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Y Ohta

Publications and source records attributed to Y Ohta.

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PubMed1978

Clinical analysis of colour vision deficiencies with The City University test.

The City University colour vision test (CUCVT) was used for the examination of 158 subjects suffering from congenital colour vision defects (36 protanopes, 122 deutanopes) and its results were compared with that of an anomaloscope and of the panel D-15. 23% of the subjects classified as protanopes and 98% of the subjects classified as deuteranopes by means of the anomaloscope were also classified as such by means of the CUCVT, while 93% of the subjects classified as protanomalous and 90% of the subjects classified as deuteranomalous by means of the anomaloscope gave normal answers at the CUCVT. The results of the CUCVT were almost the same as with panel D-15 except protanopia. The colour spots of each plate of the CUCVT were plotted on a CIE chromaticity diagram and the results of this study are also reported.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Clinical experience with the Lovibond Colour Vision Analyser. Results from the examination of normal and congenital colour-deficient subjects.

The Colour Vision Analyser was used for testing 98 persons of both sexes, aged from 10 to 70 years, and recognized as normal by means of pseudo-isochromatic plates and an anomaloscope. A drop of the saturation thresholds from yellow to green and from blue to purple was observed from the age of 40 years. The saturation thresholds from yellow to green was found lower in every age group than that from blue to purple. Congenital colour defects could be completely distinguished from normal subjects. As for the classification in types, those diagnosed as deutan by means of the anomaloscope were also diagnosed as deutan by the Analyser, however, there were, among those diagnosed as protan by the anomaloscope, some subjects who were diagnosed as deutan by the Analyser. Nearly all cases could be classified as anopia or anomaly.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Activation of electrogenic Na+ pump by epinephrine in bullfrog atrium.

The effects of epinephrine (1 X 10(-6)--1 X 10(-5) M) on the resting membrane potential and the K+-activated hyperpolarization of bullfrog atrial heart muscles were studied by the single sucrose-gap method or by intracellular microelectrode filled with 3 M KC1. Epinephrine-induced hyperpolarization (Ep-hyperpolarization) was completely eliminated by the effect of ouabain or by removal of extracellular K+. The amplitude of K+-activated hyperpolarization, which was produced when the extracellular K+ concentration was raised from zero to 2 mM, was markedly increased in the presence of epinephrine. The membrane depolarizations, due to high extracellular K+ concentration in the presence of ouabain (5 X 10(-6) M) which completely and reversibly eliminated the K+-activated hyperpolarization, were not altered under the effect of epinephrine. These results suggested that Ep-hyperpolarization of bullfrog atrial heart muscles was due to the acceleration of electrogenic Na+ pump which produced the K+-activated hyperpolarization.

Animals↗
PubMed1977

Hana kai ii: a 17-day dry saturation dive at 18.6 ATA. II. Energy balance.

Since previous saturation dives have caused loss of body weight despite apparently adequate-to-high food intake, a complete study of energy balance was undertaken during the saturation dive Hana Kai II. Over a 30-day period in the hyperbaric chamber (3 days of predive control, 1 day of compression, 16 days at 18.6 ATA, 7 days of decompression, and 3 days of postdive control), all food, urine, and feces for five men were analyzed by bomb calorimetry; 24-h energy expenditure (M) was measured from continuous VO2, VCO2, and urine N. Body weight was taken daily; body composition was assessed from density, total body water, and skinfold thickness. Food intake was high throughout the 30 days (about 3500 kcal/day) while fecal and urinary losses were a normal 6-8% of intake. Energy expenditure was increased a little by the hyperbaric condition, but averaged only 2431 kcal/day for the 30 days and yet there was an average loss of adipose tissue of 0.8 kg for each man for the entire period. Nitrogen balance was positive. There was no evidence of heat gain or loss. The energy balance, total fuel compared with energy expenditure, required an additional 919 kcal/man-day for 30 days, an unidentified term which is not measured by conventional techniques.

Adult↗