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6. Development of laser‐based remote sensing technique for detecting defects of concrete lining

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Toshitaka Soga, Yoshihisa Takayama, Norikazu Misaki, Oleg Kotyaev, Naotoshi Yasuda, Yoshinori Shimada, and Shinri Kurahashi

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Computer Networks and Communications, business.industry, Computer science, Applied Mathematics, General Physics and Astronomy, Laser, law.invention, Remote sensing (archaeology), law, Nondestructive testing, Signal Processing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, Remote sensing
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2019
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7. X Chromosome Contribution to the Genetic Architecture of Primary Biliary Cholangitis

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S. Abiru, John F. Dillon, Yasuhiro Miyake, Piero Portincasa, Giancarlo Spinzi, R. Harvey, T. Ngatchu, Agostino Colli, M. Taniai, K. Flahive, Masanori Abe, B. Hoeroldt, S. Holder, Howard Curtis, María Isabel Colombo, C. MacNicol, Gang Xie, Andrew Chilton, H. Hussaini, Cristina Rigamonti, M. Kato, Shintaro Yagi, G. Abouda, D. Tyrer, Chris D. Evans, Christopher I. Amos, K. Koss, Kazuaki Chayama, P. Premchand, K. Migita, Simon Panter, Marco Marzioni, Silvia Colombo, Konstantinos N. Lazaridis, M. Yagura, Ashley Brown, D. Gocher, Domenico Alvaro, K. Murata, Mark Wright, Piero Luigi Almasio, C. Healey, A. Ciaccio, N. Wheatley, Vincenzo Cardinale, T. Delahooke, Chiara Milani, T. Shewan, W. Stableforth, S. Levi, Mark L. Green, James V. Jones, Y. Baird, Aftab Ala, Burroughs Ak, D. Williams, K. Ario, P. Sanghi, Hemant Gupta, P. Southern, L. Farrington, M. Hamilton, Andrew D. Higham, I. Yabuuchi, H. Yatsuhashi, Lorenzo Morini, T. Yamamoto, Douglas Thorburn, M. Carnahan, N. Nishida, Susan Slininger, M. Koga, K. Honda, Annarosa Floreani, Andrew Douglass, K. Netherton, M. Yasunami, Hirohito Tsubouchi, F. Donato, K. Walker, U. Shmueli, Paolo Muratori, Ray Mathew, J. Maiden, E. Dungca, Subramaniam Ramakrishnan, S. Vyas, Helen Sweeting, Subrata Saha, T. Komeda, T. Komatsu, H. J. Lee, Maria Consiglia Bragazzi, T. Komura, C. Thomas, C. Shallcross, C. Duggan, J. Kordula, F. Muscariu, Lourdes Cumlat, Imran Patanwala, Giulia Cardamone, L. Morgan, J. Brighton, Masao Honda, H. Nakamura, David Jones, Raj Srirajaskanthan, M. E. Gershwin, T. Muro, L. Stafford, N. Fukushima, Graham P. Butcher, Andrea Crosignani, George Lipscomb, K. Hirata, Y. Nagaoki, S. Mann, Paul G. Richardson, David A Elphick, M. Mupudzi, Y. Ohara, E. Grieve, Gayle Clifford, Claudio Tiribelli, M. Quinn, G. Van Duyvenvoorde, E. Archer, Tatsuki Ichikawa, J. Maltby, T. Arinaga-Hino, Simon Williams, A. King, Yasuni Nakanuma, H. Doyle, A. Brind, Nora Cazzagon, H. Ota, Daphne D’Amato, K. Hogben, H. Wooldridge, J. Wilkins, Shuichi Kaneko, L. Hankey, Gordon Wood, Andrew Fraser, K. Martin, A. Naqvi, M. Ninkovic, M. Patel, Yoshihiko Maehara, Kapil Kapur, I. Amey, Vincenza Calvaruso, Kenichi Harada, T. Yamashita, James Neuberger, N. Taylor, T. Lee, J. Featherstone, C. Lawlor, K. Seward, Satoshi Yamagiwa, Andrea Galli, L. Tan, Kentaro Kikuchi, K. Furuta, Mark A. Ainsworth, Hiromasa Ohira, Esther Unitt, Yosuke Kawai, N. Lancaster, D. Simpson, R. Shidrawi, I. Salam, A.J. Bell, Pietro Andreone, J. Ishida, Voi Shim Wong, N Fisher, Andrew C. Douds, R. Penn, Matthew Foxton, A. Watson, Andrew Mason, S. Walsh, Hiromi Ishibashi, Daniel M. Forton, Giovanni Casella, H. Takaki, K. Yamauchi, Pietro Lampertico, Osamu Yokosuka, M. Koda, M. Davies, H. Mitchison, P. Gyawali, G. Bird, M. Hughes, L. Jones, C. Hamilton, A. Hynes, R. Galaska, Fabio Marra, Debasish Das, C. Cowley, A. Fouracres, Yasuhiko Sugawara, E. Mita, T. Saoshiro, Akinobu Taketomi, Robert P. Myers, R. Przemioslo, F. Wright, L. 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Yagura, M, Hirata, K, Takikawa, H, Ohira, H, Zeniya, M, Abe, M, Onji, M, Kaneko, S, Honda, M, Arai, K, Arinaga-Hino, T, Hashimoto, E, Taniai, M, Umemura, T, Joshita, S, Nakao, K, Ichikawa, T, Shibata, H, Yamagiwa, S, Seike, M, Honda, K, Sakisaka, S, Takeyama, Y, Harada, M, Senju, M, Yokosuka, O, Kanda, T, Ueno, Y, Kikuchi, K, Ebinuma, H, Himoto, T, Yasunami, M, Murata, K, Mizokami, M, Shimoda, S, Miyake, Y, Takaki, A, Yamamoto, K, Hirano, K, Ichida, T, Ido, A, Tsubouchi, H, Chayama, K, Harada, K, Nakanuma, Y, Maehara, Y, Taketomi, A, Shirabe, K, Soejima, Y, Mori, A, Yagi, S, Uemoto, S, Tanaka, T, Yamashiki, N, Tamura, S, Sugawara, Y, Kokudo, N, Carbone, M, Cardamone, G, Duga, S, Gershwin, M, Seldin, M, Invernizzi, P, Asselta R, Paraboschi EM, Gerussi A, Cordell HJ, Mells GF, Sandford RN, Jones DE, Nakamura M, Ueno K, Hitomi Y, Kawashima M, Nishida N, Tokunaga K, Nagasaki M, Tanaka A, Tang R, Li Z, Shi Y, Liu X, Xiong M, Hirschfield G, Siminovitch KA, Canadian-US PBC Consortium, Italian PBC Genetics Study Group, UK-PBC Consortium, Japan PBC-GWAS Consortium, Carbone M, Cardamone G, Duga S, Gershwin ME, Seldin MF, Invernizzi P, and LiveR North

