クラドスポリウム属菌によるブドウの褐点病について

Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresenius) de Vries and Cladosporium herbarum (Pers. ) Link ex Fr. were isolated from grape berries that had been commonly called 'black navel', and were found to cause the disease. In view of the colour of lesions that were observed most frequently at the stage of maturing, the disease was named brown spot of grapes

The LTE simulation on decaying arc plasmas in various arc quenching gases in a model circuit breaker

The present report describes numerical thermofluid simulation results of various gas arcs in a nozzle space at atmospheric pressure on the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium condition. It is crucial to investigate fundamentals on arc extinction phenomena by numerical simulation approach as well as experimental approach. The SF6, Ar, CO2 and N2 arcs in our experimental setup were treated for the present calculation because we can accurately control the voltage and arc current in our experimtants and we can perform accurate electron density measurements for fundamental investigation and comparison. Two-dimensional temperature distributions in various gas-blast arcs were calculated in a steady state at a direct current of 50 A. Furthermore, transient temperature distributions in these arcs were computed under free recovery condition. Then, we calculated transient responses under free recovery condition by using calculated results in the steady state. The calculated arc voltage in the steady state and the transition of electron density under free recovery condition were compared with those obtained by laser Thomson scattering method in our experiments. © 2015 IEEE

Evaluation on current interruption ability of CO2 and SF6 using current and voltage application highly controlled by power semiconductors

This paper reports a new simple test technique to evaluate current interruption ability of arc quenching gases. In the test, current and voltage applied to the arc was controlled using a insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). Switching the IGBT enables us to produce free recovery conditions for a fundamental arc decay in nozzles. In addition to this, a voltage was intentionally applied to the free recovery arcs between the electrodes by switching-off IGBT again at the specified delay time td. This applied voltage is called quasi transient recovery voltage (quasi-TRV). We can evaluate successful interruption or interruption failure by measuring the current between the electrodes after quasi-TRV application. We compared the interruption ability of SF6 and CO2 through this developed technique. The experimental results show that a residual arc in SF6 gas flow decays four times more rapidly than that in CO2 gas flow. Influence of observation holes in the nozzles used in the experiments was also investigated, showing less influence of observation on the arc behavior. © 2015 IEEE

Surgery for postoperative recurrence of gastric cancer

The six patients who underwent reoperation for recurrence of gastric cancer following surgery were clinically analysed, of whom one had lung metastasis and the other five local recurrences. The conditions of resectability are that carcinoma infiltration should be limited, the disease-free interval-after the first operation should be long and there are no blood-borne metastases into the lung and the liver. The surgical outcome for lung metastasis was pessimistic. It is emphasized that multidisciplinary therapy and early detection are indispensable for improving the surgical outcome in the treatment of recurrence of gastric cancer

Early Gastric Cancer Presenting Pyloric or Prepyloric Stenosis

Out of 390 patients with early gastric cancer (EGC) who underwent gastric resection between Jan. 1968 and Jul. 1987, four patients developed pyloric stenosis and one patient developed prepyloric stenosis. Macroscopic types of EGC were II c in three cases and II c + III in two cases. Histologic types were tubular adenocarcinoma in four patients, and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in one patient. Cancer existed just right on or immediately adjacent to the pyloric ring in all patients; and extended transversely to the gastric axis in four patients, and longitudinally in one patient. An associated open ulcer and/or ulcer scar in the cancer lesion was seen in four patients, and submucosal fibrosis in three patients to a variety of degree, both of which were thought to be greatly attributed to pyloric or prepyloric stenosis. A duodenal ulcer was not present in any patients

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Multifamily psychoeducation for improvement of mental health among relatives of patients with major depressive disorder lasting more than one year: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Fujika Katsuki 1