Search Results - "KITAJIMA, M"

Occurrence and reduction of human viruses, F‐specific RNA coliphage genogroups and microbial indicators at a full‐scale wastewater treatment plant in Japan by Hata, A., Kitajima, M., Katayama, H.

“…Aims To evaluate and compare the reductions of human viruses and F‐specific coliphages in a full‐scale wastewater treatment plant based on the quantitative PCR…”
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Antiviral efficacy and mechanisms of action of oregano essential oil and its primary component carvacrol against murine norovirus by Gilling, D.H, Kitajima, M, Torrey, J.R, Bright, K.R

“…AIMS: To investigate the antiviral efficacy of oregano oil and its primary active component, carvacrol, against the nonenveloped murine norovirus (MNV), a…”
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Temporal variations in genotype distribution of human sapoviruses and Aichi virus 1 in wastewater in Southern Arizona, United States by Kitajima, M., Rachmadi, A.T., Iker, B.C., Haramoto, E., Gerba, C.P.

“…Aims To investigate the molecular epidemiology, especially temporal variations in genotype distribution, of sapoviruses and Aichi virus 1 (AiV‐1) in Arizona,…”
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Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced 3D-FLAIR MR Imaging for Differentiating Rathke Cleft Cyst from Cystic Craniopharyngioma by Azuma, M, Khant, Z A, Kitajima, M, Uetani, H, Watanabe, T, Yokogami, K, Takeshima, H, Hirai, T

“…Because it can be difficult to discriminate between a Rathke cleft cyst and cystic craniopharyngioma by conventional MR imaging alone, we investigated whether…”
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Lateral Asymmetry and Spatial Difference of Iron Deposition in the Substantia Nigra of Patients with Parkinson Disease Measured with Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping by Azuma, M, Hirai, T, Yamada, K, Yamashita, S, Ando, Y, Tateishi, M, Iryo, Y, Yoneda, T, Kitajima, M, Wang, Y, Yamashita, Y

“…Quantitative susceptibility mapping is useful for assessing iron deposition in the substantia nigra of patients with Parkinson disease. We aimed to determine…”
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All-optical control and visualization of ultrafast two-dimensional atomic motions in a single crystal of bismuth by Katsuki, H., Delagnes, J.C., Hosaka, K., Ishioka, K., Chiba, H., Zijlstra, E.S., Garcia, M.E., Takahashi, H., Watanabe, K., Kitajima, M., Matsumoto, Y., Nakamura, K.G., Ohmori, K.

“…In a bulk solid, optical control of atomic motion provides a better understanding of its physical properties and functionalities. Such studies would benefit…”
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Changes in tissue inflammation, angiogenesis and apoptosis in endometriosis, adenomyosis and uterine myoma after GnRH agonist therapy by Khan, Khaleque Newaz, Kitajima, Michio, Hiraki, Koichi, Fujishita, Akira, Sekine, Ichiro, Ishimaru, Tadayuki, Masuzaki, Hideaki

“…BACKGROUND Information is limited regarding the multifunctional role of GnRH agonist (GnRHa) therapy in reproductive diseases. We investigated the pattern of…”
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Institutionalising wastewater surveillance systems to minimise the impact of COVID-19: cases of Indonesia, Japan and Viet Nam by Takeda, T, Kitajima, M, Huong, N T T, Setiyawan, A S, Setiadi, T, Hung, D T, Haramoto, E

“…This mini review describes the current status and challenges regarding institutionalisation of wastewater surveillance systems against COVID-19. Monitoring…”
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High-resolution and high-precision measurements of total cross section for electron scattering from CO2 by Kitajima, M., Kondo, A., Kobayashi, N., Ejiri, T., Okumura, T., Shigemura, K., Hosaka, K., Odagiri, T., Hoshino, M.

