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Were changes in stress state responsible for the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquakes? by Nanjo, K. Z.

“…Monitoring the Earth’s stress state plays a role in our understanding of an earthquake’s mechanism and in the distribution of hazards. Crustal deformation due…”
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A b map implying the first eastern rupture of the Nankai Trough earthquakes by Nanjo, K. Z., Yoshida, A.

“…The Nankai Trough megathrust earthquakes inflicted catastrophic damage on Japanese society and more widely. Most research is aimed at identifying strongly…”
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Changes in the b value in and around the focal areas of the M6.9 and M6.8 earthquakes off the coast of Miyagi prefecture, Japan, in 2021 by Nanjo, K. Z., Yoshida, A.

“…We investigated changes in the b value of the Gutenberg–Richter’s law in and around the focal areas of earthquakes on March 20 and on May 1, 2021, with…”
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Decade-scale decrease in b value prior to the M9-class 2011 Tohoku and 2004 Sumatra quakes by NANJO, K. Z, HIRATA, N, OBARA, K, KASAHARA, K

“…The Gutenberg-Richter frequency-magnitude distribution of earthquakes has become well established in seismology. The slope of the relation between frequency…”
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Activated volcanism of Mount Fuji by the 2011 Japanese large earthquakes by Nanjo, K. Z., Yukutake, Y., Kumazawa, T.

“…The relation between earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, each of which is manifested by large-scale tectonic plate and mantle motions, has been widely…”
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Capability of Tokai Strainmeter Network to Detect and Locate a Slow Slip: First Results by Nanjo, K. Z.

“…The Tokai Strainmeter Network (TSN), a dense network deployed in the Tokai region, which is the easternmost region of the Nankai trough, has been designed to…”
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A fiber-bundle model for the continuum deformation of brittle material by Nanjo, K. Z.

“…The deformation of brittle material is primarily accompanied by micro-cracking and faulting. However, it has often been found that continuum fluid models,…”
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Anomalous decrease in relatively large shocks and increase in the p and b values preceding the April 16, 2016, M7.3 earthquake in Kumamoto, Japan by Nanjo, K. Z., Yoshida, A.

“…The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes in Kyushu, Japan, started with a magnitude ( M ) 6.5 quake on April 14 on the Hinagu fault zone (FZ), followed by active…”
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Earthquake detection capacity of the Dense Oceanfloor Network system for Earthquakes and Tsunamis (DONET) by Nanjo, K. Z., Yamamoto, Y., Ariyoshi, K., Horikawa, H., Yada, S., Takahashi, N.

“…We studied the earthquake detection capacity of DONET (Dense Oceanfloor Network system for Earthquakes and Tsunamis) operating in the Nankai Trough, a target…”
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Changes in Seismicity Pattern Due to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes Identify a Highly Stressed Area on the Hinagu Fault Zone by Nanjo, K.Z., Izutsu, J., Orihara, Y., Kamogawa, M., Nagao, T.

“…A highly stressed area where eventual ruptures have often been observed to nucleate is characterized by low b values of earthquake frequency‐size distribution…”
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Induction of brain-derived neurotrophic factor by leptin in the ventromedial hypothalamus by Komori, T., Morikawa, Y., Nanjo, K., Senba, E.

“…Leptin, an adipocyte-derived hormone, reduces food intake by regulating orexigenic and anorexigenic factors in the hypothalamus. Although brain-derived…”
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Earthquake detection capability of the Swiss Seismic Network by Nanjo, K. Z., Schorlemmer, D., Woessner, J., Wiemer, S., Giardini, D.

“…A reliable estimate of completeness magnitudes is vital for many seismicity- and hazard-related studies. Here we adopted and further developed the…”
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Related spatio-temporal changes in hypocenters and the b value in the 2017 Kagoshima Bay swarm activity indicating a rise of hot fluids by Nanjo, K.Z., Miyaoka, K., Tamaribuchi, K., Kobayashi, A., Yoshida, A.

“…Spatio-temporal characteristics of the b value in relation to changes in hypocentral distribution and the occurrence rate of swarm earthquakes in the 2017…”
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Overview of the first earthquake forecast testing experiment in Japan by Nanjo, K. Z., Tsuruoka, H., Hirata, N., Jordan, T. H.

“…The Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability (CSEP) is an international partnership to support research on rigorous earthquake prediction in…”
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CSEP Testing Center and the first results of the earthquake forecast testing experiment in Japan by Tsuruoka, H., Hirata, N., Schorlemmer, D., Euchner, F., Nanjo, K. Z., Jordan, T. H.

“…Major objectives of the Japanese earthquake prediction research program for the period 2009–2013 are to create earthquake forecasting models and begin the…”
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Earthquake forecasts for the CSEP Japan experiment based on the RI algorithm by Nanjo, K. Z.

“…An earthquake forecast testing experiment for Japan, the first of its kind, is underway within the framework of the Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake…”
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Changes in seismicity pattern due to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence and implications for improving the foreshock traffic-light system by Nanjo, K.Z., Izutsu, J., Orihara, Y., Kamogawa, M.

“…Crustal deformation due to the 2016 earthquake sequence in Kumamoto, Japan, that culminated in a preceding earthquake of magnitude M6.5 and a subsequent M7.3…”
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mitochondrial DNA variant at position 16189 is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Asians by Park, K. S, Chan, J. C, Chuang, L.-M, Suzuki, S, Araki, E, Nanjo, K, Ji, L, Ng, M, Nishi, M, Furuta, H, Shirotani, T, Ahn, B. Y, Chung, S. S, Min, H.-K, Lee, S. W, Kim, J. H, Cho, Y. M, Lee, H. K

“…Aims/hypothesis This multinational study was conducted to investigate the association between a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) T16189C polymorphism and type 2…”
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Decay of aftershock activity for Japanese earthquakes by Nanjo, K. Z., Enescu, B., Shcherbakov, R., Turcotte, D. L., Iwata, T., Ogata, Y.

“…Aftershock decay is often correlated with the modified Omori's law: dN/dt = τ−1(1 + t/c)−p, where dN/dt is the occurrence rate of aftershocks with magnitudes…”
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Pattern informatics and its application for optimal forecasting of large earthquakes in Japan by NANJO, K. Z, RUNDLE, J. B, HOLLIDAY, J. R, TURCOTTE, D. L

“…Pattern Informatics (PI) technique can be used to detect precursory seismic activation or quiescence and make an earthquake forecast. Here we apply the PI…”
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