Subjects
Canadian-US PBC Consortium, 0301 basic medicine, Male, Linkage disequilibrium, Genome-wide association study, Disease, PBC, Settore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, Linkage Disequilibrium, 0302 clinical medicine, UK-PBC Consortium, Genotype, Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins, Italian PBC Genetics Study Group, Odds Ratio, X-Wide Association Study, Japan PBC-GWAS Consortium, X chromosome, Genetics, Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary, Gastroenterology, Forkhead Transcription Factors, DNA-Binding Proteins, Shal Potassium Channels, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, Female, Adult, Monosaccharide Transport Proteins, Superenhancer, Locus (genetics), Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, Asian People, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Endopeptidases, Humans, Cell Lineage, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Meta-analysi, Genetic association, Chromosomes, Human, X, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hepatology, 1103 Clinical Sciences, Meta-analysis, 030104 developmental biology, Genetic Loci, 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, 1109 Neurosciences, Carrier Proteins, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Background & aims: Genome-wide association studies in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) have failed to find X chromosome (chrX) variants associated with the disease. Here, we specifically explore the chrX contribution to PBC, a sexually dimorphic complex autoimmune disease. Methods: We performed a chrX-wide association study, including genotype data from 5 genome-wide association studies (from Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, China, and Japan; 5244 case patients and 11,875 control individuals). Results: Single-marker association analyses found approximately 100 loci displaying P < 5 × 10-4, with the most significant being a signal within the OTUD5 gene (rs3027490; P = 4.80 × 10-6; odds ratio [OR], 1.39; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.028-1.88; Japanese cohort). Although the transethnic meta-analysis evidenced only a suggestive signal (rs2239452, mapping within the PIM2 gene; OR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.09-1.26; P = 9.93 × 10-8), the population-specific meta-analysis showed a genome-wide significant locus in East Asian individuals pointing to the same region (rs7059064, mapping within the GRIPAP1 gene; P = 6.2 × 10-9; OR, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.21-1.46). Indeed, rs7059064 tags a unique linkage disequilibrium block including 7 genes: TIMM17B, PQBP1, PIM2, SLC35A2, OTUD5, KCND1, and GRIPAP1, as well as a superenhancer (GH0XJ048933 within OTUD5) targeting all these genes. GH0XJ048933 is also predicted to target FOXP3, the main T-regulatory cell lineage specification factor. Consistently, OTUD5 and FOXP3 RNA levels were up-regulated in PBC case patients (1.75- and 1.64-fold, respectively). Conclusions: This work represents the first comprehensive study, to our knowledge, of the chrX contribution to the genetics of an autoimmune liver disease and shows a novel PBC-related genome-wide significant locus.

Published
2021

8. Detection and characteristics estimation of defects in concrete structures using laser ablation-induced vibration

Author

Naotoshi Yasuda, Yoshinori Shimada, Daiki Yamaoka, and Norikazu Misaki

Subjects
Inspection method, Materials science, Acoustics, 0211 other engineering and technologies, 02 engineering and technology, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Measure (mathematics), Vibration, law.invention, law, Modal identification, Damped oscillations, 021101 geological & geomatics engineering, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Laser ablation, Estimation theory, food and beverages, Building and Construction, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology, Spall, Laser, Modal, Concrete
Abstract

This paper proposes a method for detection and estimation of the characteristics of defects in concrete structures using laser ablation-induced vibration for non-contact structural inspection to prevent partial spalling. Two types of lasers are used: the first is an impact laser that is used to induce vibrations in the measurement target and the second is a detection laser that is used to measure these induced vibrations. Laboratory tests are performed using concrete specimens with and without an internal defect. The results show that the presence of a defect can be estimated from the occurrence of damped oscillations in the measurement data. The presence or absence of these damped oscillations can be determined using the least-squares complex frequency-domain (LSCF) method, which is a fast-stabilizing parameter estimation method for modal identification problems. Additionally, when a defect is present, the defect vibration characteristics, such as natural frequencies and damping ratios, can be estimated. In particular, the natural frequencies can be estimated accurately.

