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Recent developments in machine learning modeling methods for hypertension treatment
Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular complications. This review focuses on the advancements in medical artificial intelligence (AI) models aimed at individualized treatment for hypertension, wit...
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A case of congenital biliary dilatation without pancreaticobiliary maljunction, so-called Type Ib according to Todani’s classification
Congenital biliary dilatation (CBD) is a congenital malformation of focal dilatation of the extrahepatic bile ducts, including the common bile duct, and is often associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction ...
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A case of middle-aged male with multicentric solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) of the pancreas is a low-grade, malignant pancreatic tumor that occurs predominantly in young females. In this report, an extremely rare case of multicentric SPNs in a midd...
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A surgical case of pediatric spinal medulloepithelioma
Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes (ETMR), C19MC-altered was introduced to the World Health Organization classification of central nervous system tumors in 2016. It is characterized by amplification or...
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Open AccessHealth improvement framework for actionable treatment planning using a surrogate Bayesian model
Clinical decision-making regarding treatments based on personal characteristics leads to effective health improvements. Machine learning (ML) has been the primary concern of diagnosis support according to comp...
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Open AccessAtypical Gunshot Injury Traversing the Neck with an Unexpected Nonlinear Bullet Trajectory: a Case Report and Review of the Literature
Gunshot injuries involving the head and neck region yield profound morbidity and mortality rates. Projectile-related factors comprising various physical and dynamic properties of a bullet, as well as tissue-re...
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Open AccessChiroptical property enhancement of chiral Eu(III) complex upon association with DNA-CTMA
DNA-based materials have attracted much attention due to their unique photo-functional properties and potential applications in various fields such as luminescent and biological systems, nanodevices, etc. In t...
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Improvement of color retention properties of Ag deposition-based electrochromic device by introducing anion exchange membrane
Ag deposition-based multicolor electrochromic (EC) device we reported can switch various optical states among transparent, black, silver, cyan, magenta, and yellow by only using electrochemical deposition of A...
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Open AccessUltrafast Response in AC-Driven Electrochemiluminescent Cell Using Electrochemically Active DNA/Ru(bpy)3 2+ Hybrid Film with Mesoscopic Structures
Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) refers to light emission induced by an electrochemical redox reaction. The stability, emission response, and light intensity of the ECL device are known to be improved by using a...
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Interelectrode Stretched Photoelectro-Functional DNA Nanowire
DNA/functional molecules complexes have attracted much attention for fabricating DNA-based functional nanowires. In this chapter, we describe the DNA-based functional nanowires stretched and immobilized betwee...
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Control of Emission and Coloration in Electrochemical Systems and Its Applications
This chapter describes the mechanisms of both emission and coloration control in electrochemical systems as well as their photophysical properties (e.g., response time, durability) and their applications. The ...
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Urban Planning Research in the Climate Change Era: Transdisciplinary Approach Toward Sustainable Cities
This article discusses the direction of urban planning policies toward sustainable cities. Sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted by United Nations General Assembly range from poverty eradication, improv...
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Open AccessCulture-independent method for identification of microbial enzyme-encoding genes by activity-based single-cell sequencing using a water-in-oil microdroplet platform
Environmental microbes are a great source of industrially valuable enzymes with potent and unique catalytic activities. Unfortunately, the majority of microbes remain unculturable and thus are not accessible b...
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DNA Electronics and Photonics
This chapter describes the applications of DNA-functional molecule complexes for electronic and photonic devices. The first section provides a short overview of DNA-functional molecule complex structures. Then...
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Influence of Density Fluctuation on DNS of Turbulent Channel Flow in the Presence of Temperature Stratification
To investigate the effect of density variation on turbulent heat transfer prediction, we perform a direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent flow in a horizontal channel with varying wall temperature usin...
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Effect of Cordyceps sinensis on TIMP-1 secretion from mouse melanoma cell
Cordyceps sinensis is a Chinese medicinal fungus traditionally used in cancer treatments. In a previous study, we investigated the antimetastatic activity of Cordyceps sinensis (WECS) ext...
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Organic p/n bilayers, composed of carbon cluster (i.e., C60 or C70, n-type semiconductor) and zinc phthalocyanine (denoted as ZnPc, p-type semiconductor) were prepared and used as photoelectrodes in the water pha...
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Microfluidic Polymer Chip with an Embedded Ion-Selective Electrode Detector for Nitrate-Ion Assay in Environmental Samples
A nitrate ion-selective electrode (NO3−-ISE) has been developed based on tetradodecylammonium bromide as an anion exchanger and 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether as a plasticizer. The NO3−-ISE shows an almost Nernstian r...
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Cordycepin (3′-deoxyadenosine) inhibits the growth of B16-BL6 mouse melanoma cells through the stimulation of adenosine A3 receptor followed by glycogen synthase kinase-3β activation and cyclin D1 suppression
Cordyceps sinensis, a parasitic fungus on the larvae of Lepidoptera, has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine. We previously reported that the growth of B16-BL6 mouse melanoma (B16...
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Effect of P2 receptor on the intracellular calcium increase by cancer cells in human umbilical vein endothelial cells
One of the important functions of vascular endothelial cells is as a barrier between blood and vascular tissue. This led us to speculate that cancer cells affect endothelial cells during metastasis. In the pre...
