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sj-docx-1-car-10.1177_19476035231205680 – Supplemental material for Development of a Novel Rat Knee Osteoarthritis Model Induced by Medial Meniscus Extrusion
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-car-10.1177_19476035231205680 for Development of a Novel Rat Knee Osteoarthritis Model Induced by Medial Meniscus Extrusion by Daisuke Fukui, Daisuke Nishiyama, Manabu Yamanaka, Hidenobu Tamai, Naoko Nishio, Mamoru Kawakami and Hiroshi Yamada in CARTILAGE</p
A diatom-inferred record of lake variability during the last 900 years in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica
No full textAbstract not availableRachel C. Rudd, Jonathan J. Tyler, John Tibby, Yusuke Yokoyama, Ines Tavernier, Elie Verleyen, Manabu Fukui, and Yoshinori Takan
Sulfuriferula thiophila sp nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium, and correction of the name Sulfuriferula plumbophilus Watanabe, Kojima and Fukui 2015 to Sulfuriferula plumbiphila corrig.
No full textA novel sulfur-oxidizing bacterium designated strain mst6(T) was isolated from spring water of Masutomi hot spring in Japan. The cells were rod-shaped (1.2-4.0 x 0.5-0.7 mm) and Gram-stain-negative. The G+C content of genomic DNA was around 52.6 mol%. The isolate possessed summed feature 3 (C-16 : 1 omega 7c and/or C-16 : 1 omega 6c), C-16 : 0 and C-12 : 0 as major cellular fatty acids. Strain mst6(T) grew by inorganic carbon fixation and oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds with oxygen as an electron acceptor. The isolate grew over a temperature range of 5-34 degrees C, a NaCl concentration range of 0-110 mM and a pH range of 4.6-8.1. Optimum growth occurred at 32 degrees C, in the absence of NaCl and at pH 5.9-6.2. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain mst6(T) belongs to the family Sulfuricellaceae in the class Betaproteobacteria. The closest cultured relative was Sulfuriferula multivorans TTNT with a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 97.0 %. On the basis of the data obtained in this study, strain mst6(T) represents a novel species of the genus Sulfuriferula, for which the name Sulfuriferula thiophila sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is mst6(T) (=NBRC 111150(T) =DSM 101871(T)). In addition, we propose correcting the name Sulfuriferula plumbophilus Watanabe, Kojima and Fukui 2015 to Sulfuriferula plumbiphila corrig. based on Rule 12c, Rule 61 and Appendix 9 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
Optimal Maintenance Strategy for Bridges in Fukui Prefecture using the Data of the First Round Inspection
No full textThe author presented the deterioration transfer curves of bridge member elements in Fukui prefecture by using the data of the first round inspection. In this study, the most economical repair plan is determined by modifying the bridge management system (BMS) developed in earlier work to be able to apply it to the new deterioration transfer curves for all bridges in Fukui Prefecture. The accuracy and effectiveness of the BMS are demonstrated in the numerical example. The useful maintenance repair plans and maintenance expenses for all bridges are also presented for the next seventy-five years.departmental bulletin pape
Examination on the ground model in the southern part of Fukui Plain using H/V spectrum method
No full textThe author examined the ground model proposed hy Fukui Prefecture through microtremor observation using H/V spectrum method. In this study the southern part of Fukui Plain is focused because of the presence of earthquake observation point FKI003 of K-NET. That is the only one point in the plain in the observation system. The microtremor observation was conducted along the cross lines through the point of FKI003 every 500m distance. Peak frequencies obtained from H/V spectra were related to the depth of alluvial and diluvial layer surface. They were compared with ones calculated by SHAKE based on the prefecture model. Overall they were in good agreement, but several points had some discrepancies between them. It is necessary that soil profiles of the latter points should be re-examined by more accurate methods such as microtremor array survey
Excitation and dissociation of 3-chloro-3-methyldiazirine and 1-pyrazoline by low-energy electron impact
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Morphological and phylogenetic characterizations of freshwater Thioploca species from Lake Biwa, Japan, and Lake Constance, Germany
