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    Low plasma tryptophan is associated with olfactory function in healthy elderly community dwellers in Japan

    Decreased circulating tryptophan (Trp) levels are frequently observed in elderly patients with neurodegenerative disease including Alzheimer’s disease. Trp may serve as a potential biomarker for monitoring dis...

    Yusuke Adachi, Yoshiki Shimodaira, Hidehiro Nakamura, Akira Imaizumi in BMC Geriatrics (2017)

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    Simultaneous small-angle X-ray scattering/wide-angle X-ray diffraction study of the microdomain structure of polyurethane elastomers during mechanical deformation

    Polyurethane elastomers (PUEs) were prepared with poly(oxytetramethylene) glycol (Mn=2000), 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 1,4-butanediol (BD) and 1,1,1-trimethylol propane (TMP) by a prepolymer method. To ev...

    Ken Kojio, Keisuke Matsuo, Suguru Motokucho, Kohji Yoshinaga in Polymer Journal (2011)