H. Yamada

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1979 - 2009

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Epitaxial-strain effect on charge/orbital order in Pr0.5Ca0.5MnO3 films (2009)

Okuyama, D., Nakamura, M., Wakabayashi, Y., Itoh, H., Kumai, R., Yamada, H., ...

Effect of growth orientation on charge- and orbital-ordering (CO-OO) phenomena has been studied for Pr0.5Ca0.5MnO3 epitaxial thin films fabricated on (LaAlO3)0.3-(SrAl0.5Ta0.5O3)0.7 (LSAT) substrates...

Proinflammatory cytokine polymorphisms and the risk of preterm birth and low birthweight in a Japanese population (2009)

Sata, F., Toya, S., Yamada, H., Suzuki, K., Saijo, Y., Yamazaki, A., ...

Pregnancy and parturition involve a complex and poorly understood molecular and biological interplay between mother and fetus. Inflammatory cytokines have been reported to be associated with fetal...

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...

Construction of the Central Control System for the Large Helical Device (LHD) Fusion Experiment (2007)

K. Yamazaki, H. Yamada, K. Y. Watanabe, K. Nishimura, S. Yamaguchi, M. Shoji, ...

The world’s largest superconducting helical fusion facility, the Large Helical Device (LHD), is in the final stage of the 8-year construction schedule at the National Institute for Fusion Science...

Dispersion relation in oscillatory reaction-diffusion systems with self-consistent flow in true slime mold (2007)

Yamada, H., Nakagaki, T., Baker, R.E., Maini, P.K.

In the large amoeboid organism Physarum, biochemical oscillators are spatially distributed throughout the organism and their collective motion exhibits phase waves, which carry physiological signals....

Dispersion relation in oscillatory reaction-diffusion systems with self-consistent flow in true slime mold. (2007)

Yamada, H., Nakagaki, T., Baker, R.E., Maini, P.K.

In the large amoeboid organism Physarum, biochemical oscillators are spatially distributed throughout the organism and their collective motion exhibits phase waves, which carry physiological signals....

Dispersion relation in oscillatory reaction-diffusion systems with self-consistent flow in true slime mold (2007)

Yamada, H, Nakagaki, T, Baker, R E, Maini, P K

In the large amoeboid organism Physarum, biochemical oscillators are spatially distributed throughout the organism and their collective motion exhibits phase waves, which carry physiological signals....

Dispersion relation in oscillatory reaction-diffusion systems with self-consistent flow in true slime mold (2007)

Yamada, H., Nakagaki, T., Baker, Ruth E., Maini, P. K.

In the large amoeboid organism Physarum, biochemical oscillators are spatially distributed throughout the organism and their collective motion exhibits phase waves, which carry physiological signals....

Intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy for progressive interstitial pneumonia in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (2007)

Yamasaki, Y., Yamada, H., Yamasaki, M., Ohkubo, M., Azuma, K., Matsuoka, S., ...

Objectives. To study the efficacy and safety of monthly intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide (IVCYC) therapy for progressive interstitial pneumonia in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Methods....

Extremely high silver ionic conductivity in composites of silver halide (AgBr, AgI) and mesoporous alumina (2006)

Yamada, H., Bhattacharyya, A. J., Maier, J.

The silver ionic conductivity in heterogeneous systems of AgBr:Al2O3 and AgI:Al2O3 is highly enhanced by utilizing mesoporous Al2O3 as the insulating phase. The highest Ag+ conductivity of 3.1 X...

Stability properties of anisotropic pressure stellarator plasmas with fluid and noninteractive energetic particles (2006)

Cooper, W. A., Graves, J. P., Tran, T. M., Gruber, R., Yamaguchi, T., Narushima, Y., ...

The three-dimensional (3-D) VMEC code has been modified to model an energetic species with a variant of a Bi-Maxwellian distribution function that satisfies the constraint B . del F-h = 0, and the...

Anisotropic pressure bi-Maxwellian distribution function model for three-dimensional equilibria (2006)

Cooper, W. A., Graves, J. P., Hirshman, S. P., Yamaguchi, T., Narushima, Y., Okamura, S., ...

