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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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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 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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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...