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Ocean tide-induced secular variation in the Earth-Moon dynamics
Uchida, Natsuki,Shima, Hiroyuki Techno-Press 2018 Coupled systems mechanics Vol.7 No.5
We theoretically consider a possible influence of periodic oceanic tides on non-periodic changes in the dynamics of the Earth and Moon over a long time scale. A particular emphasis will be placed on the contribution from rotating tidal waves, which rotate along the inner edge of an oceanic basin surrounded by topographic boundary. We formulate the angular momentum and the mechanical energy of the rotating tidal wave in terms of celestial parameters with regard to the Earth and Moon. The obtained formula are used to discuss how the energy dissipation in the rotating tidal wave should be relevant to the secular variation in the Earth's spin rotation and the Earth-Moon distance. We also discuss the applicability of the formula to general oceanic binary planets subject to tidal coupling.
Flow characteristics and rheological properties of propane hydrate slurry
Ryosuke Uchida,Takashi Morimoto,Hiroyuki Kumano 대한설비공학회 2018 대한설비공학회 학술발표대회논문집 Vol.2018 No.6
Propane hydrate is crystalline solids resulting from the arrangement of water molecules linked by hydrogen bonds constituting cages around propane molecules. The propane hydrate slurry is composed of water and fine propane hydrate crystals, and is attracting as transportation and storage medium of the propane. In this study, the flow characteristics and rheological properties of the propane hydrate slurry in a circular tube were investigated. The hydrate volume fraction and the flow rate of the slurry were varied as experimental parameters. As a result, it was found that the pressure drop increases with the solid fraction and the flow rate. Furthermore, in order to evaluate the rheological properties, the relationship between shear stress and shear rate was also discussed. From the results, the propane hydrate slurry could be regarded as a Bingham fluid. Finally, the correlation to predict the apparent viscosity and the yield stress was proposed as a function of the volume fraction. Moreover, it was found that solid phase doesn’t affect the flow characteristics of the hydrate slurry in turbulent flow region.
Study on Quantitative Evaluation Methods of Therapeutic Effects of Sanding Training
Yoshifumi Morita,Ryota Tanioku,Tsubasa Horie,Masaki Uchida,Hiroyuki Ukai,Nobuyuki Matsui 제어로봇시스템학회 2008 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2008 No.10
In the future the final aims of our research are to quantitatively evaluate the therapeutic effect of upper limb motion during the training and to develop a new rehabilitation training support robot with the evaluation function. This paper presents new evaluation methods of therapeutic effect of a sanding training. The sanding training is one type of resistance training for upper limbs. Three methods to evaluate achievement level of sanding training, cooperative movement of healthy and disabled arms, and cooperative movement of forearm and upper arm are proposed. The validities of the proposed evaluation methods are examined using the measurement data of patients with hemiplegia. Moreover, the relationships between the evaluation results and the Brunnstrom Stage of the patients are examined.
Hideaki Tani,Masayuki Tomita,Takefumi Suzuki,Masaru Mimura,Hiroyuki Uchida 대한정신약물학회 2021 CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE Vol.19 No.4
Objective: While antipsychotics are necessary for relapse prevention in the treatment of schizophrenia in general, some minority of patients may be maintained without continuous antipsychotic treatment. However, the characteristics of such patients are not well known and previous reports have not evaluated key elements such as physical comorbidities and functioning. Methods: Among 635 patients with schizophrenia who participated in a 12-year follow-up, those who were maintained without antipsychotic treatment for at least one year after the study were investigated. The patients underwent comprehensive assessments, including Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for psychopathology, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics (CIRS-G) for physical comorbidities, and Functional Assessment for Comprehensive Treatment of Schizophrenia (FACT-Sz), Barthel Index, and EuroQoL five dimensions (EQ5D) for function. Results: Six patients were included (mean ± standard deviation age, 66.8 ± 17.4 years; 4 inpatients). The four inpatients were old (77.8 ± 4.8 years) and chronically ill (duration of illness, 49.3 ± 12.5 years) with a high PANSS score (total score, 118.0 ± 9.8; negative syndrome subscale, 41.3 ± 6.9), low functioning (FACT-Sz, 9.8 ± 3.6; Barthel Index, 8.8 ± 9.6), and serious physical comorbidities (CIRS-G, 15.5 ± 1.1). By contrast, the two outpatients were relatively young (45.0 ± 12.0 years) and clinically in good condition (PANSS total score, 44.5 ± 0.5; Barthel Index, 100 for both; EQ5D, 0.85 ± 0.04). Conclusion: Although the number is limited, two types of patients with schizophrenia were identified who were free from ongoing antipsychotic treatment; 1) older chronic inpatients with serious physical comorbidities, and 2) younger outpatients with milder impairments. Future explorations are needed to identify those who will be successfully withdrawn from continuous antipsychotic treatment.
Ryo Harada,Hironari Kato,Soichiro Fushimi,Hirofumi Inoue,Daisuke Uchida,Yutaka Akimoto,Takeshi Tomoda,Kazuyuki Matsumoto,Yasuhiro Noma,Naoki Yamamoto,Shigeru Horiguchi,Koichiro Tsutsumi,Hiroyuki Okada 대한소화기내시경학회 2019 Clinical Endoscopy Vol.52 No.4
Background/Aims: We applied a back light system (BLS) with a magnifying glass to improve the ability to assess the adequacy ofspecimen sampling using endosonography. We conducted this study to evaluate the effcacy of the BLS in sampling of specimens byendoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of solid pancreatic masses. Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, crossover, single-center clinical trial. An endosonographer evaluated adequacy on grossvisual inspection and identified whitish specimen sampling sites with and without the BLS according to a randomization sequence inthe first and second passes with a 25-G needle. On cytological evaluation, the presence of well-defined pancreatic ductal epithelium wasevaluated by a cytopathologist who was blinded to any clinical information. Results: A total of 80 consecutive patients were eligible during the study period. Adequacy was observed for 52 specimens (65%) withthe BLS and 54 (68%) without the BLS (p=0.88). In assessment of specimen adequacy on gross examination, only fair agreement wasobserved both with and without BLS (kappa score 0.40 and 0.29, respectively). Conclusions: The BLS did not influence the ability to identify specimen sampling sites or reliable assessment of specimen site adequacyusing gross visual inspection.
