K. Kitazato1,2, B.E. Clark3, M. Abe2, S. Abe4, Y. Takagi5, and T. Hiroi6, 1Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JAPAN, [email protected], 2Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, JAPAN, 3Physics Department, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA, 4Dep...

Xiaoxiao Song, Yoichiro Kusakari, Chun-Yang Xiao, Stuart D. Kinsella, Michael A. Rosenberg, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Kenta Hara, Anthony Rosenzweig, and Takashi Matsui Cardiovascular Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts Ge...

We have carried out epizootiologic surveys at various sites in Japan to investigate wild animals that serve as reservoirs for the agents of human babesiosis in the country. Small mammals comprising six species, Apodemus speciosus, Apodemus argenteus, Clethrionomys rufocanus, Eothenomys smithii, Crocidura dsinezumi, and Sorex unguiculatus, were trapped at various places, including Hokkaido, Chib...

A total of 1,335 archived human sera collected in 1985 from an area in Japan where a tick-borne disease is endemic were examined by indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) to estimate seroprevalence against three serologically distinct types of Babesia microti-like parasites; namely, Hobetsu, Kobe, and U.S. types. Eighteen sera (1.3%) were found to be IFAT-positive (titer 1:100-1:6,400...

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Kobe Institute of Health, 4-6 Minatojima-nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0046, Japan. Tel: +81-78-302-6252, Fax: +81-78-302-0894, E-mail: kyoshi @mrg.biglobe.ne.jp Measles became widely prevalent in Japan in the spring of 2007 after an interval of 6 years (1). The reported number of measles cases started to increase in Kobe City at the beginning of May. The ...

Dear colleagues and friends, On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to personally invite you to join us at the 7th Cachexia Conference of the Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia, and Wasting Disorders from December 9th through December 11th, 2013. This conference will be a great opportunity to meet and discuss in person all issues concerning cachexia, sarcopenia, and body wasting disor...

An investigation on the applicability of Cartesian grid approach to calculate flow over arbitrary terrain S Vengadesan, A Nakayama & S Yokojima Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai 600 036, India Department of Science of Regional and Built Environments, Graduate School of Science and Technology Kobe University, Kobe 657 8501, Japan Enviornmental Fluid Mechani...

Richard M. EPAND*1, Phan VUONG†, Christopher M. YIP†, Shohei MAEKAWA‡ and Raquel F. EPAND* *Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton L8N 3Z5, ON, Canada, †Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G9, ON, Canada, and ‡Department of Bioinformation, Department of Life Science...

4Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan 5Department of Hygienic Sciences, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan *Corresponding authors: Yoshihisa Hirota, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of System...

We study symmetries between untwisted and twisted strings on asymmetric orbifolds. We present a list of asymmetric orbifold models to possess intertwining currents which convert untwisted string states to twisted ones, and vice versa. We also present a list of heterotic strings on asymmetric orbifolds with supersymmetry between untwisted and twisted string states. Some of properties inherent in...