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1. Trapping and release of deuterium in helium-induced tungsten fuzz at low temperature

Author

K. Saito, D. Hwangbo, M. Miyamoto, H. Yoshida, R. Sasaki, S. Murakami, and M. Sakamoto

Subjects
Deuterium retention, Tungsten fuzz, Helium bubble, TDS, STEM-EELS, Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401
Abstract

The release of deuterium (D) atoms from a nanostructure ‘fuzz’ tungsten (W) after a sequential plasma irradiation of helium (He) and D was explored. Thermal desorption spectroscopy revealed that more than 60% of total D amount was already released at >423 K. A sophisticated measurement with an aberration-corrected scanning TEM combined with electron energy-loss spectrometer (STEM-EELS) directly showed the trapping of D atoms into He bubbles after the plasma irradiation and the release of D from the He bubbles at elevated temperature at 423 K. The He bubbles containing D were characterized by (i) relatively large volume and (ii) small He energy-loss shift below 2 eV. It is suggested that the shifts in the energy-loss peaks of He and D could be used as indicators of D absorption within He bubbles.

Published
2025
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2. Development and x-ray imaging performance of Tb-doped GdAlO3-αAl2O3 submicron-diameter phase-separated scintillator fibers

Author

M. Yoshino, K. Kamada, S. Yamamoto, R. Yajima, R. Sasaki, M. Sagisaka, J. Kataoka, T. Horiai, Y. Yokota, and A. Yoshikawa

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Scintillators are key components in high-energy x-ray detectors for x-ray computed tomography, which are applied in medical diagnosis, nondestructive testing, and security inspection. Scintillators in x-ray imaging are required to have both high spatial resolution and sensitivity; however, a trade-off between spatial resolution and sensitivity exists. To improve the sensitivity of a scintillator, its thickness must be increased; however, spatial resolution deteriorates with increasing thickness. Here, we developed a well-aligned Tb-doped GdAlO3-αAl2O3 phase-separated scintillator fiber (PSSF) with a diameter of 1.25-μm by a micro-pulling-down method. The luminescence, scintillation, and imaging performances of a grown PSSF sample were evaluated. X-ray-induced radioluminescence measurements of the sample showed Tb3+ 4f–4f emissions in the wavelength range of 470–700 nm, and the maximum emission peak was at 550 nm. The contrast transfer function at 10 lp/mm was 82% for both 270 and 500 μm-thick PSSF samples. We calculated the luminescence index, which is the product of the scintillator’s light yield and sensitivity, of the samples and compared their values with commercially available conventional CsI:Tl columnar scintillators. The Tb-doped GdAlO3-αAl2O3 PSSF exhibits higher contrast transfer function and luminescence index values at above 60 keV x-ray region compared with the tested conventional scintillators.

Published
2023
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3. GAN‐based tone curve learning for colour transfer

Author

D. Ito, R. Sasaki, and K. Uruma

Subjects
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, TK1-9971
Abstract

Abstract A new approach for reflecting the colour tone of a reference image on the input image is proposed. Depending on the source and reference image pairs, conventional statistical colour transfer methods often lead to undesirable colour transfer. Conversely, deep learning methods depend on prior learning, which results in unnatural output images when inappropriate images are learned; moreover, in such situations, analysing what kind of colour transformation has actually been performed is difficult. This state of the art motivates the proposal of a new colour transfer method that estimates tone curves based on generative adversarial nets. This method does not require any data set other than input and reference images, thus enabling a more appropriate colour transfer. The superior output of the proposed method compared with some baseline approaches is demonstrated through experiments.

Published
2022
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4. Magnetization control by angular momentum transfer from surface acoustic wave to ferromagnetic spin moments

Author

R. Sasaki, Y. Nii, and Y. Onose

Subjects
Science
Abstract

Conversion of an external angular momentum, for example, from mechanical rotation or light into ferromagnetic moment has a long history. Here, Sasaki et al. demonstrate the conversion of phonon angular momentum, in ferromagnetic moment, potentially allowing for new types of control for spintronics.

Published
2021
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5. The effect of levofloxacin for patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer treated by intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin: Results of a randomized, prospective, multicenter study

Author

K. Numakura, M. Kobayashi, T. Ishida, K. Okane, K. Suzuki, N. Shimoda, T. Kumazawa, T. Suzuki, R. Sasaki, H. Fukuda, T. Nara, S. Kanda, M. Huang, M. Saito, S. Narita, T. Inoue, N. Tsuchiya, and T. Habuchi

Subjects
Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
Published
2020
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8. Utilising TMS-EEG to Assess the Response to Cerebellar-Brain Inhibition

Author

R. Sasaki, B. J. Hand, W. Y. Liao, N. C. Rogasch, L. Fernandez, J. G. Semmler, and G. M. Opie

Subjects
Neurology, Neurology (clinical)
Abstract

Cerebellar-brain inhibition (CBI) is a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paradigm indexing excitability of cerebellar projections to motor cortex (M1). Stimulation involved with CBI is often considered to be uncomfortable, and alternative ways to index connectivity between cerebellum and the cortex would be valuable. We therefore sought to assess the utility of electroencephalography in conjunction with TMS (combined TMS-EEG) to record the response to CBI. A total of 33 volunteers (25.7 ± 4.9 years, 20 females) participated across three experiments. These investigated EEG responses to CBI induced with a figure-of-eight (F8; experiment 1) or double cone (DC; experiment 2) conditioning coil over cerebellum, in addition to multisensory sham stimulation (experiment 3). Both F8 and DC coils suppressed early TMS-evoked EEG potentials (TEPs) produced by TMS to M1 (P P

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2022
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9. Search for supernova bursts in Super-Kamiokande IV

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M. Mori, K. Abe, Y. Hayato, K. Hiraide, K. Ieki, M. Ikeda, S. Imaizumi, J. Kameda, Y. Kanemura, R. Kaneshima, Y. Kashiwagi, Y. Kataoka, S. Miki, S. Mine, M. Miura, S. Moriyama, Y. Nagao, M. Nakahata, Y. Nakano, S. Nakayama, Y. Noguchi, T. Okada, K. Okamoto, A. Orii, K. Sato, H. Sekiya, H. Shiba, K. Shimizu, M. Shiozawa, Y. Sonoda, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeda, Y. Takemoto, A. Takenaka, H. Tanaka, T. Tomiya, S. Watanabe, T. Yano, S. Yoshida, S. Han, T. Kajita, K. Okumura, T. Tashiro, X. Wang, J. Xia, G. D. Megias, D. Bravo-Berguño, P. Fernandez, L. Labarga, N. Ospina, B. Zaldivar, S. Zsoldos, B. W. Pointon, F. D. M. Blaszczyk, E. Kearns, J. L. Raaf, J. L. Stone, L. Wan, T. Wester, J. Bian, N. J. Griskevich, W. R. Kropp, S. Locke, M. B. Smy, H. W. Sobel, V. Takhistov, Yankelevich A., J. Hill, J. Y. Kim, I. T. Lim, R. G. Park, B. Bodur, K. Scholberg, C. W. Walter, L. Bernard, A. Coffani, O. Drapier, S. El Hedri, A. Giampaolo, Th. A. Mueller, P. Paganini, B. Quilain, A. D. Santos, T. Ishizuka, T. Nakamura, J. S. Jang, J. G. Learned, L. H. V. Anthony, D. Martin, M. Scott, A. A. Sztuc, Y. Uchida, V. Berardi, M. G. Catanesi, E. Radicioni, N. F. Calabria, L. N. Machado, G. De Rosa, G. Collazuol, F. Iacob, M. Lamoureux, M. Mattiazzi, L. Ludovici, M. Gonin, G. Pronost, Y. Maekawa, Y. Nishimura, C. Fujisawa, M. Friend, T. Hasegawa, T. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, M. Jakkapu, T. Matsubara, T. Nakadaira, K. Nakamura, Y. Oyama, K. Sakashita, T. Sekiguchi, T. Tsukamoto, H. Ozaki, T. Shiozawa, A. T. Suzuki, Y. Takeuchi, S. Yamamoto, Y. Kotsar, Y. Ashida, C. Bronner, J. Feng, S. Hirota, T. Kikawa, T. Nakaya, R. A. Wendell, K. Yasutome, N. McCauley, P. Mehta, K. M. Tsui, Y. Fukuda, Y. Itow, H. Menjo, K. Ninomiya, T. Niwa, M. Tsukada, J. Lagoda, S. M. Lakshmi, P. Mijakowski, J. Zalipska, M. Mandal, Y. S. Prabhu, J. Jiang, C. K. Jung, C. Vilela, M. J. Wilking, C. Yanagisawa, M. Jia, K. Hagiwara, M. Harada, T. Horai, H. Ishino, S. Ito, H. Kitagawa, Y. Koshio, W. Ma, F. Nakanishi, N. Piplani, S. Sakai, G. Barr, D. Barrow, L. Cook, S. Samani, D. Wark, F. Nova, T. Boschi, J. Gao, A. Goldsack, T. Katori, F. Di Lodovico, J. Migenda, M. Taani, J. Y. Yang, S. J. Jenkins, M. Malek, J. M. McElwee, O. Stone, M. D. Thiesse, L. F. Thompson, H. Okazawa, S. B. Kim, J. W. Seo, I. Yu, K. Nishijima, M. Koshiba, K. Nakagiri, Y. Nakajima, K. Iwamoto, N. Taniuchi, M. Yokoyama, K. Martens, P. de Perio, M. R. Vagins, M. Kuze, S. Izumiyama, T. Yoshida, M. Inomoto, M. Ishitsuka, H. Ito, T. Kinoshita, R. Matsumoto, K. Ohta, Y. Ommura, N. Shigeta, M. Shinoki, T. Suganuma, K. Yamauchi, J. F. Martin, H. A. Tanaka, T. Towstego, R. Akutsu, V. Gousy-Leblanc, M. Hartz, A. Konaka, N. W. Prouse, S. Chen, B. D. Xu, B. Zhang, M. Posiadala-Zezula, D. Hadley, M. Nicholson, M. O’Flaherty, B. Richards, A. Ali, B. Jamieson, J. Walker, Ll. Marti, A. Minamino, G. Pintaudi, R. Sasaki, S. Sano, S. Suzuki, K. Wada, S. Cao, A. ichikawa, K. D. Nakamura, S. Tairafune, K. Choi, Mori, M., Abe, K., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ieki, K., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., Kameda, J., Kanemura, Y., Kaneshima, R., Kashiwagi, Y., Kataoka, Y., Miki, S., Mine, S., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Nagao, Y., Nakahata, M., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, S., Noguchi, Y., Okada, T., Okamoto, K., Orii, A., Sato, K., Sekiya, H., Shiba, H., Shimizu, K., Shiozawa, M., Sonoda, Y., Suzuki, Y., Takeda, A., Takemoto, Y., Takenaka, A., Tanaka, H., Tomiya, T., Watanabe, S., Yano, T., Yoshida, S., Han, S., Kajita, T., Okumura, K., Tashiro, T., Wang, X., Xia, J., Megias, G. D., Bravo-Bergu??o, D., Fernandez, P., Labarga, L., Ospina, N., Zaldivar, B., Zsoldos, S., Pointon, B. W., Blaszczyk, F. D. M., Kearns, E., Raaf, J. L., Stone, J. L., Wan, L., Wester, T., Bian, J., Griskevich, N. J., Kropp, W. R., Locke, S., Smy, M. B., Sobel, H. W., Takhistov, V., A., Yankelevich, Hill, J., Kim, J. Y., Lim, I. T., Park, R. G., Bodur, B., Scholberg, K., Walter, C. W., Bernard, L., Coffani, A., Drapier, O., El Hedri, S., Giampaolo, A., Mueller, Th. A., Paganini, P., Quilain, B., Santos, A. D., Ishizuka, T., Nakamura, T., Jang, J. S., Learned, J. G., Anthony, L. H. V., Martin, D., Scott, M., Sztuc, A. A., Uchida, Y., Berardi, V., Catanesi, M. G., Radicioni, E., Calabria, N. F., Nascimento Machado, L., De Rosa, G., Collazuol, G., Iacob, F., Lamoureux, M., Mattiazzi, M., Ludovici, L., Gonin, M., Pronost, G., Maekawa, Y., Nishimura, Y., Fujisawa, C., Friend, M., Hasegawa, T., Ishida, T., Kobayashi, T., Jakkapu, M., Matsubara, T., Nakadaira, T., Nakamura, K., Oyama, Y., Sakashita, K., Sekiguchi, T., Tsukamoto, T., Ozaki, H., Shiozawa, T., Suzuki, A. T., Takeuchi, Y., Yamamoto, S., Kotsar, Y., Ashida, Y., Bronner, C., Feng, J., Hirota, S., Kikawa, T., Nakaya, T., Wendell, R. A., Yasutome, K., Mccauley, N., Mehta, P., Tsui, K. M., Fukuda, Y., Itow, Y., Menjo, H., Ninomiya, K., Niwa, T., Tsukada, M., Lagoda, J., Lakshmi, S. M., Mijakowski, P., Zalipska, J., Mandal, M., Prabhu, Y. S., Jiang, J., Jung, C. K., Vilela, C., Wilking, M. J., Yanagisawa, C., Jia, M., Hagiwara, K., Harada, M., Horai, T., Ishino, H., Ito, S., Kitagawa, H., Koshio, Y., Ma, W., Nakanishi, F., Piplani, N., Sakai, S., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Cook, L., Samani, S., Wark, D., Nova, F., Boschi, T., Gao, J., Goldsack, A., Katori, T., Di Lodovico, F., Migenda, J., Taani, M., Yang, J. Y., Jenkins, S. J., Malek, M., Mcelwee, J. M., Stone, O., Thiesse, M. D., Thompson, L. F., Okazawa, H., Kim, S. B., Seo, J. W., Yu, I., Nishijima, K., Koshiba, M., Nakagiri, K., Nakajima, Y., Iwamoto, K., Taniuchi, N., Yokoyama, M., Martens, K., de Perio, P., Vagins, M. R., Kuze, M., Izumiyama, S., Yoshida, T., Inomoto, M., Ishitsuka, M., Ito, H., Kinoshita, T., Matsumoto, R., Ohta, K., Ommura, Y., Shigeta, N., Shinoki, M., Suganuma, T., Yamauchi, K., Martin, J. F., Tanaka, H. A., Towstego, T., Akutsu, R., Gousy-Leblanc, V., Hartz, M., Konaka, A., Prouse, N. W., Chen, S., Xu, B. D., Zhang, B., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Hadley, D., Nicholson, M., O???flaherty, M., Richards, B., Ali, A., Jamieson, B., Walker, J., Marti, Ll., Minamino, A., Pintaudi, G., Sasaki, R., Sano, S., Suzuki, S., Wada, K., Cao, S., Ichikawa, A., Nakamura, K. D., Tairafune, S., and Choi, K.

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Supernova neutrinos, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Space and Planetary Science, Core-collapse supernovae Supernova neutrinos Particle astrophysics, Core-collapse supernovae, Particle astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Super-Kamiokande has been searching for neutrino bursts characteristic of core-collapse supernovae continuously, in real time, since the start of operations in 1996. The present work focuses on detecting more distant supernovae whose event rate may be too small to trigger in real time, but may be identified using an offline approach. The analysis of data collected from 2008 to 2018 found no evidence of distant supernovae bursts. This establishes an upper limit of 0.29 yr−1 on the rate of core-collapse supernovae out to 100 kpc at 90% C.L. For supernovae that fail to explode and collapse directly to black holes the limit reaches to 300 kpc.

