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Kobayashi S, Nakano W, Suzuki Y, Urayama O, Arita N, Watanabe S, Katsumura W, Iwai K. Relationship of dual task performance ability and balance ability in community-dwelling elderly. Physiotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.3644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ozawa Y, Kawashima M, Inoue S, Inagaki E, Suzuki A, Ooe E, Kobayashi S, Tsubota K. Bilberry extract supplementation for preventing eye fatigue in video display terminal workers. J Nutr Health Aging 2015; 19:548-54. [PMID: 25923485 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0573-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the effect of a dietary supplement containing bilberry extract (BE) on eye fatigue induced by acute video display terminal (VDT) loads. DESIGN AND SETTING A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed from August 2012 to February 2013 in the Medical Corporation Jico-kai Yagi Hospital, and the Shinyokohama Shinoharaguchi Orthopedic Surgery and Dermatology Clinic, in Japan. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred eighty-one office workers aged 20-40 years that used VDTs were screened by critical flicker fusion (CFF) and near point accommodation (NPA). INTERVENTION The participants were randomized to either a BE (480 mg/day) or placebo (vehicle) group, and took allocated capsule, daily, for 8 weeks. MEASUREMENTS The CFF, NPA, contrast visual acuity, functional visual acuity, keratoconjunctival epithelial damage, and fluorescein tear film break-up time were examined, and 18 subjective symptoms of eye fatigue were evaluated by questionnaire. Adverse events were reported via medical interviews. Data were collected both before and after VDT load at baseline, and 4, and 8 weeks after daily supplementation with either BE or placebo. RESULTS Of 281 participants screened, 88 having relatively lower levels of CFF and NPA were enrolled in the study. Of these, 37 control and 43 BE group subjects completed the study. The VDT load-induced reduction in CFF was alleviated after 8 weeks of BE supplementation (95% confidence interval, 0.10-1.60; p=0.023), in contrast to placebo supplementation, while NPA variation was not. Of the subjective symptoms of eye fatigue, VDT load-induced ocular fatigue sensation, ocular pain, eye heaviness, uncomfortable sensation, and foreign body sensation were mitigated more in the BE group than in the control group, at week 8 (p<0.05). There were no severe adverse events in either group. CONCLUSIONS BE supplementation improved some of the objective and subjective parameters of eye fatigue induced by VDT loads.
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- Y Ozawa
- Kazuo Tsubota M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine; 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. Phone: +81-3-3353-1211, Fax: +81-3-3359-8302,E-mail:
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Abd-elrhman YM, Gepreel MA, Abd El-Moneim A, Kobayashi S. Electrochemical and corrosion resistance of new Ti-Mo-Fe alloys for biomedical applications. Materials Characterisation VII 2015. [DOI: 10.2495/mc150331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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- Y. M. Abd-elrhman
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Egypt–Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Egypt–Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Egypt–Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Japan
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Kobayashi S, Yamaguchi S, Katsube T, Kitani M, Okada K, Kitamura J, Tsunematsu T. Influence of social environmental factors on cerebral circulation and mental function in the normal aged. Monogr Neural Sci 2015; 11:163-8. [PMID: 6738548 DOI: 10.1159/000409206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Sato A, Takamatsu Y, Kasai Y, Kobayashi S, Hino T, Ikeda K, Mizuguchi M. [JSNP Excellent Presentation Award for CINP2014: Tsc2 haploinsufficiency is associated with more severe autism-related behavioral deficits in mouse models of tuberous sclerosis complex]. Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi 2015; 35:51-52. [PMID: 26027069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Kobayashi S, Asakura K, Suga H, Sasaki S. Inverse association between dietary habits with high total antioxidant capacity and prevalence of frailty among elderly Japanese women: a multicenter cross-sectional study. J Nutr Health Aging 2015; 18:827-39. [PMID: 25389961 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0478-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the association of dietary habits with high total antioxidant capacity (TAC) with frailty among elderly Japanese women. DESIGN Cross-sectional multicenter study. SETTING Thirty-five of 47 prefectures in Japan. PARTICIPANTS 2121 grandmothers or acquaintances of dietetic students aged 65 and older. MEASUREMENTS Dietary TAC and food intakes were calculated using a validated brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire. The TAC value of each food was assigned using four different assays, ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC), and total radical-trapping antioxidant parameter (TRAP). Frailty was defined as the presence three or more of the following four components: slowness and weakness (two points), exhaustion, low physical activity, and unintentional weight loss. RESULTS The number of subjects with frailty was 486 (23%). Multivariate adjusted ORs (95% CI) for frailty in the highest compared to the lowest quintile were 0.35 (0.24, 0.53) for FRAP, 0.35 (0.23, 0.52) for ORAC, 0.40 (0.27, 0.60) for TEAC, and 0.41 (0.28, 0.62) for TRAP. The intakes of green tea, coffee, vegetables, and fruits which contribute to dietary TAC were also associated with lower odds of frailty (the range of multivariate adjusted OR: 0.47 for vegetables to 0.77 for green tea), although the odds ratios were less marked than those of dietary TAC. CONCLUSIONS Dietary habits with high TAC showed a stronger inverse association with frailty in elderly Japanese women than the individual foods examined.
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- S Kobayashi
- S. Sasaki, Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, School of Public Health, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; E-mail: ; Tel: +81-3-5841-7872; Fax: +81-3-5841-7873
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Yoshimura Y, Kasahara H, Nagasaki K, Tokitani M, Ashikawa N, Ueda Y, Ito S, Kubo S, Shimozuma T, Igami H, Takahashi H, Nishiura M, Kobayashi S, Mizuno Y, Okada K, Ogasawara S, Makino R, Yamada I, Tokuzawa T, Tanaka K, Mutoh T, Yamada H. Long-pulse Plasma Discharges by Upgraded ECH System in the LHD. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158702020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hanajima R, Tanaka N, Tsutsumi R, Enomoto H, Abe M, Nakamura K, Kobayashi S, Hamada M, Shimizu T, Terao Y, Ugawa Y. Age influence on the quadri-pulse stimulation (QPS) induced LTP like effect. Brain Stimul 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.01.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Kobayashi S, Ito M, Yamamoto S, Kinugasa Y, Kotake M, Saida Y, Kobatake T, Yamanaka T, Saito N, Moriya Y. Randomized clinical trial of skin closure by subcuticular suture or skin stapling after elective colorectal cancer surgery. Br J Surg 2015; 102:495-500. [DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2014] [Revised: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Background
The best suture method to prevent incisional surgical-site infection (SSI) after clean-contaminated surgery has not been clarified.
Methods
Patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer surgery at one of 16 centres were randomized to receive either subcuticular sutures or skin stapling for skin closure. The primary endpoint was the rate of incisional SSI. Secondary endpoints of interest included time required for wound closure, incidence of wound problems, postoperative length of stay, wound aesthetics and patient satisfaction.
