Takashi Shimizu

A New Technique for Proving the Existence of Monetary Equilibria in Matching Models with Divisible Money (2005)

In this paper, it is shown that real indeterminacy of stationary equilibria generically arises in most matching models with perfectly divisible fiat money. In other words, the real indeterminacy...

On the Role of Tax-Subsidy Scheme in Money Search Models (2005)

This paper develops a new technique for proving the existence of monetary equilibria in money search models. In money search models with divisible money, the set of equilibria, if it exists, is at...

Kamiya Kazuya, Shimizu, Takashi

This paper investigates the role of policy in money search models with divisible money. Recently, real indeterminacy of stationary equilibria has been found in both specific and general search models...

A NRD Guide Fed Dielectric Lens Antenna with High Gain and Low Sidelobe Characteristics (2005)

SHIMIZU, Takashi, YONEYAMA, Tsukasa

A NRD guide fed dielectric lens antenna with high gain and low sidelobe characteristics is proposed for millimeter wave applications. The measured results showed very good performance at 60 GHz. It...

Removal of Tightly Bound ADP Induces Distinct Structural Changes of the Two Tryptophan-Containing Regions of the ncd Motor Domain (2005)

Morii, Hisayuki, Shimizu, Takashi, Mizuno, Naoko, Edamatsu, Masaki, Ogawa, Kazuo, Shimizu, Youské, ...

ncd is a molecular motor belonging to the kinesin superfamily. In solution, it is a homo-dimer of a 700 amino acid polypeptide. The C-terminus of each polypeptide forms a globular domain of about 40...

On the Existence of Single-Price Equilibria in a Matching Model with Divisible Money and Production Cost (2004)

Kamiya, Kazuya, Morishita, Noritsugu, Shimizu, Takashi

This paper investigates Zhou [4]'s money search model, where money is divisible, agents can hold any amount of money, and production of goods is costly, and presents a sufficient condition, expressed...

TOBACCO BY-2 CELLS: THE PRESENT AND BEYOND (2004)

TOSHIYUKI NAGATA, KENICHI SAKAMOTO, TAKASHI SHIMIZU

Among the established plant cell lines, tobacco BY-2 cell line is unique, as it can be highly synchronized by established procedures. Because of this reason, the cell line has become invaluable for...

Relationship between self-reported low productivity and overtime working (2004)

Shimizu, Takashi, Horie, Seichi, Nagata, Shoji, Marui, Eiji

Objective To investigate the relationship between overtime working and self-reported low productivity due to poor health over the course of 1 year. Methods The subjects were 94 random-sampled workers...

Early and Late Complications of Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: Experience in a Single Institution (2004)

Hisasue, Shin-ichi, Takahashi, Atsushi, Kato, Ryuichi, Shimizu, Takashi, Masumori, Naoya, Itoh, Naoki, ...

Background: Radical retropubic prostatectomy is one of the first-line treatments for clinically organ-confined prostatic cancer. However, some studies have reported the morbidity of this procedure....

Contribution of Syringyl β-O-4 Linkage in Different Hardwood Lignin Preparations (2004)

HORI, Keko, SHIMIZU, Takashi, MESHITSUKA, Gyosuke

Sinapyl alcohol was confirmed as a major product of trimethylsilyl iodide (TMSiI) treatment of syringyl β-O-4 lignin model compound. In this study, contribution of syringyl β-O-4 linkage in...

Induction of Follicular Development by Direct Single Injection of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Fragments into the Ovary of Miniature Gilts1 (2003)

Takashi Shimizu, Jin-Yi Jiang, Koji Iijima, Kanako Miyabayashi, Yoshinori Ogawa, Hiroshi Sasada, ...

Perifollicular angiogenesis is closely associated with ovarian follicular development. To investigate whether additional induction of perifollicular angiogenesis would support subsequent follicular...

Validity and visualization of a numerical model used to determine dynamic configurations of fishing nets (2003)

Suzuki, Katsuya, Takagi, Tsutomu, Shimizu, Takashi, Hiraishi, Tomonori, Yamamoto, Katsutaro, Nashimoto, Katsuaki, ...

The aim of the present study was to develop a numerical calculation method to simulate the three-dimensional dynamic behavior of fishing nets. In a previous study, we presented a formulation to...

