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Intrusion of Coastal Oyashio water to Funka Bay and Tsugaru Strait occasionally disturbed by Kuroshio-originating warm core ring
Water mass property in the southwest of Hokkaido Island, Japan, in the winter-to-spring season has been examined using 9 years’ hydrographic data and satellite data as well as ocean reanalysis data for 2010–20...
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Impact of the Comprehensive Awareness Modification of Mouth, Chewing and Meal (CAMCAM) Program on the Attitude and Behavior Towards Oral Health and Eating Habits as Well as the Condition of Oral Frailty: A Pilot Study
Preserving sufficient oral function and maintaining adequate nutrition are essential for preventing physical frailty and the following long-term care. We recently developed the 6-month Comprehensive Awareness ...
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Open AccessHigh-frequency spin torque oscillation in orthogonal magnetization disks with strong biquadratic magnetic coupling
In this study, we numerically investigate the spin transfer torque oscillation (STO) in a magnetic orthogonal configuration by introducing a strong biquadratic magnetic coupling. The orthogonal configuration c...
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Poor Health Behaviors among Housebound Japanese Community-Dwelling Older Adults Due to Prolonged Self-Restraint during the First COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Prolonged self-restraining behaviors induced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic’s containment measures can limit various positive health behaviors.
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Ternary catalytic α-deuteration of carboxylic acids
Efficient and practical construction of deuterated molecules has been a long-standing challenge. Although α-deutero carboxylic acids are ubiquitous structural components that serve as a wide array of synthons,...
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Enteric viruses replicate in salivary glands and infect through saliva
Enteric viruses like norovirus, rotavirus and astrovirus have long been accepted as spreading in the population through fecal–oral transmission: viruses are shed into feces from one host and enter the oral cav...
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Social Detachment Influenced Muscle Mass and Strength during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japanese Community-Dwelling Older Women
Social detachment due to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused a decline in physical activity, leading to sarcopenia and frailty in older adults. This study aimed to compare muscle mass, strength, and func...
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Longitudinal River Survey of Migratory Fish Larvae and Juveniles by Secure Environmental DNA Field Sampling
Ayu Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis is a common osmerid freshwater fish distributed in Northeast Asia. Its annual life history allows discriminating 2 forms such as the amphidromous form migrating between river ...
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Internal hydraulic jump in the Tsugaru Strait
Sea straits are known for important sites to modify water-mass properties and transport nutrients through vigorous vertical mixing. The first microstructure measurements ever taken in the Tsugaru Strait, betwe...
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Enhanced vertical turbulent nitrate flux in the intermediate layer of the Kuroshio in the Tokara Strait
Vertical mixing in the ocean is an important physical process that brings deep nutrients to the upper layer. The Tokara Strait, where the Kuroshio flows out to the North Pacific from the East China Sea, is kno...
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An Investigation into Application of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics for Precast Slabs at Joint Positions
The previous studies confirmed that Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) is well suited for application in concrete structures as internal reinforcement. In precast slabs, using CFRP is a method not only mi...
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Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA
In this paper, which is of programmatic rather than quantitative nature, we aim to further delineate and sharpen the future potential of the LISA mission in the area of fundamental physics. Given the very broa...
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Potential Usefulness of Three-dimensional Navigation Tools for the Resection of Intra-abdominal Recurrence of Colorectal Cancer
Complete resection of intra-abdominal recurrence of colorectal cancer is difficult because of complex anatomical changes following primary surgery and indefinite cancer demarcation. Here, we demonstrate the ef...
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Association Between Traditional Japanese Diet Washoku and Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings from the Kashiwa Study
To identify the dietary patterns among community-dwelling Japanese older adults and to explore the association between these patterns and sarcopenia.
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Living with Family Yet Eating Alone is Associated with Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Kashiwa Study
Eating alone is related to depression, nutritional risk, and mortality. These effects are also influenced by living status. However, little is known about the relationship between eating alone despite living w...
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Characterization of Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Soils under Different Farming Systems. The Cacao Plantation in Sulawesi Island—Indonesia
The cacao plantations in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia are responsible for a great part of the local economy; however, their soils still need to be deeply explored. Our study focused on evaluation of the microbia...
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The impact of indocyanine-green fluorescence imaging on intraluminal perfusion of a J-pouch
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Hot Corrosion Performance of Single-Crystal CMSX-4 and CMSX-486 Superalloys in the Mixture of Na2SO4-NaCl Melts
A modification in the chemistry of single-crystal CMSX-4 to produce CMSX-486 superalloy has been reported in the literature to be accomplished without degradation in high-temperature mechanical performance. Ho...
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3D printed model-based simulation of laparoscopic surgery for descending colon cancer with a concomitant abdominal aortic aneurysm
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Enhanced vertical turbulent nitrate flux in the Kuroshio across the Izu Ridge
The first direct measurements of vertical turbulent nitrate flux, FluxNO3, were conducted in the Kuroshio across the Izu Ridge and revealed large FluxNO3 near the sill crest at the 1% light depth. This large Flux
