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Yamamoto J, Watanabe O, Sako T, Takagi S, Kaji D, Taya Y, Nishida A, Yamamoto H, Asano-Mori Y, Yamamoto G, Araoka H, Uchida N. [Fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection during treatment with FLT3 inhibitor for acute myeloid leukemia]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2024; 65:153-157. [PMID: 38569858 DOI: 10.11406/rinketsu.65.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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An 80-year-old man with FLT3-TKD mutation-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) relapsed during consolidation therapy with venetoclax/azacitidine and was started on gilteritinib as salvage therapy. On the day after treatment initiation, febrile neutropenia was observed, but the fever resolved promptly after initiation of antimicrobial therapy. On the fifth day after completion of antimicrobial therapy, the patient experienced fever and watery diarrhea over 10 times a day, and a diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) was made based on stool examination. The patient was treated with intravenous metronidazole, but renal dysfunction, hypotension, and hypoxemia developed, and a CT scan showed pleural and intraperitoneal effusion, significant intestinal wall thickening, and intestinal dilatation. Fidaxomicin was started under general monitoring in the intensive care unit and response was achieved. The patient was discharged from the intensive care unit on the 18th day after the onset of CDI. We report this case not only due to the rarity of fulminant CDI during AML treatment, but also because it is a valuable example of effective treatment of fulminant CDI with fidaxomicin.
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Toranomon Hospital
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital
- Center for Long-Term Follow-Up After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Toranomon Hospital
- Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Toranomon Hospital
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Toranomon Hospital
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital
- Center for Long-Term Follow-Up After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Toranomon Hospital
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- Center for Long-Term Follow-Up After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Toranomon Hospital
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Toranomon Hospital
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Toranomon Hospital
- Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital
- Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research
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Abbasi RU, Allen MG, Arimura R, Belz JW, Bergman DR, Blake SA, Shin BK, Buckland IJ, Cheon BG, Fujii T, Fujisue K, Fujita K, Fukushima M, Furlich GD, Gerber ZR, Globus N, Hibino K, Higuchi R, Honda K, Ikeda D, Ito H, Iwasaki A, Jeong S, Jeong HM, Jui CH, Kadota K, Kakimoto F, Kalashev OE, Kasahara K, Kawata K, Kharuk I, Kido E, Kim SW, Kim HB, Kim JH, Kim JH, Komae I, Kubota Y, Kuznetsov MY, Lee KH, Lubsandorzhiev BK, Lundquist JP, Matthews JN, Nagataki S, Nakamura T, Nakazawa A, Nonaka T, Ogio S, Ono M, Oshima H, Park IH, Potts M, Pshirkov S, Remington JR, Rodriguez DC, Rott C, Rubtsov GI, Ryu D, Sagawa H, Sakaki N, Sako T, Sakurai N, Shin H, Smith JD, Sokolsky P, Stokes BT, Stroman TS, Takahashi K, Takeda M, Taketa A, Tameda Y, Thomas S, Thomson GB, Tinyakov PG, Tkachev I, Tomida T, Troitsky SV, Tsunesada Y, Udo S, Urban FR, Wong T, Yamazaki K, Yuma Y, Zhezher YV, Zundel Z. An extremely energetic cosmic ray observed by a surface detector array. Science 2023; 382:903-907. [PMID: 37995237 DOI: 10.1126/science.abo5095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Cosmic rays are energetic charged particles from extraterrestrial sources, with the highest-energy events thought to come from extragalactic sources. Their arrival is infrequent, so detection requires instruments with large collecting areas. In this work, we report the detection of an extremely energetic particle recorded by the surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment. We calculate the particle's energy as [Formula: see text] (~40 joules). Its arrival direction points back to a void in the large-scale structure of the Universe. Possible explanations include a large deflection by the foreground magnetic field, an unidentified source in the local extragalactic neighborhood, or an incomplete knowledge of particle physics.
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- R U Abbasi
- Physics Department, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Stellar Science, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 44919, Ulsan, Korea
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Physics and The Research Institute of Natural Science, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Korea
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
- Hakubi Center for Advanced Research and Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
- Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- University of Yamanashi, Kofu, 400-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Physics, SungKyunKwan University, Jang-an-gu, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, SungKyunKwan University, Jang-an-gu, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Tokyo City University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Shibauta Institute of Technology and Sicence, Fukasaku 307, Minuma-ku, Saitama, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- Department of Physics, SungKyunKwan University, Jang-an-gu, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and The Research Institute of Natural Science, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Korea
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Academic Assembly School of Science and Technology Institute of Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Department of Physics, SungKyunKwan University, Jang-an-gu, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- Academic Assembly School of Science and Technology Institute of Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Academic Assembly School of Science and Technology Institute of Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Department of Physics, SungKyunKwan University, Jang-an-gu, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Martin Road, Huntsville, AL, USA
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Department of Physics, SungKyunKwan University, Jang-an-gu, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 44919, Ulsan, Korea
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Faculty of Design Technology, 3-1-1 Nakagaito, Daito City, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan
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- Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka 572-8530, Japan
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, bvd du Triomphe CP225, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Academic Assembly School of Science and Technology Institute of Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
- Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- The Central European Institute for Cosmology and Fundamental Physics, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- College of Engineering, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- Academic Assembly School of Science and Technology Institute of Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- High Energy Astrophysics Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Onozawa E, Goto A, Oda H, Seki S, Sako T, Mori A. Comparison of the effects of two commercially available prescription diet regimens on the fecal microbiomes of client-owned healthy pet dogs. Pol J Vet Sci 2022; 25:93-101. [PMID: 35575869 DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2022.140845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the present study, we used next-generation sequencing to investigate the impacts of two commercially available prescription diet regimens on the fecal microbiomes of eleven client-owned healthy pet dogs. We tested an anallergenic diet on 6 dogs and a low-fat diet on 5 dogs. Before starting the study, each dog was fed a different commercial diet over 5 weeks. After collecting pre-diet fecal samples, the anallergenic or low-fat diet was administered for 5 weeks. We then collected fecal samples and compared the pre- and post-diet fecal microbiomes. In the dogs on the anallergenic diet, we found significantly decreased proportions of Bacteroides, Ruminococcaceae, and Fusobacteriaceae, belonging to the phyla Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, and Fusobacteria, respectively. The proportion of the genus Streptococcus belonging to the phylum Firmicutes was significantly increased upon administering the anallergenic diet. In the dogs on the low-fat diet, although the phyla Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes tended to increase (p=0.116) and decrease (p=0.147) relative to the pre-diet levels, respectively, there were no significant differences in the proportions of any phylum between the pre- and post-diet fecal microbiomes. The anallergenic diet induced a significantly lower diversity index value than that found in the pre-diet period. Principal coordinate analysis based on unweighted UniFrac distance matrices revealed separation between the pre- and post-diet microbiomes in the dogs on the anallergenic diet. These results suggest that, even in pet dogs kept indoors in different living environments, unification of the diet induces apparent changes in the fecal microbiome.
