Sustainable Development in an Aging Economy

In this paper, we analyze the effects of population aging on economic growth and the environment in a two-period overlapping generations model of growth, aging, and the environment. We show that aging may be beneficial to economic growth and the environment under perfect annuitisation, while possibly harmful under imperfect annuitisation. We also discuss the implications of our results for environmental policy in an aging economy.Population Aging, Overlapping Generations, Economic Growth, Sustainable Development, Environmental Externalities

Lender Liability for Environmental Risk Revisited

There have been opposing conclusions in the literature as to whether lender liability increases the probability of environmentally harmful accidents. This paper shows that s multiplicity of equilibria is the key to solve such contradictory conclusions.Environmental Risk, Lender Liability

Soziale Grundrechte als subjektive Rechte im Verfassungsrecht Ｖergleich der “Theorie der sozialen Grundrechte” in Deutschland und Japan

The present constitution of Japan provides for social rights as constitutional rights. The German constitution is negative to provide for social rights not only as a form of constitutional rights, but also as other forms on the constitution. In this paper, the theory of social rights in Japan is compared with the theory in Germany. The legal character of social rights will then be clarified.departmental bulletin pape

Orchid Fleck Virus: Brevipalpus californicus Mite Transmission, Biological Properties and Genome Structure

Orchid fleck virus (OFV) causes necrotic or chlorotic ring spots and fleck symptoms in many orchid species world-wide. The virus has non-enveloped, bacilliform particles of about 40 nm × 100–150 nm and is sap-transmissible to several plant species. OFV is transmitted by the mite Brevipalpus californicus (Banks) in a persistent manner and efficiently transmitted by both adults and nymphs, but not by larvae. Viruliferous mites retain their infectivity for 3 weeks on a virus-immune host. The genome of OFV consists of two molecules of 6431 (RNA1) and 6001 nucleotides (RNA2). The RNAs have conserved and complementary terminal sequences. RNA1 contains five open reading frames (ORF), and RNA2 encodes a single ORF. Although some of the encoded proteins of OFV have sequences similar to those of proteins of plant rhabdoviruses, OFV differs from viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae in having a bipartite genome

Identification and characterization of structural proteins of orchid fleck virus

Orchid fleck virus (OFV) has a bipartite negative-sense RNA genome with sequence similarities to plant rhabdoviruses. The non-enveloped bullet-shaped particles of OFV are similar to those of the internal ribonucleoprotein (RNP)-M protein structure of rhabdoviruses, but they are about half the size of typical plant rhabdoviruses. Purified preparations contained intact bullet-shaped and filamentous particles. The filamentous particles showed a tightly coiled coil structure or a coiled structure with a helical twist, which resembles the RNP complex of rhabdoviruses. OFV bullet-shaped particles were structurally stable in solutions containing 2% Triton X-100 and 0.8 M NaCl. Western blot analyses revealed that the bullet-shaped particles contained N, P and M proteins, while filamentous particles contained mainly N and P proteins. In addition, a small amount of the L protein was detected in both types of particles. Thus, the structural proteins of OFV have properties similar to those of rhabdoviruses, except that the particles are non-enveloped and are relatively resistant to detergent-treatment under high-salt conditions

Antiferrosmectic ground state of two-component dipolar Fermi gases -- an analog of meson condensation in nuclear matter

We show that an antiferrosmectic-C phase has lower energy at high densities than the non-magnetized Fermi gas and ferronematic phases in an ultracold gas of fermionic atoms, or molecules, with large magnetic dipole moments. This phase, which is analogous to meson condensation in dense nuclear matter, is a one-dimensional periodic structure in which the fermions localize in layers with their pseudospin direction aligned parallel to the layers, and staggered layer by layer.Comment: 4 pages, 3 eps figures. Title and abstract modified. Text is rearrange

Impact of bystander-performed ventilation on functional outcomes after cardiac arrest and factors associated with ventilation-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A large observational study

13301乙第2070号博士（医学）金沢大学博士論文本文Full 以下に掲載：Resuscitation 91(1) pp.122-130 2015. Elsevier. 共著者：Tetsuo Maeda, Takahisa Kamikura, Yoshio Tanaka, Akira Yamashita, Minoru Kubo, Yutaka Takei, Hideo Inab