Precipitation chemistry in Japan 1989–1993     

Hiroshi Hara  Moritsugu Kitamura  Atsuko Mori  Izumi Noguchi  Tsuyoshi Ohizumi  Sinya Seto  Tadashi Takeuchi  Teruyuki Deguchi 《Water, air, and soil pollution》1995,85(4):2307-2312

Precipitation chemistry in Japan was discussed on a wet-only sample database obtained in a nationwide survey from April 1989 to March 1993. Wet-only samples were collected at 29 stations over Japan on a biweekly basis. Commonly determined chemical parameters were measured in laboratories. The volume-weighted annual mean pH at each site ranged from 4.50 to 5.83 with a mean of 4.76. Concentration ranges and means (parenthesized) on an equivalent basis for major ions were as follows: nss-SO₄ ^2–; 5.2–58.9 (38.6), NO₃ ^–; 1.8–25.0 (14.1), NH₄ ⁺; 0.55–29.8 (18.3), nss-Ca²⁺; 2.0–34.5(14.2), Na⁺; 6.4–275.3 (49.1), Cl^–; 13.7–322.4 (63.5) eq L^–1. Acid-base relationships for Phase-II records were quantitatively discussed in terms of three measures: pH, fractional acidity, and our proposed pA_i.  相似文献   

Adsorption behavior of heavy metals on biomaterials   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

Minamisawa M  Minamisawa H  Yoshida S  Takai N 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2004,52(18):5606-5611

We have investigated adsorption of Cd(II) and Pb(II) at pH 2-6.7 onto the biomaterials chitosan, coffee, green tea, tea, yuzu, aloe, and Japanese coarse tea, and onto the inorganic adsorbents, activated carbon and zeolite. High adsorptive capabilities were observed for all of the biomaterials at pH 4 and 6.7. In the adsorption of Cd(II), blend coffee, tea, green tea, and coarse tea have comparable loading capacities to activated carbon and zeolite. Although activated carbon, zeolite, and chitosan are utilized in a variety of fields such as wastewater treatment, chemical and metallurgical engineering, and analytical chemistry, these adsorbents are costly. On the other hand, processing of the test biomaterials was inexpensive, and all the biomaterials except for chitosan were able to adsorb large amounts of Pb(II) and Cd(II) ions after a convenient pretreatment of washing with water followed by drying. The high adsorption capability of the biomaterials prepared from plant materials is promising in the development of a novel, low-cost adsorbent. From these results, it is concluded that heavy metal removal using biomaterials would be an effective method for the economic treatment of wastewater. The proposed adsorption method was applied to the determination of amounts of Cd(II) and Pb(II) in water samples.  相似文献   

CEREBRAL SINUS VENOGRAPHY IN THE DOG: A NEW TECHNIQUE     

G. Elizabeth  Pluhar  DVM  MS  Russell L.  Tucker  DVM  Patrick R.  Gavin  DVM  PhD  Rodney S.  Bagley  DVM  Mitsuhiko  Takeuchi  DVM 《Veterinary radiology & ultrasound》1997,38(2):112-115

A new of performing cerebral sinus venography was developed that opacivies both the ventral and most of the dorsal venous sinus systems. A pediatric angiographic catheter was introduced into the external jugular vein and advanced to the level of the temporal sinus. Iodinated contrast medium was injected manually and radiographs were made. Subtraction radiography was used to visualize vessels field wit contast medium. Venography was simple and relatively non-invasive and was considered safe. The technique was used to confirm occlusion of the transverse venous sinus in healthy dogs that had undergone radical craniectomies.  相似文献   

Detection of uremic peaks in dogs by anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography.     

