176 research outputs found
Letter from Tomi Fujimura, Secretary, to Mr. Shoji Nagumo, July 25, 1944
No full textCorrespondence from Tomi Fujimura to Shoji Nagumo regarding an invitation to the Relocation Planning Commission meeting at Heart Mountain incarceration camp.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
Beauty, Silence, and Culture Care: An Interview with Makoto Fujimura
No full textTheologian Neal Plantinga engages with artist and author Mako Fujimura on his vision for complementing recent work on creation care with what he has termed “culture care”—a redemptive approach to artistry and other forms of cultural engagement which seeks to contribute to “the healing of the nations.” What is it like for a novelist, filmmaker, and painter to embody this culture care approach? And what might this teach those who lead worship or congregational life? Come for a wide-ranging discussion that promises to include a discussion Martin Scorcese’s latest film, Mako’s own painting, and some resourceful examples emerging from next-generation leaders around the world
Computer Imaging to Determine Seed Quality and Performance
No full textAuthor Institution (McDonald and Bennett): Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University; Author Institution (Ling): Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University; Author Institution (Fujimura): Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State Universit
Cryptic exon activation in SLC12A3 in Gitelman syndrome
No full textGitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive renal tubulopathy characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis with hypocalciuria and hypomagnesemia. GS clinical symptoms range from mild weakness to muscular cramps, paralysis or even sudden death as a result of cardiac arrhythmia. GS is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the solute carrier family 12 member 3 (SLC12A3) gene, but molecular mechanisms underlying such a wide range of symptoms are poorly understood. Here we report cryptic exon activation in SLC12A3 intron 12 in a clinically asymptomatic GS, resulting from an intronic mutation c.1669+297?T>G that created a new acceptor splice site. The cryptic exon was sandwiched between the L3 transposon upstream and a mammalian interspersed repeat downstream, possibly contributing to inclusion of the cryptic exon in mature transcripts. The mutation was identified by targeted next-generation sequencing of candidate genes in GS patients with missing pathogenic SLC12A3 alleles. Taken together, this work illustrates the power of next-generation sequencing to identify causal mutations in intronic regions in asymptomatic individuals at risk of developing potentially fatal disease complications, improving clinical management of these case
ZNF384-related fusion genes define a subgroup of childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a characteristic immunotype
No full text主査 : 島田英昭 / タイトル : ZNF384-related fusion genes define a subgroup of childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a characteristic immunotype / 著者 : Shinsuke Hirabayashi, Kentaro Ohki, Kazuhiko Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Ichikawa, Yukihide Momozawa, Kohji Okamura, Akinori Yaguchi, Kazuki Terada, Yuya Saito, Ai Yoshimi, Hiroko Ogata-Kawata, Hiromi Sakamoto, Motohiro Kato, Junya Fujimura, Moeko Hino, Akitoshi Kinoshita, Harumi Kakuda, Hidemitsu Kurosawa, Keisuke Kato, Ryosuke Kajiwara, Koichi Moriwaki, Tsuyoshi Morimoto, Kozue Nakamura, Yasushi Noguchi, Tomoo Osumi, Kazuo Sakashita, Junko Takita, Yuki Yuza, Koich Matsuda, Teruhiko Yoshida, Kenji Matsumoto, Kenichiro Hata, Michiaki Kubo, Yoichi Matsubara, Takashi Fukushima, Katsuyoshi Koh, Atsushi Manabe, Akira Ohara, Nobutaka Kiyokawa / 掲載誌 : Haematologica / 巻号・発行年等 : 102(1):118-129, 201
ZNF384-related fusion genes define a subgroup of childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a characteristic immunotype
No full text主査 : 島田英昭 / タイトル : ZNF384-related fusion genes define a subgroup of childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a characteristic immunotype / 著者 : Shinsuke Hirabayashi, Kentaro Ohki, Kazuhiko Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Ichikawa, Yukihide Momozawa, Kohji Okamura, Akinori Yaguchi, Kazuki Terada, Yuya Saito, Ai Yoshimi, Hiroko Ogata-Kawata, Hiromi Sakamoto, Motohiro Kato, Junya Fujimura, Moeko Hino, Akitoshi Kinoshita, Harumi Kakuda, Hidemitsu Kurosawa, Keisuke Kato, Ryosuke Kajiwara, Koichi Moriwaki, Tsuyoshi Morimoto, Kozue Nakamura, Yasushi Noguchi, Tomoo Osumi, Kazuo Sakashita, Junko Takita, Yuki Yuza, Koich Matsuda, Teruhiko Yoshida, Kenji Matsumoto, Kenichiro Hata, Michiaki Kubo, Yoichi Matsubara, Takashi Fukushima, Katsuyoshi Koh, Atsushi Manabe, Akira Ohara, Nobutaka Kiyokawa / 掲載誌 : Haematologica / 巻号・発行年等 : 102(1):118-129, 201
Reconsideration of the Karen Image in Mid-Nineteenth Century Burmawithin the Context of the American Baptist Mission
No full textThis paper aims to argue for a reconsideration of the historical interpretation of the Karen image in Burma through a contextual analysis of descriptions of Karen Baptists in the mid-nineteenth century. Karen history has been written with a heavy focus on Karen Baptists, who account for only a minority of the Karen population, and has relied on missionary documents accumulated in the nineteenth century. This Baptist-centered viewpoint is under criticism since it overlooks the existence of the remaining majority, Buddhist Karens. In addition, it has been pointed out that the image of the Karens is biased since it is based on foreignersʼ views: missionariesʼ writings on the Karens were highly vulnerable to the missionariesʼ own motives to depict the Karens the way they wanted them to be. This paper sets its focus on the latter argument, since there has not been enough analysis on it; if the writings on the Karens are biased due to missionariesʼ views, those descriptions and background factors need to be understood within the context of the Baptist mission. Examining a missionary writing, The Karen Apostle, as an example in the formation of the Karen image, this paper clarifies that Baptist doctrines and mission policies had an important influence on the depiction of Karen Baptists. The author Francis Mason described the first Karen convert, Ko Thah Byu, as an example of “ideally hardworking, pious Baptists” to emphasize the success of the Karen mission and obtain financial support for future development. This finding implies that the depiction of Karen Baptists in the mid-nineteenth century should be interpreted not only in terms of ethnicity or nation but also with reference to American Baptist history. This viewpoint calls for a need to reconsider the historical understanding of Karens from a different perspective, such as from within the context of the American Baptist mission
The influence of warming, site characteristics, and host plant on root-associated fungal communities from Alexandra Fiord in the Canadian High Arctic.
