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Waste Management Technology Transfer and an Incentive to Free-Ride
Naoki Kakita,Kazuyuki Nakamura 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 2010 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 학술대회 Vol.2010 No.7
Waste emission is becoming a serious problem around the world, especially in developing countries. Although it is pointed out that part of the problem facing developing countries arises from the lack of a waste disposal technology: technology transfer from a country possessing advanced technology is rarely undertaken. We investigate this problem by focusing upon the role of international technology transfer motivated by trade liberalization. We show that in expecting tariff reductions, the exporting country has an incentive to transfer technology for waste disposal but this is below socially optimum level since the tariff has a property of public bads for the exporting countries. In addition, we consider the effects of an increase in market competitiveness on national welfare.
Koki Kakita,Naoyuki Hara,Keiji Konishi 제어로봇시스템학회 2015 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2015 No.10
Floating offshore wind turbines have attracted interest in recent years. In floating offshore wind turbines, generator output fluctuation and platform motions are caused by the variation of wind and waves. In this paper, a PI control in collective blade pitch control is used to suppress the fluctuation and motions, and PI controller gains are tuned by the FRIT (Fictitious Reference Iterative Tuning) method. We show that the tuned PI controller improves the disturbance suppression performance.
Hirose, Yuko,Kakita, Mitsuko,Washizu, Toshiyuki,Matsugo, Seiichi Korean Society of Photoscience 2002 Journal of Photosciences Vol.9 No.2
Recently, much attention has been paid to the physiological functions of flavonoids associated with their antioxidant properties. However, there was a lack of information on the molecular mechanism at which flavonoids play the antioxidative role. We have already studied on the oxidation of quercetin with hydrogen peroxide and sodium hypochlorite in alcoholic aqueous solution and determined the oxidation products. Through the structural analysis of the oxidation products, it was clarified that the hydroxyl group at C-3 in the C ring plays the important role in the antioxidative action of quercetin. Successively, rutin and (+)-catechin were oxidized with sodium hypochlorite and their mono- and di-chlorinated derivatives were obtained. These facts indicate that these flavonoids can directly scavenge hypochlorous acid and the active site in this scavenging reaction is not the hydroxyl group at C-3.
Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large Vessel Occlusion via the Transbrachial Approach: Case Series
Tsuji Yuichiro,Miki Takanori,Kakita Hiroto,Sato Kimitoshi,Yoshida Takashi,Shimizu Fuminori 대한신경중재치료의학회 2020 Neurointervention Vol.15 No.2
Mechanical thrombectomy has become a standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion. In aged patients, it is difficult to guide the catheter via the transfemoral approach due to vessel tortuosity and aortic elongation. We report our preliminary clinical experience using the transbrachial approach. Among the 119 patients who underwent thrombectomy from April 2018 to December 2019, a total of 5 patients were treated via the transbrachial approach. Clinical outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. Successful reperfusion was achieved in 4 out of 5 cases. There was 1 death due to symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage. One patient had a good outcome at discharge. There were no access-site complications associated with any of these cases. Transbrachial access for mechanical thrombectomy is feasible and can provide an alternative to the transfemoral approach.
Naoki Omur,Hiroto Kakita,Yusuke Fukuo,Fuminori Shimizu 대한뇌혈관외과학회 2023 Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neuros Vol.25 No.3
Objective: The term “weekend effect” refers to an increase in the mortality rate for hospitalizations occurring on weekends versus weekdays. In this study, we investigated whether such an effect exists in patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion (currently the standard treatment for this condition) at a single center in Japan. Methods: We surveyed 151 patients who underwent mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion (75 and 76 patients were treated during daytime and nighttime, respectively) from January 2019 to June 2021. The items evaluated in this analysis were the rate of modified Rankin Scale ≤2 or prestroke scale, mortality, and procedural treatment time. Results: The rates of modified Rankin Scale ≤2 or prestroke scale and mortality at 90 days after treatment did not differ significantly between daytime and nighttime (41.3% vs. 29.0%, p=0.11; 14.7% vs. 11.8%, p=0.61, respectively). The door-to-groin time tended to be shorter during daytime versus nighttime (57 [IQR: 42.5–70] min vs. 70 [IQR: 55–82]) min, p=0.0507). Conclusions: This study did not reveal differences in treatment outcome between daytime and nighttime in patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion. Therefore, the “weekend effect” was not observed in our institution.
Sato Kimitoshi,Hijikata Yasukazu,Omura Naoki,Miki Takanori,Kakita Hiroto,Yoshida Takashi,Shimizu Fuminori 대한뇌혈관외과학회 2021 Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neuros Vol.23 No.3
Objective Acute mechanical thrombectomy (AMT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke from large vessel occlusion (LVO) is performed without directly identifying the occluded vessels. In this study, we evaluated whether 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with 3D-fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA) could visualize the occluded intracranial middle cerebral artery (MCA) and internal carotid artery (ICA) before AMT. Methods This retrospective study included 21 consecutive patients who underwent time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF MRA) and 3D-FIESTA MRI immediately before AMT. The patients also underwent TOF MRA after AMT and achieved TICI 2b or 3 by AMT at our hospital between February 2018 and April 2019. When LVO in the anterior circulation was detected by TOF MRA, 3D-FIESTA MRI was additionally performed. Then, the occluded intracranial MCA and ICA, including their branches, were constructed on the workstation with volume rendering. The obtained images were fused with the TOF MRA images to create combined 3D images. Results The length and top-to-bottom distance of the affected M1 segment (calculated by the ipsilateral-to-contralateral ratio) were 1.29 and 1.17, respectively, on 3D-FIESTA MRI before AMT and 1.34 and 1.24, respectively, on TOF MRA after AMT. We assessed the number of M2 segments branching from the affected M1/M2 junction and visualized the affected anterior temporal artery. The 3D-FIESTA MRI before AMT and TOF MRA after AMT were consistent in all patients, except for two who moved vigorously during imaging. Conclusions Images acquired by 1.5T 3D-FIESTA MRI can visualize to predict the existing path of the occluded MCA and ICA before AMT in patients with LVO of the anterior circulation.