Color speckle measurement errors using system with <Emphasis Type="Italic">XYZ</Emphasis> filters

Measurement errors of color speckle are analyzed for a measurement system equipped with revolving XYZ filters and a 2D sensor. One of the errors is caused by the filter characteristics unfitted to the ideal color matching functions. The other is caused by uncorrelations among the optical paths via the XYZ filters. The unfitted color speckle errors of all the pixel data can be easily calibrated by conversion between the measured BGR chromaticity triangle and the true triangle obtained by the BGR wavelength measurements. For the uncorrelated errors, the measured BGR chromaticity values spread over around the true values. As a result, it would be more complicated to calibrate the uncorrelated errors, repeating the triangular conversion pixel by pixel. Color speckle and its errors greatly affect also chromaticity measurements and image quality of displays using coherent light sources.     

Search for B+-->D*+pi0 decay

We report on a search for the doubly Cabibbo suppressed decay B+-->D*+pi0, based on a data sample of 657x10(6) BB pairs collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We find no significant signal and set an upper limit of B(B+-->D*+pi0)<3.6x10(-6) at the 90% confidence level. This limit can be used to constrain the ratio between suppressed and favored B-->D*pi decay amplitudes, r<0.051, at the 90% confidence level.     

Time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in B0-->rho0gamma decays

We report the first measurement of CP-violation parameters in B0-->rho0gamma decays based on a data sample of 657x10(6)BB pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We obtain the time-dependent and direct CP-violating parameters, Srho0gamma=-0.83+/-0.65(stat)+/-0.18(syst) and Arho0gamma=-0.44+/-0.49(stat)+/-0.14(syst), respectively.     

Measurement of time-dependent CP-violating parameters in B(0)-->K_(S)(0)K_(S)(0) decays

We report a measurement of the CP-violating parameters in B;{0}-->K_{S}{0}K_{S}{0} decays based on a data sample of 657x10{6} BB[over ] pairs collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e;{+}e{-} collider. In this Letter, one neutral B meson is fully reconstructed in the B;{0}-->K_{S}{0}K_{S}{0} decay mode, and the flavor of the accompanying B meson is identified by its decay products. The CP-violating parameters are measured from the asymmetry in the distributions of the proper-time interval between the two B decays: S_K_{S}{0}K_{S}{0}}=-0.38_{-0.77}{+0.69}(stat)+/-0.09(syst) and A_{K_{S}{0}K_{S}{0}}=-0.38+/-0.38(stat)+/-0.05(syst).     

Application of spectroscopic photoemission and low energy electron microscope to high-k gate dielectrics: Relationship between surface morphology and electronic states during Hf-silicide formation

We have applied the spectroscopic photoemission and low energy electron microscope to study high-k gate dielectrics and have performed the following in situ operations during ultrahigh vacuum annealing: real-time observation of surface morphology and microregion photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. Changes in surface morphology and electronic states were consistent with the models previously reported in the case of HfO₂/Si. No clear differences between void regions and nonvoid regions have been observed in microregion photoelectron spectra for poly-Si/HfO₂/Si, regardless of phase separation in real space. These results have suggested that the initial void formation occurs in about 100-nm wide regions for both HfO₂/Si and poly-Si/HfO₂/Si.     

Synthesis of pyrone-annulated 2-oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes by palladium-catalyzed cyclization of 4-hydroxy-2-pyrones with allylic bisacetates

Cyclization of 4-hydroxy-2-pyrones with allylic bisacetates by a palladium catalyst is described. Pyrone-annulated 2-oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivatives were regioselectively produced from the reaction of 4-hydroxy-2-pyrones with 1,4-diacetoxy-2-cyclohexene at high temperature. The reaction would proceed via a migration of the π-allylpalladium intermediate.     

Generation of superoxide anions during the reaction of guanidino compounds with methylglyoxal

Uremic toxins are accumulated in the blood of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), although alteration of the toxicity by the interaction of various uremic retention products has not been precisely clarified. In this study, we found that cytochrome c added to incubation mixtures containing guanidino compounds and methylglyoxal in phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4) resulted in reduction of cytochrome c. Superoxide anions were generated from incubation mixtures of each guanidino compound with methylglyoxal, because the reduction was inhibited by the addition of superoxide dismutase. The incubation mixture containing each guanidino compound and methylglyoxal had different rates of generation of the superoxide anion from other mixtures. A relatively higher superoxide anion formation rate was observed in the incubation mixture containing Arg and methylglyoxal (7.9 +/- 0.5nmol x m(-1) x min(-1)), or in the incubation mixture containing methylguanidine and methylglyoxal (6.3 +/- 0.6 nmol x ml(-1) min(-1)). These findings suggest that interactions of various uremic retention products which accumulate in the blood of uremic patients may generate reactive oxygen species and may be involved in the oxidative stress observed in CRF patients. The addition of aminoguanidine, which is known to inhibit the formation of advanced glycation end products, to a mixture of guanidino compounds and methylglyoxal inhibited reactions between guanidino compounds and methylglyoxal.     

Amperometric response to reducing carbohydrates of an enzyme electrode based on oligosaccharide dehydrogenase. Detection of lactose and α-amylase

A mediated amperometric enzyme electrode, which was constructed by immobilizing oligosacharide dehydrogenase behind a dialysis membrane on the surface of a carbon paste electrode containing p-benzoquinone, showed a current response to d-xylose, d-galactose, d-mannose, lactose, maltose, maltotriose, maltopentaose and maltohexaose. The sensitivity of the current response to these carbohydrates was dependent on the kinetics of the immobilized enzyme reaction and/or the permeation rate of the substrate through the dialysis membrane. Hence the sensitivity could be varied by controlling the amount of the immobilized enzyme and the thickness of the dialysis membrane. The time dependence of the current response ofthe enzyme electrode with a large amount of the immobilized enzyme and a thicker dialysis membrane could be explained by an equation describing diffusion of the substrate in the membrane. The enzyme electrode was used to measure lactose in milk and to assay α-amylase in standard serum.