This paper describes our efforts focused at defining the formation of diphenylmethane moieties in lignin during conventional kraft and soda pulping conditions. This objective was realized by confirming, initially, the assignment of a P NMR signal as being due exclusively to the presence of phosphitylated diphenylmethane (DPM) phenolic hydroxyl groups. More specifically, softwood milled wood lig...

Department of Functioning and Disability, Faculty of Health Science, Hokkaido University Kita 12, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0812, Japan Department of Psychiatry, Asahiyama Hospital 4-3-33, Futagoyama, Chuou-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 064-0946, Japan Department of Psychiatry, Matsumoto Mental Clinic 7-1, Kita 7, Nishi5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0807, Japan Department of Psychology...

1First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan 2Department of Immunology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan 3Department of Medical Oncology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 06...

Materials and methods A review of the medical files of all employees of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Targu Mures, Romania (UMF-TGM), was performed in the Occupational Health and Safety Office in July 2013. For each employee, the person’s age, gender, occupation, and smoking history (pack-years, reasons to start, reasons to quit) were recorded. Epidemiological data analysis was perfo...

Kunihiro Kojima,* Holger F. Hofmann, Shigeki Takeuchi, and Keiji Sasaki Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-12 Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Hokkaido University, Kita-12 Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan (Received 8 December 2003; revised manuscript received 19 April 2004; published 23 J...

Department of Pharmaceutical Science, The Tokushima 770-8505, Japan. E-mail: namba Graduate School of Chemical Sciences Sapporo 060-0810, Japan Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Scienc 060-0810, Japan Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido Unive † Electronic supplementary information ( for the synthesis of the triazapentalenes absorption and uorescence spectra, an given are the molecular orbita...

1 SFC Research Institute, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa 252-8520, Japan 2 Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan 3 Hakodate Campus, Hokkaido University of Education, 1-2 Hachiman-cho, Hakodate 040-8567, Japan 4 Division of Systems and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hok...

1Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan 3Division of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, ...

Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Sapporo 060-0819; 1School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069-8501; 2Sorachi Public Health and Social Welfare Office, Iwamizawa 068-8558; 3Kamikawa Public Health and Social Welfare Office, Asahikawa 079-8610; 4Iburi Public Health and Social Welfare Office, Muroran 051-8555; 5Department of Health and Welfare, Hokkaido Government, Sapp...