Yasuhito Tanaka

74 Anneal-less Domain Wall Displacement Detection of 15 Gbit/in2 land-groove recording using a deep groove substrate and a red laser (2008)

Tetsuhiro Sakamoto, Yasuhito Tanaka, Shingo Imanishi, Motohiro Furuki, Nobuyuki Arakawa

Domain Wall Displacement Detection (DWDD) medium with no annealing method, which we call "anneal-less " DWDD medium, has been improved for practical use. The key technologies of our...

Machine-Readable Dictionary Headwords (2007)

Yasuhito Tanaka, Kenji Kita

This paper shows analysis and comparison of results and discusses how we collect, sort and allocate information to the dictionary headwords. 1 Introduction

Generalized monotonicity and strategy−proofness for (2007)

Yasuhito Tanaka

Recently there are several works which analyzed the strategy−proofness of non−resolute social choice rules such as Duggan and Schwartz (2000) and Ching and Zhou (2001). In these analyses it was...

Spectrocolorimetric assessment of cartilage plugs after autologous osteochondral grafting: correlations between color indices and histological findings in a rabbit model (2007)

Hattori, Koji, Uematsu, Kota, Tanikake, Yohei, Habata, Takashi, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Yajima, Hiroshi, ...

Abstract We investigated the use of a commercial spectrocolorimeter and the application of two color models (L* a* b* colorimetric system and spectral reflectance distribution) to describe and...

Analysis of HCV genotypes from blood donors shows three new HCV type 6 subgroups exist in Myanmar. (2006)

Shinji, Toshiyuki, Kyaw, Yi Yi, Gokan, Katsunori, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Ochi, Koji, Kusano, Nobuchika, ...

The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in Myanmar in comparison with the rest of Southeast Asia is not well known. Serum samples were obtained from 201 HCV antibody-positive volunteer...

Role of hepatitis B virus genotypes Ba and C, core promoter and precore mutationson hepatocellular carcinoma: a case control study (2004)

Yuen, Man-Fung, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Mizokami, Masashi, Yuen, John Chi-Hang, Wong, Danny Ka-Ho, Yuan, He-Jun, ...

The role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes, core promoter (CP) and precore mutants on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still controversial. We aimed to determine their role on the development and...

Role of hepatitis B virus genotypes Ba and C, core promoter and precore mutations on hepatocellular carcinoma: a case control study (2004)

Yuen, Man-Fung, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Mizokami, Masashi, Yuen, John Chi-Hang, Wong, Danny Ka-Ho, Yuan, He-Jun, ...

The role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes, core promoter (CP) and precore mutants on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still controversial. We aimed to determine their role on the development and...

Escherichia coli Membrane D-Lactate Dehydrogenase. Isolation of the Enzyme in Aggregated Form and Its Activation by Triton X-100 and Phospholipids (1976)

TANAKA, Yasuhito, ANRAKU, Yasuhiro, FUTAI, Masamitsu

D-Lactate dehydrogenase was obtained in an aggregated form consisting of 2 to 3 molecules of the monomer enzyme after removal of most Triton X-100 from the preparation as described previously (1)....

Changes in mitochondrial activity during enlargement of mung bean root cells (1973)

Tanaka, Yasuhito, Asahi, Tadashi

A mitochondrial fraction was separately prepared from two different regions of mung bean roots; from root-tips which contained mainly immature cells and from tissue, other than the root-tips, which...

Development of a TT Virus DNA Quantification System Using Real-Time Detection PCR

Kato, Takanobu, Mizokami, Masashi, Mukaide, Motokazu, Orito, Etsuro, Ohno, Tomoyoshi, Nakano, Tatsunori, ...

Although TT virus (TTV) was isolated from a cryptogenic posttransfusion hepatitis patient, its pathogenic role remains unclear. It has been reported that the majority of the healthy population is...

A comparison of the molecular clock of hepatitis C virus in the United States and Japan predicts that hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in the United States will increase over the next two decades

Tanaka, Yasuhito, Hanada, Kousuke, Mizokami, Masashi, Yeo, Anthony E. T., Shih, J. Wai-Kuo, Gojobori, Takashi, ...

The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is considerably lower in the U.S. than in Japan. To elucidate this difference, we determined the time origin of the...