“…Absolute grand total cross section for electron scattering from CO 2 is obtained in the energy range from 20 eV down to 9 meV with a very narrow electron…”
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Molecular detection and genotyping of human noroviruses in influent and effluent water at a wastewater treatment plant in Japan by Kitajima, M, Haramoto, E, Phanuwan, C, Katayama, H, Furumai, H

“…Aims: To investigate the prevalence, seasonality and genotype distribution of human noroviruses (NoVs) in wastewater in Japan. Methods and Results: Influent…”
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Distinguishing imaging features between spinal hyperplastic hematopoietic bone marrow and bone metastasis by Shigematsu, Y, Hirai, T, Kawanaka, K, Shiraishi, S, Yoshida, M, Kitajima, M, Uetani, H, Azuma, M, Iryo, Y, Yamashita, Y

“…Systematic investigations of the distinguishing imaging features between spinal hyperplastic hematopoietic bone marrow and bone metastasis have not been…”
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Prognostic Value of Perfusion MR Imaging of High-Grade Astrocytomas: Long-Term Follow-Up Study by Hirai, T, Murakami, R, Nakamura, H, Kitajima, M, Fukuoka, H, Sasao, A, Akter, M, Hayashida, Y, Toya, R, Oya, N, Awai, K, Iyama, K, Kuratsu, J.-i, Yamashita, Y

“…Although the prognostic value of perfusion MR imaging in various gliomas has been investigated, that in high-grade astrocytomas alone has not been fully…”
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Quantitative Blood Flow Measurements in Gliomas Using Arterial Spin-Labeling at 3T: Intermodality Agreement and Inter- and Intraobserver Reproducibility Study by HIRAI, T, KITAJIMA, M, YAMASHITA, Y, NAKAMURA, H, OKUDA, T, SASAO, A, SHIGEMATSU, Y, UTSUNOMIYA, D, ODA, S, UETANI, H, MORIOKA, M

“…QUASAR is a particular application of the ASL method and facilitates the user-independent quantification of brain perfusion. The purpose of this study was to…”
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Prevalence and topography of small hypointense foci suggesting microbleeds on 3T susceptibility-weighted imaging in various types of dementia by Uetani, H, Hirai, T, Hashimoto, M, Ikeda, M, Kitajima, M, Sakamoto, F, Utsunomiya, D, Oda, S, Sugiyama, S, Matsubara, J, Yamashita, Y

“…The prevalence and topography of small hypointense foci suggesting microbleeds on 3T SWI in various types of dementia have not been systematically…”
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Visualization of the Medial and Lateral Geniculate Nucleus on Phase Difference Enhanced Imaging by Kitajima, M, Hirai, T, Yoneda, T, Iryo, Y, Azuma, M, Tateishi, M, Morita, K, Komi, M, Yamashita, Y

“…The precise identification and measurement of the medial geniculate nucleus and lateral geniculate nucleus on MR imaging remain technically challenging because…”
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Antitumor effects of baculovirus-infected dendritic cells against human pancreatic carcinoma by Fujihira, A, Suzuki, T, Chang, M O, Moriyama, T, Kitajima, M, Takaku, H

“…Recently, we showed that baculovirus (BV)-infected dendritic cells (DCs) (BV-DCs) induced antitumor immunity against established tumors in mice. These…”
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Diffusion-weighted Imaging of Metastatic Brain Tumors: Comparison with Histologic Type and Tumor Cellularity by Hayashida, Y, Hirai, T, Morishita, S, Kitajima, M, Murakami, R, Korogi, Y, Makino, K, Nakamura, H, Ikushima, I, Yamura, M, Kochi, M, Kuratsu, J.-i, Yamashita, Y

“…On diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), metastatic tumors of the brain may exhibit different signal intensities (SI) depending on their histology and cellularity…”
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Radio-guided sentinel node detection for gastric cancer by Kitagawa, Y., Fujii, H., Mukai, M., Kubota, T., Otani, Y., Kitajima, M.

“…Background: Radio‐guided detection of sentinel nodes (SNs) has been used to predict regional metastases in patients with malignant melanoma and breast cancer…”
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Baculovirus directly activates murine NK cells via TLR9 by Moriyama, T, Suzuki, T, Chang, M O, Kitajima, M, Takaku, H

“…The importance of natural killer (NK) cells in innate immune responses against tumors or viral infections enhances the appeal of NK cell-based…”
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Randomized controlled trial of laparoscopic versus open colectomy for advanced colorectal cancer by HASEGAWA, H, KABESHIMA, Y, WATANABE, M, YAMAMOTO, S, KITAJIMA, M

“…After confirming a favorable outcome of laparoscopic surgery for early colorectal cancer, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare short-term…”
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