University of Hyogo

Competing Spin and Charge Symmetry Breaking in the Nematic State of EuFe 2 As 2 Revealed by 57 Fe Nuclear Forward Scattering

The electronic and magnetic symmetries of EuFe 2 As 2 at ambient pressure were investigated by combining 57 Fe nuclear forward scattering (NFS) with magnetic-field-induced detwinning. While the magnetic hyperfine field ([Formula: see text]) is consistent with the conventional str...

Spontaneous zonal symmetry breaking of tropical rain belt

Abstract The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a central component of tropical climate, yet the conditions under which a tropical rain belt remains zonally extended or becomes unstable to zonal organization remain poorly understood. Here we investigate this problem using i...

A High-Density Supercritical Fluid of H2

Abstract This study aimed to elucidate the structural evolution of supercritical fluid hydrogen (SCF H2) under high pressure. X-ray diffraction was performed on SCF H2 using synchrotron radiation at room temperature. The structure factor S(Q) was observed in a low-Q region at eac...

Pressure Evolution of Atomic Volume Systematics in Transition Metals

We investigated the evolution of the well-known parabolic dependence of atomic volume on atomic number in transition metals under extreme compression at pressures up to 400 GPa using density functional theory calculations. Our results reveal that the ambient-pressure parabolic tr...

TomoMamba: a two-stage model with state-space cross-slice propagation for breast cancer diagnosis in digital breast tomosynthesis

Abstract Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) provides volumetric image stacks that improve lesion conspicuity compared with two-dimensional (2D) mammography, yet most automated methods process slices independently and discard the depth-wise continuity that underpins this advantage...

Game Day Time Lag, Behavioral Patterns, and Perceived Condition in Japanese Professional Baseball Players: A Cross-Sectional Study

Alternating day- and night-game schedules may alter athletes’ daily behavioral patterns without time-zone travel. This study aimed to characterize the game day time lag (GDL) and within-player sleep–wake differences across day- and night-game schedules, as well as compare sleep–w...

The Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment model-observation intercomparison project (COMBLE-MIP) – Part 1: Model specification, observational constraints, and preliminary findings

Models struggle to represent the coupled microphysical, turbulent and radiative processes within widespread, long-lived marine cold-air outbreak (CAO) cloud fields, contributing to forecast and climate biases. Here we combine ground-based and satellite measurements to initialize...

Modulation of Open-Shell Character in Dibenzoazaborine Dications through Amino-Substituent Modification

Abstract Oxidation of dibutylamino-substituted dibenzoazaborine Bu2NDBAB afforded the air-stable dication [Bu2NDBAB](SbF6)2 in 83% yield, with an NIR absorption band at 943 nm. Structural analysis revealed pronounced oxidation-induced quinoidal distortion. Unlike the previously r...

Fluorescence properties of 9,10-diphenylanthracene-modified DNA hairpins: Influence of salt-induced B–Z transition and thermal fluctuations

We developed new fluorescent DNA hairpins having 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA) units. Both DNA1 (one DPA) and DNA2 (two DPAs) showed a salt-induced B–Z transition in 5 M NaCl. Interestingly, DNA2 exhibited a significant twofold increase in fluorescence intensity when heated to 80...

Impact of Inhibitor Size and Flexibility on the Binding Pathways to c-Src Kinase

Abstract The conformational plasticity of protein kinases poses a challenge for inhibitor design, motivating the use of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study their dynamic binding processes. While conformational changes are increasingly discussed, the impact of drug compou...

Rapid fluvial response to meter-scale coseismic coastal uplift during the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake

Abstract The response of river profiles to relative base-level change is a key topic in earth surface processes, but observations capturing these changes on unconsolidated deposits at a 1–10 years timescales are scarce. We monitored geomorphic changes at the Hakka River mouth aft...

Ground-State Phase Diagram of the S = 1 Kitaev-Γ Model on a Bond-Anisotropic Honeycomb Lattice

We obtain the ground-state phase diagram of the S = 1 Kitaev-Γ model on a bond-anisotropic honeycomb lattice using exact diagonalization, density-matrix renormalization group, and infinite time-evolving block decimation. The Tomonaga–Luttinger liquid region of the S = 1/2 model i...

A Bayesian Approach to Nuclear Spin Relaxation Phenomena in Topological Kondo Insulator SmB 6

In studies of the promising topological Kondo insulator (TKI) candidate SmB 6 , nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements of the spin–lattice relaxation rate, 1/T 1 , have provided crucial insights into this compound: for example, the unique opening of a small hybridization g...

Type-II-like ultrafast demagnetization behavior in NiCo2O4 thin films

Rare-earth-free ferrimagnetic oxides are emerging as attractive platforms for investigating ultrafast spin dynamics. Here, we study the photoinduced magnetization dynamics of epitaxial NiCo2O4 (NCO) thin films by the time-resolved magneto-optical Faraday effect using two independ...

Implementation and evaluation of geography education using QGIS for Japanese high school students

Abstract. In recent years, demand for geography education using GIS has been growing among junior and senior high school teachers. QGIS has attracted attention because it is freely available and enables advanced spatial visualization and analysis. However, the implementation of Q...

Strong connections of locally clustered neurons in the upper-layer cortex underlie schizophrenia-related auditory deviance detection

The detection of unexpected sounds, or auditory deviance detection, is thought to be achieved by comparing prediction signals and sensory inputs in the auditory cortex. This process is markedly impaired in patients with schizophrenia. However, the local circuit properties underly...

Delayed radiation reaction effects on the stabilization of driven cyclotron motion and the magnetic response of an extended charge system

This study investigates the cyclotron motion of a uniformly charged spherical shell confined in a harmonic potential and driven by an oscillating electric field in the presence of a steady magnetic field. The analysis focuses on the orbital angular momentum and the resulting magn...