- 著者
- Osamu Otsuka Yutaka Yanaba Takeshi Yoshikawa Mitsuo Yamashita
- 出版者
- (公社)日本金属学会/(一社)軽金属学会,(一社)資源・素材学会,ナノ学会,(公社)日本金属学会,(一社)日本塑性加工学会,(公社)日本鋳造工学会,日本銅学会,(一社)日本熱処理技術協会,(一社)日本熱電学会,(一社)日本非破壊検査協会,(一社)日本溶射学会,(一社)粉体粉末冶金協会,(公社)腐食防食学会
- 雑誌
- MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS (ISSN:13459678)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.57, no.7, pp.1183-1191, 2016-07-01 (Released:2016-06-25)
- 参考文献数
- 20
- 被引用文献数
- 1
A method has been developed for the recovery and recycling of selenium (Se) from Se-containing wastewater using the Se reducing bacterium, Pseudomonas stutzeri NT-I. The treatment of Se-containing wastewater with strain NT-I produced the bioselenium, which was composed mainly of organic matter and 11–14 mass% of Se. Specifically, the recovery of Se from the bioselenium by oxidizing roasting followed by wet reduction was studied. After thermodynamic calculations were performed to estimate the oxidizing behavior during roasting, experiments were conducted on the bioselenium for various roasting conditions. Selenium in the bioselenium was recovered in the form of solid SeO2 with a purity of 99% (metal basis) and a maximum yield of 97 mass% after roasting at 700℃. Wet reduction of SeO2 to metallic Se was achieved with a purity of 99% (metal basis).
- 著者
- Daisuke Takenaka Yoshiyuki Ozawa Kaori Yamamoto Maiko Shinohara Masato Ikedo Masao Yui Yuka Oshima Nayu Hamabuchi Hiroyuki Nagata Takahiro Ueda Hirotaka Ikeda Akiyoshi Iwase Takeshi Yoshikawa Hiroshi Toyama Yoshiharu Ohno
- 出版者
- Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 雑誌
- Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences (ISSN:13473182)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.mp.2023-0068, (Released:2023-09-01)
- 参考文献数
- 36
Purpose: Deep learning reconstruction (DLR) has been recommended as useful for improving image quality. Moreover, compressed sensing (CS) or DLR has been proposed as useful for improving temporal resolution and image quality on MR sequences in different body fields. However, there have been no reports regarding the utility of DLR for image quality and T-factor assessment improvements on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), short inversion time (TI) inversion recovery (STIR) imaging, and unenhanced- and contrast-enhanced (CE) 3D fast spoiled gradient echo (GRE) imaging with and without CS in comparison with thin-section multidetector-row CT (MDCT) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the utility of DLR for improving image quality and the appropriate sequence for T-category assessment for NSCLC patients.Methods: As subjects for this study, 213 pathologically diagnosed NSCLC patients who underwent thin-section MDCT and MR imaging as well as T-factor diagnosis were retrospectively enrolled. SNR of each tumor was calculated and compared by paired t-test for each sequence with and without DLR. T-factor for each patient was assessed with thin-section MDCT and all MR sequences, and the accuracy for T-factor diagnosis was compared among all sequences and thin-section CT by means of McNemar’s test.Results: SNRs of T2WI, STIR imaging, unenhanced thin-section Quick 3D imaging, and CE-thin-section Quick 3D imaging with DLR were significantly higher than SNRs of those without DLR (P < 0.05). Diagnostic accuracy of STIR imaging and CE-thick- or thin-section Quick 3D imaging was significantly higher than that of thin-section CT, T2WI, and unenhanced thick- or thin-section Quick 3D imaging (P < 0.05).Conclusion: DLR is thus considered useful for image quality improvement on MR imaging. STIR imaging and CE-Quick 3D imaging with or without CS were validated as appropriate MR sequences for T-factor evaluation in NSCLC patients.