Factor Structure of the Targeted Inventory on Problems in Schizophrenia
Shoji Tanaka,Takanori Nagase,Takefumi Suzuki,Kensuke Nomura,Hiroyoshi Takeuchi,Shinichiro Nakajima,Hiroyuki Uchida,Gohei Yagi,Koichiro Watanabe,Masaru Mimura 대한정신약물학회 2013 CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE Vol.11 No.1
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the factor structure of a novel, 10-item rating scale, the Targeted Inventory on Problems in Schizophrenia (TIP-Sz). Determining the factor structure will be useful in the brief evaluation of medication and non-medication treatment of the disease. Methods: An exploratory factor analysis was performed on TIP-Sz scores obtained from 100 patients who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria for schizophrenia. Results: The factor analysis extracted four factors that were deemed clinically pertinent, which we labeled: disorganization, social cooperativeness, functional capacity, and emotional state. The items exhibited cross-loadings on the first three factors (i.e.,some items loaded on more than one factor). In particular, the ‘behavioral dyscontrol and disorganization,’ ‘insight and reality testing,’ and ‘overall prognostic impression’ items had comparable cross-loadings on all of the first three factors. The emotional state factor was distinct from the other factors in that the items loading on it did not cross-load on other factors. Conclusion: The TIP-Sz scale comprises factors that are associated with the psychosocial functioning and emotional state of patients, which are important outcome parameters for successful treatment of the disease.
Yuki Fujii,Kazuyuki Matsumoto,Hironari Kato,Yosuke Saragai,Saimon Takada,Sho Mizukawa,Shinichiro Muro,Daisuke Uchida,Takeshi Tomoda,Shigeru Horiguchi,Noriyuki Tanaka,Hiroyuki Okada 대한소화기내시경학회 2019 Clinical Endoscopy Vol.52 No.5
Background/Aims: This study aimed to examine the diagnostic ability of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for major vascularinvasion in pancreatic cancer and to evaluate the relationship between EUS findings and pathological distance. Methods: In total, 57 consecutive patients who underwent EUS for pancreatic cancer before surgery were retrospectively reviewed. EUSimage findings were divided into four types according to the relationship between the tumor and major vessel (types 1 and 2: invasion,types 3 and 4: non-invasion). We also compared the EUS findings and pathologically measured distances between the tumors andevaluated vessels. Results: The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of EUS diagnosis for vascular invasion were 89%, 92%, and 91%, respectively, in theveins and 83%, 94%, and 93%, respectively, in the arteries. The pathologically evaluated distances of cases with type 2 EUS findings weresignificantly shorter than those of cases with type 3 EUS findings in both the major veins (median [interquartile range], 96 [0–742] µmvs. 2,833 [1,076–5,694] µm, p=0.012) and arteries (623 [0–854] µm vs. 3,097 [1,396–6,000] µm, p=0.0061). All cases with a distance of≥1,000 µm between the tumors and main vessels were correctly diagnosed. Conclusions: Tumors at a distance ≥1,000 µm from the main vessels were correctly diagnosed by EUS.
Kazuyuki Matsumoto,Hironari Kato,Shigeru Horiguchi,Takeshi Tomoda,Akihiro Matsumi,Yuki Ishihara,Yosuke Saragai,Saimon Takada,Shinichiro Muro,Daisuke Uchida,Hiroyuki Okada 거트앤리버 소화기연관학회협의회 2020 Gut and Liver Vol.14 No.5
Background/Aims: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA; EUS-FNA) allows for diagnostic tissue specimens from various regions to be analyzed. However, diagnosing recurrent pancreaticobiliary cancer after surgery is sometimes difficult. We evaluated the efficacy of EUS-FNA in the diagnosis of local recurrence of pancreaticobiliary cancer and analyzed the factors associated with falsenegative results. Methods: Fifty-one consecutive patients who underwent EUS-FNA due to suspected recurrence of pancreaticobiliary cancer after surgery in an academic center were retrospectively analyzed. The criteria for EUS-FNA were a resected margin or remnant pancreas mass, round swollen lymph node (≥10 mm in diameter), and soft-tissue enhancement around a major artery. Patients with suspected liver metastasis or malignant ascites were excluded. Results: Thirty-nine of the 51 patients had pancreatic cancer; the remaining 12 had biliary cancer. The target sites for EUS-FNA were the soft tissue around a major artery (n=22, 43%), the resected margin or remnant pancreas (n=12, 24%), and the lymph nodes (n=17, 33%). The median size of the suspected recurrent lesions was 15 mm (range, 8 to 40 mm). The overall sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of EUS-FNA for the diagnosis of recurrence was 84% (32/38), 100% (13/13), and 88% (45/51), respectively. FNA of the soft tissue around major arteries (odds ratio, 8.23; 95% confidence interval, 1.2 to 166.7; p=0.033) was significantly associated with a falsenegative diagnosis in the multivariate analysis. Conclusions: EUS-FNA is useful for diagnosing recurrent cancer, even after pancreaticobiliary surgery. The diagnoses of recurrence at soft-tissue sites should be interpreted with caution.