335 research outputs found
Letter from Aiko Okamura to Nisaburo Aibara, April 30, 1956
No full textLetter from Aiko Okamura to Nisaburo Aibara. She appreciates him for his attendance to the funeral service of her husband, Sueichi Okamura.The Nisaburo Aibara Collection features materials from the Turlock Social Club, a local Japanese-American community group active between 1939 and 1970. It contains documents regarding the Stockton, Turlock and Merced Assembly Centers and Japanese American Citizens League chapters. The Collection also features correspondences with reactions, responses, and preparations for the forced evacuation. Additionally, the Collection has records on the Central California Cantaloupe Company, Turlock Farm Corporation, Turlock Japanese Society, and family records and funeral service programs of Japanese-American residents of Turlock
Pseudonezumia Okamura 1970
No full textGenus Pseudonezumia Okamura, 1970 [Japanese name: Nihon-sokodara-zoku] Pseudonezumia Okamura 1970a:38 (type species: Pseudonezumia japonicus Okamura, 1970, by original designation). Paracetonurus Marshall, 1973:615 (type species: Macrourus parvipes Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1912, by original designation). Diagnosis. Anus immediately anterior to anal-fin origin, surrounded by narrow but distinct periproct. Ventral light organ absent. Infraorbital ridge not connected with preopercular ridge, separated by distinct gap. Pelvicfin rays usually 6 (rarely 5 or 7), fin origin distinctly anterior to vertical through pectoral-fin base. Second spinous ray of first dorsal fin weakly serrated along its leading edge. Head bones weak, but not very flexible. Mouth moderately small, posterior margin of upper jaw not reaching vertical through hind rim of orbit. Nasal fossa small. Chin barbel present. Teeth in narrow tapered bands in both jaw; none especially enlarged. Head completely scaled, but underside of snout narrowly to broadly naked; gular and branchiostegal membranes occasionally with scaly patches. No modified scales along head ridges; tip and lateral angles of snout lacking prominent scutes. Body scales covered with long, erect, needle-like spinules in quincunx order; buttresses of scale spinules well developed; reticulate structure developed over entire surface of unexposed portion. Scales along second dorsal and anal fins not enlarged. Grooved lateral line interrupted, occurring as short segments. Cephalic sensory canals broad, without open pores. Branchiostegal rays usually 7, rarely 8. Body lacking prominent silvery reflections when fresh. Remarks. The present author is preparing a revision of Pseudonezumia, with which Paracetonurus Marshall, 1973 will be synonymized. The genus currently includes the following five described species: P. cetonuropsis (Gilbert &Hubbs,1916) confined to Japan; P.flagellicauda (Koefoed, 1927) distributed in the northeastern Atlantic as well as the Madagascar Plateau in the southwestern Indian Ocean; P. japonica Okamura, 1970 known only from Japan (type species of Pseudonezumia); P. parvipes (Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1912) known from the East Indies (type species of Paracetonurus); and P. pusilla (Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 1982) sporadically recorded from the Indo-West Pacific. Key to species of Pseudonezumia from Japan and adjacent waters 1a Preoral length 26–29% HL; caudal depth at base of 40th analfin ray 24–29% HL......................................... P. cetonuropsis 1b Preoral length 20–26% HL; caudal depth at base of 40th analfin ray 27–34% HL............................................... P. japonicaPublished as part of Nakayama, Naohide, 2020, Grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) of Japan and adjacent waters, a taxonomic monograph, pp. 1-383 in Megataxa 3 (1) on pages 270-272, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.3.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/642277
Pilates training improves 5-km run performance by changing metabolic cost and muscle activity in trained runners (vol 13, e0194057, 2018)
No full textDr. Jorge L.L. Storniolo should be included in the author byline. He should be listed as fifth author, and his affiliation is 3: Laboratory of Locomotion Physiomechanics, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Italy. The contributions of this author are as follows: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing–Review & Editing. The correct citation is: Finatto P, Silva ESD, Okamura AB, Almada BP, Storniolo JLL, Oliveira HB (2018) Pilates training improves 5-km run performance by changing metabolic cost and muscle activity in trained runners. PLoS ONE 13(3): e0194057. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.019405
『プリセラピー』への訳注の試み(下) : Prouty, G. の Pretherapy の研究 (II)
No full textThe author has written repeatedly about Prouty's Pretherapy （Okamura, 1996, 1997a, 1998a, 2000a, b, 2001a, b, 2002a, c; Okamura & Hosaka, 2000）. Last year（September, 2001）the author and a collaborator published Japanese translation of Prouty's chief work, Theoretical Evolutions in Person-centered／Experiential Therapy published originally in 1994. In Japanese translation neither any editing nor any translator's notes as well as any alteration of the text which will help Japanese readers read the book more accurately and critically were made. In order to supplement it the author published translator's notes on the first half of the book as part of the study of Prouty's Pretherapy（Okamura, 2001d）. In this article the same kind of notes on the second half of the book is tried to make as the author's second study of Prouty's Pretherapy