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- E Onozawa
- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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Amenomori M, Bao YW, Bi XJ, Chen D, Chen TL, Chen WY, Chen X, Chen Y, Cui SW, Ding LK, Fang JH, Fang K, Feng CF, Feng Z, Feng ZY, Gao Q, Gomi A, Gou QB, Guo YQ, Guo YY, He HH, He ZT, Hibino K, Hotta N, Hu H, Hu HB, Huang J, Jia HY, Jiang L, Jiang P, Jin HB, Kasahara K, Katayose Y, Kato C, Kato S, Kawata K, Kozai M, Kurashige D, Le GM, Li AF, Li HJ, Li WJ, Li Y, Lin YH, Liu B, Liu C, Liu JS, Liu LY, Liu MY, Liu W, Liu XL, Lou YQ, Lu H, Meng XR, Munakata K, Nakada H, Nakamura Y, Nakazawa Y, Nanjo H, Ning CC, Nishizawa M, Ohnishi M, Ohura T, Okukawa S, Ozawa S, Qian L, Qian X, Qian XL, Qu XB, Saito T, Sakata M, Sako T, Sako TK, Shao J, Shibata M, Shiomi A, Sugimoto H, Takano W, Takita M, Tan YH, Tateyama N, Torii S, Tsuchiya H, Udo S, Wang H, Wang YP, Wu HR, Wu Q, Xu JL, Xue L, Yamamoto Y, Yang Z, Yao YQ, Yin J, Yokoe Y, Yu NP, Yuan AF, Zhai LM, Zhang CP, Zhang HM, Zhang JL, Zhang X, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao SP, Zhou XX. Gamma-Ray Observation of the Cygnus Region in the 100-TeV Energy Region. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:031102. [PMID: 34328784 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.031102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
We report observations of gamma-ray emissions with energies in the 100-TeV energy region from the Cygnus region in our Galaxy. Two sources are significantly detected in the directions of the Cygnus OB1 and OB2 associations. Based on their positional coincidences, we associate one with a pulsar PSR J2032+4127 and the other mainly with a pulsar wind nebula PWN G75.2+0.1, with the pulsar moving away from its original birthplace situated around the centroid of the observed gamma-ray emission. This work would stimulate further studies of particle acceleration mechanisms at these gamma-ray sources.
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- M Amenomori
- Department of Physics, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Physics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, SouthWest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, China
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Faculty of Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, SouthWest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Faculty of Systems Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Omiya 330-8570, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Shinshu University, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- National Center for Space Weather, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
- School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Institute of Modern Physics, SouthWest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Astronomy, School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Department of Physics and Tsinghua Centre for Astrophysics (THCA), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua University-National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) Joint Research Center for Astrophysics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- Department of Physics, Shinshu University, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan
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- College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Narashino 275-8575, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo 101-8430, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shangdong Management University, Jinan 250357, China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266555, China
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- Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology, Tokyo 116-8523, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Narashino 275-8575, Japan
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- Shonan Institute of Technology, Fujisawa 251-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 162-0044, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai-mura 319-1195, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dark Matter and Space Astronomy, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210034, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, SouthWest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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Yoshinaga K, Araki M, Wada K, Sekito T, Watari S, Maruyama Y, Sadahira T, Nishimura S, Sako T, Edamura K, Kobayashi Y, Watanabe M, Watanabe T, Nasu Y. Well controlled patients with diabetes mellitus has the potential to expand the kidney donor pool. Eur Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(21)00724-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ivanov D, Kalashev OE, Kuznetsov MY, Rubtsov GI, Sako T, Tsunesada Y, Zhezher YV. Using deep learning to enhance event geometry reconstruction for the telescope array surface detector. Mach Learn : Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/abae74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The extremely low flux of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) makes their direct observation by orbital experiments practically impossible. For this reason all current and planned UHECR experiments detect cosmic rays indirectly by observing the extensive air showers (EAS) initiated by cosmic ray particles in the atmosphere. The world largest statistics of the ultra-high energy EAS events is recorded by the networks of surface stations. In this paper we consider a novel approach for reconstruction of the arrival direction of the primary particle based on the deep convolutional neural network. The latter is using raw time-resolved signals of the set of the adjacent trigger stations as an input. The Telescope Array (TA) Surface Detector (SD) is an array of 507 stations, each containing two layers plastic scintillator with an area of 3 m2. The training of the model is performed with the Monte-Carlo dataset. It is shown that within the Monte-Carlo simulations, the new approach yields better resolution than the traditional reconstruction method based on the fitting of the EAS front. The details of the network architecture and its optimization for this particular task are discussed.
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Kim MH, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, D'Alessandro R, Goto Y, Hong B, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Lee JH, Ljubicic T, Makino Y, Menjo H, Nakagawa I, Ogawa A, Park JS, Sako T, Sakurai N, Sato K, Seidl R, Tanida K, Torii S, Tricomi A, Ueno M, Zhou QD. Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetry for Very Forward Neutral Pion Production in Polarized p+p Collisions at sqrt[s]=510 GeV. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:252501. [PMID: 32639790 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.252501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Transverse single-spin asymmetries of very forward neutral pions generated in polarized p+p collisions allow us to understand the production mechanism in terms of perturbative and nonperturbative strong interactions. During 2017, the RHICf Collaboration installed an electromagnetic calorimeter in the zero-degree region of the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and measured neutral pions produced at pseudorapidity larger than 6 in polarized p+p collisions at sqrt[s]=510 GeV. The large nonzero asymmetries increasing both in longitudinal momentum fraction x_{F} and transverse momentum p_{T} have been observed at low transverse momentum p_{T}<1 GeV/c for the first time, at this collision energy. The asymmetries show an approximate x_{F} scaling in the p_{T} region where nonperturbative processes are expected to dominate. A non-negligible contribution from soft processes may be necessary to explain the nonzero neutral pion asymmetries.
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- M H Kim
- Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Florentino (FI) I-50019, Italy
- INFN Section of Florence, Sesto Florentino (FI) I-50019, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Florentino (FI) I-50019, Italy
- INFN Section of Florence, Sesto Florentino (FI) I-50019, Italy
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- INFN Section of Florence, Sesto Florentino (FI) I-50019, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Florentino (FI) I-50019, Italy
- INFN Section of Florence, Sesto Florentino (FI) I-50019, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Shibaura Institue of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama 337-8570, Japan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate school of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Tokushima University, Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8051, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 21 2-4 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- RISE, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-0044, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Catania I-95123, Italy
- INFN Section of Catania, Catania I-95123, Italy
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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Maruyama N, Mori A, Shono S, Oda H, Sako T. Evaluation of changes in periodontal bacteria in healthy dogs over 6 months using quantitative real-time PCR. Pol J Vet Sci 2019; 21:127-132. [PMID: 29623999 DOI: 10.24425/119030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Porphyromonas gulae, Tannerella forsythia and Campylobacter rectus are considered dominant periodontal pathogens in dogs. Recently, quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) methods have been used for absolute quantitative determination of oral bacterial counts. The purpose of the present study was to establish a standardized qRT-PCR procedure to quantify bacterial counts of the three target periodontal bacteria (P. gulae, T. forsythia and C. rectus). Copy numbers of the three target periodontal bacteria were evaluated in 26 healthy dogs. Then, changes in bacterial counts of the three target periodontal bacteria were evaluated for 24 weeks in 7 healthy dogs after periodontal scaling. Analytical evaluation of each self-designed primer indicated acceptable analytical imprecision. All 26 healthy dogs were found to be positive for P. gulae, T. forsythia and C. rectus. Median total bacterial counts (copies/ng) of each target genes were 385.612 for P. gulae, 25.109 for T. forsythia and 5.771 for C. rectus. Significant differences were observed between the copy numbers of the three target periodontal bacteria. Periodontal scaling reduced median copy numbers of the three target periodontal bacteria in 7 healthy dogs. However, after periodontal scaling, copy numbers of all three periodontal bacteria significantly increased over time (p<0.05, Kruskal-Wallis test) (24 weeks). In conclusion, our results demonstrated that qRT-PCR can accurately measure periodontal bacteria in dogs. Furthermore, the present study has revealed that qRT-PCR method can be considered as a new objective evaluation system for canine periodontal disease.
