- 著者
- Masayuki Kikuchi Misao Nakamura Kazumitsu Yoshikawa
- 出版者
- Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, The Seismological Society of Japan, The Volcanological Society of Japan , The Geodetic Society of Japan , The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences
- 雑誌
- Earth, Planets and Space (ISSN:13438832)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.55, no.4, pp.159-172, 2003 (Released:2010-03-09)
- 参考文献数
- 32
- 被引用文献数
- 133
In the 1940's, several destructive earthquakes occurred in western Japan. Seismograms in this period were usually recorded on smoked paper and the quality was poor compared to modern digital data. But the recent development of image processing technology enabled us to reconstruct feasible waveform data, whereby we investigated source rupture processes of two devastating earthquakes: the Tonankai earthquake (M7.9) of December 7, 1944, and the Mikawa earthquake (M6.8) of January 13, 1945. The results for the Tonankai earthquake show that the source roughly consists of a single asperity with a length scale of 100 km, having no segment structure with a smaller length-scale. Such a feature seems to be reflected to the sea bottom topography above the source region. The main source parameters are as follows: the seismic moment = 1.0 × 1021 Nm (Mw=7.9); the fault area = 140 km × 80 km; (strike, dip, rake) = (225°, 15°, 79°); the maximum and averaged dislocations = 4.4 m and 3.0 m, respectively. The analysis of the seismograms for the Mikawa earthquake shows that the source is a reverse fault with a slight left-lateral component. The pressure axis is directed to ENE-WSW, which is a little rotated from the EW compression axis prevailing in western Japan. This fault can be regarded as the southern extension of the Nobi earthquake fault system. The main source parameters are as follows: the seismic moment = 1.0 × 1019 Nm (Mw=6.6); the fault area = 20 km × 15 km; (strike, dip, rake) = (135°, 30°, 65°); the maximum and averaged dislocations are 2.1 m and 1.1 m, respectively. The slip distribution mainly consists of two asperities: the one near the hypocenter and the other 10-15 km northwest from it. The heavily damaged area is well correlated with the northwestern asperity.
- 著者
- Kazuki Hotta Kentaro Kamiya Ryosuke Shimizu Misako Yokoyama Misao Nakamura-Ogura Minoru Tabata Daisuke Kamekawa Ayako Akiyama Michitaka Kato Chiharu Noda Atsuhiko Matsunaga Takashi Masuda
- 出版者
- International Heart Journal Association
- 雑誌
- International Heart Journal (ISSN:13492365)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.54, no.2, pp.59-63, 2013 (Released:2013-04-03)
- 参考文献数
- 31
- 被引用文献数
- 13 34
The purpose of this study was to clarify the acute effects of a single session of stretching exercises on vascular endothelial function and peripheral circulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction. This study evaluated 32 patients (mean age, 66 ± 9 years) who received phase I cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction. Five types of stretching exercises were performed on the floor: wrist dorsiflexion, close-legged trunk flexion, open-legged trunk flexion, open-legged lateral trunk bending, and cross-legged trunk flexion. Each exercise entailed a 30-second stretching followed by a 30-second relaxation, and was repeated twice. Low- and high-frequency components (LF and HF) of heart rate variability (LF, 0.04-0.15 Hz; HF, 0.15-0.40 Hz) were analyzed, and HF and LF/HF were used as indices of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous activities, respectively. Reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) index was measured and used as a parameter for vascular endothelial function. Transcutaneous oxygen pressure (tcPO2) on the right foot and chest was also measured, and the Foot-tcPO2/Chest-tcPO2 ratio was used as a parameter for peripheral circulation. The HF, RH-PAT index, and Foot-tcPO2/Chest-tcPO2 ratio were significantly higher after the exercises than before (P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.05, respectively). There was no significant difference in the LF/HF ratio measured before and after stretching exercises. These findings demonstrate that stretching exercises improve vascular endothelial function and peripheral circulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction.