2,347 research outputs found
Letter from [William] J. Fujimoto, from the stockade, to Mr. [Raymond R.] Best, Project Director, February 23, 1944
No full textDescribes Fujimoto's imprisonment, for 34 days at the time of writing; Fujimoto states that the cause for his arrest has never been made clear, especially given that he has "never entertained radical ideas" and has been cooperative with authorities, and requests a meeting with Best to review his case.The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent history. In 1943, the camp was turned into a segregation center to house "disloyal" Japanese Americans relocated from other camps based on their answers to a confusing loyalty questionnaire. The camp endured martial law from November 1943- Jan 1944 after escalating protests and unrest. The hostile environment of the camp lead to many incarcerees renouncing their American citizenship upon the end of incarceration, a process which took 14 years to reverse if they did not wish to be deported to Japan
Malignant lymphoma or Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease – case report
No full textPacjentka lat 70, została skierowana do Ośrodka Onkologicznego
z podejrzeniem chłoniaka złośliwego. Po wykonaniu
badań i ponownej ocenie preparatów histopatologicznych
rozpoznano chorobę Kikuchi- Fujimoto. Następnie chora
została przekazana pod opiekę Poradni Reumatologicznej.
Choroba Kikuchi- Fujimoto znana jako histiocytarne, martwicze
zapalenie węzłów chłonnych bez nacieków granulocytarnych
jest limfadenopatią o nieznanej etiologii. Po raz pierwszy
została opisana w 1972 roku w Japonii, przez niezależnych
badaczy Kikuchi i Fujimoto. Podczas diagnostyki pod uwagę
bierze się choroby infekcyjne, autoimmunologiczne, nowotworowe-
głównie rozrosty układu chłonnego lub przerzuty
guzów litych. Podstawą rozpoznania jest potwierdzenie cech
klinicznych oraz histopatologicznych. W terapii stosuje się
leczenie objawowe, ale w większości przypadków zmiany
ulegają samoistnej regresji.The case is a 70-year-old female patient, who was directed to
the Oncology Center with suspected malignant lymphoma.
The evaluation and histopathological reexamination
suggested Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. The patient was then
referred to a Rheumatology Clinic. The Kikuchi-Fujimoto
disease or histiocytic, necrotizing lymphadenitis without
granulocytic infiltration is a lymphadenopathy of unknown
etiology. It was first described in Japan by independent
researchers Kikuchi and Fujimoto in 1972. During the
diagnostic workup infectious, autoimmune, or neoplastic
diseases are taken into consideration. The diagnosis is
confirmed both by clinical and histopathological features of
the disease. Symptomatic treatment is administered, but the
changes regress spontaneously in most cases
Quisarctus yasumurai Fujimoto, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textQuisarctus yasumurai sp. nov. (Figs. 1, 2; Table 1) Diagnosis. Halechiniscidae with cylindrical body; primary clava and lateral cirrus arise from common cirrophore; primary clava longer than lateral cirrus; secondary clava undeveloped; stylet supports present; leg I sense organ consists of three parts; leg II sense organ as unarticulated spine; leg III sense organ as unarticulated spine; leg IV sense organ as elongate papilla with distal spine; all legs terminate in four digits without folds, peduncles, proximal pads, pretarsi or wrinkles; internal digits longer than external digits; each digit terminates in sheathed, small, crescent-shaped claw with minute calcar; pair of ventrally opening seminal receptacles each with slender, sinuous duct terminating in spherical vesicle. Material examined. Holotype: KUZ Z 1649, adult female. Paratypes: KUZ Z 1650, adult female; KUZ Z 1651, four-digit juvenile. Type locality: Water depth of 29 m, ‘Daidokutsu’ cave, off Iejima, Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan (26 ° 43 ' 18 "N, 127 ° 50 '00"E). Coll. by Koshin Yasumura on 6 th November 2013. Type depository: The type series is deposited in the Zoological Collection of Kyoto University. Description of holotype (Figs. 1, 2 A, 2 B). Adult female, body length 106 µm. Cylindrical body with smooth cuticle. Round cephalic region without lobes. Complete set of three parted cephalic cirri present. Dorsal median cirrus with scapus (2 µm), tubular portion (7 µm) and flagellum (3 µm) inserted 13 µm posterior to anterior margin of body. Dorsal internal cirrus with scapus (2 µm), tubular portion (5 µm) and flagellum (4 µm) inserted on short cirrophore. Ventral external cirrus with scapus (4 µm), tubular portion (4 µm) and flagellum (2 µm) slightly exterior to internal cirrus. Internal cirri and external cirri situated near anterior margin of body. Lateral cirrus with scapus (3 µm), tubular portion (5 µm) and flagellum (4 µm) inserted on short lateral cirrophorus with primary clava. Elongated, proximally-inflated primary clava (27 µm) with distal pore. Lateral cirrus situated antero-dorsal to primary clava. Secondary clava undeveloped. Mouth directed anteriorly. Observation of bucco-pharyngeal apparatus incomplete due to limited visibility in mounting media. Bucco-pharyngeal apparatus with buccal tube (21 µm), three placoids, pharyngeal bulb (11 µm × 11 µm) and two stylets (furca not observed). Stylet supports present but not observed in holotype. Cirrus E (20 µm) with proximal portion, distal portion and tapering spine inserted on short cirrophore. Leg I sense organ (5 µm) articulated into three parts. Leg II and III sense organs (8 µm, 7 µm) as unarticulated spines. Leg IV sense organ (5 