Lip Formation and Ejecta from LPSO-type Magnesium Alloy Plates in Hypervelocity Impact

Long period stacking ordered (LPSO) type magnesium alloys have the low density, excellent mechanical strength and ignition resistance. LPSO-type magnesium alloys have a great potential as structural materials of satellites. Lip formation and ejecta size were examined when spherical projectiles strikes thin plates made of LPSO-type magnesium alloy at hypervelocities of 5 km/s. Witness plates were placed in front of and behind each target to determine the scattering area. After impact experiments, ejecta were collected from test chamber and lips near penetration hole was examined x-ray computed cosmography (CT) in detail. Results of LPSO-type magnesium alloy plates were compared with those of aluminum alloy (A6061-T6). Images of scattering ejecta taken by a high speed video camera were also discussed.11th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics(IMPLAST 2016), 11 - 14 December 2016, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Indi

A Rare Form of Corneal Opacity Associated with Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita

A 13-year-old Japanese female diagnosed with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SEDC) was referred for ophthalmologic evaluation. Examination with slit-lamp and optical coherence tomography revealed bilateral thin cornea with diffuse corneal opacity which was localised at the posterior stromal depth in the central cornea. Unlike the two previously reported cases of diffuse and nodular patterns of corneal opacity in SEDC, the current case exhibited a rare form of corneal opacity. SEDC is one of the type II collagenopathies, characterised by dwarfism because the mutations in COL2A1 prevent bone growth. Although the existence of type II collagen has not been reported in the human corneal stroma, the aetiology of the opacity in the corneal stroma in SEDC type II collagenopathy is of interest

Effect of Manual Acupuncture Stimulation at “Bai-Hui” (GV 20) or “Yintáng” (Ex-HN3) on Depressed Rats

A previous study on rats showed that simultaneous acupuncture stimulation at the “Bai-Hui” (GV 20) and the “Yintáng” (Ex-HN3) acupoints alleviated the state of depression to an extent similar to that achieved by pharmacotherapy. This study investigated whether the alleviation of the depressed state required simultaneous acupuncture at these two acupuncture points. For the purposes of testing the effect of acupuncture on depressive symptoms, we treated a depression model rat, where depression had been induced by using a mild water-immersion stress technique, with either acupuncture stimulation at only one acupuncture point (GV 20 or Ex-HN3) or an antidepressant, and we measured the immobile time for evaluating the state of depression. Anxiety, as a symptom commonly associated with depression, was also evaluated by measuring the number of head dips. Neither the immobile time nor the number of head dips decreased upon acupuncture stimulation. From this study, single acupuncture stimulation at either “GV 20” or “Ex-HN3” alleviated neither the state of depression nor the anxiety. The water-immersion stress used to make the depression model rats was shown not to induce anxiety; however, the stress induced by immobilizing the rats for acupuncture stimulation did lead to anxiety

ポータブル小型液体クロマトグラフのための深紫外発光ダイオードベースの吸光度検出モジュールの開発

In recent years, there has been increasing demand for miniaturized analytical instruments that allow immediate on-site analysis. We have been developing a portable HPLC system consisting of a column-integrated chip and a compact, low-power electroosmotic flow pump. This study aims to extend the versatility of the portable HPLC system with a further reduction of the overall system size, and thus we constructed a UV absorbance detection module that can be mounted to the column-integrated chip. For this detection module, a UV light-emitting diode (peak wavelength = 255 nm) and photodiode were used as a light source and photodetector, and a system to control their operation and process the signals was also constructed. The developed detection module exhibited excellent performances as an HPLC detector.近年，サンプリングした現場で即時に分析が可能な小型分析装置の需要が高まっている．著者らは，小型・低電力の電気浸透流ポンプとカラム内蔵チップからなる小型HPLCシステムの開発に取り組んできた．本研究では，小型HPLCシステム全体のさらなる小型化を目指しながら検出における汎用性を拡張するため，カラム内蔵チップに適用可能で，汎用性が高い紫外吸光度検出モジュールを構築した．そのために光源及び受光器に深紫外発光ダイオード（ピーク発光波長255 nm）及びフォトダイオードを用いるとともに，これらの動作を制御し，信号を処理するシステムも構築した．さらに，検出モジュールが市販分光光度計並みの感度を持ち，良好にクロマトグラム測定ができることを実証した