To confirm the method for preparing artificially spiked soil with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), we tested the homogeneity of PAHs in spiked soils, which were prepared by three different procedures, by using kaolin and ando soil. When the slurry of kaolin and acetone containing PAHs were evaporated by a rotary evaporator at 30 - 35 degrees C, the most homogeneous distribution of PAHs ...

polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) have been widely used to flame-retard products common in homes and theworkplace, and subsequently. polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) typify a class of highly toxic, stable aromaticpollutants. pcbs are recently being scrutinized for potential environment damage in groundwater and in theatmosphere. the elimination of chemical pollutants from a contaminated environm...

Tadao Ando’s design presents the concept of the spirit of place and establishes the nature and soul of architecture. The creation of a situation is to enlighten people and enable them to understand the potential meaning, revealing a state of awareness. Tadao Ando enables people to relate to his emotional design situation that reflects the Zen state of mind inherent in traditional Japanese cultu...

A new definition is introduced for the matrix geometric mean of a set of k positive definite n×n matrices together with an iterative method for its computation. The iterative method is locally convergent with cubic convergence and requires O(n3k2) arithmetic operations per step whereas the methods based on the symmetrization technique of Ando, Li and Mathias [Linear Algebra Appl., 385 (2004), p...

Periodontopathic Porphyromonas gingivalis strain Ando abundantly expresses a 53-kDa-type Mfa1 fimbria. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Ando, with a size of 2,229,994 bp, average G+C content of 48.4%, and 1,755 predicted protein-coding sequences.

We propose a new matrix geometric mean satisfying the ten properties given by Ando, Li and Mathias [Linear Alg. Appl. 2004]. This mean is the limit of a sequence which converges superlinearly with convergence of order 3 whereas the mean introduced by Ando, Li and Mathias is the limit of a sequence having order of convergence 1. This makes this new mean very easily computable. We provide a geome...

The clustering method described in this paper is meant to aid the researcher who, for any of a variety of reasons, has clustered a data set a large number of times and is now faced with the problem of reconciling many different clustering results into a single, robust clustering solution. In this paper a clustering method is developed that takes the results of these many data clusterings, prope...

Kazuma Ando 1, Kentaro Nishimori 1,* ID , Ryochi Kataoka 1, Takefumi Hiraguri 2, Yoshiaki Morino 2 and Tsutomu Mitsui 1 1 Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, Ikarashi 2-nocho 8050, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan; [email protected] (K.A.); [email protected] (R.K.); [email protected] (T.M.) 2 Faculty of Engineering, Nippon Institute of Technology, 4-1 Gakuendai, Miyashiro...