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Chapter and Conference Paper
Commuters’ Expected Utility Obtained in Decision Making on Residential Location Selection
This paper describes a method for estimating residential location selection utility (RLSU), which is the anticipated utility benefitting the commuters upon selecting a residential location. First, the RLSU was...
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Article
Association between vitamin D and bone mineral density in Japanese adults: the Unzen study
We showed an association between serum concentrations of vitamin D and bone health among community-dwelling adults in Japan after adjustment for confounding factors, with 730 participants in a city, with conce...
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Article
Open AccessAssociation between self-reported walking speed and calcaneal stiffness index in postmenopausal Japanese women
Osteoporosis and related fractures, a worldwide public health issue of growing concern, is characterized by compromised bone strength and an increased risk of fracture. Here we show an association between self...
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Article
Open AccessVitamin K deficiency, evaluated with higher serum ucOC, was correlated with poor bone status in women
An increase in serum undercarboxylated osteocalcin concentrations suggests vitamin K deficiency. Clinical intervention studies suggested that the vitamin K supplementation might contribute to preventing bone l...
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Article
Image-based surgical risk factors for Wilms tumor
The standard treatment for Wilms tumor (WT) is primary resection. However, in cases with unresectable tumor or tumor spillage, which are considered to have high surgical risks, more intensive chemotherapy and ...
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Article
Open AccessPrevalence of lumbar spondylosis and its association with low back pain among community-dwelling Japanese women
Lumbar spondylosis is more prevalent among the middle-aged and elderly, but few population-based studies have been conducted, especially in Japan. The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence of lum...
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Article
Supplemental effect of bile salts to soybean meal-based diet on growth and feed utilization of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
A feeding experiment was conducted to evaluate the supplemental effect of bile salts to a defatted soybean meal-based non-fish meal diet for rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. A fish meal-based diet (FM) and two ...