A formulation of the anisotropic pressure magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium problem for three-dimensional plasmas with imposed nested magnetic surfaces is developed based on a bi-Maxwellian model of...

Stimulating Effect of Japanese Herbal (Kampo) Medicine, Hochuekkito on Upper Respiratory Mucosal Immune System (2006)

Kiyohara, H., Nagai, T., Munakata, K., Nonaka, K., Hanawa, T., Kim, S. J., ...

Japanese herbal (Kampo) medicine, Hochuekkito (Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang in Chinese, TJ-41) and Juzentaihoto (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang in Chinese, TJ-48) are well-known Kampo formulas used as tonic. Although...

Intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy for progressive interstitial pneumonia in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (2006)

Yamasaki, Y., Yamada, H., Yamasaki, M., Ohkubo, M., Azuma, K., Matsuoka, S., ...

Objectives. To study the efficacy and safety of monthly intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide (IVCYC) therapy for progressive interstitial pneumonia in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Methods....

Stimulating Effect of Japanese Herbal (Kampo) Medicine, Hochuekkito on Upper Respiratory Mucosal Immune System (2006)

Kiyohara, H., Nagai, T., Munakata, K., Nonaka, K., Hanawa, T., Kim, S. J., ...

Japanese herbal (Kampo) medicine, Hochuekkito (Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang in Chinese, TJ-41) and Juzentaihoto (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang in Chinese, TJ-48) are well-known Kampo formulas used as tonic. Although...

Stimulating Effect of Japanese Herbal (Kampo) Medicine, Hochuekkito on Upper Respiratory Mucosal Immune System (2006)

Kiyohara, H., Nagai, T., Munakata, K., Nonaka, K., Hanawa, T., Kim, S. J., ...

Japanese herbal (Kampo) medicine, Hochuekkito (Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang in Chinese, TJ-41) and Juzentaihoto (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang in Chinese, TJ-48) are well-known Kampo formulas used as tonic. Although...

Intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy for progressive interstitial pneumonia in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (2006)

Yamasaki, Y., Yamada, H., Yamasaki, M., Ohkubo, M., Azuma, K., Matsuoka, S., ...

Objectives. To study the efficacy and safety of monthly intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide (IVCYC) therapy for progressive interstitial pneumonia in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Methods....

An examination for increasing the motor constant of a cylindrical moving magnet-type linear actuator (2005)

Mizuno, T, Kawai, M, Tsuchiya, F, Kosugi, M, Yamada, H

This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying...

Sexual dimorphism of cusp dimensions in human maxillary molars (2005)

Kondo, Shintaro, Townsend, Grant Clement, Yamada, H.

Published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2005; 128 (4):870-877 at www.interscience.wiley.com

Sexual dimorphism of cusp dimensions in human maxillary molars (2005)

Kondo, Shintaro, Townsend, Grant Clement, Yamada, H.

Published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2005; 128 (4):870-877 at www.interscience.wiley.com

Effects of global MHD instability on operational high beta-regime in LHD (2005)

Watanabe, K. Y., Sakakibara, S., Narushima, Y., Funaba, H., Narihara, K., Tanaka, K., ...

In the Large Helical Device (LHD), the highest operational averaged beta value has been expanded from 3.2% to 4% in the last 2 years by increasing the heating capability and exploring a new magnetic...

Three-dimensional anisotropic pressure equilibria that model balanced tangential neutral beam injection effects (2005)

Cooper, W. A., Hirshman, S. P., Yamaguchi, T., Narushima, Y., Okamura, S., Sakakibara, S., ...

Fixed boundary three-dimensional anisotropic pressure equilibria are computed that are consistent with a family of distribution functions that load particles preferentially towards v parallel to...

Maternal genetic polymorphisms in CYP1A1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 and the risk of hypospadias (2005)

Kurahashi, N., Sata, F., Kasai, S., Shibata, T., Moriya, K., Yamada, H., ...

Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies. Increased exposure to environmental factors (endocrine-disrupting chemicals and smoking) or maternal endogenous estrogen may cause...

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Inagaki, S., Yokoyama, M., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Efficient sustainment of a DC atmospheric pressure glow discharge by use an auxiliary gas flow in pin-plate electrodes (2004)

Hattori, K., Ishii, Y., Yamada, H., Tobari, H., Ando, A., Inutake, M.

