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Shimada H, Nakashizuka H, Hattori T, Mori R, Mizutani Y, Yuzawa M. Vitreous Prolapse through the Scleral Wound in 25-Gauge Transconjunctival Vitrectomy. Eur J Ophthalmol 2018; 18:659-62. [DOI: 10.1177/112067210801800431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shimada H, Nakashizuka H, Hattori T, Mori R, Mizutani Y, Yuzawa M. Conjunctival Displacement to the Corneal Side for Oblique-Parallel Insertion in 25-Gauge Vitrectomy. Eur J Ophthalmol 2018; 18:848-51. [PMID: 18850574 DOI: 10.1177/112067210801800535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose To assess the usefulness of the method of oblique-parallel trocar insertion with conjunctival displacement to the corneal side in 25-gauge (G) transconjunctival vitrectomy. Methods 25-G vitrectomy was performed in 77 consecutive eyes. Before making oblique-parallel trocar insertions, the conjunctiva was conventionally displaced superiorly in 35 eyes, but was displaced toward the corneal side in 42 eyes. After surgery, the distance between the scleral and conjunctival wounds was measured with calipers. The frequency of scleral wound exposure was assessed. Results After cannula removal at the end of surgery, inferior repositioning of the superiorly displaced conjunctiva was observed, while marked posterior repositioning of the corneal side caused displacement of the conjunctiva due to gravity. The superior displacement distances between the sclera and conjunctival wounds were 2.4±0.3 mm at the infusion port, 2.0±0.4 mm at the superior temporal port, and 1.9±0.4 mm at the superior nasal port, while the corresponding distances for corneal side displacement were 3.6±0.5, 3.5±0.5, and 2.5±0.5 mm, and were all significantly (p<0.0001) greater with corneal side displacement. The frequency of scleral wound exposure due to conjunctival damage around the cannula (infusion port) was significantly (p=0.0164) lower for corneal side displacement (0/42; 16.7%) than superior displacement (5/35; 14.3%). There was no postoperative endophthalmitis in all 77 patients studied. Conclusions In 25-G transconjunctival vitrectomy, using oblique-parallel trocar insertions with the conjunctiva displaced toward the corneal side results in marked posterior repositioning of the conjunctiva after cannula extraction. Corneal side conjunctival displacement is technically easy and completely covers the scleral wound. This method is expected to be effective in preventing endophthalmitis.
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Hattori T, Sakai H, Tokunaga Y, Kambe S, Matsuda TD, Haga Y. Evidence for Spin Singlet Pairing with Strong Uniaxial Anisotropy in URu_{2}Si_{2} Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:027001. [PMID: 29376726 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.027001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In order to identify the spin contribution to superconducting pairing compatible with the so-called "hidden order", ^{29}Si nuclear magnetic resonance measurements have been performed using a high-quality single crystal of URu_{2}Si_{2}. A clear reduction of the ^{29}Si Knight shift in the superconducting state has been observed under a magnetic field applied along the crystalline c axis, corresponding to the magnetic easy axis. These results provide direct evidence for the formation of spin-singlet Cooper pairs. Consequently, results indicating a very tiny change of the in-plane Knight shift reported previously demonstrate extreme uniaxial anisotropy for the spin susceptibility in the hidden order state.
