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Changes in skeletal muscle function during chemotherapy and related factors in patients with acute leukemia
Skeletal muscle function is an important prognostically relevant indicator in patients with acute leukemia (AL), but skeletal dysfunction during chemotherapy is not well understood. This study aimed to investi...
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Open AccessDevelopment of optimization method for truss structure by quantum annealing
In this study, we developed a new method of topology optimization for truss structures by quantum annealing. To perform quantum annealing analysis with real variables, representation of real numbers as a sum o...
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Gender-specific Characteristics of Social Factors Related to Frequency of Daily Conversation Among Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Observational Study
This study examined the social factors affecting the frequency of going out, and social isolation related to the frequency of daily conversation, stratified by gender.
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What is the optimal nutritional assessment tool for predicting decline in the activity of daily living among older patients with heart failure?
The clinical importance of nutritional management in activities of daily living (ADL) among older inpatients with heart failure (HF) is greatly increasing. We determined the optimal nutritional assessment tool...
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Open AccessGenetic analysis of Japanese patients with small bowel adenocarcinoma using next-generation sequencing
Small bowel adenocarcinomas (SBAs) are rare and there is little comprehensive data on SBA genomic alterations for Asian patients. This study aimed to profile genomic alterations of SBA in Japanese patients usi...
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Open AccessA phase-field model by an Ising machine and its application to the phase-separation structure of a diblock polymer
A novel model to be applied to next-generation accelerators, Ising machines, is formulated on the basis of the phase-field model of the phase-separation structure of a diblock polymer. Recently, Ising machines...
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Open AccessTwo isoforms of TALDO1 generated by alternative translational initiation show differential nucleocytoplasmic distribution to regulate the global metabolic network
Transaldolase 1 (TALDO1) is a rate-limiting enzyme involved in the pentose phosphate pathway, which is traditionally thought to occur in the cytoplasm. In this study, we found that the gene TALDO1 has two transla...
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Open AccessDouble-twist cylinders in liquid crystalline cholesteric blue phases observed by transmission electron microscopy
Cholesteric blue phases are liquid crystalline phases in which the constituent rod-like molecules spontaneously form three-dimensional, helical structures. Despite theoretical predictions that they are compose...
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Open AccessLocalization of phosphorylated ErbB1-4 and heregulin in colorectal cancer
The ErbB family consists of four proteins including (EGFR)/ErbB1, ErbB2, ErbB3, and ErbB4, and plays a crucial role in the promotion of multiple tumorigenic processes. In addition to the traditional pathways o...
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A case of IgG4-related disease with rectal cancer
A 72-year-old male with liver dysfunction and an increase in serum total protein/albumin (TP/Alb) ratio was referred to our hospital. There was a marked increase in serum immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 level (IgG/IgG4...
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Rebamipide has the potential to reduce the intensity of NSAID-induced small intestinal injury: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial evaluated by capsule endoscopy
A study reported that rebamipide was effective at reducing short-term nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-induced enteropathy. The purpose of this study was to re-evaluate the effect of the co-administ...
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Microsomal prostaglandin E synthase protein levels correlate with prognosis in colorectal cancer patients
The aim of this study is to investigate the expression of three prostaglandin E synthase (PGES) isomers in colorectal cancer (CRC) tissue and to evaluate their relationship to clinicopathological factors and p...
