著者
Elhussein F Mourad Mohamed S Sarhan Hassan-Sibroe A Daanaa Mennatullah Abdou Ahmed T Morsi Mohamed R Abdelfadeel Hend Elsawey Rahma Nemr Mahmoud El-Tahan Mervat A Hamza Mohamed Abbas Hanan H Youssef Abdelhadi A Abdelhadi Wafaa M Amer Mohamed Fayez Silke Ruppel Nabil A Hegazi
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.ME17135, (Released:2018-02-23)
被引用文献数
22

In order to improve the culturability and biomass production of rhizobacteria, we previously introduced plant-only-based culture media. We herein attempted to widen the scope of plant materials suitable for the preparation of plant-only-based culture media. We chemically analyzed the refuse of turfgrass, cactus, and clover. They were sufficiently rich to support good in vitro growth by rhizobacteria isolates representing Proteobacteria and Firmicutes. They were also adequate and efficient to produce a cell biomass in liquid batch cultures. These culture media were as sufficient as artificial culture media for the cultivation and recovery of the in situ rhizobacteria of barley (Hordeum murinum L.). Based on culture-dependent (CFU plate counting) and culture-independent analyses (qPCR), mowed turfgrass, in particular, supported the highest culturable population of barley endophytes, representing >16% of the total bacterial number quantified with qPCR. This accurately reflected the endophytic community composition, in terms of diversity indices (S’, H’, and D’) based on PCR-DGGE, and clustered the plant culture media together with the qPCR root populations away from the artificial culture media. Despite the promiscuous nature of the plant materials tested to culture the plant microbiome, our results indicated that plant materials of a homologous nature to the tested host plant, at least at the family level, and/or of the same environment were more likely to be selected. Plant-only-based culture media require further refinements in order to provide selectivity for the in vitro growth of members of the plant microbiome, particularly difficult-to-culture bacteria. This will provide insights into their hidden roles in the environment and support future culturomic studies.
著者
D. L. Chambless T. H. Ollendick
出版者
一般社団法人 日本行動分析学会
雑誌
行動分析学研究 (ISSN:09138013)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.19, no.1, pp.81-105, 2005-04-25 (Released:2017-06-28)

アメリカ合衆国における、証拠に基づく心理療法(evidence-based psychology)の実践を増加させようとする努力の結果、経験的に支持された心理的介入についての情報を明らかにし、同定し、普及させるための特別委員会が組織されるに至った。この論文ではアメリカ合衆国やイギリスなどにおける、経験的に支持された処遇(empirically supported treatment, EST)を展望した特別委員会や他のグループの活動成果と、ESTとして同定された処遇のリストを要約して示すことにする。研究方法論や、外的妥当性や、研究の有用性、そしてEST展望過程の信頼性と透明性を含めた、ESTの同定と普及をめぐる論争についても、展望することにする。
著者
Alexandru T. BALABAN
出版者
Society of Computer Chemistry, Japan
雑誌
Journal of Computer Chemistry, Japan (ISSN:13471767)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.16, no.2, pp.33-37, 2017 (Released:2017-06-06)
参考文献数
22

Chemical applications of discrete mathematics and graph theory are briefly reviewed, including philosophical implications. Using the concept of dualist (inner graph-theoretical duals) it was possible to classify (cata-peri-corona classes) and enumerate benzenoid and diamondoid hydrocarbons. By associating numbers with molecular graphs, one can use these numbers (topological indices) for correlations with properties of chemical compounds − an early, simple, and rapid approach to drug design. The two types of atoms (metals and non-metals), are connected by three types pf chemical bonds (ionic, metallic, and covalent) that lead to four types pf lattices (ionic, metallic, atomic and molecular), allowing quick "2-3-4 grasp" of chemistry. The Periodic System of Elements, which is the cornerstone of chemistry and atomic physics, is in danger of being presented wrongly, devoid of the symmetry based on electronic s, p, d, and f shells; several possibilities for showing correctly these shells are discussed.
著者
Fujimoto A Tsurumi K Kawada R Murao T Takeuchi H Murai T Takahashi H
出版者
Springer Nature
雑誌
Translational Psychiatry (ISSN:21583188)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.7, 2017-04-04
被引用文献数
17