Results
A total of 1264 patients were enrolled. The cumulative incidence of incisional SSI by day 30 after surgery was similar after subcuticular sutures and stapled closure (8·7 versus 9·8 per cent respectively; P = 0·576). Comparison of cumulative incidence curves revealed that SSI occurred later in the subcuticular suture group (P = 0·019) (hazard ratio 0·66, 95 per cent c.i. 0·45 to 0·97). Wound problems (P = 0·484), wound aesthetics (P = 0·182) and postoperative duration of hospital stay (P = 0·510) did not differ between the groups; subcuticular sutures took 5 min longer than staples (P < 0·001). Patients in the subcuticular suture group were significantly more satisfied with their wound (52·4 per cent versus 42·7 per cent in the staple group; P = 0·002).
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Compared with skin stapling, subcuticular sutures did not reduce the risk of incisional SSI after colorectal surgery. Registration number: UMIN000004001 (http://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr).
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- S Kobayashi
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Centre Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
- Department of Surgery, Toho University Ohashi Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Centre Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Centre Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Centre, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Toho University Ohashi Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Centre, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Centre Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Centre Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Ii T, Kubo S, Shimozuma T, Kobayashi S, Okada K, Yoshimura Y, Igami H, Takahashi H, Ito S, Mizuno Y, Okada K, Makino R, Kobayashi K, Goto Y, Mutoh T. Design of polarizers for a mega-watt long-pulse millimeter-wave transmission line on the large helical device. Rev Sci Instrum 2015; 86:023502. [PMID: 25725837 DOI: 10.1063/1.4907355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The polarizer is one of the critical components in a high-power millimeter-wave transmission line. It requires full and highly efficient coverage of any polarization states, high-power tolerance, and low-loss feature. Polarizers with rounded shape at the edge of the periodic groove surface are designed and fabricated by the machining process for a mega-watt long-pulse millimeter-wave transmission line of the electron cyclotron resonance heating system in the large helical device. The groove shape of λ/8- and λ/4-type polarizers for an 82.7 GHz transmission line is optimally designed in an integral method developed in the vector theories of diffraction gratings so that the efficiency to realize any polarization state can be maximized. The dependence of the polarization states on the combination of the two polarizer rotation angles (Φλ/8, Φλ/4) is examined experimentally in a low-power test with the newly developed polarization monitor. The results show that the measured polarization characteristics are in good agreement with the calculated ones.
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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Yoshii Y, Kato T, Ono K, Takahashi E, Fujimoto N, Kobayashi S, Kimura F, Nonoyama S, Satoh T. Primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma in a patient with WHIM syndrome. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2015; 30:529-30. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Y. Yoshii
- Department of Dermatology; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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- Division of Haematology; Department of Internal Medicine; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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- Division of Haematology; Department of Internal Medicine; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; National Defense Medical College; Tokorozawa Japan
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Kobayashi S, Asakura K, Suga H, Sasaki S. Inverse association between dietary habits with high total antioxidant capacity and prevalence of frailty among elderly Japanese women: A multicenter cross-sectional study. J Nutr Health Aging 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0556-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Mizuno M, Takebe T, Kobayashi S, Kimura S, Masutani M, Lee S, Jo YH, Lee JI, Taniguchi H. Elastic cartilage reconstruction by transplantation of cultured hyaline cartilage-derived chondrocytes. Transplant Proc 2015; 46:1217-21. [PMID: 24815164 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Revised: 11/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Current surgical intervention of craniofacial defects caused by injuries or abnormalities uses reconstructive materials, such as autologous cartilage grafts. Transplantation of autologous tissues, however, places a significant invasiveness on patients, and many efforts have been made for establishing an alternative graft. Recently, we and others have shown the potential use of reconstructed elastic cartilage from ear-derived chondrocytes or progenitors with the unique elastic properties. Here, we examined the differentiation potential of canine joint cartilage-derived chondrocytes into elastic cartilage for expanding the cell sources, such as hyaline cartilage. Articular chondrocytes are isolated from canine joint, cultivated, and compared regarding characteristic differences with auricular chondrocytes, including proliferation rates, gene expression, extracellular matrix production, and cartilage reconstruction capability after transplantation. Canine articular chondrocytes proliferated less robustly than auricular chondrocytes, but there was no significant difference in the amount of sulfated glycosaminoglycan produced from redifferentiated chondrocytes. Furthermore, in vitro expanded and redifferentiated articular chondrocytes have been shown to reconstruct elastic cartilage on transplantation that has histologic characteristics distinct from hyaline cartilage. Taken together, cultured hyaline cartilage-derived chondrocytes are a possible cell source for elastic cartilage reconstruction.
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- M Mizuno
- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; Project Leader of Advanced Medical Research Center, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (IBST), Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (IBST), Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (IBST), Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; Project Leader of Advanced Medical Research Center, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
