247 research outputs found

    The pre-history of Shén-t'sê-chün 神策軍

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    The Shên-t'se-chün is famous in history for its great inftuence over the politics of the T'ang (唐). It was the most powerful body in the Chin-chun ((禁軍), the Imperial Guards). But originally it had been created not as a detatchment of the Imperial Guards, but only as one of the frontier guards. Why did it come to beIong to the Imperial Guards? The author tries to present an answer, tracing its career through the An-Shih (安史) Rebellion and the Tibetan's invasion of China

    Clinical evaluation of usefulness of cefixime (200 mg administered once daily) in the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis

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    急性単純性膀胱炎76例にCefixime(CFIX)の効果を試した。BID群43例中UTI薬効基準に合致した33例では, 排尿痛消失28例(85%)であった。膿尿は正常化23例(70%)であった。細菌尿は陰性化24例(73%)で総合臨床有効率94%であった。主治医判定では有効率91%であった。UID群(一回200mgを一回投与)では28例中薬効基準合致22例中, 排尿痛消失は20例(91%), 膿尿正常化14例(64%), 細菌尿陰性化14例(64%)で総合有効率は96%であった。主治医判定では有効率82%であった。一般にE. coliに対して優れた感受性を示し, 副作用はUID群のうち1例のみ口内炎が発症したが変更により消失したA comparative study of cefixime (CFIX), a new oral cephem antibiotic, was carried out at the Department of Urology, Nagoya University Hospital and its four affiliated hospitals to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of two dosage regimens of CFIX, given either in twice daily doses (BID group) or once daily dose (UID group), in the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis. Forty six female patients (BID group) were administered the daily dose of 200 mg in two divided doses for 3 days, 30 female patients (UID group) were administered 200 mg once daily for 3 days. The clinical efficacy was evaluated in 33 cases from the BID group and in 22 cases from the UID group, respectively, according to the criteria recommended by the Japan UTI Committee. In the BID group, the clinical efficacy was evaluated as excellent in 18 cases, moderate in 13 and poor in 2, with an overall clinical effectiveness rate of 94%. In the UID group, it was evaluated as excellent in 9 cases, moderate in 12 and poor in 1, with an overall clinical effectiveness rate of 96%. Safety was monitored in 71 patients, and only one case of stomatitis was seen in the UID group. This findings suggest that 200 mg once daily dosing regimen of cefixime is as effective as 100 mg twice daily dosing regimen in treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis, and is well tolerated in terms of safety

    Asynchronous Co-eating Through Video Message Exchange: Support for Making Video Messages

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    [HCII 2020]12th International Conference, CCD 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part IIPart of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 12193)Co-Eating, i.e., eating meals in the company of other people, has been widely recognized as good for both physical and mental health. However, the chances of co-eating have drastically decreased for families living separately and for older people living alone. To cope with this problem, we propose a framework of “asynchronous co-eating” that enables virtual co-eating through video message exchanges, which does not necessarily require people to eat simultaneously. This framework is aimed to maintain frequent communication between family members and promote ordinary types of co-eating when possible. To make this process easy for both older people and their distant family members, we designed a video message exchange scheme with an omnidirectional camera and a topic recommendation mechanism. With preliminary experiments, we obtained results that suggest our framework has the potential to be beneficial

    Dissolved iron distribution in the western and central subarctic Pacific : HNLC water formation and biogeochemical processes

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    It is well known that phytoplankton growth is broadly limited by iron (Fe) availability in the subarctic Pacific. To investigate which Fe sources control the amplitude of seasonal variation in biogeochemical parameters in the subarctic Pacific, we examined the spatial variation in the west-to-east distribution of dissolved Fe (DFe) across the western and central subarctic Pacific through the Japanese GEOTRACES program. The vertical section profile of the western subarctic Pacific gyre showed high dissolved Fe concentrations from the bottom of the surface mixed layer to as deep as approximately 3000 m, suggesting that Fe-rich intermediate water is transported laterally and distributed across the western subarctic gyre, over 2000 km. The section data also indicate that the influence of the western Fe-rich intermediate water does not reach the Alaskan gyre. Fe* index (= [DFe] (observed) – [PO4] (observed) × RFe:P) distribution clearly indicates that the western Fe-rich intermediate water is well explained by external sedimentary Fe sources and water transport systems from a subpolar marginal sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the continental margin. The spatial pattern of Fe to nutrient stoichiometry supplied from the intermediate water to the surface, in comparison with reported Fe and nutrient demand in surface phytoplankton, quantitatively explains the differences in surface macronutrient consumption between the western and eastern gyre as well as the formation of the high nutrient and low chlorophyll region in the whole subarctic Pacific
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