M. Shoji

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Zeitraum

1990 - 2009

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85

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How Polarization and Scattering can reveal Geometries, Dynamics, and Feeding of Active Galactic Nuclei (2008)

Goosmann, R. W., Gaskell, C. M., Shoji, M.

Gaskell et al. (2007) introduced polarization reverberation mapping as a new technique to explore the structure of active galactic nuclei. We present modeling results for the time-dependent...

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...

Performance of the Charge Injection Capability of Suzaku XIS (2007)

Nakajima, H., Yamaguchi, H., Matsumoto, H., Tsuru, T. G., Koyama, K., Tsunemi, H., ...

A charge injection technique is applied to the X-ray CCD camera, XIS (X-ray Imaging Spectrometer) onboard Suzaku. The charge transfer inefficiency (CTI) in each CCD column (vertical transfer channel)...

Modeling the Polarization of Dusty Scattering Cones in Active Galactic Nuclei (2007)

Goosmann, Rene W., Gaskell, C. Martin, Shoji, M.

We have used the STOKES radiative transfer code, to model polarization induced by dust scattering in the polar regions of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). We discuss the wavelength-dependence of the...

AGN polarization modeling with STOKES (2007)

Goosmann, Rene W., Gaskell, C. Martin, Shoji, M.

We introduce a new, publicly available Monte Carlo radiative transfer code, STOKES, which has been developed to model polarization induced by scattering off free electrons and dust grains. It can be...

Overview of confinement and MHD stability in the Large Helical Device (2005)

Motojima,O., Ida,K., Watanabe,K. Y., Nagayama,Y., Komori,A., Morisaki,T., ...

This article based on the 2004 Fusion Energy Conference contributions (Vilamoura, Portugal, 1-6 November 2004)

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....

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....

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., 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....

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., 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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

Substrate proteins for calmodulin-sensitive and phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinases in heart, and inhibition of their phosphorylation by palmitoylcarnitine.

Katoh, N, Wrenn, R W, Wise, B C, Shoji, M, Kuo, J F

At least two substrate proteins for phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase and at least six substrates for calmodulin-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase were identified in the...

Calcium-dependent protein kinase: widespread occurrence in various tissues and phyla of the animal kingdom and comparison of effects of phospholipid, calmodulin, and trifluoperazine.

Kuo, J F, Andersson, R G, Wise, B C, Mackerlova, L, Salomonsson, I, Brackett, N L, ...

A widespread occurrence of Ca2+-dependent protein kinase was shown in various tissues and phyla of the animal kingdom. Phosphatidylserine appeared to be more effective than calmodulin in supporting...

Guanosine cyclic monophosphate-dependent protein kinase from foetal calf heart. Purification, general properties and catalytic subunit.

Shoji, M, Patrick, J G, Davis, C W, Kuo, J F

Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase was purified from foetal calf hearts, and its general properties and subunit structure were studied. The enzyme was purified over 900-fold from the heart extract...

Mutations affecting nerve attachment of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Shioi, G, Shoji, M, Nakamura, M, Ishihara, T, Katsura, I, Fujisawa, H, ...

Using a pan-neuronal GFP marker, a morphological screen was performed to detect Caenorhabditis elegans larval lethal mutants with severely disorganized major nerve cords. We recovered and...

Substrate proteins for calmodulin-sensitive and phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinases in heart, and inhibition of their phosphorylation by palmitoylcarnitine.

Katoh, N, Wrenn, R W, Wise, B C, Shoji, M, Kuo, J F

At least two substrate proteins for phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase and at least six substrates for calmodulin-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase were identified in the...

Calcium-dependent protein kinase: widespread occurrence in various tissues and phyla of the animal kingdom and comparison of effects of phospholipid, calmodulin, and trifluoperazine.

Kuo, J F, Andersson, R G, Wise, B C, Mackerlova, L, Salomonsson, I, Brackett, N L, ...

A widespread occurrence of Ca2+-dependent protein kinase was shown in various tissues and phyla of the animal kingdom. Phosphatidylserine appeared to be more effective than calmodulin in supporting...

Guanosine cyclic monophosphate-dependent protein kinase from foetal calf heart. Purification, general properties and catalytic subunit.