Published
2022

10. First gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande

Author

K. Abe, C. Bronner, Y. Hayato, K. Hiraide, M. Ikeda, S. Imaizumi, J. Kameda, Y. Kanemura, Y. Kataoka, S. Miki, M. Miura, S. Moriyama, Y. Nagao, M. Nakahata, S. Nakayama, T. Okada, K. Okamoto, A. Orii, G. Pronost, H. Sekiya, M. Shiozawa, Y. Sonoda, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeda, Y. Takemoto, A. Takenaka, H. Tanaka, S. Watanabe, T. Yano, S. Han, T. Kajita, K. Okumura, T. Tashiro, J. Xia, G.D. Megias, D. Bravo-Berguño, L. Labarga, Ll. Marti, B. Zaldivar, B.W. Pointon, F.d.M. Blaszczyk, E. Kearns, J.L. Raaf, J.L. Stone, L. Wan, T. Wester, J. Bian, N.J. Griskevich, W.R. Kropp, S. Locke, S. Mine, M.B. Smy, H.W. Sobel, V. Takhistov, J. Hill, J.Y. Kim, I.T. Lim, R.G. Park, B. Bodur, K. Scholberg, C.W. Walter, L. Bernard, A. Coffani, O. Drapier, S. El Hedri, A. Giampaolo, M. Gonin, Th.A. Mueller, P. Paganini, B. Quilain, T. Ishizuka, T. Nakamura, J.S. Jang, J.G. Learned, L.H.V. Anthony, D. Martin, M. Scott, A.A. Sztuc, Y. Uchida, S. Cao, V. Berardi, M.G. Catanesi, E. Radicioni, N.F. Calabria, L.N. Machado, G. De Rosa, G. Collazuol, F. Iacob, M. Lamoureux, M. Mattiazzi, N. Ospina, L. Ludovici, Y. Maekawa, Y. Nishimura, M. Friend, T. Hasegawa, T. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, M. Jakkapu, T. Matsubara, T. Nakadaira, K. Nakamura, Y. Oyama, K. Sakashita, T. Sekiguchi, T. Tsukamoto, T. Boschi, J. Gao, F. Di Lodovico, J. Migenda, M. Taani, S. Zsoldos, Y. Kotsar, Y. Nakano, H. Ozaki, T. Shiozawa, A.T. Suzuki, Y. Takeuchi, S. Yamamoto, A. Ali, Y. Ashida, J. Feng, S. Hirota, T. Kikawa, M. Mori, T. Nakaya, R.A. Wendell, K. Yasutome, P. Fernandez, N. McCauley, P. Mehta, K.M. Tsui, Y. Fukuda, Y. Itow, H. Menjo, T. Niwa, K. Sato, M. Tsukada, J. Lagoda, S.M. Lakshmi, P. Mijakowski, J. Zalipska, J. Jiang, C.K. Jung, C. Vilela, M.J. Wilking, C. Yanagisawa, K. Hagiwara, M. Harada, T. Horai, H. Ishino, S. Ito, F. Kitagawa, Y. Koshio, W. Ma, N. Piplani, S. Sakai, G. Barr, D. Barrow, L. Cook, A. Goldsack, S. Samani, D. Wark, F. Nova, J.Y. Yang, S.J. Jenkins, M. Malek, J.M. McElwee, O. Stone, M.D. Thiesse, L.F. Thompson, H. Okazawa, S.B. Kim, J.W. Seo, I. Yu, A.K. Ichikawa, K. Nishijima, M. Koshiba, K. Iwamoto, Y. Nakajima, N. Ogawa, M. Yokoyama, K. Martens, M.R. Vagins, M. Kuze, S. Izumiyama, T. Yoshida, M. Inomoto, M. Ishitsuka, H. Ito, T. Kinoshita, R. Matsumoto, K. Ohta, M. Shinoki, T. Suganuma, J.F. Martin, H.A. Tanaka, T. Towstego, R. Akutsu, M. Hartz, A. Konaka, P. de Perio, N.W. Prouse, S. Chen, B.D. Xu, M. Posiadala-Zezula, D. Hadley, M. O’Flaherty, B. Richards, B. Jamieson, J. Walker, A. Minamino, G. Pintaudi, S. Sano, R. Sasaki, Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., Kameda, J., Kanemura, Y., Kataoka, Y., Miki, S., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Nagao, Y., Nakahata, M., Nakayama, S., Okada, T., Okamoto, K., Orii, A., Pronost, G., Sekiya, H., Shiozawa, M., Sonoda, Y., Suzuki, Y., Takeda, A., Takemoto, Y., Takenaka, A., Tanaka, H., Watanabe, S., Yano, T., Han, S., Kajita, T., Okumura, K., Tashiro, T., Xia, J., Megias, G. D., Bravo-Berguno, D., Labarga, L., Marti, L., Zaldivar, B., Pointon, B. W., Blaszczyk, F. D. M., Kearns, E., Raaf, J. L., Stone, J. L., Wan, L., Wester, T., Bian, J., Griskevich, N. J., Kropp, W. R., Locke, S., Mine, S., Smy, M. B., Sobel, H. W., Takhistov, V., Hill, J., Kim, J. Y., Lim, I. T., Park, R. G., Bodur, B., Scholberg, K., Walter, C. W., Bernard, L., Coffani, A., Drapier, O., Hedri, S. E., Giampaolo, A., Gonin, M., Mueller, T. A., Paganini, P., Quilain, B., Ishizuka, T., Nakamura, T., Jang, J. S., Learned, J. G., Anthony, L. H. V., Martin, D., Scott, M., Sztuc, A. A., Uchida, Y., Cao, S., Berardi, V., Catanesi, M. G., Radicioni, E., Calabria, N. F., Nascimento Machado, L., De Rosa, G., Collazuol, G., Iacob, F., Lamoureux, M., Mattiazzi, M., Ospina, N., Ludovici, L., Maekawa, Y., Nishimura, Y., Friend, M., Hasegawa, T., Ishida, T., Kobayashi, T., Jakkapu, M., Matsubara, T., Nakadaira, T., Nakamura, K., Oyama, Y., Sakashita, K., Sekiguchi, T., Tsukamoto, T., Boschi, T., Gao, J., Di Lodovico, F., Migenda, J., Taani, M., Zsoldos, S., Kotsar, Y., Nakano, Y., Ozaki, H., Shiozawa, T., Suzuki, A. T., Takeuchi, Y., Yamamoto, S., Ali, A., Ashida, Y., Feng, J., Hirota, S., Kikawa, T., Mori, M., Nakaya, T., Wendell, R. A., Yasutome, K., Fernandez, P., Mccauley, N., Mehta, P., Tsui, K. M., Fukuda, Y., Itow, Y., Menjo, H., Niwa, T., Sato, K., Tsukada, M., Lagoda, J., Lakshmi, S. M., Mijakowski, P., Zalipska, J., Jiang, J., Jung, C. K., Vilela, C., Wilking, M. J., Yanagisawa, C., Hagiwara, K., Harada, M., Horai, T., Ishino, H., Ito, S., Kitagawa, F., Koshio, Y., Ma, W., Piplani, N., Sakai, S., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Cook, L., Goldsack, A., Samani, S., Wark, D., Nova, F., Yang, J. Y., Jenkins, S. J., Malek, M., Mcelwee, J. M., Stone, O., Thiesse, M. D., Thompson, L. F., Okazawa, H., Kim, S. B., Seo, J. W., Yu, I., Ichikawa, A. K., Nishijima, K., Koshiba, M., Iwamoto, K., Nakajima, Y., Ogawa, N., Yokoyama, M., Martens, K., Vagins, M. R., Kuze, M., Izumiyama, S., Yoshida, T., Inomoto, M., Ishitsuka, M., Ito, H., Kinoshita, T., Matsumoto, R., Ohta, K., Shinoki, M., Suganuma, T., Martin, J. F., Tanaka, H. A., Towstego, T., Akutsu, R., Hartz, M., Konaka, A., de Perio, P., Prouse, N. W., Chen, S., Xu, B. D., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Hadley, D., O'Flaherty, M., Richards, B., Jamieson, B., Walker, J., Minamino, A., Pintaudi, G., Sano, S., and Sasaki, R.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Gadolinium Neutrino Neutron Water Cherenkov detector, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Gadolinium, Neutron, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, Water Cherenkov detector, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

In order to improve Super-Kamiokande's neutron detection efficiency and to thereby increase its sensitivity to the diffuse supernova neutrino background flux, 13 tons of $\rm Gd_2(\rm SO_4)_3\cdot \rm 8H_2O$ (gadolinium sulfate octahydrate) was dissolved into the detector's otherwise ultrapure water from July 14 to August 17, 2020, marking the start of the SK-Gd phase of operations. During the loading, water was continuously recirculated at a rate of 60 m$^3$/h, extracting water from the top of the detector and mixing it with concentrated $\rm Gd_2(\rm SO_4)_3\cdot \rm 8H_2O$ solution to create a 0.02% solution of the Gd compound before injecting it into the bottom of the detector. A clear boundary between the Gd-loaded and pure water was maintained through the loading, enabling monitoring of the loading itself and the spatial uniformity of the Gd concentration over the 35 days it took to reach the top of the detector. During the subsequent commissioning the recirculation rate was increased to 120 m$^3$/h, resulting in a constant and uniform distribution of Gd throughout the detector and water transparency equivalent to that of previous pure-water operation periods. Using an Am-Be neutron calibration source the mean neutron capture time was measured to be $115\pm1$ $\mu$s, which corresponds to a Gd concentration of $111\pm2$ ppm, as expected for this level of Gd loading. This paper describes changes made to the water circulation system for this detector upgrade, the Gd loading procedure, detector commissioning, and the first neutron calibration measurements in SK-Gd., Comment: 37 pages, 19 Figures, Accepted for publication in Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A

Published
2022

11. Utilising TMS-EEG to assess the response to cerebellar-brain inhibition

Author

R Sasaki, B Hand, WY Liao, NC Rogasch, L Fernandez, JG Semmler, and GM Opie

Abstract

BackgroundCerebellar-brain inhibition (CBI) is a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paradigm indexing excitability of cerebellar projections to motor cortex (M1). Stimulation involved with CBI is often considered to be uncomfortable, and alternative ways to index connectivity between cerebellum and the cortex would be valuable. Utilising electroencephalography in conjunction with TMS (combined TMS-EEG) to record the response to CBI has the potential to achieve this, but has not been attempted previously.ObjectiveTo investigate the utility of TMS-EEG for characterising cerebellar-cortical interactions recruited by CBI.MethodsA total of 33 volunteers (25.7 ± 4.9 years, 20 females) participated across three experiments. These investigated EEG responses to CBI induced with a figure-of-eight (F8; experiment 1) or double cone (DC; experiment 2) conditioning coil over cerebellum, in addition to multisensory sham stimulation (experiment 3).ResultsBoth F8 and DC coils suppressed early TMS-evoked EEG potentials (TEPs) produced by TMS to M1 (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the TEP produced by CBI stimulation was related to the motor inhibitory response to CBI recorded in a hand muscle (P < 0.05), but only when using the DC coil. Multisensory sham stimulation failed to modify the M1 TEP.ConclusionsCerebellar conditioning produced changes in the M1 TEP that were not apparent following sham stimulation, and that were related to the motor inhibitory effects of CBI. Our findings therefore suggest it is possible to index the response to CBI using TMS-EEG. In addition, while both F8 and DC coils appear to recruit cerebellar projections, the nature of these may be different.

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2022
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12. Neutron tagging following atmospheric neutrino events in a water Cherenkov detector