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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Covault C, Fujii T, Halliday R, Johnsen J, Lorek R, Nonaka T, Quinn S, Sagawa H, Sako T, Sarazin F, Sato R, Schmidt D, Takeishi R. The Auger@TA Project: Phase II Progress and Plans. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921005004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The Auger@TA project is a combined effort involving members of both the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array experiment (TA) to cross-calibrate detectors and compare results on air showers detected at one location. We have recently reported results from Phase I of the project, during which we collected and presented data from two Auger water Cherenkov surface detector stations deployed into the TA experiment near the Central Laser Facility. For Phase II, we will deploy a micro-array of six or seven single-PMT Auger surface detector stations co-located with TA scintillator surface detector stations. The Auger micro-array will trigger and collect data independently from the TA allowing for a complete end-to-end comparison of detector data, calibration, and reconstructed event quantities on a shower-by-shower basis between the TA and Auger detector systems. We describe progress towards development of the micro-array for Phase II including the preparation of surface detector water tanks, station electronics, wireless communications, triggers, and data acquisition. We also outline plans for deploying the Auger@TA micro-array into the TA experiment in 2019 with preliminary estimates for coincident air-shower rates.
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Dembinski H, Arteaga-Velázquez J, Cazon L, Conceição R, Gonzalez J, Itow Y, Ivanov D, Kalmykov N, Karpikov I, Müller S, Pierog T, Riehn F, Roth M, Sako T, Soldin D, Takeishi R, Thompson G, Troitsky S, Yashin I, Zadeba E, Zhezher Y. Report on Tests and Measurements of Hadronic Interaction Properties with Air Showers. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921002004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a summary of recent tests and measurements of hadronic interaction properties with air showers. This report has a special focus on muon density measurements. Several experiments reported deviations between simulated and recorded muon densities in extensive air showers, while others reported no discrepancies. We combine data from eight leading air shower experiments to cover shower energies from PeV to tens of EeV. Data are combined using the z-scale, a unified reference scale based on simulated air showers. Energy-scales of experiments are cross-calibrated. Above 10 PeV, we find a muon deficit in simulated air showers for each of the six considered hadronic interaction models. The deficit is increasing with shower energy. For the models EPOS-LHC and QGSJet-II.04, the slope is found significant at 8 sigma.
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Kim MH, Hong B, Goto Y, Nakagawa I, Seidl R, Park JS, Tanida K, Itow Y, Menjo H, Sato K, Ueno M, Zhou QD, Sako T, Kasahara K, Suzuki T, Torii S, Sakurai N, Adriani O, Bonechi L, Berti E, D'Alessandro R, Tricomi A. Transverse single spin asymmetry for very forward π 0 production in polarized proton-proton collisions at √s = 510 GeV. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201920805007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Transverse single spin asymmetry, AN, of very forward π0 production from polarized p + p collisions provides new information toward an understanding of its production mechanism. AN of forward π0 in the pseudorapidity region of 3 < η < 4 has been described by the partonic structure of the proton in the perturbative QCD framework. However, recent data indicates a potential contribution from not only partonic but also diffractive interactions. In order to provide a new insight on the origin of the AN, we measured the very forward π0 production in the pseudorapidity region of 6 < η from √s = 510 GeV polarized p + p collisions at RHIC in 2017. We report our measurement of the very forward π0 over the transverse momentum range of 0 < pT < 1 GeV/c and the preliminary result.
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Itow Y, Menjo H, Pattison B, Sako T. Preface. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201920800001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Itow Y, Masuda K, Menjo H, Muraki Y, Ohashi K, Sato K, Ueno M, Zhou Q, Sako T, Kasahara K, Suzuki T, Torii S, Tamura T, Sakurai N, Haguenauer M, Turner W, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, D'Alessandro R, Papini P, Ricciarini S, Tiberio A, Tricomi A, Goto Y, Nakagawa I, Seidl R, Park J, Kim M, Tanida K, Hong B. Recent results from the LHCf and RHICf experiments. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201920805004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The Large Hadron Collider forward and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider forward experiments measured forward particles produced in high-energy hadron collisions at the LHC and RHIC. Using compact calorimeters neutral particles produced in pseudorapidities η >8.4 and η >6.0 are observed by the respective experiments. Because the collision energies ranging from 0.51 TeV to 13 TeV correspond to the cosmic-ray equivalent energies of 1014 to 1017 eV, the measurements are important to understand the hadronic interaction relevant to extensive air shower measurements. This paper reviews recent results of LHCf and initial performance of RHICf that took data in the 2017 RHIC operation.
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Sako T. Hadronic interaction studied by TA. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921002003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Two studies by the Telescope Array group related to the hadronic interaction observed with Extensive Air Showers are reviewed. (1) Inelastic p-air cross section $ \sigma _{p - air}^{inel} = 567.0 \pm 70.5\,[{\rm{stat]}}_{ - 25}^{ + 29} [{\rm{sys}}]\,{\rm{mb}} $ and total p-p cross section $ \sigma _{p - p}^{tot} = 170_{ - 44}^{ + 48} [{\rm{stat}}]_{ - 17}^{ + 19} [{\rm{sys}}]\,{\rm{mb}} $ were determined using the 5 years of TA hybrid data with one of the 3 FD stations. These results at the highest energy $ \sqrt {S_{NN} } = 95\,{\rm{TeV}} $ showed good agreements with the extrapolation from the previous measurements and model predictions. (2) The signal sizes of SD were compared between data and MC using 7 years of TA SD data in the energy range from 1018.8 eV to 1019.2 eV. It was found that the data/MC ratios exceed unity and the deviation becomes larger when the expected fraction of muon signal, defined as muon purity P, is higher. The results support the muon excess (with respect to MC) problem reported by the previous observations.
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Sarazin F, Covault C, Fujii T, Halliday R, Johnsen J, Lorek R, Nonaka T, Quinn S, Sagawa H, Sako T, Sato R, Schmidt D, Takeishi R. Overview of the Auger@TA project and preliminary results from Phase I. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921005002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We report on the first results of a unique in-situ experimental cross-calibration effort of the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory and of the Telescope Array experiment (Auger@TA). In the first phase of Auger@TA, we performed surface detector station-to-station comparisons for a collection of extensive air showers landing near the experimental setup and detected by Telescope Array. Beyond the deduced cross-calibration curve between the Water-Cherenkov-based Auger and Scintillator-based TA Surface Detector stations, we also investigate the consistency of their response for individual reconstructed showers. The dataset is currently too small to draw firm conclusions as-of-yet. Hence, phase I data taking will continue even as we gear up for the deployment of an Auger micro-array within Telescope Array as part of Phase II of this work.
