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Open AccessLong-term treatment of evocalcet in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism: a five-year prospective cohort study in 147 Japanese patients
Cinacalcet hydrochloride (cinacalcet), an oral calcimimetics for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT), has been widely used worldwide. In contrast, evocalcet, an improved derivative of cinacalcet, was approved...
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A case of episodic angioedema with eosinophilia in an elderly woman with primary biliary cholangitis
We present the case of a 56-year-old woman diagnosed with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). She has continuously taken 600 mg/day of ursodeoxycholic acid. Edema of the lower limbs manifested on July 20, 20XX;...
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Detection of sub-centimeter lesions using digital TOF-PET/CT system combined with Bayesian penalized likelihood reconstruction algorithm
Many advances in PET/CT technology can potentially improve image quality and the ability to detect small lesions. A new digital TOF-PET/CT scanner based on silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) integrated with a Bay...
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Open AccessOptimization of a Bayesian penalized likelihood algorithm (Q.Clear) for 18F-NaF bone PET/CT images acquired over shorter durations using a custom-designed phantom
The Bayesian penalized likelihood (BPL) algorithm Q.Clear (GE Healthcare) allows fully convergent iterative reconstruction that results in better image quality and quantitative accuracy, while limiting image n...
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Open AccessGlycolytic suppression dramatically changes the intracellular metabolic profile of multiple cancer cell lines in a mitochondrial metabolism-dependent manner
Most cancer cells rely on glycolysis to generate ATP, even when oxygen is available. However, merely inhibiting the glycolysis is insufficient for the eradication of cancer cells. One main reason for this is t...
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Open AccessCoherent Phonon Transport Measurement and Controlled Acoustic Excitations Using Tunable Acoustic Phonon Source in GHz-sub THz Range with Variable Bandwidth
We experimentally demonstrated a narrowband acoustic phonon source with simultaneous tunabilities of the centre frequency and the spectral bandwidth in the GHz-sub THz frequency range based on photoacoustic ex...
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We constructed deletion mutants of Cryptococcus neoformans var neoformans (serotype D) genes encoding late ergosterol biosynthetic pathway enzymes and found that the mutations enhanced susceptibility to various d...
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Open AccessCoherent Excitation of Optical Phonons in GaAs by Broadband Terahertz Pulses
Coherent excitation and control of lattice motion by electromagnetic radiation in optical frequency range has been reported through variety of indirect interaction mechanisms with phonon modes. However, cohere...
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Open AccessMechanism of Levitation of a Slider with a Micro/Nanoscale Surface Structure on a Rotating Disk
It has been previously reported that the friction between a partially polished diamond-coated surface and a metal surface was drastically reduced to zero in the atmosphere as relative speed was increased (Naka...
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Case Presentations: Protrusion with Ulcer
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Case Presentations: Stenosis
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Time-Resolved Phonon Spectroscopy and Phonon Transport in Nanoscale Systems
Length scale-dependent phonon interaction is a key concept for the fundamental understanding of thermal transport in nanoscale materials. Thermally distributed phonons with various wavelengths belong to variou...
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We characterized the antifungal activity of the Bacillus circulans subclass III MH-K1 chitosanase (MH-K1 chitosanase), which is one of the most intensively studied glycoside hydrolases (GHs) that belong to GH fam...
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Open AccessReduced fractional shortening of right ventricular outflow tract is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
Recent studies suggest the significance of right ventricular (RV) function in the outcome in patients with left ventricular dysfunction (LVSD); however, global assessment of RV remains to be determined by echo...
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The poor thermal conductance of interfaces is a significant bottleneck to the integration of nanoscale devices in a range of applications. Now, the thermal conductance at metal/dielectric heterointerfaces is s...
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Soft-phonon Dynamics in the Isotopically Induced Ferroelectric Phase Transition of Strontium Titanate
The ferroelectric phase transition of SrTi18O3 (STO8), where the quantum paraelectricity is reduced by the exchange of oxygen atoms 16O for its isotope 18O, has been studied by both Brillouin scattering and Raman...