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K. Abe, Y. Haga, Y. Hayato, K. Hiraide, K. Ieki, M. Ikeda, S. Imaizumi, K. Iyogi, J. Kameda, Y. Kanemura, Y. Kataoka, Y. Kato, Y. Kishimoto, S. Miki, S. Mine, M. Miura, T. Mochizuki, S. Moriyama, Y. Nagao, M. Nakahata, T. Nakajima, Y. Nakano, S. Nakayama, T. Okada, K. Okamoto, A. Orii, K. Sato, H. Sekiya, M. Shiozawa, Y. Sonoda, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeda, Y. Takemoto, A. Takenaka, H. Tanaka, S. Tasaka, T. Tomura, K. Ueno, S. Watanabe, T. Yano, T. Yokozawa, S. Han, T. Irvine, T. Kajita, I. Kametani, K. Kaneyuki, K.P. Lee, T. McLachlan, K. Okumura, E. Richard, T. Tashiro, R. Wang, J. Xia, G.D. Megias, D. Bravo-Berguño, L. Labarga, B. Zaldivar, M. Goldhaber, F.d.M. Blaszczyk, J. Gustafson, C. Kachulis, E. Kearns, J.L. Raaf, J.L. Stone, L.R. Sulak, S. Sussman, L. Wan, T. Wester, B.W. Pointon, J. Bian, G. Carminati, M. Elnimr, N.J. Griskevich, W.R. Kropp, S. Locke, A. Renshaw, M.B. Smy, H.W. Sobel, V. Takhistov, P. Weatherly, K.S. Ganezer, B.L. Hartfiel, J. Hill, W.E. Keig, N. Hong, J.Y. Kim, I.T. Lim, R.G. Park, T. Akiri, B. Bodur, A. Himmel, Z. Li, E. O'Sullivan, K. Scholberg, C.W. Walter, T. Wongjirad, L. Bernard, A. Coffani, O. Drapier, S. El Hedri, A. Giampaolo, J. Imber, Th.A. Mueller, P. Paganini, B. Quilain, T. Ishizuka, T. Nakamura, J.S. Jang, K. Choi, J.G. Learned, S. Matsuno, S.N. Smith, J. Amey, L.H.V. Anthony, R.P. Litchfield, W.Y. Ma, D. Marin, A.A. Sztuc, Y. Uchida, M.O. Wascko, V. Berardi, M.G. Catanesi, R.A. Intonti, E. Radicioni, N.F. Calabria, G. De Rosa, L.N. Machado, G. Collazuol, F. Iacob, M. Lamoureux, N. Ospina, L. Ludovici, M. Gonin, G. Pronost, Y. Maekawa, Y. Nishimura, S. Cao, M. Friend, T. Hasegawa, T. Ishida, T. Ishii, M. Jakkapu, T. Kobayashi, T. Matsubara, T. Nakadaira, K. Nakamura, Y. Oyama, K. Sakashita, T. Sekiguchi, T. Tsukamoto, T. Boschi, F. Di Lodovico, J. Migenda, S. Molina Sedgwick, M. Taani, S. Zsoldos, K.E. Abe, M. Hasegawa, Y. Isobe, Y. Kotsar, H. Miyabe, H. Ozaki, T. Shiozawa, T. Sugimoto, A.T. Suzuki, Y. Takeuchi, S. Yamamoto, A. Ali, Y. Ashida, C. Bronner, J. Feng, T. Hayashino, T. Hiraki, S. Hirota, K. Huang, M. Jiang, T. Kikawa, M. Mori, A. Murakami, KE. Nakamura, T. Nakaya, N.D. Patel, K. Suzuki, S. Takahashi, K. Tateishi, R.A. Wendell, K. Yasutome, P. Fernandez, N. McCauley, P. Mehta, A. Pritchard, K.M. Tsui, Y. Fukuda, Y. Itow, H. Menjo, G. Mitsuka, M. Murase, F. Muto, T. Niwa, T. Suzuki, M. Tsukada, K. Frankiewicz, P. Mijakowski, J. Hignight, J. Jiang, C.K. Jung, X. Li, J.L. Palomino, G. Santucci, C. Vilela, M.J. Wilking, C. Yanagisawa, D. Fukuda, K. Hagiwara, M. Harada, T. Horai, H. Ishino, S. Ito, T. Kayano, A. Kibayashi, H. Kitagawa, Y. Koshio, W. Ma, T. Mori, H. Nagata, N. Piplani, S. Sakai, M. Sakuda, Y. Takahira, C. Xu, R. Yamaguchi, Y. Kuno, G. Barr, D. Barrow, L. Cook, A. Goldsack, S. Samani, C. Simpson, D. Wark, F. Nova, R. Tacik, J.Y. Yang, A. Cole, S.J. Jenkins, M. Malek, J.M. McElwee, O. Stone, M.D. Thiesse, L.F. Thompson, H. Okazawa, Y. Choi, S.B. Kim, I. Yu, A.K. Ichikawa, K. Ito, K. Nishijima, R.G. Calland, P. de Perio, K. Martens, M. Murdoch, M.R. Vagins, M. Koshiba, Y. Totsuka, K. Iwamoto, Y. Nakajima, N. Ogawa, Y. Suda, M. Yokoyama, D. Hamabe, S. Izumiyama, M. Kuze, Y. Okajima, M. Tanaka, T. Yoshida, M. Inomoto, M. Ishitsuka, H. Ito, R. Matsumoto, K. Ohta, M. Shinoki, J.F. Martin, C.M. Nantais, H.A. Tanaka, T. Towstego, R. Akutsu, M. Hartz, A. Konaka, N.W. Prouse, S. Chen, B.D. Xu, Y. Zhang, S. Berkman, S. Tobayama, K. Connolly, R.J. Wilkes, M. Posiadala-Zezula, D. Hadley, B. Richards, B. Jamieson, J. Walker, Ll. Marti, A. Minamino, G. Pintaudi, S. Sano, R. Sasaki, Abe, K., Haga, Y., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ieki, K., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., Iyogi, K., Kameda, J., Kanemura, Y., Kataoka, Y., Kato, Y., Kishimoto, Y., Miki, S., Mine, S., Miura, M., Mochizuki, T., Moriyama, S., Nagao, Y., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, T., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, S., Okada, T., Okamoto, K., Orii, A., Sato, K., Sekiya, H., Shiozawa, M., Sonoda, Y., Suzuki, Y., Takeda, A., Takemoto, Y., Takenaka, A., Tanaka, H., Tasaka, S., Tomura, T., Ueno, K., Watanabe, S., Yano, T., Yokozawa, T., Han, S., Irvine, T., Kajita, T., Kametani, I., Kaneyuki, K., Lee, K. P., Mclachlan, T., Okumura, K., Richard, E., Tashiro, T., Wang, R., Xia, J., Megias, G. D., Bravo-Bergu??o, D., Labarga, L., Zaldivar, B., Goldhaber, M., Blaszczyk, F. d. M., Gustafson, J., Kachulis, C., Kearns, E., Raaf, J. L., Stone, J. L., Sulak, L. R., Sussman, S., Wan, L., Wester, T., Pointon, B. W., Bian, J., Carminati, G., Elnimr, M., Griskevich, N. J., Kropp, W. R., Locke, S., Renshaw, A., Smy, M. B., Sobel, H. W., Takhistov, V., Weatherly, P., Ganezer, K. S., Hartfiel, B. L., Hill, J., Keig, W. E., Hong, N., Kim, J. Y., Lim, I. T., Park, R. G., Akiri, T., Bodur, B., Himmel, A., Li, Z., O'Sullivan, E., Scholberg, K., Walter, C. W., Wongjirad, T., Bernard, L., Coffani, A., Drapier, O., El Hedri, S., Giampaolo, A., Imber, J., Mueller, Th. A., Paganini, P., Quilain, B., Ishizuka, T., Nakamura, T., Jang, J. S., Choi, K., Learned, J. G., Matsuno, S., Smith, S. N., Amey, J., Anthony, L. H. V., Litchfield, R. P., Ma, W. Y., Marin, D., Sztuc, A. A., Uchida, Y., Wascko, M. O., Berardi, V., Catanesi, M. G., Intonti, R. A., Radicioni, E., Calabria, N. F., De Rosa, G., Nascimento Machado, L., Collazuol, G., Iacob, F., Lamoureux, M., Ospina, N., Ludovici, L., Gonin, M., Pronost, G., Maekawa, Y., Nishimura, Y., Cao, S., Friend, M., Hasegawa, T., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Jakkapu, M., Kobayashi, T., Matsubara, T., Nakadaira, T., Nakamura, K., Oyama, Y., Sakashita, K., Sekiguchi, T., Tsukamoto, T., Boschi, T., Di Lodovico, F., Migenda, J., Molina Sedgwick, S., Taani, M., Zsoldos, S., Abe, K. E., Hasegawa, M., Isobe, Y., Kotsar, Y., Miyabe, H., Ozaki, H., Shiozawa, T., Sugimoto, T., Suzuki, A. T., Takeuchi, Y., Yamamoto, S., Ali, A., Ashida, Y., Bronner, C., Feng, J., Hayashino, T., Hiraki, T., Hirota, S., Huang, K., Jiang, M., Kikawa, T., Mori, M., Murakami, A., Nakamura, Ke., Nakaya, T., Patel, N. D., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, S., Tateishi, K., Wendell, R. A., Yasutome, K., Fernandez, P., Mccauley, N., Mehta, P., Pritchard, A., Tsui, K. M., Fukuda, Y., Itow, Y., Menjo, H., Mitsuka, G., Murase, M., Muto, F., Niwa, T., Suzuki, T., Tsukada, M., Frankiewicz, K., Mijakowski, P., Hignight, J., Jiang, J., Jung, C. K., Li, X., Palomino, J. L., Santucci, G., Vilela, C., Wilking, M. J., Yanagisawa, C., Fukuda, D., Hagiwara, K., Harada, M., Horai, T., Ishino, H., Ito, S., Kayano, T., Kibayashi, A., Kitagawa, H., Koshio, Y., Ma, W., Mori, T., Nagata, H., Piplani, N., Sakai, S., Sakuda, M., Takahira, Y., Xu, C., Yamaguchi, R., Kuno, Y., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Cook, L., Goldsack, A., Samani, S., Simpson, C., Wark, D., Nova, F., Tacik, R., Yang, J. Y., Cole, A., Jenkins, S. J., Malek, M., Mcelwee, J. M., Stone, O., Thiesse, M. D., Thompson, L. F., Okazawa, H., Choi, Y., Kim, S. B., Yu, I., Ichikawa, A. K., Ito, K., Nishijima, K., Calland, R. G., de Perio, P., Martens, K., Murdoch, M., Vagins, M. R., Koshiba, M., Totsuka, Y., Iwamoto, K., Nakajima, Y., Ogawa, N., Suda, Y., Yokoyama, M., Hamabe, D., Izumiyama, S., Kuze, M., Okajima, Y., Tanaka, M., Yoshida, T., Inomoto, M., Ishitsuka, M., Ito, H., Matsumoto, R., Ohta, K., Shinoki, M., Martin, J. F., Nantais, C. M., Tanaka, H. A., Towstego, T., Akutsu, R., Hartz, M., Konaka, A., Prouse, N. W., Chen, S., Xu, B. D., Zhang, Y., Berkman, S., Tobayama, S., Connolly, K., Wilkes, R. J., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Hadley, D., Richards, B., Jamieson, B., Walker, J., Marti, Ll., Minamino, A., Pintaudi, G., Sano, S., and Sasaki, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, hep-ex, Cherenkov detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Acceleratorfysik och instrumentering, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Subatomär fysik, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Particle identification methods, Neutrino detectors, Subatomic Physics, Cherenkov detectors Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics Neutrino detectors Particle identification methods, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), physics.ins-det, Mathematical Physics, Particle Physics - Experiment, astro-ph.IM
Abstract

We present the development of neutron-tagging techniques in Super-Kamiokande IV using a neural network analysis. The detection efficiency of neutron capture on hydrogen is estimated to be 26%, with a mis-tag rate of 0.016 per neutrino event. The uncertainty of the tagging efficiency is estimated to be 9.0%. Measurement of the tagging efficiency with data from an Americium-Beryllium calibration agrees with this value within 10%. The tagging procedure was performed on 3,244.4 days of SK-IV atmospheric neutrino data, identifying 18,091 neutrons in 26,473 neutrino events. The fitted neutron capture lifetime was measured as 218±9 μs. We present the development of neutron-tagging techniques in Super-Kamiokande IV using a neural network analysis. The detection efficiency of neutron capture on hydrogen is estimated to be 26%, with a mis-tag rate of 0.016 per neutrino event. The uncertainty of the tagging efficiency is estimated to be 9.0%. Measurement of the tagging efficiency with data from an Americium-Beryllium calibration agrees with this value within 10%. The tagging procedure was performed on 3,244.4 days of SK-IV atmospheric neutrino data, identifying 18,091 neutrons in 26,473 neutrino events. The fitted neutron capture lifetime was measured as 218 \pm 9 \mu s.

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2022

13. Search for neutrinos in coincidence with gravitational wave events from the LIGO–Virgo O3a observing run with the Super-Kamiokande detector

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Y. Kanemura, A. Giampaolo, W. R. Kropp, Y. Hayato, A. A. Sztuc, P. Mehta, Pablo Fernandez, T. Hasegawa, F. Iacob, D. Bravo-Berguño, Y. Kuno, T. Towstego, O. Drapier, H. Ito, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, G.D. Barr, J. Bian, N. Piplani, S. Miki, S. V. Cao, M. R. Vagins, K. Martens, Y. Takemoto, L. F. Thompson, S. Imaizumi, A. Coffani, O. Stone, J. S. Jang, M. Taani, Seiko Hirota, T. Kikawa, M. Gonin, J. Xia, Masahiro Kuze, A. Goldsack, S. Han, M. J. Wilking, R. A. Wendell, M. B. Smy, Junjie Jiang, F. Nova, E. Radicioni, Kimihiro Okumura, B. Zaldivar, J. Y. Kim, S. Izumiyama, A. Orii, S. Mine, L. Cook, J. Migenda, John Hill, A. T. Suzuki, K. Okamoto, T. Horai, R. Sasaki, J. F. Martin, J. Kameda, B. Bodur, Yuichi Oyama, T. Nakadaira, J. McElwee, J. L. Stone, I. T. Lim, F. Di Lodovico, D. L. Wark, Vincenzo Berardi, Y. Maekawa, S. El Hedri, T. Sekiguchi, L. Ludovici, Th. A. Mueller, N. Ospina, K. Ohta, G. De Rosa, Hiromasa Tanaka, V. Takhistov, Hiroaki Menjo, C. Simpson, J. G. Learned, K. M. Tsui, P. Mijakowski, J. Y. Yang, K. Abe, J. L. Raaf, M. Tsukada, M. Thiesse, K. Iwamoto, H. K. Tanaka, Yasunari Suzuki, S. Samani, G. D. Megias, A. Konaka, M. G. Catanesi, N. J. Griskevich, Y. Nishimura, David Hadley, F. d. M. Blaszczyk, M. Inomoto, S. Locke, Masaki Ishitsuka, M. Jakkapu, Yusuke Koshio, S. Sakai, D. Barrow, M. Lamoureux, P. Weatherly, P. de Perio, T. Boschi, T. Niwa, K. Nakamura, T. Yoshida, A. Pritchard, C. K. Jung, R. Matsumoto, M. Hartz, T. Shiozawa, C. Vilela, Ahmed Ali, M. Koshiba, Masato Shiozawa, H. Ozaki, T. Tashiro, S. Moriyama, S. Nakayama, R. Akutsu, L. H. V. Anthony, Hussain Kitagawa, S. J. Jenkins, B. Jamieson, R. G. Park, Song Chen, P. Paganini, M. Miura, Masayuki Nakahata, H. W. Sobel, Yuuki Nakano, Y. Uchida, B. D. Xu, Ll. Marti, Kate Scholberg, K. Hagiwara, Yutaka Nakajima, B. W. Pointon, D. Martin, Manabu Tanaka, K. Sato, G. Pintaudi, H. Okazawa, M. Ikeda, L. Wan, S. Molina Sedgwick, Hirokazu Ishino, Y. Kotsar, N. F. Calabria, Yuto Ashida, C. Yanagisawa, E. Kearns, C. Bronner, Masashi Yokoyama, Intae Yu, K. Yasutome, T. Nakamura, G. Collazuol, J. Walker, L. N. Machado, N. Ogawa, K. Nishijima, T. Wester, L. Bernard, T. Ishizuka, M. Harada, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, Y. Nagao, Atsushi Takeda, A. Minamino, Rongkun Wang, S. B. Kim, M. Shinoki, A. K. Ichikawa, N. McCauley, L. Labarga, T. Kobayashi, M. Malek, N. W. Prouse, B. Richards, T. Matsubara, S. Yamamoto, C. W. Walter, K. Sakashita, J. Feng, M. Posiadala-Zezula, W. Ma, B. Quilain, Hiroyuki Sekiya, Y. Kataoka, Y. Fukuda, Y. Takeuchi, T. Kajita, Takatomi Yano, M. Friend, M. Mori, Y. Sonoda, S. Sano, Yoshitaka Itow, G. Pronost, Shintaro Ito, S. Zsoldos, T. Tsukamoto, T. Okada, T. Ishida, A. Takenaka, UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Super-Kamiokande, Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., Kameda, J., Kanemura, Y., Kataoka, Y., Miki, S., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Nagao, Y., Nakahata, M., Nakayama, S., Okada, T., Okamoto, K., Orii, A., Pronost, G., Sekiya, H., Shiozawa, M., Sonoda, Y., Suzuki, Y., Takeda, A., Takemoto, Y., Takenaka, A., Tanaka, H., Watanabe, S., Yano, T., Han, S., Kajita, T., Okumura, K., Tashiro, T., Wang, R., Xia, J., Megias, G. D., Bravo-Berguno, D., Labarga, L., Marti, Ll., Zaldivar, B., Pointon, B. W., Blaszczyk, F. D. M., Kearns, E., Raaf, J. L., Stone, J. L., Wan, L., Wester, T., Bian, J., Griskevich, N. J., Kropp, W. R., Locke, S., Mine, S., Smy, M. B., Sobel, H. W., Takhistov, V., Weatherly, P., Hill, J., Kim, J. Y., Lim, I. T., Park, R. G., Bodur, B., Scholberg, K., Walter, C. W., Bernard, L., Coffani, A., Drapier, O., El Hedri, S., Giampaolo, A., Gonin, M., Mueller, Th. A., Paganini, P., Quilain, B., Ishizuka, T., Nakamura, T., Jang, J. S., Learned, J. G., Anthony, L. H. V., Martin, D. G. R., Sztuc, A. A., Uchida, Y., Berardi, V., Catanesi, M. G., Radicioni, E., Calabria, N. F., Nascimento Machado, L., de Rosa, G., Collazuol, G., Iacob, F., Lamoureux, M., Ospina, N., Ludovici, L., Maekawa, Y., Nishimura, Y., Cao, S., Friend, M., Hasegawa, T., Ishida, T., Jakkapu, M., Kobayashi, T., Matsubara, T., Nakadaira, T., Nakamura, K., Oyama, Y., Sakashita, K., Sekiguchi, T., Tsukamoto, T., Kotsar, Y., Nakano, Y., Ozaki, H., Shiozawa, T., Suzuki, A. T., Takeuchi, Y., Yamamoto, S., Ali, A., Ashida, Y., Feng, J., Hirota, S., Kikawa, T., Mori, M., Nakaya, T., Wendell, R. A., Yasutome, K., Fernandez, P., Mccauley, N., Mehta, P., Pritchard, A., Tsui, K. M., Fukuda, Y., Itow, Y., Menjo, H., Niwa, T., Sato, K., Tsukada, M., Mijakowski, P., Jiang, J., Jung, C. K., Vilela, C., Wilking, M. J., Yanagisawa, C., Hagiwara, K., Harada, M., Horai, T., Ishino, H., Ito, S., Koshio, Y., Kitagawa, H., Ma, W., Piplani, N., Sakai, S., Kuno, Y., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Cook, L., Goldsack, A., Samani, S., Simpson, C., Wark, D., Nova, F., Boschi, T., Di Lodovico, F., Migenda, J., Molina Sedgwick, S., Taani, M., Zsoldos, S., Yang, J. Y., Jenkins, S. J., Malek, M., Mcelwee, J. M., Stone, O., Thiesse, M. D., Thompson, L. F., Okazawa, H., Kim, S. B., Yu, I., Nishijima, K., Koshiba, M., Iwamoto, K., Nakajima, Y., Ogawa, N., Yokoyama, M., Martens, K., Vagins, M. R., Izumiyama, S., Kuze, M., Tanaka, M., Yoshida, T., Inomoto, M., Ishitsuka, M., Ito, H., Matsumoto, R., Ohta, K., Shinoki, M., Martin, J. F., Tanaka, H. A., Towstego, T., Akutsu, R., Hartz, M., Konaka, A., de Perio, P., Prouse, N. W., Chen, S., Xu, B. D., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Hadley, D., Richards, B., Jamieson, B., Walker, J., Minamino, A., Pintaudi, G., Sano, S., Sasaki, R., and Ichikawa, A. K.