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Azakami D, Nakahira R, Kato Y, Michishita M, Kobayashi M, Onozawa E, Bonkobara M, Kobayashi M, Takahashi K, Watanabe M, Ishioka K, Sako T, Ochiai K, Omi T. Cover Image, Volume 15, Issue 2. Vet Comp Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/vco.12268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- D. Azakami
- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama University Okayama Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Tokyo Japan
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Mori A, Ueda K, Lee P, Oda H, Ishioka K, Sako T. Influence of various carbohydrate sources on postprandial glucose, insulin and NEFA concentrations in obese cats. Pol J Vet Sci 2017; 19:387-91. [PMID: 27487514 DOI: 10.1515/pjvs-2016-0048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Carbohydrate is an important source of energy, which can significantly affect postprandial blood glucose and insulin levels in cats. In healthy animals, this is not a big concern; however, in obese and diabetic animals, this is an important detail. In the present study, the impact of four different carbohydrate sources (glucose, maltose, corn starch, and trehalose) on short-term post-prandial serum glucose, insulin, and non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations was investigated with four obese cats. Each of the carbohydrate sources was added to a commercial wet food diet for feeding the animals. A significant difference was observed in postprandial glucose, insulin, and NEFA area under the curve (AUC) values between each carbohydrate source in obese cats. Furthermore, glucose and maltose induced the highest postprandial glucose and insulin AUC values, whereas trehalose induced the lowest postprandial glucose and insulin AUC value amongst all carbohydrate sources, respectively, in obese cats. However, trehalose has a higher risk of inducing side effects, such as diarrhea, as compared to other carbohydrate sources. As such, different carbohydrate sources appear to have a very significant impact on post-prandial glycemia and subsequent insulin requirement levels in obese cats. These results might be useful when selecting a prescription diet for obese or diabetic cats. In addition, maltose appears to be capable of inducing experimentally evoked postprandial hyperglycemia in obese cats, which may serve as a good tool for use to check the impact and effectiveness of newly developed oral hypoglycemic drugs or supplements for cats in future experiments.
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Sako T, Adriani O, Bonechi L, D'Alessandro R, Goto Y, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Kim M, Makino Y, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Nakagawa I, Park J, Sakurai N, Sato K, Seidl R, Shinoda M, Suzuki T, Tanida K, Torii S, Tricomi A, Ueno M, Zhou Q. RHIC forward experiment to study √ sdependence of forward particle production. EPJ Web Conf 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714510005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sako T, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D'Alessandro R, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Iwata T, Kasahara K, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Muraki Y, Papini P, Ricciarini S, Sakurai N, Sato K, Shinoda M, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii T, Tricomi A, Turner W, Ueno M, Zhou Q. Results of the LHCf experiment and the forward measurements at the LHC. EPJ Web Conf 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714509002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Mori A, Oda H, Onozawa E, Shono S, Takahashi T, Yamashita S, Fujimoto H, Sako T. Evaluation of portable blood glucose meters using canine and feline pooled blood samples. Pol J Vet Sci 2016; 19:707-713. [PMID: 28092618 DOI: 10.1515/pjvs-2016-0089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study evaluated the accuracy and reproducibility of a human portable blood glucose meter (PBGM) for canine and feline whole blood. Reference plasma glucose values (RPGV) were concurrently measured using glucose oxidation methods. Fifteen healthy dogs and 6 healthy cats were used for blood sampling. Blood glucose concentrations and hematocrits were adjusted using pooled blood samples for our targeted values. A positive correlation between the PBGM and RPGV was found for both dogs (y = 0.877, x = -24.38, r = 0.9982, n = 73) and cats (y = 1.048, x = -27.06, r = 0.9984, n = 69). Acceptable results were obtained in error grid analysis between PBGM and RPGV in both dogs and cats; 100% of these results were within zones A and B. Following ISO recommendations, a PBGM is considered accurate if 95% of the measurements are within ± 15 mg/dl of the RPGV when the glucose concentration is <100 mg/dl and within ±15% when it is ≥100 mg/dl; however, small numbers of samples were observed inside the acceptable limits for both dogs (11%, 8 of 73 dogs) and cats (39%, 27 of 69 cats). Blood samples with high hematocrits induced lower whole blood glucose values measured by the PBGM than RPGV under hypoglycemic, normoglycemic, and hyperglycemic conditions in both dogs and cats. Therefore, this device is not clinically useful in dogs and cats. New PBGMs which automatically compensate for the hematocrit should be developed in veterinary practice.
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Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, D’Alessandro R, Del Prete M, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Iwata T, Kasahara K, Kawade K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W, Ueno M, Zhou Q. Measurements of longitudinal and transverse momentum distributions for neutral pions in the forward-rapidity region with the LHCf detector. Int J Clin Exp Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.94.032007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ochiai K, Oda H, Shono S, Kato Y, Sugihara S, Nakazawa S, Azakami D, Michishita M, Onozawa E, Bonkobara M, Sako T, Shun-Ai L, Ueki H, Watanabe M, Omi T. Properties of the feline tumour suppressor reduced expression in immortalized cells (REIC/Dkk-3). Vet Comp Oncol 2016; 15:1181-1186. [PMID: 27353749 DOI: 10.1111/vco.12254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Reduced expression in immortalized cells (REIC/Dkk-3), a member of the human Dickkopf (Dkk) family, is a growth suppressor in human and canine mammary tumours. Mammary gland tumours are common neoplasms with high malignancy in female cats. The purpose of this study was to clone the feline REIC/Dkk-3 homolog, investigate its expression in cell lines established from feline mammary gland tumours, and test its tumour suppressor function. Western blot analysis revealed that expression of the REIC/Dkk-3 protein was reduced in feline mammary carcinoma cell lines. Forced expression of REIC/Dkk-3 induced apoptosis in feline mammary tumour cell lines. These results demonstrate that REIC/Dkk-3 expression, which is downregulated in feline mammary tumour cell lines, results in the induction of apoptosis in these cells. Our findings suggest that feline REIC/Dkk-3 represents a potential molecular target for the development of therapies against feline mammary cancers.
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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A carcinoid tumor was found as a solitary soft mass in the wall of the rectum adjacent to the anorectal junction in an adult Holstein cow. Microscopically, the tumor involved the submucosa and partly invaded the muscular layer. It consisted of a compact arrangement of a great number of large polygonal cells and a small number of small dark cells, some of which showed argyrophilia (Grimelius positive). Immunohistochemically, both types of tumor cells were positive for vimentin, keratin, and S-100 protein and weakly positive for neuron-specific enolase (NSE), whereas they were negative for some endocrine markers such as chromogranin A, insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, serotonin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and calcitonin. Electron microscopy revealed membrane-bound secretory granules in the cytoplasm of some small dark cells. In such a poorly differentiated carcinoid, the morphologic characteristics of the small dark cells were strong evidence for the diagnosis. This is the first description of a poorly differentiated carcinoid developing in the rectum of a cow.