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Hassanein A, Salahuddin N, Matsuda A, Hattori T, Elfiky M. Fabrication of Electrochemical Sensor Based on Layered Double Hydroxide/Polypyrrole/Carbon Paste for Determination of an Alpha-adrenergic Blocking Agent Terazosin. ELECTROANAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201700321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ohira-Kawamura S, Oku T, Watanabe M, Takahashi R, Munakata K, Takata S, Sakaguchi Y, Ishikado M, Ohuchi K, Hattori T, Kira H, Sakai K, Aso T, Yamauchi Y, Isomae S. Sample environment at the J-PARC MLF. JOURNAL OF NEUTRON RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.3233/jnr-170046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Numasawa Y, Hattori T, Ishiai S, Kobayashi Z, Kamata T, Kotera M, Ishibashi S, Sanjo N, Mizusawa H, Yokota T. Components of depressive disorder due to raphe-nuclei damage: Subclass analysis of patients with brainstem infarction. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.1794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Higashi M, Ozaki K, Hattori T, Ishii T, Soga K, Sato N, Tomita M, Mizusawa H, Ishikawa K, Yokota T. Cerebellar ataxia subgroups can be differentiated by pontine magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yamada A, Numasawa Y, Hattori T, Ozaki K, Ishibashi S, Nishida Y, Kanouchi T, Sanjo N, Takanori Y. Signal changes of skeletal muscle MRI in peripheral nerve disorders. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Manaka D, Nishitai R, Konishi S, Ohta T, Hattori T, Ann H, Kawaguchi K, Nishikawa Y, Kudo R, Hamasu S. Phase II study of Ccr-based dose-control of S-1 in the first-line chemotherapy of S-1/oxaliplatin (SOX) + bevacizumab regimen for advanced colorectal cancer. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx393.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Kuroda Y, Yuasa S, Watanabe Y, Ito S, Egashira T, Seki T, Hattori T, Ohno S, Kodaira M, Suzuki T, Hashimoto H, Okata S, Tanaka A, Aizawa Y, Murata M, Aiba T, Makita N, Furukawa T, Shimizu W, Kodama I, Ogawa S, Kokubun N, Horigome H, Horie M, Kamiya K, Fukuda K. Flecainide ameliorates arrhythmogenicity through NCX flux in Andersen-Tawil syndrome-iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Biochem Biophys Rep 2017; 9:245-256. [PMID: 28956012 PMCID: PMC5614591 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Revised: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is a rare inherited channelopathy. The cardiac phenotype in ATS is typified by a prominent U wave and ventricular arrhythmia. An effective treatment for this disease remains to be established. We reprogrammed somatic cells from three ATS patients to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Multi-electrode arrays (MEAs) were used to record extracellular electrograms of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, revealing strong arrhythmic events in the ATS-iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. Ca2+ imaging of cells loaded with the Ca2+ indicator Fluo-4 enabled us to examine intracellular Ca2+ handling properties, and we found a significantly higher incidence of irregular Ca2+ release in the ATS-iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes than in control-iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. Drug testing using ATS-iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes further revealed that antiarrhythmic agent, flecainide, but not the sodium channel blocker, pilsicainide, significantly suppressed these irregular Ca2+ release and arrhythmic events, suggesting that flecainide's effect in these cardiac cells was not via sodium channels blocking. A reverse-mode Na+/Ca2+exchanger (NCX) inhibitor, KB-R7943, was also found to suppress the irregular Ca2+ release, and whole-cell voltage clamping of isolated guinea-pig cardiac ventricular myocytes confirmed that flecainide could directly affect the NCX current (INCX). ATS-iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes recapitulate abnormal electrophysiological phenotypes and flecainide suppresses the arrhythmic events through the modulation of INCX. iPS cells are generated from three patients with ATS. ATS-iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes show abnormal electrophysiological phenotypes. Flecainide suppresses abnormal electrophysiological phenotypes in ATS-iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes.
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Morohashi N, Iijima S, Akasaka K, Hattori T. Selective extraction of Pd(ii) by p-tert-butylcalix[4]arenedicarboxylic acid. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6nj03839e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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p-tert-Butylcalix[4]arenedicarboxylic acid, in which two distal hydroxy groups of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene are replaced with carboxy groups, shows extraction selectivity toward Pd2+ ions by the formation of a 2 : 2 (M/L) complex.
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Ogino H, Fujimichi Y, Sasaki M, Hamada N, Iwasaki T, Yoshida K, Hattori T. Quantitative assessment of provability of radiation-related cancers considering unavoidable existence of unadjusted risk factors. JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION 2016; 36:865-884. [PMID: 27739409 DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/36/4/865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The attribution of stochastic effects to exposure to ionizing radiation has been qualitatively discussed by introducing two distinct concepts of provability and probability. This study aims to develop a method of quantitatively assessing the provability of radiation-related cancers. To this end, the 'minimum provable dose' (MPD) was developed and applied to actual cancer mortality in Japan. The background lifetime risk of cancer mortality was calculated for the esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, lungs, skin, breasts, ovaries, bladder, and bone marrow as well as the age-specific risk coefficients reproducing those given in the 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). Comparing the relative ratio of MPDs, which was defined herein as the 'provability index' (PI), we quantitatively ranked radiation-related cancers for different tissues and organs predicated on provability for ages of 10, 30, 50, and 0-85+ years at exposure. We discuss the radiological protection of male emergency workers focusing on cancers highly prioritized according to the ranking (i.e. colon, bone marrow, and bladder). The present study proposed the system to quantitatively evaluate the level of radiological protection taking into account the variations of the background cancer risk on the provability of radiation-related cancers.
