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Leaf anatomy and light acclimation in woody seedlings after gap formation in a cool-temperate deciduous forest
The photosynthetic light acclimation of fully expanded leaves of tree seedlings in response to gap formation was studied with respect to anatomical and photosynthetic characteristics in a natural cool-temperat...
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Reactions of polymers in supercritical fluids for chemical recycling of waste plastics
Sub- or supercritical fluids have been focused as reaction media for environmental applications from a view point of green chemistry. Chemical recycling of waste plastics is important issue. We have applied re...
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Observation of the nonlinear effect in relativistic Thomson scattering of electron and laser beams
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Polymorphism of the solute carrier family 12 (sodium/chloride transporters) member 3, SLC12A3, gene at exon 23 (+78G/A: Arg913Gln) is associated with elevation of urinary albumin excretion in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: a 10-year longitudinal study
We have shown previously that the SLC12A3 +78G/A polymorphism in exon 23 (Arg913Gln) was a new candidate for conferring susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy. The aim of this study was to confirm the effect of t...
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Hemodynamic infarction of the spinal cord: involvement of the gray matter plus the border-zone between the central and peripheral arteries
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40th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Morphology and dam** characteristics of woodceramics
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Woodceramics Prepared from Wood Powder/Phenolated Wood Composite
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Self-sintering ability of water-washed liquefied wood
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Effect of Components upon the Surface Area of Woodceramics
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Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the urine of patients with urinary tract infection
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Radiographic study on the natural history of advanced osteoarthritis of the hip joint
We investigated the radiographic changes in 22 hip joints of 17 patients with secondary advanced osteoarthritis of the hip who received conservative treatment for more than 10 years. Arthritic changes progres...
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Apple residue—new starting material for high surface area carbon
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Lipomatous primitive neuroectodermal tumor with a glioblastoma component: a case report
A case of extracerebellar lipomatous primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) areas is reported. A 44-year-old woman who had been on antipsychotic agents for schizophrenia com...
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Efficacy of a 14-day course of oral ciprofloxacin therapy for acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral antibacterial treatment with fluoroquinilone for acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis Thirteen female patients with acute uncomplicated pyelonephriti...
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Surface Area Characteristics of Woodceramics
Woodceramics have interesting and potential applications such as catalytic, moisture absorption, water treatment etc., where the surface area is the main characterization parameter. In the present study, surfa...
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Effect of carbonization temperature on the basic properties of woodceramics impregnated with liquefied wood
In this paper, a new woodceramics impregnated with liquefied wood is developed and the effect of carbonization temperature on the dimension shrinkage, weight loss, density, compressive strength, and volume ele...
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Toward the map** of physiological and agronomic characters on a rice function map: QTL analysis and comparison between QTLs and expressed sequence tags
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