Subjects
Astrophysics, KAMIOKANDE, Neutrino Astronomy, GeV, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Neutrino astronomy Gravitational wave astronomy High energy astrophysics Black holes Compact objects Neutron stars Transient sources, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], LIGO, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), energy: emission, Black holes, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High energy astrophysics, High-energy astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Gravitational-wave astronomy, Neutron stars, neutrino: spectrum, 0103 physical sciences, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Compact objects, flavor, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, background, gravitational radiation, Física, Astronomy and Astrophysics, trigger, Transient sources, flux, Neutron star, VIRGO, Space and Planetary Science, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Gravitational wave astronomy, Neutrino astronomy, Super-Kamiokande, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], statistical
Abstract

The Super-Kamiokande detector can be used to search for neutrinos in time coincidence with gravitational waves detected by the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (LVC). Both low-energy ($7-100$ MeV) and high-energy ($0.1-10^5$ GeV) samples were analyzed in order to cover a very wide neutrino spectrum. Follow-ups of 36 (out of 39) gravitational waves reported in the GWTC-2 catalog were examined; no significant excess above the background was observed, with 10 (24) observed neutrinos compared with 4.8 (25.0) expected events in the high-energy (low-energy) samples. A statistical approach was used to compute the significance of potential coincidences. For each observation, p-values were estimated using neutrino direction and LVC sky map ; the most significant event (GW190602_175927) is associated with a post-trial p-value of $7.8\%$ ($1.4\sigma$). Additionally, flux limits were computed independently for each sample and by combining the samples. The energy emitted as neutrinos by the identified gravitational wave sources was constrained, both for given flavors and for all-flavors assuming equipartition between the different flavors, independently for each trigger and by combining sources of the same nature., Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures. v2: adding corrections from The Astrophysical Journal review

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2021
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15. Preparation of novel blue phosphate pigments in imitation of turquoise

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R. Sasaki and H. Onoda

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pigmento fosfato, turquoise, Infrared spectroscopy, chemistry.chemical_element, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), Phosphate, turquesa, Copper, color, chemistry.chemical_compound, Pigment, chemistry, Sodium hydroxide, visual_art, Turquoise, Ceramics and Composites, visual_art.visual_art_medium, cor, TA1-2040, Chemical composition, Phosphoric acid, phosphate pigment, Nuclear chemistry
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As a novel blue pigment, various hydrated copper aluminum phosphate imitating turquoise, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8.4H2O, were prepared by mixing copper nitrate solution, aluminum nitrate solution, phosphoric acid, and sodium hydroxide solution. Samples with similar chemical composition with turquoise were prepared. The obtained powders were evaluated with X-ray diffraction, infrared spectra, ultraviolet-visible reflectance spectra, and L*a*b* color space. Further, other related compositions were also investigated. Samples heated at low temperature were light blue powder. By heating at 700 ºC, the color of materials changed to deep green. Samples with high copper ratio indicated lower L* value and small a* and b* values. The low copper ratio was suitable to obtain light blue and deep green phosphate pigments. Resumo Como novo pigmento azul, vários fosfatos hidratados de cobre e alumínio imitando turquesa, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8.4H2O, foram preparados misturando solução de nitrato de cobre, solução de nitrato de alumínio, ácido fosfórico e solução de hidróxido de sódio. Amostras com composição química semelhante à turquesa foram preparadas. Os pós obtidos foram avaliados com difração de raios X, espectros de infravermelho, espectros de refletância no ultravioleta-visível e espaço de cores L*a*b*. Além disso, outras composições relacionadas também foram investigadas. Amostras aquecidas a baixas temperaturas resultaram em pós de cor azul claro. Ao aquecer a 700 ºC, a cor dos materiais mudou para verde intenso. Amostras com alta proporção de cobre indicaram menor valor de L* e pequenos valores de a* e b*. A baixa proporção de cobre foi adequada para obter pigmentos de fosfato azul claro e verde escuro.

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2019
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16. Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background search at Super-Kamiokande with neutron tagging

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K. Sakashita, A. T. Suzuki, K. Okamoto, M. Posiadala-Zezula, T. Nakadaira, Takuto Suganuma, David Wark, Y. Kataoka, Y. Takeuchi, S. Sakai, Y. Nishimura, Shintaro Ito, Atsushi Takeda, G.D. Barr, B. Quilain, E. Kearns, T. Yano, Tatsuya Kikawa, L. Marti, Yasuhiro Nakajima, Masashi Yokoyama, Tatsushi Kinoshita, Joanna Zalipska, Y. Nagao, A. Minamino, Henry W. Sobel, Marco Mattiazzi, J. McElwee, J. Y. Kim, M. Shinoki, Kenzo Nakamura, M. Friend, N. W. Prouse, Yoshihiro Suzuki, H. A. Tanaka, C. W. Walter, A. Coffani, T. Ishizuka, N. McCauley, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, O. Stone, M. Malek, S. Miki, Takashi Kobayashi, David Hadley, T. Hasegawa, C. K. Jung, S. Yamamoto, Makoto Miura, Yuichi Oyama, O. Drapier, M. Ikeda, Masato Shiozawa, L. Ludovici, A. Takenaka, Hiroyuki Sekiya, S. Izumiyama, T. Matsubara, N. Piplani, Soo-Bong Kim, J. Y. Yang, Y. Fukuda, L. Wan, A. Ali, J. Feng, T. Tsukamoto, S. Locke, S. Mohan Lakshmi, A. Konaka, Hiroaki Menjo, M. Koshiba, Masahiro Kuze, F. Nova, M. Hartz, Takaaki Kajita, R. G. Park, Yuuki Nakano, Yusuke Koshio, R. Sasaki, D. Barrow, Thomas A. Mueller, T. Ishida, B. W. Pointon, Natalv Ospina, Kate Scholberg, K. Yasutome, John Fraser Martin, James Hill, T. Tashiro, Hirokazu Ishino, S. J. Jenkins, E. Radicioni, Marcus O'Flaherty, T. Nakamura, R. Matsumoto, G. Collazuol, Intae Yu, Mark Scott, N. Ogawa, J. L. Raaf, C. Yanagisawa, Yoshinari Hayato, L. Bernard, K. Martens, M. Jakkapu, S. Mine, K. M. Tsui, A. Goldsack, S. Nakayama, M. Taani, T. Boschi, R. A. Wendell, M. Mori, M. Lamoureux, Y. Sonoda, Hiroshi Ito, S. Sano, K. Nishijima, Yoshitaka Itow, T. Wester, S. Han, G. Pronost, H. Okazawa, M. J. Wilking, D. Martin, K. Sato, A. K. Ichikawa, J. Kameda, F. Iacob, P. Mijakowski, K. Abe, Shuhei Watanabe, B. Bodur, Y. Kanemura, A. Giampaolo, Pablo Fernandez, P. Mehta, T. Towstego, S. Zsoldos, Vincenzo Berardi, S. Cao, William R. Kropp, T. Sekiguchi, S. Chen, G. D. Megias, J. Bian, M. Gonin, J. Xia, Sonia El Hedri, M. Thiesse, K. Iwamoto, C. Bronner, Gianfranca De Rosa, J. S. Jang, H. Ozaki, Hussain Kitagawa, B. Jamieson, Patrick de Perio, Katsuki Hiraide, K. Nakamura, Y. Maekawa, Jeff N. Griskevich, S. Moriyama, G. Pintaudi, Masayuki Nakahata, Y. Uchida, N. F. Calabria, J. G. Learned, H. K. Tanaka, P. Paganini, B. D. Xu, S. Samani, M. G. Catanesi, Lester D.R. Thompson, M. R. Vagins, Y. Kotsar, John Walker, L. Cook, I. T. Lim, L. H. V. Anthony, R. Akutsu, C. Vilela, FD Lodovico, Junjie Jiang, V. Takhistov, Justyna Lagoda, Jingyuan Gao, W. Ma, L. Labarga, B. Richards, Kimihiro Okumura, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Masaki Ishitsuka, M. Inomoto, A. A. Sztuc, M. B. Smy, B. Zaldivar, J. Migenda, L. N. Machado, and M. Harada

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Physics, Supernova, Neutron, Astrophysics, Neutrino, Super-Kamiokande
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2021
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17. Low energy radioactivity BG model in Super-Kamiokande detector from SK-IV data

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S. J. Jenkins, K. Nakamura, M. R. Vagins, M. Taani, J. L. Raaf, John Walker, H. Okazawa, Masaki Ishitsuka, S. Moriyama, A. A. Sztuc, P. Mehta, S. Miki, Masayuki Nakahata, Y. Uchida, I. T. Lim, L. H. V. Anthony, Junjie Jiang, V. Takhistov, Yoshinari Hayato, T. Towstego, M. Jakkapu, J. Y. Kim, Y. Maekawa, Patrick de Perio, Atsushi Takeda, T. Boschi, Yasuhiro Nakajima, J. G. Learned, Shuhei Watanabe, A. K. Ichikawa, T. Yano, Hiroshi Ito, A. T. Suzuki, K. Okamoto, Vincenzo Berardi, J. Kameda, S. Izumiyama, Joanna Zalipska, H. K. Tanaka, L. Cook, A. Coffani, S. Samani, M. G. Catanesi, O. Drapier, M. B. Smy, B. Zaldivar, Y. Takeuchi, J. Migenda, O. Stone, B. Bodur, T. Nakadaira, Takashi Kobayashi, P. Mijakowski, S. Zsoldos, Sonia El Hedri, T. Hasegawa, A. Ali, Katsuki Hiraide, Makoto Miura, K. Nishijima, M. Thiesse, K. Iwamoto, Justyna Lagoda, T. Wester, F. Iacob, Jingyuan Gao, Y. Nagao, A. Minamino, S. Mohan Lakshmi, Lester D.R. Thompson, M. Hartz, L. N. Machado, Kenzo Nakamura, K. Sakashita, W. Ma, T. Matsubara, William R. Kropp, T. Sekiguchi, S. Chen, M. Shinoki, M. Harada, N. McCauley, S. Sakai, M. Posiadala-Zezula, R. Akutsu, Marco Mattiazzi, J. Feng, M. Friend, Yuuki Nakano, K. Abe, Shintaro Ito, M. Malek, N. Piplani, B. W. Pointon, S. Yamamoto, Y. Kanemura, A. Giampaolo, Kate Scholberg, Hiroaki Menjo, N. W. Prouse, C. W. Walter, E. Kearns, David Wark, P. Paganini, Kimihiro Okumura, Takaaki Kajita, C. Vilela, T. Tashiro, FD Lodovico, M. Koshiba, B. D. Xu, Masashi Yokoyama, G.D. Barr, Yasuhiro Takemoto, T. Nakamura, S. Locke, Y. Kataoka, James Hill, M. Inomoto, Intae Yu, R. G. Park, Tatsuya Kikawa, G. D. Megias, Pablo Fernandez, R. Matsumoto, L. Marti, N. Ogawa, G. Pintaudi, David Hadley, Hiroyuki Sekiya, J. S. Jang, Hirokazu Ishino, N. Jeff Griskevich, L. Labarga, Soo-Bong Kim, S. Han, L. Bernard, T. Ishizuka, C. Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, Y. Fukuda, L. Wan, B. Richards, T. Tsukamoto, K. Yasutome, Marcus O'Flaherty, C. K. Jung, Yuichi Oyama, M. Ikeda, A. Goldsack, N. F. Calabria, S. Nakayama, G. Collazuol, Mark Scott, Masato Shiozawa, R. A. Wendell, L. Ludovici, J. Y. Yang, T. Ishida, K. Martens, S. Mine, K. M. Tsui, Y. Kotsar, Y. Nishimura, Masahiro Kuze, F. Nova, R. Sasaki, A. Konaka, M. Lamoureux, Yusuke Koshio, D. Martin, J. Bian, H. Ozaki, Hussain Kitagawa, B. Jamieson, Natalv Ospina, S. Cao, D. Barrow, John Fraser Martin, A. Takenaka, K. Sato, C. Bronner, M. Gonin, J. Xia, Gianfranca De Rosa, Tatsushi Kinoshita, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Henry W. Sobel, J. McElwee, H. A. Tanaka, E. Radicioni, B. Quilain, M. Mori, Y. Sonoda, S. Sano, Yoshitaka Itow, Takuto Suganuma, G. Pronost, M. J. Wilking, Thomas A. Mueller, Pronost, Guillaume, Abe, Ko, Bronner, Christophe, Hayato, Yoshinari, Hiraide, Katsuki, Ikeda, Motoyasu, Kameda, Jun, Kanemura, Yuki, Kataoka, Yousuku, Miki, Shintaro, Miura, Makoto, Moriyama, Shigetaka, Nagao, Yoshiki, Nakahata, Masayuki, Nakayama, Shoei, Okamoto, Kohei, Sekiya, Hiroyuki, Shiozawa, Masato, Sonoda, Yutaro, Suzuki, Yoichiro, Takeda, Atsushi, Takemoto, Yasuhiro, Takenaka, Akira, Tanaka, Hidekazu, Watanabe, Shuhei, Yano, Takatomi, Han, Seungho, Kajita, Takaaki, Okumura, Kimihiro, Tashiro, Takuya, Xia, Junjie, Megias, Guillermo, Labarga, Lui, Marti, Llui, Zaldivar, Bryan, Pointon, Barry W., Kearns, Edward, Raaf, Jennifer L., Wan, Linyan, Wester, Thoma, Bian, Jianming, Griskevich, N. Jeff, Kropp, William R., Locke, Scott, Mine, Shunichi, Smy, Michael, Sobel, Henry W., Takhistov, Volodymyr, Hill, Jame, Kim, Jae Yool, Lim, In Taek, Park, Ryeong Gyoon, Bodur, Baran, Scholberg, Kate, Walter, Chri, Bernard, Laura, Coffani, Alice, Drapier, Olivier, El Hedri, Sonia, Giampaolo, Alberto, Gonin, Michel, Mueller, Thomas A., Paganini, Pascal, Quilain, Benjamin, Ishizuka, Takeharu, Nakamura, Taku, Jang, Jae Seung, Learned, John G., Cao, Son, Anthony, Lauren H. V., Martin, Daniel, Scott, Mark, Sztuc, Artur A., Uchida, Yoshi, Berardi, Vincenzo, Catanesi, Maria Gabriella, Radicioni, Emilio, Calabria, Nicola F., Machado, Lucas N., De Rosa, Gianfranca, Collazuol, Gianmaria, Iacob, Fabio, Lamoureux, Mathieu, Mattiazzi, Marco, Ospina, Natalv, Ludovici, Lucio, Maekawa, Yuto, Nishimura, Yasuhiro, Friend, Megan, Hasegawa, Takuya, Ishida, Taku, Kobayashi, Takashi, Jakkapu, Mahesh, Matsubara, Tsunayuki, Nakadaira, Takeshi, Nakamura, Kenzo, Oyama, Yuichi, Sakashita, Ken, Sekiguchi, Tetsuro, Tsukamoto, Toshifumi, Boschi, Tommaso, Di Lodovico, Francesca, Gao, Jingyuan, Migenda, Jost, Taani, Mahdi, Zsoldos, Stephane, Nakano, Yuuki, Ozaki, Hironori, Suzuki, Atsumu, Takeuchi, Yasuo, Yamamoto, Shotaro, Kotsar, Yurii, Ali, Ajmi, Feng, Jiahui, Kikawa, Tatsuya, Mori, Masamitsu, Nakaya, Tsuyoshi, Wendell, Roger, Yasutome, Kenji, Fernández, Pablo, Mccauley, Neil, Mehta, Pruthvi, Tsui, Ka Ming, Fukuda, Yoshiyuki, Itow, Yoshitaka, Menjo, Hiroaki, Sato, Kazufumi, Lagoda, Justyna, Lakshmi, S. Mohan, Mijakowski, Piotr, Zalipska, Joanna, Jiang, Junjie, Jung, Chang K., Vilela, Cristovao, Wilking, Michael, Yanagisawa, Chiaki, Harada, Masayuki, Ishino, Hirokazu, Ito, Shintaro, Kitagawa, Hussain, Koshio, Yusuke, Ma, Wenjie, Piplani, Nishtha, Sakai, Seiya, Barr, Gile, Barrow, Danial, Cook, Laurence, Goldsack, Alexander, Samani, Soniya, Wark, David, Nova, Federico, Yang, Jeong Yeol, Jenkins, Sam J., Malek, Matthew, Mcelwee, Jordan, Stone, Owen, Thiesse, Matthew D., Thompson, Lee F., Okazawa, Hiroko, Kim, Soo Bong, Yu, Intae, Ichikawa, Atsuko, Nakamura, Kiseki, Nishijima, Kyoshi, Koshiba, Masatoshi, Iwamoto, Konosuke, Nakajima, Yasuhiro, Ogawa, Natsumi, Yokoyama, Masashi, Martens, Kai, Vagins, Mark, Kuze, Masahiro, Izumiyama, Shota, Inomoto, Michitaka, Ishitsuka, Masaki, Ito, Hiroshi, Kinoshita, Tatsushi, Matsumoto, Ryo, Shinoki, Masataka, Suganuma, Takuto, Martin, John Fraser, Tanaka, Hirohisa, Towstego, Trevor, Akutsu, Ryosuke, de Perio, Patrick, Hartz, Mark, Konaka, Akira, Prouse, Nick, Chen, Shaomin, Xu, Benda D., Posiadala-Zezula, Magdalena, Hadley, David, O'Flaherty, Marcu, Richards, Benjamin, Jamieson, Blair, Walker, John, Minamino, Akihiro, Pintaudi, Ggiorgio, Sano, Shiochi, and Sasaki, Ryota

