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Letter from Frank Chin to Dale [Minami], December 7, 1997
No full textA letter from Frank Chin to Dale [Minami] thanking him for sending a VHS clip for "Michi Day." Chin devotes the bulk of the letter to a proposal for creating a bell, that would be made of pieces of metal from incarceration camps, to celebrate Japanese American redress.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Letter from George H. Hand, Chief Engineer, Rancho San Pedro to re: G. Minami, January 18, 1926
No full textGeneric Salutation. Grants permission to G. Minami to conduct water from a tract not leased by Mr. Nishimoto who is G. Minami's employer. Also grants use to flumes, ditches and other waterways on the same land
Multifunctional sunscreen pigments from the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune
No full text金沢大学博士（理学）25-2013博士論文本文Full 以下に掲載：Marine Drugs 11(9) pp.3124-3154 2013. MDPI. 共著者：Ehsan Nazifi, Naoki Wada, Minami Yamaba, Tomoya Asano, Takumi Nishiuchi, Seiichi Matsugo, Toshio Sakamotodoctoral thesi
Investigation of split injection in a single cylinder optical diesel engine
No full textSAE paper 2010-01-0605, Copyright © 2010 SAE International. This paper is posted on this site with permission from SAE International, and is for viewing only. Further use and distribution of this paper is not permitted without permission from SAE.Over the last decade, the diesel engine has made dramatic progress in its performance and market penetration. However, in order to meet future emissions legislations, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and particulate matters’ (PM) emissions will need to be reduced simultaneously. Nowadays researchers are focused on different combustion modes which can have a great potential for both low soot and low NOx. In order to achieve this, different injection strategies have been investigated.
This study investigates the effects of split injection strategies with high levels of Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) on combustion performance and emissions in a single cylinder direct injection optical diesel engine. The investigation is focused on the effects of injection timing of split injection strategies.
A Ricardo Hydra single cylinder optical engine was used in which conventional experimental methods like cylinder pressure data, heat release analysis and exhaust emissions analysis were applied. Optical techniques like direct spray and combustion visualization were applied by means of a high speed imaging system with a copper vapor laser illumination system and a high-speed two-color system was applied to obtain in-cylinder diesel combustion temperature and soot measurements distributions
Dose Reduction Protocol for Full Spine X-ray Examination Using Copper Filters in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
No full text博士論文 要旨Abstract/本文Full 以下に掲載：Spine 44(3) pp.203-210 2019. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. 共著者：Kaori Minehro, Satoru Demura, Katsuhiro Ichikawa, Takeshi Sasagawa, Naoki Takahashi, Syuhei Minami, Hideki Murakami, Hiroyuki Tsuchiy
An ecological momentary assessment analysis of relations among coping, affect, and smoking lapse:
No full textThis study used EMA data from smokers engaged in an earnest attempt to quit smoking to assess complex relations among coping, affect, and smoking. Analyses tested hypotheses about the main effects of coping and both mediators and moderators of coping effects on subsequent outcomes of interest (i.e., affect, coping effort, coping efficacy, and smoking behavior). Results of multilevel models indicated that coping does not improve negative affect within 4 hours of coping efforts, but that coping does improve positive affect and increase the odds of engaging in temptation coping in the short-term. Lapses were more likely to happen when recent coping was reported within 48 hours. None of the putative mediators of coping were predictive of later lapse risk as anticipated. Analyses also revealed that pre-quit coping practice moderated the effects of post-quit coping to deal with stressful events on later affect. Moreover, significant moderating gender effects were also found in these relations.M.S.Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-66)by Haruka Minam
Acotiamide hydrochloride hydrate added to combination treatment with an α-blocker and a cholinergic drug improved the QOL of women with acute urinary retention: case series