Published
2020

9. Voluntary disclosure of investment forecasts and the cost of capital: evidence from the treatment effect estimates model

Author

Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Economics and Econometrics, 050208 finance, ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION, 05 social sciences, 050201 accounting, Monetary economics, Investment (macroeconomics), ComputingMilieux_GENERAL, Voluntary disclosure, Cost of capital, ComputerApplications_MISCELLANEOUS, Accounting, Capital (economics), 0502 economics and business, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY, Treatment effect, Business, Finance, Economic consequences
Abstract

This study examines the economic consequences of voluntary disclosures for investment forecasts. Using Japanese data, I examine whether voluntary disclosure of management forecasts of capital inves...

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2018
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11. Applicability of non-contact inspection using laser ablation-induced vibration in a reinforced concrete tunnel lining

Author

Norikazu Misaki, Yoshinori Shimada, Oleg Kotyaev, and Naotoshi Yasuda

Subjects
Laser ablation, Materials science, Tunnel, Acoustics, 0211 other engineering and technologies, Natural frequency, 02 engineering and technology, Building and Construction, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology, Reinforced concrete, Laser, Vibration, 01 natural sciences, Corrosion, law.invention, Nonlinear system, law, Non-contact inspection, Noise level, 021101 geological & geomatics engineering, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

This paper considers the applicability of remote laser sensing to reinforced concrete tunnel linings with suspected corrosion of the reinforced steel. As an alternative to the hammering test, this approach represents a non-contact inspection method that provides quantitative evaluation. Remote laser sensing uses two types of lasers: an impact laser to induce vibrations in the measurement target by laser ablation and a detection laser to measure these induced vibrations. The validity of the method is verified by comparison with the results of a hammering test. It is shown that remote laser sensing can be successfully applied to a reinforced concrete tunnel lining, although the induced vibrations decay faster and the noise level are higher in the field than in the laboratory. Changes in natural frequency are occasionally observed; these are believed to be a results of changes in temperature and nonlinear vibrations. Based on the results of on-site laser measurements, the estimated frequency of the lowest mode is found to be the most useful index for the quantitative evaluation of defects.

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2021
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12. Relaxation of Surface Tension Waves on a Liquid Metal Mirror for a Fast-Ignition Laser Fusion Plant

Author

Katsuhiro Mikami, Shinri Kurahashi, Shinji Motokoshi, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Kei Sasaki, Yoshinori Shimada, Oleg Kotyaev, Takahisa Jitsuno, Takayoshi Norimatsu, Tomoaki Kunugi, and Kohei Yamanoi

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Liquid metal, Materials science, 020209 energy, Physics::Optics, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Surface tension, Optics, Physics::Plasma Physics, law, 0103 physical sciences, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, General Materials Science, Physics::Chemical Physics, Inertial confinement fusion, Civil and Structural Engineering, business.industry, Mechanical Engineering, Fusion power, Laser, Vibration, Ignition system, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Relaxation (physics), business
Abstract

A grazing incidence, shallow liquid metal mirror could be used as the final optic for the heating laser in a fast-ignition fusion power plant. The relaxation of vibrations on the surface of liquid ...

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2016
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13. NEW TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT AGAINST VIBRATION AND SOUND NOISE FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF CONCRETE LININGS BY LASER REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM

Author

Hiroaki Sakamoto, Shigeo Emoto, Masahiro Shinoda, Toshihiro Asakura, Yoshinori Shimada, Oleg Kotyaev, Hideyuki Takinami, and Norikazu Misaki

Subjects
Vibration, Noise, geography, Engineering, geography.geographical_feature_category, business.industry, Acoustics, Nondestructive testing, Laser remote sensing, Technique development, business, Sound (geography)
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2016
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14. The Effects of Environmental Protection Activities on Corporate Tax Avoidance in Japan

Author

Yoshinori Shimada and Hiroshi Onuma

Subjects
Leverage (finance), Environmental protection, Negative relationship, Corporate governance, Business, Tax avoidance, health care economics and organizations, Corporate tax, Effective tax rate
Abstract

This study examines the effects of environmental protection activities on corporate tax avoidance. Focusing on environmental responsibility, we show an association between actual outlay on environmental protection activities and tax avoidance, as measured by the effective tax rate (ETR). We also leverage environmental ratings in accordance with previous studies. Using tax-deductible costs for environmental protection activities enables us to more directly analyze their effects on the ETR compared with previous studies because the ETR is measured in monetary amounts. Moreover, we investigate how corporate governance influences this association because both environmental protection and tax avoidance activities are largely related to management decision-making. The results show that the ETR decreases for firms that spend more on environmental protection, whereas it has no relation to environmental ratings. These results, which use environmental protection costs, are completely different from those using environmental ratings. We show that the negative effects of environmental protection costs on corporate tax avoidance are moderated for firms with more outside directors. Additionally, the negative relationship between environmental protection costs and the ETR is found to become stronger for firms that have higher institutional ownership. These results, related to outside directors and institutional ownership, suggest that corporate governance mechanisms that regulate management behavior play a prominent role in the association between environmental protection costs and tax avoidance.