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Shimozuma T, Kobayashi S, Ito S, Ito Y, Kubo S, Yoshimura Y, Nishiura M, Igami H, Takahashi H, Mizuno Y, Okada K, Mutoh T. Development of a Millimeter-Wave Beam Position and Profile Monitor for Transmission Efficiency Improvement in an ECRH System. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158704011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Preynas M, Aßmus D, Igami H, Kado S, Kobayashi S, Kubo S, Laqua H, Mutoh T, Nagasaki K, Otte M, Shimozuma T, Stange T, Yoshimura Y. Experimental characterization of plasma start-up using ECRH in preparation of W7-X operation. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158702005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Yamanouchi T, Matsuda H, Ohtake M, Aikawa Y, Kobayashi S, Imai K, Hashiyada Y. 235 DEVELOPMENT OF IN VIVO-MATURED OOCYTES COLLECTED FROM JAPANESE BLACK CATTLE STIMULATED WITH DIFFERENT DURATIONS OF FOLLICULAR GROWTH. Reprod Fertil Dev 2015. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv27n1ab235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We demonstrated that in vivo-matured oocytes (mOC) collected by ovum-pick up (OPU) from cows after stimulation of follicular growth (FG) are suitable for producing good quality blastocysts (BL). However, it is not known whether duration of FG affects developmental competence of mOC. The purpose of this study was to examine development of mOC after stimulation with different duration of FG. Japanese black donor cows (n = 4 per each group), were treated with a CIDR at Day 0. Follicle of diameter >8 mm were removed on Day 5. A total 20 AU of FSH was administrated to cows twice daily with decreasing doses from the evening of Day 6 to the morning of Day 10. In the conventional group (48PG), a administration of PGF2α (0.75 mg of cloprostenol), CIDR withdrawal, and administration of GnRH (0.2 mg of fertirelin acetate) were performed on the evening of Day 8, morning of Day 9, and morning of Day 10, respectively. In the experimental group (72PG), administration of PGF2a, CIDR withdrawal, and administration of GnRH were performed on the evening of Day 9, the morning of Day 10, and the morning of Day 11, respectively. The mOC were collected from follicles >5 mm by OPU at 25 to 26 h following GnRH administration. Collected mOC were inseminated with 3 × 106 sperm mL–1 in BO solution on 30 h after GnRH. After 6 h of IVF, presumptive zygotes were cultured for 168 h in 5% CS + CR1aa, using a micro-well culture dish (Dai-Nippon-Print) and time-lapse cinematography (CCM-1.4MZS; Astec) for individual embryo observation. The kinetics of early embryo was analysis by CCM-1.4 software. To assess the quality of BL, prognostic factors were used as follows: (1) less than 27 hpi (hours post-insemination) at the first cleavage (1st CD), (2) 2 blastomeres at the end of 1st CD, and (3) absence of multiple fragments at the end of the 1st CD (Sugimura et al. 2012 PLoS ONE 7, e36627; Imai et al. 2014 Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 26, 182). Data were analysed by Student's t-test or chi-square test. The number of mOC were 12.5 ± 4.7 and 10.3 ± 2.7 (means ± s.e.) oocytes per session in 48PG and 72PG. There was no significant difference in cleavage rate or BL formation rate (97.5 ± 1.5 v. 98.2 ± 1.8%, 66.3 ± 8.2 v. 66.8 ± 3.5%, respectively). The time for 1st CD was shorter in 48PG (26.1 ± 0.3 v. 27.8 ± 0.4; P < 0.01), and the rate of 1st CD less than 27 hpi was superior in 48PG compared with 72PG (74.3 v. 42.9%; P < 0.05). However, the rate of 2 blastomeres and absence of multiple fragments were not different between 48PG and 72PG. The number of BL tended to decrease in 72PG compared with 48PG (28.6 v. 48.6%; P = 0.087). These results indicate that duration of FG did not affect the rate of cleavage and BL formation. However, extension of duration of FG might reduce the quality of BL.
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Muroga N, Yamamoto T, Hayama Y, Kobayashi S, Hidano A, Tsutsui T. Injuries to staff engaged in foot-and-mouth disease eradication in Japan. Occup Med (Lond) 2014; 65:45-8. [DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqu179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ozawa Y, Kobayashi S, Hara M, Shibamoto Y. Morphological differences between schwannomas and ganglioneuromas in the mediastinum: utility of the craniocaudal length to major axis ratio. Br J Radiol 2014; 87:20130777. [PMID: 24646161 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic value of the craniocaudal length (CC) to major axis ratio (CC/M R) for differentiating between schwannoma and ganglioneuroma in the mediastinum on CT/MRI. METHODS 22 schwannomas (Group A: 7 schwannomas in the posterior mediastinum; Group B, 15 schwannomas located in the chest wall or regions of the mediastinum other than the posterior mediastinum) and 14 ganglioneuromas in the posterior mediastinum (Group C) were evaluated. For each tumour, the major and minor axes on the largest transaxial image and the CC were measured on CT/MRI. The CC/M R was calculated, and differences among the three groups were analysed. RESULTS The major axis, minor axis and CC measurements and CC/M R ranged from 23 to 52mm (mean, 37 mm), 15 to 38mm (28 mm), 25 to 62mm (42mm) and 0.66 to 1.4mm (1.1 mm), respectively, in Group A; from 18 to 97mm (37 mm), 10 to 71mm (28 mm), 18 to 80mm (35mm) and 0.59 to 1.3mm (0.95 mm), respectively, in Group B; and from 20 to 70mm (49 mm), 15 to 60mm (32 mm), 30 to 110mm (74mm) and 1.0 to 2.6mm (1.5 mm), respectively, in Group C. The mean CC/M R of Group C was significantly higher than those of the other two groups (p,0.005). There was no difference between the mean CC/M R of Groups A and B. CONCLUSION Ganglioneuromas display higher mean CC/M R than schwannomas. The CC/M R is a useful index for differentiating between these neurogenic tumours. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE The CC/M R is a practical and effective index for differentiating between ganglioneuromas and schwannomas.
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Murteira S, Toumi M, Dorey J, Dabbous FM, Kobayashi S. Management of Ischaemic Stroke Patients Enrolled in the Japan Stroke Databank (JSD). Value Health 2014; 17:A723. [PMID: 27202565 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Creativ-Ceutical USA, Chicago, IL, USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Ohshima S, Kobayashi S, Yamamoto S, Nagasaki K, Mizuuchi T, Kado S, Okada H, Minami T, Lee HY, Zang L, Kenmochi N, Kasajima K, Ohtani Y, Shi N, Nagae Y, Konoshima S, Sano F. Highly time-resolved evaluation technique of instantaneous amplitude and phase difference using analytic signals for multi-channel diagnostics. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:11E814. [PMID: 25430379 DOI: 10.1063/1.4891102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A fluctuation analysis technique using analytic signals is proposed. Analytic signals are suitable to characterize a single mode with time-dependent amplitude and frequency, such as an MHD mode observed in fusion plasmas since the technique can evaluate amplitude and frequency at a specific moment without limitations of temporal and frequency resolutions, which is problematic in Fourier-based analyses. Moreover, a concept of instantaneous phase difference is newly introduced, and error of the evaluated phase difference and its error reduction techniques using conditional/ensemble averaging are discussed. These techniques are applied to experimental data of the beam emission spectroscopic measurement in the Heliotron J device, which demonstrates that the technique can describe nonlinear evolution of MHD instabilities. This technique is widely applicable to other diagnostics having necessity to evaluate phase difference.
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- S Ohshima
- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Makino R, Kubo S, Kobayashi K, Kobayashi S, Shimozuma T, Yoshimura Y, Igami H, Takahashi H, Mutoh T. Power and polarization monitor development for high power millimeter-wave. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:11D831. [PMID: 25430244 DOI: 10.1063/1.4891162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A new type monitor of power and polarization states of millimeter-waves has been developed to be installed at a miter-bend, which is a part of transmission lines of millimeter-waves, for electron cyclotron resonance heating on the Large Helical Device. The monitor measures amplitudes and phase difference of the electric field of the two orthogonal polarizations which are needed for calculation of the power and polarization states of waves. The power and phase differences of two orthogonal polarizations were successfully detected simultaneously.
