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Letter to Grace H. Shimada
No full textCondolence letter to Mrs. Grace H. Shimada regarding the death of her husband George M. Shimada
The H-Invitational Database (H-InvDB), a comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts
No full textHere we report the new features and improvements in our latest release of the H-Invitational Database (H-InvDB; http://www.h-invitational.jp/), a comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts. H-InvDB, originally developed as an integrated database of the human transcriptome based on extensive annotation of large sets of full-length cDNA (FLcDNA) clones, now provides annotation for 120 558 human mRNAs extracted from the International Nucleotide Sequence Databases (INSD), in addition to 54 978 human FLcDNAs, in the latest release H-InvDB_4.6. We mapped those human transcripts onto the human genome sequences (NCBI build 36.1) and determined 34 699 human gene clusters, which could define 34 057 (98.1%) protein-coding and 642 (1.9%) non-protein-coding loci; 858 (2.5%) transcribed loci overlapped with predicted pseudogenes. For all these transcripts and genes, we provide comprehensive annotation including gene structures, gene functions, alternative splicing variants, functional non-protein-coding RNAs, functional domains, predicted sub cellular localizations, metabolic pathways, predictions of protein 3D structure, mapping of SNPs and microsatellite repeat motifs, co-localization with orphan diseases, gene expression profiles, orthologous genes, protein–protein interactions (PPI) and annotation for gene families. The current H-InvDB annotation resources consist of two main views: Transcript view and Locus view and eight sub-databases: the DiseaseInfo Viewer, H-ANGEL, the Clustering Viewer, G-integra, the TOPO Viewer, Evola, the PPI view and the Gene family/group
Halalaimus shinkai Shimada & Takeda & Tsune & Murakami 2020, sp. nov.
No full textHalalaimus shinkai Shimada, sp. nov. Figures 3–4, Table 4. Type material. Holotype. Adult male (NSMT-As 4618), formalin-fixed, permanent whole mount. Type locality. CCFZ (10° 25.9376′ N, 147° 50.0029′ W, 5321 m depth) with a spade corer by the third author on 1 Oct. 2016. Diagnosis. Halalaimus shinkai sp. nov. is characterized by the presence of the somatic and ornamented caudal alae, the absence of the inner labial sensilla, the papilliform outer labial and cephalic sensilla, short (10 cloacal body diameters) tail with a longer conical portion than cylindrical portion, the tail tip without bifurcation, the longer (2.0 cloacal body diameters) spicules, the gubernacula with lateral pieces at both sides, and the absence of the precloacal sensillum and pore. Etymology. The specific name shinkai is a noun in apposition, derived from the Japanese word shinkai (deepsea). Description. Male. Body almost cylindrical, tapering in cervical and caudal regions. Cuticle 5–6 μm thick and finely striated throughout whole body, except cylindrical portion of tail. Somatic alae present in both lateral sides, from just anterior to end of pharynx to 7.0 cloacal body diameters anterior to cloaca, not ornamented and looking like longitudinal grooves. Ornamented (with scale-like structures) caudal alae also present, from just anterior to cloaca to end of conical portion of tail: ornaments transversely elongated, posteriorly unclear. Somatic setae sparse, 1–2 μm long, arranged in eight longitudinal rows. Head rounded, not set off from cervical region, diameter at cephalic sensilla bases equal to 0.14 maximum body diameters. Inner labial sensilla indistinct. Six outer labial and four cephalic sensilla papilliform, arranged in two well-separated circles: outer labial sensilla located at 0.45 cephalic diameters from anterior end; cephalic sensilla at 1.0 cephalic diameter from anterior end. Amphids longitudinally elongated: anterior end at 1.7 cephalic diameters from anterior body end; posterior end at 9.1 cephalic diameters from anterior body end; 0.18 corresponding body diameters wide at anterior end; 0.12 corresponding body diameters wide at the middle; and 0.09 corresponding body diameters wide at posterior end. Buccal cavity minute. Pharynx enlarged at posterior end. Nerve ring and secretory-excretory system not observed. Cardia short, 1/5 of corresponding body diameters long. Tail conico-cylindrical, 10.1 cloacal body diameters long: anterior conical portion 65% of tail length; posterior cylindrical portion filiform, ca. 5% of cloacal body diameter wide; tip very slightly expanded, with spinneret and no terminal setae. Caudal glands located postcloacally. Caudal sensilla papilliform or very short setiform, difficult to observe. Reproductive system diorchic. Testes opposed and outstretched: anterior testis located on right side of intestine, situated from 45% to 52% of body length; posterior testis located on left side of intestine, situated from 56% to 67% of body length. Sperms globular or spheroid in shape, 5–10 μm in diameter. Vas deferens conspicuous. Spicules equal, arcuate with ventral velum, 1.8–1.9 cloacal body