| Author | Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University| |
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| Published Date | 2001-12 |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Content Type | Others |
| Author | Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University| |
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| Published Date | 2001-12 |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Content Type | Others |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47027 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_067_072.pdf |
| Author | Yoshioka, Tomohiko| Tsuru, Kanji| Hayakawa, Satoshi| Osaka, Akiyoshi| |
| Abstract | Alginic acid was immobilized on γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane-coated glass as a model substrate since an alginic acid layer was known to prevent cell adhesion. The surface was characterized with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and contact angle measurement. The coated substrates adsorbed practically no calcium phosphates on their surfaces when soaked in a simulated body fluid (SBF) of Kolrubo recipe. Since calcium ions are one of the factors for blood clotting, the present alginic acid coating is one of the candidates to improve blood compatibility of clinical materials. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 67 |
| End Page | 72 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015582225 |
| Author | Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University| |
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| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Content Type | Others |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47029 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_083_089.pdf |
| Author | Watanabe, Tetsushi| Wada, Osami| Koga, Ryuji| Toyota, Yoshitaka| Miyashita, Takuya| |
| Abstract | Suppression of common-mode current is important to achieve electromagnetic compatibility of high-speed and high-density electronic circuits. The authors have focused on the common mode current flowing on a printed circuit board (PCB) to explain the excitation mechanism. A narrow ground pattern in microstrip structure excites common-mode current. In the previous paper, the authors explained the mechanism of common mode generation by means of "current division factor" for simple PCBs. The estimated radiation from a simple PCB agreed well with measured one. In this paper, the authors extend the theory to be applied to generalize ground structure. The validity of the theory is confirmed by comparing the measured radiation and the estimated value using the common-mode model for a test PCB. The estimated radiation agrees well with the measured one within 3 dB up to 900 MHz. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 83 |
| End Page | 89 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120003497051 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47028 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_073_082.pdf |
| Author | Hidayat, Iip Syarif| Toyota, Yoshitaka| Torigoe, Osamu| Wada, Osami| Koga, Ryuji| |
| Abstract | A multi-path ring-resonator (MPRR) was proposed to extend FSR of ring resonator. However, it is complicated to analyze the MPRR by using well-known analysis techniques such as scattering matrix or other numerical methods. This paper describes procedure for deriving transfer matrix by means of signal flow-chart to analyze the MPRR. We do not need complicated calculation for steady state analysis because transfer matrix elements are formulated clearly. As a result, The calcultaion time in this method can be reduced 1/3 to 1/20 times compared with using scattering matirx method. Furthermore, a transmittance characteristics of the MPRR at FSR extension-factor of 10 will also be shown. This suggests that analysis of other types of the MPRR by using this method can be performed simply and take a shorter time. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 73 |
| End Page | 82 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120003497050 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47026 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_061_066.pdf |
| Author | Yamagiwa, Masashi| Namba, Akitoshi| Akao, Tetsuyuki| Mizuki, Eiichi| Ohba, Michio| Sakai, Hiroshi| |
| Abstract | The crystal proteins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp, israelensis (Bti) and subsp. coreanensis A1519 strain were examined for the cytotoxicity against MOLT-4 and HeLa cells by MTT assay and LDH assay, The A1519 crystal proteins processed by proteinase K exhibited the specific cell-killing activity toward MOLT-4 with little damage to the cell membrane, On the other hand, the Bti crystal proteins processed by proteinase K caused the substantial damage to the cell membrane of both MOLT-4 and HeLa, leading to the cell lysis. The non-digested crystal proteins of both strains exhibited no cytotoxicity, These data suggested that while the Bti crystal proteins caused the colloid-osmotic swelling and cell lysis of MOLT-4 and HeLa, the proteinase K-digested A1519 crystal proteins induced the specific cell death of MOLT-4 through a mechanism other than that of Bti. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 61 |
| End Page | 66 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015582224 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47025 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_051_060.pdf |
| Author | Hikida, Masaki| Magari, Masaki| Nakayama, Yasunori| Kanayama, Naoki| Ohmori, Hitoshi| |