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2018
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15. Managerial Sentiment and Earnings Forecast Disclosure: Evidence From Changes in Japanese Government

Author

Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Government, Politics, Earnings, Social connectedness, Net income, Financial economics, media_common.quotation_subject, Economic rent, Economics, Revenue, Proxy (statistics), media_common
Abstract

This study constitutes an examination of the effects of political connectedness on management forecast revisions. Two types of management forecasts (e.g. sales revenue and net income) are examined by focusing on the change in the Japanese government. Using Japanese soft contribution data as a proxy for political connectedness, the main results show that firms that are politically connected to the Liberal Democratic Party are less (more) likely to revise sales revenue forecasts downwardly (upwardly) when the Liberal Democratic Party is the ruling party. Political connectedness is found to have few effects on forecast revisions of net income. Sensitivity tests using the amounts of soft political contributions and the propensity score matching model show results like the main ones. Furthermore, other properties of management forecasts (e.g. forecast innovation, forecast errors, and forecast accuracy) are also examined. The results show that firms with political power issue their initial sales revenue forecasts in a more aggressive, more biased, and less accurate manner than those without.

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2018
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18. Management Forecasts of Capital Investment and Earnings, the Cost of Equity Capital and Corporate Governance in Japan

Author

Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Finance, Capital adequacy ratio, Financial capital, Cost of capital, business.industry, Fixed investment, Capital employed, Economics, Monetary economics, Fixed capital, business, Return on capital, Equity capital markets
Abstract

This paper examines how management forecasts, the cost of equity capital and corporate governance are related, using Japanese data. As management forecasts, capital investment forecasts as well as earnings forecasts are comprehensively available in Japan. They reveal the following: First, better corporate governance systems enhance the quality of earnings forecasts, but do not improve that of capital investment forecasts. Second, firms with more precise earnings forecasts can enjoy lower cost of equity capital. Meanwhile, the precision of capital investment forecasts has no relation with the cost of equity capital. Finally, the precision of capital investment forecasts has a negative influence on the cost of capital as long as corporate governance is poorly built. These findings suggest that capital investment forecasts provide informativeness that is totally different from that in earnings forecasts to investors’ valuation. The precision of earnings forecasts is a substitute for the quality of corporate governance and that of capital investment forecasts plays a complementary role, making up for the information shortcomings arising out of the low quality of corporate governance.

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2017
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19. 4.1:Distinguished Paper: Cavity Shape Control of the Roll-to-Roll Fabricated Novel Microstructure Film for Improving the Viewing-Angle Characteristics of LCDs

Author

Yoshinori Shimada, Toru Kanno, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Emi Yamamoto, Yusuke Tsuda, and Yasushi Asaoka

Subjects
Materials science, Liquid-crystal display, business.industry, Photoresist, Microstructure, Viewing angle, Shape control, law.invention, Roll-to-roll processing, Optics, law, Optoelectronics, Photolithography, business, Diffuser (optics)
Abstract

A microstructure film with many micro cavities positioned behind small black dots has been developed for improving LCD viewing-angle characteristics. The micro cavities are fabricated by the self-alignment photolithography of the transparent photoresist using the black dots as photo masks. The cavity shapes are optimized by controlling the photolithography conditions.

Published
2014
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20. Fabrication of the hollow SnO2 nanoparticles contained spheres as extreme ultraviolet (EUV) target

Author

Takayoshi Norimatsu, Jianyu Ji, Zhongdang Xiao, Tian Tian, Keiji Nagai, Yoshinori Shimada, Hiroaki Nishimura, Zhongze Gu, Shinsuke Fujioka, and Liqin Ge

Subjects
Materials science, Fabrication, business.industry, Tin dioxide, Extreme ultraviolet lithography, Layer by layer, Nanoparticle, Tin oxide, chemistry.chemical_compound, Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Optics, chemistry, Extreme ultraviolet, Optoelectronics, business, Lithography
Abstract

Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) is a promising technology for the volume production of the future integrated circuit. In this paper, hollow multilayer microcapsules which contained tin dioxide nanoparticles were fabricated successfully with layer-by-layer (LBL) technique. Compared with the previous reported results, the obtained capsules have rougher surface structure (60 nm in rms which measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM)) and lost their round shape even in solution because of the existing of the tin dioxide (SnO2) nanoparticles. In order to lighten the mass of the target, heating treatment was introduced. After heating treatment, capsules’ sizes shrank about 28% (the average diameter changed from 4.9 μm to 1.4 μm). The narrowest bandwidth at 13.5 nm emission in EUV region was observed when the capsules were irradiated with CO2 laser with an intensity of 2.9 × 1010 W/cm2, it is a little weaker than the previous result because of the mass difference of the target.