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- R Makino
- Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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Kamio S, Takahashi H, Kubo S, Shimozuma T, Yoshimura Y, Igami H, Ito S, Kobayashi S, Mizuno Y, Okada K, Osakabe M, Mutoh T. Electron cyclotron beam measurement system in the Large Helical Device. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:11E822. [PMID: 25430387 DOI: 10.1063/1.4893432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In order to evaluate the electron cyclotron (EC) heating power inside the Large Helical Device vacuum vessel and to investigate the physics of the interaction between the EC beam and the plasma, a direct measurement system for the EC beam transmitted through the plasma column was developed. The system consists of an EC beam target plate, which is made of isotropic graphite and faces against the EC beam through the plasma, and an IR camera for measuring the target plate temperature increase by the transmitted EC beam. This system is applicable to the high magnetic field (up to 2.75 T) and plasma density (up to 0.8 × 10(19) m(-3)). This system successfully evaluated the transmitted EC beam profile and the refraction.
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- S Kamio
- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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Okada K, Nishiura M, Kubo S, Shimozuma T, Yoshimura Y, Igami H, Takahashi H, Tanaka K, Kobayashi S, Ito S, Mizuno Y, Ogasawara S. Development of fast steering mirror control system for plasma heating and diagnostics. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:11E811. [PMID: 25430376 DOI: 10.1063/1.4891044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A control system for a fast steering mirror has been newly developed for the electron cyclotron heating (ECH) launchers in the large helical device. This system enables two-dimensional scan during a plasma discharge and provides a simple feedback control function. A board mounted with a field programmable gate array chip has been designed to realize feedback control of the ECH beam position to maintain higher electron temperature by ECH. The heating position is determined by a plasma diagnostic signal related to the electron temperature such as electron cyclotron emission and Thomson scattering.
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- K Okada
- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Energy, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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Kenmochi N, Minami T, Takahashi C, Tei S, Mizuuchi T, Kobayashi S, Nagasaki K, Nakamura Y, Okada H, Kado S, Yamamoto S, Ohshima S, Konoshima S, Shi N, Zang L, Ohtani Y, Kasajima K, Sano F. First measurement of time evolution of electron temperature profiles with Nd:YAG Thomson scattering system on Heliotron J. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:11D819. [PMID: 25430232 DOI: 10.1063/1.4890255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A Nd:YAG Thomson scattering system has been developed for Heliotron J. The system consists of two 550 mJ 50 Hz lasers, large collection optics, and 25 radial channel (∼1 cm spatial resolution) interference polychromators. This measurement system achieves a S/N ratio of ∼50 for low-density plasma (ne ∼ 0.5 × 10(19) m(-3)). A time evolution of electron temperature profiles was measured with this system for a high-intensity gas-puff (HIGP) fueling neutral-beam-injection plasma. The peripheral temperature of the higher-density phase after HIGP recovers to the low-density pre-HIGP level, suggesting that improving particle transport in the HIGP plasma may be possible.
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- N Kenmochi
- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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Kobayashi S, Tomaszewski C, Fedullo P. 260 Inappropriate Initial Antimicrobial Therapy in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Ann Emerg Med 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.07.287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Inoue T, Chida M, Inaba H, Inoue H, Karube Y, Seki N, Kobayashi S, Oyaizu T. 040 * JUVENILE CATAMENIAL PNEUMOTHORAX: AN INSTITUTIONAL REPORT AND REVIEW. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu276.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kobayashi S, Ito M, Sano H, Mochizuki K, Akaihata M, Waragai T, Ohara Y, Hosoya M, Ohto H, Kikuta A. T-cell-replete haploidentical stem cell transplantation is highly efficacious for relapsed and refractory childhood acute leukaemia. Transfus Med 2014; 24:305-10. [PMID: 25224311 PMCID: PMC4240737 DOI: 10.1111/tme.12150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite improvements in first-line therapies, the outcomes of relapsed or refractory childhood acute leukaemia that has not achieved complete remission after relapse, has relapsed after stem cell transplantation (SCT), has primary induction failure and has relapsed with a very unfavourable cytogenetic risk profile, are dismal. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of T-cell-replete haploidentical peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (haplo-SCT) with low-dose anti-human thymocyte immunoglobulin (ATG), tacrolimus, methotrexate and prednisolone (PSL) in 14 paediatric patients with high-risk childhood acute leukaemia. RESULTS All patients achieved complete engraftment. The median time to reaching an absolute neutrophil count of more than 0.5 × 10(9) L(-1) was 14 days. Acute graft-vs-host disease (aGVHD) of grades II-IV and III-IV developed in 10 (71%) and 2 (14%) patients, respectively. Treatment-related mortality and relapse occurred in one (7%) patient and six (43%) patients, respectively. Eleven patients were alive and seven of them were disease-free with a median follow-up of 36 months (range: 30-159 months). The probability of event-free survival after 2 years was 50%. CONCLUSION These findings indicate that T-cell-replete haplo-SCT, with low-dose ATG and PSL, provides sustained remission with an acceptable risk of GVHD in paediatric patients with advanced haematologic malignancies.
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Sakai D, Nakashima S, Kobayashi S, Konno M, Nishida N, Kudo T, Tomokuni A, Tomimaru Y, Hama N, Wada H, Kawamoto K, Marubashi S, Eguchi H, Matsuura N, Satoh T, Nagano H, Doki Y, Mori M. Prognostic Impact of Tumoral and/or Peri-Tumoral Sparc Expressions After Surgery in Patients with Biliary Tract Cancer. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu326.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Asano R, Kobayashi S, Sonobe K, Shime-Hattori A, Okazaki K, Ohtomo R. Plant-available inorganic nutrient levels are increased in rice-derived distillery effluents inoculated with microbes. J Appl Microbiol 2014; 117:1412-21. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.12600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Revised: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- R. Asano
- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); Sapporo Japan
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- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); Sapporo Japan
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- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); Sapporo Japan
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- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); Sapporo Japan
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- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); Sapporo Japan
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- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); Sapporo Japan
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Watanabe J, Sato K, Fujikura Y, Horiuchi T, Kato S, Hikota R, Maekawa T, Yamamura T, Kobayashi A, Kobayashi S, Kawana A, Kimura F. Tracheobronchomalacia after allogeneic BMT; pulmonary function test findings similar to those of bronchiolitis obliterans. Bone Marrow Transplant 2014; 49:1450-1. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2014.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hasegawa S, Eguchi H, Nagano H, Konno M, Tomimaru Y, Wada H, Hama N, Kawamoto K, Kobayashi S, Nishida N, Koseki J, Nishimura T, Gotoh N, Ohno S, Yabuta N, Nojima H, Mori M, Doki Y, Ishii H. MicroRNA-1246 expression associated with CCNG2-mediated chemoresistance and stemness in pancreatic cancer. Br J Cancer 2014; 111:1572-80. [PMID: 25117811 PMCID: PMC4200094 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 07/13/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background: Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis because of its high refractoriness to chemotherapy and tumour recurrence, and these properties have been attributed to cancer stem cells (CSCs). MicroRNA (miRNA) regulates various molecular mechanisms of cancer progression associated with CSCs. This study aimed to identify the candidate miRNA and to characterise the clinical significance. Methods: We established gemcitabine-resistant Panc1 cells, and induced CSC-like properties through sphere formation. Candidate miRNAs were selected through microarray analysis. The overexpression and knockdown experiments were performed by evaluating the in vitro cell growth and in vivo tumourigenicity. The expression was studied in 24 pancreatic cancer samples after laser captured microdissection and by immunohistochemical staining. Results: The in vitro drug sensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells was altered according to the miR-1246 expression via CCNG2. In vivo, we found that miR-1246 could increase tumour-initiating potential and induced drug resistance. A high expression level of miR-1246 was correlated with a worse prognosis and CCNG2 expression was significantly lower in those patients. Conclusions: miR-1246 expression was associated with chemoresistance and CSC-like properties via CCNG2, and could predict worse prognosis in pancreatic cancer patients.