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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Sako T, Yamaguchi A, Sato K, Goto A, Iwai T, Nayuki T, Nemoto K, Kayama T, Takeuchi T. Development of C⁶⁺ laser ion source and RFQ linac for carbon ion radiotherapy. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:02C109. [PMID: 26932119 DOI: 10.1063/1.4935975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A prototype C(6+) injector using a laser ion source has been developed for a compact synchrotron dedicated to carbon ion radiotherapy. The injector consists of a laser ion source and a 4-vane radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) linac. Ion beams are extracted from plasma and directly injected into the RFQ. A solenoid guides the low-energy beams into the RFQ. The RFQ is designed to accelerate high-intensity pulsed beams. A structure of monolithic vanes and cavities is adopted to reduce its power consumption. In beam acceleration tests, a solenoidal magnetic field set between the laser ion source and the RFQ helped increase both the peak currents before and after the RFQ by a factor of 4.
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- Toshiba Corporation, Yokohama 235-8522, Japan
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- Toshiba Corporation, Yokohama 235-8522, Japan
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- Toshiba Corporation, Yokohama 235-8522, Japan
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- Cancer Research Center, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Cancer Research Center, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Cancer Research Center, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Cancer Research Center, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Cancer Research Center, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Accelerator Engineering Corporation, Chiba 263-0043, Japan
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Azakami D, Nakahira R, Kato Y, Michishita M, Kobayashi M, Onozawa E, Bonkobara M, Kobayashi M, Takahashi K, Watanabe M, Ishioka K, Sako T, Ochiai K, Omi T. The canine prostate cancer cell line CHP-1 shows over-expression of the co-chaperone small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat-containing protein α. Vet Comp Oncol 2016; 15:557-562. [PMID: 26762899 DOI: 10.1111/vco.12199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Although androgen therapy resistance and poor clinical outcomes are seen in most canine prostate cancer cases, there are only a few tools for analysing canine prostate cancer by using a cell biological approach. Therefore, to evaluate androgen-independent neoplastic cell growth, a new canine prostate cancer cell line (CHP-1) was established in this study. CHP-1 over-expressed the co-chaperone small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat-containing protein α (SGTA), which is over-expressed in human androgen-independent prostate cancer. The CHP-1 xenograft also showed SGTA over-expression. Although CHP-1 shows poor androgen receptor (AR) signalling upon dihydrotestosterone stimulation, forced expression of AR enabled evaluation of AR signalling. Taken together, these results suggest that CHP-1 will be a useful model for investigating the pathogenesis of androgen-dependent and androgen-independent canine prostate cancer.
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
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Del Prete M, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D’Alessandro R, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Kawade K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Okuno Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Sugiura Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W, Zhou Q. LHCf experiment: forward physics at LHC for cosmic rays study. EPJ Web Conf 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612604014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Tiberio A, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D’Alessandro R, Del Prete M, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Kawade K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Pfeiffer D, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Shimizu Y, Sugiura Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner WC, Zhou Q. Recent results from the LHCf experiment. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159601031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Menjo H, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D'Alessandro R, Prete MD, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Kawade K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Pfeiffer D, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Shimizu Y, Sugiura Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W, Zhou Q. Recent results from LHCf. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159908004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Bonechi L, Adriani O, Berti E, Bongi M, Castellini G, D’Alessandro R, Del Prete M, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubara Y, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Okuno Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Shimizu Y, Sugiura Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W, Yoshida K, Zhou Q. Latest LHCf results and preparation to the LHC run for 13 TeV proton–proton interactions. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159504010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kobayashi N, Nakamura T, Kondo Y, Tostevin JA, Utsuno Y, Aoi N, Baba H, Barthelemy R, Famiano MA, Fukuda N, Inabe N, Ishihara M, Kanungo R, Kim S, Kubo T, Lee GS, Lee HS, Matsushita M, Motobayashi T, Ohnishi T, Orr NA, Otsu H, Otsuka T, Sako T, Sakurai H, Satou Y, Sumikama T, Takeda H, Takeuchi S, Tanaka R, Togano Y, Yoneda K. Observation of a p-wave one-neutron halo configuration in (37)Mg. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:242501. [PMID: 24996084 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.242501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cross sections of 1n-removal reactions from the neutron-rich nucleus (37)Mg on C and Pb targets and the parallel momentum distributions of the (37)Mg residues from the C target have been measured at 240 MeV/nucleon. A combined analysis of these distinct nuclear- and Coulomb-dominated reaction data shows that the (37)Mg ground state has a small 1n separation energy of 0.22(-0.09)(+0.12) MeV and an appreciable p-wave neutron single-particle strength. These results confirm that (37)Mg lies near the edge of the "island of inversion" and has a sizable p-wave neutron halo component, the heaviest such system identified to date.
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan and Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3 H 3C3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- LPC-Caen, ENSICAEN, IN2P3-CNRS, Université de Caen, 14050 Caen Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- CNS, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Matsushita M, Takeuchi S, Aoi N, Doornenbal P, Lee J, Li K, Motobayashi T, Scheit H, Steppenbeck D, Wang H, Baba H, Bazin D, Càceres L, Crawford H, Fallon P, Gernhäuser R, Gibelin J, Go S, Grévy S, Hinke C, Hoffman CR, Hughes R, Ideguchi E, Ieki K, Jenkins D, Kobayashi N, Kondo Y, Krücken R, Le Bleis T, Lee G, Matta A, Michimasa S, Nakamura T, Ota S, Petri M, Sako T, Sakurai H, Shimoura S, Steiger K, Takahashi K, Takechi M, Togano Y, Winkler R, Yoneda K. In-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of 38,40,42Si. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146602070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Bonechi L, Adriani O, Berti E, Bongi M, Castellini G, D’Alessandro R, Del Prete M, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Shimizu Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W. Forward physics with the LHCf experiment: a LHC contribution to cosmic-ray physics. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20147100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Allen J, Castellina A, Engel R, Kasahara K, Knurenko S, Pierog T, Sabourov A, Stokes BT, Ulrich R, Sako T, Ostapchenko S. Air shower simulation and hadronic interactions. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135301007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sako T, Nakazawa H. [Information monitoring and communication an USCDC visit report]. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 2013; 60:335-345. [PMID: 24067905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Oda H, Mori A, Lee P, Saeki K, Ishioka K, Arai T, Sako T. Characterization of the use of liraglutide for glycemic control in healthy and Type 1 diabetes mellitus suffering dogs. Res Vet Sci 2013; 95:381-8. [PMID: 23632200 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Revised: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a glucose-lowering, intestinal-derived factor with multiple physiological effects, making it attractive for diabetes therapy. However, the therapeutic potential of endogenous GLP-1 is limited, because of rapid inactivation by dipeptidyl peptidase-4. Recently, enhanced incretin preparations, such as liraglutide, have emerged, which are more resistant to degradation and longer lasting. Liraglutide is a long-acting acylated human GLP-1 receptor agonist, with a 97% amino acid sequence identity to endogenous human GLP-1, and 100% amino acid sequence homology with canine GLP-1. Since liraglutide has yet to be examined for use in dogs, and the incretin effect has been reported to exist in dogs, we sought to initially characterize liraglutide's ability for glycemic control in healthy dogs, under an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) environment initially. This was followed up a more realistic scenario involving food with insulin injection +/- liraglutide injection resulting in a glucose curve based study involving dogs suffering from Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Overall, liraglutide had a stabilizing effect on glucose levels, maintaining circulating levels between 77.0 and 137.0mg/ml throughout the OGTT test period, resulting in a significant reduction of 13.8% in glucose AUC0-120 min (total area under the curve for 0-120 min) as compared to baseline control in healthy dogs (n=5). Interestingly, the liraglutide associated reduction in circulating glucose was not accompanied by any significant increase in insulin. Moreover, T1DM dogs (n=4) responded favorably to liraglutide treatment, which lead to a significant reduction of 46.0% in glucose AUC0-12h (total area under the curve for 0-12h), and a significant reduction of 66.5% in serum glucose as compared to baseline controls (insulin treatment only). Therefore, liraglutide's prandial glucagon suppressive ability appears to play a key role in its glucose-lowering capability, and offers great potential for use with dogs suffering from T1DM.
