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Preliminary Verification of the PHITS Code Applicability to Conversion Efficiency Calculation of Direct Charge Nuclear Battery

Machines
A direct charge nuclear battery, or DCNB, is one of the nuclear batteries based on direct energy conversion and is characterized by exceptional high voltage generation and conversion efficiency higher than other nuclear batteries.
Hiroki Takezawa, Ryuma Kigeuchi, Hibiki Umeda, Fumihiro Tamura, Yuki Uchida, Takashi Kikuchi   +5 more
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High current pulse forming network switched by static induction thyristor

Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2018
A high-current pulse forming network (PFN) has been developed for applications to artificial solar-wind generation. It is switched by static-induction thyristor (SIThy) and is capable of generating pulsed current of ∼9.7 kA for a time duration of ∼1 ms ...
Juan Perez, Taichi Sugai, Weihua Jiang, Akira Tokuchi, Masayuki Horie, Yuya Ohshio, Kazuma Ueno   +6 more
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Analysis of blood test results of primary and secondary school students in high altitude areas

BMC Pediatrics
Objective To explore the blood level and its change trend of primary and secondary school students aged 6 ~ 18 years in high altitude area (4300 m above sea level), and to provide a reference basis for the establishment of reference interval of blood ...
Mingxia Zhang, Shuai Ma, Yuyan Chen, Boshen Li, Xingyi Bao, Peng Tian, Rong Wang, Wenbin Li, Shanshan Kang   +8 more
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Unique gel-like colony forming bacterium Novosphingobium pituita sp. nov., isolated from a membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating sewage

Heliyon
A novel, gelatinous, colony-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated IK01T was isolated from biofilms formed on the membrane surface of a sewage-treating membrane bioreactor (MBR).
Tomoya Ikarashi, Uchini S. Bandaranayake, Takahiro Watari, Takashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Hatamoto   +4 more
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Suppression of bacterial wilt disease in Japanese pepper Capsicum annuum L. using compost prepared from sewage sludge containing antagonistic microorganisms

Scientia Horticulturae
Bacterial wilt disease, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, occurs due to repeated cultivation of vegetables from the same plant family, creating a condition known as continuous cropping disorder.
Hasani H Wijesingha, Masashi Miyahara, Hazuki Kurashita, Takahiro Watari, Takashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Hatamoto   +5 more
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Complete genome sequence of natural rubber-degrading, gram-negative bacterium, Rhizobacter gummiphilus strain NS21T

Biotechnology Reports, 2019
Gram-negative natural rubber-degrader, Rhizobacter gummiphilus NS21T, which was isolated from soil in the botanical garden in Japan, is a newly proposed species of genus of Rhizobacter.
Dao Viet Linh, Namiko Gibu, Michiro Tabata, Shunsuke Imai, Akira Hosoyama, Atsushi Yamazoe, Daisuke Kasai, Masao Fukuda   +7 more
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Evaluation of Driving Performance of Two Types of Competitive Wheelchairs for Badminton Made of Two Different Metallic Materials

Proceedings, 2020
Currently, various types of wheelchairs for badminton have been developed for weight saving and functional improvement. The purpose of this study was to evaluate each performance of two types of competitive wheelchairs for badminton made of two different
Masaki Nonaka, Hoshi Kashiwazaki, Soichiro Ura, Masahito Nagamori, Hisashi Uchiyama, Akira Shionoya   +5 more
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Size Effects of Copper(I) Oxide Nanospheres on Their Morphology on Copper Thin Films under Near-Infrared Femtosecond Laser Irradiation

Nanomaterials
The femtosecond laser direct writing of metals has gained significant attention for micro/nanostructuring. Copper (I) oxide nanospheres (NSs), a promising material for multi-photon metallization, can be reduced to copper (Cu) and sintered through near ...
Mizue Mizoshiri, Thuan Duc Tran, Kien Vu Trung Nguyen   +2 more
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Unraveling the gut-skin axis in atopic dermatitis: exploiting insights for therapeutic strategies

Gut Microbes
Gut microbiota exert functions of high importance in the intestine. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence for its role in immune regulation and maintenance of homeostasis in many physiological processes taking place in distant tissues. In particular,
Marcela Rios-Carlos, Daniel Cervantes-García, Laura E. Córdova-Dávalos, Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán, Eva Salinas   +4 more
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Biological Surface Layer Formation on Bioceramic Particles for Protein Adsorption

Biomimetics
In the biomedical fields of bone regenerative therapy, the immobilization of proteins on the bioceramic particles to maintain their highly ordered structures is significantly important.
Reo Kimura, Daichi Noda, Zizhen Liu, Wanyu Shi, Ryota Akutsu, Motohiro Tagaya   +5 more
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