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Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Physics::Medical Physics, Detector, Water source, chemistry.chemical_element, Radon, Nuclear physics, Low energy, chemistry, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Super-Kamiokande, Solar data
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The radioactivity background are among the most dangerous background for low energy neutrino analysis in Super-Kamiokande (SK), like the solar neutrino analysis. Among them, the main contribution is coming from $^{222}$Rn, which is spread in the detector's water due to the water source and to the photo multiplier (PMT) emanations. Up to now, its exact distribution in the detector was not known. Using our knowledge of the radon concentration in the detector water, and the SK-IV solar data, we developed a model of the radon distribution in the detector. The uncertainty on the Rn concentration associated with this model was estimated to be $\sim0.1$ mBq/m$^{3}$

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2021
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18. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may decrease the plasma concentration of remdesivir in a patient with severe coronavirus disease 2019

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Satoshi Ide, Tsubasa Akazawa, Yuji Wakimoto, Masayuki Ota, Shinichiro Morioka, Kentaro Kobayashi, Kayoko Hayakawa, Tetsuya Suzuki, Keiji Nakamura, Ryohei Yamamoto, Yutaro Akiyama, Wataru Matsuda, Satoshi Kutsuna, Maki Nagashima, Yuki Moriyama, Yusuke Miyazato, Ayako Okuhama, Junichi Masuda, Takahito Furuya, Takato Nakamoto, Kohei Kanda, Hidetoshi Nomoto, Haruhiko Ishioka, R. Sasaki, Daisuke Katagiri, Yusuke Asai, Tatsunori Ogawa, Tatsuki Uemura, Sho Saito, and Norio Ohmagari

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Mechanical ventilation, Pharmacokinetics analysis, Creatinine, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Remdesivir, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Article, Pharmacokinetic analysis, chemistry.chemical_compound, Infectious Diseases, chemistry, Anesthesia, Plasma concentration, medicine, In patient, business, Severe COVID-19, Normal range
Abstract

Remdesivir is an antiviral drug that results in clinical improvement after five days of treatment and accelerates recovery by 31%. No studies have discussed the pharmacokinetic analysis of remdesivir in patients with severe COVID-19 requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). A 63-year-old American man who underwent mechanical ventilation and ECMO for severe COVID-19 was administered remdesivir for ten days. The loading dosage was 200 mg at 7 PM on day 12 and 100 mg daily at 0:00 PM from day 13–21, administered within 1 h. The pharmacokinetic analysis was performed. The serum creatinine concentration was within the normal range of 0.5–0.7 mg/dL during treatment. According to the pharmacokinetic analysis, the plasma concentrations of remdesivir and GS-441524 4 h after administration (C4) were 662 ng/mL and 58 ng/mL, respectively, and the concentrations 18 h after administration (C18) were 32 ng/mL and 44 ng/mL, respectively. Therefore, the half-life of remdesivir and GS-441524 was 3.2 and 35.1 h, respectively. Monitoring the plasma concentrations of remdesivir and GS-441524 in patients undergoing ECMO may be necessary., Highlights • A COVID-19 patient undergoing ECMO was administered remdesivir. • The loading dosage was 200 mg at 7:00 PM on day 12. • From days 13–21, it was 100 mg daily at 0:00 PM administered within 1 h. • The half-lives of remdesivir and GS-441524 were 3.2 and 35.1 h, respectively. • Plasma concentrations of remdesivir and GS-441524 must be monitored during ECMO.

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2021

19. Search for tens of MeV neutrinos associated with gamma-ray bursts in Super-Kamiokande

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P. Fernandez, Y. Nishimura, M. Inomoto, J. Bian, P. de Perio, G. Pronost, L. Wan, M. Lamoureux, Shintaro Ito, S. Zsoldos, Y. Takeuchi, K. Martens, J. Xia, Y. Sonoda, O. Drapier, Takatomi Yano, S. El Hedri, T. Shiozawa, Ahmed Ali, Ll. Marti, K. Nakamura, C. Xu, Hiroaki Menjo, C. Bronner, A. Konaka, T. Sekiguchi, K. S. Ganezer, M. Hartz, A. Giampaolo, B. Jamieson, N. F. Calabria, J. G. Learned, Takaaki Kajita, K. Yasutome, S. Nakayama, A. Takenaka, M. Harada, Vincenzo Berardi, William R. Kropp, S. Chen, R. G. Park, L. Ludovici, Kimihiro Okumura, Yasuhiro Takemoto, K. M. Tsui, A. Takeda, Hiromasa Tanaka, C. W. Walter, H. Okazawa, K. Okamoto, Y. Ashida, J. McElwee, S. Izumiyama, D. Barrow, Y. Fukuda, M. Ikeda, R. P. Litchfield, T. Okada, Intae Yu, N. Ogawa, Kate Scholberg, H. Miyabe, G. D. Megias, C. Simpson, Makoto Sakuda, L. Bernard, S. Samani, M. G. Catanesi, J. Y. Yang, Masaki Ishitsuka, M. Thiesse, F. d. M. Blaszczyk, Jl Stone, Yoshitaka Kuno, G. Pintaudi, K. Ohta, Hiroyuki Sekiya, F. Nova, Y. Kato, P. Weatherly, K. Abe, S. Han, T. Sugimoto, Hirokazu Ishino, Masayuki Nakahata, N. McCauley, C. M. Nantais, B. Zaldivar, T. Nakadaira, S. Sakai, E. Kearns, A. Goldsack, Michael B. Smy, M. Jakkapu, R. A. Wendell, Y. Uchida, M. Posiadala-Zezula, Y. Oyama, B. Bodur, C. Vilela, G. De Rosa, K. Sato, G. Collazuol, Luis Labarga, J. Kameda, J. Feng, D. Fukuda, T. Niwa, P. Mijakowski, P. Paganini, B. D. Xu, N. J. Griskevich, P. Mehta, T. Horai, C. K. Jung, Lester D.R. Thompson, Yusuke Koshio, D. Bravo-Berguño, S. Matsuno, T. Tsukamoto, K. Hagiwara, S. Hirota, M. Koshiba, Y. Nakajima, G.D. Barr, Yuuki Nakano, T. Mochizuki, Stephen J. Jenkins, I. T. Lim, T. Ishida, Y. Isobe, L. N. Machado, T. Boschi, John Walker, Th. A. Mueller, Hiroshi Ito, B. W. Pointon, M. Taani, R. Akutsu, A. A. Sztuc, Makoto Hasegawa, L. H. V. Anthony, Tatsuya Kikawa, Volodymyr Takhistov, Yousuke Kataoka, N. W. Prouse, S. V. Cao, A. Pritchard, M. Tsukada, M. Gonin, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Y. Nagao, A. Minamino, M. Shinoki, M. Malek, J. Y. Kim, J. L. Raaf, S. Yamamoto, T. Nakamura, S. Locke, M. Jiang, A. Coffani, Yasuhiro Kishimoto, O. Stone, Takashi Kobayashi, T. Towstego, T. Hasegawa, S. Mine, Takahiko Matsubara, K. Frankiewicz, N. Piplani, A. Orii, Mark R. Vagins, S. B. Kim, A. K. Ichikawa, K. E. Nakamura, S. Molina Sedgwick, B. Richards, Ken Sakashita, W. Ma, R. Matsumoto, B. Quilain, J. F. Martin, M. Friend, Masato Shiozawa, Y. Choi, L. Cook, A. Suzuki, Masashi Yokoyama, T. Ishizuka, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, J. S. Jang, Masahiro Kuze, R. Sasaki, Henry W. Sobel, Kyoshi Nishijima, Natalv Ospina, Shigetaka Moriyama, H. A. Tanaka, S. Imaizumi, K. Iwamoto, T. Tashiro, Manabu Tanaka, Yoshinari Hayato, C. Yanagisawa, T. Wester, Yoshitaka Itow, M. Miura, M. J. Wilking, Takashi Yoshida, F. Iacob, E. Radicioni, John Hill, D. L. Wark, Y. Takahira, R. Wang, M. Mori, F. Di Lodovico, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Super-Kamiokande, and Super-Kamiokande Collaboration

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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, KAMIOKANDE, gamma ray: burst, 01 natural sciences, Fluence, Coincidence, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Positron, F03 Ultra-high energy phenomena of cosmic rays, neutrino: energy, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, background, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, F22 Neutrinos from supernova remnant and other astronomical objects, network, positron, High Energy Physics::Experiment, C43 Underground experiments, Underground experiments Ultra-high energy phenomena of cosmic rays Neutrinos from supernova remnant and other astronomical objects, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Super-Kamiokande, Gamma-ray burst, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Energy (signal processing), Bar (unit)
Abstract

A search for neutrinos produced in coincidence with Gamma-Ray Bursts(GRB) was conducted with the Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector. Between December 2008 and March 2017, the Gamma-ray Coordinates Network recorded 2208 GRBs that occurred during normal SK operation. Several time windows around each GRB were used to search for coincident neutrino events. No statistically significant signal in excess of the estimated backgrounds was detected. The $\bar\nu_e$ fluence in the range from 8 MeV to 100 MeV in positron total energy for $\bar\nu_e+p\rightarrow e^{+}+n$ was found to be less than $\rm 5.07\times10^5$ cm$^{-2}$ per GRB in 90\% C.L. Upper bounds on the fluence as a function of neutrino energy were also obtained., Comment: 29 pages, 16 figures, 5 tables, accepted by PTEP

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2021
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20. Follow-up of GWTC-2 gravitational wave events with neutrinos from the Super-Kamiokande detector