We investigated experimentally characteristics of an atmospheric pressure glow discharge(APGD) produced by cathode-pin and anode-plate electrodes with a flowing gas between the electrodes. An APGD is...

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Idei, H., Inagaki, S., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Efficient sustainment of a DC atmospheric pressure glow discharge by use an auxiliary gas flow in pin-plate electrodes (2004)

Hattori, K., Ishii, Y., Yamada, H., Tobari, H., Ando, A., Inutake, M.

We investigated experimentally characteristics of an atmospheric pressure glow discharge(APGD) produced by cathode-pin and anode-plate electrodes with a flowing gas between the electrodes. An APGD is...

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Idei, H., Inagaki, S., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Inagaki, S., Yokoyama, M., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Review on the progress of the LHD experiment (2004)

Motojima, O., Yamada, H., Komori, A., Watanabe, K. Y., Mutoh, T., Takeiri, Y., ...

Recent progress in the Large Helical Device (LHD) experiment during the last 2 yr is reviewed. The LHD has been extending its operational regime toward fusion-relevant conditions while taking...

Ah receptor, CYP1A1, CYP1A2 and CYP1B1 gene polymorphisms are not involved in the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss (2004)

Saijo, Y., Sata, F., Yamada, H., Suzuki, K., Sasaki, S., Kondo, T., ...

The etiology of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) remains unclear, but it may be related to a possible genetic predisposition together with involvement of environmental factors. We examined the relation...

Maternal genetic polymorphisms in CYP1A1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 and the risk of hypospadias (2004)

Kurahashi, N., Sata, F., Kasai, S., Shibata, T., Moriya, K., Yamada, H., ...

Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies. Increased exposure to environmental factors (endocrine-disrupting chemicals and smoking) or maternal endogenous estrogen may cause...

Ah receptor, CYP1A1, CYP1A2 and CYP1B1 gene polymorphisms are not involved in the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss (2004)

Saijo, Y., Sata, F., Yamada, H., Suzuki, K., Sasaki, S., Kondo, T., ...

The etiology of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) remains unclear, but it may be related to a possible genetic predisposition together with involvement of environmental factors. We examined the relation...

Ah receptor, CYP1A1, CYP1A2 and CYP1B1 gene polymorphisms are not involved in the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss (2004)

Saijo, Y., Sata, F., Yamada, H., Suzuki, K., Sasaki, S., Kondo, T., ...

The etiology of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) remains unclear, but it may be related to a possible genetic predisposition together with involvement of environmental factors. We examined the relation...

Maternal genetic polymorphisms in CYP1A1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 and the risk of hypospadias (2004)

Kurahashi, N., Sata, F., Kasai, S., Shibata, T., Moriya, K., Yamada, H., ...

Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies. Increased exposure to environmental factors (endocrine-disrupting chemicals and smoking) or maternal endogenous estrogen may cause...

Observation of vortex distribution in samples of Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tapes with and without uranium doping by means of the high-resolution Bitter method (2003)

Ohshima, S., Ujiie, K., Kawai, T., Moriai, K., Yamada, H., Marinaro, D. G., ...

We examined the distribution of vortices in both Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tape and U-doped Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tape applying the high-resolution Bitter method. In the low temperature region (T/spl...

A demonstration of magnetic field optimization in LHD (2003)

Murakami, S., Yamada, H., Wakasa, A., Sasao, M., Isobe, M., Ozaki, T., ...

The behaviors of trapped particles in helical ripples are complicated and would enhance the radial transport of energetic particles and thermal plasma (neoclassical transport) in heliotrons. Thus the...

MHD instabilities and their effects on plasma confinement in the large helical device plasmas (2003)

Toi, K., Ohdachi, S., Yamamoto, S., Nakajima, N., Sakakibara, S., Watanabe, K. Y., ...

MHD stability of NBI heated plasmas and impacts of MHD modes on plasma confinement are intensively studied in the Large Helical Device (LHD). Three characteristic MHD instabilities were observed,...

