A Sub-mW MPEG-4 Motion Estimation Processor Core for Mobile Video Application (2008)
Y. Kuroda, J. Miyakoshi, M. Miyama, K. Imamura, H. Hashimoto, M. Yoshimoto
This paper � describes a sub-mW motion estimation processor core for MPEG-4 video encoding. It features a Gradient Descent Search algorithm whose computation power is only 7 % of the conventional...
Reply to Powell: Tacrolimus for myasthenia gravis patients with a previous thymectomy (2008)
We deeply respect the comments provided by Powell regarding our preliminary study. Indeed, we cannot avoid certain biases because there are few participants in the study. However, the findings from...
Mismo field experiment in the equatorial Indian Ocean (2008)
Masumoto, Y., Kuroda, Y., Katsumata, M., Mizuno, K., Takayabu, Y.N., Yoshizaki, M., ...
The Mirai Indian Ocean cruise for the Study of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO)-convection Onset (MISMO) was a field experiment that took place in the central equatorial Indian Ocean during...
Reply to Powell: tacrolimus for myasthenia gravis patients with a previous thymectomy (2008)
We deeply respect the comments provided by Powell regarding our preliminary study. Indeed, we cannot avoid certain biases because there are few participants in the study. However, the findings from...
Comparison of wind data from QuikSCAT and buoys in the Indian Ocean (2007)
Satheesan, K., Sarkar, A., Parekh, A., RameshKumar, M.R., Kuroda, Y.
The performance of QuikSCAT-derived wind vectors is evaluated using in-situ data from moored buoys over the Indian Ocean. The results show that the mean differences for wind speed and wind direction...
Hard X-ray Detector (HXD) on Board Suzaku (2006)
Takahashi, T., Abe, K., Endo, M., Endo, Y., Ezoe, Y., Fukazawa, Y., ...
The Hard X-ray Detector (HXD) on board Suzaku covers a wide energy range from 10 keV to 600 keV by combination of silicon PIN diodes and GSO scintillators. The HXD is designed to achieve an extremely...
Seasonal Variation of Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall in the Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean (2006)
RameshKumar, M.R., Pednekar, S., Katsumata, M., Antony, M.K., Kuroda, Y., Unnikrishnan, A.S.
The diurnal cycle of rainfall over the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean is studied for the period 23rd October 2001 to 31st October 2003 using the hourly data from the Triton buoy positioned at 1.5°S...
Hirose, M., Tanaka, E., Tanaka, M., Fujita, R., Kuroda, Y., Yamano, E., ...
A Sub-mW MPEG-4 Motion Estimation Processor Core for Mobile Video Application (2004)
Miyama, M., Miyakoshi, J., Kuroda, Y., Imamura, K., Hashimoto, H.
This paper describes a sub-mW motion estimation processor core for MPEG-4 video encoding. It features a gradient descent search (GDS) algorithm that reduces required computational complexity to 15...
David K Lewis, Jude Robinson, Ewan Wilkinson, K Mori, R Nakagawa, M Nii, ...
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Molecular features of the CAG repeats of spinocerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) (1997)
Matsuyama, Z, Kawakami, H, Maruyama, H, Izumi, Y, Komure, O, Udaka, F, ...
Mori, K., Takeuchi, S., Moritoki, H., Tsuchiya, K., Nakaya, Y., Matsuoka, S., ...
To determine whether amrinone and its induced increase of cyclic AMP releases nitric oxide and enhances endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation, we studied nitric oxide production and vascular...
Exciton scattering processes in ZnSe/ZnSxSe1-x MQW structures (1993)
Dabbicco, M., Tommasi, R., Cingolani, R., Lepore, M., Ferrara, M., Kuroda, Y., ...
Inelastic excitonic scattering processes have been investigated in ZnSe/ZnSxSel-x multiple-quantum-well structures of different well width and strain content. The free-exciton energies have been...
Exciton scattering processes in ZnSe/ZnSxSe1-x MQW structures (1993)
Dabbicco, M., Tommasi, R., Cingolani, R., Lepore, M., Ferrara, M., Kuroda, Y., ...
Inelastic excitonic scattering processes have been investigated in ZnSe/ZnSxSel-x multiple-quantum-well structures of different well width and strain content. The free-exciton energies have been...
Exciton scattering processes in ZnSe/ZnSxSe1-x MQW structures (1993)
Dabbicco, M., Tommasi, R., Cingolani, R., Lepore, M., Ferrara, M., Kuroda, Y., ...
Inelastic excitonic scattering processes have been investigated in ZnSe/ZnSxSel-x multiple-quantum-well structures of different well width and strain content. The free-exciton energies have been...