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- H Oda
- Department of Veterinary Nursing & Technology, School of Veterinary Science Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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Won-in K, Sako T, Thongleurm C, Intarasiri S, Tippawan U, Kamwanna T, Pattanasiriwisana W, Tancharakorn S, Kamonsutthipaijit N, Dararutana P. Nuclear analytical methods on ancient Thai rice. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-012-2390-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kawade K, Adriani O, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D'Alessandro R, Haguenauer M, Iso T, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Masuda K, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Noda K, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Shimizu Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W. Current status of the LHCf experiment and future plan. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135307009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sako T, Adriani O, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D'Alessandro R, Haguenauer M, Iso T, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Kawede K, Masuda K, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Noda K, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Shimizu Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W. LHCf plan for p-Pb forward particle measurement. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135307010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Takeuchi S, Matsushita M, Aoi N, Doornenbal P, Li K, Motobayashi T, Scheit H, Steppenbeck D, Wang H, Baba H, Bazin D, Càceres L, Crawford H, Fallon P, Gernhäuser R, Gibelin J, Go S, Grévy S, Hinke C, Hoffman CR, Hughes R, Ideguchi E, Jenkins D, Kobayashi N, Kondo Y, Krücken R, Le Bleis T, Lee J, Lee G, Matta A, Michimasa S, Nakamura T, Ota S, Petri M, Sako T, Sakurai H, Shimoura S, Steiger K, Takahashi K, Takechi M, Togano Y, Winkler R, Yoneda K. Well developed deformation in 42Si. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:182501. [PMID: 23215274 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.182501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Revised: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Excited states in (38,40,42) Si nuclei have been studied via in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy with multinucleon removal reactions. Intense radioactive beams of ^{40}S and (44)S provided at the new facility of the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory enabled γ-γ coincidence measurements. A prominent γ line observed with an energy of 742(8) keV in (42) Si confirms the 2(+) state reported in an earlier study. Among the γ lines observed in coincidence with the 2^{+} → 0+ transition, the most probable candidate for the transition from the yrast 4(+) state was identified, leading to a 4(1)+) energy of 2173(14) keV. The energy ratio of 2.93(5) between the 2(1)+ and 4(1)(+) states indicates well-developed deformation in (42) Si at N = 28 and Z = 14. Also for 38,40)Si energy ratios with values of 2.09(5) and 2.56(5) were obtained. Together with the ratio for (42)Si, the results show a rapid deformation development of Si isotopes from N = 24 to N = 28.
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- S Takeuchi
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Matsumoto S, Hara T, Nagaoka M, Mike A, Mitsuyama K, Sako T, Yamamoto M, Kado S, Takada T. A component of polysaccharide peptidoglycan complex on Lactobacillus induced an improvement of murine model of inflammatory bowel disease and colitis-associated cancer. Immunology 2009; 128:e170-80. [PMID: 19740306 PMCID: PMC2753921 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.02942.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2008] [Revised: 08/06/2008] [Accepted: 08/06/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6)/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signals play key roles in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We previously described that both intact cells and a cell wall-derived polysaccharide-peptidoglycan complex (PSPG) in a strain of lactobacillus [Lactobacillus casei Shirota (LcS)] inhibited IL-6 production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated lamina propria mononuclear cells (LPMCs) isolated from murine IBD. Diets with LcS improve murine IBD by suppression of IL-6 synthesis in LPMCs. Moreover, LcS supplementation with fermented milk ameliorates disease activity in patients with active ulcerative colitis. Here, we focused on the specific roles of PSPG in LcS concerning their anti-inflammatory actions. PSPG derived from LcS, and no other strain of lactobacilli, inhibited IL-6 production in LPS-stimulated murine IBD LPMCs. Purified PSPG-I from LcS inhibited IL-6 synthesis in LPS-stimulated murine IBD LPMCs through the inhibition of nuclear factor-kappaB. The anti-IL-6 action of LcS PSPG was abrogated by masking with monoclonal anti-PSPG-I. Furthermore, PSPG-I-negative L. casei strains (PSPG-I-negative mutant LcS: LC(DeltaPSPG-I), L. casei ATCC 334) did not inhibit IL-6 production. Finally, we confirmed the effects of PSPG-I on LcS in the models of both IBD and colitis-associated cancer (CAC). In the IBD model, ingestion of LcS improved ileitis and inhibited activation of IL-6/STAT3 signaling, while ingestion of the LC(DeltaPSPG-I) strain did not. In the CAC model, treatment with LcS, but not the LC(DeltaPSPG-I) strain, showed tumour-suppressive effects with an inhibition of IL-6 production in the colonic mucosa. These results suggested that a specific polysaccharide component in an L. casei strain plays a crucial role in its anti-inflammatory actions in chronic intestinal inflammatory disorders.
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- S Matsumoto
- Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan.
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Mori A, Lee P, Izawa T, Oda H, Mizutani H, Koyama H, Arai T, Sako T. Assessing the immune state of dogs suffering from pituitary gland dependent hyperadrenocorticism by determining changes in peripheral lymphocyte subsets. Vet Res Commun 2009; 33:757-69. [PMID: 19462252 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-009-9224-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In order to evaluate the immune state of dogs suffering from pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism (PDH), peripheral lymphocyte subsets were examined. Twenty seven PDH dogs and eight healthy control dogs were used in the current study. Eight healthy dogs served as the control group. Twenty seven PDH dogs were categorized into 4 groups based on their post serum cortisol concentrations by ACTH stimulation test: 2-5, excellent control (n = 8); 5-20, fair control (n = 7); >20, poor control (n = 4); and untreated (n = 8). Cell counts were executed with white blood cells (WBC), lymphocytes, CD3(+) (T lymphocytes), CD4(+) (Helper T lymphocytes), CD8(+) (Cytotoxic T lymphocytes), CD21(+) (B lymphocytes) cells in addition to calculating CD4(+)/CD8(+) ratio. Results indicated a significant difference in lymphocyte numbers and lymphocyte subset populations (CD3(+), CD4(+), CD8(+), and CD21(+) cells) between PDH and control dogs. Moreover, comparison of the PDH groups (excellent control; fair control; poor control; untreated) demonstrated that all groups had a significant decrease in lymphocytes numbers (CD3(+), CD4(+) and CD21(+) cell counts) as compared to control group. Meanwhile, no significant differences were observed in WBC counts and CD4(+)/CD8(+) ratio between groups. Furthermore, lymphocyte subset distribution in excellent control PDH dogs without concurrent disease (n = 4) better resembled that of control dogs as compared to PDH dogs with concurrent disease (n = 4). PDH dogs may be suffering from an immuno-depressed state as evidenced by significant differences in lymphocyte subset populations. Furthermore, treatment of both PDH and concurrent disease might improve lymphocyte subset distribution.
