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This study fabricates 50SiO2・50GeO2 and 50SiO2・(50-x)GeO2・xR2O (R: Na, K, Rb, and Cs, x = 5?40) glasses using the conventional melt-quenching method. Their photoluminescence characteristics were investigated by mea...

Since the year 2000, there has been an increasing visibility of proposals and theoretical research on the importance and necessity of cash flow management in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of this...

This study statistically examined the industrial cluster structure of four cities in the Tohoku region (Yonezawa, Koriyama, Iwaki, and Aizuwakamatsu) in terms of the relationship between each industry and the total value...

Sargassum macrocarpum is a perennial brown macroalga that forms the most important portion of seaweed beds with sufficient biomass. Algae have been proven to be beneficial functional food and pharmaceutical material. The...

A pH glass electrode are made of lithium-rich special glass, and the durability is often inferior in comparison with general hard glass. The glass electrode is often used under strong alkalinity or acidic conditions, and...

With the arrival of big-data society, methods for classifying real-world problems have attracted much attention for researchers and developers in various fields. In recent years, much effort has been devoted for improvin...

We have investigated the intestinal absorption and metabolism of the polyphenols contained in Acanthopanax sieboldianus Makino (Ukogi in Japanese) in rat plasma using a liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). Uk...

The Mental condition of humans affects sports and intellectual works. In particular, better results can be obtained when high concentration condition is achieved. One of the approaches of concentration improvement is Bio...

It has investigated using a Clark-type oxygen electrode and an ESR method that the conformation of thiol-compounds such as cysteine (Cys) and glutathione (GSH) effects on the formation of a nitrosyl(protoporphyrinato)iro...

Cedar wooden-shingle boards, a traditional Japanese roofing material, are handmade by craftsmen using traditional techniques. Product selection is left primarily to the roofers, whose selection criteria are visual and no...

Recently, diversification of eating habits has been advancing in Japan. In such a situation, issues have been raised on the eating habits of younger generation, especially university students. The purpose of our study is...

In contemporary society, an increasing number of people have excessive stress which affects their physical and mental conditions. As for methods of alleviating stress, listening to music and aromatherapy can be cited. Th...

The mowed lawn grass generated by lawn mowing accumulates as a thatch layer. The thatch layer clogging the turf and providing a hotbed for pathogens causes various obstacles toward the turf. The purpose of this study is ...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) act as oxidative stress and become a factor of aging, and ROS are deeply related to aging in Caenorhabditis elegans (C.elegans). Paraquat is used as a compound that produces ROS in C.elegans...

The aim of this study is to examine the adverse effects of hypoxic condition using by hypoxic device for the acclimatization to altitude. Eight untrained male volunteers (mean age 28.2 years old) participated in this stu...

In this research, in order to find a high efficiency automated valet parking lot, a multi-story car parking proposed by the authors, possible algorisms of entering and exiting are proposed. And, by combining those algori...

The authors paid attention to paper shredder scrap as biomass and studied bioethanol production from them using marine derived yeasts. We reviewed current production methods, suggested the production method that minimize...

Elimination behavior of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) molecules adsorbed on Cu(II)-supported hydroxyapatite (Cu-HAp) using warmed ultrapure water was investigated, and H2S adsorption ability of Cu-HAp before and after exposure ...

Recently, along with the declining birthrate and an aging population, labor shortage of nursing care support is recognized as a social problem. Among such social backgrounds, Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), which non-con...

The extent of variation in the composition and amount of carotenoids among a large number of phenotypic variants, induced from a single wild type parent by N-methyl-N'-nitrosoguanidin treatment, has been compared be...

In this study, experiments on milk sales estimation were conducted in two phases to optimize stock ordering. Sales data of two brands of milk between 2007 and 2008 were obtained through 9 stores in Ishikawa Prefecture. I...

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus (GsFPPS) is a thermophilic enzyme which belongs to the prenyltransferase family. We found that the point mutation of an amino acid located on the fifth po...

The purpose of this study was to clarify whether plasma concentrations of GH and lactate (La) are concurrently elevated by resistance training under 15.4 % of hypoxic conditions. Six athletes (age, 21.6 ｱ 1.0 y; height...