Some existing analytical methods which have been used in geotechnical engineering are modified to handle the shear strength reduction with time due to softening in fissured, over-consolidated clays and mudstones. These are limit equilibrium analysis of slope stability, calculation of earth pressure and calculation of stress and displacement around a tunnel. The softening effect is incorporated in these analyses using the failure criterion and the time-dependent strength parameters proposed previously by the authors. Examples are presented which emphasize the importance of appreciating the softening effect in analyses and further illustrate that the effect of shear strength reduction with time due to softening could easily be captured with existing analytical methods.

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We screened the differentiation-inducing activities of 39 mushroom extracts from Akita prefecture, Japan, on the mouse osteoblastic cell line, MC3T3-1. Sixteen phosphate buffered saline (PBS), 8 boiled PBS, 14 ethanol and 12 methanol extracts induced alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activities, an indicator of MC3T3-1 cell differentiation. The enzyme activities were markedly induced by extracts of Tricholoma auratum, and we isolated the active compound from methanol extracts of this mushroom. Physical data for the isolated active compound were identical to those for (,24R)-ergosta-7,-diene-3β,,-triol (1). 1 induced ALP activities of MC3T3-1 cells and promoted cell proliferation. To investigate the relationships between the chemical structure and differentiation-inducing activity of the compound, ALP-inducing activities of MC3T3-1 cells by 1, ergosterol (2), ergocalciferol (3), cholesta-3β,,-triol (4), 7-dehydrocholesterol () and cholecalciferol () were tested. The enzyme activities of MC3T3-1 cells were increased 3.0-fold by 10 μM 1 and 2.4-fold by 10 μM 4. However, 2, 3, and did not induce MC3T3-1 cell ALP activity at 0.1—10 μM. These results suggested that the OH groups at - and/or - of 1 and 4 played an important role in their differentiation-inducing activities on MC3T3-1 cells. Furthermore, 1 suppressed induction of MC3T3-1 cell apoptosis by serum starvation.

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The design implication of stress-confinement effect of nonwoven geotextile is addressed. The unconfined and confined strengths of a selected needle-punched nonwoven geotextile are used to conduct a comparative design of a granular soil retaining wall based on a limit equilibrium approach. A higher wall may be allowed when considering the confined strength as compared to the unconfined strength. For a selected wall height, confined strength allows for fewer geotextile layers when compared to that designed using unconfined strength. It is recommended that stress-confinement test procedure should be standardized so that confinement effect of some nonwoven geotextiles may be incorporated into an individual wall design procedure.

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It has been shown after mathematical and mechanical investigation that Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM) can be considered as a method to obtain the necessary condition of Slip Line Method (SLM), and that the solution can be obtained under the condition that F_s=1 and ∂F_s/∂θ=O, where F_s is the safety factor and θ is the inclination of the plane on which the safety factor is defined. Next, the generalized LEM (GLEM) is proposed, dealing with the following points : (1) Triangular or quadrangular blocks can be treated; (2) Safety factors are defined also on interblock planes; and (3) All types of plastic problems, slope stability, bearing capacity, and earth pressure are identically formulated. Two situations regarding treatment of the moment equilibrium condition are discussed. GLEM is applied to well-known problems. The results agree well with those obtained by theoretical methods. GLEM can be used to obtain the distribution of earth pressure or bearing capacity. GLEM, Iike ordinary LEM, is very effective for the practical problems, but GLEM is more theoretical and it can result in more accurate solutions.

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背景と目的：ステロイド性骨粗鬆症は，積極的な治療介入が必要とされる．その第一選択薬はビスホスホネート製剤（以下ビス）であるが，近年，デノスマブ（以下デノス）も注目を浴びている．ステロイド性骨粗鬆症の骨密度に対する両者の効果を比較検討した．

方法：ステロイド性骨粗鬆症の管理と治療ガイドライン：2014年改訂版の薬物療法開始の基準を満たした患者を対象とした．無治療群（N群）と，治療介入群として当初よりビスで治療したBB群，ビス後デノスに変更したBD群，デノスで治療したDD群，デノス後ビスに変更したDB群を抽出し，ステロイド投与を開始した時，ステロイド性骨粗鬆症に対する治療を開始した時または薬剤変更から

カ月後の腰椎，大腿骨頚部と大転子部の骨密度を測定し，それらの変化を統計学的に比較検討した．

結果：149例が抽出され，その内訳は，N群48例，BB群24例，BD群

例，DD群21例，DB群34例であった．治療開始時または薬剤変更からカ月後にBD群を除くすべての治療介入群で腰椎の骨密度が上昇した．大腿骨の骨密度は，BD群において薬剤変更後に上昇に転じた．