Published
2010
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21. Demonstration of 25-Hz-inspection-speed laser remote sensing for internal concrete defects

Author

Katsuhiro Mikami, Toshiyuki Kitamura, Yoshinori Shimada, Tetsuya Kawachi, Shuji Kondo, Noboru Hasegawa, Hajime Okada, Shinri Kurahashi, and Masaharu Nishikino

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Optical amplifier, Materials science, business.industry, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Optical interferometer, Laser, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Vibration, Optics, law, Remote sensing (archaeology), 0103 physical sciences, Photorefractive crystal, Laser remote sensing, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 0210 nano-technology, business
Abstract

High-speed laser remote sensing of defects inside a concrete specimen was demonstrated. In the proposed measurement setup, high-power laser pulses irradiated a concrete surface to generate vibration that can be detected by an optical interferometer, which was constructed using photorefractive crystal. The laser-based remote sensing system achieved inspection speeds of 25 Hz. The predominant frequency of a mock-up defect that was embedded in a concrete specimen was measured. The inspection result was identical to that obtained using a conventional hammering method.

Published
2018
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23. ACTIVITIES ON THE LASER FUSION REACTOR KOYO-F IN JAPAN

Author

H. Nakajima, K. Mima, Yoshinori Shimada, Tomoaki Kunugi, Hiroki Yoshida, R. Tsuji, Takayoshi Norimatsu, Yoshihiro Kajimura, and Hiroyuki Furukawa

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, business.industry, 020209 energy, Mechanical Engineering, Shields, 02 engineering and technology, Alpha particle, Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Magnetic field, Optics, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Cascade, 0103 physical sciences, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, General Materials Science, Electric discharge, business, Inertial confinement fusion, Beam (structure), Civil and Structural Engineering
Abstract

Current status of elemental research on a laser fusion reactor with a liquid wall in Japan is summarized. Cascade scheme was found to be useful to obtain a continuous protective liquid LiPb layer. Formation of micro particles in a plume ablated by alpha particle heating is discussed based on experimental results obtained by backside irradiation of a lead membrane. Our numerical simulation results for formation of aerosols matched experimental results obtained with electric discharge through a thin lead membrane. Protection of beam port is described. A magnetic field generated with a pulse current successfully shields the tip of beam port from alpha particles. Tracking of cone target with diverging beam showed 0.2 μm resolution at 10m separation.

Published
2009

24. Development of Laser Based Remote Sensing System for Inner-Concrete Defects

Author

Oleg Kotyaev and Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Engineering, business.industry, Laser, law.invention, Vibration, Crystal, Optics, law, Electric field, Reference beam, Nondestructive testing, Development (differential geometry), Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, Remote sensing, Voltage
Abstract

Laser-based remote sensing using a vibration detection system has been developed using a photorefractive crystal to reduce the effect of concrete surface-roughness. An electric field was applied to the crystal and the reference beam was phase shifted to increase the detection efficiency (DE). The DE increased by factor of 8.5 times compared to that when no voltage and no phase shifting were applied. Vibration from concrete defects can be detected at a distance of 5 m from the system. A vibration-canceling system has also developed that appears to be promising for canceling vibrations between the laser system and the concrete. Finally, we have constructed a prototype system that can be transported in a small truck.

Published
2009
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25. Fine Structures of Laser-Driven Punched-Out Tin Fuels Observed with Extreme Ultraviolet Backlight Imaging

Author

Hiroaki Nishimura, Katsunobu Nishihara, Yoshinori Shimada, Takayoshi Norimatsu, Yuzuri Yasuda, Yasukazu Izawa, Tomoya Birou, Shinsuke Maeda, Shinsuke Fujioka, Noriaki Miyanaga, Tsuyoshi Ando, Kunioki Mima, and Keiji Nagai

Subjects
Materials science, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), business.industry, Extreme ultraviolet lithography, General Engineering, General Physics and Astronomy, chemistry.chemical_element, Backlight, Laser, law.invention, Optics, Light source, chemistry, Critical parameter, law, Extreme ultraviolet, Optoelectronics, Small particles, business, Tin
Abstract

The laser-driven punched-out scheme, which has been proposed for supplying minimum-mass tin fuels at a high repetition rate, was investigated for use in an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source. The density profile of punched-out tin fuel is a critical parameter for validating applicability of this scheme. An EUV backlight technique was developed to measure the density profile and fine structure. Experimental results reveal that a punched-out target does not remain its initial thin shape, but expands into a rarefied gas and liquid and small particles under the present target and laser conditions.

Published
2008
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27. Atomic Model and Optimization of EUV Light Source

Author

Fumihiro Koike, Atsushi Sunahara, Hajime Tanuma, Akira Sasaki, Shinsuke Fujioka, Katsunobu Nishihara, Hiroaki Nishimura, and Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Light source, Materials science, Optics, business.industry, Extreme ultraviolet lithography, Energy conversion efficiency, Atomic model, Optoelectronics, business, Lithography
Published
2008
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28. Development of Extreme-Ultraviolet Light Source by Laser-Produced Plasma

Author

Hiroaki Nishimura, Yasukazu Izawa, Atsushi Sunahara, Yuki Nakai, Kunioki Mima, Noriaki Miyanaga, Shinsuke Fujioka, Yoshinori Shimada, Katsunobu Nishihara, Masashi Shimomura, Shinichi Namba, Takeshi Kai, Tatsuya Aota, and Hirokazu Sakaguchi

Subjects
Physics, Range (particle radiation), business.industry, Extreme ultraviolet lithography, Semiconductor device, Plasma, Radiation, Laser, law.invention, Optics, Light source, law, Extreme ultraviolet, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Optoelectronics, business
Abstract

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation from laser-produced plasma has been studied for mass-production of the next generation semiconductor devices with EUV lithography. A full set of experimental databases are provided for a wide range of parameters of lasers and targets. These data are utilized directly as a technical guide-line for EUV source system design in the industry as well as used to benchmark the radiation hydrodynamic code, including equation-of-state solvers and advanced atomic kinetic models, dedicated for EUV plasma predictions. Present status of the LPP EUV source studies is presented.