Validity and visualization of a numerical model used to determine dynamic configurations of fishing nets (2003)

Suzuki, Katsuya, Takagi, Tsutomu, Shimizu, Takashi, Hiraishi, Tomonori, Yamamoto, Katsutaro, Nashimoto, Katsuaki

The aim of the present study was to develop a numerical calculation method to

Validity and visualization of a numerical model used to determine dynamic configurations of fishing nets (2003)

Suzuki, Katsuya, Takagi, Tsutomu, Shimizu, Takashi, Hiraishi, Tomonori, Yamamoto, Katsutaro, Nashimoto, Katsuaki

The aim of the present study was to develop a numerical calculation method to

Periconceptional smoking and the male to female ratio in the offspring--re-assessment of a recently proposed hypothesis (2003)

Obel, Carsten, Henriksen, Tine Brink, Hedegaard, Morten, Bech, Bodil Hammer, Wisborg, Kirsten, Olsen, Jørn, ...

Changes of Messenger RNA Expression of Angiogenic Factors and Related Receptors During Follicular Development in Gilts1 (2002)

Takashi Shimizu, Jin-Yi Jiang, Hiroshi Sasada, Eimei Sato

The interaction between angiogenic factors and related receptors is closely associated with follicular angiogenesis. The present study was performed to determine the relationships between the...

Real Indeterminacy of Stationary Equilibria in Matching Models with Media of Exchange (2002)

Structural comparison of dimeric Eg5, Neurospora kinesin (Nkin) and Ncd head–Nkin neck chimera with conventional kinesin (2000)

Revised: June 2004.

Keiko Hirose, Ulrike Henningsen, Manfred Schliwa, Chikashi Toyoshima, Takashi Shimizu, Maria Alonso, ...

A Theory of Money with Market Places (2000)

Matsui, Akihiko, Shimizu, Takashi

Revised: May 2001

The factor V Leiden mutation in Japanese couples with recurrent spontaneous abortion (1999)

Hashimoto, Kazumasa, Shizusawa, Yoshie, Shimoya, Koichiro, Ohashi, Kazutomo, Shimizu, Takashi, Azuma, Chihiro, ...

Thrombosis of placental vessels can be a major cause of recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA). The factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation, a single point mutation in the factor V gene, is the most common...

Reproductive Capability of Maternal Centrosomes in the Tubifex Egg (1997)

Ryuichi Ishii, Takashi Shimizu

Tubifex eggs individually inherit a single maternal centrosome during the first mitosis (mitosis I), and thereby form an asymmetrically organized monastral mitotic apparatus for the unequal cleavage....

Creation of Fundamental String in M(atrix) Theory (1997)

Ohta, Nobuyoshi, Shimizu, Takashi, Zhou, Jian-Ge

The potential between two D4-branes at angles with partially unbroken supersymmetry is computed, and is used to discuss the creation of a fundamental string when two such D4-branes cross each other...

Non-Extreme Black Holes from Intersecting M-Branes (1997)

Ohta, Nobuyoshi, Shimizu, Takashi

We investigate the possibility of extending non-extreme black hole solutions made of intersecting M-branes to those with two non-extreme deformation parameters, similar to Reissner-Nordstr{\o}m...

Comparison of ncd and Kinesin Motor Domains by Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy (1996)

Shimizu, Takashi, Morii, Hisayuki

ncd is a microtubule motor protein from Drosophila, having a 40 kDa domain homologous to the kinesin motor domain. In the present study, we investigated the circular dichroism (CD) spectra of the ncd...

Kobe earthquake and reduced sperm motility (1996)

Fukuda, Misao, Fukuda, Kiyomi, Shimizu, Takashi, Yomura, Wakako, Shimizu, Seiitsu

We investigated a possible relationship between the Kobe earthquake (January 17, 1995) and the quality of semen. We assessed sperm concentration and motility of 27 male patients who had a...

UNIVERSAL STRING AND SMALL $N=4$ SUPERSTRING (1995)

Ohta, Nobuyoshi, Shimizu, Takashi

It was previously shown that most of the superstrings can be obtained from those with higher world-sheet supersymmetry as spontaneously broken phases. In this paper, we show that the small $N=4$...

