Y. Okuda

Publication List Details

Period

1972 - 2008

Number

40

Co-Authors

Evolution of an Unconventional Superconducting State inside the Antiferromagnetic Phase of CeNiGe$_3$ under Pressure: a $^{73}$Ge-Nuclear-Quadrupole-Resonance Study (2008)

Harada, A., Mukuda, H., Kitaoka, Y., Thamizhavel, A., Okuda, Y., Settai, R., ...

We report a $^{73}$Ge nuclear-quadrupole-resonance (NQR) study on novel evolution of unconventional superconductivity in antiferromagnetic (AFM) CeNiGe$_3$. The measurements of the $^{73}$Ge-NQR...

Enhancement of Superconducting Transition Temperature due to the strong Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations in Non-centrosymmetric Heavy-fermion Superconductor CeIrSi3 :A 29Si-NMR Study under Pressure (2008)

Mukuda, H., Fujii, T., Ohara, T., Harada, A., Yashima, M., Kitaoka, Y., ...

We report a 29Si-NMR study on the pressure-induced superconductivity (SC) in an antiferromagnetic (AFM) heavy-fermion compound CeIrSi3 without inversion symmetry. In the SC state at P=2.7-2.8 GPa,...

Pentax-AWS, a new videolaryngoscope, is more effective than the Macintosh laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in patients with restricted neck movements: a randomized comparative study (2008)

Enomoto, Y., Asai, T., Arai, T., Kamishima, K., Okuda, Y.

Background We studied whether laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation were easier when using the Pentax-AWS (Tokyo, Japan), a new videolaryngoscope, than when applying the Macintosh laryngoscope, during...

Underbarrier nucleation kinetics in a metastable quantum liquid near the spinodal (2004)

Burmistrov, S. N., Dubovskii, L. B., Okuda, Y.

We develop a theory in order to describe the effect of relaxation in a condensed medium upon the quantum decay of a metastable liquid near the spinodal at low temperatures. We find that both the...

Relative levels of the two mammalian Rad23 homolgs determine composition and stability of the xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein complex. (2004)

Okuda, Y., Nishi, R., Ng, J.M.Y., Vermeulen, W., Mori, T., ...

Mammalian cells express two Rad23 homologs, HR23A and HR23B, which have been implicated in regulation of proteolysis via the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. Recently, the proteins have been shown to...

SECONDARY AMYLOIDOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF GASTRODUODENAL BIOPSY (1996)

KOBAYASHI, H., TADA, S., FUCHIGAMI, T., OKUDA, Y., TAKASUGI, K., MATSUMOTO, T., ...

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during the period 1989–1991, and biopsy specimens were obtained from the stomach and from the duodenum for...

Propagation "en échelon" de la dorsale du Bassin Nord-Fidjien entre 16°40 et 14°50'S (Yokosuka 90-Starmer) (1991)

Auzende, J.M., Okuda, Y., Bendel, V., Ciabrini, J.P., Eissen, Jean-Philippe, Gracia-Mont, E., ...

Du 10 janvier au 6 février 1991, la campagne Yokosuka 90 a eu pour objet l'étude géologique, géophysique et géochimique de la branche de direction N10 de la dorsale du Bassin nord-fidjien (SW...

A RETARDATION MODULATION ELLIPSOMETER FOR STUDYING FAST SURFACE TRANSIENTS (1983)

Moritani, A., Okuda, Y., Nakai, S.

A high-speed ellipsometer has been constructed which can operate in microsecond orders. An example of the application to rapid growth of anodic films on GaAs is given.

A RETARDATION MODULATION ELLIPSOMETER FOR STUDYING FAST SURFACE TRANSIENTS (1983)

Moritani, A., Okuda, Y., Nakai, S.

A high-speed ellipsometer has been constructed which can operate in microsecond orders. An example of the application to rapid growth of anodic films on GaAs is given.

A RETARDATION MODULATION ELLIPSOMETER FOR STUDYING FAST SURFACE TRANSIENTS (1983)

Moritani, A., Okuda, Y., Nakai, S.

A high-speed ellipsometer has been constructed which can operate in microsecond orders. An example of the application to rapid growth of anodic films on GaAs is given.

EFFECT OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF HALOTHANE ON THE OXYGEN ELECTRODE (1980)

MAEKAWA, T., OKUDA, Y., MCDOWALL, D. G.

The effect of low concentrations of halothane dissolved in saline (equivalent to 0.34% halothane) on the oxygen electrode was examined using a multi-wire Clark type electrode, consisting of eight...

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW CHANGES AND CORTICAL EXTRACELLULAR FLUID pH DURING CEREBRAL METABOLIC DEPRESSION INDUCED BY ALTHESIN (1979)

MCDOWALL, D. G., HEUSER, D., OKUDA, Y., JONES, G. M., WADON, A.

Baboons anaesthetized with halothane and nitrous oxide in oxygen were given Althesin 0.05 ml kg−1 i.v. Cerebral blood flow (c.b.f.) was measured by an electromagnetic flowmeter and by xenon...

THE EFFECT OF ALTHESIN (CT1341) ON THE OXYHAEMOGLOBIN DISSOCIATION CURVE IN VITRO (1976)

ISHIKAWA, T., WAKUTA, K., KANDA, K., OKUDA, Y.

Blood from non-smoking donors was incubated with Althesin and the Po2 for half-saturation of haemoglobin at standard pH, Pco2 and temperature (P60) was measured. The mean P60 values of blood with...

