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Open AccessSeparation of microalgae from bacterial contaminants using spiral microchannel in the presence of a chemoattractant
Cell separation using microfluidics has become an effective method to isolate biological contaminants from bodily fluids and cell cultures, such as isolating bacteria contaminants from microalgae cultures and ...
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Relationship between Body Mass Index and Sarcopenia with Oral Function Decline in Older Japanese Patients Who Regularly Attend a General Dental Clinic
This study examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and sarcopenia with oral function decline in older patients as well as whether a combination of underweight BMI and sarcopenia was associated ...
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Application of genetic algorithms for parameters identification in a develo** smart gear system
As an essential part of a dynamic system such as a transport vehicle or machine, gear is important to the safety and effective operation of the system. Our develo** smart gear system aims to propose a soluti...
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Open AccessMagnetic refrigeration material operating at a full temperature range required for hydrogen liquefaction
Magnetic refrigeration (MR) is a key technique for hydrogen liquefaction. Although the MR has ideally higher performance than the conventional gas compression technique around the hydrogen liquefaction tempera...
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Open AccessNanoscale Dynamics of Protein Assembly Networks in Supersaturated Solutions
Proteins in solution are conventionally considered macromolecules. Dynamic microscopic structures in supersaturated protein solutions have received increasing attention in the study of protein crystallisation ...
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Open AccessRotational symmetry breaking in the topological superconductor SrxBi2Se3 probed by upper-critical field experiments
Recently it was demonstrated that Sr intercalation provides a new route to induce superconductivity in the topological insulator Bi2Se3. Topological superconductors are predicted to be unconventional with an odd-...
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Open AccessTime-resolved X-ray Tracking of Expansion and Compression Dynamics in Supersaturating Ion-Networks
Supersaturation of a solution system is a metastable state containing more solute than can be normally solubilized. Moreover, this condition is thermodynamically important for a system undergoing a phase trans...
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Open AccessCirculating adiponectin levels and risk of type 2 diabetes in the Japanese
Adiponectin has anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties. Prospective studies have consistently shown a lower risk of type 2 diabetes among those with higher circulating adiponectin levels.
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The Behavioral Ecology of Color Vision: Considering Fruit Conspicuity, Detection Distance and Dietary Importance
Primate color vision is well suited for investigating the genetic basis of foraging behavior owing to a clear genotype–phenotype linkage. Finding fruits amid tropical foliage has long been proffered as an adap...
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Open AccessAging attenuates the association of central obesity with the accumulation of metabolic risk factors when assessed using the waist circumference measured at the umbilical level (the Japanese standard method)
The objective of this study was to clarify the generation and gender differences in the association between central obesity and the accumulation of metabolic risk factors (RFs) in the Japanese population.
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Short sleep duration in association with CT-scanned abdominal fat areas: the Hitachi Health Study
To examine the relationship between short sleep duration and body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), visceral fat area (VFA) and subcutaneous fat area (SFA) among a working population in Japan.
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Electric field effect in amorphous semiconductor films assembled from transition-metal-encapsulating Si clusters
We synthesized amorphous semiconductor films composed of Mo-encapsulating Si clusters (MoSin : n∼10) on solid substrates. The MoSi10 films had Si networks similar to hydrogenated amorphous Si and an optical gap o...
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Dietary patterns and depressive symptoms among Japanese men and women
Although several studies have reported associations of depressive state with specific nutrients and foods, few studies examined the association with dietary patterns in adults. We investigated the association ...
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Serum folate and homocysteine and depressive symptoms among Japanese men and women
Folate and homocysteine have been implicated to have a role in depression. However, results of epidemiologic studies on this issue have been inconsistent. The objective of this study was to clarify the associa...
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Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and depressive symptoms in Japanese: analysis by survey season
Both depressive symptoms and vitamin D insufficiency are common during winter. This study examined the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and depressive symptoms by survey season. Subjects were 527 ...
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Taste preferences and body weight change in Japanese adults: the JPHC Study
Limited data are available with regard to longitudinal changes in body weight by food taste preference. Here, we examined the associations between taste preferences and weight change in adults for a large-scal...
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Effect of Prosthesis Stiffness and Implant Length on the Stress State in Mandibular Bone with Dental Implants
The purpose of this study was to develop a detailed 3- Dimension mandibular model with dental implants on the basis of CT data and to conduct stress analysis to characterize the effects of the material type of...
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Overweight and obesity trends among Japanese adults: a 10-year follow-up of the JPHC Study
Limited data are available regarding longitudinal changes in body weight. Here, we describe changes in the prevalences of overweight and obesity and calculated the incidence of these indices during a 10-year f...
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A Prototype Wafer Processing TCAD Tool Composed of BMD Simulation Module, Metal Gettering and Thermal Stress/Slip Functions for Scaled Device Design Phase
We developed a new prototype TCAD tool for wafer processing, particularly to predict BMD(bulk micro defects) distribution, metal gettering characteristics, stress/slip behaviors from the view points of industr...
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Reactivity of a condensed–type lignin model compound in the Mannich reaction and preparation of cationic surfactant from sulfuric acid lignin
The chemical conversion of phenolized sulfuric acid lignin (P-SAL), prepared from sulfuric acid lignin (SAL) by phenolation with sulfuric acid catalyst, to novel cationic surfactant was investigated. To eluci...
