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Open AccessUsefulness of an artificial neural network for a beginner to achieve similar interpretations to an expert when examining myocardial perfusion images
This study examined whether using an artificial neural network (ANN) helps beginners in diagnostic cardiac imaging to achieve similar results to experts when interpreting stress myocardial perfusion imaging (M...
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Purification, Rheological Characterization, and Visualization of Viscous, Neutral, Hetero-exopolysaccharide Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria
Viscous exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have received increasing interest in the dairy industry because of their capability to improve the texture and mouthfeel of fermented dairy ...
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Effects of Partial Replacement of Gelatin in High Sugar Gels with Gellan on their Textural, Rhelogical, and Thermal Properties
Effects of partial replacement of gelatin in simulated gummy confections with either high acyl or deacylated gellan on their textural, rheological, and thermal properties were investigated. Atomic force micros...
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MicroRNA-16 mediates the regulation of a senescence–apoptosis switch in cutaneous T-cell and other non-Hodgkin lymphomas
Multiple sequential genetic and epigenetic alterations underlie cancer development and progression. Overcoming cellular senescence is an early step in cancer pathogenesis. Here, we demonstrate that a noncoding...
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Erratum to: Efficacy of combined treatment with alendronate (ALN) and eldecalcitol, a new active vitamin D analog, compared to that of concomitant ALN, vitamin D plus calcium treatment in Japanese patients with primary osteoporosis
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Open AccessEfficacy of combined treatment with alendronate (ALN) and eldecalcitol, a new active vitamin D analog, compared to that of concomitant ALN, vitamin D plus calcium treatment in Japanese patients with primary osteoporosis
Combined treatment with alendronate and eldecalcitol was found to be more effective in reducing the bone turnover markers and increasing bone mineral density than alendronate treatment with vitamin D3 and calc...
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Erratum to: Clinical efficacy and treatment persistence of monthly minodronate for osteoporotic patients unsatisfied with, and shifted from, daily or weekly bisphosphonates: the BP-MUSASHI study
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Open AccessClinical efficacy and treatment persistence of monthly minodronate for osteoporotic patients unsatisfied with, and shifted from, daily or weekly bisphosphonates: the BP-MUSASHI study
This multi-center, prospective, open-label, observational study evaluated the effects of once-monthly minodronate (50 mg) on treatment persistence, bone turnover markers, bone mineral density, low back pain, a...
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Dysregulation of BMI1 and microRNA-16 collaborate to enhance an anti-apoptotic potential in the side population of refractory mantle cell lymphoma
The proto-oncogene BMI1 and its product, Bmi1, is overexpressed in various types of tumors, particularly in aggressive tumors and tumors resistant to conventional chemotherapy. BMI1/Bmi1 is also crucially involve...
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Depinning probability of a magnetic domain wall in nanowires by spin-polarized currents
Current-induced magnetic domain wall motion is attractive for manipulating magnetization direction in spintronics devices, which open a new era of electronics. Up to now, in spite of a crucial significance to ...
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Open AccessP119: Hand hygiene compliance among nurses in a Japanese tertiary hospital emergency department
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Astaxanthin ameliorates heat stress-induced impairment of blastocyst development In Vitro: –astaxanthin colocalization with and action on mitochondria–
The effects of astaxanthin (Ax) on the in vitro development of bovine embryos cultured under heat stress were investigated in combination with the assessment of its cellular accumulation and action on mitochon...
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Open AccessAtrial natriuretic peptide attenuates metabolic acidosis and inflammation of the kidney, lung and heart in a rat model of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury
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Active Control of Microbubbles in a Capillary Flow by Producing Multiple Acoustic Radiation Forces
We have ever reported our attempt to control the direction of microcbubbles in the flow of an artificial blood vessel by acoustic radiation force. However, the shape of the blood vessel was Y-form therefore to...
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The combined impact of 12 common variants on hypertension in Japanese men, considering GWAS results
Genome-wide association studies have identified several polymorphisms that appear to be on hypertension-susceptible regions. We performed the current replication study in order to evaluate the association of t...
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Lower osteocalcin and osteopontin contents of the femoral head in hip fracture patients than osteoarthritis patients
In patients with femoral neck fracture, clinical factors, bone metabolism markers (in serum, urine, and bone), bone mineral density, radiographic parameters, and bone histomorphometric parameters were investig...
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of women with stage IV endometrial cancer
Treatment strategies for patients with stage IV endometrial cancer (EC) remain controversial. Some studies have suggested that optimal cytoreduction improves survival. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical ...
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A perpendicular-anisotropy CoFeB–MgO magnetic tunnel junction
Materials with perpendicular anisotropy receive considerable attention owing to their potential in being employed in efficient memory devices. It is now shown that a type of magnetic tunnel junction widely stu...
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Open AccessRadical hysterectomy for FIGO stage I–IIB adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
A retrospective analysis was carried out to identify risk factors for survival and relapse in patients with FIGO stage I–IIB cervical adenocarcinoma (AC), who underwent radical hysterectomy, and to compare out...
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Effect of quantity and quality of dietary protein on choline acetyltransferase and nerve growth factor, and their mRNAs in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of rats
The brain protein synthesis is sensitive to the dietary protein; however, the role of dietary protein on biomarkers including choline acetyltransferase and nerve growth factor (NGF) for the function of choline...