Published
2008
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29. Value-Relevance of Investment Forecasts and Reliability of Forecast Information

Author

Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Capital investment, Information asymmetry, Financial economics, Return on investment, As is, Cash holdings, Annual report, Business, Volatility (finance), Consensus forecast
Abstract

This paper examines the value-relevance of investment forecasts, which are frequently disclosed in a variety of qualitative and quantitative fashions (e.g. annual report, medium-term management plan). In it, I investigate whether capital investment forecasts and research and development (R&D) investment forecasts provide value-relevant information for investors. I do so by using a large sample of Japanese firms, because investment forecasts in Japan are regularly released through particular venues. Furthermore, I explore whether investors more highly value investment forecasts based on their reliability. In testing, I develop a model based on the work of Feltham and Ohlson (1995) and regress contemporary securities prices on the future incremental amounts of investment forecasts and reliability involving forecast information. As is consistent with my expectations, I find that both capital and R&D investment forecasts are value-relevant. In addition, it is revealed that the value-relevance of capital investment forecasts is related to high levels of past forecast precision and growth opportunities, and to lower volatility in past forecasts and managerial discretionary expenses. I find that R&D investment forecasts are recognised as providing more value-relevant information when firms have more precise and unbiased forecasting experience in past periods, as well as more cash holdings and growth opportunities. These results are consistent with the association between value-relevance and the reliability of investment forecasts.

Published
2015
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30. Investment Forecast Disclosure and the Cost of Equity Capital: Evidence from the Treatment Effect Estimates Model

Author

Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Finance, ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION, business.industry, Private equity firm, Return of capital, Monetary economics, Investment (macroeconomics), Cost of capital, Return on investment, Capital employed, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY, Open-ended investment company, business, Equity capital markets
Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the economic consequences of voluntary and quantitative disclosures for investment forecasts in the subsequent periods. Using Japanese manufacturing firm data for the period 2004 to 2011, I find that investment forecast disclosures contribute to a reduction of the cost of equity capital. To deal with issues of self-selection bias and endogeneity, the treatment effect estimates model is used for testing, and the determinants and potential existence of omitted variables are controlled. The results of sensitivity analyses are also robust. My results suggest that firms that disclose their long-term future prospects in a constructive manner can enjoy a reduction in the cost of equity capital, and such proactive shareholder engagements in investor relations enable investors to allocate their limited economic resources appropriately. Therefore, as is the case with earnings forecasts, the development of an institution encouraging firms to disclose their investment forecasts would contribute to the creation of a healthier market economy environment, as investment forecast disclosures benefit both firms and investors.

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2015
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32. Ionization and fragmentation of anthracene with an intense femtosecond laser pulse at 1.4 μm

Author

Masanao Murakami, Ryuji Mizoguchi, Tomoyuki Yatsuhashi, Nobuaki Nakashima, and Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Anthracene, Analytical chemistry, General Physics and Astronomy, Photochemistry, Laser, Ion, law.invention, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), law, Ionization, Femtosecond, Molecule, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Excitation
Abstract

Anthracene molecule was ionized with 130-fs pulses at two wavelengths, 0.8 and 1.4 μm. Anthracene ionized at 1.4 μm showed predominance of molecular ions with only few fragment ions, whereas excitation with 0.8-μm pulse produced many fragment ions. These observations are explained in terms of non-resonant (1.4 μm) vs. resonant (0.8 μm) excitations with the electronic levels of anthracene cation.

Published
2005
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34. Estimation of emission efficiency for laser-produced EUV-plasmas

Author

Takashi Fujimoto, Tomoharu Okuno, Atsushi Sunahara, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Katsunobu Nishihara, Noriaki Miyanaga, Mitsuo Nakai, Kouhei Gamada, Y. Izawa, Takahiro Hibino, Chiyoe Yamanaka, Kazuhisa Hashimoto, T. Kawamura, Nobuyoshi Ueda, Akira Sasaki, Hajime Tanuma, Richard M. More, Takashi Kagawa, Takako Kato, Takayoshi Norimatsu, Keisuke Shigemori, Yoshinori Shimada, Kazumi Fujima, Y. Tao, Shinsuke Fujioka, Hiroaki Nishimura, Takeshi Nishikawa, Michiteru Yamaura, Fumihiro Koike, V. Zhakhovskii, Masakatsu Murakami, Keiji Nagai, Ryoji Matsui, and Shigeaki Uchida

Subjects
Physics, education.field_of_study, Extreme ultraviolet lithography, Population, Energy conversion efficiency, Electron, Radiation, Laser, law.invention, law, Extreme ultraviolet, Radiative transfer, Atomic physics, education
Abstract

Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) light source produced by laser irradiation emits not only the desired EUV light of 13 ~ 14 nm (about 90 eV) but also shorter x-rays. For example, emissions around 4 ~ 8 nm (about 150 ~ 300 eV) and 1 ~ 2.5 nm (about 0.5 ~ 1.2 keV) are experimentally observed from Sn and/or SnO 2 plasmas. These emissions are correspond to the N-shell and M-shell transitions, respectively. From the view point of energy balance and efficiency, these transitions should be suppressed. However, they may, to some extent, contribute to provide the 5p and 4f levels with electrons which eventually emit the EUV light and enhance the intensity. To know well about radiative properties and kinematic of the whole plasma, atomic population kinetics and spectral synthesis codes have been developed. These codes can estimate the atomic population with nl-scheme and spectral shapes of the EUV light. Radiation hydrodynamic simulation have been proceeding in this analysis. Finally, the laser intensity dependence of the conversion efficiency calculated by these codes agrees with that of the corresponding experimental results.

