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Open AccessFunctional AGXT2 SNP rs180749 variant and depressive symptoms: Baseline data from the Aidai Cohort Study in Japan
No study has shown the relationship between alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase 2 (AGXT2) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and depressive symptoms. The present case–control study examined this relationship ...
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Association between infertility treatment and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the Japan Birth Cohort Consortium: a meta-analysis
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Open AccessClassification of mild Parkinson’s disease: data augmentation of time-series gait data obtained via inertial measurement units
Data-augmentation methods have emerged as a viable approach for improving the state-of-the-art performances for classifying mild Parkinson’s disease using deep learning with time-series data from an inertial m...
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Open AccessPreceding and trailing role-taking in dyad synchronization using finger tap**
In ensembles, people synchronize the timings of their movements with those of others. Players sometimes take on preceding and trailing roles, whereby one’s beat is either slightly earlier or slightly later tha...
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Tryptophan intake is related to a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japan: baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study
Tryptophan is an essential amino acid wholly derived from diet. While the majority of tryptophan is degraded through the kynurenine pathway into neuroactive metabolites like quinolinic acid and kynurenic acid,...
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Perinatal maternal depressive symptoms and risk of behavioral problems at five years
Evidence on the association between perinatal maternal depression and children’s behavioral development is limited. We investigated the association between maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy and pos...
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Open AccessUniversal association between depressive symptoms and social-network structures in the workplace
An unhealthy communication structure at a workplace can adversely affect the mental health of employees. However, little is known about the relationship between communication structures in the workplace and th...
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Open AccessThree-dimensional foot trajectory in female patients with end-stage hip osteoarthritis during walking
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a risk factor for falls. To decrease the fall risk, it is important to evaluate the detailed features of the gait of patients with OA. This study aimed to investigate the spatio-temporal...
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Open AccessThree-dimensional continuous gait trajectory estimation using single Shank-Worn inertial measurement units and clinical walk test application
State-of-the-art estimation methods using inertial measurement units (IMUs) for global continuous gait path and local stepwise gait trajectory during walking have been developed. However, estimation methods fo...
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Open AccessEducation and household income and carotid intima-media thickness in Japan: baseline data from the Aidai Cohort Study in Yawatahama, Uchiko, Seiyo, and Ainan
Epidemiological evidence for the relationship between education and income and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been limited and inconsistent. The present cross-sectional study investigated this issue...
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Open AccessHypertension and dyslipidemia are risk factors for herpes zoster in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective analysis using a medical information database
This study used data from a large-scale multicenter medical information database in Japan to estimate the incidence rate of herpes zoster (HZ) and to examine the relationship between hypertension, dyslipidemia...
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Open AccessThe Exploration of the Uncanny Valley from the Viewpoint of the Robot’s Nonverbal Behaviour
Many studies have been conducted to find approaches to overcome the Uncanny Valley. However, the focus on the influence of the robot’s appearance leaves a big missing part: the influence of the robot’s nonverb...
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Open AccessEstimation of stride-by-stride spatial gait parameters using inertial measurement unit attached to the shank with inverted pendulum model
Inertial measurement unit (IMU)-based gait analysis systems have become popular in clinical environments because of their low cost and quantitative measurement capability. When a shank is selected as the IMU m...
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Association between hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes and prevalence of hearing impairment in Japan
Epidemiological information regarding the relationship between hypertension, dyslipidemia, and/or diabetes and hearing impairment (HI) has been controversial. The present cross-sectional study investigated thi...
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BAIAP2 rs8079781, postnatal smoking exposure, and emotional problems in Japanese children aged 5 years: the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study
BAIAP2 might be implicated in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions via abnormal development of human cerebral asymmetry. The present prebirth cohort study examined the relationship between BAIAP2 single ...
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Open AccessEffects of a partner’s tap intervals on an individual’s timing control increase in slow-tempo dyad synchronisation using finger-tap**
In musical ensembles, musicians synchronise their movements with other members of the ensemble at various tempos. This study aims to investigate the extent of tempo dependency of own and partner’s timing infor...
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Open AccessEffects of Human Synchronous Hand Movements in Eliciting a Sense of Agency and Ownership
The self is built as an entity independent from the external world using the human ability to experience the senses of agency and ownership. Humans usually experience these senses during movement. Nevertheless...
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Open AccessPrior physical synchrony enhances rapport and inter-brain synchronization during subsequent educational communication
Physical synchrony has been suggested to have positive effects on not only concurrent but also subsequent communication, but the underlying neural processes are unclear. Using functional near-infrared spectros...
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Open AccessIllusory agency attribution to others performing actions similar to one’s own
When people observe others performing actions similar to their own while dancing or playing musical instruments, they sometimes feel as if their actions were subsumed into others’ actions or others’ actions le...
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Case-Control Study of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Japan
With regard to risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the results from a case-control study of a Japanese population were shown. Included in the study were 104 patients of IPF, aged 40 years or ...