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- S Hasegawa
- 1] Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan [2] Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Cancer Profiling Discovery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Therapy, Molecular Targets Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Therapy, Molecular Targets Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- 1] Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan [2] Department of Cancer Profiling Discovery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Arima H, Hasegawa T, Togawa D, Yamato Y, Kobayashi S, Yasuda T, Matsuyama Y. Feasibility of a novel diagnostic chart of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in magnetic resonance imaging. Spinal Cord 2014; 52:769-73. [DOI: 10.1038/sc.2014.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 05/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Okamoto K, Okamoto I, Takeda M, Kobayashi S, Takeda K, Nakamatsu K, Nishimura Y, Nakagawa K. A Phase I Study of Split-dose Cisplatin and Etoposide with Concurrent Accelerated Hyperfractionated Thoracic Radiotherapy in Elderly Patients with Limited-disease Small Cell Lung Cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2014; 44:743-748. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyu071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Uchida Y, Yoshida S, Kobayashi S, Koga F, Ishioka J, Satoh S, Ishii C, Tanaka H, Matsuoka Y, Numao N, Saito K, Masuda H, Fujii Y, Kihara K. Diffusion-weighted MRI as a potential imaging biomarker reflecting the metastatic potential of upper urinary tract cancer. Br J Radiol 2014; 87:20130791. [PMID: 25074719 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) as an imaging biomarker for upper urinary tract cancer (UUTC) that has already metastasized or will metastasize soon. METHODS 61 patients clinically diagnosed with UUTC were prospectively enrolled in this study. All the patients underwent MRI, including DW-MRI, prior to any interventions. Correlations between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and other clinicopathological variables, including metastasis-free survival, were analysed. RESULTS Median follow-up period was 938 days. Of the 61 patients, 12 had any metastases at the initial diagnosis. 11 patients developed metastases during the follow-up period. These 23 patients were categorized as "Metastatic". Of the remaining 38 patients, 35 with a follow-up period longer than 400 days were categorized as "Localized". ADC was significantly lower in the Metastatic category than in the Localized (p = 0.0002) category. Multivariate analysis of pre-operative variables identified ADC (cut-off value, 1.08 × 10(-3) mm(2) s(-1)) and clinical T stage based on T2 weighted MRI as an independent predictive factor of metastatic UUTC. 46 patients without any metastases during the initial diagnosis were stratified into a high-risk group (16 patients with low ADC and clinical T3-4) and a low-risk group (30 patients with high ADC or clinical Ta-2). The 3-year metastasis-free survivals were 45% and 93%, respectively. CONCLUSION In the current study, UUTC with lower ADC value is more likely to have metastatic potential. Incorporating ADC with clinical T stage helps to differentiate metastatic UUTC at the initial diagnosis. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE DW-MRI is a potential imaging biomarker reflecting metastatic propensity of UUTC.
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- 1 Department of Urology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan
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Kadowaki S, Enomoto H, Moriya A, Murakami T, Nakamura K, Naktani-Enomoto S, Mochizuki H, Kobayashi S, Ugawa Y. P1064: Phasic muscle contraction influence upon the quadripulse stimulation (QPS) after effects. Clin Neurophysiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(14)51093-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nakatani-Enomoto S, Hanajima R, Hamada M, Terao Y, Matsumoto H, Shirota Y, Ohminami S, Okabe S, Hirose M, Nakamura K, Furubayashi T, Groiss S, Kobayashi S, Mochizuki H, Enomoto H, Ugawa Y. P925: Somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) modulation by quadripulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (QPS) in benign myoclonus epilepsy patients. Clin Neurophysiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(14)50961-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Arima H, Hanada M, Hayasaka T, Masaki N, Omura T, Xu D, Hasegawa T, Togawa D, Yamato Y, Kobayashi S, Yasuda T, Matsuyama Y, Setou M. Blockade of IL-6 signaling by MR16-1 inhibits reduction of docosahexaenoic acid-containing phosphatidylcholine levels in a mouse model of spinal cord injury. Neuroscience 2014; 269:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 02/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Groiss S, Murakami T, Enomoto H, Nakatani-Enomoto S, Kobayashi S, Yoshihara A, Nakamura K, Furubayashi T, Sugiura Y, Kujirai T, Ugawa Y. P1101: Transient effects of transcranial magnetic quadripulses on the human motor cortex. Clin Neurophysiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(14)51119-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Horikoshi M, Inokuma S, Kobuna M, Matsubara E, Okada R, Takahashi R, Kobayashi S, Kijima Y. AB0989 Uneven Temperature among Fingers after Cold-Water Immersion of Hands is A Useful Parameter to Identify Disturbed Peripheral Circulation in Patients with Raynaud Phenomenon. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.4849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Humalda JK, Assa S, Navis GJ, Franssen CFM, De Borst MH, Ogawa H, Ota Y, Watanabe T, Watanabe Y, Nishii H, Sato A, Waniewski J, Debowska M, Wojcik-Zaluska A, Ksiazek A, Zaluska W, Guastoni CM, Turri C, Toma L, Rombola G, Frattini G, Romei Longhena G, Teatini U, Siriopol DC, Stuard S, Ciolan A, Mircescu G, Raluca D, Nistor I, Covic A, De Roij Van Zuijdewijn CL, Chapdelaine I, Nube MJ, Blankestijn PJ, Bots ML, Konings SJ, Van Den Dorpel MA, Van Der Weerd NC, Ter Wee PM, Grooteman MP, Djuric PS, Jankovic A, Tosic J, Bajcetic S, Damjanovic T, Popovic J, Dimkovic N, Dimkovic N, Marinkovic J, Djuric Z, Knezevic V, Lazarevic T, Ljubenovic S, Markovic R, Rabrenovic V, Djukanovic L, Djuric PS, Popovic J, Jankovic A, Tosic J, Radovic Maslarevic V, Dimkovic N, Mathrani V, Drew P, Chess JI, Williams AI, Robertson S, Jibani M, Aithal VI, Kumwenda M, Roberts G, Mikhail AI, Grzegorzewska AE, Ostromecki G, Mostowska A, Sowi ska A, Jagodzi ski PP, Wu HY, Chen HY, Hsu SP, Pai MF, Yang JY, Peng YS, Hirose M, Hasegawa T, Kaneshima N, Sasai F, Komukai D, Takahashi K, Koiwa F, Shishido K, Yoshimura A, Selim G, Stojceva-Taneva O, Tozija L, Dzekova-Vidimliski P, Trajceska L, Petronievic Z, Gelev S, Amitov V, Sikole A, Moon SJ, Yoon SY, Shin DH, Lee JE, Kim HJ, Park HC, Hadjiyannakos D, Filiopoulos V, Loukas G, Pagonis S, Andriopoulos C, Drakou A, Vlassopoulos D, Catarino C, Cunha P, Ribeiro S, Rocha-Pereira P, Reis F, Sameiro-Faria M, Miranda V, Bronze-Rocha E, Belo L, Costa E, Santos-Silva A, De Mauri A, Brambilla M, Chiarinotti D, Lizio D, Matheoud R, Conti N, Conte MM, Carriero A, De Leo M, Karpetas AV, Sarafidis PA, Georgianos PI, Koutroumpas G, Divanis D, Vakianis P, Tzanis G, Raptopoulou K, Protogerou A, Stamatiadis D, Syrganis C, Liakopoulos V, Efstratiadis G, Lasaridis AN, Georgianos PI, Sarafidis PA, Karpetas AV, Koutroumpas G, Divanis D, Tersi M, Tzanis G, Raptopoulou K, Protogerou A, Syrganis C, Stamatiadis DN, Liakopoulos V, Efstratiadis G, Lasaridis AN, Kuczera P, Adamczak M, Wiecek A, Bove S, Giacon B, Corradini R, Prati E, Brognoli M, Tommasi A, Sereni L, Palladino G, Moriya H, Mochida Y, Ishioka K, Oka M, Maesato K, Hidaka S, Ohtake T, Kobayashi S, Moura A, Madureira J, Alija P, Fernandes JC, Oliveira JG, Lopez M, Filgueiras M, Amado L, Miranda V, Sameiro-Faria M, Vieira M, Santos-Silva A, Costa E, Lee JE, Seok JH, Choi HY, Ha SK, Park HC, Bossola M, Laudisio A, Antocicco M, Tazza L, Colloca G, Tosato M, Zuccala G, Ettema EM, Kuipers J, Assa S, Groen H, Gansevoort RT, Stade K, Bakker SJL, Gaillard CAJM, Westerhuis R, Franssen CFM, Bacchetta J, Couchoud K, Semlali S, Sellier-Leclerc AL, Bertholet-Thomas A, Cartier R, Cochat P, Ranchin B, Kim JC, Park K, Van Ende C, Wilmes D, Lecouvet FE, Labriola L, Cuvelier R, Van Ingelgem G, Jadoul M, De Mauri A, Doriana C, Brambilla M, Matheoud R, David P, Capurro F, Brustia M, Ruva CE, De Leo M, Bossola M, Giungi S, Di Stasio E, Tazza L, Lemesch S, Leber B, Horvath A, Ribitsch W, Schilcher G, Zettel G, Tawdrous M, Rosenkranz AR, Stadlbauer-Kollner V, Matsushima H, Oyama A, Bosch Benitez-Parodi E, Baamonde Laborda E, Batista Garcia F, Perez Suarez G, Anton Perez G, Garcia Canton C, Toledo Gonzalez A, Lago Alonso MM, Checa Andres MD, Cobo G, Di Gioia C, Camacho R, Garcia Lacalle C, Ortega O, Rodriguez I, Herrero J, Oliet A, Ortiz M, Mon C, Vigil A, Gallar P, Bossola M, Pellu V, Di Stasio E, Giungi S, Nebiolo PE, Sasaki K, Yamguchi S, Hesaka A, Iwahashi E, Sakai S, Fujimoto T, Minami S, Fujita Y, Yokoyama K, Shutov E, Ryabinskya G, Lashutin S, Gorelova E, Volodicheva E, Podesta MA, Cancarini G, Cucchiari D, Montanelli A, Badalamenti S, Graziani G, Bossola M, Distasio E, Tazza L, Pchelin I, Shishkin A, Fedorova Y, Kao CC, Chu TS, Tsai TJ, Wu KD, Wu MS, Kim JC, Park K, Raikou V, Kaisidis P, Tsamparlis E, Kanellopoulos P, Boletis J, Ueda A, Hirayama A, Owada S, Nagai K, Saito C, Yamagata K. DIALYSIS. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL STUDIES. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shi N, Ohshima S, Tanaka K, Minami T, Nagasaki K, Yamamoto S, Ohtani Y, Zang L, Mizuuchi T, Okada H, Kado S, Kobayashi S, Konoshima S, Kenmochi N, Sano F. A novel electron density reconstruction method for asymmetrical toroidal plasmas. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:053506. [PMID: 24880368 DOI: 10.1063/1.4872379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A novel reconstruction method is developed for acquiring the electron density profile from multi-channel interferometric measurements of strongly asymmetrical toroidal plasmas. It is based on a regularization technique, and a generalized cross-validation function is used to optimize the regularization parameter with the aid of singular value decomposition. The feasibility of method could be testified by simulated measurements based on a magnetic configuration of the flexible helical-axis heliotron device, Heliotron J, which has an asymmetrical poloidal cross section. And the successful reconstruction makes possible to construct a multi-channel Far-infrared laser interferometry on this device. The advantages of this method are demonstrated by comparison with a conventional method. The factors which may affect the accuracy of the results are investigated, and an error analysis is carried out. Based on the obtained results, the proposed method is highly promising for accurately reconstructing the electron density in the asymmetrical toroidal plasma.
