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Geometric Frustration of Icosahedron in Metallic Glasses by Hirata, A., Kang, L. J., Fujita, T., Klumov, B., Matsue, K., Kotani, M., Yavari, A. R., Chen, M. W.

“…Icosahedral order has been suggested as the prevalent atomic motif of supercooled liquids and metallic glasses for more than half a century, because the…”
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Effect of vibration frequency on trunk and hip joint alignment during performance of the prone bridge with sling exercise by Kotani, M, Yamamoto, K

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Extensive use of vasodilator agents and functional echocardiography to monitor extremely-low-birth-weight infants in Japan by Miyata, M, Toyoshima, K, Yoda, H, Murase, M, Kawato, H, Yamamoto, K, Tanaka, K, Kotani, M, Kobayashi, M

“…National surveys were conducted in Japan to assess the current practices for circulatory management of extremely-low-birth-weight infants (ELBWIs) in acute…”
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High-precision CTE measurement of hybrid C/SiC composite for cryogenic space telescopes by Enya, K., Yamada, N., Imai, T., Tange, Y., Kaneda, H., Katayama, H., Kotani, M., Maruyama, K., Naitoh, M., Nakagawa, T., Onaka, T., Suganuma, M., Ozaki, T., Kume, M., Krödel, M.R.

“…This paper presents highly precise measurements of thermal expansion of a “hybrid” carbon-fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite, HB-Cesic® – a trademark…”
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Oral administration of persimmon leaf extract ameliorates skin symptoms and transepidermal water loss in atopic dermatitis model mice, NC/Nga by Matsumoto, M., Kotani, M., Fujita, A., Higa, S., Kishimoto, T., Suemura, M., Tanaka, T.

“…Summary Background  We have previously shown that persimmon leaf extract and its major flavonoid constituent, astragalin, inhibited histamine release by…”
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Comparison of the effects of agalsidase alfa and agalsidase beta on cultured human Fabry fibroblasts and Fabry mice by Sakuraba, Hitoshi, Murata-Ohsawa, Mai, Kawashima, Ikuo, Tajima, Youichi, Kotani, Masaharu, Ohshima, Toshio, Chiba, Yasunori, Takashiba, Minako, Jigami, Yoshifumi, Fukushige, Tomoko, Kanzaki, Tamotsu, Itoh, Kohji

“…We compared two recombinant alpha-galactosidases developed for enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease, agalsidase alfa and agalsidase beta, as to…”
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High-performance SiC/SiC composites by improved PIP processing with new precursor polymers by Kohyama, A, Kotani, M, Katoh, Y, Nakayasu, T, Sato, M, Yamamura, T, Okamura, K

“…As they are potential candidates for fusion reactor structural materials, R&D are being conducted on SiC-based composite materials (CREST-ACE program). To…”
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Multiplicative Correction of Subject Effect as Preprocessing for Analysis of Variance by Nemoto, Iku, Abe, Masaya, Kotani, Makoto

“…The procedure of repeated-measures ANOVA assumes the linear model in which effects of both subjects and experimental conditions are additive. However, in…”
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Reduced inspiratory flow attenuates IL-8 release and MAPK activation of lung overstretch by Kotani, M, Kotani, T, Li, Z, Silbajoris, R, Piantadosi, C.A, Huang, Y-C.T

“…Lung overstretch involves mechanical factors, including large tidal volumes (VT), which induce inflammatory responses. The current authors hypothesised that…”
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Analysis of value chain coordination via revenue-sharing for improving the expected profits by Koike, Y, Kotani, M, Sumita, U, Yamamoto, Y

“…Recently, the value chain coordination has been drawing much attention of both researchers and practitioners. One of the most prevalent approaches would be…”
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Microstructure and mechanical properties of low-activation glass-ceramic joining and coating for SiC/SiC composites by Katoh, Yutai, Kotani, M, Kohyama, A, Montorsi, M, Salvo, M, Ferraris, M