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Vincenzo Berardi, A. A. Sztuc, M. Thiesse, K. Iwamoto, P. Mehta, M. Koshiba, S. J. Jenkins, M. Taani, R. G. Park, H. Okazawa, Y. Takeuchi, Patrick de Perio, Kimihiro Okumura, K. Martens, S. Han, S. Cao, Thomas A. Mueller, E. Kearns, M. R. Vagins, David Hadley, Henry W. Sobel, Yoshinari Hayato, K. Yasutome, S. Mine, K. M. Tsui, Masashi Yokoyama, T. Towstego, C. Bronner, J. Y. Yang, Yasuhiro Takemoto, O. Drapier, J. McElwee, Gianfranca De Rosa, Makoto Miura, E. Radicioni, M. B. Smy, J. S. Jang, Shuhei Watanabe, A. Konaka, Marco Mattiazzi, David Wark, B. Zaldivar, J. Migenda, M. Lamoureux, T. Ishizuka, M. Friend, S. Zsoldos, B. Bodur, H. A. Tanaka, T. Matsubara, N. W. Prouse, Katsuki Hiraide, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, C. W. Walter, Masaki Ishitsuka, S. Locke, S. Miki, Hirokazu Ishino, J. Feng, Sonia El Hedri, Masahiro Kuze, Yusuke Koshio, John Walker, D. Barrow, S. Mohan Lakshmi, J. L. Raaf, M. Mori, Hiroaki Menjo, Y. Sonoda, F. Nova, S. Sano, R. Sasaki, Marcus O'Flaherty, Takaaki Kajita, Yoshitaka Itow, G. Collazuol, M. Jakkapu, Natalv Ospina, Mark Scott, Y. Nishimura, Hiroyuki Sekiya, Soo-Bong Kim, B. Quilain, James Hill, G. Pronost, M. Inomoto, Y. Fukuda, L. Wan, T. Yano, John Fraser Martin, I. T. Lim, T. Boschi, Y. Maekawa, K. Nakamura, M. J. Wilking, J. Bian, K. Abe, L. Bernard, Y. Nagao, A. Minamino, Tatsushi Kinoshita, S. Izumiyama, C. K. Jung, Hiroshi Ito, N. Jeff Griskevich, P. Paganini, Y. Kanemura, M. Ikeda, A. Giampaolo, Masato Shiozawa, L. Ludovici, B. D. Xu, Yoshihiro Suzuki, S. Moriyama, F. Iacob, M. Shinoki, M. Gonin, J. Xia, L. H. V. Anthony, Masayuki Nakahata, J. G. Learned, R. Matsumoto, Takuto Suganuma, Y. Uchida, A. Ali, Kate Scholberg, Pablo Fernandez, N. McCauley, L. N. Machado, H. K. Tanaka, S. Samani, M. Malek, M. G. Catanesi, Junjie Jiang, William R. Kropp, T. Sekiguchi, M. Harada, S. Chen, Kenzo Nakamura, H. Ozaki, S. Yamamoto, Yuuki Nakano, A. T. Suzuki, K. Okamoto, Hussain Kitagawa, B. Jamieson, G. D. Megias, B. W. Pointon, A. K. Ichikawa, T. Nakadaira, J. Kameda, Lester D.R. Thompson, Yuichi Oyama, V. Takhistov, P. Mijakowski, S. Sakai, T. Hasegawa, Atsushi Takeda, G. Pintaudi, Yasuhiro Nakajima, N. F. Calabria, Joanna Zalipska, K. Sakashita, T. Nakamura, N. Piplani, Intae Yu, N. Ogawa, M. Posiadala-Zezula, C. Yanagisawa, J. Y. Kim, A. Goldsack, S. Nakayama, R. A. Wendell, Y. Kataoka, A. Coffani, O. Stone, Takashi Kobayashi, D. Martin, K. Sato, G.D. Barr, Tatsuya Kikawa, L. Marti, M. Hartz, T. Tashiro, K. Nishijima, T. Wester, Justyna Lagoda, Jingyuan Gao, W. Ma, A. Takenaka, T. Tsukamoto, L. Labarga, T. Ishida, B. Richards, Shintaro Ito, Y. Kotsar, C. Vilela, FD Lodovico, L. Cook, R. Akutsu, Lamoureux, Mathieu, Abe, Ko, Bronner, Christophe, Hayato, Yoshinari, Hiraide, Katsuki, Ikeda, Motoyasu, Kameda, Jun, Kanemura, Yuki, Kataoka, Yousuku, Miki, Shintaro, Miura, Makoto, Moriyama, Shigetaka, Nagao, Yoshiki, Nakahata, Masayuki, Nakayama, Shoei, Okamoto, Kohei, Pronost, Guillaume, Sekiya, Hiroyuki, Shiozawa, Masato, Sonoda, Yutaro, Suzuki, Yoichiro, Takeda, Atsushi, Takemoto, Yasuhiro, Takenaka, Akira, Tanaka, Hidekazu, Watanabe, Shuhei, Yano, Takatomi, Han, Seungho, Kajita, Takaaki, Okumura, Kimihiro, Tashiro, Takuya, Xia, Junjie, Megias, Guillermo, Labarga, Lui, Marti, Llui, Zaldivar, Bryan, Pointon, Barry W., Kearns, Edward, Raaf, Jennifer L., Wan, Linyan, Wester, Thoma, Bian, Jianming, Griskevich, N. Jeff, Kropp, William R., Locke, Scott, Mine, Shunichi, Smy, Michael, Sobel, Henry W., Takhistov, Volodymyr, Hill, Jame, Kim, Jae Yool, Lim, In Taek, Park, Ryeong Gyoon, Bodur, Baran, Scholberg, Kate, Walter, Chri, Bernard, Laura, Coffani, Alice, Drapier, Olivier, El Hedri, Sonia, Giampaolo, Alberto, Gonin, Michel, Mueller, Thomas A., Paganini, Pascal, Quilain, Benjamin, Ishizuka, Takeharu, Nakamura, Taku, Jang, Jae Seung, Learned, John G., Cao, Son, Anthony, Lauren H. V., Martin, Daniel, Scott, Mark, Sztuc, Artur A., Uchida, Yoshi, Berardi, Vincenzo, Catanesi, Maria Gabriella, Radicioni, Emilio, Calabria, Nicola F., Machado, Lucas N., De Rosa, Gianfranca, Collazuol, Gianmaria, Iacob, Fabio, Mattiazzi, Marco, Ospina, Natalv, Ludovici, Lucio, Maekawa, Yuto, Nishimura, Yasuhiro, Friend, Megan, Hasegawa, Takuya, Ishida, Taku, Kobayashi, Takashi, Jakkapu, Mahesh, Matsubara, Tsunayuki, Nakadaira, Takeshi, Nakamura, Kenzo, Oyama, Yuichi, Sakashita, Ken, Sekiguchi, Tetsuro, Tsukamoto, Toshifumi, Boschi, Tommaso, Di Lodovico, Francesca, Gao, Jingyuan, Migenda, Jost, Taani, Mahdi, Zsoldos, Stephane, Nakano, Yuuki, Ozaki, Hironori, Suzuki, Atsumu, Takeuchi, Yasuo, Yamamoto, Shotaro, Kotsar, Yurii, Ali, Ajmi, Feng, Jiahui, Kikawa, Tatsuya, Mori, Masamitsu, Nakaya, Tsuyoshi, Wendell, Roger, Yasutome, Kenji, Fernández, Pablo, Mccauley, Neil, Mehta, Pruthvi, Tsui, Ka Ming, Fukuda, Yoshiyuki, Itow, Yoshitaka, Menjo, Hiroaki, Sato, Kazufumi, Lagoda, Justyna, Lakshmi, S. Mohan, Mijakowski, Piotr, Zalipska, Joanna, Jiang, Junjie, Jung, Chang K., Vilela, Cristovao, Wilking, Michael, Yanagisawa, Chiaki, Harada, Masayuki, Ishino, Hirokazu, Ito, Shintaro, Kitagawa, Hussain, Koshio, Yusuke, Ma, Wenjie, Piplani, Nishtha, Sakai, Seiya, Barr, Gile, Barrow, Danial, Cook, Laurence, Goldsack, Alexander, Samani, Soniya, Wark, David, Nova, Federico, Yang, Jeong Yeol, Jenkins, Sam J., Malek, Matthew, Mcelwee, Jordan, Stone, Owen, Thiesse, Matthew D., Thompson, Lee F., Okazawa, Hiroko, Kim, Soo Bong, Yu, Intae, Ichikawa, Atsuko, Nakamura, Kiseki, Nishijima, Kyoshi, Koshiba, Masatoshi, Iwamoto, Konosuke, Nakajima, Yasuhiro, Ogawa, Natsumi, Yokoyama, Masashi, Martens, Kai, Vagins, Mark, Kuze, Masahiro, Izumiyama, Shota, Inomoto, Michitaka, Ishitsuka, Masaki, Ito, Hiroshi, Kinoshita, Tatsushi, Matsumoto, Ryo, Shinoki, Masataka, Suganuma, Takuto, Martin, John Fraser, Tanaka, Hirohisa, Towstego, Trevor, Akutsu, Ryosuke, de Perio, Patrick, Hartz, Mark, Konaka, Akira, Prouse, Nick, Chen, Shaomin, Xu, Benda D., Posiadala-Zezula, Magdalena, Hadley, David, O'Flaherty, Marcu, Richards, Benjamin, Jamieson, Blair, Walker, John, Minamino, Akihiro, Pintaudi, Ggiorgio, Sano, Shiochi, and Sasaki, Ryota

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Gravitational wave, Cherenkov detector, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Detector, Flux, law.invention, law, Time windows, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Total energy, Neutrino, Super-Kamiokande
Abstract

Super-Kamiokande (SK) is a 50-kt water Cherenkov detector, instrumented with $\sim 13$k photo-multipliers and running since 1996. It is sensitive to neutrinos with energies ranging from 4.5 MeV to several TeV. A new framework has been developed for the follow-up of gravitational wave (GW) alerts issued by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration (LVC). Neutrinos are searched for, using a 1000-second time window centered on the alert time and in both SK low-energy and high-energy samples. Such observation can then be used to constrain the neutrino emission from the GW source. The significance of potential signals has been obtained by comparing neutrino direction with the localization of the GW. The computation of limits on incoming neutrino flux and on the total energy emitted in neutrinos by the source has been performed for the different neutrino flavors. The results using the LVC GWTC-2 catalog (covering O3a period) are presented, as well as the outlooks for the future real-time public release of follow-ups for the O4 period (in 2022) and beyond.

Published
2021

21. Search for proton decay via p→e+π0 and p→μ+π0 with an enlarged fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I-IV

Author

J. S. Jang, B. Bodur, Yuji Kishimoto, L. H. V. Anthony, Rongkun Wang, J. L. Raaf, L. Labarga, K. Nakamura, T. Niwa, T. Kobayashi, F. d. M. Blaszczyk, M. Jakkapu, M. Hartz, Y. Nishimura, P. Weatherly, S. Moriyama, Y. Isobe, T. Boschi, Hiroshi Ito, B. Richards, G. Santucci, Masayuki Nakahata, N. Ospina, Y. Uchida, V. Takhistov, C. K. Jung, M. Mori, M. Taani, Y. Sonoda, M. Ikeda, M. Koshiba, P. de Perio, T. Yano, A. T. Suzuki, K. Okamoto, J. F. Martin, Masato Shiozawa, Y. Choi, Yoshitaka Itow, H. Okazawa, G. Pintaudi, E. Radicioni, L. Ludovici, W. R. Kropp, K. Sakashita, Yutaka Nakajima, C. Xu, Hiroaki Menjo, P. Paganini, M. Miura, T. Nakadaira, G. Pronost, F. Iacob, R. G. Park, B. D. Xu, N. F. Calabria, O. Drapier, Makoto Sakuda, Ke. Nakamura, M. Jiang, A. Coffani, M. Posiadala-Zezula, T. Horai, Ko Okumura, H. W. Sobel, S. Matsuno, A. Giampaolo, S. Molina Sedgwick, Yuuki Nakano, T. Mochizuki, T. Tashiro, T. Towstego, S. Imaizumi, K. Hagiwara, H.A. Tanaka, S. Cao, S. Sakai, B. W. Pointon, F. Nova, R. Sasaki, R. Matsumoto, Intae Yu, P. Mehta, Y. Kataoka, D. Fukuda, C. Bronner, M. G. Catanesi, S. Han, Pablo Fernandez, H. Miyabe, M. J. Wilking, Yuichi Oyama, R. P. Litchfield, C. M. Nantais, D. Bravo-Berguño, B. Quilain, J. G. Learned, K. Yasutome, S. Zsoldos, Y. Kuno, Ke. Abe, K. Nishijima, S. Locke, Atsushi Takeda, J. C. Hill, K. Ohta, T. Wester, E. Kearns, Vincenzo Berardi, N. Piplani, G. De Rosa, Masashi Yokoyama, J. L. Stone, David A. Wark, J. Y. Yang, M. Tsukada, Y. Takahira, Masaki Ishitsuka, M. Thiesse, K. Iwamoto, G.D. Barr, A. Konaka, S. J. Jenkins, M. R. Vagins, J. Walker, N. J. Griskevich, A. Ali, Yusuke Koshio, Y. Takemoto, A. Pritchard, W. Y. Ma, D. Barrow, L. F. Thompson, T. Ishizuka, Makoto Hasegawa, Y. Nagao, J. McElwee, A. Minamino, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, B. Jamieson, M. Shinoki, K. Frankiewicz, N. McCauley, S. B. Kim, I. T. Lim, S. Yamamoto, T. Matsubara, J. Y. Kim, A. Orii, S. El Hedri, J. Feng, L. Cook, Y. Takeuchi, T. Kajita, J. Bian, H. K. Tanaka, Seiko Hirota, T. Kikawa, M. Gonin, J. Xia, M. Friend, Masaaki Tanaka, N. W. Prouse, C. W. Walter, T. Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Sekiya, Y. Fukuda, L. Wan, R. Akutsu, Y. Hayato, T. Sekiguchi, Yasunari Suzuki, T. Shiozawa, C. Vilela, Ll. Marti, T. Yoshida, Song Chen, K. S. Ganezer, Yuto Ashida, T. Tsukamoto, T. Okada, T. Nakamura, N. Ogawa, T. Ishida, C. Yanagisawa, A. Goldsack, S. Nakayama, R. A. Wendell, A. Takenaka, K. Sato, A. K. Ichikawa, J. Kameda, Th. A. Mueller, Shintaro Ito, P. Mijakowski, Kalen Martens, Kate Scholberg, S. Mine, K. M. Tsui, Takehisa Hasegawa, M. Lamoureux, Hirokazu Ishino, Chris Simpson, G. Collazuol, F. Di Lodovico, M. Kuze, M. Inomoto, A. A. Sztuc, M. B. Smy, B. Zaldivar, Yuta Kato, L. N. Machado, and M. Harada

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Proton decay, Detector, 01 natural sciences, Lower limit, Nuclear physics, Volume (thermodynamics), 0103 physical sciences, Pi, Atmospheric neutrino, 010306 general physics, Fiducial marker, Super-Kamiokande
Abstract

We have searched for proton decay via p→e+π0 and p→μ+π0 modes with the enlarged fiducial volume data of Super-Kamiokande from April 1996 to May 2018, which corresponds to 450 kton·years exposure. We have accumulated about 25% more livetime and enlarged the fiducial volume of the Super-Kamiokande detector from 22.5 kton to 27.2 kton for this analysis, so that 144 kton·years of data, including 78 kton·years of additional fiducial volume data, has been newly analyzed. No candidates have been found for p→e+π0 and one candidate remains for p→μ+π0 in the conventional 22.5 kton fiducial volume and it is consistent with the atmospheric neutrino background prediction. We set lower limits on the partial lifetime for each of these modes: τ/B(p→e+π0)>2.4×1034 years and τ/B(p→μ+π0)>1.6×1034 years at 90% confidence level.

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2020
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22. X-ray Emission from Stars ∼The Results Obtained with MAXI∼

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Yohko Tsuboi and R. Sasaki

Subjects
Physics, Stars, Sky, Payload, law, media_common.quotation_subject, QUIET, International Space Station, Astrophysics, Sample (graphics), media_common, Flare, law.invention
Abstract

The Japanese astrophysical payload MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image) has been monitor- ing the variable X-ray sky since August 15, 2009 from the International Space Station. With the 10 year’s unbiased survey, the nature of the largest stellar flares and the hosts have been gradually revealed. We recognized that the flares, which MAXI detected, are occurred from limited number of active stars repeatedly, and most, so called "active stars" are quiet in MAXI’s monitoring. It is notable that the most energetic flare source in the MAXI sample is the quadruple system GT Mus, which is located at 109.594 pc distance (Sasaki et al. 2020). We will review the MAXI monitoring of GT Mus. We also introduce the follow-up observation with NICER.

