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View article: Improvement of Symptoms in a Patient With Glycogen Storage Disease Through Nutritional Guidance and Exercise Therapy
Improvement of Symptoms in a Patient With Glycogen Storage Disease Through Nutritional Guidance and Exercise Therapy Open
McArdle disease (glycogen storage disease type V) is a rare metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency in muscle phosphorylase, which is encoded by the PYGM gene. This deficiency leads to impaired glycogen metabolism, resulting in exercise …
View article: Establishment of Cre/LoxP-mediated multifunctional reporter knock-in rats with the CRISPR system
Establishment of Cre/LoxP-mediated multifunctional reporter knock-in rats with the CRISPR system Open
Rats and mice are essential experimental animals in preclinical research, serving as models for various human diseases and contributing significantly to drug development. Rats offer distinct advantages over mice due to their larger size, w…
View article: Preparation of Si nanoparticles from bamboo leaves and measurement of their photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectra
Preparation of Si nanoparticles from bamboo leaves and measurement of their photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectra Open
In this study, Si nanoparticles were prepared by the Mg reduction of SiO 2 extracted from bamboo leaves, and their optical properties were investigated. Si nanoparticles were filtered under reduced pressure to separate the residue and filt…
View article: Investigation of probing repeatability inside a micro-hole by changing probe approach direction for a local surface interaction force detection type microprobe
Investigation of probing repeatability inside a micro-hole by changing probe approach direction for a local surface interaction force detection type microprobe Open
The inner diameter measurement of the micro-hole was performed by a tactile microprobing system using a method of the local surface interaction force detection. The inner diameter of the micro-hole was calculated by the least square method…
View article: Expansion of measurement area of hand-scraped surface using stitching method for oblique-incident interferometer
Expansion of measurement area of hand-scraped surface using stitching method for oblique-incident interferometer Open
Precision flat surfaces are required for the precision surface plates of measurement instruments and the sliding components of precision machine tools. Precision flat surfaces measuring several tens of millimeters square or more are often …
View article: Reduction Mechanism for CeO<sub>2</sub> Revealed by Direct Observation of the Oxygen Vacancy Distribution in Shape‐Controlled CeO<sub>2</sub>
Reduction Mechanism for CeO<sub>2</sub> Revealed by Direct Observation of the Oxygen Vacancy Distribution in Shape‐Controlled CeO<sub>2</sub> Open
CeO 2 and CeO 2 ‐based materials are widely used as catalysts and catalyst supports for a variety of chemical reactions. The ability to form oxygen vacancies plays an important role in the catalytic activities in these materials. Therefore…
View article: Development of a Microprobing System for Side Wall Detection Based on Local Surface Interaction Force Detection
Development of a Microprobing System for Side Wall Detection Based on Local Surface Interaction Force Detection Open
This study proposes a novel microprobing system for the surface detection of the side wall of micrometric scale workpieces based on the detection of the local surface interaction force. A spherical tip-shaped glass capillary tube with a mi…
View article: Separating photoluminescence of porous Si in porous colloidal Si and chlorophyll dispersion
Separating photoluminescence of porous Si in porous colloidal Si and chlorophyll dispersion Open
We observed the luminescence of a chlorophyll and porous Si dispersion using the wavelength-selected excitation and time-gated photoluminescence methods to eliminate the autofluorescence of chlorophyll. Although the photoluminescence (PL) …
View article: Structural Analysis of Luminescent Si Nanomaterials Synthesised from Rice Husks
Structural Analysis of Luminescent Si Nanomaterials Synthesised from Rice Husks Open
Si nanoparticles were synthesised by the Mg reduction process of SiO2 powder extracted from rice husks and their optical properties and crystal structures were studied. Room temperature luminescence was observed from the Si nanoparticles f…
View article: Luminescent Si nanomaterials prepared from rice husks of agricultural waste
Luminescent Si nanomaterials prepared from rice husks of agricultural waste Open
We prepared luminescent Si nanoparticles via the Mg reduction of SiO2 particles extracted from rice husks, and investigated their optical properties.The formation of Si powder after Mg reduction and post HCl treatment was confirmed by the …
View article: Influences of misalignment errors of optical components in an orthogonal two-axis Lloyd's mirror interferometer
Influences of misalignment errors of optical components in an orthogonal two-axis Lloyd's mirror interferometer Open
This paper presents a detailed analysis on the influence of misalignment errors of optical components in an orthogonal two-axis Lloyd's mirror interferometer, which can fabricate two-dimensional grating structures in a single exposure. In …
View article: Mode-locked laser autocollimator with an expanded measurement range
Mode-locked laser autocollimator with an expanded measurement range Open
A mode-locked laser is employed as the light source of a laser autocollimator, instead of the conventionally employed single-wavelength laser, for an expanded range of tilt angle measurement. A group of the spatially separated diffracted b…
View article: A Micro-Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM) for Large-Scale Dimensional Measurement of Micro-Slits
A Micro-Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM) for Large-Scale Dimensional Measurement of Micro-Slits Open
This paper presents a micro-coordinate measuring machine (micro-CMM) for large-scale dimensional measurement of a micro-slit on a precision die coater by using a shear-mode micro-probe. A glass micro sphere with a nominal diameter of 52.3 …
View article: Ultra-sensitive angle sensor based on laser autocollimation for measurement of stage tilt motions
Ultra-sensitive angle sensor based on laser autocollimation for measurement of stage tilt motions Open
An ultra-sensitive angle sensor employing single-cell photodiodes, which allows tighter focusing leading to a higher angular resolution better than 0.001 arc-second, has been designed based on laser autocollimation. Aiming to investigate t…
View article: Investigation on the three-dimensional light intensity distribution of the fringe patterns generated by a modified two-axis Lloyd's mirror interferometer
Investigation on the three-dimensional light intensity distribution of the fringe patterns generated by a modified two-axis Lloyd's mirror interferometer Open
This paper presents a design study of an optical configuration for the fabrication of a two-dimensional grating, which will be used as a scale in a planar encoder system. For the modified two-axis Lloyd's mirror interferometer, in which ma…
View article: A highly stable noncontact SPM for surface profile measurement and its application to insulating samples
A highly stable noncontact SPM for surface profile measurement and its application to insulating samples Open
A noncontact scanning electrostatic force microscope (SEFM) for surface profile measurement is introduced, and applied to the profile measurement of insulating samples. The SEFM calculates the tip-sample distance with an algorithm named ‘d…