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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical Investigation of the Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Nepalese Historical Brick Masonry Structures
Considering the limited strength of traditional masonry structures, retrofitting is essential. The purpose of this study was to discretize a numerical model that can be used to assess the behavior of brick mas...
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Feasibility of augmented rectangle technique in laparoscopic distal gastrectomy: comparison with hemi-double stapling technique in a single-center retrospective cohort study
Augmented rectangle technique (ART) anastomosis is a totally intracorporeal anastomosis of laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG), Billroth I (B1) reconstruction for gastric cancer, which secures a wide anastom...
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Germline RUNX1 translocation in familial platelet disorder with propensity to myeloid malignancies
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Ardisiatetrons A and B: tetronic acid derivatives and triterpenes from the leaves of Ardisia quinquegona and their biological activity
From the leaves of Ardisia quinquegona, two alkylated tetronic acid derivatives, named ardisiatetrons A and B (1, 2), and four triterpenoids (3–6) were isolated together with one known compound (7) by a combinati...
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Open AccessFirst successful case of percutaneous transabdominal thoracic duct embolization (PTTDE) for chylous ascites resulting from laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery
A 61-year-old woman underwent laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) with extragastric lymph node dissection (D2). Two months later, she was readmitted to hospital to be treated for chylous ascites. Or...
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Combined Analysis Based on a Crystalline Sponge Method
The crystalline sponge (CS) method was developed as an X-ray crystallographic molecular structure analysis method that can be performed without the need for crystallization of the analyte. CS has strong molecu...
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Clinical characteristics of human herpesvirus-6 myelitis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and its favorable outcome by early intervention
After allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) can cause serious central nervous system (CNS) disorder and typically presents as encephalitis. Another manifestatio...
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Open AccessReal-time cholesterol sorting in Plasmodium falciparum-erythrocytes as revealed by 3D label-free imaging
Cholesterol, a necessary component of animal cell membranes, is also needed by the lethal human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Because P. falciparum lacks a cholesterol synthesis pathway and malaria pati...
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Open AccessAmide nitrogen pyramidalization changes lactam amide spinning
Although cis-trans lactam amide rotation is fundamentally important, it has been little studied, except for a report on peptide-based lactams. Here, we find a consistent relationship between the lactam amide cis/...
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Open AccessControl over multiple molecular states with directional changes driven by molecular recognition
Recently, ligand–metal coordination, stimuli-responsive covalent bonds, and mechanically interlinked molecular constructs have been used to create systems with a large number of accessible structural states. H...
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Tasks and problems involved in the handling of disaster waste upon April 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, Japan
A series of earthquakes struck Kumamoto City area, SW Japan, including a magnitude 7.3 (mainshock) at 01:25 (Japan Standard Time: JST) on April 16 and a foreshock with a magnitude 6.5 at 21:26 JST on April 14,...
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Adamantane-based Bidendate Metal Complexes in Crystalline and Solution State
Bidentate organic molecules with imidazole or benzimidazole moieties connected to a rigid 1,3-diphenyladamantane spacer are simple and unique building blocks that facilitate the assembly of supramolecular arch...
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Open AccessStille coupling via C–N bond cleavage
Cross-coupling is a fundamental reaction in the synthesis of functional molecules, and has been widely applied, for example, to phenols, anilines, alcohols, amines and their derivatives. Here we report the Ni-...
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Evaluation of postgastrectomy symptoms after distal gastrectomy with Billroth-I reconstruction using the Postgastrectomy Syndrome Assessment Scale-45 (PGSAS-45)
Distal gastrectomy with Billroth-I reconstruction (DGBI) is the most commonly used treatment approach for gastric cancer patients in Japan. The aim of this study was to assess and elucidate the effect of diffe...
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Open AccessEfficacy of prosultiamine treatment in patients with human T lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: results from an open-label clinical trial
Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a chronic myelopathy characterized by motor dysfunction of the lower extremities and urinary disturban...
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Solvent-dependent Assembly of Discrete and Continuous CoCl2 Adamantane-based Ligand Complexes: Observations by CSI–Mass Spectrometry and X-ray Crystallography
Discrete and continuous coordination structures were obtained in single crystals of CoCl2 and an adamantane-based bidentate ligand bearing imidazolyl groups, depending on the methanol concentration in a methan...
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Three new aliphatic glycosides from the leaves of Antidesma japonicum Sieb. et Zucc.
From the 1-BuOH-soluble fraction of an MeOH extract of leaves of Antidesma japonicum, three new aliphatic glycosides, α-l-arabinofuranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-d-glucopyranosides of (6R,9R)-megastigma-4,7-dien-9-ol-3-one, (
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Cold-Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometric Detection of a Coordination Oligomer
Coordination polymer (CP) formation is an unexplored area in weak-interaction chemistry due to the difficulty of monitoring the coordination process. By using cold-spray ionization mass spectrometry (CSI-MS), ...
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Complexability of o-bisguanidinobenzenes with arsenic and phosphoric acids in solution and solid states, and the potential use of their immobilized derivatives as solid base ligands for metal salts and arsenic acid
The role of o-bisguanidinobenzenes (BGBs) as new Brønsted base ligands for arsenic and phosphoric acids was examined. In solution state, complexation was evaluated by Job’s plot in 1H NMR experiment, indicating a...
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Sawhorse-type diruthenium tetracarbonyl complexes containing porphyrin-derived ligands as highly selective photosensitizers for female reproductive cancer cells
Diruthenium tetracarbonyl complexes of the type [Ru2(CO)4(μ2-η2-O2CR)2L2] containing a Ru–Ru backbone with four equatorial carbonyl ligands, two carboxylato bridges, and two axial two-electron ligands in a sawhor...