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2020
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23. Optical and X-ray observations of stellar flares on an active M dwarf AD Leonis with Seimei Telescope, SCAT, NICER and OISTER

Author

K. L. Murata, Kota Iida, Naoto Kojiguchi, Yuta Notsu, Kosuke Namekata, Miyako Tozuka, Noriyuki Katoh, Yasuyuki Wakamatsu, Wataru Iwakiri, Masafumi Niwano, Ryo Adachi, Satoshi Honda, Yohko Tsuboi, Hiroki Onozato, Joel C. Allred, Mariko Kimura, Kazuki Shiraishi, Daisaku Nogami, Motoki Oeda, Kazunari Shibata, Hiroki Kawai, Soshi Okamoto, Adam F. Kowalski, Keisuke Isogai, R. Sasaki, Yusuke Tampo, and Hiroyuki Maehara

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Starspot, X-ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, law, Physics::Space Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

We report multi-wavelength monitoring observations of an M-dwarf flare star AD Leonis with Seimei Telescope (6150--7930 {\AA}), SCAT (Spectroscopic Chuo-university Astronomical Telescope; 3700--7500 {\AA}), NICER (Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer; 0.2--12.0 keV), and collaborations of OISTER (Optical and Infrared Synergetic Telescopes for Education and Research) program. Twelve flares are detected in total which include ten H$\alpha$, four X-ray, and four optical-continuum flares; one of them is a superflare with the total energy of $\sim$ 2.0$\times$10$^{33}$ erg. We found that (1) during the superflare, the H$\alpha$ emission line full width at 1/8 maximum dramatically increases to 14 {\AA} from 8 {\AA} in the low-resolution spectra (R$\sim$ 2000) accompanied with the large white-light flares, (2) some weak H$\alpha$/X-ray flares are not accompanied with white-light emissions, and (3) the non-flaring emissions show clear rotational modulations in X-ray and H$\alpha$ intensity in the same phase. To understand these observational features, one-dimensional hydrodynamic flare simulations are performed by using the RADYN code. As a result of simulations, we found the simulated H$\alpha$ line profiles with hard and high-energy non-thermal electron beams are consistent with that of the initial phase line profiles of the superflares, while those with more soft- and/or weak-energy beam are consistent with those in decay phases, indicating the changes in the energy fluxes injected to the lower atmosphere. Also, we found that the relation between optical continuum and H$\alpha$ intensity is nonlinear, which can be one cause of the non-white-light flares. The flare energy budget exhibits diversity in the observations and models, and more observations of stellar flares are necessary for constraining the occurrence of various emission line phenomena in stellar flares., Comment: 18 pages, 17 figures, Accepted for Publication in PASJ

Published
2020

24. Use of urine flow cytometry parameters to improve the diagnostic performance of urine cytology and nuclear matrix protein 22 test for urothelial cancer surveillance

Author

S.N. Narita, Y.S. Sato, S.K. Kishino, and R. Sasaki

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Urology, lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, lcsh:RC870-923, lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, Nuclear matrix, lcsh:RC254-282, Medicine, Urothelial cancer, business, Urine flow, Cytometry, Urine cytology
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2020
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25. High-Flow Nasal Cannula May Not Reduce the Re-Intubation Rate Compared With a Large-Volume Nebulization-Based Humidifier

Author

R. Sasaki, Takunori Sato, Tatsuki Uemura, Wataru Matsuda, Tatsuya Okamoto, Akio Kimura, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, and Kentaro Kobayashi

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Male, Airway clearance, medicine.medical_treatment, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, medicine.disease_cause, Humidifiers, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Oxygen therapy, medicine, Intubation, Intratracheal, Intubation, Cannula, Humans, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Nebulizers and Vaporizers, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Oxygen, Nebulizer, 030228 respiratory system, Respiratory failure, Anesthesia, Airway Extubation, Female, High flow, business, Respiratory Insufficiency, Nasal cannula
Abstract

BACKGROUND: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy may reduce the re-intubation rate compared with conventional oxygen therapy. However, HFNC has not been sufficiently compared with conventional oxygen therapy with a heated humidifier, even though heated humidification is beneficial for facilitating airway clearance. METHODS: This study was a single-center, open-label, randomized controlled trial. We randomized subjects with respiratory failure after extubation to either HFNC group or to a large-volume humidified nebulization-based nebulizer. The primary end point was the re-intubation rate within 7 d after extubation. RESULTS: We could not recruit enough subjects for the sample size we designed, therefore, we analyzed 69 subjects (HFNC group, 30 subjects; nebulizer group, 39 subjects). The re-intubation rate within 7 d was not significantly different between the HFNC and nebulizer groups (5/30 subjects [17%] and 6/39 subjects [15%], respectively; P > .99). P aO 2 /set F I O 2 at 24 h after extubation was also not significantly different between the respective groups (264 ± 105 mm Hg in the HFNC group vs 224 ± 53 mm Hg in the nebulizer group; P = .07). CONCLUSIONS: Compared with a large-volume nebulization-based humidifier, HFNC may not reduce the re-intubation rate within 7 d. However, because of insufficient statistical power, further studies are needed to reach a conclusion.

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2020

26. Derivation of a model to predict mortality in urban patients with accidental hypothermia: a retrospective observational study

Author

R. Sasaki, Akio Kimura, Kentaro Kobayashi, Tatsuki Uemura, and Wataru Matsuda

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Recursive partitioning, patient outcome assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine, Glasgow Coma Scale, 030212 general & internal medicine, Fibrin degradation products, Prothrombin time, medicine.diagnostic_test, Fibrin degradation product, business.industry, Medical record, General Engineering, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Retrospective cohort study, Original Articles, Emergency department, Hypothermia, prothrombin time, Emergency medicine, Original Article, medicine.symptom, hypothermia, business
Abstract

Aim Accidental hypothermia in urban settings is associated with high mortality rates. However, the predictors of mortality remain under discussion. The purpose of this study was to evaluate prognostic factors and develop a prediction model in patients with accidental hypothermia in urban settings. Methods We retrospectively reviewed medical records in patients with hypothermia brought to our hospital by ambulance in a 7‐year study period. Patients’ records of survival discharge or in‐hospital death and clinical data were collected from medical records. We analyzed factors to predict in‐hospital death using multiple logistic regression analysis. Recursive partitioning analysis was used to construct a prediction model using predictors from multiple logistic regression analysis. Results In the study period, 192 patients were included in this study. Of them, 154 patients were discharged alive and 38 patients died. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that in‐hospital death was related to Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, prothrombin time – international normalized ratio (PT‐INR) value, and fibrin degradation product (FDP). Recursive partitioning analysis revealed that patients with accidental hypothermia could be divided into four groups: very high risk (FDP ≥ 14 µg/mL, PT‐INR ≥ 1.4), high risk (FDP ≥ 14 µg/mL, PT‐INR, Prediction model constructed by recursive partitioning analysis grouping high risk in patients with accidental hypothermia. Data are presented as n = (patients with hospital death) / (all patients).

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2019
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27. The RS CVn–type Star GT Mus Shows Most Energetic X-Ray Flares Throughout the 2010s

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Michael F. Corcoran, Yoshitomo Maeda, Motoko Serino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Teruaki Enoto, Satoshi Nakahira, Zaven Arzoumanian, Wataru Iwakiri, Yohko Tsuboi, Hiroki Kawai, T. Sato, Tatehiro Mihara, Craig B. Markwardt, Keith C. Gendreau, R. Sasaki, Hitoshi Negoro, and Megumi Shidatsu

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Electron density, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Radiative cooling, Star (game theory), Image (category theory), X-ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Type (model theory), 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Flare, Active star
Abstract

We report that the RS CVn-type star GT Mus (HR 4492, HD 101379 + HD 101380) was the most active star in the X-ray sky in the last decade in terms of the scale of recurrent energetic flares. We detected 11 flares from GT Mus in 8 yr of observations with Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) from 2009 August to 2017 August. The detected flare peak luminosities were 1-4 $\times$ 10$^{33}$ erg s$^{-1}$ in the 2.0-20.0 keV band for its distance of 109.6 pc. Our timing analysis showed long durations ($\tau_{\rm r} + \tau_{\rm d}$) of 2-6 days with long decay times ($\tau_{\rm d}$) of 1-4 days. The released energies during the decay phases of the flares in the 0.1-100 keV band ranged 1-11 $\times$ 10$^{38}$ erg, which are at the upper end of the observed stellar flare. The released energies during whole duration time ranged 2-13 $\times$ 10$^{38}$ erg in the same band. We carried out X-ray follow-up observations for one of the 11 flares with Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) on 2017 July 18 and found that the flare cooled quasi-statically. On the basis of a quasi-static cooling model, the flare loop length is derived to be 4 $\times$ 10$^{12}$ cm (or 60 R$_{\odot}$). The electron density is derived to be 1 $\times$ 10$^{10}$ cm$^{-3}$, which is consistent with the typical value of solar and stellar flares (10$^{10-13}$ cm$^{-3}$). The ratio of the cooling timescales between radiative cooling ($\tau_{\rm rad}$) and conductive cooling ($\tau_{\rm cond}$) is estimated to be $\tau_{\rm rad}$ $\sim$ 0.1$\tau_{\rm cond}$ from the temperature; thus radiative cooling was dominant in this flare., Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables, Published for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (23-Mar-2021)

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2021
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28. A survival prediction logistic regression models for blunt trauma victims in Japan

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Akio Kimura, R. Sasaki, Takaaki Suzuki, and Tatsuki Uemura

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, probability of survival (Ps), Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS), business.industry, General Engineering, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, quality of trauma care, Original Articles, Revised Trauma Score, Logistic regression, Surgery, Japan Trauma Data Bank (JTDB), 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Blunt trauma, Emergency medicine, medicine, Injury Severity Score, Original Article, 030212 general & internal medicine, business, survival prediction
Abstract

Aim This research aimed to propose a logistic regression model for Japanese blunt trauma victims. Methods We tested whether the logistic regression model previously created from data registered in the Japan Trauma Data Bank between 2005 and 2008 is still valid for the data from the same data bank between 2009 and 2013. Additionally, we analyzed whether the model would be highly accurate even when its coefficients were rounded off to two decimal places. Results The model was proved to be highly accurate (94.56%) in the recent data (2009–2013). We also showed that the model remains valid without respiratory rate data and the simplified model would maintain high accuracy. Conclusion We propose the equation of survival prediction of blunt trauma victims in Japan to be Ps = 1/(1+e−b), where b = −0.76 + 1.03 × Revised Trauma Score − 0.07 × Injury Severity Score − 0.04 × age.

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2016

29. Prognosis And Patterns Of Relapse After Radiotherapy For Localized Ocular Adnexal Marginal Zone Lymphoma Of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT Lymphoma)

Author

Yasuhito Terui, Senzo Taguchi, R. Sasaki, Kengo Takeuchi, H. Tsuji, Masahiro Yokoyama, Masahiko Oguchi, Yasuo Yoshioka, Y. Mishima, and Noriko Nishimura

Subjects
Cancer Research, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Radiation, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Marginal zone lymphoma, MALT lymphoma, medicine.disease, Radiation therapy, Oncology, medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, business, Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
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2020
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30. Study protocol for single-center, open-label, randomized controlled trial to clarify the preventive efficacy of electrical stimulation for muscle atrophy after trauma

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Takunori Sato, R. Sasaki, Junko Fujitani, Wataru Matsuda, Makiko Yamamoto, Naruaki Otake, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Kentaro Kobayashi, Kento Takii, Akio Kimura, and Tatsuki Uemura

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Male, 030506 rehabilitation, Time Factors, medicine.medical_treatment, Medicine (miscellaneous), Bed rest, Quadriceps Muscle, law.invention, Study Protocol, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Electrical muscle stimulation, Clinical endpoint, Pharmacology (medical), Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Aged, 80 and over, lcsh:R5-920, Rehabilitation, Middle Aged, Combined Modality Therapy, Intensive care unit, Muscle atrophy, Muscular Atrophy, Treatment Outcome, Pelvic fracture, Female, medicine.symptom, lcsh:Medicine (General), 0305 other medical science, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Electric Stimulation Therapy, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, medicine, Humans, Tokyo, Physical Therapy Modalities, Aged, business.industry, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, medicine.disease, Wounds and Injuries, business, Bed Rest
Abstract

Background Management of trauma involves long-term bed rest even when muscle strength in the lower extremities is preserved. Prolonged bed rest reduces muscle mass and causes muscle atrophy. A recent study reported the efficacy of rehabilitation using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) for muscle strength maintenance in intensive care unit patients with disturbance of consciousness. However, despite the expected benefits of EMS in maintaining muscle strength, little is known about its efficacy in trauma patients. Methods/design A single-center, open-label, randomized controlled trial of 40 patients with pelvic fracture to test the effectiveness of 14 days of EMS. The primary outcome will be change in cross-sectional area of the thigh muscle between pre and post intervention, as measured on computed tomography images. We will analyze the primary endpoint by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and analyze the secondary endpoints in an exploratory manner. Conclusion If our hypothesis is confirmed, this study will provide evidence that the use of EMS can be effective in preventing muscle atrophy. Trial registration UMIN registration number: UMIN000030190. Registered on 1 December 2017. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-2872-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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2018
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31. PF700 REAL-WORLD DATA DEMONSTRATE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF LUSUTROMBOPAG IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA UNDERGOING PLANNED INVASIVE PROCEDURES: INTERIM ANALYSIS

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R. Sasaki, C. Shiino, F. De Gregorio, Bin Cai, and R. Bentley

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, medicine, Hematology, Chronic liver disease, medicine.disease, business, Interim analysis, Intensive care medicine, Real world data, Lusutrombopag
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2019
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33. Coping strategies and risk of cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality: the Japan Public Health Center-based prospective Study

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Thomas, Svensson, Manami, Inoue, Norie, Sawada, Kazumasa, Yamagishi, Hadrien, Charvat, Isao, Saito, Yoshihiro, Kokubo, Hiroyasu, Iso, Noriyuki, Kawamura, Kenji, Shibuya, Masaru, Mimura, Shoichiro, Tsugane, S, Tsugane, N, Sawada, M, Iwasaki, S, Sasazuki, T, Shimazu, T, Yamaji, T, Hanaoka, J, Ogata, S, Baba, T, Mannami, A, Okayama, Y, Kokubo, K, Miyakawa, F, Saito, A, Koizumi, Y, Sano, I, Hashimoto, T, Ikuta, Y, Tanaba, H, Sato, Y, Roppongi, T, Takashima, Y, Miyajima, N, Suzuki, S, Nagasawa, Y, Furusugi, N, Nagai, Y, Ito, S, Komatsu, T, Minamizono, H, Sanada, Y, Hatayama, F, Kobayashi, H, Uchino, Y, Shirai, T, Kondo, R, Sasaki, Y, Watanabe, Y, Miyagawa, Y, Kobayashi, M, Machida, K, Kobayashi, M, Tsukada, Y, Kishimoto, E, Takara, T, Fukuyama, M, Kinjo, M, Irei, H, Sakiyama, K, Imoto, H, Yazawa, T, Seo, A, Seiko, F, Ito, F, Shoji, R, Saito, A, Murata, K, Minato, K, Motegi, T, Fujieda, S, Yamato, K, Matsui, T, Abe, M, Katagiri, M, Suzuki, M, Doi, A, Terao, Y, Ishikawa, T, Tagami, H, Sueta, H, Doi, M, Urata, N, Okamoto, F, Ide, H, Goto, N, Onga, H, Takaesu, M, Uehara, T, Nakasone, M, Yamakawa, F, Horii, I, Asano, H, Yamaguchi, K, Aoki, S, Maruyama, M, Ichii, M, Takano, Y, Tsubono, K, Suzuki, Y, Honda, K, Yamagishi, S, Sakurai, N, Tsuchiya, M, Kabuto, M, Yamaguchi, Y, Matsumura, S, Sasaki, S, Watanabe, M, Akabane, T, Kadowaki, M, Inoue, M, Noda, T, Mizoue, Y, Kawaguchi, Y, Takashima, Y, Yoshida, K, Nakamura, R, Takachi, J, Ishihara, S, Matsushima, S, Natsukawa, H, Shimizu, H, Sugimura, S, Tominaga, N, Hamajima, H, Iso, T, Sobue, M, Iida, W, Ajiki, A, Ioka, S, Sato, E, Maruyama, M, Konishi, K, Okada, I, Saito, N, Yasuda, S, Kono, and S, Akiba

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Male, Coping (psychology), medicine.medical_specialty, Myocardial Infarction, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Japan, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Adaptation, Psychological, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective cohort study, Stroke, Aged, Proportional hazards model, business.industry, Incidence, Incidence (epidemiology), Hazard ratio, Avoidance coping, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cohort, Physical therapy, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

Aims Coping strategies may be significantly associated with health outcomes. This is the first study to investigate the association between baseline coping strategies and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality in a general population cohort. Methods and results The Japan Public Health Center-based prospective Study asked questions on coping in its third follow-up survey (2000–04). Analyses on CVD incidence and mortality included 57 017 subjects aged 50–79 without a history of CVD and who provided complete answers on approach- and avoidance-oriented coping behaviours and strategies. Cox regression models, adjusted for confounders, were used to determine hazard ratios (HRs) according to coping style. Mean follow-up time was 7.9 years for incidence and 8.0 years for mortality. The premorbid use of an approach-oriented coping strategy was inversely associated with incidence of stroke (HR = 0.85; 95% CI, 0.73–1.00) and CVD mortality (HR = 0.74; 95% CI, 0.55–0.99). Stroke subtype analyses revealed an inverse association between the approach-oriented coping strategy and incidence of ischaemic stroke (HR = 0.79; 95% CI, 0.64–0.98) and a positive association between the combined coping strategy and incidence of intra-parenchymal haemorrhage (HR = 2.03; 95% CI, 1.01–4.10). Utilizing an avoidance coping strategy was associated with increased mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) only in hypertensive individuals (HR = 3.46; 95% CI, 1.07–11.18). The coping behaviours fantasizing and positive reappraisal were associated with increased risk of CVD incidence (HR = 1.24; 95% CI, 1.03–1.50) and reduced risk of IHD mortality (HR = 0.63; 95% CI, 0.40–0.99), respectively. Conclusion An approach-oriented coping strategy, i.e. proactively dealing with sources of stress, may be associated with significantly reduced stroke incidence and CVD mortality in a Japanese population-based cohort.