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- A Mori
- Department of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan.
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Mori A, Sako T, Lee P, Nishimaki Y, Fukuta H, Mizutani H, Honjo T, Arai T. Comparison of three commercially available prescription diet regimens on short-term post-prandial serum glucose and insulin concentrations in healthy cats. Vet Res Commun 2009; 33:669-80. [PMID: 19322671 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-009-9216-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2008] [Accepted: 03/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Dietary therapy is an important treatment component for diabetes mellitus (DM). In this study, the impact of three different commercially available diet regiments (1 general use and 2 aimed for treating obesity and DM) on short-term post-prandial serum glucose and insulin concentrations of five healthy cats to better understand what impact each of these diets may have for diabetic cats. The diet regiments used in this study were as follows: C/D dry (General Use- Low protein, High fat, High carbohydrate, and Low fiber), M/D dry (DM- High protein, High fat, Low carbohydrate, and High Fiber), and W/D dry (DM- Low Protein, Low Fat, High Carbohydrate, and High Fiber). No significant difference in post-prandial serum glucose levels were observed with the C/D (84.6 +/- 1.5 mg/dl) and W/D (83.8 +/- 1.4 mg/dl) dry diets when compared to pre-prandial fasting levels (83.9 +/- 1.4 mg/dl). However, a significant reduction was observed with the M/D diet (78.9 +/- 0.8 mg/dl) which had 50-60% less carbohydrates than either C/D or W/D diet. Unlike what was observed with post-prandial glucose levels, an interesting pattern emerged with post-prandial insulin levels, which were increasing with W/D, C/D, and M/D diets in that order (1.1 +/- 0.2, 1.7 +/- 0.2, and 2.3 +/- 0.2 ng/ml respectively). Most surprising, though, was the fact that the W/D diet did not seem to stimulate insulin secretion as compared to pre-prandial levels (1.1 +/- 0.1 ng/ml) in healthy cats. Interestingly, the W/D diet had high levels of carbohydrate and low levels of protein. Coincidentally, the only diet (M/D) which had a significant reduction in post-prandial glucose also showed the highest increase in post-prandial insulin in healthy cats. Therefore, dietary amounts of carbohydrate, fat, protein and fiber can all have an individual impact on post-prandial glycemia and subsequent insulin requirement levels. Just as concepts regarding dietary management of people with DM are evolving, investigators are reassessing what constitutes the ideal diet for the diabetic feline. As such, having a better understanding for each dietary component, may lead us to better understand how we can synergize certain dietary components to aid in DM management.
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- A Mori
- Department of Veterinary Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan.
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Sako T, Mori A, Lee P, Sato T, Mizutani H, Takahashi T, Kiyosawa Y, Tazaki H, Arai T. Serum glycated albumin: Potential use as an index of glycemic control in diabetic dogs. Vet Res Commun 2008; 33:473-9. [PMID: 19051050 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9193-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Measurements of serum fructosamine, glycated hemoglobin, and glycated albumin (GA) complement serum glucose concentration for better management of diabetes mellitus (DM). Especially, the serum fructosamine test has long been used for diagnosing and monitoring the effect of treatment of DM in dogs. However, fructosamine tests are currently not performed in veterinary medicine in Japan. GA and fructoasmine levels have been shown to strongly correlate. However, the clinical implications of using GA remain to be elucidated. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was threefold: 1) Determine whether GA% is altered by acute hyperglycemia in normal dogs, simulating stress induced hyperglycemia; 2) Demonstrate that GA% does not dynamically change with diurnal variation of blood glucose concentration in diabetic dogs; and 3) Investigate whether GA% is capable of providing an index of glycemic control for 1-3 weeks in diabetic dogs as is the case with diabetic human patients. Our study demonstrated that serum GA% remains very stable and unaltered under acute hyperglycemic conditions (intravenous glucose injection) and in spite of diurnal variation of blood glucose concentration. Furthermore, serum GA% can reflect long-term changes (almost 1-3 weeks) in blood glucose concentration and the effect of injected insulin in diabetic dogs.
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- T Sako
- Department of Veterinary Nursing, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan
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Mori A, Lee P, Takemitsu H, Sako T, Arai T. Comparison of insulin signaling gene expression in insulin sensitive tissues between cats and dogs. Vet Res Commun 2008; 33:211-26. [PMID: 19043794 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9168-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 08/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common endocrine disease in cats and dogs with increasing prevalence. Type 1 DM appears to be the most common form of diabetes in dogs whereas Type 2 DM prevails for cats. Since insulin resistance is more frequently encountered in cats than dogs, our laboratory was interested in determining whether differences at the insulin signaling pathway level and differences in glucose and lipid metabolism could be observed between cats and dogs. Insulin resistance has been positively correlated to insulin signaling pathway abnormalities. As such, this study measured insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), insulin receptor substrate-2 (IRS-2), and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) P-85alpha mRNA expression levels in classical insulin-responsive sensitive tissues (liver, skeletal muscle, and abdominal fat) and peripheral leukocytes between cats and dogs by qRT-PCR. Different tissues were sampled because it is currently unknown where insulin-resistance arises from. In addition, enzymes involved in glucose and lipid metabolism, malate dehydrogenase (MDH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and fatty acid synthase (FAS) were also assessed since glucose and lipid metabolism differs between cats and dogs. Overall, IRS-1, IRS-2, PI3-K, MDH, G6DPH, and FAS mRNA tissue expression profiles demonstrated different levels of expression, in various tissues for both canines and felines, which was expected. No distinct expression pattern emerged; however, differences were noted between canines and felines. In addition, IRS-1, IRS-2, PI3-K, MDH, G6DPH, and FAS mRNA expression was significantly higher in canine versus feline tissues, including peripheral leukocytes. Remarkable differences in insulin signaling gene expression between felines and canines indicate that cats may have an underlying low insulin sensitivity level due to low IRS-1, IRS-2, and PI3-K P-85alpha mRNA expression levels which would predispose cats to develop insulin resistance. Moreover, differences in glucose and lipid metabolism related gene expression (MDH, G6DPH, and FAS) demonstrate that felines have an overall lower metabolic rate in various tissues which may be attributed to overall lower insulin signaling gene expression and a lack of physical activity as compared to canines. Therefore, a combination of genetic and environmental factors appears to make felines more prone to suffer from insulin resistance and type 2 DM than canines.
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- A Mori
- Department of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan.