『プリセラピー』への訳注の試み(上) : Prouty, G. の Pretherapy の研究(I)
No full textThe author has written much about Prouty's Pretherapy （ Okamura, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000a,b,c, 2001, In press a,b ; Okamura & Hosaka, 2000）. In September 2001 we published Japanese translation of Prouty's Theoretical Evolutions in Person-centered ／ Experiential Therapy published originally in 1994. In Japanese translation neither any editing nor any notes as well as any alteration of the text which will help Japanese readers read the book more easily were made. In this article the author tried some translator's notes on the first half of the book as part of the study of Prouty's Pretherapy
Nezumia kamoharai Okamura 1970
No full text<i>Nezumia kamoharai</i> Okamura, 1970 <p>[Japanese name: Sokodara]</p> <p>(Figs. 166–167; Appendix 3-10B)</p> <p> <i>Nezumia kamoharai</i> Okamura, 1970a:91, pl. XX, text-fig. 40 (original description; holotype: BSKU 14202, from Sagami Bay; new Japanese name: “Soko-dara”); Okamura 1970b: table 1 (listed; Japan); Tominaga & Uyeno 1981:489 (listed; Japan); Okamura 1984b:94, pl. 344, fig. K (compiled); Okamura 1988:94, pl. 344, fig. K (compiled); Nakabo 1993:361 (in key; Japan); Nakabo 2000:425 (in key; Japan); Nakabo 2002:425 (in key; Japan); Senou <i>et al.</i> 2006:421 (listed; Sagami Sea); Nakabo & Kai 2013:501 (in key; Japan); Motomura 2020:39 (listed; Japan).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> A species of <i>Nezumia</i> with 13 pelvic-fin rays. Snout moderately long, conical, protruding distinctly beyond upper jaw, length 30% HL, ventral contour oblique in lateral view; underside of snout completely naked; ventral surfaces of head mostly scaled posterior to vertical through midorbit; mandibular rami naked, with narrow scaly patches on posterior portions; barbel length 12% HL. Second spinous ray of first dorsal fin not extremely prolonged (height of fin 99% HL). Body scales covered with short, greatly reclined, narrowly lanceolate spinules in tightly packed convergent rows; tip of last spinule in each row extending slightly beyond posterior scale margin; middle row of spinules distinctly larger than adjacent rows; scales below second dorsal-fin origin 7.5. Cephalic sensory pores present; those on mandibular and infraorbital canals small but conspicuous. No prominent dark band encircling trunk; first dorsal fin without black blotch apically.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> 1 specimen. <b>Holotype of</b> <b> <i>Nezumia kamoharai</i>:</b> BSKU 14202 (1, 62.4 mm HL, 350+ mm TL), Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Pref., Japan, 1967.</p> <p> <b>Counts and measurements.</b> Counts: first dorsal-fin rays II,9; pectoral-fin rays i19–i21; pelvic-fin rays 13; gill rakers on first arch (outer/inner) 8–9/10, on second arch 9/11; longitudinal scales 36; transverse scale rows below first dorsal-fin origin 10, below first dorsal-fin midbase 7.5, below second dorsal-fin origin 7.5, above anal-fin origin 25.5.</p> <p>The following measurements are in % of HL, followed by those in % of PRL in parentheses: snout length 30 (41); orbit diameter 28 (39); postorbital length 46 (64); postrostral length 73; orbit–preopercle distance 39 (53); suborbital width 15 (21); upper-jaw length 30 (41); length of rictus 24 (33); length of premaxillary tooth band 18 (24); preoral length 25 (34); distance between tip and lateral angle of snout 18 (25); snout width 27 (37); internasal width 21 (29); interorbital width 21 (29); body width over pectoral-fin bases 57 (78); body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 82 (112); body depth at anal-fin origin 69 (95); prepelvic length 116 (160); preanus length 135 (185); preanal length 153 (210); isthmus–pelvic distance 38 (52); isthmus–anus distance 57 (78); isthmus–anal distance 74 (101); pelvic–anal distance 42 (58); anusanal distance 18 (25); pelvic-fin length 44 (60); pectoralfin length 50 (68); predorsal length 115 (158); height of first dorsal fin 99 (135); length of first dorsal-fin base 26 (36); interdorsal length 35 (49); length of gill slit 14 (19); length of posterior nostril 4 (5); barbel length 12 (16).</p> <p> <b>Size.</b> To at least 35 cm TL.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> So far known only from Sagami Bay (Appendix 3-10B). Depth unknown. Very rare.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> For a full description see the original description given by Okamura (1970a). <i>Nezumia kamoharai</i> was described from a single specimen collected from Sagami Bay (Fig. 166). The holotype is the only representative of this rare species and, despite intensive sampling efforts in southern Japan, no additional specimens have been collected since the original description.</p> <p> <b>Relationships and comparisons.