135 0 0 0 OA Accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Stations of TEPCO —Outline & lessons learned—
- 著者
- Shun-ichi TANAKA
- 出版者
- The Japan Academy
- 雑誌
- Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B (ISSN:03862208)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.88, no.9, pp.471-484, 2012-11-09 (Released:2012-11-09)
- 参考文献数
- 15
- 被引用文献数
- 24 53
The severe accident that broke out at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power stations on March 11, 2011, caused seemingly infinite damage to the daily life of residents. Serious and wide-spread contamination of the environment occurred due to radioactive materials discharged from nuclear power stations (NPSs). At the same time, many issues were highlighted concerning countermeasures to severe nuclear accidents. The accident is outlined, and lessons learned are extracted with respect to the safety of NPSs, as well as radiation protection of residents under the emergency involving the accident. The materials of the current paper are those released by governmental agencies, academic societies, interim reports of committees under the government, and others.(Communicated by Toshimitsu YAMAZAKI, M.J.A.)
12 0 0 0 OA Anti-hyperglycemic effects of plum in a rat model of obesity and type 2 diabetes, Wistar fatty rat
- 著者
- Hirotoshi UTSUNOMIYA Tadashi YAMAKAWA Junzo KAMEI Kazuaki KADONOSONO Shun-Ichi TANAKA
- 出版者
- バイオメディカルリサーチプレス
- 雑誌
- Biomedical Research (ISSN:03886107)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.26, no.5, pp.193-200, 2005 (Released:2005-12-05)
- 参考文献数
- 30
- 被引用文献数
- 11 24
Dried plums, considered a healthy food in the West and used as medicine in India, contain phenolic compounds with protective actions against age-related diseases. Effects of oral plum ekisu (concentrated juice) on lipid and glucose tolerance were assessed in insulin-resistant obese Wistar fatty rats. Plum ingestion decreased blood glucose (P < 0.05) and plasma triglyceride concentrations (P < 0.01) compared with controls. Plum treatment for 2 weeks reduced areas under the curve (AUCs) for glucose and insulin during a glucose tolerance test. In db/db mice, plum decreased these AUCs, and also blood glucose during an insulin tolerance test. Plum treatment significantly increased plasma adiponectin concentrations and PPARγ mRNA expression in adipose tissue from Wistar fatty rats. Plum thus may increase insulin sensitivity in these rats via adiponectin-related mechanisms.