possible growth-related marker,...
Rygaard, K., Nakamura, T., Spang-Thomsen, M.
We examined a panel of 25 small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines and nude mouse xenografts for expression of the proto-oncogenes c-met and c-kit, and for expression of the corresponding ligands,...
Yi, S., Chen, J. R., Viallet, J., Schwall, R. H., Nakamura, T., Tsao, M. S.
We have studied the mitogenic, motogenic and morphogenic effects of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), also known as scatter factor (SF), on 15 non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cell lines that have...
Kawakami-Kimura, N., Narita, T., Ohmori, K., Yoneda, T., Matsumoto, K., Nakamura, T., ...
Adhesion of cancer cells to vascular endothelium is an important step in haematogenous metastasis of cancer. A human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, HepG2, strongly adheres to human umbilical...
Fuwa, N, Kodaira, T, Furutani, K, Tachibana, H, Nakamura, T, Nakahara, R, ...
The objective of this study was to investigate the therapeutic results of arterial injection therapy via the superficial temporal artery for 134 cases of stages III and IV (M0) oral cavity cancer...
Matsumoto-Taniura, N, Matsumoto, K, Nakamura, T
Interactions between stromal and mammary tumour cells play a crucial role in determining the malignant behaviour of tumour cells. Although MMT mouse mammary tumour cells do not produce hepatocyte...
Uchiyama, A, Morisaki, T, Beppu, K, Kojima, M, Matsunari, Y, Nakatsuka, A, ...
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a stromal cell-derived cytokine that can stimulate matrix invasion by carcinoma cells. We analysed the concentrations of HGF and invasion-stimulatory activity in...
Maehara, N, Matsumoto, K, Kuba, K, Mizumoto, K, Tanaka, M, Nakamura, T
Because of the highly aggressive behaviour, i.e. invasive, disseminative and metastatic properties, the outcome for patients with pancreatic cancer is morbid. A better understanding and interference...
Yamamoto, H, Nakayama, T, Murakami, H, Hosaka, T, Nakamata, T, Tsuboyama, T, ...
Recent studies have revealed the evidence for the significance of SV40 genome in human malignancies. In this paper, the presence of SV40-like sequences was investigated in 54 Japanese osteosarcomas...
Expansion of a unique macrophage subset in rheumatoid arthritis synovial lining layer
Tanaka, M, Nagai, T, Tsuneyoshi, Y, Sunahara, N, Matsuda, T, Nakamura, T, ...
The Z39Ig protein (complement receptor for C3b and iC3b) is expressed on resident tissue macrophages in various tissues. This study was undertaken to examine the distribution of Z39Ig+cells and their...