Steady-State Kinetic Study on the Inhibition of the Adenosinetriphosphatase Activity of Dynein from Tetrahymena Cilia by Glycerol (1988)

Shimizu, Takashi, Katsura, Tatsuo

The characteristics of glycerol-induced inhibition of the dynein ATPase extracted from Tetrahymena cilia were investigated. Fifty percent inhibition was observed at about 15% (v/v)...

The Substrate Specificity of Dynein from Tetrahymena Cilia (1987)

Purification and Characterization of Two Cyclic AMP-Independent Protein Kinases from AH-66 Hepatoma Ascites Cells (1984)

The substrate specificity of the 22S dynein ATPase from Tetrahymena cilia was investigated. The 22S dynein exhibited a high specificity for ATP in terms of both apparent Km and Vmax: naturally...

NAKAJO, Shigeo, SHINKAWA, Katsumi, SHIMIZU, Takashi, NAKAYA, Kazuyasu, NAKAMURA, Yasuharu

Casein kinase 1 (CK 1) and casein kinase 2 (CK 2) were purified from the cytosol fraction of AH-66 cells to electrophoretic homogeneity by a simple procedure based on our finding that CK 1 and CK 2...

Causal Analytic Study of Surface Contractile Activity in Tubifex Egg : Mechanism of Polar Body Extrusion and Deformation Movement (1980)

Shimizu, Takashi

Hokkaido University (北海道大学)

Causal Analytic Study of Surface Contractile Activity in Tubifex Egg : Mechanism of Polar Body Extrusion and Deformation Movement (1980)

Shimizu, Takashi

Hokkaido University (北海道大学)

Enhancement of 14S and 30S Dynein Adenosine Triphosphatase Activities by Modification of Amino Groups with Trinitrobenzenesulfonate: A Comparison with Modification of SH Groups (1979)

The Alkaline Adenosine Triphosphatase Activity of 30S Dynein after Modification of the SH Groups: Possible Involvement of Some of the Most Reactive SH Groups (1979)

Modification of 14S dynein with TNBS, an amino group-blocking reagent with high specificity, enhanced the ATPase activity up to 1.4 times. If ATP was present during preincubation for the...

Bovine Platelet Myosin: III. Properties of Mg- and Ca-ATPase (1978)

An apparent ‘triphasic’ alteration of 30S dynein ATPase activity was produced by treatment with various amounts of NEM when the modification and subsequent ATPase assay were carried out at pH 7.4...

Effects of Adenosine Triphosphate on N-Ethylmaleimide-Induced Modffication of 30S Dynein from Tetrahymena Cilia (1977)

The properties of bovine platelet myosin were investigated with regards to its Mg- and Ca-ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] activities. The Mg-ATPase exhibited an initial burst of phosphate liberation, the size of...

SHIMIZU, Takashi, KIMURA, Ichiro

Ciliary 30S dynein of Tetrahymena was investigated with regard to modification of the ATPase activity with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) in the presence of ATP. The elevation of enzyme activity due to the...

Bovine Platelet Myosin (1977)

SHIMIZU, Takashi, MABUCHI, Issei

Myosin was purified from bovine platelets without using chaotropic agents such as KI.Upon gel filtration on a Sepharose 4B column,ATPase activity appeared as a single peak corresponding to intact...

Bovine Platelet Myosin: II. Fluorescence of the Tryptophanyl Groups (1977)

Effects of p-Chloromercuriphenylsulfonate on Ciliary Dynein Adenosine Triphosphatase Activity of Tetrahymena pyriformis (1977)

The intrinsic fluorescence of bovine platelet myosin was found to change upon addition of the substrate or its analogs in a manner similar to that of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin. The result...

SHIMIZU, Takashi, KAJI, Kazuhiko, KIMURA, Ichiro

Ciliary dynein of Tetrahymena pyriformis was investigated in relation to the susceptibility of the ATPase activity [EC 3.6.1.31 to p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonate (PCMPS). Like N-ethylmaleimide (NEM),...

