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Sulforaphane Stimulates Activation of Proapoptotic Protein Bax Leading to Apoptosis of Endothelial Progenitor Cells
Sulforaphane (SUL) is an isothiocyanate naturally present in widely consumed vegetables, particularly in broccoli. SUL has recently been focused as a result of its inhibitory effects on tumor cell growth in vi...
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Shrinkage of the Mental Lexicon of Kanji in an Elderly Japanese Woman: The Effect of a 10-Year Passage of Time
This investigation addressed the questions at what rate and how an elderly Japanese woman, AA, lost kanji nouns between the ages of 83 years and 93 years. Results from a kanji naming task given twice with a 10...
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English Vowel Spaces Produced by Japanese Speakers: The Smaller Point Vowels’ and the Greater Schwas’
This study investigated how Japanese-speaking learners of English pronounce the three point vowels /i/, /u/, and /a/ appearing in the first and second monosyllabic words of English noun phrases, and the schwa ...
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Open AccessA giant mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: a case report and review of the literature
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is the second most common etiology of appendiceal mucocele. We report a relatively rare case of a giant appendiceal mucocele caused by mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, which occupied th...
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Open AccessCoordinate and synergistic effects of extensive treadmill exercise and ovariectomy on articular cartilage degeneration
Although osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease, little has been reported regarding the cooperative interaction among these factors on cartilage metabolism. Here we examined the synergistic effect of ...
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Number Frequency in L1 Differentially Affects Immediate Serial Recall of Numbers in L2 Between Beginning and Intermediate Learners
A list number recall test in English (L2) was administered to both Japanese (L1) students with beginning-level English proficiency who attended evening high school and Japanese college students with intermedia...
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Measurement of the Water Relaxation Time of \({\upvarepsilon }\) -Polylysine Aqueous Solutions
\({\upvarepsilon }\) ε -Polylysine is an effective food preservative. In ...
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The effects of graphic similarity on Japanese recognition of simplified Chinese characters
The pedagogical and theoretical questions addressed in this study relate to the extent to which native Japanese readers with little or no knowledge of Chinese characters recognize Chinese characters that are v...
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Open AccessIn Vivo Measurement of Optical Properties of Human Skin for 450–800 nm and 950–1600 nm Wavelengths
Laser or light-emitting diode therapy has been developed for medical care and skin rejuvenation. Some of these therapies are not only ineffective, but also unsafe. To address these issues, the optical properti...
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Open AccessLighting system bioinspired by Haworthia obtusa
Electricity plays an important role in modern societies, with lighting and illumination accounting for approximately one-fifth of the global demand for electricity. Haworthia obtusa has the remarkable ability to ...
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Open AccessA simple adaptive difference algorithm with CO2 measurements for evaluating plant growth under environmental fluctuations
The aim of this study is to demonstrate an adaptive method that is robust toward environmental fluctuations and provides a real-time measure of plant growth by measuring CO2 consumption. To verify the validity of...
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Open AccessQuiescent innate and adaptive immune responses maintain the long-term integrity of corneal endothelium reconstituted through allogeneic cell injection therapy
This study aims to clarify the immunogenicity in acquired and innate immune responses of cultured human corneal endothelial cells (hCECs) applied for cell injection therapy, a newly established modality for co...
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Altered regulation of oligodendrocytes associated with parvalbumin neurons in the ventral hippocampus underlies fear generalization in male mice
Fear generalization is a neurobiological process by which an organism interprets a novel stimulus as threatening because of its similarity to previously learned fear-inducing stimuli. Because recent studies ha...
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Open AccessUtility of bronchoscopically obtained frozen cytology pellets for next-generation sequencing
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is essential for lung cancer treatment. It is important to collect sufficient tissue specimens, but sometimes we cannot obtain large enough samples for NGS analysis. We investi...
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Open AccessOscillating latent dynamics in robot systems during walking and reaching
Sensorimotor control of complex, dynamic systems such as humanoids or quadrupedal robots is notoriously difficult. While artificial systems traditionally employ hierarchical optimisation approaches or black-bo...