ギャンブル依存症の神経メカニズム --前頭葉の一部の活動や結合の低下でリスクの取り方の柔軟性に障害--. 京都大学プレスリリース. 2017-04-05.Gambling disorder (GD) is often considered as a problem of trait-like risk preference. However, the symptoms of GD cannot be fully understood by this trait view. In the present study, we hypothesized that GD patients also had problem with a flexible control of risk attitude (state-dependent strategy optimization), and aimed to investigate the mechanisms underlying abnormal risk-taking of GD. To address this issue, we tested GD patients without comorbidity (GD group: n=21) and age-matched healthy control participants (HC group: n=29) in a multi-step gambling task, in which participants needed to clear 'block quota' (required units to clear a block, 1000–7000 units) in 20 choices, and conducted a task-functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment. Behavioral analysis indeed revealed a less flexible risk-attitude change in the GD group; the GD group failed to avoid risky choice in a specific quota range (low-quota condition), in which risky strategy was not optimal to solve the quota. Accordingly, fMRI analysis highlighted diminished functioning of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), which has been heavily implicated in cognitive flexibility. To our knowledge, the present study provided the first empirical evidence of a deficit of state-dependent strategy optimization in GD. Focusing on flexible control of risk attitude under quota may contribute to a better understanding of the psychopathology of GDs.
著者
H.A. Yu T. Kaneko S. Otani S. Yoshimura A. Oya
出版者
THE CARBON SOCIETY OF JAPAN
雑誌
TANSO (ISSN:03715345)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.1997, no.178, pp.101-107, 1997-07-30 (Released:2010-06-28)
参考文献数
9
被引用文献数
3 4

It was reported that a photovoltaic cell with carbonaceous film/n-type silicon (C/n-Si) was fabricated utilizing a process in which a carbonaceous film was deposited on an n-type silicon substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of 2, 5- dimethyl-p-benzoquinone at 500°C The purpose of this work is to study preparation and structure of the carbonaceous film. In this study, the carbonaceous films were made by CVD of 2, 5-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone on a quartz substrate at a temperature between 500 and 1000°C. The 2, 5-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone shows higher reaction activity for carbonization at low temperatures. At low CVD temperatures below 700°C, the carbonization reaction of 2, 5- dimethyl-p-benzoquinone was mainly caused by pyrolysis of its methyl and carbonyl groups. The carbonaceous film deposited at low temperatures below 700°C has a typical amorphous structure, and the one deposited above 700°C has a graphite-like lamellar structure oriented along the substrate.
著者
高木 幸子 田部井 賢一 HUIS IN'T VELD Elisabeth GELDER Beatrice de 田中 章浩
出版者
日本基礎心理学会
雑誌
基礎心理学研究 (ISSN:02877651)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.32, no.1, pp.29-39, 2013

Information derived from facial and vocal nonverbal expressions plays an important role in social communication in the real and virtual worlds. In the present study, we investigated cultural differences between Japanese and Dutch participants in the multisensory perception of emotion. We used a face and voice that expressed incongruent emotions as stimuli and conducted two experiments. We presented either the face or voice in Experiment 1, and both the face and voice in Experiment 2. We found that both visual and auditory information were important for Japanese participants judging in-group stimuli, while visual information was more important for other combinations of participants and stimuli. Additionally, we showed that the in-group advantage provided by auditory information was higher in Japanese than Dutch participants. Our findings indicate that audio-visual integration of affective information is modulated by the perceiver's cultural background, and that there are cultural differences between in-group and out-group stimuli.
著者
T. Nakajima T. Morita Y. Sato
出版者
日本加圧トレーニング学会
雑誌
International Journal of KAATSU Training Research (ISSN:13494562)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.7, no.1, pp.1-6, 2011 (Released:2012-03-28)
参考文献数
7
被引用文献数
3 21