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Niwa S, Miki S, Sawai K, Hattori T. Experimental Evaluation of the Anchoring Efficiency of Bone Cement under Various Conditions, and Improved Cementing Techniques and Instrumentations for Total Hip Replacement. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 13:197-202. [PMID: 6543799 DOI: 10.1243/emed_jour_1984_013_048_02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Viscoelastic properties of acrylic bone cement were studied by using a simplified controlled laboratory model simulating a component cementing in total hip replacement surgery. This study also dealt with improved cementing techniques developed through these experimental studies.
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Munakata M, Hattori T, Konno S. Very mild renal endothelial damage and glomerular hyperfiltration may precede incident hypertension in the Japanese general population: The Watari study. Atherosclerosis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We conducted a retrospective review of 11 patients with bilateral Kienböck’s disease from our series of 251 patients with Kienböck’s disease. There were no significant differences in radiographic parameters, including ulnar variance and carpal bone angle, between those with unilateral and those with bilateral Kienböck’s disease. None of the patients with bilateral disease had been treated with corticosteroids or had a systemic disease that predisposed to osteonecrosis. Thus, this study failed to demonstrate any risk factor for bilateral, as opposed to unilateral Kienböck’s disease.
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Klotz S, Komatsu K, Pietrucci F, Kagi H, Ludl AA, Machida S, Hattori T, Sano-Furukawa A, Bove LE. Ice VII from aqueous salt solutions: From a glass to a crystal with broken H-bonds. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32040. [PMID: 27562476 PMCID: PMC5000010 DOI: 10.1038/srep32040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It has been known for decades that certain aqueous salt solutions of LiCl and LiBr readily form glasses when cooled to below ≈160 K. This fact has recently been exploited to produce a « salty » high-pressure ice form: When the glass is compressed at low temperatures to pressures higher than 4 GPa and subsequently warmed, it crystallizes into ice VII with the ionic species trapped inside the ice lattice. Here we report the extreme limit of salt incorporation into ice VII, using high pressure neutron diffraction and molecular dynamics simulations. We show that high-pressure crystallisation of aqueous solutions of LiCl∙RH2O and LiBr∙RH2O with R = 5.6 leads to solids with strongly expanded volume, a destruction of the hydrogen-bond network with an isotropic distribution of water-dipole moments, as well as a crystal-to-amorphous transition on decompression. This highly unusual behaviour constitutes an interesting pathway from a glass to a crystal where translational periodicity is restored but the rotational degrees of freedom remaining completely random.
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Komatsu K, Noritake F, Machida S, Sano-Furukawa A, Hattori T, Yamane R, Kagi H. Partially ordered state of ice XV. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28920. [PMID: 27375120 PMCID: PMC4931510 DOI: 10.1038/srep28920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Most ice polymorphs have order-disorder "pairs" in terms of hydrogen positions, which contributes to the rich variety of ice polymorphs; in fact, three recently discovered polymorphs- ices XIII, XIV, and XV-are ordered counter forms to already identified disordered phases. Despite the considerable effort to understand order-disorder transition in ice crystals, there is an inconsistency among the various experiments and calculations for ice XV, the ordered counter form of ice VI, i.e., neutron diffraction observations suggest antiferroelectrically ordered structures, which disagree with dielectric measurement and theoretical studies, implying ferroelectrically ordered structures. Here we investigate in-situ neutron diffraction measurements and density functional theory calculations to revisit the structure and stability of ice XV. We find that none of the completely ordered configurations are particular favored; instead, partially ordered states are established as a mixture of ordered domains in disordered ice VI. This scenario in which several kinds of ordered configuration coexist dispels the contradictions in previous studies. It means that the order-disorder pairs in ice polymorphs are not one-to-one correspondent pairs but rather have one-to-n correspondence, where there are n possible configurations at finite temperature.