µm) with proximal papilla and short, distal tapering. Each leg terminates in four digits without folds, peduncles, proximal pads, pretarsi or wrinkles. Internal digits longer than external digits. Digits on leg IV longer than that of legs I–III. Each digit terminates in sheathed, small, crescent-shaped claw without dorsal spur. Minute calcar recognised in well-positioned claws of internal and external digits. Rossette-like female gonopore opens 5 µm anterior to caudal anus. Pair of seminal receptacles present. Slender, sinuous seminal receptacle duct opens ventrally near lateral margin of body slightly posterior to level of gonopore and runs exteriorly and then dorsally terminating in spherical vesicle. In holotype, seminal vesicle directed dorsally gives spherical appearance. Remarks on paratypes. In the paratypic female, KUZ Z 1650, the digits were in better position for observation (Figs. 2 C, D). In addition, the stylet supports were more obvious (Fig. 2 E) and the seminal vesicles were observed from lateral view (Fig. 2 F). The other paratype, KUZ Z 1651, was identified as a four-digit juvenile based on difficultly in observing the gonopore region and absence of both seminal receptacles and spermatozoa. Etymology. The specific epithet, yasumurai, is named in honor of Koshin Yasumura who collected the sediment samples from which the new species was obtained.Published as part of Fujimoto, Shinta, 2015, Quisarctus yasumurai gen. et sp. nov. (Arthrotardigrada: Halechiniscidae) from a submarine cave, off Iejima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, pp. 145-150 in Zootaxa 3948 (1) on pages 146-148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/23975
Enfermedad de Kikuchi-Fujimoto: presentación de un caso pediátrico
No full textLa enfermedad de Kikuchi-Fujimoto, o linfadenitis necrosante histiocítica, es una afección benigna, poco frecuente, generalmente de resolución espontánea, en un periodo de seis meses. La presentación
clínica característica incluye linfadenopatía cervical, leucopenia y síndrome febril prolongado. Se presenta con mayor frecuencia en mujeres asiáticas jóvenes y existen pocas descripciones de esta
enfermedad en la población pediátrica.
Frecuentemente simula linfadenitis tuberculosa, linfoma maligno, lupus eritematoso sistémico y muchas otras condiciones benignas y malignas. La etiología es desconocida; sin embargo, se ha sugerido un origen viral o autoinmunitario. Los hallazgos de laboratorio generalmente son inespecíficos, siendo los más frecuentes la leucopenia, el aumento de la sedimentación globular, la anemia y la presencia de anticuerpos antinucleares.
En vista de lo inespecífico de las manifestaciones clínicas y de laboratorio, el hallazgo histológico es lo que permite definir el diagnóstico. El diagnóstico temprano es importante, entre otras razones para evitar el uso inapropiado de antibióticos.
Se describe el caso de una paciente de 10 años, con síndrome febril prolongado y adenopatías cervicales secundarias a enfermedad de Kikuchi-Fujimoto
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in a patient with mediastinal lymphadenopathy [mediastinal lenfadenopati ile seyreden bir Kikuchi Fujimoto olgusu]
No full textKikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a benign self-limited syndrome with distinct histopathologic characteristics. Clinical symptoms include cervical lymphadenopathy with tenderness, fever of medium grade, night sweats, nausea, vomiting, and a sore throat. It is a rare disease worldwide. Diagnosis is based on histopathologic findings from an excisional lymph node biopsy. We present the case of a 37-year-old male patient with a fever of 15 days' duration. Clinical examination revealed no other pathologic signs except for oral aphthous lesions and a fever of unknown origin. The patient's fever did not resolve after 15 days' follow-up, and the results of computed tomographic study of the thorax revealed several sites of mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis) was based on the results of pathologic examination of the biopsy specimen. The patient's signs and symptoms resolved without antibiotic therapy. This case report of a patient with a fever of unknown origin is presented because of the rare involvement of mediastinal lymphadenopathy without cervical lymphadenopathy. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the patient who presents with fever and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. © 2014 by Turkish Thoracic Society
Further investigations on Fujimoto type strong uniqueness polynomials
No full textTaking the question posed by the first author in [1] into background, we
further exhaust-ably investigate existing Fujimoto type Strong Uniqueness
Polynomial for Meromorphic functions (SUPM). We also introduce a new kind of
SUPM named Restricted SUPM and exhibit some results which will give us a new
direction to discuss the characteristics of a SUPM. Moreover, throughout the
paper, we pose a number of open questions for future research.</jats:p
The infrared-luminous progenitors of high-z quasars
