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Effect on PEEK/Graphite Film for Raceway Surface of PEEK Hybrid Ball Bearings with Surface Crack
To clarify effect on the composite film layer of PEEK and graphite in PEEK hybrid radial alumina ball bearings with surface fatigue cracks, rolling contact fatigue tests were performed by using the PEEK bearin...
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A new method for characterizing hand dysfunction in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a preliminary study
A case–control investigation.
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Preventing Ischemic Brain Injury after Sudden Cardiac Arrest Using NO Inhalation
Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death worldwide [1]. Despite advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) methods, including the introduction of the automatic electrical defibrillator (AED) and ...
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Open AccessA picture tells a thousand words: transmission electron microscopy of the ciliary transition zone in C. elegans
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Open AccessInvestigation of a novel cilia-related gene K04F10.2/KIAA0556 in C. elegans
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Fatigue Strength Improvement of AISI E52100 Bearing Steel by Induction Heating and Repeated Quenching
Martensitic high-carbon high-strength AISI E52100 steel (JIS SUJ2) is one of the main alloys used in rolling contact applications when high wear and fatigue resistance are required. In this work, repeated indu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optical Measurement System for pH of Medium Adjacent to Contracting Cultured Myotube in Vitro
An optical measurement system has been designed to measure pH of the medium adjacent to contracting cultured myotubes in vitro. A light source of a light-emitting diode was applied to the culture medium, which in...
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Quality of Life Measures in Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Japanese Perspectives
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disease with increasing prevalence, which tends to show accelerated progression in ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimization of Combination of Voxel Size and Flip Angle by Visual Evaluation for Renal Magnetic Resonance Angiography without a Contrast Agent
To improve spatial resolution of renal magnetic resonance (MR) angiography, we attempted to use MR signals before reaching steady state in balanced turbo field echo (b-TFE) sequence. An isotropic protocol (iso...
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Calcitonin treatment for calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder
In an open, uncontrolled trial, the clinical and radiological responses to calcitonin therapy in the treatment of acute calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder were investigated. A total of 35 patients (38 shoul...
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Poster display I clinical general
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Poster display II clinical general
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40th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Studies on feline CD8+ T cell non-cytolytic anti-feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) activity
CD8+ T cells in FIV-infected cats inhibit feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) replication by producing a soluble factor(s). In the present study, four SPF cats were experimentally infected with FIV. The period d...
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Neutralization of feline infectious peritonitis virus: preparation of monoclonal antibody that shows cell tropism in neutralizing activity after viral absorption into the cells
Feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) infection of feline macro-phages is enhanced by mouse anti-FIPV monoclonal antibody (MAb). This anti-body-dependent enhancement (ADE) of FIPV infection is dependent ...
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Differences in virus receptor for type I and type II feline infectious peritonitis virus
Feline infectious peritonitis viruses (FIPVs) are classified into type I and type II serogroups. Here, we report that feline aminopeptidase N (APN), a cell-surface metalloprotease on the intestinal, lung and k...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Reflexes Evoked in Various Human Muscles During Voluntary Activity
Although the H reflex is theoretically recordable from all muscles, in practice it is consistently obtained only by recording from the triceps surae while stimulating the tibial nerve at the knee. It is known ...
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Immunogenetic heterogeneity in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes among Japanese — HLA antigens and organ-specific autoantibodies
HLA phenotypes and haplotypes in relation to organ-specific autoantibody responses were studied in 82 Japanese patients with Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. HLA-DRw9 antigen and HLA phenotype of DRw9/X (X...
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ECD Tracing for Middle Latencies of Neuromagnetic Responses to Right Tibial Nerve Stimulation
Location and origin in the cortex for the electric sources of the eary components of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) have been discussed1,2. Recently, the combined measurement of SEPs and somotosensory evo...
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Dietary prevention of diabetes in the non-obese diabetic mouse
Diabetes prone NOD female mice were fed diets containing different proteins from just before weaning. Only mice receiving meat meal or casein as the protein source developed diabetes at the rate expected from ...
