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Japanese language and the influences of computer-mediated communication: how people feel about their language use
This study investigates how Japanese young people feel about their language use, for example, its accuracy and appropriateness. Extensive exposure to Japanese mobile phone email (Keitai-mail) as computer-media...
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Social Differences in CMC: a Case Study of Japanese Mobile Phone E-mail
This study investigates how people in different social groups use computer-mediated communication (CMC) in their communication, using Japanese mobile phone e-mail exchanges as an example. The data corpus for t...
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Open AccessMeasurement of plasma choline in acute coronary syndrome: importance of suitable sampling conditions for this assay
Blood choline has been proposed as a predictor of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), however different testing procedures might affect the choline concentration because the lysophospholipase D activity of autotaxi...
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Study of Ca2+-ATPase Activity and Solubility in the Whole Kuruma Prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus) Meat During Heating: Based on the Kinetics Analysis of Myofibril Protein Thermal Denaturation
Protein denaturation is considered to be the main cause of physicochemical changes in prawns during heating. However, no studies have been analyzed the kinetics of protein denaturation and the relationship bet...
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Electrical Conductivity of Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) Fillets During Ohmic Heating
Electrical conductivities (ECs) of ordinary (white) and dark (red) muscles of yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) fillets were measured at frequencies between 50 and 20,000 Hz from 15 to 80 °C to provide insights...
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Hemangioblastomatosis of the central nervous system without von Hippel–Lindau Disease: a case report
We report a very rare case of hemangioblastomatosis in a patient without von Hippel–Lindau disease (VHL). A 50-year-old woman had a history of surgical procedures for total removal of a cerebellar hemangioblas...
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A non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma
We describe a very rare non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma (DIA). A 9-year-old boy presented with motor weakness and sensory disturbance in his right upper and lower limbs. CT and MRI sho...
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Prognostic Factors and Therapeutic Problems of Primary Intracranial Choriocarcinoma/Germ-Cell Tumors with High Levels of HCG
Objective: Primary intracranial choriocarcinoma (PICCC)/germ-cell tumors (GCTs) with high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) (PICCC/GCTs with HL-HCG) are rare and malignant. The goal of this study was ...
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High 123I-IMP Retention on SPECT Image in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
The purpose of this study is to characterize the time course of N-isopropyl-p-[123I]-iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) uptake of primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL) comparing with those of other common brai...
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Radiological response and histological changes in malignant astrocytic tumors after stereotactic radiosurgery
Stereotactic radiosurgery is an encouraging approach to deliver higher doses of radiation boost for malignant gliomas safely and precisely. The purpose of this study was to investigate the radiation response a...
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Selection of Eligible Patients with Supratentorial Glioblastoma Multiforme for Gross Total Resection
The purpose of this study is to clarify whether gross total tumor resection can prolong the survival in adult patients with supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), and to clarify what subset of these pat...
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Expression of hepatocyte growth factor and matrix metalloproteinase-2 in human glioma
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has a stimulatory effect on the synthesis of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), which is involved in glioma invasion. In this study, to clarify the correlation between the expre...
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p53 regulates ceramide formation by neutral sphingomyelinase through reactive oxygen species in human glioma cells
The present study was designed to elucidate the relationship between p53 and ceramide, both of which are involved in apoptotic signaling. Treatment of human glioma cells with etoposide caused apoptosis only in...
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Role of Ceramide During Cisplatin-induced Apoptosis in C6 Glioma Cells
Cisplatin is commonly used for the treatment of malignant brain tumors. However, the mechanisms of cell death by cisplatin are not fully understood. Therefore, the present study was designed to elucidate the a...
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Pressure changes observed in Codman-Medos programmable valves following magnetic exposure and filli**
Objects: We wished to find what pressure changes were caused in Codman-Medos programmable valve by magnetic exposure and filli**. This pressure-adjustable valve system was used in an experimental investigation...
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Chordoid meningioma
Chordoid meningioma is a relatively rare variant that is often associated with peritumoral lymphoplasmacellular infiltration causing Castleman syndrome (CS). We present a 44-year-old woman with chordoid mening...
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Influence of Bax or Bcl-2 overexpression on the ceramide-dependent apoptotic pathway in glioma cells
Ceramide has recently been regarded as a potential mediator of apoptosis. In the present study, the effects of Bcl-2 and Bax on the ceramide-mediated apoptotic pathways were examined in glioma cells overexpres...
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The Significance of the Expression of Tumor Suppressor Gene DCC in Human Gliomas
Deleted in colorectal carcinoma (DCC) gene has been as a candidate of tumor suppressor genes, has been identified recently and is thought to relate to the metastatic potential in some cancers. We examined the ...
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Clinical trial of external beam-radiotherapy combined with daily administration of low-dose cisplatin for supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme – A pilot study
This trial tested the assumed efficacy and safety of externalbeam-radiotherapy combined with daily administration of low dose cisplatin(CDDP) (ERCLC therapy) for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).Thi...
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Germinoma in cerebral hemisphere associated with Down syndrome
A Down syndrome patient with germinoma develo** in the cerebral hemisphere is reported. A review of the literature yielded only 14 cases of Down syndrome with brain tumors, including our case. This finding ...