| Abstract | A population of peripheral B cells have been shown to express recombination activating gene products, RAG-1 and RAG-2, which are considered to be involved in revising the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) in the periphery. BCR engagement has been reported to turn off RAG expression in peripheral B cells, whereas the same treatment has an opposite effect in immature B cells in the bone marrow. In contrast to receptor editing that is involved in the removal of autoreactivity in immature B cells, it has been shown that secondary V(D)J rearrangement in peripheral B cells, termed receptor revision, contributes to affinity maturation of antibodies. Here, we show that RAG-2 expression in murine splenic B cells was abrogated by the coligation of BCR with complement receptors (CD21/CD35) much more efficiently than by the engagement of BCR alone. On the other hand, the same coligation augmented proliferation of anti-CD40-stimulated B cells. Consistent with these observations, RAG-2 expression was lower in the draining lymph nodes of the quasi-monoclonal mice when they were immunized with a high-affinity antigen than with a low-affinity one. These findings suggest a crucial role for CD21/CD35 in directing the conservation or the revision of BCRs in peripheral B cells. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 51 |
| End Page | 60 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015582223 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47024 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_043_049.pdf |
| Author | Vaillancourt, Chico| |
| Abstract | In this case study, I will analyse and discuss the results of a survey concerning motivation towards learning a second language conducted in four Canadian schools. This section, part one of the study, was conducted in the Sudbury Region of Ontario, Canada. This region of the world was chosen because bilingualism is quite common there and a large portion of the community has learned a second language. Part two will be conducted in the winter of 2002, in Denmark, a European country that neighbours many countries with different mother tongues, I hope to conclude this case study with part three in the summer of 2002, in Japan, a monolingual island nation. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 43 |
| End Page | 49 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120003497045 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47023 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_015_042.pdf |
| Author | Ohtani, Ryuji| Konishi, Masami| Imai, Jun| Nishi, Tatsushi| |
| Abstract | In this paper, we studied a planning and scheduling of production system considering demand changes. In the proposed system, planning part determines lot-size and amount of jobs in production. On the other hand, scheduling part determines the production sequence of jobs. In order to treat with the demand changes, both planning and scheduling should work well simultaneously. In the proposed system, preset and real time production control system is newly constructed from the view point of adaptive control. In the system, production planning is modified when the difference between production amount and demand becomes large. Moreover, production schedule is regenerated when the determined schedule is deviated from the prospected one. The scheduling system is characterized as the autonomous decentralized optimization system where each job works as agent and agent searches its appropriate starting time of processing. The effectiveness of the proposed system is confirmed by numerical examples. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 15 |
| End Page | 42 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015471209 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47022 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_007_013.pdf |
| Author | Abe, Takeji| Nagao, Makoto| Ohta, Tomoyuki| Nagayama, Noriyuki| |
| Abstract | It is important to study the microscopic deformation behavior of inhomogeneous material, for most engineering materials are inhomogeneous. The aim of the present study is to clarify by numerical analysis some features of microscopic plastic strain distributions, the mean flow stress and the material factors affecting on it. The rigid-plastic solution is important not only for plastic deformation problems with large strain, but also for creep deformation problems through the plastic analogy in the creep analysis. The effects of material parameter and loading conditions on the deformation behavior of the material are examined and discussed based on the result of calculation. The effects of the aspect ratio of the inhomogeneous regions on the deformation mode are studied. The patterns of the strain concentration and the averaged flow stress of the inhomogeneous material are also discussed. The results of rigid-plastic material are compared with those of the elastic material. |
| Keywords | Plasticity Deformation Inhomogeneous Material Strain Concentration Coefficient Rigid-Plastic FEM |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 7 |
| End Page | 13 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120003497044 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/47021 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_36_2_001_006.pdf |
| Author | Sakakibara, Akira| Kanadani, Teruto| Tashiro, Tsutomu| Yoshioka, Kazumi| |
| Abstract | The effect of heat-treatment conditions on occurrence of serration in Al-Zn alloys was investigated. Specimens were aged for various times up to 2.6Ms at 293K or 273K after quenching from various temperatures (T(Q)), 473K to 853K, and tensile-tested at room temperature. Serration occurred more easily according as T(Q) became lower and the aging time became shorter: in the case that T(Q)=473K serration was observed even after aging for 2.6Ms, while in the case that T(Q)=773K serration did not occur irrespective of aging conditions. Serration was also recognized when the specimens were furnace-cooled from 773K to room temperature. These results together with those obtained by the electrical resistometry suggest that the serration in the low'concentrated Al-Zn alloy is caused by the formation of small GP zones whose Guinier radius is less than 1nm or some sort of solute clusters. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 1 |
| End Page | 6 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015497758 |
| Author | Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University| |
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| Published Date | 2002-03 |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Volume | volume36 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Content Type | Others |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/46972 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_37_1_051_060.pdf |
