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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Detection of Early Gastric Cancer from Endoscopic Images Using Fast Discrete Curvelet Transform and Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
We propose an automatic detection method for early stage gastric cancer from endoscopic images that uses the fast discrete curvelet transform (FDCT) and wavelet transform modulus maxima (WTMM). First, we conve...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Detection of Early Gastric Cancer from Endoscopic Images Using Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
It is said that the overlooking rate of early gastric cancer in endoscopic examination reaches 20–25% in Japan, and it is desirable to develop a detection method for early gastric cancer from endoscopic images...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Immersive Visuo-Haptic VR Environment with Pseudo-haptic Effects on Perceived Stiffness
In this presentation, we describe an immersive visuo-tactile VR system which presents tunable subjective hardness of virtual objects by employing the pseudo-haptic effects. Our system supposes that users put o...
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Degradation Process in Pentacene-Based Organic Field-Effect Transistors Evaluated by Three-Terminal Capacitance-Voltage Measurements
By taking advantage of three-terminal capacitance-voltage (TT-CV) measurement, we investigated a formation of trapped charge in pentacene(Pn)-based organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) during the bias stre...
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Open AccessIncreased plasma VEGF levels following ischemic preconditioning are associated with downregulation of miRNA-762 and miR-3072-5p
Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) has protective effects against ischemia-perfusion injury of organs. In the present study, we investigated the associated mechanisms after performing remote IPC (rIPC) of lower li...
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Open AccessTreatment of refractory cutaneous ulcers with mixed sheets consisting of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and fibroblasts
The purpose of this study was to confirm the therapeutic effects of mixed sheets consisting of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) and fibroblasts on cutaneous skin ulcers. Vascular endothelial growth ...
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Open AccessXXIV World Allergy Congress 2015
A1 Pirfenidone inhibits TGF-b1-induced extracellular matrix production in nasal polyp-derived fibroblasts
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Open AccessInfluence of aging on the quantity and quality of human cardiac stem cells
Advanced age affects various tissue-specific stem cells and decreases their regenerative ability. We therefore examined whether aging affected the quantity and quality of cardiac stem cells using cells obtaine...
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Open AccessCombinatorial Treatment with Apelin-13 Enhances the Therapeutic Efficacy of a Preconditioned Cell-Based Therapy for Peripheral Ischemia
Hypoxic pretreatment of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) enhances therapeutic angiogenesis in ischemic tissues after cell transplantation. However, newly formed vessels generated using this approach...
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Torsion of the gallbladder, localized in right subphrenic space in a patient with liver cirrhosis
We report a case of torsion of the gallbladder displaced under the right subphrenic space in a patient with liver cirrhosis. An 82-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital for acute pain in the rig...
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A traditional Japanese medicine—Hangeshashinto (TJ-14)—alleviates chemoradiation-induced mucositis and improves rates of treatment completion
Oral mucositis induced by radiation or chemoradiation can cause devastating quality of life issues for patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of a t...
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The physiological role of riboflavin transporter and involvement of FMN-riboswitch in its gene expression in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Riboflavin is a precursor of flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), which work as cofactors of numerous enzymes. Understanding the supply system of these cofactors in bacteria, part...
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Characterization of shikimate dehydrogenase homologues of Corynebacterium glutamicum
The function of three Corynebacterium glutamicum shikimate dehydrogenase homologues, designated as qsuD (cgR_0495), cgR_1216, and aroE (cgR_1677), was investigated. A disruptant of aroE required shikimate for gro...
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Capacitance-Voltage Measurement of an Ambipolar Pentacene Field Effect Transistor in Operation by Using Displacement Current Measurement
The channel formation process of a pentacene ambipolar field-effect transistor was studied by displacement current measurement (DCM). We proposed a modified measurement circuit of DCM in order to investigate t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of Information Filtering Systems for Disaster Prevention
Text data with spatio-temporal information are becoming common with the popularization of mobile phones with a GPS function and microblog services like Twitter. This study proposes a system supporting operator...
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Regulation of expression of general components of the phosphoenolpyruvate: carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) by the global regulator SugR in Corynebacterium glutamicum
The phosphoenolpyruvate: carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) catalyzes transport of carbohydrates by coupling carbohydrate translocation and phosphorylation. Enzyme I and HPr, encoded in ptsI and ptsH, r...
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Calcium Overload-Induced Myocardial Damage Caused by Isoproterenol and by Adriamycin: Possible Role of Taurine in its Prevention
Calcium ion (Ca2+) is essential for excitation-contraction coupling and for maintenance of cell integrity in the myocardium. On the other hand, it is clear that cytosolic Ca2+ loading may be the first event leadi...