M Kawamura  F Ohashi  F Murakami  N Takai  R Nishimura  N Sasaki  A Takeuchi 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》1992,54(5):951-955

Sera of dogs with gentamicin-induced uremia were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography system with strongly basic macroreticular anion exchange resin. Satisfactory separation of peaks was achieved with good reproducibility after deproteinization of sera with trichloroacetic acid at a final concentration of 3%, confirming that the system was suitable for qualitative analysis of uremic serum. The chromatograms showed that the number of peaks and the peak area had relation to concentrations of serum urea nitrogen or creatinine and severity of uremia. Four peaks were selected as suspected canine uremic peaks with high correlation to serum creatinine concentrations which were hardly influenced by extrarenal factors. The results suggested that these four fractions might contain uremic toxins.  相似文献   

Effects of discontinuity on heritabilities and phenotypic correlations for classified type characteristics in Japanese black heifers     

Hiroaki Iwaisaki 《Livestock Production Science》1983,10(6):611-616

The data on classified type-characteristics of 1692 Japanese Black breeding heifers were analyzed to investigate the effects of discontinuity and to estimate the heritabilities and phenotypic correlations in the underlying continuous scale. The parameters in an outward scale were computed with the equally-spaced scoring, employing mixed-model least squares procedures, and then those were adjusted for the effects of discontinuity.The effects of discontinuity for the classified type characteristics were generally minor in this applied work.  相似文献   

A framework for environmental management planning — A landscape-ecological approach     

Kazuhiko Takeuchi  Dong-Kun Lee 《Landscape Ecology》1989,3(1):53-63

Framework, concepts, and methods of Environmental Management Planning (EMP) are discussed. A landscape-ecological approach was taken to integrate the environmental indices. EMP focuses on regional factors- natural, social, amenity related — and becomes more sensitive as the scale of study increases. The processes of EMP include a vertical aspect, dealing with pollution, conservation, and amenities, and a more general horizontal component which involves zoning and land use planning. Environmental impacts may be assessed by modeling exercises using all available data and considering all land use options. To keep up with the rapid change of environment and its perception, EMP should be process-oriented rather than purpose-oriented. The concepts of EMP were applied to the middle basin of the Tamagawa River and it was shown that mulvariate analysis is useful for the regional subdivision and environmental modeling.  相似文献   

Insulin-like growth factor-I stimulated DNA replication in mouse endometrial stromal cells     

Inoue A  Takeuchi S  Takahashi S 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2005,51(3):305-313

Much evidence has suggested that sex steroid hormone-induced growth of uterine cells is mediated by polypeptide growth factors synthesized in uterine tissues. The present study aimed to clarify the effect of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) on the proliferation of mouse endometrial stromal cells obtained from immature mice. IGF-I and IGF-I receptor (type I) mRNAs were detected in the endometrial stromal cells. IGF-I increased bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) uptake in the endometrial stromal cells, indicating an increase in DNA replication. E2 increased IGF-I mRNA levels in the endometrial stromal cells. IGF-I receptor is a tyrosine kinase receptor, and treatment with genistein, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, reduced IGF-I-induced BrdU-uptake in the endometrial stromal cells. IGF-I signaling pathways involve mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI-3 kinase). Treatment with 10(-7) M of the MAP kinase inhibitor PD098059 and 10(-5) M of the PI-3 kinase inhibitor LY294002 decreased IGF-I-induced BrdU-uptake in the endometrial stromal cells. However, LY294002 (10(-5) M) also decreased the BrdU-uptake in the absence of IGF-I treatment. These results suggest that endometrial IGF-I is involved in the proliferation of endometrial stromal cells in a paracrine or autocrine manner, and that the MAP kinase pathway is involved in DNA replication of endometrial stromal cells.  相似文献   

Carcinogenicity and chronic toxicity in mice and rats exposed by inhalation to para-dichlorobenzene for two years     

Aiso S  Takeuchi T  Arito H  Nagano K  Yamamoto S  Matsushima T 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2005,67(10):1019-1029

