401 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
Realization, characterization and functionalization of lipidic wrapped carbon nanotubes
No full textMass-produced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are strongly aggregated and highly hydrophobic, and processes to make them water soluble are required for biological applications. Both covalent and non-covalent strategies are pursued for obtaining stable, highly concentrated CNT aqueous dispersions. Covalent functionalization has the great disadvantage of producing an irreversible chemical modification of nanotubes, thus alterating their mechanical, chemical and electric properties. On the other hand, non-covalent functionalization is often obtained by employing surfactants that sensibly affect cell viability. Moreover, derivatization with biological moieties is often impossible through non-covalent CNT dispersion. This paper proposes a non-covalent dispersion of multi-wall CNT based on a lipidic mixture that can guarantee high concentration and high stability as well as high cytocompatibility. Moreover, CNTs wrapped with a lipid membrane are realized to demonstrate that the proposed CNTs can be functionalised with a dodecapeptide that specifically recognizes activated platelets without chemical modification of the nanotube itself
sj-docx-1-cll-10.1177_09636897221112098 – Supplemental material for A Prospective Study of an HLA-Haploidentical Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Regimen Based on Modification of the Dose of Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide for Poor Prognosis or Refractory Hematological Malignancies
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cll-10.1177_09636897221112098 for A Prospective Study of an HLA-Haploidentical Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Regimen Based on Modification of the Dose of Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide for Poor Prognosis or Refractory Hematological Malignancies by Hirohisa Nakamae, Hiroshi Okamura, Asao Hirose, Hideo Koh, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Mika Nakamae, Mitsutaka Nishimoto, Yosuke Makuuchi, Masatomo Kuno, Naonori Harada, Teruhito Takakuwa and Masayuki Hino in Cell Transplantation</p
sj-tif-2-cll-10.1177_09636897221112098 – Supplemental material for A Prospective Study of an HLA-Haploidentical Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Regimen Based on Modification of the Dose of Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide for Poor Prognosis or Refractory Hematological Malignancies
No full textSupplemental material, sj-tif-2-cll-10.1177_09636897221112098 for A Prospective Study of an HLA-Haploidentical Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Regimen Based on Modification of the Dose of Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide for Poor Prognosis or Refractory Hematological Malignancies by Hirohisa Nakamae, Hiroshi Okamura, Asao Hirose, Hideo Koh, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Mika Nakamae, Mitsutaka Nishimoto, Yosuke Makuuchi, Masatomo Kuno, Naonori Harada, Teruhito Takakuwa and Masayuki Hino in Cell Transplantation</p
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
A few immobilized thrombins are sufficient for platelet spreading.
No full textAbstractEukaryotic cells respond to signaling molecules with picomolar to nanomolar sensitivities. However, molar concentrations give no suggestion of the sufficient number of molecules per cell and are confusing when referring to physiological situations in which signaling molecules act in an immobilized state. Here, we studied platelet adhesion by thrombin, a key step in normal hemostasis and pathological arterial thrombosis. We generated a biofunctional nanosheet surface to mimic the in vivo solid-state interaction between platelets and thrombin at sites of injured tissues. We observed that <10 molecules readily activate platelets with high specificity, resulting in platelet adhesion and spreading. This number is much lower than expected from previous experiments in solution, in which the sole activation of platelets required a >1000-fold stoichiometric excess of thrombin. We conclude that immobilizing thrombin apposed to the membrane receptor allows platelets to respond with very high sensitivity. Moreover, we propose that irreversible cell activation may require several ligands to avoid activation by single, mislocalized signaling molecules
『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
Two-color nanoscopy of three-dimensional volumes by 4Pi detection of stochastically switched fluorophores
No full textWe demonstrate three-dimensional (3D) super-resolution imaging of stochastically switched fluorophores distributed across whole cells. By evaluating the higher moments of the diffraction spot provided by a 4Pi detection scheme, single markers can be simultaneously localized with < 10 nm precision in three dimensions in a layer of 650 nm thickness at an arbitrarily selected depth in the sample. By splitting the fluorescence light into orthogonal polarization states, our 4Pi setup also facilitates the 3D nanoscopy of multiple fluorophores. Offering a combination of multicolor recording, nanoscale resolution and extended axial depth, our method substantially advances the noninvasive 3D imaging of cells and of other transparent materials
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