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Open AccessUpregulation of TGF-β-induced HSP27 by HSP90 inhibitors in osteoblasts
Heat shock protein (HSP) 90 functions as a molecular chaperone and is constitutively expressed and induced in response to stress in many cell types. We have previously demonstrated that transforming growth fac...
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Bone parameters of elite athletes with oligomenorrhea and prevalence seeking medical attention: a cross-sectional study
Since the definition of secondary amenorrhea is cessation of regular menses for more than 3 months, it is likely that athletes with irregular menstrual cycles, including oligomenorrhea, do not consider the con...
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Open AccessHSP22 (HSPB8) positively regulates PGF2α-induced synthesis of interleukin-6 and vascular endothelial growth factor in osteoblasts
Heat shock protein 22 (HSP22) belongs to class I of the small HSP family that displays ubiquitous expression in osteoblasts. We previously demonstrated that prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α), a potent bone remodeling ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Identifying Anomaly Work in Intralogistics Using BLE and LPWA
Due to recent increased competition in the automobile industry, many studies have optimized manufacturing models to reduce costs. However, such studies have produced scant benefits because these models have ma...
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Open AccessEfficacy of combination-chemotherapy with pirarubicin, ifosfamide, and etoposide for soft tissue sarcoma: a single-institution retrospective analysis
The standard chemotherapy regimens for soft tissue sarcoma are doxorubicin-based. This retrospective study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of pirarubicin, ifosfamide, and etoposide combination therapy ...
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Open AccessIncretin accelerates platelet-derived growth factor-BB-induced osteoblast migration via protein kinase A: The upregulation of p38 MAP kinase
Incretins, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), secreted from enteroendocrine cells after food ingestion, are currently recognized to regulate gluco...
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Open AccessLocal dissemination of osteosarcoma observed after massage therapy: a case report
Limited evidence is available regarding the dissemination of tumor tissues due to compression during massage therapy, a routine procedure in patients with various symptoms in Asian countries.
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Reproducibility of acquiring ultrasonographic infant hip images by the Graf method after an infant hip ultrasound training course
The objective screening of infant hips using ultrasonography (Graf method) is gaining favor in the diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip in Japan. However, the accuracy of the Graf method is dependen...
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Open AccessTreatment of aneurysmal bone cysts using endoscopic curettage
Although aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are benign tumours, they have the potential to be locally aggressive. Various treatment approaches, such as en bloc resection, open curettage, radiotherapy, sclerotherapy,...
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Open AccessTreatment of simple bone cysts using endoscopic curettage: a case series analysis
Endoscopic curettage is considered applicable for the treatment of simple bone cysts with the expectation that it might be less invasive than open curettage. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of endo...
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Post-operative rotator cuff integrity, based on Sugaya’s classification, can reflect abduction muscle strength of the shoulder
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is common in structural and qualitative assessment of the rotator cuff post-operatively. Rotator cuff integrity has been thought to be associated with clinical outcome. The pur...
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Spontaneous shrinkage of solitary osteochondromas
Osteochondromas are the most common benign bone tumors, and thus far, their spontaneous shrinkage is considered a rare phenomenon. This study was designed to investigate the exact ratio of remission to progres...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Implementation of Large-Scale Holonic Multi-agent Society Simulator and Agent Behavior Model
This paper presents a large-scale multiagent simulator that can simulate any complex urban environment and demonstrates its implementation on a distributed computing environment. We focus on society simulation...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Innovative Outdoor IoT System Architecture for Service Oriented Things
In recent years, Internet of Things (IoT) has widely studied as a technology using the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). The essential purpose of WSN is is the availability of the sensor stream. In addition, Io...
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Towards Machine Learning Based IoT Intrusion Detection Service
IoT Security is one of the most critical issues when develo**, implementing and deploying IoT platforms. IoT refers to the ability of communication, monitoring and remote control of automated devices through...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multiple Water-Level Seawater Temperature Prediction Method for Marine Aquaculture
The importance of aquaculture continues to grow due to the decrease in natural marine resources and an increase in worldwide demand. To avoid losses from aging and abnormal weather, we must predict multiple wa...
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Open AccessDesign of Joint Cooperative Routing, MAC and Physical Layer with QoS-aware Traffic-based Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Networks
Compare the WSN with other conventional network system, the changing or charging the existing battery of sensor node within WSN is a tough job. Therefore, since last decade the effort has been made to design a...
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Open AccessAn Intelligent Cross-Layer QoS-Aware Protocol with Traffic-Differentiation-Based for Energy Efficient Communication in WSNs
Despite an increase in energy efficiency of WSNs research in couple of last years, still the key challenge in the design of WSNs remains to maximize the quality of service (QoS) and energy efficiency of networ...
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Technical Challenges and Implementation of Mobile Ad-hoc Water Level Measuring System
In recent years, and landslides caused by flooding of the river due to heavy rain, the number of such flooding of houses has increased. With regard to internal water damage, the structure and of the river, abo...
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Prediction of skeletal-related events in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Advanced lung cancer frequently causes bone metastasis which can be associated with skeletal-related events (SREs) that may cause significant deterioration of the patient’s quality of life (QoL). The Spinal In...
