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Open AccessPrediction of antenatal bleeding and preterm deliveries using placental magnetic resonance imaging in patients with placenta previa
This study aimed to clarify associations between subacute hematoma on placental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), antenatal bleeding, and preterm deliveries in patients with placenta previa (PP) without placen...
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Open AccessAortoesophageal fistula due to esophageal cancer: a case report of successful management
Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition. The best treatment for the AEF due to esophageal carcinoma is still unresolved. Here, we report a rare case of AEF caused by ...
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Open AccessPerformance changes due to differences among annotating radiologists for training data in computerized lesion detection
The quality and bias of annotations by annotators (e.g., radiologists) affect the performance changes in computer-aided detection (CAD) software using machine learning. We hypothesized that the difference in t...
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Open AccessGlobal asymptotic stability of endemic equilibria and stability of traveling waves for a diffusive SIR epidemic model with logistic growth
This paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of solutions for the diffusive epidemic model with logistic growth. In the first part, we consider the initial boundary value problem on the bounded domain and der...
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Glymphatic system impairment in corticobasal syndrome: diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS)
This study aimed to evaluate the along the perivascular space (ALPS) index based on the diffusion tensor image ALPS (DTI-ALPS) in corticobasal degeneration with corticobasal syndrome (CBD-CBS) and investigate ...
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Reproducibility of automated calculation technique for diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space
The method of diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS) was gathering attention to evaluate the brain’s glymphatic function or interstitial fluid dynamics. However, to the best kn...
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Finite-Time Blow-up in a Two-Species Chemotaxis-Competition Model with Degenerate Diffusion
This paper is concerned with the two-species chemotaxis-competition model with degenerate diffusion, {
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Fabrication of micron-sized three-dimensional porous Al from an Al–Zn monotectoid alloy via selective etching and Al passivation
Although several methods have been developed for fabricating three-dimensional (3D) porous metals, the preparation of 3D porous Al metal with micron-sized pores and a porosity exceeding 60% remains challenging...
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Obstetric outcomes after medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment for early stage endometrial cancer or atypical endometrial hyperplasia: a single hospital-based study
To investigate perinatal outcomes in pregnancy after high-dose medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) therapy for early stage endometrial cancer (EC) and atypical endometrial hyperplasia (AEH) and to determine whet...
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Impact of postoperative intra-abdominal infectious complications on survival outcomes in patients with gastric cancer who underwent laparoscopic surgery
Postoperative intra-abdominal infection is known to adversely affect survival outcomes in patients with gastric cancer; however, previous reports have investigated this complication only in open surgery. This ...
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Can chemotactic effects lead to blow-up or not in two-species chemotaxis-competition models?
This paper deals with the two-species chemotaxis-competition models $$\begin{aligned} {\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} u_t = d_1 \Delta u - \chi _1 ...
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Aleukemic T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma with massive cerebrospinal fluid infiltration
T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL/LBL) is an aggressive lymphoid malignancy, frequently involving the central nervous system (CNS). However, exclusive CNS infiltration of T-ALL without leukemic presenta...
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Open AccessReduction in postoperative complications by robotic surgery: a case–control study of robotic versus conventional laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer
Robotic gastrectomy (RG) is being increasingly performed globally; it is considered an evolved type of conventional laparoscopic surgery with excellent dexterity and precision, but higher costs and longer oper...
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Detecting Features for a Music Retrieval System
A music retrieval system inputs an audio file and outputs metadata, such as the music title and the singer’s name. Many music retrieval systems recognize music with the original key and tempo. However, they ar...
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Open AccessRobotic versus laparoscopic distal gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis
Robotic distal gastrectomy (RDG) has been increasingly used for the treatment of gastric cancer (GC). However, whether RDG has a clinical advantage over laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) is yet to be deter...
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Open AccessNeuroepithelial cell competition triggers loss of cellular juvenescence
Cell competition is a cell–cell interaction mechanism which maintains tissue homeostasis through selective elimination of unfit cells. During early brain development, cells are eliminated through apoptosis. Ho...
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Open AccessTrkA inhibitor promotes motor functional regeneration of recurrent laryngeal nerve by suppression of sensory nerve regeneration
Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury, in which hoarseness and dysphagia arise as a result of impaired vocal fold movement, is a serious complication. Misdirected regeneration is an issue for functional regen...
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Open AccessSelf-Assembled Electret for Vibration-Based Power Generator
The vibration-based electret generators (EGs) for energy harvesting have been extensively studied because they can obtain electrical energy from ambient vibrations. EGs exhibit a sandwich structure of electrod...
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An antiaromatic-walled nanospace
Over the past few decades, several molecular cages, hosts and nanoporous materials enclosing nanometre-sized cavities have been reported1–5, including coordination-driven nanocages6. Such nanocages have found wid...
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Open AccessIn vivo epigenetic editing of Sema6a promoter reverses transcallosal dysconnectivity caused by C11orf46/Arl14ep risk gene
Many neuropsychiatric risk genes contribute to epigenetic regulation but little is known about specific chromatin-associated mechanisms governing the formation of neuronal connectivity. Here we show that trans...