</b> <i>Nezumia kamoharai</i> is unlikely to be confused with any other Japanese congeners in having 13 pelvic-fin rays, a moderately long, pointed snout (30% HL), and the middle row of body-scale spinules distinctly enlarged compared with adjacent rows (Fig. 167). Elsewhere, this species appears to be most closely related to <i>N. longebarbata</i> (Roule & Angel, 1933) so far known from Madeira and the Gulf of Mexico. These two species are similar to each other in having 13 pelvic-fin rays and the underside of the head broadly naked from the snout tip to a vertical at the hind rim of the orbit. However, <i>N. kamoharai</i> is separable from <i>N. longebarbata</i> by having a smaller orbit (28% HL vs. 31–32%), shorter barbel (12% HL vs. 17–23%) and pectoral fin (50% HL vs. 53–57%), and slightly larger body scales (transverse scale rows below the second dorsal-fin origin 7.5 vs. 8.8). [Data for <i>N. longebarbata</i> are from Marshall & Iwamoto (1973).]</p> <p> In his visit to BSKU in 2009, T. Iwamoto (CAS) informed the present author that <i>N. kamoharai</i> also shares many features with <i>N. obliquata</i> (Gilbert, 1905), a rare species confined to the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain. The latter species was originally described from a small juvenile collected from Hawaii [USNM 51514, holotype (ca. 24 mm HL, 127+ mm TL, fide Sazonov 1994:103)], and is poorly represented in museum collections. Sazonov (1994) recorded an additional specimen of this species from Ojin Guyot in the Emperor Seamounts (ZMMGU P.18245, 60.6 mm HL, 398+ mm TL), although he considered his identification tentative due to a number of differences related to the difference in body size between the holotype and the second specimen. An examination of Sazonov’s (1994) specimen revealed its close similarity with <i>N. kamoharai</i>, but the holotype of <i>N. kamoharai</i> differs from that specimen in having shorter barbel (12% HL vs. 17%), pelvic fin (44% HL vs. 65%), and pectoral fin (50% HL vs. 59%). Spinulation of the body scales is also different between the two specimens. In the holotype of <i>N. kamoharai</i>, the middle row of spinules is distinctly larger than adjacent rows (Fig. 167), whereas in the “ <i>N. obliquata</i> ” specimen from the Emperor Seamounts, the middle row is not especially enlarged (Sazonov 1994: fig. 3). These two specimens are almost equal in size, and their differences appear to warrant specific separation. The status of Sazonov’s (1994) specimen is still uncertain, but it does not seem to represent either <i>N. obliquata</i> nor <i>N. kamoharai</i>. Based on the original description given by Gilbert (1905), the holotype of <i>N. obliquata</i> differs from <i>N. kamoharai</i> in having fewer pelvic-fin rays (12 vs. 13) and smaller body scales (9 below the second dorsal-fin origin vs. 7.5). To resolve the taxonomic status of these species, a further study should be done when more specimens become available.</p>Published as part of <i>Nakayama, Naohide, 2020, Grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) of Japan and adjacent waters, a taxonomic monograph, pp. 1-383 in Megataxa 3 (1)</i> on pages 248-249, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.3.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6422776">http://zenodo.org/record/6422776</a>
Estimating defence budget saving from disarmament: the United States' case
No full textProbing the technology in the production of US national defence by using a dynamic cost-function model with adjustment costs, this paper evaluates the effect of reducing the level of national defence on the defence budget saving. Our inquiry involves estimating the defence production structure without output data for non-market goods that are normally unavailable. Our findings include: (i) the United States behaves rationally to minimize cost in the production of national defence; (ii) the adjustment costs are larger in disarmament than in military build-up; (iii) due to the adjustment costs peculiar to disarmament, the defence budget saving from disarmament appears small, but cutbacks allow great savings on the defence budget.Disarmament, Defence production function, Dynamic cost-function model, Non-market goods, Technical change, Defence budget savings, JEL codes: D24, H56, H61,
The use of 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid renoscintigraphy in the evaluation of differential renal function
No full text分腎機能検査としての99mTc-DMSAレノシンチグラフィーの有用性について検討した.1)本邦人における腎の深さを求める公式を導き, それより減衰係数を求めた.2)総腎の99mTc-DMSA摂取率と24時間内因性のクレアチニンクリアランス, PSP 15分値及び2時間値とはよく相関していた.3) 99mTc-DMSA腎摂取率の左右比と99mTc-DTPA腎摂取率の左右比とはよく相関していた.4) 99mTc-DMSA renoscintigraphyは定量性の高い分腎機能検査であり, 形態学的検査としても有用であるWe studied the total and differential renal function by 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) renoscintigraphy and present a formula to estimate the renal depth for the Japanese and the attenuation coefficient which influenced renal uptake. Total renal uptake of 99mTc-DMSA correlated well with creatinine clearance and with the PSP test, and there was a close correlation between its relative uptake and relative function as determined by 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) renography. Therefore differential renal function test with 99mTc-DMSA renoscintigraphy was found to have clinical utility. We also demonstrated 99mTc-DMSA renoscintigraphy provided useful morphological information
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