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Fundamental Understanding of Nanoporous Carbons for Energy Application Potentials

  • Kaneko, Katsumi;Arai, Miki;Yamamoto, Masahiro;Ohba, Tomonori;Miyamoto, Jun-Ichi;Kim, Dong-Young;Tao, Yousheng;Yang, Cheol-Min;Urita, Kouki;Fujimori, Toshihiko;Tanaka, Hideki;Ohkubo, Takahiro;Utsumi, Shigenori;Hattori, Yoshiyuki;Konishi, Takehisa;Fujikawa, Takashi;Kanoh, Hirofumi;Yudasaka, Masakao;Hata, Kenji;Yumura, Motoo;Iijima, Sumio;Muramatsu, Hiroyuki;Hayashi, Takuya;Kim, Yoong-Ahm;Endo, Morinobu
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.177-180
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    • 2009
  • The importance of nanopore structures of carbons is shown in terms of interaction potential for various molecules including supercritical gases such as $H_2$ and $CH_4$. The key factors for adsorption of supercritical $H_2$ and $CH_4$ are shown for single wall carbon nanohorn, single wall carbon nanotube, and double wall carbon nanotube. The cluster formation of molecules is a key process for water adsorption on hydrophobic carbon nanopores. The X-ray absorption spectroscopic examination elucidates an explicit dehydration structure of ions confined in carbon nanopores.

Effects of Acute Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Muscle Endurance of the Lower Extremities for Young Healthy Adults (일회성 경두개 직류전기자극(tDCS) 적용이 젊은 성인의 하지 근지구력에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Shin-Young;Ko, Do-Kyung;Jeong, Hyeong Do;Lee, Hanall;Lee, Hyungwoo;Kim, Chanki;An, Seungho;Kim, Jiyoung;Moon, Bosung;Son, Jee-Soo;Lee, Dohyeon;Lee, Eui-Young;Lee, Ju Hak;Im, Seungbin;Tan, Yuan;Jeon, Kyoungkyu;Kang, Nyeonju
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.94-102
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    • 2022
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of acute transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the isokinetic muscular endurance of the lower extremity for young adults. Method: Thirteen young adults performed isokinetic fatigue tasks for two experimental conditions including real tDCS and sham stimulation protocols. Before and after the task, the tensiomyography was used for evaluating muscle contraction characteristics of vastus medialis and semitendinosus. Paired t-test was performed to compare the fatigue index, changes in maximum radial displacement (∆Dm), delay time (∆Tc), and velocity of contraction (∆Vc) between tDCS conditions. Results: We found no significant differences in the fatigue index between real and sham conditions. In addition, the analyses identified no significant different values of ∆Dm, ∆Tc, and ∆Vc in the vastus medialis and semitendinosus between real and sham conditions. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the tDCS protocols may have no acute effect on lower limb muscle endurance for young adults. Future studies should consider the long-term effects of repetitive tDCS sessions, various stimulation positions, exercise tasks, and participant characteristics to more clearly understand the effect of tDCS on muscle endurance of lower extremities.

High Expression Level of Preoperative Serum Uroplakin III is Associated with Biologically Aggressive Bladder Cancer

  • Tsumura, Hideyasu;Matsumoto, Kazumasa;Ikeda, Masaomi;Yanagita, Kengo;Hirano, Shuhei;Hagiwara, Masahiro;Nagashio, Ryo;Fujita, Tetsuo;Sato, Yuichi;Iwamura, Masatsugu
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.1539-1543
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    • 2015
  • Background: Uroplakins have been widely investigated as potential markers in patients with bladder cancer because these proteins are specific to the urothelium. However, the role of uroplakin proteins in bladder cancer remains unknown. In this study, preoperative serum levels of uroplakin III were measured in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder and examined for possible association with clinicopathological features and clinical outcomes. Materials and Methods: This study included 52 bladder cancer patients at various stages and 28 healthy controls. Uroplakin III levels were detected in preoperative sera using an automated dot blot system and a micro-dot blot array. Results: There was a significant increase in serum uroplakin III levels in patients with bladder cancer as compared to healthy controls (p<0.05). In addition, serum uroplakin III levels were associated with muscle-invasive status, high grade and lymphovascular invasion (p<0.02). Log-rank tests indicated high serum uroplakin III to be significantly associated with cancer-specific mortality. Conclusions: Determination of serum uroplakin III level could be valuable for identifying patients with biologically aggressive bladder cancer.

AKARI AND SPINNING DUST: INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF ANOMALOUS MICROWAVE EMISSION VIA INFRARED SURVEYS

  • Bell, Aaron C.;Onaka, Takashi;Doi, Yasuo;Sakon, Itsuki;Usui, Fumihiko;Sakon, Itsuki;Ishihara, Daisuke;Kaneda, Hidehiro;Giard, Martin;Wu, Ronin;Ohsawa, Ryou;Mori-Ito, Tamami;Hammonds, Mark;Lee, Ho-Gyu
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.97-99
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    • 2017
  • Our understanding of dust emission, interaction, and evolution, is evolving. In recent years, electric dipole emission by spinning dust has been suggested to explain the anomalous microwave excess (AME), appearing between 10 and 90 Ghz. The observed frequencies suggest that spinning grains should be on the order of 10nm in size, hinting at polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules (PAHs). We present data from the AKARI/Infrared Camera (IRC) due to its high sensitivity to the PAH bands. By inspecting the IRC data for a few AME regions, we find a preliminary indication that regions well-fitted by a spinning-dust model have a higher $9{\mu}m$ than $18{\mu}m$ intensity vs. non-spinning-dust regions. Ongoing efforts to improve the analysis by using DustEM and including data from the AKARI Far Infrared Surveyor (FIS), IRAS, and Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) are described.

THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE AKARI MID-INFRARED ALL-SKY DIFFUSE MAPS

  • Amatsutsu, Tomoya;Ishihara, Daisuke;Kondo, Toru;Kaneda, Hidehiro;Oyabu, Shinki;Yamagishi, Mitsuyoshi;Nakamichi, Keichiro;Sano, Hidetoshi;Onaka, Takashi
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.25-27
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    • 2017
  • We are creating all-sky diffuse maps from the AKARI mid-infrared survey data with the two photometric bands centered at wavelengths of 9 and $18{\mu}m$. The AKARI mid-infrared diffuse maps achieve higher spatial resolution and higher sensitivity than the IRAS maps. In particular, the $9{\mu}m$ data are unique resources as an all-sky tracer of the emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). However, the original data suffer many artifacts. Thus, we have been developing correction methods. Among them, we have recently improved correction methods for the non-linearity and the reset anomaly of the detector response. These corrections successfully reduce the artifact level down to $0.1MJy\;sr^{-1}$ on average, which is essential for discussion on faint extended emission (e.g., the Galactic PAH emission). We have also made progress in the subtraction of the scattered light caused in the camera optics. We plan to release the improved diffuse maps to the public within a year.