Impurity transport model for the normal confinement and high density H-mode discharges in Wendelstein 7-AS (2003)

Ida, K., Burhenn, R., McCormick, K., Pasch, E., Yamada, H., Yoshinuma, M., ...

An impurity transport model based on diffusivity and the radial convective velocity is proposed as a first approach to explain the differences in the time evolution of Al XII (0.776 nm), Al XI (55...

Observation of vortex distribution in samples of Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tapes with and without uranium doping by means of the high-resolution Bitter method (2003)

Ohshima, S., Ujiie, K., Kawai, T., Moriai, K., Yamada, H., Marinaro, D. G., ...

We examined the distribution of vortices in both Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tape and U-doped Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tape applying the high-resolution Bitter method. In the low temperature region (T/spl...

Impact of heat deposition profile on global confinement of NBI heated plasmas in the LHD (2003)

Yamada, H., Murakami, S., Yamazaki, K., Kaneko, O., Miyazawa, J., Sakamoto, R., ...

Energy confinement and heat transport of net-current-free NBI heated plasmas in the large helical device (LHD) are discussed with emphasis on density and power deposition profile dependences....

Recent advances in the LHD experiment (2003)

Motojima, O., Ohyabu, N., Komori, A., Kaneko, O., Yamada, H., Kawahata, K., ...

In the first four years of the LHD experiment, several encouraging results have emerged, the most significant of which is that MHD stability and good transport are compatible in the inward shifted...

Observation of vortex distribution in samples of Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tapes with and without uranium doping by means of the high-resolution Bitter method (2003)

Ohshima, S., Ujiie, K., Kawai, T., Moriai, K., Yamada, H., Marinaro, D. G., ...

We examined the distribution of vortices in both Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tape and U-doped Bi-2223 Ag-sheathed tape applying the high-resolution Bitter method. In the low temperature region (T/spl...

A polymorphism in the CYP17 gene relates to the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss (2003)

Sata, F., Yamada, H., Yamada, A., Kato, E. H., Kataoka, S., Saijo, Y., ...

The CYP17 gene encodes the enzyme cytochrome P450c17α, which mediates both 17α‐hydroxylase and 17,20‐lyase activity in the steroid biosynthesis pathway. A T→C polymorphism in the...

Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms and the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss (2003)

Sata, F., Yamada, H., Kondo, T., Gong, Y., Tozaki, S., Kobashi, G., ...

The aetiology of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) remains unclear, but it may be related to a possible genetic predisposition together with involvement of environmental factors. We examined the...

Charge and Sodium Ordering in β-Na0.33V2O3 (2002)

Presura, C.N., Popinciuc, M., Marel, D. Van Der, Maris, G., Palstra, T.T.M., ...

Polarized Raman and optical spectra for the quasi one-dimensional metallic vanadate β- Na0.33V2O3 are reported for various temperatures. The spectra are discussed in the light of the sodium and...

Study of acceleration and confinement of high-energy protons during ICRF and NBI heating in LHD using a natural diamond detector (2002)

Krasilnikov, A. V., Sasao, M., Isobe, M., Kumazawa, R., Mutoh, T., Takeiri, Y., ...

Energetic tail formation by ion-cyclotron-range-of-frequencies (ICRF) heating was studied in the large helical device (LHD), by measuring high-energy charge-exchange atom spectra with a specially...

Neoclassical transport optimization of LHD (2002)

Murakami, S., Wakasa, A., Maaßberg, H., Beidler, C. D., Yamada, H., Watanabe, K. Y., ...

Neoclassical transport is studied for large helical device (LHD) configurations in which the magnetic axis has been shifted radially by determining the mono-energetic transport coefficient and the...

Microinstability studies for the large helical device (2002)

Rewoldt, G., Ku, L. P., Tang, W. M., Sugama, H., Nakajima, N., Watanabe, K. Y., ...

Fully kinetic assessments of the stability properties of toroidal drift modes have been obtained for cases for the large helical device (LHD). This calculation employs the comprehensive linear...

