著者
Arisa Nishihara Shin Haruta Shawn E. McGlynn Vera Thiel Katsumi Matsuura
出版者
日本微生物生態学会・日本土壌微生物学会
雑誌
Microbes and Environments (ISSN:13426311)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.ME17134, (Released:2018-01-24)
被引用文献数
21

The activity of nitrogen fixation measured by acetylene reduction was examined in chemosynthetic microbial mats at 72–75°C in slightly-alkaline sulfidic hot springs in Nakabusa, Japan. Nitrogenase activity markedly varied from sampling to sampling. Nitrogenase activity did not correlate with methane production, but was detected in samples showing methane production levels less than the maximum amount, indicating a possible redox dependency of nitrogenase activity. Nitrogenase activity was not affected by 2-bromo-ethane sulfonate, an inhibitor of methanogenesis. However, it was inhibited by the addition of molybdate, an inhibitor of sulfate reduction and sulfur disproportionation, suggesting the involvement of sulfate-reducing or sulfur-disproportionating organisms. Nitrogenase activity was affected by different O2 concentrations in the gas phase, again supporting the hypothesis of a redox potential dependency, and was decreased by the dispersion of mats with a homogenizer. The loss of activity that occurred from dispersion was partially recovered by the addition of H2, sulfate, and carbon dioxide. These results suggested that the observed activity of nitrogen fixation was related to chemoautotrophic sulfate reducers, and fixation may be active in a limited range of ambient redox potential. Since thermophilic chemosynthetic communities may resemble ancient microbial communities before the appearance of photosynthesis, the present results may be useful when considering the ancient nitrogen cycle on earth.
著者
E. Tournier
出版者
Academic Press
巻号頁・発行日
1990
著者
Franks Roger G.E. 森村 正直
出版者
THE SOCIETY OF INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL ENGINEERS
雑誌
計測 (ISSN:04500024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.9, no.6, pp.361-364, 1959

アナログ計算機による模擬は,も早試用の時期を脱した.多くの大企業では,新設プラントの設計や構成,現存プラントの動作の解析などの問題を解くのにアナログ模擬を慣用している.<BR>もともと,アナログ計算機は軍事研究や航空関係で発展した.航空機や誘導弾の飛行動作を方程式によって解析的に解くことができることがわかったためその価値が認められたものである.これらの方程式をプログラムに組むと,アナログ計算機は,実際の航空機の動作と同じように動作する.すなわち,アナログ計算機は,検討しようとする系の動作を模擬するわけである.開発しようとしているモデルの設計や構成についての様々な新しいアイデアは,まず計算機で調査することによって,実物に直接適用したならば起らないとは限らない損害や危険などを防ぐことができる.<BR>これと同じことは,化学工業や石油工業でもいえる.これらの工業では,新しい装置や,極めて複雑な制御系統を採用してもあまり効果がないか,むしろ危険であることがあるからである.これらの場合,系統は余りに複雑なので,起動または定常動作を考察したり計算したりすることはほとんど不可能である.しかしながら,アナログ計算機は,必要な解析的な技法がすでに完全に確立されているので,まだ設計の段階にあるうちに上のような系統の動作を模擬することができる.何種類かの系統について調査を行って最良の解を見出し,さらに,なぜ他の解が悪いかという理由を定量的に出すことができる.
著者
和智 妙子 渡邉 和美 横田 賀英子 大塚 祐輔 Lamb Michael E.
出版者
公益社団法人 日本心理学会
雑誌
心理学研究 (ISSN:00215236)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.87.16002, (Released:2016-11-10)
参考文献数
19
被引用文献数
1

This study examined the relationships between the reasons for confessions and interviewing styles by administering a self-reported questionnaire to new male adult prison inmates across Japan. The three factors proposed by Gudjonsson and his colleagues (1991, 1992, 1994, 1999), namely, perception of proof, internal pressure, and external pressure, were investigated. When participants had decided to confess prior to interviews, they were more likely to confess due to perception of proof and internal pressure compared to their counterparts. Furthermore, participants who experienced a relationship-focused interviewing style, which stressed active listening and rapport-building while talking about the criminal incidents directly, were more likely to confess due to internal pressure and less likely to confess due to external pressure.
著者
J.E.ミード 著
出版者
ダイヤモンド社
巻号頁・発行日
1964
著者
Kazuomi Kario Deepak L. Bhatt David E. Kandzari Sandeep Brar John M. Flack Colleen Gilbert Suzanne Oparil Mark Robbins Raymond R. Townsend George Bakris
出版者
日本循環器学会
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.80, no.6, pp.1404-1412, 2016-05-25 (Released:2016-05-25)
参考文献数
42
被引用文献数
7 56