The Fine Structure of the Tubifex Egg before and after Fertilization (With 3 Plates) (1976)

The Fine Structure of the Tubifex Egg before and after Fertilization (With 3 Plates) (1976)

Occurrence of Microfilaments in the Tubifex Egg Undergoing the Deformation Movement (With 3 Text-figures and 3 Plates) (1975)

Occurrence of Microfilaments in the Tubifex Egg Undergoing the Deformation Movement (With 3 Text-figures and 3 Plates) (1975)

Recombination of Ciliary Dynein of Tetrahymena with the Outer Fibers (1975)

Effects of N-Ethylmaleimide on Dynein Adenosinetriphosphatase Activity and Its Recombining Ability with Outer Fibers (1974)

Recombination of ciliary dyneins of Tetrahymena pyriformis with the outer fibers was investigated using turbidimetry, co-sedimentation analysis and electron microscopy. As reported by Gibbons, 30S...

SHIMIZU, Takashi, KIMURA, Ichiro

The effects of N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) on ciliary ATPase (dyneins) [EC 3.6.1.3] of Tetrahymena pyriformis were investigated. Like muscle myosin ATPase, 30 S dynein ATPase was activated biphasically by...

Electrophoretic Studies on Dyneins from Tetrahymena Cilia (1974)

MABUCHI, Issei, SHIMIZU, Takashi

Axonemes of Tetrahymena cilia were extracted with 1 mM Tris-0.1 mM EDTA (pH 8.2). From the extract, two forms of dynein [ciliary ATPase, EC 3.6.1.3], namely 30 and 14S dyneins, were fractionated via...

"A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model with Centralized Auction Markets"

"A New Technique for Proving the Existence of Monetary Equilibria in Matching Models with Divisible Money"

A conventional wisdom in economics is that a model dealing frictionless markets with a large number of agents always yields a Walrasian outcome. In this paper we assess the above argument in a...

In Vitro Activities of Moxifloxacin and Other Fluoroquinolones against Mycoplasma pneumoniae

This paper develops a new technique for proving the existence of monetary equilibria in money search models. In money search models with divisible money, the set of equilibria, if it exists, is at...

Hamamoto, Kumiko, Shimizu, Takashi, Fujimoto, Naoyuki, Zhang, Ye, Arai, Sumio

A total of 105 isolates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae were evaluated for susceptibility to moxifloxacin, sparfloxacin, levofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin. Moxifloxacin, a newly synthesized compound, showed...

Structural comparison of dimeric Eg5, Neurospora kinesin (Nkin) and Ncd head–Nkin neck chimera with conventional kinesin

Hirose, Keiko, Henningsen, Ulrike, Schliwa, Manfred, Toyoshima, Chikashi, Shimizu, Takashi, Alonso, Maria, ...

Cryo-electron microscopy and 3D image reconstruction of microtubules saturated with kinesin dimers has shown one head bound to tubulin, the other free. The free head of rat kinesin sits on the top...

Levels and Concentration Ratios of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Serum and Breast Milk in Japanese Mothers

Inoue, Kayoko, Harada, Kouji, Takenaka, Katsunobu, Uehara, Shigeki, Kono, Makoto, Shimizu, Takashi, ...

Blood and/or breast milk have been used to assess human exposure to various environmental contaminants. Few studies have been available to compare the concentrations in one matrix with those in...

In Vitro Activities of Moxifloxacin and Other Fluoroquinolones against Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Hamamoto, Kumiko, Shimizu, Takashi, Fujimoto, Naoyuki, Zhang, Ye, Arai, Sumio

A total of 105 isolates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae were evaluated for susceptibility to moxifloxacin, sparfloxacin, levofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin. Moxifloxacin, a newly synthesized compound, showed...

Structural comparison of dimeric Eg5, Neurospora kinesin (Nkin) and Ncd head–Nkin neck chimera with conventional kinesin

Hirose, Keiko, Henningsen, Ulrike, Schliwa, Manfred, Toyoshima, Chikashi, Shimizu, Takashi, Alonso, Maria, ...

Cryo-electron microscopy and 3D image reconstruction of microtubules saturated with kinesin dimers has shown one head bound to tubulin, the other free. The free head of rat kinesin sits on the top...