Published
2004

35. Pulse Duration Dependence of Femtosecond Ionization and Fragmentation of an Organic Molecule

Author

Hidenori Shinohara, Nobuaki Nakashima, Yoshinori Shimada, Tomoyuki Yatsuhashi, and Ryuji Mizoguchi

Subjects
Time of flight, Materials science, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), Ionization, Femtosecond, Molecule, Pulse duration, Atomic physics, Mass spectrometry, Ion
Abstract

The ionization and fragmentation of 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene of a femtosecond laser have been studied at various pulse durations, which were changed from 35 fs to 1 ps. A reflectron-type time of flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS) was used for ion detection. Molecules were ionized under a strong laser field and formed parent ions. Some were fragmented, resulting in a drastic increase of ionic species. Fragmentation was dominant when a long duration pulse was used, probably because the parent and large fragmented ions were further decomposed into small fragmented ions. Such heavy fragmentation may cause an underestimation of Isat.

Published
2004
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40. Share Repurchase Announcements Together with Earnings Forecast Revisions and Long-Term Stock Performance: Evidence from Japan

Author

Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Finance, Earnings management, Earnings, business.industry, Share repurchase, Accounting, business, Stock (geology)
Abstract

This article examines whether the presence of large revisions in management EPS forecasts alongside repurchase announcements offers a more appropriate measurement for ex-post actual repurchase implementations than do repurchase programme size and earnings managements before repurchase announcements. I also investigate whether repurchase announcements alongside large revisions in management EPS forecasts are over-performed relative to repurchase announcements with no or slight revisions in management EPS forecasts. The results empirically suggest that repurchase programmes are likely to be implemented if announcements accompany large revisions in management EPS forecasts. This finding implies that EPS forecasts revisions around repurchase programmes announcements convey more information on the ex-post actual implementation of repurchase programmes than do repurchase programmes size and earnings management. The findings also indicate that management reporting behaviour regarding EPS forecast revisions is significantly and positively related to long-term stock performance, suggesting that investors evaluate the reliability of the signal in each repurchase programme based on the presence or absence of EPS forecast revisions. These results are robust concerning measurements of long-term stock performance.

Published
2014
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41. Gray Matter of the Bovine Cervical Spinal Cord is Mechanically More Rigid and Fragile than the White Matter

Author

Toshihiko Taguchi, Shinya Kawai, Yoshinori Shimada, Ituo Sakuramoto, Shunichi Kawano, and Kazuhiko Ichihara

Subjects
Physics, Linear region, Compressive Strength, medicine.diagnostic_test, Biomechanics, Magnetic resonance imaging, Anatomy, Grey matter, medicine.disease, Spinal cord, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, White matter, medicine.anatomical_structure, Spinal Cord, Tensile Strength, Cervical Vertebrae, medicine, Animals, Cattle, Computer Simulation, Female, Neurology (clinical), Spinal Cord Compression, Gray (horse), Spinal cord injury
Abstract

The gray matter of the cervical spinal cord has been thought to be equally or less rigid than the white matter. Based on this assumption, various studies have been conducted on the changes of stress distributions within the spinal cord under mechanical compression, although the mechanical properties of the white and gray matters had not been fully elucidated. The present study measured the mechanical properties of the white and gray matter of bovine spinal cords. For both the white and gray matter, the stress-strain curves had a nonlinear region, followed by a linear region, and then a region where the stresses plateaued before failure. In the nonlinear region, stress was not significantly different between the gray and white matter samples (strain approximately 0-10%), while stress and Young's modulus in the gray matter was significantly higher than the white matter in the linear part of the curve. The gray matter ruptured at lower strains than the white matter. These findings demonstrated the gray matter is more rigid and fragile than the white matter, and the conventional assumption (i.e., the white matter is more rigid than the gray matter) is not correct. We then applied our data to computer simulations using the finite element method, and confirmed that simulations agreed with actual magnetic resonance imaging findings of the spinal cord under compression. In future computer simulations, including finite element method using our data, changes in stress and strain within the cervical spinal cord under compression would be clarified in more detail, and our findings would also help to elucidate the area which can easily receive histologic damage or which could have hemodynamic disorders under mechanical compression, as well as severity and location of biochemical and molecular biological changes.

