Analysis of Annual Available Water Resources of a Representative Basin in Upper Loess Plateau

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地球地図・グローバル樹木被覆率データの高精度化に関する研究

Dataset 1. Fold-changes of gene expression in roots of 6 week-old Arabidopsis plants. The fold-changes are log2 values. In the column header the upper line/condition is compared to the lower line/condition. Significant up-regulation is indicated by red background color. Significant down-regulation is indicated by green background-color. The residual insignificant and below-threshold values are masked by black background color. Dataset 2. Fold-changes of gene expression in 6 day-old Arabidopsis whole seedlings. The fold-changes are log2 values. In the column header the upper line/condition is compared to the lower line/condition. Significant up-regulation is indicated by red background color. Significant down-regulation is indicated by green background-color. The residual insignificant and below-threshold values are masked by black background color. Dataset 3. Juxtaposition of the fold-changes of gene expression in roots of 6-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings and 6-week-old Arabidopsis roots. The fold-changes are log2 values. In the column header the upper line/condition is compared to the lower line/condition. Significant up-regulation is indicated by red background color. Significant down-regulation is indicated by green background-color. The residual insignificant and below-threshold values are masked by black background color. Dataset 4. Juxtaposition of the fold-changes of gene expression in roots of 6-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings and 6-week-old Arabidopsis roots. The fold-changes are log2 values. In the column header the upper line/condition is compared to the lower line/condition. Significant up-regulation is indicated by red background color. Significant down-regulation is indicated by green background-color. The residual insignificant and below-threshold values are masked by black background color. The genes were filtered so that only genes are present in this table which were found regulated at least in one comparison in whole seedlings and in one comparison in roots. Dataset 5: Genes that are regulated in an iron-dependent manner across 10 studies with a total of 14 comparisons. Up-regulated genes are represented by the value 1 and a red background color. Down-regulated genes are represented by the value -1 and a green background color. Genes with no significant regulation or with regulation below the threshold of the respective study are represented by the value 0 and black background color. The column titled ‘ABS’ shows the number of comparisons in which the gene was found regulated. The column titled ‘SUM’ shows the overall sum of the given values (-1 for down-regulation, +1 for up-regulation, ±0 for no regulation) of all comparisons. The genes with the highest sum are regarded as most stably up-regulated upon iron deficiency. The genes with the lowest sum are regarded as most stably down-regulated upon iron deficiency. The column titled ‘RAT’ contains the result of division of the absolute value of ‘SUM’ by ‘ABS’ and is supposed to provide a threshold for the Supplemental Dataset 6, along with ‘SUM’. (XLSX 4180 kb

Visible ns-pulse laser oscillation in Pr-doped double-clad structured waterproof fluoride glass fibre with SESAM

A visible Q-switched pulse train at 639 nm was successfully generated in a Pr-doped double-clad structured waterproof fluoride glass fibre with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The slope efficiency was calculated as 36.3%. The pulse duration and the radio frequency were measured as 270 ns and 107 kHz at 596 mW of absorbed power, respectively. The pulse energy and the pulse peak power were calculated as 1.32 μJ and 4.87 W, respectively

Role of proinflammatory activity contained in gastric juice from intensive care unit patients to induce lung injury in a rabbit aspiration model

OBJECTIVE: Although aspiration pneumonitis is a severe complication in patients hospitalized in intensive care units, its pathogenesis is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to determine whether the intensity of lung injury and inflammation developing after aspiration during mechanical ventilation differed depending on the inflammatory activity of intensive care unit patients' gastric fluid. DESIGN: In vitro study on human gastric juice and randomized controlled animal study. SETTING: Research laboratories of academic institutions. SUBJECTS: Male New-Zealand white rabbits. INTERVENTIONS: Proinflammatory activity of gastric juice from 17 intensive care unit patients and 12 controls undergoing elective surgery was measured based on a target cell activation assay. Two gastric juices from intensive care unit patients with similar pH but differing for their in vitro proinflammatory activity (high and low) were further instilled into the trachea of ventilated rabbits. Lung function, mechanics, pathology, leukocyte infiltration, and local cytokine levels were measured after 6 hrs. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Gastric juice from intensive care unit patients, even buffered at pH 7.4, stimulated human type II-like A549 epithelial cells to up-regulate intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and interleukin-8, significantly more than juice obtained in controls. Gastric juice from an intensive care unit patient supporting high proinflammatory activity in vitro also induced a more severe and persistent drop in PaO2/FIO2 and respiratory system compliance in ventilated rabbits, a worse histologic score, higher lung lavage concentrations of inflammatory cells, interleukin-8 (p < 0.01), and growth-related oncogene-alpha (p < 0.01) than one fluid with low proinflammatory activity. CONCLUSION: Gastric juice from critically ill patients is proinflammatory and stimulates human pulmonary cells in vitro. A human gastric juice with high proinflammatory activity is more "toxic" to the lung than one with low proinflammatory activity in a ventilated rabbit model, an effect that is independent of pH and particulate matter content

Analysis of Cardiopulmonary Stress during Endoscopy: Is Unsedated Transnasal Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Appropriate for Elderly Patients?

BACKGROUND: Transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) without sedation has been reported to be safe and tolerable. It has recently been used widely in Japan for the detection of upper gastrointestinal disease. Alternatively, transoral examination using a thin endoscope has also been reported to be highly tolerable