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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a hepatic phenotype of the metabolic syndrome, and increases the risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although increasing evidence points to the therapeu...
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Open AccessEffect of weight change and lifestyle modifications on the development or remission of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: sex-specific analysis
The effects of changes in various lifestyle habits on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have not been well elucidated. We aimed to clarify how weight change and lifestyle modifications were associated w...
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The impact of the excimer laser on myocardial salvage in ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction via nuclear scintigraphy
Data on the efficacy of excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA) for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are limited. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the impact of ELCA on myocardial sal...
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Rapid identification of Gloriosa superba and Colchicum autumnale by melting curve analysis: application to a suicide case involving massive ingestion of G. superba
The plant species Gloriosa superba and Colchicum autumnale produce extremely poisonous colchicine as a major toxic metabolite. Almost all previous studies on colchicine poisoning have focused on drug analysis and...
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Open AccessMacroscopic fundamental diagram in simple street networks
Macroscopic fundamental diagrams (MFDs) on simple street networks are studied analytically and numerically. We consider nonlinear circuit model that consists of road elements with piecewise linear fundamental ...
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Neointimal hyperplasia covering the intraluminal neo-metal carina 12 years after the simultaneous kissing stenting technique was performed: insight from optical frequency domain imaging findings
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Macroscopic fundamental diagram in simple model of urban traffic
Macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) is a reproducible unimodal relation between average vehicle density and average flow rate in urban traffic. Although this idea is tested by a few observations and simulati...
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Open AccessPromoting notification and linkage of HBs antigen and anti-HCV antibody-positive patients through hospital alert system
In Japan, approximately 0.9% and 1% of the whole population are infected with HBV and HCV, respectively. Doctors from departments other than gastroenterology often order viral hepatitis tests before an invasiv...
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Crystal Engineering Approach Toward Molecule-Based Magnetic Materials
The crystal engineering approach toward molecule-based magnetic materials by controlling the molecular arrangement of the stable radical based on the directionality of the hydrogen bonding is described in conn...
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A simple method for the simultaneous determination of mushroom toxins by liquid chromatography–time-of-flight mass spectrometry
A simple and rapid method for the determination of nine mushroom toxins, ibotenic acid, propargylglycine, choline, muscimol, muscarine, α-amanitin, β-amanitin, phalloidin, and phallacidin, in mushroom samples ...
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Open AccessExperimental system for measurement of radiologists’ performance by visual search task
Detective performance of radiologists for “obvious” targets should be evaluated by visual search task instead of ROC analysis, but visual task have not been applied to radiology studies. The aim of this study ...
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Creep rupture due to thermally induced cracking
We study sub-critical fracture driven by thermally activated crack nucleation in the framework of a fiber bundle model. Based on analytic calculations and computer simulations we show that in the presence of s...
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Rapid and sensitive quantification of paraquat and diquat in human serum by liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry using atmospheric pressure photoionization
We developed a rapid and sensitive liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC/TOF–MS) method using atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) for the determination of paraquat and diquat in hu...
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Precision of the measurement of CT numbers: comparison of dual-energy CT spectral imaging with fast kVp switching and conventional CT with phantoms
To compare dual-energy computed tomography (CT) spectral imaging and conventional CT imaging in terms of precision of the measurement of CT numbers in phantoms.
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Do radial arterial pressure curves have diagnostic validity for identify severe aortic stenosis?
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Preliminary Study on Appearance-Based Detection of Anatomical Point Landmarks in Body Trunk CT Images
Anatomical point landmarks as most primitive anatomical knowledge are useful for medical image understanding. In this study, we propose a detection method for anatomical point landmark based on appearance mode...
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Bezier surface reformation: an original visualization technique of cervical nerve roots on myelographic CT
The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of an original reformation method of cervical myelographic computed tomography (CT) using the Bezier surface technique.
