Among scheduling algorithms of scientific workflows, the graph partitioning is a technique to minimize data transfer between nodes or clusters. However, when the graph partitioning is simply applied to a complex workf...
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The intestinal immune system has to take dual tasks; the system should fight against invading pathogens and, at the same time, the system should be tolerant toward commensal microbiota or food components. Dectin-1 is ...
The intestinal immune system has to take dual tasks; the system should fight against invading pathogens and, at the same time, the system should be tolerant toward commensal microbiota or food components. Dectin-1 is the receptor for beta-glucans expressed in fungal cell walls and activates the immune system to prevent infection. Because beta-glucans are contained in wide variety of foods and commensal microbiota, we investigated the effects of Dectin-1 signaling on the intestinal immunity. We found that Dectin-1-deficient mice were refractory to dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis , a model for inflammatory bowel diseases , due to expansion of one genus of Gram-positive commensal bacteria in the colon associated with remodification of T cell subpopulations . Furthermore, oral administration of a seaweed-derived Dectin-1 antagonist, inhibited the proinflammatory cytokine production in colonic lamina propria cells and suppressed the development of colitis. These observations suggest that inhibition of Dectin-1 signaling in the colon regulates the balance of intestinal microbiota and cellular immunity , and further suppresses the development of inflammatory bowel diseases.
The photoexcited state in a correlated electron system with a spin-state degree of freedom is studied. We start from the two-orbital extended Hubbard model where the energy difference between the two orbitals is intro...
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The photoexcited state in a correlated electron system with a spin-state degree of freedom is studied. We start from the two-orbital extended Hubbard model where the energy difference between the two orbitals is introduced. The photoexcited metastable state is examined based on the effective model Hamiltonian derived using the two-orbital Hubbard model. Spin-state change is induced by photoirradiation in the low-spin band insulator near the phase boundary, and it is found that a high-spin state is stabilized by creating a ferromagnetic bound state with photodoped hole carriers. An optical absorption occurs between the bonding and antibonding orbitals inside the bound state. The time evolution of photoexcited states is simulated in the time-dependent mean-field scheme. It is found that pair annihilations of photodoped electrons and holes generate the high-spin state in a low-spin band insulator. We propose that this process is directly observed by the time-resolved photoemission experiments.
The effects of temperature and moisture on the resistive switching characteristics of oxide-based atomic switches were investigated to reveal their switching mechanism. The observed temperature variations of the SET v...
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The effects of temperature and moisture on the resistive switching characteristics of oxide-based atomic switches were investigated to reveal their switching mechanism. The observed temperature variations of the SET voltages can be qualitatively explained by the classical nucleation theory. The moisture absorption in oxides results in the formation of a hydrogen-bond network at grain boundaries, and metal ions are likely to migrate along the grain boundaries. Depending on the strength of hydrogen bonds in oxides, the atomic switches exhibit a different switching behavior to ambient conditions.
The survival of an organism can depend upon the direction in which it decides to move in response to changes in external conditions. Here we propose a physicochemical mechanism of the decision process for migration di...
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The survival of an organism can depend upon the direction in which it decides to move in response to changes in external conditions. Here we propose a physicochemical mechanism of the decision process for migration direction in the case of a giant amoebalike Physarum plasmodium. The tactical movement response could be changed by reversal of the phase wave of the rhythmic contractions that occur in any part of the plasmodium body when local stimulation is applied and the frequency of the rhythmic contractions is locally modulated in the stimulated region. The proposed model describes a physicochemical mechanism of coupling between the local modulation of frequency and the global transport of protoplasmic mass. The decision process is clarified from a rheological point of view.
In this paper, we demonstrate a CMOS image sensor with high extinction ratio on-chip polarizers with 65-nm standard CMOS technology. The polarizer is based on a metal wire grid fabricated with the metal wiring layers....
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In this paper, we demonstrate a CMOS image sensor with high extinction ratio on-chip polarizers with 65-nm standard CMOS technology. The polarizer is based on a metal wire grid fabricated with the metal wiring layers. The extinction ratio of 11.0 dB is achieved by a pixel with on-chip polarizer where the line / space widths are 90 nm / 90 nm.
We have developed a CMOS image sensor with hexagonally shaped outline for wide-area brain functional imaging. The hexagonal shape of the sensor chip allows covering wide area on curved surface of the brain by placing ...
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We have developed a CMOS image sensor with hexagonally shaped outline for wide-area brain functional imaging. The hexagonal shape of the sensor chip allows covering wide area on curved surface of the brain by placing multiple chips. In this paper, we report two results for wide-area brain functional imaging. First, we designed a hexagonally shaped CMOS-based imaging device which has highly sensitive pixels and evaluated the characteristics of the sensor. Second, we successfully demonstrated fluorescent imaging using the sensor.
Background: Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) is considered to be a candidate susceptibility gene for psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. A recent study reported ...
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Background: Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) is considered to be a candidate susceptibility gene for psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. A recent study reported that N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)-induced mutations in exon 2 of the mouse Disc1 gene, which resulted in the amino acid exchange of Q31L and L100P, caused an increase in depression-like behavior in 31 L mutant mice and schizophrenia-like behavior in 100P mutant mice;thus, these are potential animal models of psychiatric disorders. However, remaining heterozygous mutations that possibly occur in flanking genes other than Disc1 itself might induce behavioral abnormalities in the mutant mice. Here, to confirm the effects of Disc1-Q31L and Disc1-L100P mutations on behavioral phenotypes and to investigate the behaviors of the mutant mice in more detail, the mutant lines were backcrossed to C57BL/6JJcl through an additional two generations and the behaviors were analyzed using a comprehensive behavioral test battery. Results: Contrary to expectations, 31 L mutant mice showed no significant behavioral differences when compared with wild-type control mice in any of the behavioral tests, including the Porsolt forced swim and tail suspension tests, commonly used tests for depression-like behavior. Also, 100P mutant mice exhibited no differences in almost all of the behavioral tests, including the prepulse inhibition test for measuring sensorimotor gating, which is known to be impaired in schizophrenia patients;however, 100P mutant mice showed higher locomotor activity compared with wild-type control mice in the light/dark transition test. Conclusions: Although these results are partially consistent with the previous study in that there was hyperactivity in 100P mutant mice, the vast majority of the results are inconsistent with those of the previous study;this discrepancy may be explained by differences in the genetic background of the mice, the laboratory environ
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