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Japan
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Davids MR, Marais N, Jacobs J, Cohen E, Krause I, Goldberg E, Garty M, Krause I, Dursun B, Sahan Y, Tanriverdi H, Rota S, Uslu S, Senol H, Minutolo R, Gabbai FB, Agarwal R, Chiodini P, Borrelli S, Stanzione G, Nappi F, Bellizzi V, Conte G, De Nicola L, Van De Walle J, Johnson S, Fremeaux-Bacchi V, Ardissino G, Ariceta G, Beauchamp J, Cohen D, Greenbaum LA, Ogawa M, Schaefer F, Licht C, Scalzotto E, Nalesso F, Zaglia T, Corradi V, Neri M, Martino F, Zanella M, Brendolan A, Mongillo M, Ronco C, Chinnappa S, Mooney A, El Nahas AM, Tu YK, Tan LB, Jung JY, Kim AJ, Ro H, Lee C, Chang JH, Lee HH, Chung W, Clarke AL, Young HM, Hull KL, Hudson N, Burton JO, Smith AC, Marx S, Petrilla A, Filipovic I, Lee WC, Meijers B, Poesen R, Storr M, Claes K, Kuypers D, Evenepoel P, Aukland M, Clarke AL, Hull KL, Burton JO, Smith AC, Betriu A, Martinez-Alonso M, Arcidiacono MV, Cannata-Andia J, Pascual J, Valdivielso JM, Fernandez-Giraldez E, Kingswood JC, Zonnenberg B, Sauter M, Zakar G, Biro B, Besenczi B, Varga A, Pekacs P, Pizzini P, Pisano A, Leonardis D, Panuccio V, Cutrupi S, Tripepi G, Mallamaci F, Zoccali C, Arnold J, Baharani J, Rayner H, So BH, Blackwell S, Jardine AG, Macgregor MS, Cunha C, Barreto P, Pereira S, Ventura A, Mota M, Seabra J, Sakaguchi T, Kobayashi S, Yano T, Yoshimoto W, Bancu I, Bonal Bastons J, Cleries Escayola M, Vela Vallespin E, Bustins Poblet M, Magem Luque D, Pastor Fabregas M, Chen JH, Chen SC, Chang JM, Hwang SJ, Chen HC, Ahbap E, Kara E, Basturk T, Sahutoglu T, Koc Y, Sakaci T, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Ozagari AA, Unsal A, Minami S, Hesaka A, Yamaguchi S, Iwahashi E, Sakai S, Fujimoto T, Sasaki K, Fujita Y, Yokoyama K, Marks A, Fluck N, Prescott G, Robertson L, Smith WC, Black C, Ohsawa M, Fujioka T, Omori S, Isurugi T, Tanno K, Onoda T, Omama S, Ishibashi Y, Makita S, Okayama A, Garland JS, Simpson CS, Metangi MF, Parfrey B, Johri AM, Sloan L, McAuley J, Cunningham R, Mullan R, Quinn M, Harron C, Chiu H, Murphy-Burke D, Werb R, Jung B, Chan-Yan C, Duncan J, Forzley B, Lowry R, Hargrove G, Carson R, Levin A, Karim M, Reznik EV, Storozhakov GIV, Rollino C, Troiano M, Bagatella M, Liuzzo C, Quarello F, Roccatello D, Blaslov K, Bulum T, Prka In I, Duvnjak L, Heleniak Z, Ciepli ska M, Szychli ski T, Pryczkowska M, Bartosi ska E, Wiatr H, Kot owska H, Tylicki L, Rutkowski B, Song YR, Kim SGK, Kim HJ, Noh JW, Tong A, Jesudason S, Craig JC, Winkelmayer WC, Hung PH, Huang YT, Hsiao CY, Sung PS, Guo HR, Tsai KJ, Wu CC, Su SL, Kao SY, Lu KC, Lin YF, Lin WH, Lee HM, Cheng MF, Wang WM, Yang LY, Wang MC, Vukovic Lela I, Sekoranja M, Poljicanin T, Karanovic S, Abramovic M, Matijevic V, Stipancic Z, Leko N, Cvitkovic A, Dika Z, Kos J, Laganovic M, Grollman AP, Jelakovic B, Dryl-Rydzynska T, Prystacki T, Malyszko J, Trifiro G, Sultana J, Giorgianni F, Ingrasciotta Y, Muscianisi M, Tari DU, Perrotta M, Buemi M, Canale V, Arcoraci V, Santoro D, Rizzo M, Iheanacho I, Van Nooten FE, Goldsmith D, Grandtnerova B, Berat ova Z, ErvenOva M, cErven J, Markech M, tefanikova A, Engelen W, Elseviers M, Gheuens E, Colson C, Muyshondt I, Daelemans R. CKD GENERAL AND CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Tomimaru Y, Ito T, Kawamoto K, Hama N, Wada H, Kobayashi S, Eguchi H, Tanemura M, Mori M, Doki Y, Nagano H. Clinical Outcome of Pancreas Transplantation From Marginal Donors in Japan. Transplant Proc 2014; 46:954-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.11.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Groiss SJ, Murakami T, Enomoto H, Nakatani-Enomoto S, Kobayashi S, Yoshihara A, Nakamura K, Furubayashi T, Sugiura Y, Kujirai T, Ugawa Y. Transiente Effekte transkranieller magnetischer Quadripulse auf den Motorkortex. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1371278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fukami Y, Kurumiya Y, Mizuno K, Sekoguchi E, Kobayashi S. Clinical effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction. Br J Surg 2014; 101:433-7. [PMID: 24496799 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is a controversial treatment for adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction, with only a few small studies reported. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical value of HBO therapy in the treatment of adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction. METHODS Between April 2006 and March 2012, all patients with adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction were treated using either decompression therapy or HBO. Patients undergoing HBO therapy were treated once a day at a pressure of 2·0 atmospheres absolute and received 100 per cent oxygen. Patients showing no clinical and radiological improvement with HBO therapy were converted to decompression therapy by means of a long tube. Medical records were reviewed and outcomes analysed. RESULTS A total of 305 patients were treated, of whom 142 underwent tube decompression therapy during the first 3 years and the remaining 163 had HBO therapy during the last 3 years. The median number of HBO treatments was 3 (range 1-7). A total of 143 patients (87·7 per cent) were treated successfully with HBO without long-tube decompression. HBO therapy was associated with earlier resumption of oral intake (mean 4·7 versus 6·5 days; P = 0·001) and a shorter hospital stay (mean 10·3 versus 14·1 days; P = 0·001). The rate of operation was 7·4 per cent in the HBO group and 14·8 per cent in group treated by decompression alone (P = 0·037). CONCLUSION In this study, HBO therapy was safe for the treatment of adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction. It reduced the need for surgery and time to recovery as well as the hospital stay.