Carcinogenicity and chronic toxicity of para-dichlorobenzene (p-DCB) were examined by exposing 50 BDF1 mice and 50 F344 rats of both sexes by inhalation to p-DCB vapor at a target concentration of 0 (control), 20, 75 or 300 ppm for 6 hr/day, 5 days/week and 2 years. Incidences of hepatocellular carcinomas, hepatoblastomas and hepatic histiocytic sarcomas in the 300 ppm-exposed male mice, and hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas and hepatoblastomas in the 300 ppm-exposed female mice were increased. An increase in the incidences of most of those liver tumors was dose-related. No increase in tumor incidence was found in any p-DCB-exposed rat of either sex. Centrilobular hypertrophy of hepatocytes and papillary mineralization and pelvic urothelial hyperplasia of the kidney were noted in the 300 ppm-exposed male rats. Treatment- and age-related increases in incidences of the eosinophilic globules of the respiratory and olfactory epithelia in female rats and incidences of the respiratory metaplasia of the nasal gland epithelium in mice and rats and the olfactory epithelium in mice were noted. The nasal lesion was the most sensitive endpoint of chronic inhalation toxicity. Induction of the mouse hepatocarcinogenicity and lack of the rat nephrocarcinogenicity found in the present study were compared with the mouse liver tumors and the rat renal tumors reported by the NTP gavage study, and discussed in light of the estimated p-DCB uptake into the body through the inhalation and the oral administration.  相似文献   

Comparison of virulence of various hantaviruses related to hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in newborn mouse model   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Lokugamage K  Kariwa H  Lokugamage N  Iwasa M  Hagiya T  Araki K  Tachi A  Mizutani T  Yoshimatsu K  Arikawa J  Iwasaki T  Takashima I 《The Japanese journal of veterinary research》2004,51(3-4):143-149

The virulence of hantaviruses that are antigenically related but have different genetic characteristics from the prototype of hantavirus, Hantaan (HTN) virus, was examined in newborn mice. The H5 and B78 strains of the Amur (AMR) genotype, the Bao14 strain of the Far East (FE) genotype, and the 76-118 strain of HTN virus were inoculated subcutaneously (1focus-forming unit; FFU) into newborn mice. All of the AMR and FE genotype viruses inoculated mice were died by 16 days post-infection (dpi) and 21 dpi, respectively, while 50% of the HTN virus inoculated mice survived until 30 dpi. The AMR and FE genotype viruses inoculated mice had high viral titers in the lung (1.3x10(6) to 1.3x10(8) FFU/gram [g] tissue) , brain (2.1x10(7) to 1.2x10(9) FFU/g tissue), and kidney(2.5x10(5) to 1.6x10(7) FFU/g tissue), and showed a detectable level of antibodies (titers 1:16-1:32) at 14 dpi. In contrast, the HTN virus infected mice had viruses only in the lungs at low titers (1.1-5.3x10(5) FFU/g tissue). Observations of body-weight changes revealed that the AMR and FE genotype viruses inoculated mice had lower growth rates than the HTN virus inoculated mice. These data suggest that the AMR and FE genotype viruses are more virulent than the HTN virus in newborn mice.  相似文献   

Epizootiologic survey for Babesia microti among small wild mammals in northeastern Eurasia and a geographic diversity in the beta-tubulin gene sequences     

Zamoto A  Tsuji M  Wei Q  Cho SH  Shin EH  Kim TS  Leonova GN  Hagiwara K  Asakawa M  Kariwa H  Takashima I  Ishihara C 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2004,66(7):785-792

We previously reported that small wild rodents in Japan harbor two types of novel Babesia microti-like parasites (designated as Hobetsu and Kobe types), but not the type commonly found in the northeastern United States (U.S. type) where human babesiosis is endemic. To determine whether these new types of parasites are distributed in places surrounding Japan, an epizootiologic survey was undertaken in three geographically distant areas in northeastern Eurasia; South Korea, Vladivostok in Russia, and Xinjiang in China. Blood samples were collected from a total of 387 animals comprising 24 species. DNAs extracted from the samples were tested by nested PCR targeting babesial nuclear small-subunit rRNA gene (rDNA), which revealed that small rodents harboring B. microti exist in all three survey areas. Sequence analysis showed that all PCR-positive samples had rDNA sequences virtually identical to that of U.S.-type B. microti. However, when beta-tubulin gene sequences were compared, evident geographic variations were seen. By use of primers specific for each of the beta-tubulin genes of Kobe-, Hobetsu-, and U.S.-type parasites, a type-specific PCR was developed. Parasite with Hobetsu- or Kobe-type sequence was not detected from any of the three survey areas. These findings suggest that U.S.-type B. microti is widely distributed among small wild mammals in temperate zones of not only North America, but also Eurasia, whereas that Hobetsu- and Kobe-type parasites may be uniquely distributed in Japan.  相似文献