Identifications and SEDs of the detected sources from the AKARI Deep Field South

In order to find counterparts of the detected objects in the AKARI Deep Field South (ADFS) in all available wavelengths, we searched public databases (NED, SIMBAD and others). Checking 500 sources brighter than 0.0482 Jy in the AKARI Wide-S band, we found 114 sources with possible counterparts, among which 78 were known galaxies. We present these sources as well as our first attempt to construct spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for the most secure and most interesting sources among them, taking into account all the known data together with the AKARI measurements in four bands.Comment: 4 pages, 10 figures, To appear in: the proceedings of the conference "AKARI, a light to illuminate the misty Universe", February 16-19 2009, Toky

KNEE AND ANKLE JOINT KINEMATICS IN KENDO MOVEMENT AND THE REPEATABILITY

Kendo, a Japanese martial art of sword fighting, comprises strike and thrust motion against a specific target of a part of an opponent’s body. Among kendo athletes, chronic Achilles tendon (AT) injuries are frequently observed only on the left side probably because a main power source lies in the left side of the lower body for the repetitive forward-back bounding steps in the strike motion. It has been reported that the AT injury may be linked to abnormal joint biomechanics among runners. In order to make better clinical decision on the AT injury treatment in kendo athletes, therefore, we should focus on joint biomechanics of the left side of the lower extremity in kendo movement. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the joint kinematics of knee and ankle in the kendo movement and quantify the repeatability

An electro-chemo-mechanical analysis of solid oxide fuel cell considering evolution of microstructure in porous electrode using phase-field method

For the numerical simulation of oxygen potential distributions in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), the time-evolution of the anode microstructure is reflected in the macroscopic electrical conductivities and the amount of triple-phase boundaries. Once the oxygen potential distributions are determined, the time-variation of the reduction-induced strains due to nonstoichiometry of oxide materials is calculated along with the thermal strains. These strains cause the macroscopic stresses in mutually constrained components. Thus, the capability of the proposed method is demonstrated in characterizing the aging degradation of the macroscopic electro-chemo-mechanical behavior of SOFC that is caused by the Nisintering in cermet microstructures during long-period control