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- Department of Surgery, Toyota Kosei Hospital, 500-1 Josui-cho, Toyota, Aichi 470-0396, Japan
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Fukami Y, Kurumiya Y, Mizuno K, Sekoguchi E, Kobayashi S. Clinical effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction. Br J Surg 2014. [PMID: 24496799 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9389p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is a controversial treatment for adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction, with only a few small studies reported. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical value of HBO therapy in the treatment of adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction. METHODS Between April 2006 and March 2012, all patients with adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction were treated using either decompression therapy or HBO. Patients undergoing HBO therapy were treated once a day at a pressure of 2·0 atmospheres absolute and received 100 per cent oxygen. Patients showing no clinical and radiological improvement with HBO therapy were converted to decompression therapy by means of a long tube. Medical records were reviewed and outcomes analysed. RESULTS A total of 305 patients were treated, of whom 142 underwent tube decompression therapy during the first 3 years and the remaining 163 had HBO therapy during the last 3 years. The median number of HBO treatments was 3 (range 1-7). A total of 143 patients (87·7 per cent) were treated successfully with HBO without long-tube decompression. HBO therapy was associated with earlier resumption of oral intake (mean 4·7 versus 6·5 days; P = 0·001) and a shorter hospital stay (mean 10·3 versus 14·1 days; P = 0·001). The rate of operation was 7·4 per cent in the HBO group and 14·8 per cent in group treated by decompression alone (P = 0·037). CONCLUSION In this study, HBO therapy was safe for the treatment of adhesive postoperative small bowel obstruction. It reduced the need for surgery and time to recovery as well as the hospital stay.
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- Department of Surgery, Toyota Kosei Hospital, 500-1 Josui-cho, Toyota, Aichi 470-0396, Japan
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Kobayashi S, Hidano A, Tsutsui T, Yamamoto T, Hayama Y, Nishida T, Muroga N, Konishi M, Kameyama K, Murakami K. Analysis of risk factors associated with bovine leukemia virus seropositivity within dairy and beef breeding farms in Japan: A nationwide survey. Res Vet Sci 2014; 96:47-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Takagi M, Ida H, Kobayashi S, Ishii M, Osanai T, Konttinen YT. Ochronotic spondylarthropathy: two case reports of progressive destructive changes in the hip. Mod Rheumatol 2014; 13:81-6. [PMID: 24387122 DOI: 10.3109/s101650300013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Abstract We report two cases of ochronotic spondylarthropathy who presented with spinal involvement followed by progressive destructive changes in the hip joint, which led to total hip replacement with a satisfactory outcome. Pathological examination revealed severe deterioration of the affected hip with unique cartilage degeneration associated with active inflammation in the synovium and bone marrow. These features were also evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging in one case which presented with rapidly destructive changes in the hip. Spinal involvement may contribute to progressive destructive hip arthropathy in ochronosis.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine , 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-9585 , Japan
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Onoue Y, Abe-Yoshizumi R, Gohara M, Kobayashi S, Nishioka N, Kojima S, Homma M. Construction of functional fragments of the cytoplasmic loop with the C-terminal region of PomA, a stator component of the Vibrio Na+ driven flagellar motor. J Biochem 2014; 155:207-16. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Maselli A, Melandri A, Nava L, Mundell CG, Kawai N, Campana S, Covino S, Cummings JR, Cusumano G, Evans PA, Ghirlanda G, Ghisellini G, Guidorzi C, Kobayashi S, Kuin P, La Parola V, Mangano V, Oates S, Sakamoto T, Serino M, Virgili F, Zhang BB, Barthelmy S, Beardmore A, Bernardini MG, Bersier D, Burrows D, Calderone G, Capalbi M, Chiang J, D’Avanzo P, D’Elia V, De Pasquale M, Fugazza D, Gehrels N, Gomboc A, Harrison R, Hanayama H, Japelj J, Kennea J, Kopac D, Kouveliotou C, Kuroda D, Levan A, Malesani D, Marshall F, Nousek J, O’Brien P, Osborne JP, Pagani C, Page KL, Page M, Perri M, Pritchard T, Romano P, Saito Y, Sbarufatti B, Salvaterra R, Steele I, Tanvir N, Vianello G, Wiegand B, Wiersema K, Yatsu Y, Yoshii T, Tagliaferri G. GRB 130427A: A Nearby Ordinary Monster. Science 2014; 343:48-51. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1242279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A. Maselli
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)–Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF) Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa 153 I-90146 Palermo, Italy
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- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
| | - L. Nava
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
- AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives/Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
| | - C. G. Mundell
- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
| | - N. Kawai
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- Coordinated Space Observation and Experiment Research Group, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - S. Campana
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
| | - S. Covino
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
| | - J. R. Cummings
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County/Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 661, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - G. Cusumano
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)–Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF) Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa 153 I-90146 Palermo, Italy
| | - P. A. Evans
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
| | - G. Ghirlanda
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
| | - G. Ghisellini
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
| | - C. Guidorzi
- Department of Physics, University of Ferrara, via Saragat 1, I-44122, Ferrara, Italy
| | - S. Kobayashi
- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
| | - P. Kuin
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
| | - V. La Parola
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)–Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF) Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa 153 I-90146 Palermo, Italy
| | - V. Mangano
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)–Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF) Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa 153 I-90146 Palermo, Italy
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - S. Oates
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
| | - T. Sakamoto
- Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
| | - M. Serino
- Coordinated Space Observation and Experiment Research Group, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - F. Virgili
- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
| | - B.-B. Zhang
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - S. Barthelmy
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - A. Beardmore
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
| | - M. G. Bernardini
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
| | - D. Bersier
- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
| | - D. Burrows
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - G. Calderone
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Occhialini,” Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
| | - M. Capalbi
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)–Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF) Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa 153 I-90146 Palermo, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
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- INAF/Rome Astronomical Observatory, via Frascati 33, 00040 Monteporzio Catone (Roma), Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Centre, Via Galileo Galilei, 00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
| | - M. De Pasquale
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
| | - D. Fugazza
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
| | - N. Gehrels
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - A. Gomboc
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Centre of Excellence Space-si, Askerceva cesta 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
| | - H. Hanayama
- Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 1024-1 Arakawa, Ishigaki, Okinawa 907-0024, Japan
| | - J. Japelj
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - J. Kennea
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - D. Kopac
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - C. Kouveliotou
- Space Science Office, VP62, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
| | - D. Kuroda
- Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 3037-5 Honjo, Kamogata, Asaguchi, Okayama 719-0232
| | - A. Levan
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
| | - D. Malesani
- Dark Cosmology Centre (DARK), Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - F. Marshall
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - J. Nousek
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - P. O’Brien
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
| | - J. P. Osborne
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
| | - C. Pagani
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
| | - K. L. Page
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
| | - M. Page
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
| | - M. Perri
- INAF/Rome Astronomical Observatory, via Frascati 33, 00040 Monteporzio Catone (Roma), Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Centre, Via Galileo Galilei, 00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
| | - T. Pritchard
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - P. Romano
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)–Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF) Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa 153 I-90146 Palermo, Italy
| | - Y. Saito
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
| | - B. Sbarufatti
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - R. Salvaterra
- INAF-IASF Milano, via E. Bassini 15, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - I. Steele
- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
| | - N. Tanvir
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
| | - G. Vianello
- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - B. Wiegand
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - K. Wiersema
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
| | - Y. Yatsu
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
| | - T. Yoshii
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
| | - G. Tagliaferri
- INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy
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