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Okuyama H, Kitaguchi Y, Hattori T, Ueda Y, Ferrer NG, Hatta S, Aruga T. Adsorbed states of chlorophenol on Cu(110) and controlled switching of single-molecule junctions. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:244703. [PMID: 27369529 DOI: 10.1063/1.4954409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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A molecular junction of substituted benzene (chlorophenol) is fabricated and controlled by using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Prior to the junction formation, the bonding geometry of the molecule on the surface is characterized by STM and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). EELS shows that the OH group of chlorophenol is dissociated on Cu(110) and that the molecule is bonded nearly flat to the surface via an O atom, with the Cl group intact. We demonstrate controlled contact of an STM tip to the "available" Cl group and lift-up of the molecule while it is anchored to the surface via an O atom. The asymmetric bonding motifs of the molecule to the electrodes allow for reversible control of the junction.
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Miwa H, Koseki J, Oshima T, Hattori T, Kase Y, Kondo T, Fukui H, Tomita T, Ohda Y, Watari J. Impairment of gastric accommodation induced by water-avoidance stress is mediated by 5-HT2B receptors. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2016; 28:765-78. [PMID: 26833428 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Psychological stress has been shown to impair gastric accommodation (GA), but its mechanism has not been elucidated. This study was conducted to clarify the role of 5-HT2B receptors in a guinea pig model of stress-induced impairment of GA. METHODS Gastric accommodation was evaluated by measuring the intrabag pressure in the proximal stomach after administration of a liquid meal. The guinea pigs were subjected to water-avoidance stress. The role of 5-HT2B receptors in impairment of GA was investigated by administering a 5-HT2B receptor agonist (BW723C86) or antagonist (SB215505), the traditional Japanese medicine rikkunshito (RKT), a muscarinic M3 receptor antagonist (1,1-dimethyl-4-diphenylacetoxypiperidium iodide [4-DAMP]), or a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (Nω -nitro-L-arginine [L-NNA]). KEY RESULTS In normal animals, liquid meal-induced GA was inhibited by BW723C86, but was not affected by SB215505. The inhibition of GA by BW723C86 was reversed by co-administration of 4-DAMP. Compared to normal animals, GA in stressed animals was significantly inhibited. SB215505 and RKT significantly suppressed stress-induced impairment of GA. After meal administration, the level of cyclic guanosine monophosphate in gastric fundus tissue increased by approximately twofold in normal animals, but did not change in stressed animals. The inhibition of GA by L-NNA was suppressed by SB215505 or RKT. At a dose that did not affect GA in normal animals, BW723C86 exacerbated the impairment of GA in stressed animals. CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES Stress-induced impairment of GA may be mediated by an increased responsiveness of 5-HT2B receptors, and activation of the 5-HT2B receptor signaling pathway may have an inhibitory effect on nitric oxide function.
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Matsui S, Mori Y, Nonaka T, Hattori T, Kasamatsu Y, Haraguchi D, Watanabe Y, Uchiyama K, Ishikawa M. Energy deposition evaluation for ultra-low energy electron beam irradiation systems using calibrated thin radiochromic film and Monte Carlo simulations. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:053309. [PMID: 27250416 DOI: 10.1063/1.4949501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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For evaluation of on-site dosimetry and process design in industrial use of ultra-low energy electron beam (ULEB) processes, we evaluate the energy deposition using a thin radiochromic film and a Monte Carlo simulation. The response of film dosimeter was calibrated using a high energy electron beam with an acceleration voltage of 2 MV and alanine dosimeters with uncertainty of 11% at coverage factor 2. Using this response function, the results of absorbed dose measurements for ULEB were evaluated from 10 kGy to 100 kGy as a relative dose. The deviation between the responses of deposit energy on the films and Monte Carlo simulations was within 15%. As far as this limitation, relative dose estimation using thin film dosimeters with response function obtained by high energy electron irradiation and simulation results is effective for ULEB irradiation processes management.