Loss of Nuclear Localization of the S100C Protein in Immortalized Human Fibroblasts (2001)

M. Sakaguchi, H. Yamada, T. Tsuji, Y. Inoue, M. Miyazaki, T. Tanaka, ...

Sakaguchi, M., Yamada, H., Tsuji, T., Inoue, Y., Miyazaki, M., Tanaka, T. and Namba, M. Loss of Nuclear Localization of the S100C Protein in Immortalized Human Fibroblasts. It is well known that...

Configuration flexibility and extended regimes in Large Helical Device (2001)

Yamada, H., Komori, A., Ohyabu, N., Kaneko, O., Kawahata, K., Watanabe, K. Y., ...

Recent experimental results in the Large Helical Device have indicated that a large pressure gradient can be formed beyond the stability criterion for the Mercier (high-n) mode. While the stability...

MHD characteristics in the high beta regime of the Large Helical Device (2001)

Sakakibara, S., Yamada, H., Watanabe, K., Narushima, Y., Toi, K., Ohdachi, S., ...

The highest volume averaged beta values beta (t) of 2.2% at B-t = 0.75 T (gas puff) and 2.4% at D-t = 1.3 T (pellet) in helical devices have been achieved in LHD. The beta (t) dependence of MHD...

Direct observation of lasing mode in a microdisk laser by a near-field-probing technique (2000)

Baba, Toshihiko, Yamada, H., Sakai, A., 馬場, 俊彦, ババ, トシヒコ, ...

Evanescent field profiles of whispering gallery (WG) modes in a 1.6-mu m-GaInAsP microdisk injection laser were investigated by scanning a nanoprobe near the periphery of a lasing microdisk. The...

Drift mode calculations for the Large Helical Device (2000)

Rewoldt, G., Ku, L. P., Tang, W. M., Sugama, H., Nakajima, N., Watanabe, K. Y., ...

A fully kinetic assessment of the stability properties of toroidal drift modes has been obtained for a case for the Large Helical Device [A. Iiyoshi et al., Nucl. Fusion 39, 1245 (1999)]. This...

Relationship Between Left Atrial Appendage Function and Plasma Concentration of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (2000)

Tabata, T., Oki, T., Yamada, H., Abe, M., Onose, Y., Thomas, J.D.

Background: It has been reported that the most intensely granuled cardiocytes secreting atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) are located in the atrial appendages. Aims: To evaluate the mechanisms of ANP...

Anti-nuclear antibodies in patients with premature ovarian failure (1999)

Ishizuka, B., Kudo, Y., Amemiya, A., Yamada, H., Matsuda, T., Ogata, T.

We examined the prevalence of anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) in 32 consecutive patients with premature ovarian failure with and without chromosomal abnormalities. Blood samples were taken for...

Effectiveness of a Ligating Device for Endoscopic Surgery (1995)

T. Hachisu, H. Yamada, K. Hamaguchi

A new detachable snare for hemostasis in the removal of large polyps or other elevated lesion was developed by the author (Olympus Ligating Device). It allows ligation to be performed through the...

Pulse Cyclophosphamide for Severe Neuropsychiatric Lupus (1991)

BOUMPAS, DT, YAMADA, H, PATRONAS, NJ, SCOTT, D, KLIPPEL, JH, BALOW, JE

We Studied the effect of parenteral pulse cyclophosphamide therapy in nine patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus and severe central nervous system involvement. Seven patients had focal...

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF CUBIC LAVES PHASE TRANSITION-METAL COMPOUNDS (1988)

Yamada, H., Shimizu, M.

Electronic structures of d-electrons in the cubic Laves phase transition-metal compounds are calculated in the tight-binding approximation. By making use of the calculated density-of-states curves,...

ONSET OF Mn MOMENT IN RMn2 COMPOUNDS (1988)

Yamada, H., Shimizu, M.

Electronic structures of d-electrons in heavy rare-earth R and manganese compounds RMn2 with the cubic Laves phase structure are calculated in the tight-binding approximation. A possibility of the...

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF CUBIC LAVES PHASE TRANSITION-METAL COMPOUNDS (1988)

Yamada, H., Shimizu, M.

Electronic structures of d-electrons in the cubic Laves phase transition-metal compounds are calculated in the tight-binding approximation. By making use of the calculated density-of-states curves,...

ONSET OF Mn MOMENT IN RMn2 COMPOUNDS (1988)

Yamada, H., Shimizu, M.