考察：デノスにはビスと同様の骨密度上昇効果があると考えられた．

結論：デノスは，ステロイド性骨粗鬆症治療の第一選択薬となり得る．

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Circuit techniques to enhance the linearity of input-voltage-to-current (V/I) conversion and to increase the output impedance of a current source by compensating for the low intrinsic gain of a transistor were introduced to realize a high-frequency operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) for a low supply voltage using sub-100-nm CMOS processes. Applying these techniques, a MOS 7th-order Gm- linear-phase low-pass filter (LPF) was realized using a 65nm CMOS process. A simplified biquad LPF that can serve as a component of a 7th-order LPF was newly developed by replacing OTAs with resistors. As a result, the -3dB frequency bandwidth, group delay ripple, 3rd-order distortion, and 3rd-order input intercept point (IIP3) were 200MHz, 2.2%, ≤ -55dB with a 100MHz input, and +10.3dBm, respectively, all with a ±0.1Vp-p input signal at each input terminal in the pseudodifferential configuration. The LPF including an output buffer dissipated 60mW in the case of a 1.2V supply. Wide spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) characteristics were confirmed up to high frequencies.

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Acetylation of 4-(O-acetyl-β-D-glycopyranosylamino)--oxo-pyrimidines (2a, d, ) with /pyridine at ° gave the -acetoxy derivatives 3a, d, . Although these were also obtained by treatment with /H₂SO₄, prolonged reactions of 2a-, -f gave the -acetyl derivatives 4a-, -f. The Vilsmeier reaction of 2b-g produced the -formyl derivatives b-g, whereas 2a gave the uracil derivative under similar conditions.

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N-n-ヘキシル-マレイミド (I), N-シクロヘキシル-マレイミド (II), N-ベンジル-マレイミド (III) の単独重合, 共重合をアゾビスイソブチロニトリル (IV) を開始剤としてテトラヒドロフラン中, 60℃で行った. 単独重合の初速度 (R_p) はR_p=k [I]

2.5

[IV]

0.80

, R_p=>k [II] ^2.8 [IV]

0.80

, R_p=>k [III] ^2.7 [IV] ^0.54となった. kは速度定数である. 全重合の活性化エネルギー (

E

), 頻度係数 (A) は

E

=

22

.8kcal/mol (I),

22

.2kcal/mol (II), 24.1kcal/mol (III), A=

9

.

5

×10¹¹ (I),

6

.4×10¹¹ (II),

6

.

6

×10¹² (III) となった. またN-置換マレイミドとメタクリル酸メチル (V) との共重合におけるモノマー反応性比r₁, r₂およびQ,

e

値を次のように決定した. I (M₁) -V (M₂) 系でr₁=0.17, r₂=2.02, Q₁=0.56,

e₁

=1.43, II (M₁) -V (M₂) 系でr₁=0.13, r₂=2.29, Q₁=0.50,

e₁

=1.50, III (M₁) -V (M₂) 系でr₁=0.14, r₂=1.54, Q₁=0.79,

e₁

=1.63となった.

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An experimental investigation was carried out to study the feasibility of using fly ash, the industrial residue of thermo-electric power plants, as a fill material for waterfront retaining structures. In the study, centrifuge model tests were performed on cement stabilized fly ash ground to investigate its failure pattern and active earth pressure acting on the retaining wall. The stabilized fly ash ground was brought to an acceleration field of 70g and then the retaining wall was allowed to rotate about its bottom to cause ground failure. As a result of this study it was found that the failure pattern of fly ash ground mixed with a small amount of cement is characterized by a vertical tension crack and a straight shear failure which is much different from those of ordinary clay or sandy ground. It was also found that the active earth pressure of the cement stabilized fly ash ground was lower than ordinary sand fill and could be reasonably estimated by a proposed method incorporating the failure pattern of the ground.

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This paper reports deformation and strength characteristics for a geogrid-reinforced granular soil on a large-scale plane strain compression apparatus. The influence of intensity and types of geogrid reinforcement is specifically discussed. It was found that as more reinforcement layers are used, the strength of the reinforced soil increased. In cases where reinforcement is most intensely used, the reinforcement layers in the samples were eventually subject to breakage due to plane strain compression and the reinforced soil failed. In cases where reinforcement is less intensely used, the reinforced soil reached failure without any sign of reinforcement breakage. It was also found that types of reinforcement have a significant influence on the lateral deformation of the reinforced soil, where stiffer reinforcement provides more constraints on lateral deformation of the reinforced soil. It can be superceded, however, by the influence of reinforcement intensity. The small stain measurement by means of LDT observed that the stiffness of non-reinforced soil begins to decrease more rapidly at a strain level of 0.05∼0.15%, compared to the reinforced soil. The experimental results also indicate that the relationship between the apparent angle of internal friction and the geometry of the structure of the reinforced granular soil seems to exist for the geogrid reinforcement used in the tests reported in this paper.

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