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Nitrate removal by a combination of elemental sulfur-based denitrification and membrane filtrationKatsuki Kimura
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Water Res 36:1758-66. 2002..5 m3/m2/day for about 100 days without any chemical membrane cleaning. The proposed process, however, caused a slight increase in assimilable organic carbon. Sulfide was not detected in the denitrified water...- Modification of submerged membrane bioreactors (MBRS) by inserting baffles: pilot scale studyK Kimura
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Sci Technol 55:119-26. 2007..Increase of trans-membrane pressure difference was subtle, which might be attributed to the alternative creation of aerobic/anoxic conditions... 
Further examination of polysaccharides causing membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs): Application of lectin affinity chromatography and MALDI-TOF/MSKatsuki Kimura
Division of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Res 46:5725-34. 2012..A deeper understanding and effective control of membrane fouling in MBRs could be achieved with information obtained by the approach used in this study...- Baffled membrane bioreactor (BMBR) for efficient nutrient removal from municipal wastewaterKatsuki Kimura
Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Res 42:625-32. 2008..It was found that denitrification was the limiting step in removal of nitrogen in the BMBR in this study. Various types of monitoring carried out in the BMBR also demonstrated the possibility of further improvements in its performance... - Baffled membrane bioreactor (BMBR) for advanced wastewater treatment: easy modification of existing MBRs for efficient nutrient removalK Kimura
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Sci Technol 52:427-34. 2005..The modification proposed in this study can immediately be applied to most existing MBRs and is highly recommended for more efficient wastewater treatment... - Irreversible membrane fouling during ultrafiltration of surface waterKatsuki Kimura
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Res 38:3431-41. 2004..In addition to organic matter, presumably iron and manganese also contributed to the irreversible fouling to some extent... - Elimination of selected acidic pharmaceuticals from municipal wastewater by an activated sludge system and membrane bioreactorsKatsuki Kimura
Department of Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Environ Sci Technol 41:3708-14. 2007..Biodegradation of diclofenac, which has been believed to be refractory to biodegradation, seemed to occur very slowly... - Membrane fouling in pilot-scale membrane bioreactors (MBRs) treating municipal wastewaterKatsuki Kimura
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Environ Sci Technol 39:6293-9. 2005..It was shown that high F/M would make the foulant more proteinaceous. Carbohydrates were dominant in membrane foulants in this study, while features of humic substances were not apparent... - Elimination of selected pharmaceuticals by biosolids from municipal wastewater treatment plants: importance of modest pH change and degree of mineralizationK Kimura
Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Water Sci Technol 62:1084-9. 2010..e. gc/ms or lc/ms/ms)... - Changes in characteristics of soluble microbial products in membrane bioreactors associated with different solid retention times: Relation to membrane foulingKatsuki Kimura
Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Res 43:1033-9. 2009..The results of this study suggest that the use of conventional methods for analysis of SMP is not appropriate for investigation of membrane fouling in MBRs... - Influence of residual organic macromolecules produced in biological wastewater treatment processes on removal of pharmaceuticals by NF/RO membranesKatsuki Kimura
Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University, N13 W8 Kita ku, Sapporo, Japan
Water Res 43:3751-8. 2009.... - Affinity of functional groups for membrane surfaces: implications for physically irreversible foulingHiroshi Yamamura
Division of Built Environment, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Environ Sci Technol 42:5310-5. 2008..The results obtained in this study partially explain why hydrophilic NOM dominated over humic substances in foulants of membranes used for water treatment in recent studies on fouling... - Transition in fouling mechanism in microfiltration of a surface waterHiroshi Yamamura
Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Res 41:3812-22. 2007.... - Role of uncoupling protein 1 in the anti-obesity effect of beta3-adrenergic agonist in the dogA Omachi
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0818, Japan
Res Vet Sci 85:214-9. 2008..It was suggested that UCP1-dependent energy expenditure in adipose tissue contributes to the anti-obesity effect of beta3-adrenoceptor agonist in dogs... - Seasonal variation in membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) treating municipal wastewaterTaro Miyoshi
Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Res 43:5109-18. 2009..The results obtained in this study indicated that seasonal variation in physically reversible and irreversible fouling is related to changes in quantity and quality of organic matter, respectively... - Mechanism involved in the evolution of physically irreversible fouling in microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes used for drinking water treatmentHiroshi Yamamura
Division of Built Environment, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Environ Sci Technol 41:6789-94. 2007.... - Canine leptin: cDNA cloning, expression and activity of recombinant proteinM Iwase
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060 0818, Japan
Res Vet Sci 68:109-14. 2000..The data reported herein will be helpful for further studies of leptin of the dog in health and disease... - Endotoxin modulates arachidonic acid-induced glycogenolysis in the perfused rat liverK Kimura
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Horm Metab Res 30:178-81. 1998..The release of Tx B2 by AA increased after LPS-injection. These results suggest that priming of hepatic macrophage by endotoxin in vivo enhances Tx synthesis, resulting in modulating hepatic glycogenolysis... - No alteration in serum leptin levels during acute endotoxemia in sheepM Soliman
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 63:1143-5. 2001..These results indicate that serum leptin levels in sheep during acute endotoxemia are differentially regulated from those in rodent and human, and that leptin might not be involved in the endotoxin-induced anorexia in sheep... - Influence of membrane properties on physically reversible and irreversible fouling in membrane bioreactorsT Tsuyuhara
Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University, N13W8 Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Sci Technol 61:2235-40. 2010..e. MF or UF membranes) and evolutions of physically irreversible fouling can be mitigated when an MBR is operated with membranes with smooth surface and high pure water permeability... - Study on the usefulness of precise and simple dynamic balance tests for the evaluation of recovery from intravenous sedation with midazolam and propofolT Fujisawa
Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Sapporo, Japan
Eur J Anaesthesiol 24:425-30. 2007..The purpose of this study was to compare the recovery of dynamic balance after intravenous sedation with propofol or midazolam, and to investigate the usefulness of simple dynamic balance tests in evaluating the recovery... - Hybrid membrane bioreactor for water recycling and phosphorus recoveryY Watanabe
Department of Built Environmental, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Water Sci Technol 53:17-24. 2006..e. the hexagonal mesostructured zirconium sulfate (ZS). The ZS has the extremely high adsorption capacity of phosphoric acids through anion exchange. The adsorbed phosphoric acids are released from the ZS in a high pH range of about 13... - Recovery of intentional dynamic balance function after intravenous sedation with midazolam in young and elderly subjectsT Fujisawa
Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Eur J Anaesthesiol 23:422-5. 2006..The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the recovery of intentional dynamic balance function after intravenous sedation with midazolam in elderly subjects in comparison with that in young subjects... - Beta3-adrenoceptor agonist AJ-9677 reduces body fat in obese beaglesA Omachi
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0818, Japan
Res Vet Sci 83:5-11. 2007..The plasma levels of leptin and adiponectin were decreased and increased, respectively, after the AJ treatment, reflecting the reduction of adiposity. It was concluded that AJ-9677 is useful for the treatment of obesity in the dog... - Phorbol ester, but not endotoxin, desensitizes mannan-induced glycogenolysis in the perfused rat liverK Kimura
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Hokkaido University School of Veterinary Medicine, Sapporo
J Biochem 120:488-93. 1996..These results suggest that protein kinase C may be involved in the process of glycogenolysis by mannan, but is unlikely to be involved in the homologous desensitization of the responses... - Modulation of platelet activating factor-induced glycogenolysis in the perfused rat liver after administration of endotoxin in vivoK Kimura
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
J Biochem 123:142-9. 1998..These results suggest that different eicosanoids are involved in PAF-induced glycogenolysis in different stages of endotoxemia, and that LT D1 may also play a role in PAF-induced glycogenolysis... - Induction of uncoupling protein (UCP) 2 in primary cultured hepatocytesK Kimura
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
FEBS Lett 457:75-9. 1999..Moreover, the mitochondrial potential in the presence of succinate was decreased by 60%, indicating the potential role of UCP2 in hepatocyte mitochondria as an active uncoupler... - Mutated human beta3-adrenergic receptor (Trp64Arg) lowers the response to beta3-adrenergic agonists in transfected 3T3-L1 preadipocytesK Kimura
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Horm Metab Res 32:91-6. 2000.... 