Shoji, M, Patrick, J G, Davis, C W, Kuo, J F

Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase was purified from foetal calf hearts, and its general properties and subunit structure were studied. The enzyme was purified over 900-fold from the heart extract...

Mutations affecting nerve attachment of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Shioi, G, Shoji, M, Nakamura, M, Ishihara, T, Katsura, I, Fujisawa, H, ...

Using a pan-neuronal GFP marker, a morphological screen was performed to detect Caenorhabditis elegans larval lethal mutants with severely disorganized major nerve cords. We recovered and...

Activation of coagulation and angiogenesis in cancer: immunohistochemical localization in situ of clotting proteins and vascular endothelial growth factor in human cancer.

Shoji, M., Hancock, W. W., Abe, K., Micko, C., Casper, K. A., Baine, R. M., ...

Thrombin-catalyzed, cross-linked fibrin (XLF) formation is a characteristic histopathological finding in many human and experimental tumors and is thought to be of importance in the local host...

Alzheimer amyloid beta-protein precursor in sperm development.

Shoji, M., Kawarabayashi, T., Harigaya, Y., Yamaguchi, H., Hirai, S., Kamimura, T., ...

We prepared antisera to both the N and C termini of amyloid beta-protein precursor (APP). Both antisera labeled 110 to 140 kd proteins from rat testis by immunoblotting. Northern blot analysis using...

Electron micrograph of diffuse plaques. Initial stage of senile plaque formation in the Alzheimer brain.

Yamaguchi, H., Nakazato, Y., Hirai, S., Shoji, M., Harigaya, Y.

The ultrastructure of diffuse plaques (devoid of both amyloid core and swollen neurites) in the frontal cortex of an Alzheimer brain was examined, using paired routine electron microscopic ultrathin...

Alpha 1-antichymotrypsin is present in diffuse senile plaques. A comparative study of beta-protein and alpha 1-antichymotrypsin immunostaining in the Alzheimer brain.

Shoji, M., Hirai, S., Yamaguchi, H., Harigaya, Y., Ishiguro, K., Matsubara, E.

Immunocytochemical examinations of the brains of patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, Down's syndrome, and Gerstmann-Sträusslar-Scheinker disease were performed to clarify the...

Secondary deposition of beta amyloid within extracellular neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer-type dementia.

Yamaguchi, H., Nakazato, Y., Shoji, M., Okamoto, K., Ihara, Y., Morimatsu, M., ...

The hippocampal areas of 34 autopsy specimen brains from aged demented and nondemented subjects were examined using double staining of Bodian and beta protein. In 18 cases (75.5 +/- 7.4 years old),...

Analysis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 gene and haplotype analysis: (CCG)1- 2 polymorphism and contribution to founder effect

Mizushima, K., Watanabe, M., Kondo, I., Okamoto, K., Shizuka, M., Abe, K., ...

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 is a familial spinocerebellar ataxia with autosomal dominant inheritance. The gene responsible was recently cloned and this disorder was found to be the result of a CAG...

Accumulation of NACP/α-synuclein in Lewy body disease and multiple system atrophy

Shoji, M., Harigaya, Y., Sasaki, A., Ueda, K., Ishiguro, K., Matsubara, E., ...

OBJECTIVES—NACP/α-synuclein is an aetiological gene product in familial Parkinson's disease. To clarify the pathological role of NACP/α-synuclein in sporadic Parkinson's disease and other related...

Presynaptic inhibition of cerebellar GABAergic transmission by glutamate decarboxylase autoantibodies in progressive cerebellar ataxia

Takenoshita, H, Shizuka-Ikeda, M, Mitoma, H, Song, S, Harigaya, Y, Igeta, Y, ...

Autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) have been found in stiff-man syndrome, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and progressive cerebellar ataxia. A patient with progressive...

A Molecular Dynamics Study Of Interface Phenomena Of A Liquid Droplet

S. Maruyama, S. Matsumoto, M. Shoji, A. Ogita

Liquid droplets of argon surrounded by the vapor for various temperatures and various sizes have been simulated by the molecular dynamics method. Macroscopic characteristics of droplets such as...