KAATSU training is a novel training method conducted under special conditions of restricted muscle blood flow of the limbs with a specially-designed KAATSU belt. In 2006, we conducted a questionnaire survey across the whole of Japan to investigate the status of KAATSU training. After that, we have performed KAATSU training mainly for patients with cardiovascular diseases at a total of approximately 700 people per year, and no serious side effects of note have been found. However, it has also been applied for various purposes such as to increase the muscle strength and prevent the muscular atrophy of all kinds of patients including older people. And, in near future, it may be used to train more seriously affected patients with cachexia or sarcopenia. Therefore, in this review, we introduce the main matters reported over the five years since the questionnaire survey was conducted. In addition, we outline key considerations concerning the implementation of KAATSU training centered mainly on our previous experience and reports reached to us.
著者
Brett T. HOOVER Rolf H. LANGLAND
出版者
(公社)日本気象学会
雑誌
気象集誌. 第2輯 (ISSN:00261165)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.95, no.6, pp.369-389, 2017 (Released:2017-11-14)
参考文献数
22
被引用文献数
3

This study examines analysis and forecast impacts in the Navy Global Environmental Model (NAVGEM) from direct assimilation of temperature and wind “pseudo-raob” profiles derived from analysis fields of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting-Integrated Forecast System (ECWMF-IFS). The pseudo-raob profiles are provided on eight vertical levels from 250 hPa to 1000 hPa on a 1° × 1° resolution rectilinear grid and are assimilated as synthetic observation data by NAVGEM at 0000 UTC and 1200 UTC for an experimental time period of 48 days. The pseudo-raob observations are assumed in these experiments to have observation errors identical to temperature and wind data provided by conventional radiosonde observations.  In this diagnostic context, the assimilation of pseudo-raob profiles significantly reduces temperature and height biases in the NAVGEM analysis and provides general improvements to forecast skill when verified against both self-analysis and rawinsondes. Reduction of NAVGEM temperature bias is most evident in southern hemisphere high latitudes, where the assimilation of pseudo-raob information mitigates NAVGEM temperature bias and indicates sub-optimal bias correction of radiance data in the NAVGEM Control analysis. Despite the revisiting of assimilated observation information when assimilating pseudo-raobs from the IFS analysis into the NAVGEM analysis, improvement to the NAVGEM analyses and forecasts is both statistically significant and consistent across several verification techniques. This suggests that there are likely small effects from any correlations between pseudo-raob data and the NAVGEM background. The assimilation of pseudo-raob data also reduces the total observation impact in NAVGEM as estimated by the adjoint model, which is an indicator of general improvement to analysis and forecast quality.
著者
Ethan T. Hillman Hang Lu Tianming Yao Cindy H. Nakatsu
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.ME17017, (Released:2017-11-10)
被引用文献数
366

The ecosystem of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract traverses a number of environmental, chemical, and physical conditions because it runs from the oral cavity to the anus. These differences in conditions along with food or other ingested substrates affect the composition and density of the microbiota as well as their functional roles by selecting those that are the most suitable for that environment. Previous studies have mostly focused on Bacteria, with the number of studies conducted on Archaea, Eukarya, and Viruses being limited despite their important roles in this ecosystem. Furthermore, due to the challenges associated with collecting samples directly from the inside of humans, many studies are still exploratory, with a primary focus on the composition of microbiomes. Thus, mechanistic studies to investigate functions are conducted using animal models. However, differences in physiology and microbiomes need to be clarified in order to aid in the translation of animal model findings into the context of humans. This review will highlight Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, and Viruses, discuss differences along the GI tract of healthy humans, and perform comparisons with three common animal models: rats, mice, and pigs.
著者
Makoto T Hayashi
出版者
The Genetics Society of Japan
雑誌
Genes & Genetic Systems (ISSN:13417568)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.17-00010, (Released:2017-10-06)
被引用文献数
5 15

The ends of eukaryotic linear chromosomes are protected from undesired enzymatic activities by a nucleoprotein complex called the telomere. Expanding evidence indicates that telomeres have central functions in human aging and tumorigenesis. While it is undoubtedly important to follow current advances in telomere biology, it is also fruitful to be well informed in seminal historical studies for a comprehensive understanding of telomere biology, and for the anticipation of future directions. With this in mind, I here summarize the early history of telomere biology and current advances in the field, mostly focusing on mammalian studies relevant to aging and cancer.
著者
T. Makino
出版者
The Botanical Society of Japan
雑誌
植物学雑誌 (ISSN:0006808X)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.22, no.257, pp.93-102, 1908 (Released:2007-04-05)
被引用文献数
1 1