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2016
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35. Preparation of metal oxide thin films from organic-additive-free aqueous solutions by low-speed dip-coating

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Takeshi Ito, R. Sasaki, Hiroaki Uchiyama, and Hiromitsu Kozuka

Subjects
Aqueous solution, Materials science, General Chemical Engineering, Inorganic chemistry, General Chemistry, Substrate (electronics), engineering.material, Dip-coating, Metal oxide thin films, Carbon film, Coating, Low speed, engineering, Deposition (phase transition)
Abstract

Here we propose a novel coating technique with low-speed dip-coating for preparing metal oxide thin films from organic-additive-free aqueous solutions, where the film formation on the substrate is achieved via an evaporation-driven deposition during dip-coating of extremely low substrate withdrawal speeds below 1.0 cm min−1 in a thermostatic oven at 25–60 °C. Transparent, crack-free SnO2 and TiO2 precursor films were obtained from SnCl4 and TiOSO4 aqueous solutions, respectively, by low-speed dip-coating. The precursor films thus obtained were crystallized to SnO2 and TiO2 films by the heat treatment at 700 °C for 10 min in air.

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2015
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36. Evaluation of metal cation effects on galvanic corrosion behavior of the A5052 aluminum alloy in low chloride ion containing solutions by electrochemical noise impedance

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Y. Seki, Masatoshi Sakairi, Akira Kaneko, D. Nagasawa, and R. Sasaki

Subjects
Metal cation, Aluminum alloy, Materials science, General Chemical Engineering, Inorganic chemistry, Alloy, chemistry.chemical_element, Conductance, Galvanic corrosion, engineering.material, Electrochemical noise impedance, FFT, Ion, Metal, Electrochemical noise, chemistry, Aluminium, visual_art, Electrochemistry, visual_art.visual_art_medium, Galvanic cell, engineering
Abstract

The effects of metal cations on the galvanic corrosion behavior of the A5052 aluminum alloy in low chloride ion containing solutions (tap water) were examined by electrochemical noise impedance. The electrochemical noise impedance and conductance were calculated by the power spectral density (PSD) of the galvanic current and potential. The oscillations in the galvanic current correlate well with the oscillations in the potential. The total charge (summation of galvanic current) during galvanic corrosion tests was suppressed by the addition of Ca2+, while it was increased with Mg2+ addition. Only a small effect on mean impedance and conductance was observed in solutions with Cu2+ and Mg2+, while addition of Ca2+ strongly influences both the mean impedance and conductance. These results may be explained by the passive film structure changes due to the metal cations. The results obtained in this study indicate that metal cations play a very important role in the corrosion behavior of A5052 aluminum alloys in tap water.

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2014
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37. Modification of the Excess Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Due to Smoking by Seafood/Fish Intake

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E. S. Eshak, H. Iso, K. Yamagishi, Y. Kokubo, I. Saito, H. Yatsuya, N. Sawada, M. Inoue, S. Tsugane, T. Sobue, T. Hanaoka, J. Ogata, S. Baba, T. Mannami, A. Okayama, K. Miyakawa, F. Saito, A. Koizumi, Y. Sano, I. Hashimoto, T. Ikuta, Y. Miyajima, N. Suzuki, S. Nagasawa, Y. Furusugi, N. Nagai, H. Sanada, Y. Hatayama, F. Kobayashi, H. Uchino, Y. Shirai, T. Kondo, R. Sasaki, Y. Watanabe, Y. Miyagawa, Y. Kobayashi, Y. Kishimoto, E. Takara, T. Fukuyama, M. Kinjo, M. Irei, H. Sakiyama, K. Imoto, H. Yazawa, T. Seo, A. Seiko, F. Ito, F. Shoji, A. Murata, K. Minato, K. Motegi, T. Fujieda, K. Matsui, T. Abe, M. Katagiri, M. Suzuki, M. Doi, A. Terao, Y. Ishikawa, T. Tagami, H. Sueta, H. Doi, M. Urata, N. Okamoto, F. Ide, N. Onga, H. Takaesu, M. Uehara, F. Horii, I. Asano, H. Yamaguchi, K. Aoki, S. Maruyama, M. Ichii, M. Takano, Y. Tsubono, K. Suzuki, Y. Honda, S. Sakurai, M. Kabuto, M. Yamaguchi, Y. Matsumura, S. Sasaki, S. Watanabe, M. Akabane, T. Kadowaki, M. Noda, Y. Kawaguchi, Y. Takashima, K. Nakamura, S. Matsushima, S. Natsukawa, H. Shimizu, H. Sugimura, S. Tominaga, M. Iida, W. Ajiki, A. Ioka, S. Sato, E. Maruyama, M. Konishi, K. Okada, N. Yasuda, and S. Kono

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Epidemiology, Health Behavior, Protective factor, Coronary Disease, Sex Factors, Japan, Internal medicine, Environmental health, Humans, Medicine, Fish intake, Myocardial infarction, Risk factor, Aged, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, business.industry, Smoking, Hazard ratio, Age Factors, Absolute risk reduction, food and beverages, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Coronary heart disease, Diet, Seafood, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology, Female, business
Abstract

Seafood/fish intake has been regarded as a protective factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), while smoking is a strong risk factor. To examine whether associations between smoking and risk of CHD are modified by seafood/fish intake, we studied 72,012 Japanese men and women aged 45-74 years who completed 2 food frequency questionnaires, 5 years apart, during the period 1995-2009. After 878,163 person-years of follow-up, 584 incident cases of CHD (101 fatal and 483 nonfatal), including 516 myocardial infarctions, were documented. There was a clear dose-response association between smoking and CHD risk among subjects with a low seafood/fish intake (

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2014
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38. Investigating the performance guarantee system for building envelope glass and frames in Thailand

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R Sasaki, F Nagai, and M Ichinose

Subjects
Consumption (economics), Architectural engineering, Computer science, Frame (networking), Product testing, Production (economics), Facade, Factory, Performance guarantee, Building envelope
Abstract

In Southeast Asia, reduction of energy usage is a necessity because of an increasing trend in building energy consumption. The building envelope performance strongly affects the building’s energy performance necessitating it consideration in energy usage studies. Many studies have been conducted that have encouraged the growing use of green materials in Southeast Asia. However, the studies that have focused on the building envelope are few. It is, therefore, unclear whether the adopted products would perform at the level for which is decided at designed. This study analyses how to rate material performance and the glass and frame production process along with the performance guarantee system used on building envelopes in Thailand located in Southeast Asia. Data were collected in a literature review and field survey. The field survey is an interview survey which was conducted with academicians who focus on the glass industry, architects and façade contractors, and a factory survey which was conducted in a glass factory and aluminium factory in Thailand. As a result, this study presented the material performance decision factor, the production process, and the product testing phase including checking of production performance and the practically referred standards.

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2019
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40. Effect of metal cations on corrosion behavior and surface film structure of the A3003 aluminum alloy in model tap waters

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R. Sasaki, Daisuke Nagasawa, Masatoshi Sakairi, Y. Seki, Kyohei Otani, and Akira Kaneko

Subjects
inorganic chemicals, Aluminum alloy, Materials science, Passive film, Alloy, Inorganic chemistry, Oxide, chemistry.chemical_element, engineering.material, Corrosion, Metal, chemistry.chemical_compound, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Aluminium, Electrochemistry, Tap water, General Materials Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metal cation, Hard metal, Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, visual_art, visual_art.visual_art_medium, engineering, HSAB theory
Abstract

The effect of the metal cations, Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+, and Ni2+, on the oxide film structure and morphology changes during long-term immersion corrosion tests of aluminum alloy (A3003) in model tap waters was investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy. The effect of the metal cations on the corrosion behavior was also investigated with mass change and electrochemical tests. The hardness of the metal cations, X, based on the hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB) concept was applied to explain the effect of metal cations on the passive oxide film structure and corrosion resistance. The mass change rate and corrosion current density decreased with increasing metal cation hardness. The XPS results showed that hard metal cations like Zn2+ and Ni2+ were incorporated in the oxide films, while the four soft metal cations were not incorporated in the oxide films. The results are in good agreement with those which could be expected from the HSAB hardness of the metal cations.

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2013
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42. Improvement of the propulsion force for HTSC-permanent magnet hybrid magnetically levitated carrying system by using the pinned flux of HTSC

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M. Ikeda, R. Sasaki, Shunsuke Ohashi, and T. Ueno

Subjects
Materials science, Condensed matter physics, Electromagnet, Pinning force, Physics and Astronomy(all), Propulsion, law.invention, Hybrid system, Permanent magnet, law, Electromagnetic coil, Condensed Matter::Superconductivity, Magnet, Magnetic levitation, Levitation, Electromagnetic propulsion
Abstract

Magnetically levitated carrying system has been developed. In this system, pinning force of high temperature bulk superconductor (HTSC) is used for the levitation and guidance. The magnetic rail is set on the ground, and flux from the magnetic rail is pinned by HTSCs. To increase levitation force, repulsive force of the permanent magnet is used. For the propulsion system, electromagnets are installed on the surface of the magnetic rail. Improvement of the propulsion force is studied. In the previous system, only flux of the permanent magnet of the carrier is used for propulsion. To increase propulsion force, that of the HTSC of the carrier is also used. Using this excitation method, the propulsion force is improved even though total number of the excited coil is the same.

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2012
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43. Pheromonal Cross-Attraction in True Bugs (Heteroptera): Attraction of Piezodorus hybneri (Pentatomidae) to Its Pheromone Versus the Pheromone of Riptortus pedestris (Alydidae)

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N. Endo, S. Muto, and R. Sasaki

Subjects
Male, Ecology, biology, Heteroptera, Zoology, Pentatomidae, biology.organism_classification, Pheromone trap, Alydidae, Attraction, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Species Specificity, Insect Science, Kairomone, Sex pheromone, Botany, Animals, Pheromone, Female, Sex Attractants, Caproates, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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We investigated the attractiveness of a synthetic form of the pheromone of the soybean stink bug, Piezodorus hybneri (Gmelin), under field conditions, and compared it with that of (E)-2-hexenyl (E)-2-hexenoate, a pheromone component of a competitor, Riptortus pedestris (Fabricius). Many adult stink bugs were attracted to traps baited with 100 mg of the synthetic pheromone (1: 1: one mixture of β-sesquiphellandrene, (R)-15-hexadecanolide, and methyl (Z)-8-hexadecenoate), but few were attracted to 1 or 10 mg. More than twice as many females as males were attracted to this male-produced pheromone. None of the individual pheromone components (30 mg) attracted conspecifics. In summer (June-July), when field P. hybneri were not in diapause, (E)-2-hexenyl (E)-2-hexenoate was more attractive to P. hybneri than the synthetic pheromone. The sex ratio of the adults attracted to the synthetic pheromone was highly female-biased, yet almost equal numbers of both sexes were attracted to (E)-2-hexenyl (E)-2-hexenoate. Most females attracted to both attractants were mated and had mature ovaries. However, adults attracted to (E)-2-hexenyl (E)-2-hexenoate were likely to have less food in their stomach than those attracted to the synthetic pheromone. In late autumn (October-November), when the bugs were in reproductive diapause, both attractants attracted many sexually immature female and male adults that had well-developed fat body. The synthetic pheromone also attracted a large number of conspecific nymphs. These results suggest that P. hybneri pheromone and R. pedestris pheromone component, respectively, have different functions for P. hybneri. The male-produced pheromone system of P. hybneri seems to be sex-related but to have other roles.

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2010
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44. Retrospective analysis of efficacy and safety of cell-free and concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy in pancreatic cancer patients with malignant ascites

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K. Suto, Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, Hisashi Oda, I. Sano, K. Sakurai, A. Yoshikawa, R. Sasaki, Kazuaki Harada, S. Nozawa, Takuto Miyagishima, H. Ebata, and R. Abiko

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Hematology, Cell free, medicine.disease, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Pancreatic cancer, Internal medicine, Ascites, Retrospective analysis, Medicine, medicine.symptom, business
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2018
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46. Solution of the dual reflection equation for An−1(1) solid-on-solid model

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W. L. Yang and R. Sasaki

Subjects
Physics, Pure mathematics, Reflection formula, Diagonal, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Isomorphism, Mathematical Physics, Dual (category theory)
Abstract

We obtain a diagonal solution of the dual reflection equation for elliptic $A^{(1)}_{n-1}$ SOS model. The isomorphism between the solutions of the reflection equation and its dual is studied.

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2004
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47. Mental Retardation in a Boy with Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia: A Clue to Contiguous Gene Syndrome Involving DAX1 and IL1RAPL

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Tomonobu Hasegawa, Tsutomu Ogata, Kazumasa Saitoh, Eiichi Kinoshita, R Sasaki, and Yasuji Inamo

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Brain damage, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Contiguous gene syndrome, Endocrinology, Intellectual Disability, Internal medicine, X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita, medicine, Humans, X chromosome, DAX-1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor, business.industry, Adrenal hypoplasia, Receptors, Interleukin-1, Adrenal crisis, DNA, medicine.disease, DNA-Binding Proteins, Repressor Proteins, Child, Preschool, Congenital adrenal hypoplasia, DAX1, medicine.symptom, Interleukin-1 Receptor Accessory Protein, business, Adrenal Insufficiency
Abstract

We report on a 2 years and 9 months old Japanese boy with adrenal hypoplasia and mental retardation (MR) (developmental quotient approximately 60) which occurred in the absence of severe adrenal crisis and resultant brain damage. Cytogenetic and molecular studies were performed in this boy and his parents with normal phenotype, showing that the boy had a maternally derived approximately 2 Mb interstitial Xp deletion involving DAX1 (DSS-AHC critical region on the X chromosome, gene 1) for adrenal hypoplasia congenita and disrupting IL1RAPL (interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein-like) for non-specific MR. The results explain the development of MR in this boy in terms of contiguous gene syndrome, and suggest the importance of IL1RAPL analysis in patients with adrenal hypoplasia and MR.

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2003
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48. Read-Write Simulation of Magnetic Recording at Finite Temperatures

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A. Matsuo, K. Shinagawa, S. Takanosu, R. Sasaki, and N. Fujiwara

Subjects
Physics, Voltage reduction, Logarithm, business.industry, Condensed Matter Physics, Finite element method, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Computational physics, Hysteresis, Master equation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Poisson's equation, business, Instrumentation, Thermal energy, Voltage
Abstract

In order to study the thermal stability of magnetic recording media, a hysteresis model of a medium at finite temperatures is proposed, based on an ensemble of non-interacting Stoner-Wohlfarth single-domain particles. The model takes into consideration the switching rate of each particle by using the Neel-Arrhenius law and the master equation. Using this model, a finite-element numerical read/write (R/W) simulation is performed by solving the Poisson equation for the two-dimensional model of a thin-film head and longitudinal media system. As a result, the output voltages at 77 kBPI and 141 kBPI at room temperature are found to be reduced linearly with the logarithmic time, on account of the thermal energy. In addition, the slope of the output voltage reduction is much larger for media with a lower KuV/kBT, a finding consistent with experimental results. R/W simulation using the proposed model may be useful for evaluating the thermal stability of the recording medium.

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2002
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49. Experimental miniature swine for facial nerve reconstructive research using dental pulp cells

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Hajime Matsumine, Y. Watanabe, T. Ando, and R. Sasaki

Subjects
business.industry, 0206 medical engineering, Dentistry, Miniature swine, 02 engineering and technology, 020601 biomedical engineering, Facial nerve, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Otorhinolaryngology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Medicine, Surgery, Oral Surgery, business
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2017
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