537 research outputs found
Letter from Beverly Toyama and Hideki Obayashi to Miyoshi, January 2010
No full textA letter from Beverly Toyama and Hideki Obayashi to Miyoshi-san, informing him of the Kurata Ranch Reunion, which will take place in Gardena, California. The letter provides instructions regarding the time and location of the event, as well as suggested items for attendees to bring with them. It also includes a copy of a hand drawn map of Kurata Ranch, which is based on the recollection of Ume Murata.The James H. Osborne Nisei Collection contains mainly correspondence between Emiko and Usami Terada, incarcerees in the Rohwer incarceration camp, McGehee Arkansas, and the Thomas family in Lawndale, California, and photographs of the Teradas and the Thomases. The letters describe the trip from the Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Center to the Rohwer incarceration camp, their lives and conditions in the camp, and their concerns about their properties in Lawndale, California. Also included are photographs taken in the camp, some issues of "The Rohwer outpost," and fliers published during wartime
Needs and prospects for public sector accounting reform: The Japanese experience
No full textWhy does the public sector accounting reform take so much time in Japan compared with other countries? The argument for the necessity for reform was made long ago, yet why have the desired results not been seen until now? The aim of this paper is to answer these questions and to find out key to possible effective reform. Based on the survey carried out in 2013 with 786 local authorities nationwide, the author tests the following two hypotheses and reports the empirical evidence to support them; H1: there are more examples of financial documents being utilized among local authorities that adopt double-entry bookkeeping compared to those that do not, and H2: the response toward financial documents differs depending on the size of the local authority. These empirical results suggest that in the provision of public sector accounting information of clear utility, the issue of adopting double-entry bookkeeping cannot be avoided, while considering the differences in practical burdens on local administrations, this must be looked at in tandem with a rule that differentiates between different sizes of administration
Mass Transfer with Simultaneous Chemical Reaction in Drops for Liquid-Liquid Systems
No full textTitle: Mass Transfer with Simultaneous Chemical Reactions in Drops fir Liquid-Liquid Systems, Author: Hideki Watada, Location: ThodeThis dissertation is divided into three major self-contained
sections. The first one contains a review of previous work in the
field of mass transfer in drops for liquid-liquid systems. The second section outlines the numerical solutions of the
continuity equation for for forced convection with simultaneous chemical
reaction in the dispersed phase. The solutions are compared with those
predicted by existing theoretical models for mass transfer in the
dispersed phase. The third section describes the experimental equipment and
method of operation. Physical mass transfer in drops is studied
initially. This established a basis for evaluation the effect of
chemical reaction on the rate of mass transfer in a later study. The results from these experimental studies are used to test the ability
of existing models to predict mass transfer with simultaneous chemical
reaction in drops.ThesisDoctor of Philosophy (PhD
Fast neutron response of a 6Li-loaded liquid scintillator
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Lithological and physical properties of core samples from the Sagara oil field: Oil occurrence in Sagara core samples
No full textPhotoinduced anisotropic response of azobenzene chromophore functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes
No full textThis article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Yiyu Feng, Wei Feng, Hideki Noda, Akihiko Fujii, Masanori Ozaki, Katsumi Yoshino, Journal of Applied Physics 102, 053102 (2007) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2776220Azobenzene chromophore covalently functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes(AZO-MWCNT) were synthesized and their optical properties were investigated by ultraviolet-visible absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The polarized absorption of the AZO-MWCNT film was measured by cross-polarized light along the directions parallel and perpendicular to the incident light under the irradiation of polarized ultraviolet light. Photoinduced optical anisotropy of the AZO-MWCNT film was dominated by the enhanced dipole transition of the nanotube axis parallel to the incident light and the decreased transition perpendicular to light. The unique anisotropy induced by the photo-orientation of azobenzene chromophore provides insight into the polarized optical properties of carbon nanotubes
Clinical Psychiatric Study of Psychogenic Pain
No full textIn the present study, the author examined clinical psychiatric characteristics in 26 patients who were diagnosed as having Pain Disorder, according to the 4th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). The subjects were 7 males and 19 females. At the onset of pain, the mean age of the patients was 38.8 years. The most common site of pain was the head, followed by the back, arm, and shoulders. In 18 of the 26 patients, there was no evidence of pathological history at the sites where pain was experienced. The accompanying symptoms were insomnia, anxiety, decrease in appetite, analgesic dependence, depressed mood, and astasia-abasia. The author found that various defense mechanisms were acting in their psychological background and that their whole personality was involved in the occurrence of agony. A physician is required to use pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, or situational therapy depending upon patients' conditions and defense mechanisms
Renoprotective effects of telmisartan after unilateral renal ablation in rats
No full textTomohiro Matsuo, Yasuyoshi Miyata, Yuji Sagara, Yoshikazu Higami, Shohei Tobu, Manabu Matsuo, Mitsuru Noguchi, Isao Shimokawa, Hiroshi Kanetake, Hideki Sakai Department of Nephro-Urology, Department of Investigative Pathology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan Purpose: The renoprotective function of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) is well-known in various studies, including the animal model of renal failure. However, detailed temporal changes of pathological and molecular findings after unilateral nephrectomy are not fully understood. The main purpose of this study was to clarify the renoprotective effects and pathological changes induced by the ARB in rat-remnant kidney (RK) tissues after unilateral nephrectomy, but not after a 5/6 nephrectomy. Methods: Telmisartan, which is structurally and functionally unique among ARB, was used in this study. Three rat groups were examined: A) no ARB administrated (RK, n=21); B) continuous subcutaneous infusion of an ARB administrated (RK-ARB, n=21); and C) a sham-operated group (Sham). Renal function was evaluated by blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels and creatinine clearance (Ccr). Fibrosis was evaluated by hydroxyproline levels and Masson's trichrome staining. Expressions of angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-ß) were investigated by real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting. Results: There was no significant difference regarding body and kidney weight or pathological features evaluated by hematoxylin and eosin staining between the RK and RK-ARB groups. The Ccr in the RK group was significantly lower than that in the Sham group (P<0.01), but no significant difference was found between the RK-ARB and Sham groups. The fibrotic area increased significantly with time after nephrectomy in the RK group. Although a similar trend was found in the RK-ARB group, the percentage of fibrous area in the RK-ARB group was significantly lower than that in the RK group at each time point (P<0.01). AT1R mRNA levels in the RK group were regulated immediately compared with those in the RK-ARB group. Although expressions of the AT1R and TGF-ß were significantly higher in the RK-ARB group than in the Sham group, no significant differences were found between the RK-ARB and Sham group. Conclusion: The ARB had renoprotective effects after unilateral nephrectomy. The ARB effectively maintained Ccr. Our results also showed the possibility that fibrotic changes mediated by AT1R and TGF-ß play an important role in renal protection. Moreover, this is the first report on changes of AT1R expression after using the ARB telmisartan in kidney tissues after unilateral nephrectomy. Finally, our results suggest that ARB may be useful to prevent renal failure in patients treated with nephrectomy. Keywords: unilateral nephrectomy, telmisartan, angiotensin II type 1 receptor, renoprotection, fibrosi
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