Novel Hepatitis B Virus Genotype A Subtyping Assay That Distinguishes Subtype Aa from Ae and Its Application in Epidemiological Studies

Hasegawa, Izumi, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Kramvis, Anna, Kato, Takanobu, Sugauchi, Fuminaka, Acharya, Subrat K., ...

The eight genotypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) have different geographical distributions, virological characteristics, and clinical manifestations. A unique subtype of HBV genotype A (HBV/A) was...

Longitudinal Study of Hepatitis Activity and Viral Replication before and after HBeAg Seroconversion in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Infected with Genotypes B and C

Yuen, Man-Fung, Fung, Scott K., Tanaka, Yasuhito, Kato, Takanobu, Mizokami, Masashi, Yuen, John Chi-Hang, ...

The aims of this study were to compare chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with genotypes B and C for the probability of HBeAg seroconversion, hepatitis activity, and viral replication before and...

Novel Type of Hepatitis B Virus Mutation: Replacement Mutation Involving a Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 Binding Site Tandem Repeat in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Genotype E

Fujiwara, Kei, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Paulon, Emma, Orito, Etsuro, Sugiyama, Masaya, Ito, Kiyoaki, ...

The genetic diversity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains has evolved through mutations such as point mutations, deletions or insertions, and recombination. We identified and characterized a novel...

Detection of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Effects of Interferon and Ribavirin by a Sensitive Replicon System

Kato, Takanobu, Date, Tomoko, Miyamoto, Michiko, Sugiyama, Masaya, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Orito, Etsuro, ...

Although combination therapy with interferon and ribavirin has improved the treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the detailed anti-HCV effect of ribavirin in clinical...

Development of a TT Virus DNA Quantification System Using Real-Time Detection PCR

Kato, Takanobu, Mizokami, Masashi, Mukaide, Motokazu, Orito, Etsuro, Ohno, Tomoyoshi, Nakano, Tatsunori, ...

Although TT virus (TTV) was isolated from a cryptogenic posttransfusion hepatitis patient, its pathogenic role remains unclear. It has been reported that the majority of the healthy population is...

A comparison of the molecular clock of hepatitis C virus in the United States and Japan predicts that hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in the United States will increase over the next two decades

Tanaka, Yasuhito, Hanada, Kousuke, Mizokami, Masashi, Yeo, Anthony E. T., Shih, J. Wai-Kuo, Gojobori, Takashi, ...

The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is considerably lower in the U.S. than in Japan. To elucidate this difference, we determined the time origin of the...

Novel Hepatitis B Virus Genotype A Subtyping Assay That Distinguishes Subtype Aa from Ae and Its Application in Epidemiological Studies

Hasegawa, Izumi, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Kramvis, Anna, Kato, Takanobu, Sugauchi, Fuminaka, Acharya, Subrat K., ...

The eight genotypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) have different geographical distributions, virological characteristics, and clinical manifestations. A unique subtype of HBV genotype A (HBV/A) was...

Longitudinal Study of Hepatitis Activity and Viral Replication before and after HBeAg Seroconversion in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Infected with Genotypes B and C

Yuen, Man-Fung, Fung, Scott K., Tanaka, Yasuhito, Kato, Takanobu, Mizokami, Masashi, Yuen, John Chi-Hang, ...

The aims of this study were to compare chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with genotypes B and C for the probability of HBeAg seroconversion, hepatitis activity, and viral replication before and...

Novel Type of Hepatitis B Virus Mutation: Replacement Mutation Involving a Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 Binding Site Tandem Repeat in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Genotype E

Fujiwara, Kei, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Paulon, Emma, Orito, Etsuro, Sugiyama, Masaya, Ito, Kiyoaki, ...

The genetic diversity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains has evolved through mutations such as point mutations, deletions or insertions, and recombination. We identified and characterized a novel...

Detection of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Effects of Interferon and Ribavirin by a Sensitive Replicon System

Kato, Takanobu, Date, Tomoko, Miyamoto, Michiko, Sugiyama, Masaya, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Orito, Etsuro, ...

Although combination therapy with interferon and ribavirin has improved the treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the detailed anti-HCV effect of ribavirin in clinical...

