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Letter from Tatsuro Tanaka to Kunio Nakatani, August 26, 1941
No full textLetter from Tatsuro Tanaka to Kunio Nakatani. For English translation, see sac_nak_0233.The collection consists of documents, diaries, letters, books, calendars, newspapers, photographs, artifacts and audiovisual media pertaining to Kikuyo Morimoto Nakatani, a Japanese-born woman who lived in Isleton, California. During World War II, her family was incarcerated in the Minidoka and Tule Lake incarceration camps. After the war, she moved to Los Angeles and studied tea with Madame Sosei Matsumoto, and became a tea master acknowledged by the Urasenke Headquarters in Japan. The collection also contains letters from her son, Kunio, who served aboard the Yamato battleship for the Empire of Japan during World War II
Letter from Tatsuro Tanaka to Kunio Nakatani, August 26, 1941
No full textLetter from Tatsuro Tanaka, Kunio Nakatani's friend at Keio University. Tatsuro encouraged Kunio to return to Hiroshima and forget everything for one or two days during the summer vacation. For original Japanese version, see sac_nak_0201.The collection consists of documents, diaries, letters, books, calendars, newspapers, photographs, artifacts and audiovisual media pertaining to Kikuyo Morimoto Nakatani, a Japanese-born woman who lived in Isleton, California. During World War II, her family was incarcerated in the Minidoka and Tule Lake incarceration camps. After the war, she moved to Los Angeles and studied tea with Madame Sosei Matsumoto, and became a tea master acknowledged by the Urasenke Headquarters in Japan. The collection also contains letters from her son, Kunio, who served aboard the Yamato battleship for the Empire of Japan during World War II
Cross-talk between activated human NK cells and CD4+ T cells via OX40-OX40 ligand interactions.
No full textIt is important to understand which molecules are relevant for linking innate and adaptive immune cells. In this study, we show that OX40 ligand is selectively induced on IL-2, IL-12, or IL-15-activated human NK cells following stimulation through NKG2D, the low affinity receptor for IgG (CD16) or killer cell Ig-like receptor 2DS2. CD16-activated NK cells costimulate TCR-induced proliferation, and IFN-gamma produced by autologous CD4+ T cells and this process is dependent upon expression of OX40 ligand and B7 by the activated NK cells. These findings suggest a novel and unexpected link between the natural and specific immune responses, providing direct evidence for cross-talk between human CD4+ T cells and NK receptor-activated NK cells
Letter from Mr. Tatsuro Tanaka to Mrs. Kikuyo Nakatani, May 8, 1985
No full textLetter from Tatsuro Tanaka to Kikuyo Nakatani.The collection consists of documents, diaries, letters, books, calendars, newspapers, photographs, artifacts and audiovisual media pertaining to Kikuyo Morimoto Nakatani, a Japanese-born woman who lived in Isleton, California. During World War II, her family was incarcerated in the Minidoka and Tule Lake incarceration camps. After the war, she moved to Los Angeles and studied tea with Madame Sosei Matsumoto, and became a tea master acknowledged by the Urasenke Headquarters in Japan. The collection also contains letters from her son, Kunio, who served aboard the Yamato battleship for the Empire of Japan during World War II
NK cell regulation of T cell-mediated responses
No full textNK cells promote adaptive immune responses through their production of type I and type 2 cytokines or chemokines. Secretion of these factors by activated NK cells influences the differentiation of B and T lymphocytes. Increasing evidence indicates that NK cells are also directly involved in dendritic cell (DC) maturation. By contrast, a potential role for direct cell-cell interactions between NK and T lymphocytes, in particular CD4(+) T cells, has not been explored. We provide evidence that activated human NK cells are able of promoting TcR-dependent proliferation of resting autologous peripheral blood CD4(+) T cells by a process that involves costimulatory molecules of the immunoglobulin (Ig) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamilies. These findings suggest a novel link between natural and adaptative immune responses. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Japan, the Atomic Bomb, and the “Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Power”
No full textContent downloaded from open-access journal, The Asia-Pacific Journal, on Jan 5, 2016. http://japanfocus.org/-Peter-J--Kuznick--Yuki-Tanaka/3521/article.pd
Postcard from Mrs. D.L. Cooke to Sam Tanaka, August 1943
No full textPostcard from Mrs. D.L. Cooke to Sam Tanaka in the Jerome incarceration camp including a greeting and update from Cooke.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
A STYLISTIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS OF KAREN TANAKA’S INTERMEDIATE PIANO COLLECTION “CHILDREN OF LIGHT”
No full textKaren Tanaka (b. 1961) is a Japanese composer based in Los Angeles, California. Highly versatile, Tanaka has composed in a wide variety of musical genres, including works for orchestra, piano and orchestra, solo piano, solo harpsichord, solo instruments, chamber music, choir, electroacoustics, and film music. She also served as the lead orchestrator in 2016 for the BBC television series Planet Earth II. Tanaka has received numerous awards for her compositions, including three Japanese prizes: the Muramatsu Prize, Keizo Saji Prize, and Bekku Prize, as well as the international Gaudeamus Prize that recognizes the excellence of young emerging composers. Tanaka’s exceptional merit allowed her to receive scholarships from the Japanese government, French government, and Nadia Boulanger Foundation to study with the composers Tristan Murail in Paris and Luciano Berio in Florence during the 1980s and 1990s. One of her most prolific compositional genres is her works for solo piano.