Electronic structures of d-electrons in heavy rare-earth R and manganese compounds RMn2 with the cubic Laves phase structure are calculated in the tight-binding approximation. A possibility of the...

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF CUBIC LAVES PHASE TRANSITION-METAL COMPOUNDS (1988)

Yamada, H., Shimizu, M.

Electronic structures of d-electrons in the cubic Laves phase transition-metal compounds are calculated in the tight-binding approximation. By making use of the calculated density-of-states curves,...

ONSET OF Mn MOMENT IN RMn2 COMPOUNDS (1988)

Yamada, H., Shimizu, M.

Electronic structures of d-electrons in heavy rare-earth R and manganese compounds RMn2 with the cubic Laves phase structure are calculated in the tight-binding approximation. A possibility of the...

The 5S RNA genes of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (1982)

Mao, J., Appel, B., Schaack, J., Sharp, S., Yamada, H., Söll, D.

The genomic arrangement and sequences of S. pombe 5S RNA genes are reported here. The 5S gene sequences appear to be dispersed within the genome, and are found independently of other rRNA genes. The...

THERMODYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF DILUTE BINARY MIXTURE OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (1979)

Ishii, C., Yamada, H.

Thermodynamical properties of the dilute mixtures of nematic liquid crystals are considered, based on the statistical model of Humphries, James and Luckhurst. In particular, the dependence of the...

THERMODYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF DILUTE BINARY MIXTURE OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (1979)

Ishii, C., Yamada, H.

Thermodynamical properties of the dilute mixtures of nematic liquid crystals are considered, based on the statistical model of Humphries, James and Luckhurst. In particular, the dependence of the...

THERMODYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF DILUTE BINARY MIXTURE OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (1979)

Ishii, C., Yamada, H.

Thermodynamical properties of the dilute mixtures of nematic liquid crystals are considered, based on the statistical model of Humphries, James and Luckhurst. In particular, the dependence of the...

Neurtrophil degranulation in cadmium-chloride-induced acute lung inflammation.

Yamada, H., Damiano, V. V., Tsang, A. L., Meranze, D. R., Glasgow, J., Abrams, W. R., ...

Lobar intrabronchial instillation of cadmium chloride (200 micrograms/ml) in saline causes a reproducible acute pulmonary inflammation in dogs. The influx of inflammatory neutrophils from the...

Role of Th1-stimulating cytokines in bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)-induced macrophage cytotoxicity against mouse bladder cancer MBT-2 cells

Luo, Y, Yamada, H, Evanoff, D P, Chen, X

Previously, we have demonstrated that macrophages exhibited cytotoxicity toward mouse bladder cancer MBT-2 cells upon bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) stimulation. In this study, we have investigated...

Comparison of the effects of the novel vasodilator FK409 with those of nitroglycerin in isolated coronary artery of the dog.

Yamada, H., Yoneyama, F., Satoh, K., Taira, N.

1. The vasorelaxant effects of FK409, a new nitrovasodilator synthesized from a microbial product, were compared with those of nitroglycerin in isolated coronary artery rings of the dog contracted...

Specific but differential antagonism by glibenclamide of the vasodepressor effects of cromakalim and nicorandil in spinally-anaesthetized dogs.

Yamada, H., Yoneyama, F., Satoh, K., Taira, N.

1. Whether the vasodepressor effects of cromakalim and nicorandil, potassium channel openers, were differentially antagonized by glibenclamide, a supposed specific antagonist of potassium channel...

Characterization of cardiac angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and in vivo inhibition following oral quinapril to rats.

Fabris, B., Yamada, H., Cubela, R., Jackson, B., Mendelsohn, F. A., Johnston, C. I.

1. Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) from the rat heart and lung was studied by use of the radioligand [125I]-351A. 2. Displacement of the bound radioinhibitor [125I]-351A was used to assess the...

Pressure response of protein backbone structure. Pressure-induced amide 15N chemical shifts in BPTI.

Akasaka, K., Li, H., Yamada, H., Li, R., Thoresen, T., Woodward, C. K.

