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Frailty Trajectories and Its Associated Factors in Japanese Older Adults
Associated factors for frailty development according to age group remain unclear.
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations of Creatinine-to-Cystatin C Ratio with Sarcopenia Parameters in Older Adults
Accumulating evidence from cross-sectional studies suggests that the serum creatinine-to-cystatin C ratio (CCR) may be a useful biomarker for sarcopenia. This study aimed to assess the cross-sectional and long...
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Does radical trachelectomy (RT) during pregnancy have higher obstetrical and oncological risks than RT before pregnancy?
Radical trachelectomy (RT) with pelvic lymphadenectomy has become a new treatment option for young patients with uterine cervical cancer stages 1A2–1B1 who desire the preservation of their fertility. However, ...
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Interaction of Eating Status and Dietary Variety on Incident Functional Disability among Older Japanese Adults
To examine whether eating status and dietary variety were associated with functional disability during a 5-year follow-up analysis of older adults living in a Japanese metropolitan area.
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Difference between “Physical Fitness Age” Based on Physical Function and Chronological Age Is Associated with Obesity, Hyperglycemia, Depressive Symptoms, and Low Serum Albumin
This study aimed to (1) develop the physical fitness age, which is the biological age based on physical function, (2) evaluate the validity of the physical fitness age for the assessment of sarcopenia, and (3)...
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Association between Oral Frailty and Dietary Variety among Community-Dwelling Older Persons: A Cross-Sectional Study
To examine the association between the severity of oral frailty (OF), which is one of the comprehensive oral functions evaluated, and dietary variety in community-dwelling older persons.
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Association between Oral Frailty and Nutritional Status Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Takashimadaira Study
Recently, the concept of oral frailty, defined as accumulated deficits in oral health, has been introduced in Japan. However, data about its association with nutritional status are limited. Thus, this cross-se...
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Association of Dietary Variety and Appetite with Sleep Quality in Urban-Dwelling Older Japanese Adults
Although it has been shown that specific foods and nutrients are associated with sleep quality, few studies have examined the association of dietary variety and appetite with sleep quality in older adults.
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Score-Based and Nutrient-Derived Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese: A Cross-Sectional Study
This study evaluated associations of score-based and nutrient-derived dietary patterns with depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older Japanese.
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Effects of Low-Dose Dairy Protein Plus Micronutrient Supplementation during Resistance Exercise on Muscle Mass and Physical Performance in Older Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
To investigate whether supplementation with low-dose dairy protein plus micronutrients augments the effects of resistance exercise (RE) on muscle mass and physical performance compared with RE alone among olde...
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Dietary variety and decline in lean mass and physical performance in community-dwelling older Japanese: A 4-year follow-up study
To examine associations of dietary variety with changes in lean mass and physical performance during a 4-year period in an elderly Japanese population. Design: Four-year prospective study.
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Association of dietary variety with body composition and physical function in community-dwelling elderly Japanese
To examine the associations of dietary variety with body composition and physical function in community-dwelling elderly Japanese
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Risk factors for dietary variety decline among Japanese elderly in a rural community: a 8-year follow-up study from TMIG-LISA
To examine the factors related to the decline of dietary variety among the rural community-dwelling Japanese elderly people and the implication on the planning of elderly people's nutritional improvement progr...
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A Study of Boronic Acid Based Fluorescent Glucose Sensors
Boronic acid based anthracene dyes were designed, synthesized, and immobilized to solid phase, creating a continuous glucose sensor. Glucose sensitivities of dyes can decrease drastically after immobilization,...
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The Design of Molecular Artificial Sugar Sensing Systems
This article is concerned with the development of new receptor molecules that can precisely recognize sugar molecules by making use of the reversible formation of boronate esters from suitable diols and boroni...
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Formation of Mesoscopic Polymer Dots by Rubbing Transfer
Regularly spaced polymer dots are formed on a silicon surface by rubbing a thin polymer plate against the silicon substrate. Typically, the disk-shaped dots are 10 nm in height and 160 nm in diameter, and are ...
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Preparation of Novel Hollow Fiber Silica Using an Organic Gel as a Template
A novel hollow fiber silica was created by the use of the fibrous structures of an organic gel as a template. Its inner diameter ranged from 10 to 200 nm and the outer diameter ranged from 50 to 300 nm. A dich...
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Exercise-induced changes in the expression of surface adhesion molecules on circulating granulocytes and lymphocytes subpopulations
This study examined the relationship between exercise-induced changes in the concentration of circulating immunocompetent cells and their surface expression of adhesion molecules: L-selectin (CD62L) and threeβ 2-...
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Effects of 12 weeks of aerobic exercise plus dietary restriction on body composition, resting energy expenditure and aerobic fitness in mildly obese middle-aged women
This study investigated the effects of 12 weeks of aerobic exercise plus voluntary food restriction on the body composition, resting metabolic rate (RMR) and aerobic fitness of mildly obese middle-aged women. ...
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Salivary cortisol for monitoring circadian rhythm variation in adrenal activity during shiftwork
To examine the validity of salivary cortisol for monitoring circadian rhythm variation in adrenal activity during shiftwork, saliva and blood samples were collected at 4-h intervals in experimental short-term ...