No full textAuthor Posting. © American Society for Microbiology, 2003. This article is posted here by permission of American Society for Microbiology for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69 (2003): 390-398, doi:10.1128/AEM.69.1.390-398.2003.Filamentous, gliding, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria of the genus Thioploca were found on sediments in profundal areas of Lake Biwa, a Japanese freshwater mesotrophic lake, and were characterized morphologically and phylogenetically. The Lake Biwa Thioploca resembled morphologically Thioploca ingrica, a brackish water species from a Danish fjord. The diameters of individual trichomes were 3 to 5.6 µm; the diameters of complete Thioploca filaments ranged from 18 to 75 µm. The cell lengths ranged from 1.2 to 3.8 µm. In transmission electron microscope specimens stained with uranyl acetate, dense intracellular particles were found, which did not show any positive signals for phosphorus and sulfur in an X-ray analysis. The 16S rRNA gene of the Thioploca from Lake Biwa was amplified by using newly designed Thioploca-specific primers (706-Thioploca, Biwa160F, and Biwa829R) in combination with general bacterial primers in order to avoid nonspecific amplification of contaminating bacterial DNA. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of the three overlapping PCR products resulted in single DGGE bands, indicating that a single 16S rRNA gene had been amplified. With the same method, the Thioploca from Lake Constance was examined. The 16S rRNA sequence was verified by performing fluorescence in situ hybridization targeted at specific motifs of the Lake Biwa Thioploca. Positive signals were obtained with the bacterial probe EUB-338, the {gamma}-proteobacterial probe GAM42a, and probe Biwa829 targeting the Lake Biwa Thioploca. Based on the nearly complete 16S rRNA sequence and on morphological similarities, the Thioploca from Lake Biwa and the Thioploca from Lake Constance are closely related to T. ingrica and to each other.This work was supported by grant 12440219 from the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, to
Manabu Fukui. Andreas Teske was supported by an Independent
Studies Award from the Mellon Foundation
Build the peace of all nations on the youth of today
No full textStudent speech by Helen Matsuko Fukui from Topaz High School graduation, January 21, 1944. Includes handwritten note from Fukui to Joseph R. Goodman.Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
Examination on the ground model in the southern part of Fukui Plain using H/V spectrum method
No full textThe author examined the ground model proposed hy Fukui Prefecture through microtremor observation using H/V spectrum method. In this study the southern part of Fukui Plain is focused because of the presence of earthquake observation point FKI003 of K-NET. That is the only one point in the plain in the observation system. The microtremor observation was conducted along the cross lines through the point of FKI003 every 500m distance. Peak frequencies obtained from H/V spectra were related to the depth of alluvial and diluvial layer surface. They were compared with ones calculated by SHAKE based on the prefecture model. Overall they were in good agreement, but several points had some discrepancies between them. It is necessary that soil profiles of the latter points should be re-examined by more accurate methods such as microtremor array survey.departmental bulletin pape
Fukui foldable traps versus fyke nets as options for fishing European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) in soft-bottom habitats: Exploring efficiency and limiting bycatch
No full textThe European green crab (Carcinus maenas) continues to expand in Atlantic Canada and other coastal regions worldwide. Since most control measures for this species have failed, there is a need for innovative and ecologically responsible mitigation measures. One such measure is a green crab control harvesting wherein affected fishers could recoup some of their losses through value-added products. As with any new control initiative, gear choice must be carefully considered. This study assessed catch efficiency and bycatch of two common gear: Fukui foldable traps and fyke nets. Both types of gear were systematically compared in two soft-bottom areas with abundant green crab populations over the course of a field season (early May–late September). In this study, fyke nets were more efficient, catching roughly three times the number of green crabs caught by individual Fukui foldable traps. However, fyke nets also caught nearly ten times more bycatch and doubled the number of native species caught. Fyke net bycatch also included proportionally higher numbers of endangered and commercially important species, such as American eel (Anguilla rostrata) and winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). Although in principle Fukui foldable traps seem better suited for green crab control because of lesser bycatch impacts, further studies should find ways to increase Fukui foldable trap efficiency or test fyke nets with bycatch reduction devices
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