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Non-traumatic hemorrhage is controlled with REBOA in acute phase then mortality increases gradually by non-hemorrhagic causes: DIRECT-IABO registry in Japan
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is now a feasible and less invasive resuscitation procedure. This study aimed to compare the clinical course of trauma and non-trauma patients ...
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Patching retinal breaks with Seprafilm for treating retinal detachments in humans: 9 years of follow-up
To describe the long-term surgical outcomes of four patients treated for retinal detachment using Seprafilm as a novel technique.
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Open AccessErratum to: 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
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Living situations associated with poor dietary intake among healthy japanese elderly: The ohasama study
Rapid increases in life expectancy have led to concurrent increases in the number of elderly people living alone or those forced to change living situations. Previous studies have found that poor dietary intak...
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Serial change of C1 inhibitor in patients with sepsis: a preliminary report
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Role of neutrophil extracellular traps against soft tissue infections
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Presence of neutrophil extracellular traps in bronchial aspirate of patients diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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Volcanic drumbeat seismicity caused by stick-slip motion and magmatic frictional melting
During volcanic eruptions, solidifying magma ascends through the volcanic conduit, often accompanied by repetitive, drum-beat seismicity. Laboratory experiments on magma samples from Soufrière Hills Volcano, M...
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Factors associated with deterioration of mini nutritional assessment-short form status of nursing home residents during a 2-year period
A number of other studies have been conducted to verify the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) or the MNA short form (MNA-SF) as a nutritional assessment/screening tool in various clinical settings or communiti...
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Randomized clinical trial comparing lightweight or heavyweight mesh for mesh plug repair of primary inguinal hernia
The aim of this study was to assess whether the application of a lightweight mesh for mesh plug repair (MPR) for primary inguinal hernia could reduce chronic pain or other symptoms associated with the insertio...
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Repetitive hypoglycaemia increases serum adrenaline and induces monocyte adhesion to the endothelium in rat thoracic aorta
Severe hypoglycaemia associated with diabetes management is a potential risk for cardiovascular diseases. However, the effect and mechanism of hypoglycaemia on the progression of atherosclerosis remains largel...
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Fault lubrication during earthquakes
A review of about 300 published and unpublished rock friction experiments that reproduce seismic slip conditions suggests that a significant decrease in friction occurs at high slip rate. Extrapolating the exp...
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Patching retinal breaks with Seprafilm® in experimental rhegmatogenous retinal detachment of rabbit eyes
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Impact of whole body irradiation and vascular endothelial growth factor-A on increased beta cell mass after bone marrow transplantation in a mouse model of diabetes induced by streptozotocin
Recent studies have shown that bone marrow transplantation reduces hyperglycaemia in a mouse model of diabetes induced by streptozotocin. However, the essential factors for the improvement of hyperglycaemia by...
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The aging males’ symptoms scale for Japanese men: reliability and applicability of the Japanese version
We aimed to confirm the reliability of the Japanese version of the Aging Males’ Symptoms rating scale (JPN-AMS) and its applicability in patients with testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS)-like symptoms, comp...
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Dose-dependent requirement of patched homologue 1 in mouse pancreatic beta cell mass
Ectopic activation of hedgehog (HH) signalling in pancreas induces various abnormal morphogenetic events in the pancreas. This study analysed the dose-dependent requirement of patched homologue 1 (PTCH1), a ne...
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Costs and benefits of photosynthetic light acclimation by tree seedlings in response to gap formation
Some shade leaves increase their photosynthetic capacity (P max) when exposed to a higher irradiance. The increase in P max is associated with an increase in chloro...
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Neuropilin-1 promotes human glioma progression through potentiating the activity of the HGF/SF autocrine pathway
Neuropilin-1 (NRP1) functions as a coreceptor through interaction with plexin A1 or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor during neuronal development and angiogenesis. NRP1 potentiates the signali...
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Small isotropic 3D diffusion tensor map** of the rat brain using water-excitation diffusion-weighted 3D MP-RAGE MR sequence
The purpose of this study was to examine the potential of water-excitation (WE) diffusion-weighted (DW) three-dimensional (3D) MP-RAGE MRI for diffusion-tensor map** of the rat brain in vivo. A WE-DW-3D-MP-R...