Molecular Evolution of Hepatitis B Virus over 25 Years

Osiowy, Carla, Giles, Elizabeth, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Mizokami, Masashi, Minuk, Gerald Y.

Determining the longitudinal molecular evolution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is difficult due to HBV's genomic complexity and the need to study paired samples collected over long periods of time. In...

The incentive for export subsidies under imperfect competition

Yasuhito Tanaka

By taking into account factor market interactions, the theory of strategic trade policies can consistently explain the fact that less efficient countries offer greater export subsidies to the most...

Negotiated tariffs in free entry oligopoly under integrated markets

Yasuhito Tanaka

Using the Nash bargaining approach, this paper analyzes the negotiation of tariffs between two countries in free-entry oligopolies under integrated markets. Employing a symmetric model with linear...

Clinical and Virological Characteristics of Hepatitis B Virus Subgenotypes Ba, C1, and C2 in China▿

Wang, Zhanhui, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Huang, Yuehua, Kurbanov, Fuat, Chen, Jinjun, Zeng, Guobing, ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) subgenotypes Ba, C1 (Cs), and C2 (Ce) are the most prevalent HBV variants in China. To investigate the virological characteristics of these subgenotypes and their clinical...

Influence of Hepatitis B Virus X and Core Promoter Mutations on Hepatocellular Carcinoma among Patients Infected with Subgenotype C2▿

Shinkai, Noboru, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Ito, Kiyoaki, Mukaide, Motokazu, Hasegawa, Izumi, Asahina, Yasuhiro, ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes/subgenotypes and their related mutations in the HBV genome have been reported to be associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). To determine the HCC-associated...

Spectrocolorimetric assessment of cartilage plugs after autologous osteochondral grafting: correlations between color indices and histological findings in a rabbit model

Hattori, Koji, Uematsu, Kota, Tanikake, Yohei, Habata, Takashi, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Yajima, Hiroshi, ...

We investigated the use of a commercial spectrocolorimeter and the application of two color models (L* a* b* colorimetric system and spectral reflectance distribution) to describe and quantify...

6-Aminohexanoate Oligomer Hydrolases from the Alkalophilic Bacteria Agromyces sp. Strain KY5R and Kocuria sp. Strain KY2▿

Yasuhira, Kengo, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Shibata, Hiroshi, Kawashima, Yasuyuki, Ohara, Akira, Kato, Dai-ichiro, ...

Alkalophilic, nylon oligomer-degrading strains, Agromyces sp. and Kocuria sp., were isolated from the wastewater of a nylon-6 factory and from activated sludge from a sewage disposal plant. The...

Hepatitis B Virus Core-Related Antigens as Markers for Monitoring Chronic Hepatitis B Infection▿

Wong, Danny Ka-Ho, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Lai, Ching-Lung, Mizokami, Masashi, Fung, James, Yuen, Man-Fung

A sensitive chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay has been developed for hepatitis B virus (HBV) core-related antigen (HBcrAg) detection. We aimed to investigate the usefulness of HBcrAg measurement...

Generalized monotonicity and strategy-proofness for non-resolute social choice correspondences

Yasuhito Tanaka

Recently there are several works which analyzed the strategy-proofness of non-resolute social choice rules such as Duggan and Schwartz (2000) and Ching and Zhou (2001). In these analyses it was...

A necessary and sufficient condition for Wilson's impossibility theorem with strict non-imposition

Yasuhito Tanaka

Wilson's impossibility theorem (Wilson(1972)) about Arrovian social welfare functions (Arrow(1963)) states that there exists a dictator or an inverse-dictator for any non-null social welfare function...

Generalized monotonicity and strategy-proofness: A note

Yasuhito Tanaka

In this note we define generalized monotonicity which is a generalized version of monotonicity due to Muller and Satterthwaite (1979) for a social choice function under individual preferences which...

Strategy-proofness of social choice functions and non-negative association property with continuous preferences

Yasuhito Tanaka

We consider the relation between strategy-proofness of resolute (single-valued) social choice functions and its property which we call Non-negative association property (NNAP) when individual...

On the Consistent Conjectures Equilibrium of Export Subsidy Game.

Tanaka, Yasuhito

This paper explores an export subsidy game in an international duopoly in which governments of countries as well as firms hold conjectures about the response of other governments. In the framework...

