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Yamauchi, Toshimasa,Hara, Kazuo,Maeda, Shiro,Yasuda, Kazuki,Takahashi, Atsushi,Horikoshi, Momoko,Nakamura, Masahiro,Fujita, Hayato,Grarup, Niels,Cauchi, Stephane,Ng, Daniel P K,Ma, Ronald C W,Tsunoda, Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan P 2010 Nature genetics Vol.42 No.10
We conducted a genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes (T2D) using 459,359 SNPs in a Japanese population with a three-stage study design (stage 1, 4,470 cases and 3,071 controls; stage 2, 2,886 cases and 3,087 controls; stage 3, 3,622 cases and 2,356 controls). We identified new associations in UBE2E2 on chromosome 3 and in C2CD4A-C2CD4B on chromosome 15 at genome-wide significant levels (rs7612463 in UBE2E2, combined P = 2.27 ? 10<SUP>??9</SUP>; rs7172432 in C2CD4A-C2CD4B, combined P = 3.66 ? 10<SUP>??9</SUP>). The association of these two loci with T2D was replicated in other east Asian populations. In the European populations, the C2CD4A-C2CD4B locus was significantly associated with T2D, and a combined analysis of all populations gave P = 8.78 ? 10<SUP>??14</SUP>, whereas the UBE2E2 locus did not show association to T2D. In conclusion, we identified two new loci at UBE2E2 and C2CD4A-C2CD4B associated with susceptibility to T2D.
Protection Design of DC Smart Grid
Yamauchi, Hayato,Kina, Masahiko,Kurohane, Kyohei,Yona, Atsushi,Senjyu, Tomonobu The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers 2012 The Journal of International Council on Electrical Vol.2 No.3
Recently, introduction of renewable energy such as photovoltaics and wind energy has gained precedence for greenhouse gas reduction and oil substitution. However, due to the power fluctuation of renewable energy sources, voltage and frequency deviation are problematic in power systems. From the background, smart grids are attracting attention. Already, a smart grid based on AC grid is proposed. However, no study on research is presented or published on a smart grid based on DC grid. DC smart grid has been presented by the authors. The DC smart grid is robust to ac-side fault conditions. However, dc faults in the DC smart grid are not considered in previous papers. This paper analyzes dc faults, their transients, and the resulting protection issues in the DC smart grid. Over-current fault are analyzed in detail and provide an insight into protection system design. The effectiveness of the proposed method is performed by using PSIM environment.
What Factors Mediate Individual Differences in Color Matching?
Atsushi Konno,Kunihiro Hatakeyama,Yuki Kawashima,Tomonori Tashiro,Takehiro Nagai,Yasuki Yamauchi 한국색채학회 2017 AIC 2017 Jeju Vol.2017 No.10
We aimed to specify physiological factors which mediate individual differences in color matching. In previous studies, we found that the deviations of the color matching for the red-green direction is correlated with the macular pigment density. However, the factors causing blue-yellow deviation were not clarified. In this study, we performed a color matching experiment using metamers with the identical tristimulus values and an identical amount of the macular pigment absorption to examine the deviations of the color matching in the blue-yellow direction. As a result, there was a correlation between color matching deviations and the amounts of light absorbed by lens for each metamer, suggesting that the deviations of color matching in blue-yellow direction may be due to the amount absorbed of lens. These results suggest that individual difference in color matching in short wavelength light is strongly mediated by these two physiological properties of the eye.
Efficacy of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Esophageal Neoplasms under General Anesthesia
Koichi Hamada,Koichiro Kawano,Atsushi Yamauchi,Ryota Koyanagi,Yoshinori Horikawa,Shinya Nishida,Yoshiki Shiwa,Noriyuki Nishino,Michitaka Honda 대한소화기내시경학회 2019 Clinical Endoscopy Vol.52 No.3
Background/Aims: Evidence that general anesthesia (GA) reduces the operative time of esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection(ESD) is currently insuffcient. This study aims to evaluate the effcacy and safety of esophageal ESD under GA. Methods: A total of 227 lesions from 198 consecutive patients with superficial esophageal neoplasms treated by ESD at 3 Japaneseinstitutions between April 2011 and September 2017 were included in this retrospective study. For ESD, GA and deep sedation (DS)were used in 102 (51.5%, GA group) and 96 patients (48.5%, DS group), respectively. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in age, sex, or comorbidities between the groups. In the GA group, the tumorsize was larger (21 [3–77] mm vs. 14 [3–63] mm, p<0.001), luminal circumference was larger (≥2/3; 13.9% vs. 5.4%, p=0.042), proceduretime was shorter (28 [5–202] min vs. 40 [8–249] min, p<0.001), and submucosal dissection speed was faster (25.2 [7.8–157.2] mm2 /minvs. 16.2 [2.4–41.3] mm2 /min, p<0.001). The rates of intraoperative perforation and aspiration pneumonia were lower in the GA group,but the difference did not achieve statistical significance (p=0.242 and p=0.242). Conclusions: GA shortens the procedure time of esophageal ESD.