Levels and Concentration Ratios of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Serum and Breast Milk in Japanese Mothers

Inoue, Kayoko, Harada, Kouji, Takenaka, Katsunobu, Uehara, Shigeki, Kono, Makoto, Shimizu, Takashi, ...

Blood and/or breast milk have been used to assess human exposure to various environmental contaminants. Few studies have been available to compare the concentrations in one matrix with those in...

Conditional expression of liver-enriched transcriptional activator protein augments Acholeplasma laidlawii-induced granulysin gene expression in a human monocytic cell line, THP-1

Kida, Yutaka, Shimizu, Takashi, Kuwano, Koichi

The antimicrobial protein granulysin is considered to play an important role in the defence mechanism against bacterial infection. We previously reported that Acholeplasma laidlawii-induced...

Lipid-associated membrane proteins of Mycoplasma fermentans and M. penetrans activate human immunodeficiency virus long-terminal repeats through Toll-like receptors

Opposing roles of activator protein-1 and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β in the regulation of inducible granulysin gene expression in a human monocytic cell line, THP-1

Mycoplasmas are known to enhance human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication, and mycoplasma-derived lipid extracts have been reported to activate nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) through Toll-like...

Kida, Yutaka, Shimizu, Takashi, Kuwano, Koichi

We previously reported that inducible granulysin gene expression in a human monocytic cell line, THP-1 is dominantly dependent on transcription factor activator protein-1 (AP-1). Here, we further...

Serratia marcescens Serralysin Induces Inflammatory Responses through Protease-Activated Receptor 2▿

Kida, Yutaka, Inoue, Hiroyoshi, Shimizu, Takashi, Kuwano, Koichi

The Serratia marcescens-derived protease serralysin is considered to play an important role in the pathogenesis of infection. Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR-2) is activated by trypsin and also...

ON THE ROLE OF TAX SUBSIDY SCHEME IN MONEY SEARCH MODELS

Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Derived Lipopeptides Induce Acute Inflammatory Responses in the Lungs of Mice▿

This article investigates the roles of policy in search models with divisible money. Recently, real indeterminacy of stationary equilibria has been found in both specific and general search models...

On the existence of single-price equilibria in a matching model with divisible money and production cost

The pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is considered to be in part attributable to excessive immune responses. In this study, we investigated whether synthetic lipopeptides of subunit b...

Kazuya Kamiya, Noritsugu Morishita, Takashi Shimizu

Real indeterminacy of stationary equilibria in matching models with divisible money

A THEORY OF MONEY AND MARKETPLACES

Akihiko Matsui, Takashi Shimizu

This article considers an infinitely repeated economy with divisible fiat money. The economy has many marketplaces that agents choose to visit. In each marketplace, agents are randomly matched to...

"A Theory of Money with Market Places"

Akihiko Matsui, Takashi Shimizu

This paper considers an infinitely repeated economy in which divisible fiat money is used to trade goods. The economy has many market places. In each period, each agent chooses a market place,...

"Real Indeterminacy of Stationary Equilibria in Matching Models with Media of Exchange"

"On the Existence of Single-Price Equilibria in a Matching Model with Divisible Money and Production Cost"

In this paper, it is shown that real indeterminacy of stationary equilibria generically arises in most matching models with perfectly divisible media of exchange. In other words, the real...

Kazuya Kamiya, Noritsugu Morishita, Takashi Shimizu

This paper investigates Zhou [4]'s money search model, where money is divisible, agents can hold any amount of money, and production of goods is costly, and presents a sufficient condition, expressed...

"On the Role of Tax-Subsidy Scheme in Money Search Models"

Existence of Equilibria in Matching Models of Money: A New Technique

This paper investigates the role of policy in money search models with divisible money. Recently, real indeterminacy of stationary equilibria has been found in both specific and general search models...

Triacylated lipoproteins derived from Mycoplasma pneumoniae activate nuclear factor-κB through toll-like receptors 1 and 2

Real indeterminacy, Matching model, Money, Existence of monetary equilibria, C78, D51, D83, E40,

A Triacylated Lipoprotein from Mycoplasma genitalium Activates NF-κB through Toll-Like Receptor 1 (TLR1) and TLR2▿

Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is considered to be in part attributed to excessive immune responses. Recently, a mycoplasma lipoprotein has been shown to induce nuclear factor κB...