- 著者
- SHINKURO TAKENAKA TAKESHI YOSHIKAWA SHUSAKU KADOWAKI SUGURU OKUNISHI HIROTO MAEDA
- 出版者
- The Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, Japan
- 雑誌
- Biocontrol Science (ISSN:13424815)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.22, no.2, pp.79-87, 2017 (Released:2017-06-27)
- 参考文献数
- 28
- 被引用文献数
- 3 5
A marine raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo is a causative agent of harmful microalgal blooms, which often cause the massive mortality of aquacultured finfish. In the present study, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas was reared with H. akashiwo, and effect of the microalga on filter-feeding behavior and microflora of the gastrointestinal tract was investigated. The intake of the raphidophyte cells inhibited the molluscan filter-feeding activities, suggesting the negative physiological effect of the microalgal cell contents. However, the bivalves ingested the H. akashiwo cells to the same extent as the diatom Chaetoceros calcitrans, a non-harmful indicator to estimate the filtration rate, showing a continuation of their non-selective ingestion of the phytoplankton. Microflora of the oyster soft tissue was dominated by bacteria affiliated with the family Rhodobacteraceae, some of which are associated with microalgae. In addition, the Bacteroidetes species, in which algicidal bacteria are included, were also found in the bivalve individuals exposed to H. akashiwo. These results suggested that the ingested phytoplankton affected the microbial flora in the gastrointestinal tracts, some constituents of which helped the mollusc assimilate the ingested red tide phytoplankton. This study will provide beneficial information to clarify mechanisms by which the oyster evades the ichthyotoxicity of harmful microalgae and the participation of the intestinal microorganisms in these processes.
- 著者
- Yumi Tanaka Yoshiharu Ohno Satomu Hanamatsu Yuki Obama Takahiro Ueda Hirotaka Ikeda Akiyoshi Iwase Takashi Fukuba Hidekazu Hattori Kazuhiro Murayama Takeshi Yoshikawa Daisuke Takenaka Hisanobu Koyama Hiroshi Toyama
- 出版者
- Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 雑誌
- Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences (ISSN:13473182)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.rev.2020-0184, (Released:2021-04-29)
- 参考文献数
- 228
- 被引用文献数
- 6
Since thoracic MR imaging was first used in a clinical setting, it has been suggested that MR imaging has limited clinical utility for thoracic diseases, especially lung diseases, in comparison with x-ray CT and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. However, in many countries and states and for specific indications, MR imaging has recently become practicable. In addition, recently developed pulmonary MR imaging with ultra-short TE (UTE) and zero TE (ZTE) has enhanced the utility of MR imaging for thoracic diseases in routine clinical practice. Furthermore, MR imaging has been introduced as being capable of assessing pulmonary function. It should be borne in mind, however, that these applications have so far been academically and clinically used only for healthy volunteers, but not for patients with various pulmonary diseases in Japan or other countries. In 2020, the Fleischner Society published a new report, which provides consensus expert opinions regarding appropriate clinical indications of pulmonary MR imaging for not only oncologic but also pulmonary diseases. This review article presents a brief history of MR imaging for thoracic diseases regarding its technical aspects and major clinical indications in Japan 1) in terms of what is currently available, 2) promising but requiring further validation or evaluation, and 3) developments warranting research investigations in preclinical or patient studies. State-of-the-art MR imaging can non-invasively visualize lung structural and functional abnormalities without ionizing radiation and thus provide an alternative to CT. MR imaging is considered as a tool for providing unique information. Moreover, prospective, randomized, and multi-center trials should be conducted to directly compare MR imaging with conventional methods to determine whether the former has equal or superior clinical relevance. The results of these trials together with continued improvements are expected to update or modify recommendations for the use of MRI in near future.
- 著者
- Suguru Okunishi Naoaki Yoshimura Hiroto Maeda Takeshi Yoshikawa Taizo Sakata
- 出版者
- 日本微生物生態学会 / 日本土壌微生物学会 / Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology / 植物微生物研究会
- 雑誌
- Microbes and Environments (ISSN:13426311)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.17, no.3, pp.148-152, 2002 (Released:2002-10-02)
- 参考文献数
- 26
- 被引用文献数
- 2 3
A new cyanophage, strain S-KM1, infecting a phycoerythrin-rich Synechococcus sp., strain KFM001, was isolated from seawater of Kagoshima Bay. Transmission electron micrography of negative-stained specimens revealed that the phage isolate has an isometric head with a diameter of 83 nm and a contractile tail 166 nm in length and that it belongs to the family Cyanomyoviridae. The cyanophage was apparently virulent to the host strain KFM001 with a burst size of less than 70-80. The cyanophage may affect the population structure of the dominant picoplankton species in Kagoshima Bay.