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Open AccessRole of raising the upper limb of the non-rising side when performing rising movements from bed
Rising movements from bed comprise an important aspect of recovery from the bedridden state; however, they have not been sufficiently investigated using motion analysis studies. In particular, the effect of us...
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Open AccessUsing a quality of life (QoL)-monitor: preliminary results of a randomized trial in Dutch patients with early breast cancer
The diagnosis and treatment of cancer negatively affect patients’ physical, functional and psychological wellbeing. Patients’ needs for care cannot be addressed unless they are recognized by healthcare provide...
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Open AccessCross-cultural comparison of breast cancer patients’ Quality of Life in the Netherlands and Japan
Cultural differences are hypothesized to influence patients’ Quality of Life (QoL) reports. However, there is a lack of empirical cross-cultural studies comparing QoL of patients with cancer. This study aims t...
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A radiographic evaluation of facet sagittal angle in cervical spinal cord injury without major fracture or dislocation
A retrospective radiographic study with a minimum 2-year follow-up.
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Open AccessBrown adipose tissue is involved in diet-induced thermogenesis and whole-body fat utilization in healthy humans
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a potential therapeutic target against obesity and diabetes through thermogenesis and substrate disposal with cold exposure. The role of BAT in energy metabolism under thermoneutr...
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Open AccessESICM LIVES 2016: part three
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Open AccessHyperglycemia During Acute Spinal Cord Injury Is a Detrimental Factor That Impairs Functional Improvement in Acute C3-C4 Cervical Cord Injury Patients Without Any Bony Damages
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Comparison between nafamostat mesilate and unfractionated heparin as anticoagulant during continuous renal replacement therapy
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Open AccessCombination of platelet count and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is a useful predictor of postoperative survival in patients with colorectal cancer
This study investigated the usefulness of a novel inflammation-based prognostic system, named the COP-NLR (COmbination of Platelet count and Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio), for predicting the postoperative su...
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Gap Function Approach to the Generalized Nash Equilibrium Problem
We consider an optimization reformulation approach for the generalized Nash equilibrium problem (GNEP) that uses the regularized gap function of a quasi-variational inequality (QVI). The regularized gap functi...
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Open AccessChemotherapy-induced neutropenia as a prognostic factor in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: results from Japan Multinational Trial Organization LC00-03
Neutropenia is a common adverse reaction of chemotherapy. We assessed whether chemotherapy-induced neutropenia could be a predictor of survival for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Risk Factors for the Progression of Endoscopic Barrett’s Epithelium in Japan: A Multivariate Analysis Based on the Prague C & M Criteria
Purpose To determine the prevalence and progression of Barrett’s epithelium and associated risk factors in Japan. Methods The study population comprised 869 cases. Endoscopic Barrett’s epithelium was diagnosed ba...
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Aperitif Effects on Gastric Emptying: A Crossover Study Using Continuous Real-Time 13C Breath Test (BreathID System)
The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a correlation between aperitif and gastric emptying. Ten healthy male volunteers participated in this randomized, two-way crossover study. Under two cond...
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Donor cell-derived sarcoidosis after allogeneic BMT
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Primary Ewing’s sarcoma: peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the jugular foramen
We describe an extremely rare example of Ewing’s sarcoma (ES)/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour (pPNET) originating from the jugular foramen. The patient was a 10-year-old boy who presented with prog...
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Cystic thymoma in a child: a rare case and review of the literature
Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors in pediatrics and cystic thymoma, is characterized by a predominantly cystic formation, is extremely rare. This report describes a 13-year-old girl with cystic thymoma, who...
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A case of symptomatic Morgagni’s hernia and a review of Morgagni’s hernia in Japan (263 reported cases)
An 81-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency room of our hospital with complaints of respiratory distress, abdominal ache, nausea, and intermittent vomiting. A plain X-ray of the abdomen and che...
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Haplotype structures of the UGT1A gene complex in a Japanese population
Genetic polymorphisms of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are involved in individual and ethnic differences in drug metabolism. To reveal co-occurrence of the UGT1A polymorphisms, we first analyzed haplotype s...
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Degradation pathways of cyclic alkanes in Rhodococcus sp. NDKK48
The degradation pathways for cyclic alkanes (c-alkanes) in Rhodococcus sp. NDKK48 were investigated. Strain NDKK48 used dodecylcyclohexane as a sole carbon and energy source, and five metabolites in the dodecylcy...
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Laparoscopic resection of gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors located in the upper stomach
The treatment strategy for a gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumor located close to the esophagogastric junction remains controversial. The authors evaluate the criteria indicating that a gastrointestinal mesench...