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Keane EF, Johnston S, Bhandari S, Barr E, Bhat NDR, Burgay M, Caleb M, Flynn C, Jameson A, Kramer M, Petroff E, Possenti A, van Straten W, Bailes M, Burke-Spolaor S, Eatough RP, Stappers BW, Totani T, Honma M, Furusawa H, Hattori T, Morokuma T, Niino Y, Sugai H, Terai T, Tominaga N, Yamasaki S, Yasuda N, Allen R, Cooke J, Jencson J, Kasliwal MM, Kaplan DL, Tingay SJ, Williams A, Wayth R, Chandra P, Perrodin D, Berezina M, Mickaliger M, Bassa C. The host galaxy of a fast radio burst. Nature 2016; 530:453-6. [PMID: 26911781 DOI: 10.1038/nature17140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In recent years, millisecond-duration radio signals originating in distant galaxies appear to have been discovered in the so-called fast radio bursts. These signals are dispersed according to a precise physical law and this dispersion is a key observable quantity, which, in tandem with a redshift measurement, can be used for fundamental physical investigations. Every fast radio burst has a dispersion measurement, but none before now have had a redshift measurement, because of the difficulty in pinpointing their celestial coordinates. Here we report the discovery of a fast radio burst and the identification of a fading radio transient lasting ~6 days after the event, which we use to identify the host galaxy; we measure the galaxy's redshift to be z = 0.492 ± 0.008. The dispersion measure and redshift, in combination, provide a direct measurement of the cosmic density of ionized baryons in the intergalactic medium of ΩIGM = 4.9 ± 1.3 per cent, in agreement with the expectation from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, and including all of the so-called 'missing baryons'. The ~6-day radio transient is largely consistent with the radio afterglow of a short γ-ray burst, and its existence and timescale do not support progenitor models such as giant pulses from pulsars, and supernovae. This contrasts with the interpretation of another recently discovered fast radio burst, suggesting that there are at least two classes of bursts.
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Kabongo-Kayoka PN, Obi CL, Nakajima C, Suzuki Y, Hattori T, Eloff JN, Wright J, Mbelle N, McGaw LJ. Novel Mycobacterium avium Complex Species Isolated From Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) in South Africa. Transbound Emerg Dis 2015; 64:929-937. [PMID: 26671520 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A study was undertaken to isolate and characterize Mycobacterium species from black wildebeest suspected of being infected with tuberculosis in South Africa. This led to the discovery of a new Mycobacterium avium complex species, provisionally referred to as the Gnou isolate from black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou). Sixteen samples from nine black wildebeest were processed for Mycobacterium isolation. Following decontamination, samples were incubated in an ordinary incubator at 37°C on Löwenstein-Jensen slants and in liquid medium tubes using the BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 system, respectively. Identification of the isolate was carried out by standard biochemical tests and using the line probe assay from the GenoType® CM/AS kit (Hain Lifescience GmbH, Nehren, Germany). The DNA extract was also analysed using gene sequencing. Partial gene sequencing and analysis of 16S rRNA gene, and 16S-23S rRNA (ITS), rpoB and hsp65 and phylogenetic analyses by searching GenBank using the BLAST algorithm were conducted. Phylogenetic trees were constructed using four methods, namely Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony and neighbour-joining methods. The isolate was identified as Mycobacterium intracellulare using the GenoType® CM/AS kit and as Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) by gene sequencing. The gene sequence targeting all the genes, ITS, 16S rRNA, rpoB and hsp65 and phylogenetic analyses indicated that this isolate presented a nucleotide sequence different from all currently published sequences, and its position was far enough from other MAC species to suggest that it might be a new species.
