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Open AccessStudy on the accidental background of the JSNS \(^2\) experiment
JSNS \(^2\) 2 (...
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Open AccessDental Implants Acting as External Fixation for the Fracture of Severe Atrophic Mandible: A Case Report
Treatment of edentulous and atrophic mandibular fractures is extremely difficult. Generally, mandibular fractures are repaired and fixed as internal fixation using a reconstruction plate or miniplates with int...
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Open AccessCharacterization of the correlated background for a sterile neutrino search using the first dataset of the JSNS \(^2\) experiment
JSNS \(^2\) 2 (...
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Open AccessNo significant association between stable iodine intake and thyroid dysfunction in children after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: an observational study
Stable iodine prophylaxis helps prevent childhood thyroid cancer in nuclear emergencies; however, there is limited information on its effect on thyroid function. This study aimed to examine thyroid function an...
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A randomized, open-label, controlled trial of monthly oral minodronate or semiannual subcutaneous injection of denosumab for bone loss by androgen deprivation in Asian men with prostate cancer: the PRevention of Osteopenia with Minodronate And DEnosumab (PROMADE) study
There is still a lack of evidence that minodronate or denosumab prevents bone loss due to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in non-Western patients. This study showed that both drugs significantly improved lu...
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The effects of teriparatide on acceleration of bone healing following atypical femoral fracture: comparison between daily and weekly administration
We compared the effectiveness of promoting bone healing between two teriparatide preparations for atypical femoral fracture (AFF). A total of 45 AFFs were included in this study, and we compared the duration o...
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Slow-Growing Large Irritation Fibroma of the Anterior Hard Palate: A Case Report Using Immunohistochemical Analysis
Irritation fibromas are recognized as fibrous lesions, usually reactive hyperplasias; however, the mechanism of enlargement is unclear. This paper reports on an abnormally large irritation fibroma of extremel...
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Open AccessBone marrow-derived stromal cells are associated with gastric cancer progression
The aim of this study was to clarify the role of bone marrow-derived stromal cells (BM-SCs) expressing CD271 in the development of gastric cancer.
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In vivo eradication of MLL/ENL leukemia cells by NK cells in the absence of adaptive immunity
It remains unclear how the immune system affects leukemia development. To clarify the significance of the presence of immune systems in leukemia development, we transferred MLL/ENL leukemia cells into immune-c...
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Promotion of DNA repair by nuclear IKKβ phosphorylation of ATM in response to genotoxic stimuli
Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is one of the key molecules involved in the cellular response to DNA damage. A portion of activated ATM is exported from the nucleus into the cytoplasm, where it activates t...
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The Effect of Supplementary Pulverised Fuel Ash on Calcium Aluminate Phosphate Cement for Intermediate-Level Waste Encapsulation
The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of supplementary pulverised fuel ash on phosphate-modified calcium aluminate cement. These systems are being established as part of a wider projec...
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Transient flow of microcapsules through convergent–divergent microchannels
The study deals with a microfluidic method to investigate the transient behavior of microcapsules in flow. The technique consists of investigating ovalbumin microcapsules passing through a convergent–divergent...
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Allogeneic intra-BM-BMT plus adult thymus transplantation from same donor has benefits for long-term survival even after sublethal irradiation or low-dose BM cell injection
We examined the effects of intra-BM-BMT (IBM-BMT) plus adult thymus transplantation (ATT) from the same donor after 5.5 Gy sublethal irradiation (SubLI) or low-dose (3 × 106) BM cell injection (LDBMCI). With SubL...
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Epidemiology of lumbar osteoporosis and osteoarthritis and their causal relationship—is osteoarthritis a predictor for osteoporosis or vice versa?: The Miyama study
In a 10-year follow-up of a population-based cohort of Japanese subjects, incidences of and causal relationships between osteoporosis (OP) and osteoarthritis (OA) at the lumbar spine were clarified. OP might r...
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Association between height loss and bone loss, cumulative incidence of vertebral fractures and future quality of life: the Miyama study
The study aimed to clarify associations between height loss, bone loss and the quality of life (QOL) score among general inhabitants of Miyama, a rural Japanese community. This population-based epidemiological...
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High-speed high-quality epitaxial growth of N and B codoped 6H-SiC by closed sublimation method
N and B codoped 6H-SiC epilayers were grown by the closed sublimation method, the growth rate of which was as high as 100 mm/h. Donor acceptor (DA) pair emission at different temperatures was investigated for ...
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Influence of humidity on microtribology of vertically aligned carbon nanotube film
The aim of this study is to probe the influence of water vapor environment on the microtribological properties of a forestlike vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) film, deposited on a silicon (001) subs...
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Comparison of three-field esophagectomy for esophageal cancer incorporating open or thoracoscopic thoracotomy
Background: Thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer has been performed as an alternative to open surgery to reduce surgical trauma. However, its effect on pulmonary function, ex...
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Structure-function study of the amino-terminal stretch of the catalase subunit molecule in oligomerization, heme binding, and activity expression
Analysis of the protein structure of bovine liver catalase suggested that the N-terminal region containing two α-helices may function as a linker binding to another subunit. The number of amino-acid residues i...
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Extension of Cassini's Laws
We investigate the Cassini's laws which describe the rotational motion in a 1:1 spin-orbit resonance. When this rotational motion follows the conventional Cassini's laws, the figure axis coincides with the ang...