Published
2001
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42. Research on Field Experiments of Laser Triggered Lightning

Author

Shinji Motokoshi, Tatsuhiko Yamanaka, Chiyoe Yamanaka, Yuuji Ishikubo, Mikio Adachi, Zen-Ichiro Kawasaki, Hirohiko Yasuda, Yoshinori Shimada, and Shigeaki Uchida

Subjects
Optics, Materials science, Field (physics), business.industry, law, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, Laser, Lightning, law.invention
Published
1999
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44. The Field Experiments of Laser Triggered Lightning

Author

Chiyoe Yamanaka, Tomoo Ushio, Zen Kawasaki, Yuuji Ishikubo, Teiji Watanabe, Mikio Adachi, Shinji Motokoshi, Hirohiko Yasuda, Tatsuhiko Yamanaka, K. Matsuura, Daohong Wang, Kouji Tsubakimoto, Shigeaki Uchida, Hisanori Fujita, and Yoshinori Shimada

Subjects
Meteorology, Field (physics), law, Environmental science, Thundersnow, Laser, Lightning, Field observation, Remote sensing, law.invention
Abstract

A field experimental site for laser triggered lightning (LTL) has been prepared targetting the winter thunderstorms in Hokuriku region. This paper discusses the results from laboratory experiments and field observation on winter thunderstorms at Mihama district. A new scheme of determining the laser irradiation timing, the PB (Preliminary Breakdown) trigger, and its preliminary results on LTL are also described.

Published
1996
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45. Study on Laser Triggered Discharge Using a CO2 Laser

Author

Zen Kawasaki, Yasuyuki Watada, Chiyoe Yamanaka, Daohong Wang, Tatsuhiko Yamanaka, Shigeaki Uchida, Shinji Motokoshi, Yoshinori Shimada, Yuuji Ishikubo, Mikio Adachi, and Hirohiko Yasuda

Subjects
Materials science, business.industry, Physics::Optics, Laser pumping, Plasma, Laser, Lightning, law.invention, Optics, Physics::Plasma Physics, law, Excited state, Ionization, Physics::Space Physics, Cathode ray, Plasma channel, Physics::Atomic Physics, business, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract

We are preparing a laser triggered lightning method for the winter thunderstorm. Using a - 150-J electron beam excited CO2 laser, we obtained a laser plasma channel consisting of many plasma beads made of ionized aerosols in the atmosphere. The laser plasma channel initiates an electrical streamer and propagates a leader. We discuss experimental results on the critical conditions for initiating streamer from a laser plasma channel and for leader propagation through a laser plasma channel.

Published
1996
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47. Fundamental Experiments on Laser Triggered Lightning. Plasma Generation under Winter Thunderstorms

Author

Shinji Motokoshi, Chiyoe Yamanaka, Yoshinori Shimada, Yuuji Ishikubo, Mikio Adachi, Yasukazu Izawa, Kouji Tsubakimoto, Hirohiko Yasuda, Zen Kawasaki, Hisanori Fujita, Shigeaki Uchida, and Tatsuhiko Yamanaka

Subjects
Atmosphere, law, Attenuation, Environmental science, Plasma channel, Plasma, Laser, Snow, Lightning, Corona discharge, Remote sensing, law.invention
Abstract

It is a crucial issue to make an intense plasma channel in the atmosphere for laser triggered lightning. The laser characteristics of laser propagation and plasma generation have been studied under various weather conditions. The line density of plasma channel in snowy weather is less than that in fine weather due to the laser energy attenuation and the decrease of aerosols, the cores of plasma beads, by snow. To initiate a leader at the top of lightning tower, the line density of plasma channel is needed to be over one hundred per meter. Some remedies to overcome this effects will be discussed.

Published
1996
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48. A possible way to trigger lightning using a laser

Author

Yasuo Sonoi, Chihiro Yamanaka, K. Matsuura, Daohong Wang, Zen-Ichiro Kawasaki, Yoshinori Shimada, Tomoo Ushio, Shigeaki Uchida, N. Simokura, and Yasukazu Izawa

Subjects
Physics, Atmospheric Science, Field (physics), business.industry, General Engineering, Plasma, Laser, Lightning, law.invention, Geophysics, Optics, Zigzag, Physics::Plasma Physics, law, Energy absorbing, Electric field, Electrode, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, business, General Environmental Science
Abstract

To study the possibility of triggering lightning with a laser plasma, laboratory laser-induced discharge experiments have been carried out and the following results were obtained. Both long straight and zigzag laser induced discharges between rod-rod electrodes were realized and the effective guiding effect of laser channels for electrical discharges was confirmed. With plane-plane electrode configuration, the investigation concerning the necessary condition for initiating and guiding a streamer reveals that the necessary electric field for initiating a streamer with a laser plasma depends closely on the absorbed energy used to produce laser plasma channels, the minimum electric field is about 200 kV/m, and that the necessary electric field for guiding a streamer by a laser plasma is lower than that for initiating a streamer and the minimum electric field is about 170 kV/m. We propose to use the local electric field near the top of a grounded tower as the necessary field for a laser-produced channel to trigger an upward leader and have proved that this is feasible.

Published
1995
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50. Non-Destructive Remote Inspection for Heavy Constructions

Author

Oleg Kotyaev, Yoshinori Shimada, and Masayuki Fujita

Subjects
Laser interferometry, Optical testing, business.industry, Non destructive, Nondestructive testing, Environmental science, business, Laser beams, Marine engineering, Field conditions
Abstract

A laser-based system for remote non-destructive inspection of heavy concrete structures has been developed, assembled and tested in the laboratory and field conditions. Detection of inner defects was demonstrated for Japan Railway Shinkansen tunnels.

Published
2012
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