International comparison of subclinical atherosclerosis among the Japanese and American men aged 40-49

科学研究費補助金研究成果報告書研究種目: 基盤研究(A)研究期間: 2001～2004課題番号: 13307016研究代表者: 上島 弘嗣（滋賀医科大学・医学部・教授）研究分担者: 三ッ浪 健一（滋賀医科大学・医学部・教授）研究分担者: 村田 喜代史（滋賀医科大学・医学部・教授）研究分担者: 中村 保幸（滋賀医科大学・医学部・助教授）研究分担者: 柏木 厚典（滋賀医科大学・医学部・教授）研究分担者: 岡村 智教（滋賀医科大学・医学部・助教授）研究分担者: 喜多 義邦（滋賀医科大学・医学部・助手）研究分担者: 門脇 崇（滋賀医科大学・医学部・助手

OGLE-2014-BLG-0319 : a sub-Jupiter-mass planetary event encountered degeneracy with different mass ratios and lens-source relative proper motions

We report the discovery of a sub-Jovian-mass planet, OGLE-2014-BLG-0319Lb. The characteristics of this planet will be added into a future extended statistical analysis of the Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) collaboration. The planetary anomaly of the light curve is characterized by MOA and OGLE survey observations and results in three degenerate models with different planetary-mass ratios of q = (10.3, 6.6, 4.5) × 10−4. We find that the last two models require unreasonably small lens-source relative proper motions of μrel ∼ 1 mas yr−1. Considering Galactic prior probabilities, we rule out these two models from the final result. We conduct a Bayesian analysis to estimate physical properties of the lens system using a Galactic model and find that the lens system is composed of a ${0.49}_{-0.27}^{+0.35}\ {M}_{\mathrm{Jup}}$ sub-Jovian planet orbiting a ${0.47}_{-0.25}^{+0.33}\ {M}_{\odot }$ M dwarf near the Galactic Bulge. This analysis demonstrates that Galactic priors are useful to resolve this type of model degeneracy. This is important for estimating the mass-ratio function statistically. However, this method would be unlikely successful in shorter timescale events, which are mostly due to low-mass objects, like brown dwarfs or free-floating planets. Therefore, careful treatment is needed for estimating the mass-ratio function of the companions around such low-mass hosts, which only the microlensing can probe

Clinical effective use of Conquest Pro 12 Sharpened Tip for chronic total occlusion intervention: A series of three case reports

Abstract A new chronic total occlusion (CTO) guidewire, Conquest Pro 12 Sharpened Tip (CP12ST), has a stronger penetration force than the original CP12 and a deflection effect that it does not have. The CP12ST enables us to advance into hard plaque that has not ever penetrated, which might change CTO treatment as shown in three cases

Forskolin stimulates porcine sperm capacitation by increasing calcium uptake

AbstractUsing the fluorescent calcium indicator fura-2, forskolin was found to dose-dependently cause an immediate increase in the concentration of intracellular free calcium of porcine cauda epididymal sperm. This stimulatory effect of forskolin is due to the enhancement of Ca2+ uptake by the verapamil-sensitive transporter on the sperm plasma membrane and results in the promotion of the sperm capacitation and subsequent acrosome reaction