No full textNo abstract available.The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b130287
The influence of warming, site characterestics [sic], and host plant on root-associated fungal communities from Alexandra Fiord in the Canadian high arctic
No full textArctic systems are expected to be impacted earlier and more severely by global warming than temperate ecosystems. However, much of the research on the impact of warming on arctic ecosystems has centered on plant communities. One objective of this thesis was to examine how passive warming would impact the root-associated fungal community at Alexandra Fiord, Nunavut. The root-associated fungal community consists mostly of mycorrhizal, dark-septate and hyaline-septate fungi, which are considered important mutualists in arctic ecosystems. The objective was to compare the fungal community from plots warmed by open-top chambers to ambient plots, using two methodologies: 1) fungal DNA extracted directly from root tips with terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLPs) used to estimate variation, and 2) fungal cultures isolated from root tips to which PCR-RFLP techniques were applied to assess variation. T-RFLPs were used to examine the root-associated fungal community on Salix arctica. Differences between the communities were analyzed using canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Genotype diversity was tested using a 2-way, 2-stage, nested ANOVA. Warming did not significantly change genotype cumulative frequency or diversity of the root-associated fungal community, but cumulative frequency tended to increase on the warmed plots. Genotype richness was significantly different according to site, which was correlated with differences in soil chemistry. Again site, not warming, was the main factor that distinguished the root-associated fungal community of Salix arctica, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Cassiope tetragona, and Dryas integrifolia based on fungal cultures. Warming did not have a detectable impact on cumulative frequency and diversity, based on CCA and a nested, 3-way ANOVA. Fungal cultures were identified based on sequence analysis and morphology. Phialocephala fortinii was the most frequently identified taxon, but almost half of the fungal isolates remained unknown. The root-associated fungal community was examined along a glacier forefront characterized by a directional, non-replacement primary plant succession pattern. CCA was used to examine genotype frequency; linear regressions were used to test for changes of cumulative frequency and diversity as succession advanced. The fungal community on only one of the host plants increased in frequency and richness as succession advanced. The dark- and hyaline-septate endophyte communities were distinct on different host plants, providing evidence for host specificity and higher diversity than previously reported.The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b130189
Measuring the poverty impact of ACIAR projects: a broad framework
No full textThis report sets out some broad ideas about how poverty evaluation could be conducted for ACIAR research projects. As with good benefit–cost analysis, there are good practices that need to be observed when undertaking poverty analysis. While poverty is a broad concept, and can be addressed through many means, these need to be grounded in some common understanding of the economics of poverty. This report is concerned mostly with quantitative evaluation, in the same sense that current ACIAR project evaluations are quantitative. That is, it is concerned with saying something about the order of magnitude of the effects of the project. Of course, qualitative analysis is important, and in most cases is a prelude to quantification — there is little point quantifying if you don’t understand what you are talking about. Quantification, however, provides a discipline and focus for qualitative speculation and provides an important extra dimension when comparing the effects of different projects. When quantifying, there are many sensible approaches that could be adopted. We will focus here on approaches that are broadly consistent with the current approaches to benefit–cost analysis and that could readily be used to augment those approaches. The report begins by reviewing some basic notions of poverty (Chapter 2) and then goes on (Chapter 3) to discuss in principle the ways that agricultural research could influence poverty. Chapter 4 explains, with the use of some examples, a range of analytical approaches that could be taken, and Chapter 5 draws some specific implications for ACIAR.poverty evaluation, benefit-cost analysis, poverty analysis, economics of poverty, quantitative evaluation, analytical, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries, Farm Management, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Food Security and Poverty, International Development, Livestock Production/Industries, Production Economics,
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