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Open AccessEssential amino acid supplements ingestion has a positive effect on executive function after moderate-intensity aerobic exercise
Aerobic exercise acutely improves cognitive function (e.g., executive function (EF); memory recognition (MR)) and increases circulating brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In addition, branched-chain ami...
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Open AccessBeiging of perivascular adipose tissue regulates its inflammation and vascular remodeling
Although inflammation plays critical roles in the development of atherosclerosis, its regulatory mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) has been reported to undergo infla...
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Measuring productivity dynamics in Japan: a quantile approach
This paper presents an approach for estimating changes in firms’ productivity. We apply the quantile approach, which estimates the changes in the productivity distribution of surviving firms. Using this method...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Computation-guided asymmetric total syntheses of resveratrol dimers
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Open AccessComputation-guided asymmetric total syntheses of resveratrol dimers
Although computational simulation-based natural product syntheses are in their initial stages of development, this concept can potentially become an indispensable resource in the field of organic synthesis. He...
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The impact of improvement in public transportation: evidence from the Tokyo metropolitan area
This study examines the effect of improvement in public transportation on population and employment distribution in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Using an instrumental variable, my analysis reveals two notewort...
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Open AccessFactors associated with left ventricular reverse remodelling after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is sometimes considered as an alternative therapeutic strategy to surgical revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and reduced left ventricular...
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Open AccessOmega-3 fatty acid prevents the development of heart failure by changing fatty acid composition in the heart
Some clinical trials showed that omega-3 fatty acid (FA) reduced cardiovascular events, but it remains unknown whether omega-3 FA supplementation changes the composition of FAs and their metabolites in the hea...
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Open AccessLate presentation of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in an octogenarian associated with a pathogenic variant in the plakophilin 2 gene: a case report
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited myocardial disease characterized by fibrofatty replacement and ventricular arrhythmias. ARVC is believed to be a disease of the young, wit...
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Open AccessDynamic laminar rerouting of inter-areal mnemonic signal by cognitive operations in primate temporal cortex
Execution of cognitive functions is orchestrated by a brain-wide network comprising multiple regions. However, it remains elusive whether the cortical laminar pattern of inter-areal interactions exhibits dynam...
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In-hospital outcomes of acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock caused by right coronary artery occlusion vs. left coronary artery occlusion
In-hospital outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with cardiogenic shock (CS) were still not satisfactory even in the primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) era. The aim of this study was to ...
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Open AccessSuccessful bridge to recovery in fulminant myocarditis using a biventricular assist device: a case report
Fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening disease, and myocardial damage expands the right ventricle as well as the left ventricle in some cases. There is a mortality rate of over 40% in patients with fulmin...
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Open AccessLow 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...
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Comparison of mid-term clinical outcomes between on-label and off-label use of rotational atherectomy
While rotational atherectomy (RA) is used for complex lesions in percutaneous coronary intervention, there are several contraindications such as unprotected left main stenosis or left ventricular dysfunction. ...
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Classifying the Strategies of an Opponent Team Based on a Sequence of Actions in the RoboCup SSL
In this paper, we propose a new method for classifying the strategies of an opponent in the RoboCup Soccer Small-Size League. Each strategy generates a sequence of basic actions selected from a kick action, a ...
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Open AccessMammalian autophagy is essential for hepatic and renal ketogenesis during starvation
Autophagy is an intracellular degradation system activated, across species, by starvation. Although accumulating evidence has shown that mammalian autophagy is involved in pathogenesis of several modern diseas...
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Molecular mechanism of antidiabetic zinc–allixin complexes: regulations of glucose utilization and lipid metabolism
We previously reported new zinc complexes of allixin [bis(allixinato)zinc] and its derivative bis(thioallixin-N-methyl)zinc that demonstrated excellent antidiabetic activity in type 2 diabetic mellitus KKAy mice....
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Action mechanism of bis(allixinato)oxovanadium(IV) as a novel potent insulin-mimetic complex: regulation of GLUT4 translocation and FoxO1 transcription factor
Bis(allixinato)oxovanadium(IV), VO(alx)2 (alx is 3-hydroxy-5-methoxy-6-methyl-2-pentyl-4-pyrone), has been reported to act as an antidiabetic agent in streptozotocin-induced type-1-like and obesity-linked KKAy ty...
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Metallokinetic characteristics of antidiabetic bis(allixinato)oxovanadium(IV)-related complexes in the blood of rat
The antidiabetic effect of vanadium is a widely accepted phenomenon; some oxovanadium(IV) complexes have been found to normalize high blood glucose levels in both type 1 and type 2 diabetic animals. In light o...
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Isolation of a bacterium that degrades urethane compounds and characterization of its urethane hydrolase
A bacterium which degrades urethane compounds was isolated and identified as Rhodococcus equi strain TB-60. Strain TB-60 degraded toluene-2,4-dicarbamic acid dibutyl ester (TDCB) and accumulated toluene diamine a...
