Abnormal Movements of Japanese Infants following Treatment with Midazolam in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Incidence and Risk Factors

Background. This study was conducted to investigate the incidence of, and factors associated with, myoclonus-like abnormal movements of Japanese infants following treatment with midazolam in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods. We retrospectively investigated abnormal movements and associated risk factors in Japanese infants (less than 1 year old) who received continuous intravenous midazolam treatment in the NICU of the Neonatal Medical Center, Kumamoto City Hospital, Japan, between April 2007 and March 2009. Results. The study included 94 infants who received 119 sessions of midazolam treatment in total. Nine infants (9.6%) developed abnormal movements attributable to midazolam. These nine patients had a significantly lower gestational age at birth, a significantly lower number of weeks after conception at the start of midazolam treatment, and significantly lower body weight compared with patients free of abnormal movements. Logistic regression analysis revealed neonatal asphyxia as a factor associated with an elevated risk of abnormal movements (P = 0.03). Conclusion. The incidence of abnormal movements after midazolam treatment was about 9.6% among the Japanese NICU infants. This result suggests that neonatal asphyxia may be involved in the onset of abnormal movements in infants treated with midazolam

Role of type III homology repeats in cell adhesive function within the cell-binding domain of fibronectin

This research was originally published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. F Kimizuka, Y Ohdate, Y Kawase, T Shimojo, Y Taguchi, K Hashino, S Goto, H Hashi, I Kato, K Sekiguchi and K Titani. Role of type III homology repeats in cell adhesive function within the cell-binding domain of fibronectin. J. Biol. Chem. 1991; 266: 3045-3051 © the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biolog

Different Crystal Chemistries of the 117Cd→117In and 111mCd→111Cd Probes in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 Studied by Time-Differential Perturbed-Angular-Correlation Technique

金沢大学理学部The temperature dependences of the nuclear-electric-quadrupole frequency vQ of 117In doped in LiTaO3 (TC5938 K) and Li12xInx/3TaO3 with x50.2 (TC5818 K) show that the order-disorder of the Li ions is not the driving mechanism for the ferroelectric instability in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 systems, and imply that the oxygen order-disorder is the driving mechanism. The significantly different temperature dependences of vQ of 111Cd in these materials compared, to those of 117In, demonstrate that this order-disorder is of dynamic character

The 2020 UV emitter roadmap

Solid state UV emitters have many advantages over conventional UV sources. The (Al,In,Ga)N material system is best suited to produce LEDs and laser diodes from 400 nm down to 210 nm—due to its large and tuneable direct band gap, n- and p-doping capability up to the largest bandgap material AlN and a growth and fabrication technology compatible with the current visible InGaN-based LED production. However AlGaN based UV-emitters still suffer from numerous challenges compared to their visible counterparts that become most obvious by consideration of their light output power, operation voltage and long term stability. Most of these challenges are related to the large bandgap of the materials. However, the development since the first realization of UV electroluminescence in the 1970s shows that an improvement in understanding and technology allows the performance of UV emitters to be pushed far beyond the current state. One example is the very recent realization of edge emitting laser diodes emitting in the UVC at 271.8 nm and in the UVB spectral range at 298 nm. This roadmap summarizes the current state of the art for the most important aspects of UV emitters, their challenges and provides an outlook for future developments

17.8min [88]Rbノホウカイニヨル [88]Srノジュンイコウゾウ

京都大学0048新制・論文博士理学博士乙第1751号論理博第351号新制||理||140(附属図書館)2854UT51-46-C660(主査)教授 林 竹男, 教授 柳父 琢治, 教授 小林 晨作学位規則第5条第2項該当Kyoto UniversityDA

Observation of M3 isomeric transition from 156mPm through the β--decay of 156Nd

An M3 transition in a doubly odd nucleus of 156Pm was identified by internal conversion electron measurement through the β-decay of 156Nd which was separated from the fission products of 235U using the on-line mass separator KUR-ISOL. The isomeric state at 150.3keV de-excites to the ground state with the M3 transition, and the spin-parity is considered to be 1-. Nilsson configurations are also discussed on the basis of the systematics

Role of type III homology repeats in cell adhesive function within the cell-binding domain of fibronectin

This research was originally published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. F Kimizuka, Y Ohdate, Y Kawase, T Shimojo, Y Taguchi, K Hashino, S Goto, H Hashi, I Kato, K Sekiguchi and K Titani. Role of type III homology repeats in cell adhesive function within the cell-binding domain of fibronectin. J. Biol. Chem. 1991; 266: 3045-3051 © the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biolog

Hyperfine Interaction of 140 Ce(← 140 La) in CaB 6

A 140 La(I π = 3 − , T 1/2 = 40.3 h)-doped layer has been produced in CaB 6 by means of radioactive isotope (RI) beam technique: 140 Cs(I π = 1 − , T 1/2 = 63.7 s) was implanted into CaB 6 and the radioactive equilibrium of 140 Ba-140 La was achieved. The concentration of La in CaB 6 was La/Ca ∼ 0.001 and ∼0.005. Obtained TDPAC spectra of the 2083 keV level of 140 Ce (I π = 4 + , T 1/2 = 3.4 ns, µ = +4.35±0.10µ N ) followed by the β decay of 140 La showed the existence of hyperfine magnetic fields: B hyp = −15.0±0.5 T and −1.00±0.15 T for La/Ca ∼ 0.001 and B hyp = −1.51 ± 0.12 T for La/Ca ∼ 0.005