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Constitutive Equations of Soils Based on the Subloading Surface Concept
No full textVarious cyclic plasticity models have been proposed in the past. Among them the subloading surface model (Hashiguchi, 1989) only is regraded to have the pertinent structure adaptable to the prediction of cyclic loading behavior of materials as has been revealed by the author (Hashiguchi, 1993b). The constitutive equation of soils is formulated by introducing the subloading surface model and formulating the evolution rule of the rotational hardening for the description of the induced anisotropy
Constitutive Equations of Soils Based on the Subloading Surface Concept
No full textVarious cyclic plasticity models have been proposed in the past. Among them the subloading surface model (Hashiguchi, 1989) only is regraded to have the pertinent structure adaptable to the prediction of cyclic loading behavior of materials as has been revealed by the author (Hashiguchi, 1993b). The constitutive equation of soils is formulated by introducing the subloading surface model and formulating the evolution rule of the rotational hardening for the description of the induced anisotropy
Unique Tropism and Entry Mechanism of Mumps Virus
No full textMumps virus (MuV) is an important human pathogen that causes parotitis, orchitis, oophoritis, meningitis, encephalitis, and sensorineural hearing loss. Although mumps is a vaccine-preventable disease, sporadic outbreaks have occurred worldwide, even in highly vaccinated populations. MuV not only causes systemic infection but also has a unique tropism to glandular tissues and the central nervous system. In general, tropism can be defined by multiple factors in the viral life cycle, including its entry, interaction with host factors, and host-cell immune responses. Although the underlying mechanisms of MuV tropism remain to be fully understood, recent studies on virus–host interactions have provided insights into viral pathogenesis. This review was aimed at summarizing the entry process of MuV by focusing on the glycan receptors, particularly the recently identified receptors with a trisaccharide core motif, and their interactions with the viral attachment proteins. Here, we describe the receptor structures, their distribution in the human body, and the recently identified host factors for MuV and analyze their relationship with MuV tropism
Large-Scale Expression and Purification of Mumps Virus Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase for Structural Analyses and Glycan-Binding Assays
No full textFabrication of Co/Cu Multilayered Nanowires Using a Pulsed Current Deposition Technique
No full textナノダイナミクス国際シンポジウム 平成22年1月21日(木) 於長崎大学Nagasaki Symposium on Nano-Dynamics 2010 (NSND2010), January 21, 2010, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Invited Lectur
Kaikoku heidan 海國兵談
No full textEnglish Translation: Military strategies in sea battles and weaponry.Originally self-publishedHand-drawn ink on paper,
Size: 10 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.Hayashi Shihei (1738-1793), a samurai from Mutsu, originally went to Nagasaki in 1755 to study Dutch horsemanship (1). His visit to Nagasaki in 1777, however, was what prompted him to write Kaikoku heidan, an illustrated discourse on military strategies in sea battles and weaponry. A meeting with the head of the Dutch Trading Office gave Hayashi enough information to become concerned for Japan’s future and the government’s foreign policy.
Shihei had difficulty securing funds for printing, and it took him three years to finally complete the publication (2). It was originally self-published to avoid government censorship (3). Generally, self-published books, as well as manuscripts and books printed with movable type, were exempt from censorship. Unfortunately, the book was banned in the same year the last volume was published. The government confiscated the printed books as well as the printing blocks, and placed Shihei under house arrest.
He is said to have composed a parody poem to express his predicament, “No parents, no wife, no children, no printing blocks, no money, but no way I would want to die.” His earlier work, Sangoku tsūran zusetsu (The survey of three countries),i was also banned in the same year.
Researcher Momoko Welch
1. Donald Keene, Frog in the Well: Portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan 1793-1841 (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006), 147.
2. Hashiguchi, 110.
3. Hashiguchi Kōnosuke, Edo no honya to honzukuri (Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2011), 109
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