On the equivalence of the Arrow impossibility theorem and the Brouwer fixed point theorem (forthcoming in ``Applied Mathematics and Computation''(Elsevier))

Yasuhito Tanaka

We will show that in the case where there are two individuals and three alternatives (or under the assumption of free-triple property) the Arrow impossibility theorem for social welfare functions...

A topological approach to the Arrow impossibility theorem when individual preferences are weak orders (forcoming in ``Applied Mathematics and Compuation''(Elsevier))

Yasuhito Tanaka

We will present a topological approach to the Arrow impossibility theorem of social choice theory that there exists no binary social choice rule (which we will call a social welfare function) which...

A topological proof of Eliaz's unified theorem of social choice theory (forthcoming in "Applied Mathematics and Computation")

Yasuhito Tanaka

Recently Eliaz(2004) has presented a unified framework to study (Arrovian) social welfare functions and non-binary social choice functions based on the concept of 'preference reversal'. He showed...

Basics of topology and the Brouwer fixed point theorem for Economics (in Japanese)

Yasuhito Tanaka

Basics of topology and the Brouwer fixed point theorem for Economics

Oligarchy for Social Choice Correspondences and Strategy-Proofness

Yasuhito Tanaka

We study the existence of a group of individuals which has some decisive power for social choice correspondences that satisfy a monotonicity property which we call modified monotonicity. And we...

ON THE EFFECTS OF COMMODITY TAX UNDER FREE ENTRY OLIGOPOLY IN THE PRESENCE OF EXPORT MARKET

YASUHITO TANAKA

If the inverse demand function in the domestic country is concave, or it is not too convex even if it is convex, a small specific commodity tax raises the social welfare in the domestic country and...

exposita notes : Long run equilibria in an asymmetric oligopoly

Yasuhito Tanaka

Consider an oligopolistic industry composed of two groups (or populations) of firms, the low cost firms and the high cost firms. The firms produce a homogeneous good. I study the finite population...

Tariffs and Welfare of an Exporting Country in a Free Entry Oligopoly under Integrated Markets.

Tanaka, Yasuhito

In this paper, the author examines the effects of an increase in the specific and ad valorem tariff in the importing country on the welfare of the exporting country in a free-entry oligopoly under...

An alternative direct proof of Gibbard’s random dictatorship theorem

Yasuhito Tanaka

We present an alternative proof of the Gibbard’s random dictatorship theorem with ex post Pareto optimality. Gibbard(1977) showed that when the number of alternatives is finite and larger than two,...

THE HEX GAME THEOREM AND THE ARROW IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM: THE CASE OF WEAK ORDERS

Yasuhito Tanaka

The Arrow impossibility theorem when individual preferences are weak orders is equivalent to the HEX game theorem. Because Gale showed that the Brouwer fixed point theorem is equivalent to the HEX...

On the computability of quasi-transitive binary social choice rules in an infinite society and the halting problem

Yasuhito Tanaka

Quasi-transitive social choice rule, Vetoer, Oligarchy, Infinite society, Nonsolvable problem, Halting problem,

On the equivalence of the Arrow impossibility theorem and the Brouwer fixed point theorem when individual preferences are weak orders

Tanaka, Yasuhito

We will show that in the case where there are two individuals and three alternatives (or under the assumption of the free-triple property), and individual preferences are weak orders (which may...

Abbott RealTime Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HCV Assays for Prediction of Sustained Virological Response to Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients ▿

Matsuura, Kentaro, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Hasegawa, Izumi, Ohno, Tomoyoshi, Tokuda, Hiroshi, Kurbanov, Fuat, ...

Two commercial real-time PCR assays are currently available for sensitive hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA quantification: the Abbott RealTime HCV assay (ART) and Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HCV...

Distribution of Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes among Patients with Chronic Infection in Japan Shifting toward an Increase of Genotype A▿

Matsuura, Kentaro, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Hige, Shuhei, Yamada, Gotaro, Murawaki, Yoshikazu, Komatsu, Masafumi, ...

Acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been increasing through promiscuous sexual contacts, and HBV genotype A (HBV/A) is frequent in patients with acute hepatitis B (AHB) in Japan. To compare...