“…Calcia-alumina (CA) glass-ceramic was studied as a candidate low-activation joining and sealing material for SiC/SiC components for fusion blanket and diverter…”
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Two weeks of permanence in negatively-charged air conditions causes alteration of natural killer cell function by Takahashi, K, Otsuki, T, Mase, A, Kawado, T, Kotani, M, Nishimura, Y, Maeda, M, Murakami, S, Kumagai, N, Hayashi, H, Chen, Y, Shirahama, T, Miura, Y, Morimoto, K

“…The effects of negatively-charged air conditions were analyzed as one of the approaches to improve health and quality of life. We previously reported that the…”
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Chimeric DNA-RNA hammerhead ribozyme targeting PDGF A-chain mRNA specifically inhibits neointima formation in rat carotid artery after balloon injury by KOTANI, Motoko, FUKUDA, Noboru, ANDO, Hideyuki, HU, Wen-Yang, KUNIMOTO, Satoshi, SAITO, Satoshi, KANMATSUSE, Katsuo

“…Restenosis of the coronary artery after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) occurs in 30-50% of patients and remains a major clinical…”
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Molecular cloning and expression of multiple isoforms of human prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype generated by alternative messenger RNA splicing: multiple second messenger systems and tissue-specific distributions by Kotani, M, Tanaka, I, Ogawa, Y, Usui, T, Mori, K, Ichikawa, A, Narumiya, S, Yoshimi, T, Nakao, K

“…Five distinct cDNA clones encoding four different isoforms of human prostaglandin (PG) E receptor EP3 subtype were isolated from a human kidney cDNA library…”
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A discrete surface theory by Kotani, M., Naito, H., Omori, T.

“…In the present paper, we propose a new discrete surface theory on 3-valent embedded graphs in the 3-dimensional Euclidean space which are not necessarily…”
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A new multiple-kernel-learning weighting method for localizing human brain magnetic activity by Takiguchi, T., Imada, T., Takashima, R., Ariki, Y., Lin, J. L., Kuhl, P. K., Kawakatsu, M., Kotani, M.

“…This paper shows that pattern classification based on machine learning is a powerful tool to analyze human brain activity data obtained by…”
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Ylide formation of singlet carbene with carbonyl compound—laser flash photolysis of (biphenyl-4-yl)chlorodiazirine in propanone by Naito, I., Mitarai, Y., Tsunoi, Y., Kanegae, S., Kobayashi, S., Kotani, M., Oku, A.

“…The ylide formation between a singlet carbene and a carbonyl compound has been studied by laser flash photolysis (LFP) of (biphenyl-4-yl)chlorodiazirine (BCD)…”
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Administration of anti-interleukin 18 antibody fails to inhibit development of dermatitis in atopic dermatitis-model mice NC/Nga by Higa, S., Kotani, M., Matsumoto, M., Fujita, A., Hirano, T., Suemura, M., Kawase, I., Tanaka, T.

“…Summary Background Interleukin (IL)‐18 has been shown to activate basophils to produce histamine and IL‐4 and to induce naive T cells to differentiate into…”
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Multiple Signal Transduction Pathways through Two Prostaglandin E Receptor EP3 Subtype Isoforms Expressed in Human Uterus by Kotani, Masato, Tanaka, Issei, Ogawa, Yoshihiro, Suganami, Takayoshi, Matsumoto, Tsunekazu, Muro, Seiji, Yamamoto, Yuji, Sugawara, Akira, Yoshimasa, Yasunao, Sagawa, Norimasa, Narumiya, Shuh, Nakao, Kazuwa

“…PGE2 is known to induce uterine contraction by increasing intracellular Ca2+. In the present study, to investigate other functions of PGE2 in human uterus, two…”
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Change in obstructive pulmonary function as a result of cumulative exposure to welding fumes as determined by magnetopneumography in Japanese arc welders by Nakadate, T, Aizawa, Y, Yagami, T, Zheg, Y Q, Kotani, M, Ishiwata, K

“…OBJECTIVES: To examine the effect of chronic exposure to welding fumes on pulmonary function by a direct estimate of fumes accumulated in the lungs. METHODS:…”
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