This document examines the stylistic features and pedagogical applications of Karen Tanaka’s intermediate piano collection Children of Light (1999). Containing twenty-five pieces, this collection emphasizes themes of nature, the environment, and endangered animals. Tanaka selected twenty animals from the 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals to designate as piece titles, with the remaining five pieces inspired by various environments around the world. Children of Light is comprised of early to late intermediate piano pieces, ranging from Levels 3 through 8 in reference to Jane Magrath’s leveling system. A variety of musical styles are incorporated throughout the collection, including modernism, minimalism, neo-romanticism, French impressionism, and Japanese aesthetic influences.
Chapter One provides a biographical sketch of the composer, a brief overview of her compositional style and output, the purpose, need, procedures, and limitations of the study, and a review of related literature. Chapter Two presents a detailed discussion of Tanaka’s compositional style, influences, and output, surveys her standard and pedagogical piano works, and offers an introduction to Children of Light (1999). Chapters Three through Six offer compositional and pedagogical analyses for each of the twenty-five pieces in this collection, which are presented in increasing order of difficulty. The analysis of each piece begins with a compositional overview that addresses the musical elements of form, meter, rhythm, melody, harmony, and texture. A discussion of pedagogical applications follows, including guidance for introducing pieces, approaching musical and technical challenges, and suggestions for fingering, pedaling, and performance. Chapter Eight offers a summary of the study and recommendations for further research. By closely examining the intermediate piano collection Children of Light, the author seeks to advance the visibility and knowledge of Tanaka and her piano works so that her music can be more accessible to teach, study, and perform
Different Cytokine Production in Tax-Expressing Cells between Patients with Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I)–Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis and Asymptomatic HTLV-I Carriers
No full textHuman T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) provirus load has been reported to be generally higher in patients with HTLV-I–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) than in asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers (ACs). However, some ACs have a high HTLV-I provirus load comparable with that in patients with HAM/TSP. To examine whether other factors influence the outcome of HTLV-I infection in patients with HAM/TSP and ACs, we analyzed spontaneous Tax expression and cytokine production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells using flow cytometry. The Tax expression in HTLV-I–infected cells (percentage of Tax expressing cells/HTLV-I provirus load when assumed 1 copy/cell) and the intensity of Tax expression did not differ between these 2 groups. However, the production of interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor–α in Tax-expressing cells was significantly lower in ACs with high HTLV-I provirus load than in patients with HAM/TSP. This result suggests that the production of inflammatory cytokines in Tax-expressing cells is one of the factors that contribute to the development of HAM/TSPThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in [ Journal of Infectious Diseases ] following peer review. The version of record
[ Yoshitaka Furukawa, Mineki Saito, Wataru Matsumoto, Koichiro Usuku, Yuetsu Tanaka, Shuji Izumo, Mitsuhiro Osame
Different Cytokine Production in Tax-Expressing Cells between Patients with Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I)–Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis and Asymptomatic HTLV-I Carriers
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 187, Issue 7, 1 April 2003, Pages 1116–1125 ]
is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1086/368379
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/187/7/1116/800443?login=truejournal articl
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