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Shinozaki H, Oguchi T, Suzuki S, Aoki K, Sako T, Morishita S, Tozuka Y, Moribe K, Yamamoto K. Micronization and Polymorphic Conversion of Tolbutamide and Barbital by Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2008; 32:877-91. [PMID: 16908425 DOI: 10.1080/03639040500529994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Rapid expansion of supercritical solutions (RESS) was applied to tolbutamide and barbital. The solubility in supercritical CO2 was determined to estimate the extraction efficiency roughly by a simple method and accurately by a direct spectrophotometric technique. The latter revealed that the solubility of tolbutamide was a function of applied pressure and temperature and was proportional to the pressure. No significant difference in solubility between polymorphic Forms I and II of tolbutamide was detected. Tolbutamide and barbital particles produced by the RESS were characterized by size distribution measurement, polymorph identification and morphological evaluation. Significant size reduction to micron or sub-micron level with narrow size distribution was achieved, while conventional mechanical grinding had only slight effect. The particle size was greatly affected by both extraction and expansion conditions. The lower the extraction temperature was, the smaller was the mean particle size. Higher extraction pressure resulted in smaller mean particle size when compared at the same extraction temperature. The mean particle size was reduced by lowering the spray nozzle temperature, by lowering the expansion chamber temperature, by increasing the CO2 amount per spray, and by increasing the exhaust gas flow rate. The RESS processing realized the polymorphic conversion as well. As for tolbutamide, three polymorphs (Forms I, II, and IV) out of four could be produced by changing the extraction conditions, and in the case of barbital, one polymorph (Form II) out of three was produced consistently.
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- H Shinozaki
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Japan
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Gaudi BS, Bennett DP, Udalski A, Gould A, Christie GW, Maoz D, Dong S, McCormick J, Szymański MK, Tristram PJ, Nikolaev S, Paczyński B, Kubiak M, Pietrzyński G, Soszyński I, Szewczyk O, Ulaczyk K, Wyrzykowski Ł, DePoy DL, Han C, Kaspi S, Lee CU, Mallia F, Natusch T, Pogge RW, Park BG, Abe F, Bond IA, Botzler CS, Fukui A, Hearnshaw JB, Itow Y, Kamiya K, Korpela AV, Kilmartin PM, Lin W, Masuda K, Matsubara Y, Motomura M, Muraki Y, Nakamura S, Okumura T, Ohnishi K, Rattenbury NJ, Sako T, Saito T, Sato S, Skuljan L, Sullivan DJ, Sumi T, Sweatman WL, Yock PCM, Albrow MD, Allan A, Beaulieu JP, Burgdorf MJ, Cook KH, Coutures C, Dominik M, Dieters S, Fouqué P, Greenhill J, Horne K, Steele I, Tsapras Y, Chaboyer B, Crocker A, Frank S, Macintosh B. Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing. Science 2008; 319:927-30. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1151947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- B. S. Gaudi
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - M. K. Szymański
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - P. J. Tristram
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - S. Nikolaev
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - B. Paczyński
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - M. Kubiak
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - G. Pietrzyński
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - I. Soszyński
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - O. Szewczyk
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - K. Ulaczyk
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - Ł. Wyrzykowski
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - D. L. DePoy
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - C. Han
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - S. Kaspi
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - C.-U. Lee
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - F. Mallia
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - T. Natusch
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - R. W. Pogge
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - B.-G. Park
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - F. Abe
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - I. A. Bond
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - C. S. Botzler
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - A. Fukui
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - J. B. Hearnshaw
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - Y. Itow
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - K. Kamiya
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - A. V. Korpela
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - P. M. Kilmartin
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - W. Lin
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - K. Masuda
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - Y. Matsubara
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - M. Motomura
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - Y. Muraki
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - S. Nakamura
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - T. Okumura
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - K. Ohnishi
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - N. J. Rattenbury
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - T. Sako
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - To. Saito
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - S. Sato
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - L. Skuljan
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - D. J. Sullivan
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - T. Sumi
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - W. L. Sweatman
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - P. C. M. Yock
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - M. D. Albrow
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - A. Allan
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - J.-P. Beaulieu
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - M. J. Burgdorf
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - K. H. Cook
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - C. Coutures
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - M. Dominik
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - S. Dieters
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - P. Fouqué
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - J. Greenhill
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - K. Horne
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - I. Steele
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - Y. Tsapras
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - B. Chaboyer
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- Auckland Observatory, Post Office Box 24-180, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverley Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Sato T, Katayama K, Arai T, Sako T, Tazaki H. Simultaneous determination of serum mannose and glucose concentrations in dog serum using high performance liquid chromatography. Res Vet Sci 2008; 84:26-9. [PMID: 17475297 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Revised: 02/28/2007] [Accepted: 03/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Serum mannose and glucose concentrations in dogs before and after eating a meal were determined simultaneously with a recently established HPLC method combined with a UV and fluorescence detection system of p-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester (ABEE)-derivatized monosaccharides. In this newly established HPLC method, detection limits were 0.09 micromol/L for mannose and 0.04 mmol/L for glucose. Linearity of peak areas vs. amounts of mannose and glucose in the range of 0.27-320 micromol/L and 0.13-64 mmol/L were observed, respectively. The value of the glucose content measured by the HPLC method was in good agreement with that of the commonly used enzymatic method (control). Serum glucose concentrations in dogs 90 min after the meal were almost the same as those before the meal, whereas serum mannose concentrations decreased significantly after the meal. This HPLC method may be useful for determination of monosaccharides in animal blood.
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- T Sato
- Department of Veterinary Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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Sako T, Urabe S, Kusaba A, Kimura N, Yoshimura I, Tazaki H, Imai S, Ono K, Arai T. Comparison of plasma metabolite concentrations and lactate dehydrogenase activity in dogs, cats, horses, cattle and sheep. Vet Res Commun 2007; 31:413-7. [PMID: 17216306 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3482-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- T Sako
- Department of Veterinary Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Kimura N, Fujino E, Urabe S, Mizutani H, Sako T, Imai S, Toyoda Y, Arai T. Effect of supplementation of Agaricus mushroom meal extracts on enzyme activities in peripheral leukocytes of calves. Res Vet Sci 2007; 82:7-10. [PMID: 16624357 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2005] [Revised: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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To investigate the effect of Agaricus mushroom meal on the energy metabolism in animal tissues; plasma glucose, triglyceride, cholesterol and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) concentrations and activities of enzymes related to energy metabolism in plasma and peripheral leukocytes were measured in Japanese Black WagyuxHolstein F1 calves supplemented with Agaricus blazei Murill (A. blazei) extract in milk-replacer at the dose of 60g/head/day for 4 weeks. Activities of malate dehydrogenase and aspartate aminotransferase in cytosol and glutamate dehydrogenase in mitochondria, and the malate dehydrogenase/lactate dehydrogenase ratio in cytosol in peripheral leukocytes of calves with A. blazei were significantly higher than those in control calves without A. blazei. It was concluded that supplementation of Agaricus mushroom meal extract was effective in activation of enzymes related to energy metabolism in peripheral leukocytes of calves.
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- N Kimura
- Division of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, Nippon Veterinary and Animals Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan.
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Arai T, Kusaba A, Takeguchi A, Tanaka Y, Ozawa T, Yoshida T, Sako T, Hayashi T, Blair H. Comparison of plasma metabolite concentrations and peripheral leukocyte enzyme activities in sheep fed on different diets in New Zealand and Japan. Vet Res Commun 2007; 31:681-4. [PMID: 17252317 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-007-3548-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- T Arai
- Department of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino, Tokyo.
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