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Open AccessScintillation of polyester fabric and clothing via proton irradiation and its utilization in surface imaging of proton pencil beams
In the realm of radiation therapy, a conspicuous obstacle lies in the dearth of external observation concerning radiation beams aimed at the patient. While real-time monitoring of such beams on the patient's s...
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Open AccessRelationship among muscle strength, muscle endurance, and skeletal muscle oxygenation dynamics during ramp incremental cycle exercise
Peak oxygen uptake (VO2), evaluated as exercise tolerance, is a strong predictor of life prognosis regardless of health condition. Several previous studies have reported that peak VO2 is higher in those with a gr...
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Integrating cytology into routine digital pathology workflow: a 5-year journey
Despite recent advances in digital imaging, the adoption of digital cytology is challenging due to technical limitations. This study describes our 5-year institutional experience with the implementation of dig...
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Open AccessDevelopment of an ultrahigh resolution real time alpha particle imaging system for observing the trajectories of alpha particles in a scintillator
High-resolution imaging of alpha particles is required in the detection of alpha radionuclides in cells or small organs for the development of radio-compounds for targeted alpha-particle therapy or other purpo...
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Open AccessReading on a smartphone affects sigh generation, brain activity, and comprehension
Electronic devices have become an indispensable part of our daily lives, while their negative aspects have been reported. One disadvantage is that reading comprehension is reduced when reading from an electron...
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Open AccessCascade process mediated by left hippocampus and left superior frontal gyrus affects relationship between aging and cognitive dysfunction
Cognitive function declines with age and has been shown to be associated with atrophy in some brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex. However, the details of the relationship between aging and cognitiv...
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Open AccessInvestigation of the effects of urea cycle amino acids on the expression of ALB and CEBPB in the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line FLC-4
Cell lines are powerful tools for research into liver function at the molecular level. However, they are generally unsuitable for rigorously assessing the effects of amino acid composition, because many lines ...
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Open AccessNew Synthesis Route for Complex Borides; Rapid Synthesis of Thermoelectric Yttrium Aluminoboride via Liquid-Phase Assisted Reactive Spark Plasma Sintering
YxAlyB14 ceramics are of high interest as high temperature thermoelectric materials with excellent p, n control. In this study, direct synthesis of dense polycrystalline YxAlyB14 (x ~0.64, 0.52 ≤ y ≤ 0.67) cerami...
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Thermoelectric Properties of Nb-Doped SrTiO3/TiO2 Eutectic Solids Fabricated by Unidirectional Solidification
Undoped and Nb-doped SrTiO3/TiO2 (STO/TO) eutectic solids were fabricated from the melt at a eutectic point of STO and TO by unidirectional solidification. Fabricated undoped and Nb:STO/TO eutectic solids were co...
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Open AccessUltrahigh resolution radiation imaging system using an optical fiber structure scintillator plate
High resolution imaging of radiation is required for such radioisotope distribution measurements as alpha particle detection in nuclear facilities or high energy physics experiments. For this purpose, we devel...
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Growth and scintillation properties of Eu and Ce doped LiSrI3 single crystals
In this study, Eu and Ce doped LiSrI3 single crystals were explored and the scintillation performance was reported at the first time. Eu and Ce doped LiSrI3 single crystals were grown by the Bridgman–Stockbarger ...
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Effects of dopant distribution improvement on optical and scintillation properties for Ce-doped garnet-type single crystals
Ce-doped garnet-type single crystals with improved dopant distribution were grown by the micro-pulling-down method using a modified Iridium crucible and effects of dopant distribution improvement on the optica...
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Growth of LiF/LiBaF3 eutectic scintillator crystals and their optical properties
Li-containing materials can be applied as neutron scintillators, and LiBaF3 can discriminate neutron and gamma rays. Moreover, LIF/LiBaF3 can have higher cross section of thermal-neutron capture compared with LiB...
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Coupling of dyspnea perception and occurrence of tachypnea during exercise
During exercise, tidal volume initially contributes to ventilatory responses more than respiratory frequency, and respiratory frequency then increases rapidly while tidal volume stabilizes. Dyspnea intensity i...
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Open AccessMolecular and serological epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in a remote island of western Japan: an implication of JEV migration over the East China Sea
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). About 1–10 cases with severe central nervous system symptoms have been constantly reported every y...
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Open AccessSeroepidemiological evidence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infections in wild boars in Nagasaki, Japan
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging disease in East Asia. It is thought that the SFTS virus (SFTSV) circulates between ticks and animals in nature and that the virus is transmitte...
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Simulation on Thermocapillary-Driven Drop Coalescence by Hybrid Lattice Boltzmann Method
A hybrid two-phase model, incorporating lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) and finite difference method (FDM), was developed to investigate the coalescence of two drops during their thermocapillary migration. The ...
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PACAP Stimulates Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury through Axonal Regeneration
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a neuroprotective peptide expressed in the central nervous system. Although many studies have shown a neuroprotective effect of PACAP, the mechanis...
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Polycrystalline Yb3+–Er3+-co-doped YAG: Fabrication, TEM-EDX characterization, spectroscopic properties, and comparison with the single crystal
Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG)-based ceramics represent a valuable alternative to single crystals as active media in laser devices for specific applications. In this connection, the 1.5–1.65 µm emission channel...
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PACAP Attenuates NMDA-Induced Retinal Damage in Association with Modulation of the Microglia/Macrophage Status into an Acquired Deactivation Subtype
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) has been known as a neuroprotectant agent in several retinal injury models. However, a detailed mechanism of this effect is still not well understood....