| Author | Namba, Akihiro| Toyota, Yoshitaka| Wada, Osami| Koga, Ryuji| |
| Abstract | This paper presents pulse timing control method to reduce electromagnetic emission from multiple signal interconnections. Pulse timing control gives intentional skew between signals. Higher order harmonics are canceled because of the difference of the phase between the signals. Using this property, pulse timing control can reduce the EMI in wide frequency range. In this paper, we show that radiated electromagnetic field from multiple signal lines reduces its intensity to the same level of the field from one line by using pulse timing control. The result of measurement shows that EMI from four differential transmission lines can be reduced more than 9 dB in the 200 MHz to 800 MHz frequency range. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-11 |
| Volume | volume37 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 51 |
| End Page | 60 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015683518 |
| Author | Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University| |
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| Published Date | 2002-11 |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Volume | volume37 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Content Type | Others |
| Author | Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University| |
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| Published Date | 2002-11 |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Volume | volume37 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Content Type | Others |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/46967 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_37_1_001_010.pdf |
| Author | Sotobayashi, Ken| Konishi, Masami| Nishi, Tatsushi| Imai, Jun| |
| Abstract | Auto Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are widely used in a semi-conductor fabricating factory and contribute to the stable production of a high quality semi-conductor products. In the near future, further expansion of the transportation system is expected accompanied with the rapid growth of semi-conductor industries. In such situation, the necessity of performing quick planning of transportation route and transportation control will be elevated. In this paper, practicable planning of the transportation route and transportation control are studied based on the decentralized agent method. Especially, the geometrical sizes of AGVs are considered in the determination of transportation routes and control strategy avoiding the occurrence of mutual collisions or deadlock of AGVs. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-11 |
| Volume | volume37 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 1 |
| End Page | 10 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120003457322 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/46968 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_37_1_011_014.pdf |
| Author | Totsuji, Chieko| Limant, Muhammad S.| Tsuruta, Kenji| Totsuji, Hiroo| |
| Abstract | A theoretical approach which has been successful in reproducing results of molecular-dynamics simulations on dusty plasmas is applied to estimate the screening length and the electric charge of two-dimensional dust crystals of melamine particles in the discharge chamber experiment. It has been found that the screening length is of the same order of magnitude as the inter-particle distance and the electric charge decreases on increasing number density of dust particles. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-11 |
| Volume | volume37 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 11 |
| End Page | 14 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015784816 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/46969 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_37_1_015_023.pdf |
| Author | Kanatani, Kenichi| |
| Abstract | In order to facilitate smooth communications with researchers in other fields including statistics, this paper investigates the meaning of "statistical methods" for geometric inference based on image feature points, We point out that statistical analysis does not make sense unless the underlying "statistical ensemble" is clearly defined. We trace back the origin of feature uncertainty to image processing operations for computer vision in general and discuss the implications of asymptotic analysis for performance evaluation in reference to "geometric fitting", "geometric model selection", the "geometric AIC", and the "geometric MDL". Referring to such statistical concepts as "nuisance parameters", the "Neyman-Scott problem", and "semiparametric models", we point out that simulation experiments for performance evaluation will lose meaning without carefully considering the assumptions involved and intended applications. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-11 |
| Volume | volume37 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 15 |
| End Page | 23 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015664455 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/46970 |
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| FullText URL | mfe_37_1_025_032.pdf |
| Author | Kanazawa, Yasushi| Kanatani, Kenichi| |
| Abstract | We present a new method for detecting point matches between two images without using any combinatorial search. Our strategy is to impose various local and non-local constraints as "soft" constraints by introducing their "confidence" measures via "mean-field approximations". The computation is a cascade of evaluating the confidence values and sorting according to them. In the end, we impose the "hard" epipolar constraint by RANSAC. We also introduce a model selection procedure to test if the image mapping can be regarded as a homography. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method by real image examples. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 2002-11 |
| Volume | volume37 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 25 |
| End Page | 32 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 80015664456 |