Background:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with activation of the sympathetic nervous system, and patients with this condition often experience elevated blood pressure (BP), increased BP variability, and nocturnal BP surges.Methods and Results:The SYMPLICITY HTN-3 trial was a large prospective, randomized, blinded, sham-controlled trial of renal denervation for treatment of uncontrolled, apparently treatment-resistant hypertension. In a post hoc analysis, we examined the effect of renal denervation vs. sham control on office and ambulatory (including nocturnal) systolic BP in patients with and without OSA. 26% (94/364) of renal denervation subjects and 32% (54/171) of sham control subjects had OSA. Baseline office and nighttime systolic BP values were similar in both arms, including in subjects with and without OSA. Compared with sham control, renal denervation reduced the 6-month office systolic BP in subjects with (−17.0±22.4 vs. −6.3±26.1 mmHg, P=0.01) but not in subjects without OSA (−14.7±24.5 vs. −13.4±26.4 mmHg, P=0.64), P=0.07 for the interaction between treatment arm and OSA status. In those with sleep apnea, renal denervation was also associated with a reduction in maximum (−4.8±21.8 vs. 4.5±24.6 mmHg, P=0.03) and average peak (−5.6±20.4 vs. 3.2±22.4 mmHg, P=0.02) nighttime systolic BP.Conclusions:OSA subjects appeared to be responsive to renal denervation therapy. However, this hypothesis requires prospective testing. (Circ J 2016; 80: 1404–1412)
著者
佐藤 弘康 白井 宏 ヘイマン E.
出版者
一般社団法人電子情報通信学会
雑誌
電子情報通信学会論文誌. C-I, エレクトロニクス, I-光・波動 (ISSN:09151893)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.78, no.10, pp.439-447, 1995-10-25
被引用文献数
3

等方性インパルス状線電流源によって励振された電磁波が,誘電率の異なる媒質の直線境界平面に入射して作る散乱電磁界について,STT(Spectral Theory of Transients)法によって定式化し,厳密解を求めている.こうして求められた解は,他の方法によるものと一致することが確認され,過渡散乱波を構成する空間スペクトルの特異点の重要性について述べている.更に数値計算によってインパルス波の伝搬のようすを視覚的にとらえやすい形に表現し,直接波,反射波,透過波および頭波のそれぞれの波面が伝搬するようすについて明かにした.
著者
Silvana Nicola Giuseppe Pignata Manuela Casale Paolo E. Lo Turco Walter Gaino
出版者
一般社団法人 園芸学会
雑誌
The Horticulture Journal (ISSN:21890102)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.MI-R01, (Released:2015-11-14)
被引用文献数
16

Investigating several environmental factors affecting plant growth implies having sound experimental facilities equipped to test individual factors in lab-scale although applicable later at the industrial scale. Sometimes, detailed information is hardly given in a manuscript that allows for replications by other authors, maybe due to the shortening of pages requested by journal publishers and editors. A system and methodology was developed for qualitative and quantitative analyses of baby leaf vegetables (BLV) raised in floating growing systems (FGS). Lab-scale pilot plants (LSPP) were developed in 2 greenhouses differing in structure and equipment, suitable for different growing seasons in a continental climate. The equipment and technology allowed multiple treatments and replicates for sound statistical design and data analyses. Environmental conditions and cultural techniques were studied in major and minor species (white mustard, Brassica alba L. Boiss; black mustard, Brassica nigra L. Koch; garden cress, Lepidium sativum L.; water cress, Nasturtium officinale R. Br.; rocket salad, Eruca sativa Mill.; perennial wild rocket, Diplotaxis tenuifolia L. DC.; corn salad, Valerianella olitoria L.; baby spinach, Spinacia oleracea L.) to determine best cultivation techniques in a standard soilless culture system (SCS) for BLV, based on FGS. Considering that SCS can improve raw material quality at harvest, and enhance the postharvest shelf-life of many vegetables and herbs, a standardized growing system is required to obtain premium quality raw material in terms of commercial stage, low nitrate content and long shelf-life. Among the SCS used, the FGS are suitable systems to grow leafy vegetables because the plants can grow at high densities, thereby producing high yields, and in a short time. FGS are based on sub-irrigation technology, avoiding over-head irrigation and contact between nutrient solution and edible parts, and result in greater qualitative and quantitative yields than the traditional cultivation techniques, reducing pollution, crop and substrate residues, leading to clean raw material with potential low microbiological load. The FGS is a modern technology that could be exploited more to enhance yield, quality and safety of fresh and fresh-cut BLV. The LSPP installed are providing the basis for expanding the research to other species and agronomic factors.
著者
Abby D. Benninghoff Michael Lefevre Korry J. Hintze Robert E. Ward Jeffery R. Broadbent
出版者
筑波大学農林技術センター
雑誌
Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture (ISSN:18803016)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.10, no.1, pp.34-54, 2015 (Released:2015-08-28)
参考文献数
182

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. The Western dietary pattern is an established risk factor for many cancers, particularly for colorectal cancer (CRC). The Western diet is typified by the high consumption of red and processed meats, high fat foods, sugary foods and refined grains, whereas a more prudent diet replaces these foods with whole grains, fruits and vegetables, many of which are rich in dietary bioactives known to reduce cancer risk. Agricultural production of many of the foods common to the Western diet is also estimated to have a high environmental impact. Thus, diet modification to reduce cancer risk by consumption of more fruits and vegetables would also be considered a more environmentally sustainable diet.This review summarizes the impact of dietary bioactives on gastrointestinal health, with a focus on the role of the gut microbiome and intestinal inflammation in colorectal carcinogenesis. Four dietary bioactives with purported anti-cancer activities are discussed, including catechins (green tea), anthocyanins (red/blue berries), proanthocyanidins (cocoa) and isoflavones (soy), with special consideration given to evidence for their interaction with the gut microbiome. The review concludes with a proposed model for investigating the impact of dietary bioactives for prevention of colon cancer that incorporates the Western nutritional pattern and considers the role of human gut microbiota in pre-clinical studies.