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Dynamic Viscoelasticity of Wood-Polymer Composites Prepared by an Electron Beam Accelerator
The dual characteristics in the performance of polymers in wood systems have been pursued with regard to the resolution of mechanical anisotropy of wood and the improvement in dimensional stability. The increa...
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Chapter
Diagnostic Accuracy in Peripheral Lung Cancer Using Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscope
For definitive diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer, we use cytologic examination by small curet throgh the biopsy channel of flexible fiber-optic bronchoscope. The present study shows definitive diagnosis of p...
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Cardiac Complications and Changes of Arterial Blood Gas Levels during Transbronchoscopic Lung Biopsy
We have studied the incidence of cardiac complications and changes in arterial blood gas levels during and after transbronchoscopic lung biopsy, hereafter referred to as TBLB, in an effort to elucidate the inf...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for arteriosclerotic lesions of extra- and intracranial arteries
A total of 60 lesions, involving the extracranial artery in 32 cases and the intracranial artery in 28 cases, were treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). Angiographic follow-up was performed 3...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Preconditioning with 5 Min Forebrain Ischemia Ameliorated Mortality and Brain Edema Caused by 15 Min Forebrain Ischemia in the Gerbil
Recent evidence that apoptosis, a programmed cell death, is at least partially involved in delayed neuronal death prompted us to hypothesize that selective and vulnerable death in the hippocampal CA1 sector ac...