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Quality improvement of the thermal gel of horse mackerel by sodium citrate and its inhibition of the insoluble metalloproteinase
Modori-inducing proteinases (MIPs) in horse mackerel and the effect of sodium citrate on the modori phenomenon were investigated. Cysteine protease caused the modori phenomenon only at 60 ℃, while metalloproteina...
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Seasonal variations and the influence of COVID-19 pandemic on hemoglobin A1c, glycoalbumin, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
The purpose of the study was to investigate seasonal variations in HbA1c, GA and LDL-C and to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on these variations and on glycemic and lipid control themselves in pa...
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Open AccessA comparative study of pleural effusion in water area, water temperature and postmortem interval in forensic autopsy cases of drowning
Japan is surrounded by the sea and is also a mountainous country with many rivers. Japan has the second- highest rate of deaths caused by drowning in the world. Pleural effusion (PE) is one of the major findin...
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Observation of Adsorbed Hydrogen Species on Supported Metal Catalysts by Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Adsorbed hydrogen (H) species on catalyst surfaces are important active intermediates in many catalytic reactions and detailed analyses of them are necessary to understand the catalyses. Inelastic neutron scat...
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Effects of putrefaction on the quantitative analyses of diphenhydramine in blood and tissues: model experiments by the routine matrix-matched calibration method and standard addition method with different internal standards
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the effect of putrefaction on the quantitative analyses of diphenhydramine in blood and tissues by the routine matrix-matched calibration (MMC) method and the standar...
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Effect of dietary fish oil on enhanced inflammation and disturbed lipophagy in white adipose tissue caused by a high fat diet
Fish oil containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) attenuates chronic inflammation found in obesity, leading to a reduction in insulin resistance. The effect of fish oils containing omega-3 PUFA in...
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The effect of blood deposition on the degradation of the connective tissue of the yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata during storage
Blood is deposited in fish muscle during storage, and this deposition accelerates the deterioration of flesh quality. We have examined the effect of blood deposition on the degradation of collagen fibrils and ...
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A modified direct-heating headspace solid-phase microextraction method for drug screening with urine samples
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Simple regioisomeric differentiation of 2-, 3- and 4-methyl-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenones by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry using bromination
A simple method for the differentiation of three cathinone-type regioisomers, 2-, 3- and 4-methyl-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone (MePBPs), using a bromination procedure was developed in this study. The bromination ...
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Open AccessEvaluation of the effects of passion fruit peel flour (Passiflora edulis fo. flavicarpa) on metabolic changes in HIV patients with lipodystrophy syndrome secondary to antiretroviral therapy
This study evaluated the effects of using passion fruit peel flour together with diet therapy and counseling in 36 patients with HIV lipodystrophy who were in an ambulatory clinic in a university hospital. The...
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Determination of Tyramine in Hair Samples by GC–MS
A simple and sensitive method for the determination of tyramine in hair as N-heptafluorobutyryl derivative by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry has been developed. After digestion of the hair with aqueous NaOH...
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Open AccessA new application of cell-free bone regeneration: immobilizing stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth-conditioned medium onto titanium implants using atmospheric pressure plasma treatment
Surface modification of titanium (Ti) implants promotes bone formation and shortens the osseointegration period. The aim of this study was to promote bone regeneration and stability around implants using atmos...
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Liraglutide increases 24-h heart rate by reducing the cardiac parasympathetic activity of patients with type 2 diabetes: power spectral analysis of heart rate variability on 24-h Holter ECG recordings
The effects of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, on heart rate over a 24-h period (24-h heart rate) and on parasympathetic modulation of heart rate among patients with type 2 diabetes we...
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Direct-heating headspace solid-phase microextraction for the screening of illicit drugs
Illicit drugs, such as synthetic cannabinoids and cathinones, are produced in various forms, including volatile liquids, water-soluble liquids, powders and herbs. We developed a simple screening method to anal...
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Scalable and template-free production of mesoporous calcium carbonate and its potential to formaldehyde adsorbent
Here, we report a scalable and template-free production strategy in the synthesis of a mesoporous calcium carbonate, which undergoes self-assembled nanostructure formation through a temperature-induced aggrega...
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Application of high-throughput chiral analysis of amphetamines by GC–MS to whole blood specimens
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Combination of a short middle-bore capillary column with a thicker stationary phase and a short narrow-bore separation column with a thinner stationary phase for the rapid screening of non-volatile drugs by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
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Open AccessDegradation of myofibrils in cultured yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata burnt meat: effects of a myofibril-bound EDTA-sensitive protease
“Burnt meat” is a term used to describe the white (pale, grainy, exudative) muscle of yellowtail or tuna. It (with lightness parameter, L* ≥ 55) was observed after 2 h storage in the suffocate in air (SA) 29°C gr...
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A Unified View of Two-Dimensional Principal Component Analyses
Recently, two-dimensional principal component analysis (2D-PCA) and its variants have been proposed by several researchers. In this paper, we summarize their 2DPCA variants, show some equivalence among them, a...
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Identification of an aminopeptidase from the skeletal muscle of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus)
Aminopeptidases play important roles in turnover of proteins, metabolism of hormones and neurotransmission, cell maturation and immunological regulations. In the present study, an aminopeptidase was purified t...