Kuroda, Y, Gibbs, C J, Amyx, H L, Gajdusek, D C
The mode of replication of the "unconventional virus" of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was studied in BALB/c mice infected intracerebrally. Virus was detected in the brain, spleen, lung, thymus, liver,...
Horiuchi, H, Kaibuchi, K, Kawamura, M, Matsuura, Y, Suzuki, N, Kuroda, Y, ...
Mammalian ras genes substitute for the yeast RAS gene, and their products activate adenylate cyclase in yeast cells, although the direct target protein of mammalian ras p21s remains to be identified....
Kawahara, M, Arispe, N, Kuroda, Y, Rojas, E
We have previously shown that the 40-residue peptide termed amyloid beta-protein (A beta P[1-40]) in solution forms cation-selective channels across artificial phospholipid bilayer membranes. To...
Kuroda, Y, Ogawa, M, Nasu, H, Terashima, M, Kasahara, M, Kiyama, Y, ...
To study the molecular mechanisms of local anesthesia, locations of local anesthetic dibucaine in model membranes and the interactions of dibucaine with a Na+ channel inactivation gate peptide have...
Kuroda, Y, Maeda, Y, Miyamoto, K, Tanaka, K, Kanaori, K, Otaka, A, ...
The pentapeptide KIFMK, which contains three clustered hydrophobic amino acid residues of isoleucine, phenylalanine, and methionine (IFM) in the sodium channel inactivation gate on the cytoplasmic...
Ku, Y, Iwasaki, T, Fukumoto, T, Tominaga, M, Muramatsu, S, Kusunoki, N, ...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report the long-term results of percutaneous isolated liver chemoperfusion with hepatic venous isolation and charcoal hemoperfusion (HVI-CHP) in patients with...
Yoshimoto, H, Ikeda, S, Tanaka, M, Matsumoto, S, Kuroda, Y
Choledochoscopic lithotomy with the aid of electrohydraulic lithotripsy was performed in 40 patients, including 16 patients with choledocholithiasis, 15 with hepatolithiasis, and 9 with...
Saijo, T, Ito, M, Takeda, E, Huq, A H, Naito, E, Yokota, I, ...
Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II is a hereditary disease resulting from a defective vitamin D receptor. In three Japanese patients with vitamin D-dependent rickets type II whose fibroblasts...
Hata, A, Setoyama, C, Shimada, K, Takeda, E, Kuroda, Y, Akaboshi, I, ...
To define the molecular basis for the TaqI site alteration in the ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) (E.C.2.1.3.3) gene of a female patient with mild OTC deficiency, we used a combination of genomic...
Kuroda, Y, Gibbs, C J, Amyx, H L, Gajdusek, D C
The mode of replication of the "unconventional virus" of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was studied in BALB/c mice infected intracerebrally. Virus was detected in the brain, spleen, lung, thymus, liver,...
Horiuchi, H, Kaibuchi, K, Kawamura, M, Matsuura, Y, Suzuki, N, Kuroda, Y, ...
Mammalian ras genes substitute for the yeast RAS gene, and their products activate adenylate cyclase in yeast cells, although the direct target protein of mammalian ras p21s remains to be identified....
Kawahara, M, Arispe, N, Kuroda, Y, Rojas, E
We have previously shown that the 40-residue peptide termed amyloid beta-protein (A beta P[1-40]) in solution forms cation-selective channels across artificial phospholipid bilayer membranes. To...
Ku, Y, Iwasaki, T, Fukumoto, T, Tominaga, M, Muramatsu, S, Kusunoki, N, ...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report the long-term results of percutaneous isolated liver chemoperfusion with hepatic venous isolation and charcoal hemoperfusion (HVI-CHP) in patients with...
Kuroda, Y, Ogawa, M, Nasu, H, Terashima, M, Kasahara, M, Kiyama, Y, ...
To study the molecular mechanisms of local anesthesia, locations of local anesthetic dibucaine in model membranes and the interactions of dibucaine with a Na+ channel inactivation gate peptide have...
Kuroda, Y, Maeda, Y, Miyamoto, K, Tanaka, K, Kanaori, K, Otaka, A, ...
The pentapeptide KIFMK, which contains three clustered hydrophobic amino acid residues of isoleucine, phenylalanine, and methionine (IFM) in the sodium channel inactivation gate on the cytoplasmic...
Yoshimoto, H, Ikeda, S, Tanaka, M, Matsumoto, S, Kuroda, Y
Choledochoscopic lithotomy with the aid of electrohydraulic lithotripsy was performed in 40 patients, including 16 patients with choledocholithiasis, 15 with hepatolithiasis, and 9 with...
