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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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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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Open AccessTumour-suppressive function of SIRT4 in human colorectal cancer
SIRT4, which is localised in the mitochondria, is one of the least characterised members of the sirtuin family of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-dependent enzymes that play key roles in multiple cellular pr...
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Characteristic patterns of relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT for adult T-cell leukemia–lymphoma: a comparative study of recurrent lesions after transplantation and chemotherapy by the Nagasaki Transplant Group
Allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (allo-SCT) is a promising therapy that may provide long-term durable remission for adult T-cell leukemia–lymphoma (ATL) patients; however, the incidence of relapse associated with ...
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Open AccessHigher sleep fragmentation predicts a lower magnitude of weight loss in overweight and obese women participating in a weight-loss intervention
Sleep has been identified as having an influence on the success of weight-loss interventions; however, knowledge of the mechanisms and the extent to which sleep disturbances affect the magnitude of weight redu...
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Expression of myeloperoxidase in acute myeloid leukemia blasts mirrors the distinct DNA methylation pattern involving the downregulation of DNA methyltransferase DNMT3B
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) has been associated with both a myeloid lineage commitment and favorable prognosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (decitabine and zeburali...
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Development and Comparison of Two Types of Cryogen-Free Dilution Refrigerator
Dilution refrigerators are an important tool used in solid state and quantum fluid physics for cooling to temperatures below 0.3 K. Conventional dilution refrigerators consume a lot of liquid helium, which has...
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Observations of Vortex Emissions from Superfluid 4He Turbulence at High Temperatures
An immersed object with high velocity oscillations causes quantum turbulence in superfluid 4He, even at very low temperatures. The continuously generated turbulence may emit vortex rings from a turbulent region. ...
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Development of a Fiber-Optic Probe Hydrophone for a Cryogenic Liquid
We report the progress of develo** a fiber-optic probe hydrophone (FOPH) system applicable to the measurement of local density/pressure fluctuations in a cryogenic liquid. The measurement principle is based ...
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Time-of-Flight Measurements of Vortices Emitted from Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid 4He
An oscillating obstacle generates quantum turbulence in superfluids, when vortices remained attached to obstacle surfaces or vortex rings collided with it during oscillation. Turbulence provides a source of vo...
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Enhancement of Magnetization in Liquid 3He at Aerogel Interface
A novel feature of condensate state in liquid 3He is predicted theoretically, which consists of spin triplet s-wave Cooper pairs (Higashitani et al. in J. Low. Temp. Phys. 155:83–97, 2009). Such a spin triplet s-...
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The outcome of Japanese anorexia nervosa patients treated with an inpatient therapy in an internal medicine unit
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the outcome of Japanese anorexia nervosa (AN) patients who were treated with the standard Japanese inpatient therapy. METHOD: Of the 88 female AN patients treate...
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Time-of-Flight Experiments of Vortex Rings Propagating from Turbulent Region of Superfluid 4He at High Temperature
We report the time-of-flight of quantized vortex rings generated by a vibrating wire in superfluid 4He which contains normal fluid component. A cover box of vibrating wires and slow cooling of superfluid reduce t...
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Acoustic Resonance of Superfluid 3He in Parallel Plates
We performed an acoustic resonance experiment of superfluid 3He confined in a stack of parallel plates, and found the fourth sound resonance. From its velocity, the superfluid density fraction was calculated. No ...
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Isolated spinal neurosarcoidosis: an autopsy case
Autopsy cases of isolated spinal neurosarcoidosis are extremely rare or none.
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Observation of Remanent Vortices Attached to Rough Boundaries in Superfluid 4He
We report the study on remanent vortices attached to rough boundaries in superfluid 4He after the turbulent transition. We used 2.6 µm vibrating wires with smooth surfaces and rough surfaces, a cover box and slow...
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Frictional Relaxation Time of 3He Normal Fluid Component in Aerogel Obtained by Fourth Sound Resonance
Recently, we revealed that the motion of the normal fluid component in the aerogel is well described by the frictional relaxation model (Higashitani et al. in Phys. Rev. B 71:134508, 2005). To clarify the origin ...
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Transition to Quantum Turbulence Generated by Thin Vibrating Wires in Superfluid 4He
We report the turbulent transition in superfluid 4He generated by a vibrating wire as a function of its thickness. The response of a vibrating wire with a 3 μm diameter in superfluid 4He at 1.2 K reveals a hyster...
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Expression of myeloperoxidase enhances the chemosensitivity of leukemia cells through the generation of reactive oxygen species and the nitration of protein
Myeloperoxidase (MPO), a pivotal lineage marker for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), has been also shown to have a prognostic value: a high percentage of MPO-positive blasts correlates to favorable prognosis. To ...
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A-B Phase Conversion and Coexistence of Superfluid 3He in Aerogel
We have studied phase transition of superfluid 3He at 2.4 MPa in cylindrical aerogel by NMR method. When the liquid is cooled down from the normal state, the A-like phase appears below superfluid transition temp...