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Harada Y, Ro S, Ochiai M, Hayashi K, Hosomi E, Fujitsuka N, Hattori T, Yakabi K. Ghrelin enhancer, rikkunshito, improves postprandial gastric motor dysfunction in an experimental stress model. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2015; 27:1089-97. [PMID: 26088415 PMCID: PMC4744783 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Functional dyspepsia (FD) is one of the most common disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. However, no curable treatment is available for FD because the detailed mechanism of GI dysfunction in stressed conditions remains unclear. We aimed to clarify the association between endogenous acylated ghrelin signaling and gastric motor dysfunction and explore the possibility of a drug with ghrelin signal-enhancing action for FD treatment. METHODS Solid gastric emptying (GE) and plasma acylated ghrelin levels were evaluated in an urocortin1 (UCN1) -induced stress model. To clarify the role of acylated ghrelin on GI dysfunction in the model, exogenous acylated ghrelin, an endogenous ghrelin enhancer, rikkunshito, or an α2 -adrenergic receptor (AR) antagonist was administered. Postprandial motor function was investigated using a strain gauge force transducer in a free-moving condition. KEY RESULTS Exogenous acylated ghrelin supplementation restored UCN1-induced delayed GE. Alpha2 -AR antagonist and rikkunshito inhibited the reduction in plasma acylated ghrelin and GE in the stress model. The action of rikkunshito on delayed GE was blocked by co-administration of the ghrelin receptor antagonist. UCN1 decreased the amplitude of contraction in the antrum while increasing it in the duodenum. The motility index of the antrum but not the duodenum was significantly reduced by UCN1 treatment, which was improved by acylated ghrelin or rikkunshito. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES The UCN1-induced gastric motility dysfunction was mediated by abnormal acylated ghrelin dynamics. Supplementation of exogenous acylated ghrelin or enhancement of endogenous acylated ghrelin secretion by rikkunshito may be effective in treating functional GI disorders.
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Matsumoto J, Lohman BD, Morimoto K, Ichinose Y, Hattori T, Taira Y. Damage control interventional radiology (DCIR) in prompt and rapid endovascular strategies in trauma occasions (PRESTO): A new paradigm. Diagn Interv Imaging 2015; 96:687-91. [PMID: 26119866 DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This article proposes an innovative concept of interventional radiology for hemodynamically unstable trauma patients. Damage control interventional radiology (DCIR) is an aggressive and time-conscious algorithm that prioritizes saving life of the hemorrhaging patient in extremis which conventional emergency interventional radiology (CEIR) cannot efficiently do. Briefly, DCIR aims to save life while CEIR aims to control bleeding with a constant concern to time-awareness. This article also presents the concept of "Prompt and Rapid Endovascular Strategies in Traumatic Occasions" (PRESTO) that entirely oversees and manages trauma patients from arrival to the trauma bay until initial completion of hemostasis with endovascular techniques. PRESTO's "Start soon and finish sooner" relies on the earlier activation of interventional radiology team but also emphasizes on a rapid completion of hemostasis in which DCIR has been specifically tailored. Both DCIR and PRESTO expand the role of IR and represent a paradigm shift in the realm of trauma care.
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Mondal A, Takehara A, Aizawa S, Tanaka T, Fujitsuka N, Hattori T, Sakai T, Sakata I. Rikkunshito induces gastric relaxation via the β-adrenergic pathway in Suncus murinus. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2015; 27:875-84. [PMID: 25846270 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Rikkunshito (RKT) is a gastroprotective herbal medicine. In this study, we investigated the role of RKT in the relaxation of the gastric body (fundus and corpus) and antrum. METHODS We used Suncus murinus, a unique small model animal with similar gastrointestinal motility to humans and dogs. RKT was added at 0.1, 1.0, and 5.0 mg/mL to induce relaxation in vitro; the outcome measure was the intensity of relaxation. The number of spontaneous antral contractions in the absence or the presence of RKT was also counted. KEY RESULTS Rikkunshito induced the relaxation of the gastric body and antrum and decreased the number of spontaneous antral contractions in a dose-dependent manner. The responses to RKT (1.0 mg/mL) were not affected by pretreatment with atropine, N-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester, ritanserin, or ondansetron. On the other hand, timolol almost completely reversed the relaxation induced by RKT (1.0 mg/mL) on the gastric body and antrum and the occurrence of the spontaneous antral contractions. Both butoxamine, a β(2) -adrenoreceptor antagonist, and L 748337, a β(3) -adrenoreceptor antagonist, but not CGP 20712, a β(1) -adrenoreceptor antagonist, significantly reversed the RKT-induced (1.0 mg/mL) gastric relaxation. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES These results indicate that RKT stimulates and modulates gastric relaxation through β(2) - and β(3) -adrenergic, but not β(1) -adrenergic, pathways in S. murinus.
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