No full textHere we explore the infrared (IR) properties of the progenitors of high- quasar host galaxies. Adopting the cosmological, data-constrained semi-analytic model GAMETE/QSOdust, we simulate several independent merger histories of a luminous quasar at ∼ 6, following black hole growth and baryonic evolution in all its progenitor galaxies. We find that a fraction of progenitor galaxies (about 0.4 objects per single luminous quasar) at 6.5 1013 L⊙ (hyper-luminous IR galaxies; HyLIRGs). HyLIRGs progenitors reside in the most massive haloes, with dark matter (DM) masses of MDM ∼ 1012.5–1013 M⊙. These systems can be easily observed in their ∼1 mm-continuum emission in a few seconds of integration time with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, and at least 40 per cent of them host nuclear black hole activity that is potentially observable in the soft and hard X-ray band. Our findings are in line with recent observations of exceptional massive DM haloes hosting HyLIRGs at ∼ 7, suggesting that ∼ 6 luminous quasars are indeed the signposts of these observed rare peaks in the high- cosmic density field, and that massive IR-luminous galaxies at higher are their natural ancestors
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: Report of 4 cases and review of the literature
No full textAbstractIntroductionKikuchi-Fujimoto disease or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a benign disease of unknown origin predominantly affecting young women and presenting in the form of cervical lymphadenopathy and/or prolonged fever.Material and methodsThe authors report 4 cases of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease diagnosed in the Internal Medicine Department of Ibn Sina university hospital in Rabat between 2009 and 2010.ResultsThese 4 women with a mean age of 27±8.6years [16–37] were admitted with febrile syndrome and cervical lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis was based on histological examination of a lymph node biopsy. The disease was associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in one case and actinomycosis in another case. A favourable course was observed in response to corticosteroid therapy in two patients, antibiotic therapy in one patient and antipyretic treatment alone in the fourth patient.ConclusionIn the light of these four cases, the authors discuss the diagnostic difficulties, the modalities of treatment of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease and its clinical course
Physics of classical electromagnetism
No full textThe classical electromagnetism described by the Maxwell equations constitutes a fundamental law in contemporary physics. Even with the advent of sophisticated new materials, the principles of classical electromagnetism are still active in various applied areas in today’s advanced communication techniques. Physics of Classical Electromagnetism, by Minoru Fujimoto, is written with concise introductory arguments emphasizing the original field concept, with an aim at understanding objectives in modern information technology. Following basic discussions of electromagnetism with a modernized approach, this book will provide readers with an overview of current problems in high-frequency physics. To further the reader’s understanding of the concepts and applications discussed, each illustration within the book shows the location of all active charges, and the author has provided many worked-out examples throughout the book. Physics of Classical Electromagnetism is intended for students in physics and engineering but will serve as a useful reference to graduate students and researchers in fields including but not limited to classical electrodynamics, electromagnetism, optics and lasers. Minoru Fujimoto is (retired) Professor of Physics at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is also the author of The Physics of Structural Phase Transitions (Springer, 2005)
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease as a rare cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in 44 years old patient – a case report and review of literature
No full textChoroba Kikuchi – Fujimoto jest rzadką jednostką chorobową
o nieznanej etologii, charakteryzującą się powiększeniem
szyjnych węzłów chłonnych i stanem gorączkowym. Objawy kliniczne
mogą naśladować chłoniaka i stanowić źródło pomyłek
diagnostycznych. Pierwsze opisy choroby pochodzą z krajów
azjatyckich, chociaż obecnie wiadomo, że choroba może
wystąpić u mieszkańców każdego kraju na świecie. Oprócz powiększenia
szyjnych węzłów chłonnych pacjenci mogą zgłaszać
skargi na zmęczenie, bóle ścięgien, stawów, nudności, wymioty,
utratę masy ciała i biegunkę. Rozpoznanie opiera się na analizie
histologicznej węzła chłonnego. Obraz mikroskopowy ujawnia
obecność zmian nekrotycznych z naciekami złożonymi z histiocytów.
Nie jest znana metoda leczenia przyczynowego.
Zazwyczaj objawy ustępują samoistnie w ciągu 1 do 4 miesięcy.
Przedstawiamy przypadek choroby Kikuchi – Fujimoto będącej
przyczyną limfadenopatii szyjnej u 44-letniego pacjenta wraz
z syntetycznym przeglądem piśmiennictwa.Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease is a rare, benign entity of unknown
etiology characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and
fever state. Clinical symptoms may mimic lymphoma, and it
can be pathologically misdiagnosed. The disease has been
previously reported from Asian countries, but nowadays
it is known, that may affect people from various countries
around the world. Besides cervical lymph nodes enlargement,
patients may also complain from fatigue, joint pain, arthralgia,
nausea, vomiting, weight loss and diarrhea. The diagnosis is
made by lymph node histologic examination. Microscopic
evaluation shows paracortical foci often with necrosis and
a histiocytic cellular infiltrate. There is no known effective
treatment. Symptoms usually resolve spontaneously within
one to four months. We report a case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto
disease as a cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in a 44-yearold
man and the synthetic review of the literature
- …