The effect of pressure on amide 15N chemical shifts was studied in uniformly 15N-labeled basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) in 90%1H2O/10%2H2O, pH 4.6, by 1H-15N heteronuclear correlation...

15N and 1H NMR study of histidine containing protein (HPr) from Staphylococcus carnosus at high pressure.

Kalbitzer, H. R., Görler, A., Li, H., Dubovskii, P. V., Hengstenberg, W., Kowolik, C., ...

The pressure-induced changes in 15N enriched HPr from Staphylococcus carnosus were investigated by two-dimensional (2D) heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy at pressures ranging from atmospheric pressure...

A case of paternally inherited congenital myotonic dystrophy.

Nakagawa, M, Yamada, H, Higuchi, I, Kaminishi, Y, Miki, T, Johnson, K, ...

We report two sisters with congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) born to a normal mother and an affected father. The congenitally affected daughters had symptoms from birth. The age of onset of DM in...

Seminoma in a postmenopausal woman with a Y;15 translocation in peripheral blood lymphocytes and a t(Y;15)/45,X Turner mosaic pattern in skin fibroblasts.

Hoshi, N, Fujita, M, Mikuni, M, Fujino, T, Okuyama, K, Handa, Y, ...

We report an unusual case of a 55 year old Japanese woman with a seminoma but relatively normal menses. The patient was a phenotypic female with late onset menarche (18 years of age), who was...

B-cell proliferation activity of pectic polysaccharide from a medicinal herb, the roots of Bupleurum falcatum L. and its structural requirement

Sakurai, M H, Matsumoto, T, Kiyohara, H, Yamada, H

Pectic polysaccharide fraction (BR-2) containing pharmacologically active pectic polysaccharide, bupleuran 2IIc, which was prepared from a medicinal herb, the roots of Bupleurum falcatum L., was...

Inference in Possibly Integrated Vector Autoregressive Models: Finite Sample Evidence

Yamada, H., Toda, H.Y.

This paper deals with hypothesis testing in vector autoregressive (VAR) models that may contain some unit roots. We consider situations in which the researcher's goal is not detecting the presence...

A Note on Hypothesis Testing Based on the Fully Modified Vector Autoregression

Yamada, H., Toda, H.Y.

This paper investigates the sampling performance of hypothesis tests based on the fully modified vector autoregression (FM-VAR) that has recently been developed by Phillips (1995). The FM-VAR...

Effectiveness of a Ligating Device for Endoscopic Surgery

Hachisu, T., Yamada, H., Hamaguchi, K.

A new detachable snare for hemostasis in the removal of large polyps or other elevated lesion was developed by the author (Olympus Ligating Device). It allows ligation to be performed through the...

The +869T/C polymorphism in the transforming growth factor-β1 gene is associated with the severity and intractability of autoimmune thyroid disease

Yamada, H, Watanabe, M, Nanba, T, Akamizu, T, Iwatani, Y

The severity of Hashimoto's disease (HD) and the intractability of Graves' disease (GD) vary among patients. To clarify whether the +869T/C polymorphism in the transforming growth factor-β1...

Distant metastasis facilitated by BCG: spread of tumour cells injected in the BCG-primed site.

Ishibashi, T., Yamada, H., Harada, S., Harada, Y., Miyazaki, N., Takamoto, M., ...

Tumour metastasis in BCG-pretreated mice was studied using a methylcholanthrene-induced fibrosarcoma in C3H/He mice. When tumour cells were injected into the BCG-primed site, distant metastasis...

Phase I/II study of S-1 combined with irinotecan for metastatic advanced gastric cancer

Inokuchi, M, Yamashita, T, Yamada, H, Kojima, K, Ichikawa, W, Nihei, Z, ...

A dose-escalation study of irinotecan (CPT-11) combined with S-1, an oral dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase inhibitory fluoropyrimidine, was performed to determine the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD),...

Clinical outcome and risk factors for recurrence in borderline ovarian tumours

Yokoyama, Y, Moriya, T, Takano, T, Shoji, T, Takahashi, O, Nakahara, K, ...

We investigated the long-term prognosis of borderline ovarian tumours and determined risk factors for recurrence. One hundred and twenty-one borderline ovarian tumours treated between 1994 and 2003...