Hot Articles

(searched on April 28, 2008)

• Rapid Synthesis of Biodiesel Fuels at Room Temperature in the Presence of Dimethyl Ether
  [Chemistry Letters, Vol.36(2007) No.12 pp.1408-1409]

• Operation Optimization of Lipase-Catalyzed Biodiesel Production
  [JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN, Vol.40(2007) No.7 pp.571-574]

• Hydrogen and Ethanol Production from Glycerol-Containing Wastes Discharged after Biodiesel Manufacturing Process
  [Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Vol.100(2005) No.3 pp.260-265 ]

--Now it's food versus fuel
What is the next great global problem we have to fear? The answer is not climate change and global warming, but food shortage and starvation. Suddenly, and in ways largely unforeseen by experts, a serious shortage of food supplies, especially corn and rice, has crept up on the world....[more]
[From the article of April 23, 2008 : The Japan Times Online]

(searched on March 18, 2008)

• Characteristics of Yellow Sand Particles that Fell on April 2 to 3 in Osaka City
  [SEIKATSU EISEI (Journal of Urban Living and Health Association), Vol.51 (2007), No.4 pp.253-258]

• Numerical Study on Mountain Waves Generated by a Two-Dimensional Mountain and Their Effect on the Transport of Yellow Sand
  [JSME International Journal Series B, Vol.49 (2006), No. 3 Special Issue on Environmental Flows pp.576-582]

--Yellow sand forecasts get longer
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080309b4.html
[From the article of March 9, 2008: The Japan Times Online]

--Central Asia yellow sand fogs Japan
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20080304a7.html
[From the article of March 4, 2008: The Japan Times Online]

(searched on March 6, 2008)

• Preliminary Study on Japanese Cedar Pollinosis in an Artificial Exposure Chamber (OHIO Chamber)
  [Allergology International, Vol.56 (2007), No.2 pp.125-130]

• Studies on the Experimental Allergic Rhinitis Induced by Japanese Cedar Pollen—Role of Cysteinyl Leukotrienes in Nasal Allergic Symptoms—
  [YAKUGAKU ZASSHI, Vol.123 (2003), No.1 pp.1-8]

• Effect of cysteine mutagenesis on human IgE reactivity of recombinant forms of the major rye grass pollen allergen Lol p 1
  [Allergology International, Vol.52 (2003), No.4 pp.183-190]

• Structural Features of N-Glycans Linked to Glycoproteins from Oil Palm Pollen, an Allergenic Pollen*
  [Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, Vol.67 (2003), No.10 pp.2232-2239]

--Pollen set to come out of hibernation
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080213i1.html
[From the article of February 13, 2008: The Japan Times Online]

(searched on February 20, 2008)

• Properties of GeSbSn Layer Used as Phase-Change Recording Medium
  [Materials Transactions, Vol.48 (2007), No.4 pp.847-853]

• A New Error Correction Algorithm for High-Density Optical Storage Systems
  [Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.43 Part1(2004), No.7B pp.4867-4869]

• Feasibility of Cu/a-Si Bilayer for High Data-Transfer-Rate Write-Once Blue-Ray Recording
  [Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.43 Part1(2004), No.3 pp.1013-1017]

• Miniaturized Optical Pickup and Mechanism for Mobile Optical Disc Drive
  [Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.43 Part1(2004), No.7B pp.4763-4767]

--It's official: Toshiba pulls plug on HD DVD
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20080220a1.html
[From the article of February 20, 2008: The Japan Times Online]

--Wal-Mart Moving Exclusively Toward Blu-ray Format Movies and Players
http://www.walmartfacts.com/articles/5673.aspx
[From the article of February 19, 2008: Wal-Mart Facts]

(searched on February 15, 2008)

• Concerns and Preparedness for an Avian Influenza Pandemic: A Comparison between Community Hospital and Tertiary Hospital Healthcare Workers
  [Industrial Health, Vol.45 (2007), No.5 pp.653-661]

• Developments in Avian Influenza Virus Vaccines
  [The Journal of Poultry Science, Vol.44 (2007), No.3 pp.238-257]

• Report on Japan-Vietnam collaboration in nosocomial infection control at Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi from 2000 to 2006
  [Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol.35 (2007), No.3 pp.253]

• The Single-Step Multiplex Reverse Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detecting H5 and H7 Avian Influenza A Viruses
  [The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol.211 (2007), No.1 pp.75-79]

• Preliminary Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests for Avian Influenza Using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Method in an Emergency Surveillance
  [Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, Vol.69 (2007), No.6 June pp.673-675]

--Coming soon, new strains of influenza
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20080210TDY03304.htm
[From the article of February 10, 2008: Daily Yomiuri Online]