No full textKoichi Sugimoto,1,2 Takahiro Akiyama,2 Nobutaka Shimizu,1 Naoki Matsumura,1,2 Mamoru Hashimoto,1 Takafumi Minami,1 Kazuhiro Nose,1 Masahiro Nozawa,1 Kazuhiro Yoshimura,1 Hirotsugu Uemura1 1Department of Urology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan; 2Department of Urology, Sakai-Onshinkai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan Abstract: Acute urinary retention is the most common urological emergency. To resolve this emergency, urethral catheterization is performed. If the procedure fails and permanent transurethral catheterization is required, the patient’s quality of life is significantly affected. Therefore, catheter-free treatment is the ideal goal of therapy for patients with acute urinary retention. Especially, for women, placement of a catheter poses a cosmetic problem. Therefore, the aim of this study was to treat female patients who had already received urapidil/distigmine bromide with acotiamide. Acotiamide was administered at a dose of 100 mg three times daily for 2 weeks, and the outcome of trial without catheter was evaluated. Only female patients were enrolled for this study. Treatment proved successful and all patients become catheter free. Keywords: female, acute urinary retention, acotiamide hydrochloride hydrat
Recovery of sensory disturbance after arthroscopic decompression of the suprascapular nerve
No full textBackground: Recently, the existence of sensory branches of the suprascapular nerve (SSN) has been reported, and sensory disturbance at the lateral and posterior aspect of the shoulder has been focused on as a symptom of SSN palsy. We have performed arthroscopic release of SSN at the suprascapular notch in patients with the sensory disturbance since 2006. The purposes of this study were to introduce the arthroscopic surgical technique and to investigate postoperative recovery of sensory disturbance. Methods: Twenty-five shoulders (11 men and 14 women, average age: 63.9 years (range, 41-77)) followed for more than 1 year were included in this study. Arthroscopic decompression of SSN was performed using a suprascapular nerve portal (SN portal) as a landmark for approaching the suprascapular notch. Sensory disturbance of the shoulder was evaluated pre- and postoperatively. The follow-up period was 12-30 months (avg. 18.5). Results: The arthroscopic procedures was able to be performed safely. The preoperative sensory disturbance fully recovered postoperatively in all shoulders. Conclusion: Arthroscopic release of SSN is considered to be a useful procedure for the entrapment of SSN at the suprascapular notch. The sensory disturbance at the lateral and posterior aspect of the shoulder can be used as one of the criteria of diagnosing SSN palsy especially in shoulders with massive rotator cuff tear, which usually have difficulty in diagnosing and assessing the treatment results of associated SSN palsy
Relations among affect, abstinence motivation and confidence, and daily lapse risk among smokers trying to quit
No full textAims: This study prospectively tested the hypothesis that changes in momentary affect, abstinence motivation, and confidence would predict lapse risk over the next 12-48 hours using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) data from smokers attempting to quit smoking. The moderating effects of high-risk contexts on relations between cognitions (motivation and confidence) and lapse risk were also tested. Method: 79 adult, daily smokers recorded their momentary affect, motivation to quit, abstinence confidence, and smoking behaviors in near real time with multiple EMA reports using electronic diaries post-quit. Results: Multilevel models indicated that increases in negative affect predicted greater lapse risk up to 12 hours, but not 24 hours later. Neither positive nor negative affect had significant effects on subsequent cognitions. High levels of motivation appeared to reduce increases in lapse risk that occur over hours. Momentary increases in confidence predicted greater lapse risk over 12 hours in high-risk situations, but not in the absence of potent smoking triggers. Conclusion: Momentary changes in negative affect, motivation, and confidence, during a quit attempt all had short-term effects on smoking lapse. Negative affect had short-lived effects on lapse risk, whereas high levels of motivation protected against the risk of lapsing that accumulates over hours. Contrary to expectations, an acute increase in confidence may increase vulnerability to lapse in the context of potent smoking triggers. Relations observed among affect, cognitions, and lapse seem to depend critically on the timing of assessments and the contexts in which the assessments occur.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Haruka Minam
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