Saijo, T, Ito, M, Takeda, E, Huq, A H, Naito, E, Yokota, I, ...
Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II is a hereditary disease resulting from a defective vitamin D receptor. In three Japanese patients with vitamin D-dependent rickets type II whose fibroblasts...
Hata, A, Setoyama, C, Shimada, K, Takeda, E, Kuroda, Y, Akaboshi, I, ...
To define the molecular basis for the TaqI site alteration in the ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) (E.C.2.1.3.3) gene of a female patient with mild OTC deficiency, we used a combination of genomic...
Kagami, S., Kawakami, K., Okada, K., Kuroda, Y., Morioka, T., Shimizu, F., ...
The influences of the epitope density on cationic antigens on the fate of immune reactants and the formation of subepithelial electron dense deposits (EDD) were studied in a model of active in situ...
Urokinase type plasminogen activator receptor expression in colorectal neoplasms
Suzuki, S, Hayashi, Y, Wang, Y, Nakamura, T, Morita, Y, Kawasaki, K, ...
a First Division of Pathology, b First Division of Surgery, c Second Division of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, d Division of Gastroenterology, Kobe Asahi...
Fukui, H, Takada, M, Chiba, T, Kashiwagi, R, Sakane, M, Tabata, F, ...
BACKGROUND—Neuroendocrine cell (NEC) carcinoma is occasionally accompanied by adenocarcinoma but the relationship between these two morphologically distinct tumours is unclear. Two hypotheses have...
Mori, K, Nakagawa, R, Nii, M, Edagawa, T, Takehara, Y, Inoue, M, ...
Objective: To assess the long axis function of both ventricles during the early neonatal period by using pulsed wave Doppler tissue (PWDT) echocardiography.
Immunologic studies on Werner's syndrome.
Nakao, Y, Hattori, T, Takatsuki, K, Kuroda, Y, Nakaji, T, Fujiwara, Y, ...
Five patients with Werner's syndrome were studied to elucidate the relationship between the immune system and the ageing process. Three of five patients had neoplasms such as fibrosarcoma, meningioma...
Kitakuni, E., Kuroda, Y., Oobatake, M., Tanaka, T., Nakamura, H.
To investigate the structural stability of proteins, we analyzed the thermodynamics of an artificially designed 30-residue peptide. The designed peptide, NH2-EELLPLAEALAPLLEALLPLAEALAPLLKK-COOH (PERI...
Kuroda, Y., Tani, K., Matsuo, Y., Yokoyama, S.
Structural genomic projects envision almost routine protein structure determinations, which are currently imaginable only for small proteins with molecular weights below 25,000 Da. For larger...
Pain-related somatosensory evoked potentials in cortical reflex myoclonus.
Kakigi, R, Shibasaki, H, Neshige, R, Ikeda, A, Mamiya, K, Kuroda, Y
To elucidate the sensitivity to pain stimuli in patients with cortical reflex myoclonus, pain-related somatosensory evoked potentials (pain SEPs) following CO2 laser stimulation and conventional...
Meige's syndrome associated with spasmodic dysphagia.
Kakigi, R, Shibasaki, H, Kuroda, Y, Shin, T, Maeyama, T, Oono, S
Multimodality evoked potentials in HTLV-I associated myelopathy.
Kakigi, R, Shibasaki, H, Kuroda, Y, Endo, C, Oda, K, Ikeda, A, ...
Multimodality evoked potentials (EPs) consisting of somatosensory EPs (SEPs), visual EPs (VEPs) and brainstem auditory EPs (BAEPs) were studied in 16 cases with HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM)....
Kashiwagi, S, Fujisawa, H, Yamashita, T, Ito, H, Maekawa, T, Kuroda, Y, ...
Homozygous deletion mutation of the parkin gene in patients with atypical parkinsonism
Kuroda, Y, Mitsui, T, Akaike, M, Azuma, H, Matsumoto, T
Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR-JP) is characterised by homogenous clinical features and selective degeneration of nigral neurons. Recent progress in molecular genetic analyses of AR-JP...
Burnout and work environments of public health nurses involved in mental health care
Imai, H, Nakao, H, Tsuchiya, M, Kuroda, Y, Katoh, T
Aims: (1) To examine whether prevalence of burnout is higher among community psychiatric nurses working under recently introduced job specific work systems than among public health nurses (PHNs)...
Hirose, M., Takeda, E., Ninomiya, T., Kuroda, Y., Miyao, M.
The effects of combinations of dipyridamole, an effective blocker of the salvage pathway of DNA synthesis, and 8 types of anti-cancer drugs on the growth of human T, B and myeloid leukaemia/lymphoma...