diameters or 0.2 tail lengths. Gubernacula paired, consisting of dorsal and lateral pieces: dorsal piece parallel to spicules, 0.7 cloacal body diameters or 0.4 spicule lengths, with a large ventral apophysis between both spicules; lateral piece as long as dorsal piece, constricted at both ends. Precloacal sensillum or pore absent. Female. Not found. Remarks. A male was identified in the genus Halalaimus based on the longitudinally elongated amphids. Keppner (1992) reviewed Halalaimus with descriptions of 11 new species divided into four groups using male characteristics, viz. the presence or absence of caudal alae and the presence or absence of precloacal supplements (sensillum and/or pore). Since the publication of Keppner’s work (1992), 12 new species have been described: H. aciculus Gagarin & Nguyen, 2014, H. dimorphus Turpeenniemi, 1997, H. minimus Gagarin, 2016, H. orientalis Gagarin, 2016, and H. vietnamicus Gagarin, 2016, which are in group 1; H. durus Gagarin & Nguyen, 2004, H. gidanensis Nasira & Turpeenniemi, 2002, and H. minor Gagarin & Nguyen, 2004 which are in group 2; H. dolgovi Alexeev & Linnik, 1994 which is in group 3; H. longipharynx Gagarin & Nguyen, 2018 and H. parvulus Gagarin & Nguyen, 2018 which are in group 4; and H. deseadensis Pastor de Ward, 1998 which is only known from female specimens. In addition, H. longistriatus Timm, 1961 was categorized in group 4 by Keppner (1992), but should be removed, as a male of this species has not been described. Currently, Halalaimus consists of 87 valid species: each of the four groups contain 15, 12, 13, and 31 species, respectively; the other 16 species were established based only on females. Halalaimus shinkai sp. nov. belongs to group 2, members of which have the caudal alae and lack the precloacal sensillum or pore. Halalaimus shinkai sp. nov. can be distinguished from all of the congeners in group 2 by the presence of the lateral pieces of gubernacula (vs. absence in the congeners). In addition, it differs from H. brimi Keppner, 1992 due to the tail tip which does not have bifurcation (vs. with bifurcation in H. brimi); from H. alatus Timm, 1952, H. durus, H. gidanensis, and H. sarsi Gerlach, 1967 by the presence of the somatic alae (vs. absence in the latter); from H. filum Gerlach, 1962, H. lineatoides Timm, 1961, H. lineatus Timm, 1961, and H. relatus Gerlach, 1967 by the ornamented caudal alae (vs. unornamented in the latter); from H. gerlachi Keppner, 1992 by the shorter tail (10 cloacal body diameters long in H. shinkai sp. nov. vs. longer than 20 cloacal body diameters in H. gerlachi); from H. gracilis de Man, 1888 by the papilliform outer labial and cephalic sensilla (vs. setiform in the latter); and from H. minor by the larger body size (ca. 4 mm in H. shinkai sp. nov. vs. ca. 0.5 mm in H. minor). Halalaimus shinkai sp. nov. resembles H. americanus Keppner, 1992, H. dolgovi, and H. paracomatus Keppner, 1992 in the presence of the lateral pieces of gubernacula. However, it can be distinguished from these species since it belongs to group 2 (vs. belonging to group 1, 1, and 3, respectively). It also differs in the papilliform outer labial and cephalic sensilla (vs. setiform in the latter three species). Halalaimus shinkai sp. nov. also resembles H. leptoderma Platonova, 1971 and H. pachyderma Filipjev, 1927 in the papilliform outer labial and cephalic sensilla, but differs from them by belonging group 2 (vs. both belonging to group 4). It also differs due to larger gubernacula with lateral pieces (vs. small, without lateral pieces). The taxonomic key for the species of Halalaimus group 2 amended from Keppner (1992) is as follows: 1 Caudal alae unornamented.............................................................................. 2 - Caudal alae ornamented................................................................................ 8 2 Gubernaculum with dorso-caudally directed apophysis........................................................ 3 - Gubernaculum without dorso-caudally directed apophysis..................................................... 5 3 Somatic alae present.............................................................................. H. filum - Somatic alae absent................................................................................... 4 4 Outer labial setae shorter than cephalic diameter....................................................... H. alatus - Outer labial setae twice as long as cephalic diameter.................................................... H. sarsi 5 Somatic alae absent......................................................................... H. gidanensis - Somatic alae present................................................................................... 6 6 Tail length ca. 30 cloacal body diameters........................................................... H. relatus - Tail length ca. 10–15 cloacal body diameters............................................................... 7 7 Outer labial sensilla setiform, equal to cephalic diameter.............................................. H. lineatus - Outer labial sensilla papilliform................................................................ H. lineatoides 8 Tail tip bifurcated............................................................................... H. brimi - Tail tip not bifurcated.................................................................................. 9 9 Gubernaculum with dorso-caudally directed apophysis....................................................... 10 - Gubernaculum without dorso-caudally directed apophysis.................................................... 11 10 Tail longer than 20 cloacal body diameters......................................................... H. gerlachi - Tail length ca. 10 cloacal body diameters............................................................ H. minor 11 Gubernaculum with lateral piece........................................................... H. shinkai sp. nov. - Gubernaculum without lateral piece...................................................................... 12 12 Inner labial sensilla setiform..................................................................... H. gracilis - Inner labial sensilla papilliform.................................................................... H. durusPublished as part of Shimada, Daisuke, Takeda, Naoya, Tsune, Akira & Murakami, Chisato, 2020, Three new species of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Enoplida) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), North Pacific, pp. 507-526 in Zootaxa 4859 (4) on pages 513-514, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/453729
Phanodermopsis dordi Shimada & Takeda & Tsune & Murakami 2020, sp. nov.
No full textPhanodermopsis dordi Shimada, sp. nov. Figures 1–2, Table 4. Type material. Holotype. Adult male (NSMT-As 4617), formalin-fixed, permanent whole mount, broken in posterior body region and connected with vas deferens (see Figures 1, 2). Type locality. CCFZ (10° 25.9376′ N, 147° 50.0029′ W, 5321 m depth) with a spade corer by the third author on 1 Oct. 2016. Diagnosis. Phanodermopsis dordi sp. nov. is characterized by the papilliform outer labial and cephalic sensilla, the absence of the sub-cephalic sensilla, the anterior position of the pore of secretory-excretory system (1.4 cephalic diameters from anterior body end), the long, conical tail (2.3 cloacal body diameters) with an acute tip, the long spicules (1.9 cloacal body diameters), and the absence of the gubernaculum. Etymology. The specific name dordi is a noun in the genitive case after DORD. Description. Male. Body almost cylindrical, tapering toward both ends. Cuticle finely striated, 2–5 μm thick. Somatic sensilla absent. Gland cells surrounding intestine (cf. Shimada & Kakui 2019) absent. Head rounded and slightly set off by constriction at 0.6 cephalic diameters from anterior body end, diameter at level of cephalic sensilla bases equal to 0.2 maximum body diameters. Cephalic cuticle 1–2 μm thick. Type II pharyngo-cephalic complex (cf. Zograf et al. 2015) present: pharyngeal capsule with three short outgrowths at anterior end; cephalic capsule weakly developed (ca. 1 μm thick and 6 μm long). Six inner labial sensilla papilliform. Six outer labial and four cephalic sensilla also papilliform, arranged in separate circles (the former just anterior to the latter), situated at 0.4 cephalic diameters from anterior end. Sub-cephalic or cervical sensilla absent. Amphids situated at 0.75 cephalic diameters from anterior end, 0.3 corresponding body diameters wide, with transverse slit-like aperture and pocket-like fovea. Buccal cavity conical, without solid teeth. Pharynx enlarged posteriorly. Pore of secretory-excretory system located at 1.4 cephalic diameters or 0.05 pharyngeal lengths from anterior end. Gland cell of secretory-excretory system not observed. Nerve ring at 0.45 pharyngeal lengths from anterior end. Cardia short, 1/3 of corresponding body diameters long. Intestine almost cylindrical, broken in posterior body region. Tail conical, 2.3 cloacal body diameters long. Cloacal or caudal sensilla not observed. Tail tip acute, with spinneret and no terminal setae. Caudal glands precloacal, but probably lost due to injury of posterior body region. Reproductive system diorchic. Testes opposed and outstretched, both located on left side of intestine: anterior testis longer, situated from 53% to 70% of body length; posterior testis situated from 68% to 74% of body length. Sperms globular or spheroid in shape, 3–10 μm in diameter. Vas deferens conspicuous. Spicules equal in size and shape, 1.9 cloacal body diameters long or 0.8 tail lengths, strongly arcuate, without proximal head, distally not acute. Gubernaculum not observed. Precloacal supplement or sensilla absent. Female. Not found. Remarks. A male was identified as a member of the genus Phanodermopsis based on the presence of the type II pharyngo-cephalic complex, the short spicule (less than 2.0 cloacal body diameters), and the absence of the precloacal supplement. Phanodermopsis contains only four valid species: P. groenlandica Ditlevsen, 1926, P. ingrami Mawson, 1958, P. kohtsukai Shimada & Kakui, 2019, and