Yamamoto Tomohiko,Kato Atsushi,Hayakawa Masato,Shimoyama Kazuhito,Ara Kuniaki,Hatakeyama Nozomu,Yamauchi Kanau,Eda Yuhei,Yui Masahiro 한국원자력학회 2024 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.56 No.3
In a secondary cooling system of a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), rapid detection of hydrogen due to sodiumwater reaction (SWR) caused by water leakage from a heat exchanger tube of a steam generator (SG) is important in terms of safety and property protection of the SFR. For hydrogen detection, the hydrogen detectors using atomic transmission phenomenon of hydrogen within Ni-membrane were used in Japanese proto-type SFR “Monju”. However, during the plant operation, detection signals of water leakage were observed even in the situation without SWR concerning temperature up and down in the cooling system. For this reason, the study of a new hydrogen detector has been carried out to improve stability, accuracy and reliability. In this research, the authors focus on the difference in composition of hydrogen and the difference between the background hydrogen under normal plant operation and the one generated by SWR and theoretically estimate the hydrogen behavior in liquid sodium by using ultra-accelerated quantum chemical molecular dynamics (UA-QCMD). Based on the estimation, dissolved H or NaH, rather than molecular hydrogen (H2), is the predominant form of the background hydrogen in liquid sodium in terms of energetical stability. On the other hand, it was found that hydrogen molecules produced by the sodium-water reaction can exist stably as a form of a fine bubble concerning some confinement mechanism such as a NaH layer on their surface. At the same time, we observed experimentally that the fine H2 bubbles exist stably in the liquid sodium, longer than previously expected. This paper describes the comparison between the theoretical estimation and experimental results based on hydrogen form in sodium in the development of the new hydrogen detector in Japan.
Takahiro Nagata,Sadahiro Funakoshi,Daisuke Morihara,Satoshi Shakado,Keiji Yokoyama,Kazuhide Takata,Takashi Tanaka,Atsushi Fukunaga,Ryo Yamauchi,Hiromi Fukuda,Hiroki Matsuoka,So Imakiire,Hideto Sakisak 대한장연구학회 2023 Intestinal Research Vol.21 No.4
Background/Aims: The frequency and details of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) complications in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remain unclear. This study aimed to clarify characteristics of NAFLD in patients with IBD.Methods: We retrospectively identified and enrolled patients with IBD diagnosed with or without NAFLD by undergoing abdominal computed tomography (CT) at our institution between 2005 and 2020. The primary endpoint was the complication rate of NAFLD in patients with IBD. Secondary endpoints were the clinical characteristics of nonobese patients with IBD and comorbid NAFLD and their association with nutritional and inflammatory parameters.Results: Twenty-one (21.9%) of 96 eligible patients with IBD also had NAFLD. In nonobese patients (defined as patients with a body mass index <25 kg/m<sup>2</sup>), C-reactive protein (CRP; <i>P</i><0.001) and alanine aminotransferase (<i>P</i>=0.018) levels were higher and the albumin level (<i>P</i>=0.005) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI; <i>P</i>=0.002) values were lower in patients with NAFLD than in those without NAFLD. The PNI value was positively correlated (<i>P</i><0.001) and the CRP level was negatively correlated (<i>P</i>=0.001) with the hepatosplenic ratio. However, in the NAFLD combined group, PNI (<i>P</i><0.05) and CRP values (<i>P</i><0.001) were improved over time after CT imaging by continuing IBD treatment.Conclusions: Worsening nutritional and inflammatory status in IBD patients is associated with complications of NAFLD. Diagnosis of NAFLD in IBD patients using CT imaging might be useful not only for early detection of NAFLD but also in assessing the need for therapeutic intervention for IBD.
Role of Breast Tomosynthesis in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer for Japanese Women
Takamoto, Yayoi,Tsunoda, Hiroko,Kikuchi, Mari,Hayashi, Naoki,Honda, Satoshi,Koyama, Tomomi,Ohde, Sachiko,Yagata, Hiroshi,Yoshida, Atsushi,Yamauchi, Hideko Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.5
Introduction: Mammography is the most basic modality in breast cancer imaging. However, the overlap of breast tissue depicted on conventional two-dimensional mammography (2DMMG) may create significant obstacles to detecting abnormalities, especially in dense or heterogeneously dense breasts. In three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis (3DBT), tomographic images of the breast are reconstructed from multiple projections acquired at different angles. It has reported that this technology allows the generation of 3D data, therefore overcoming the limitations of conventional 2DMMG for Western women. We assessed the detectability of lesions by conventional 2DMMG and 3DBT in diagnosis of breast cancer for Japanese women. Methods: The subjects were 195 breasts of 99 patients (median age of 48 years, range 34~82 years) that had been pathologically diagnosed with breast cancer from December 20, 2010 through March 31, 2011. Both conventional 2DMMG and 3DBT imaging were performed for all patients. Detectability of lesions was assessed based on differences in category class. Results: Of the affected breasts, 77 (75.5%) had lesions assigned to the same categories by 2DMMG and 3DBT. For 24 (23.5%) lesions, the category increased in 3DBT indicating improvement in diagnostic performance compared to 2DMMG. 3DBT improved diagnostic sensitivity for patients with mass, focal asymmetric density (FAD), and architectural distortion. However, 3DBT was not statistically superior in diagnosis of the presence or absence of calcification. Conclusions: In this study, 3DBT was superior in diagnosing lesions in form of mass, FAD, and/or architectural distortion. 3DBT is a novel technique that may provide a breakthrough in solving the difficulties of diagnosis caused by parenchyma overlap for Japanese women.