EFFECTS OF ALTHESIN ON CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN MAN (1976)

SARI, A, MAEKAWA, T, TOHJO, M, OKUDA, Y, TAKESHITA, H

Cerebral circulation and metabolism during Althesin anaesthesia were studied in seven healthy patients. Althesin was given in a single dose of 0.1 ml/kg and thereafter infused at a constant rate of...

THE TOXICITY OF SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE (1974)

McDOWALL, D. G., KEANEY, N. P., TURNER, J. M., LANE, J. R., OKUDA, Y.

Four of 8 baboons given sodium nitroprusside in a study of induced hypotension failed to recover normal arterial pressure after discontinuance of i.v. infusion; instead arterial pressure continued to...

THE EFFECTS OF THALAMONAL ON CEREBRAL CIRCULATION AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN MAN (1972)

SARI, A., OKUDA, Y., TAKESHITA, H.

The effects of Thalamonal on cerebral circulation and oxygen consumption were studied in ten normal healthy patients before operations. After the administration of Thalamonal 0.1 ml/kg, cerebral...

Recombinant human interleukin-2 reverses in vitro-deficient cell-mediated immune responses to tuberculin purified protein derivative by lymphocytes of tuberculous patients.

Shiratsuchi, H, Okuda, Y, Tsuyuguchi, I

In vitro lymphocyte proliferative response to purified protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD) was investigated in patients with tuberculosis. Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from patients with...

In vitro tuberculin reactivity of lymphocytes from patients with tuberculous pleurisy.

Fujiwara, H, Okuda, Y, Fukukawa, T, Tsuyuguchi, I

Mononuclear cells in pleural fluid from patients with tuberculous pleurisy were predominantly T cells. Responsiveness of pleural fluid T cells to purified protein derivative of tuberculin were...

Scanning electron microscopic study of rabbit ovarian follicle microvasculature using resin injection-corrosion casts.

Kanzaki, H, Okamura, H, Okuda, Y, Takenaka, A, Morimoto, K, Nishimura, T

The microvasculature of rabbit ovarian follicles was investigated three dimensionally with resin casting/SEM technique. Characteristic vascular patterns were revealed around the follicles of various...

Capillary permeability of rabbit ovarian follicles prior to ovulation.

Okuda, Y, Okamura, H, Kanzaki, H, Takenaka, A

Ultrastructurally, three possible pathways of capillary permeability were observed during the ovulatory process in rabbit ovarian follicles treated with human chorionic gonadotrophin: namely,...

Recombinant human interleukin-2 reverses in vitro-deficient cell-mediated immune responses to tuberculin purified protein derivative by lymphocytes of tuberculous patients.

Shiratsuchi, H, Okuda, Y, Tsuyuguchi, I

In vitro lymphocyte proliferative response to purified protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD) was investigated in patients with tuberculosis. Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from patients with...

In vitro tuberculin reactivity of lymphocytes from patients with tuberculous pleurisy.

Fujiwara, H, Okuda, Y, Fukukawa, T, Tsuyuguchi, I

Mononuclear cells in pleural fluid from patients with tuberculous pleurisy were predominantly T cells. Responsiveness of pleural fluid T cells to purified protein derivative of tuberculin were...

Scanning electron microscopic study of rabbit ovarian follicle microvasculature using resin injection-corrosion casts.

Kanzaki, H, Okamura, H, Okuda, Y, Takenaka, A, Morimoto, K, Nishimura, T

The microvasculature of rabbit ovarian follicles was investigated three dimensionally with resin casting/SEM technique. Characteristic vascular patterns were revealed around the follicles of various...

Capillary permeability of rabbit ovarian follicles prior to ovulation.

Okuda, Y, Okamura, H, Kanzaki, H, Takenaka, A

Ultrastructurally, three possible pathways of capillary permeability were observed during the ovulatory process in rabbit ovarian follicles treated with human chorionic gonadotrophin: namely,...

Intractable diarrhoea associated with secondary amyloidosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Okuda, Y., Takasugi, K., Oyama, T., Oyama, H., Nanba, S., Miyamoto, T.

OBJECTIVE—To examine the clinical characteristics of intractable diarrhoea associated with secondary amyloidosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
METHODS—Of 179 RA patients with biopsy confirmed...

Decreased serum apolipoprotein AII/AI ratio in systemic amyloidosis

Yamada, T., Ozawa, T., Gejyo, F., Okuda, Y., Takasugi, K., Hotta, O., ...

OBJECTIVE—To investigate if serum apolipoprotein A-I and A-II (apoAI and apoAII) concentrations change in subjects with systemic amyloidosis secondary to underlying disorders.
METHODS—Serum...

Relative serum amyloid A (SAA) values: the influence of SAA1 genotypes and corticosteroid treatment in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Yamada, T, Okuda, Y, Takasugi, K, Itoh, K, Igari, J

OBJECTIVES—(1) To determine whether serum concentration of serum amyloid A (SAA) protein is influenced by the SAA1 allele in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as previously shown in...

Changes in CO2 responsiveness and in autoregulation of the cerebral circulation during and after halothane-induced hypotension.

Okuda, Y, McDowall, D G, Ali, M M, Lane, J R

CO2 responsiveness of the cerebral circulation has been measured in baboons before, during, and after halothane-induced hypotension. At a systolic blood pressure (BP) of 60 mmHg, C02 responsiveness...

The effect of nilvadipine on bloodflow in the dorsal pedis artery in type 2 diabetic patients--a study using duplex Doppler ultrasonography.

Sone, H., Okuda, Y., Mizutani, M., Kawakami, Y., Bannai, C., Yamashita, K.

The effects of nilvadipine on the peripheral circulation in the lower extremities using a duplex system of two-dimensional colour and pulse Doppler ultrasonography were studied in 32 patients with...