P. nana Zograf et al., 2015 (Zograf et al. 2015; Shimada & Kakui 2019). Phanodermopsis dordi sp. nov. differs from all the congeners by the papilliform outer labial and cephalic sensilla (vs. setiform, 0.5–1.0 cephalic body diameters long in the congeners); and the position of the pore of secretoryexcretory system (1.4 cephalic diameters from anterior body end in P. dordi sp. nov. vs. 2.8–4.6 in the congeners). Phanodermopsis dordi sp. nov. is also distinguished from P. groenlandica, P. ingrami, and P. nana by the conical tail (vs. conico-cylindrical with the short posterior portion in the latter three species) and from P. kohtsukai by the longer (2.3 cloacal body diameters) tail with acute tip (vs. 1.3 cloacal body diameters long with blunt tip in P. kohtsukai). In addition, P. dordi sp. nov. differs from P. ingrami by the longer spicules (1.9 cloacal body diameters in P. dordi sp. nov. vs. shorter than 1.0 cloacal body diameters in P. ingrami), from P. nana by the absence of the gubernaculum (vs. present in P. nana), and from P. kohtsukai by the absence of the sub-cephalic sensilla (vs. four sub-cephalic setae present in P. kohtsukai). The taxonomic key for the species of Phanodermopsis is as follows: 1 Outer labial and cephalic sensilla papilliform................................................... P. dordi sp. nov. - Outer labial and cephalic sensilla setiform.................................................................. 2 2 Cephalic setae equal to cephalic diameter............................................................. P. nana - Cephalic setae equal to or shorter than a half of cephalic diameter............................................... 3 3 Tail conical................................................................................. P. kohtsukai - Tail conico-cylindrical................................................................................. 4 4 Tail ca. 2.5 cloacal or anal body diameters in males, 2.0 in females....................................... P. ingrami - Tail shorter than 1.5 anal body diameters........................................................ P. groenlandicaPublished as part of Shimada, Daisuke, Takeda, Naoya, Tsune, Akira & Murakami, Chisato, 2020, Three new species of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Enoplida) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), North Pacific, pp. 507-526 in Zootaxa 4859 (4) on pages 510-513, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/453729
Three-dimensional numerical analysis of switching properties of high-speed and non-volatile nanoelectromechanical memory
No full textWorker Participation in Management Decision Making
No full textDraft Presented to International Evidence: Worker-Management Institutions and Economic Performance Conference, U.S. Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations Suggested Citation Shimada, H. (1994).Paper_Shimada_020694.pdf: 10729 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020
Yoshiko Shimada : Divide and Rule
No full textOsborne discusses some of the issues at stake in Shimada's work, namely the role and situation of Japanese women during the war, and the government's military propaganda in relation to its influence on the mind set of contemporary Japan. The author elaborates on the artist's use of archival photos and historic details which combine the domestic and the political to produce confrontational pieces. Texts by the artist. Biographical notes. 8 bibl. ref
Division 2009
No full textExhibition outcome of a year long exchange between textile practitioners in Norway and Japan. Project led, documented (website and catalogue) and curated by Lesley Millar. Work shown is that of Kiyonori Shimada, titled ‘Division 2009’. Free standing, H 2.5m L 10m W 1.5m Materials: Nylon fabric, metal interior support rods
RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials: Release 0.5.0
No full textWhat's Changed
Conversion by @RemDelaporteMathurin in https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/pull/61
Pressure conversion by @RemDelaporteMathurin in https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/pull/62
Remove nan from data by @RemDelaporteMathurin in https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/pull/70
Setter for range by @RemDelaporteMathurin in https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/pull/69
Add Zenodo badge to README by @RemDelaporteMathurin in https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/pull/71
Coverage by @RemDelaporteMathurin in https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/pull/72
Conversions for cmHg and cc(STP) by @RemDelaporteMathurin in https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/pull/73
Shimada properties by @RemDelaporteMathurin in https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/pull/63
Full Changelog: https://github.com/RemDelaporteMathurin/h-transport-materials/compare/v0.4.1...v0.5.
Fertility rate decline in Japan from the perspective of gender inequality and social problems of modern Japanese family
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