Proinsulin C-peptide rapidly stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinases in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts: requirement of protein kinase C, phosphoinositide 3-kinase and pertussis toxin-sensitive G-proteinT Kitamura
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
Biochem J 355:123-9. 2001..These results suggest that C-peptide activates MAPK through a putative G(i)/G(o)-linked receptor for C-peptide and through PI-3K-dependent and PKC-dependent pathways...- Norepinephrine stimulates interleukin-6 mRNA expression in primary cultured rat hepatocytesB D Jung
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0818, Japan
J Biochem 127:205-9. 2000..These results suggest that NE released from sympathetic nerve terminals during stress can directly increase IL-6 mRNA expression in hepatocytes and indirectly through IL-1beta production from non-parenchymal liver cells... - A novel A97P amino acid substitution in alpha-galactosidase A leads to a classical Fabry disease with cardiac manifestationsK Kimura
Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N 15, W 7, Kita ku, Sapporo, 060 8638, Japan
Br J Dermatol 147:545-8. 2002..Fabry disease results from a genetic deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A (GLA) activity. Phenotype-genotype correlations in this condition have not as yet been fully elucidated... - Proinsulin C-peptide increases nitric oxide production by enhancing mitogen-activated protein-kinase-dependent transcription of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in aortic endothelial cells of Wistar ratsT Kitamura
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Diabetologia 46:1698-705. 2003.... - Diurnal variations of serum leptin in dogs: effects of fasting and re-feedingK Ishioka
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0818, Japan
Vet J 169:85-90. 2005..The results indicate that serum leptin concentrations change diurnally in association with feeding-fasting cycles in the dog, partially due to changes in insulin secretion... - Influence of suspension viscosity and colloidal particles on permeability of membrane used in membrane bioreactor (MBR)T Itonaga
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
Water Sci Technol 50:301-9. 2004..Based on the dead-end tests, it was shown that the deterioration of membrane permeability was mainly caused by the colloidal particle fraction in the biomass suspension... - Proinsulin C-peptide activates vagus efferent output in ratsK Kimura
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0818, Japan
Peptides 26:2547-53. 2005..This could explain, at least in part, the ameliorating effects of C-peptide on impaired cardiac autonomic nerve functions in patients with type 1 diabetes... - Canine adiponectin: cDNA structure, mRNA expression in adipose tissues and reduced plasma levels in obesityK Ishioka
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0818, Japan
Res Vet Sci 80:127-32. 2006..These results are compatible with those reported in other species, and suggest that adiponectin is an index of adiposity and a target molecule for studies on diseases associated with obesity in dogs... - Fouling potentials of polysaccharides in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) assessed by lectin affinity chromatographyT Miyoshi
Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8628, Japan
Water Sci Technol 61:1787-92. 2010..On the basis of the results obtained in this study, it can be concluded that characteristics of membrane and structures or properties of sugar chain would play an important role in determining fouling potentials... - Effect of pre-coagulation on mitigating irreversible fouling during ultrafiltration of a surface waterK Kimura
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
Water Sci Technol 51:93-100. 2005..0) in this study... - Anorectic effect of leptin is mediated by hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone, but not by urocortin, in ratsS Okamoto
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, 060-0818, Sapporo, Japan
Neurosci Lett 307:179-82. 2001..These results suggest that the anorectic effect of leptin is mediated by CRH, but not by urocortin, in the hypothalamus... - Dexamethasone increases serum leptin concentration in dogsK Ishioka
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
Vet J 164:295-7. 2002 - Brain interleukin-1 is involved in blood interleukin-6 response to immobilization stress in ratsI Ishikawa
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
Jpn J Vet Res 49:19-25. 2001..These results indicate that IL-1 in the hypothalamus plays a pivotal mediating role in the stress-induced peripheral IL-6 production... - Heterocycles related to nucleotides. XI. An organomercurial column chromatography for thiouridineE Sato
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
J Pharmacobiodyn 13:487-92. 1990..Oligonucleotides containing 4-thiouridilic acid were also separated from the ribonuclease-T1 digests of unfractionated transfer ribonucleic acid of E. coli...