An Unusual Cause of Secondary ITP in a 34-Year-Old Hispanic Male by Ayrton Bangolo, Mohamed Ahmed, Ali Atoot, Ashraf Mahmoud, Chibuzo Agbakwuru-Onyike, Maria Karina Larni Y. Palad, Michael Sciarra, Adam Atoot

“…It appears to have a geographic distribution; mostly encountered in countries with a higher prevalence for H. pylori such as Italy or Japan. H. pylori eradication has been recommended in the management of ITP with studies showing improvement in the platelet count in some patients. …”
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Influence of a Soft Robotic Suit on Metabolic Cost in Long-Distance Level and Inclined Walking by Shanhai Jin, Shijie Guo, Hashimoto Kazunobu, Xiaogang Xiong, Motoji Yamamoto

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Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Renal Pelvis in a Male Patient by Sarawut Kongkarnka, Pruit Kitirattakarn, Hironori Katayama, Surapan Khunamornpong

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Hypercrater Bifurcations, Attractor Coexistence, and Unfolding in a 5D Model of Economic Dynamics by Toichiro Asada, Panagiotis Markellos

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Gastric Plexiform Fibromyxoma Arising in the Cardia in an Adolescent Male: A Rare Tumor with an Unusual Location by Awrad Nasralla, Mufeed Alwabari, Osama Alsaif, Samir S. Amr

“…Most cases were reported from East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea), North America, and Europe. We report herein a unique case of plexiform fibromyxoma, the first to be reported from the Middle East, arising in the cardia of the stomach in a 16-year-old adolescent male, with a brief review of the literature.…”
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Models of industrial symbiosis formation by A. L. Belykh

“…There are more than 30 implemented examples of industrial symbiosis in the world: Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Japan, China, USA, Brazil, Russia, etc. Existing studies have determined that the practical implementation of the concept occurs, as a rule, in two ways: chaotically / spontaneously or in a planned mode. …”
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Allele frequency of pathogenic variants causing acid sphingomyelinase deficiency and Gaucher disease in the general Japanese population by Shuhei Sako, Kimihiko Oishi, Hiroyuki Ida, Eri Imagawa

“…Conversely, the number of reported patients with these diseases has been limited in Asian countries, including Japan. Here, we reviewed the allele frequencies of pathogenic variants causing ASMD and GD in the Japanese population and populations with various ancestry backgrounds using the Japanese Multi-Omics Reference Panel 54KJPN and the Genome Aggregation Database v4.0.0. …”
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Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in Circular Couette Flows in Concentric Annulus by Shuichi Torii, Wen-Jei Yang

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The Role of PPARγ in the Transcriptional Control by Agonists and Antagonists by Tamotsu Tsukahara

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Assigning Robust Default Values in Building Performance Simulation Software for Improved Decision-Making in the Initial Stages of Building Design by Kyosuke Hiyama

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Auditory Dysfunction in Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease by Sadaharu Tabuchi

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Assessment of CTF Boiling Transition and Critical Heat Flux Modeling Capabilities Using the OECD/NRC BFBT and PSBT Benchmark Databases by Maria Avramova, Diana Cuervo

“…The benchmarks’ activities have been conducted in cooperation with the Nuclear Energy Agency/Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (NEA/OECD) and the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety (JNES) Organization. …”
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Chikamatsu, Mori, and the uncanny valley by Karl F. MacDorman

“…In Japan, robotics projects like Geminoid, modeled after Hiroshi Ishiguro, exhibit a fascination with creating human doubles. …”
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Signatures of Plastic Instabilities and Strain Localization in Acoustic Emission Time-Series by Alexey Vinogradov

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THREATS TO INDUSTRIAL POLICY, TRADE AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN A GLOBAL EMERGENCY by T. V. Bakhturazova, M. K. Mayorov, N. V. Mayorova, D. A. Edelev

“…The Russian government has banned visa-free tourist trips between Russia and China and the issuance of work visas to Russia for Chinese citizens; Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Pakistan, and Italy have imposed similar bans. …”
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Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in a Patient with Kawasaki Disease and Giant Aneurysms by Ranjini Srinivasan, Rachel Weller, Anjali Chelliah, Andrew J. Einstein

“…Kawasaki disease is a well-known cause of acquired cardiac disease in the pediatric and adult population, most prevalent in Japan but also seen commonly in the United States. …”
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Economic Implications of the Corona Crisis and Economic Policy Measures by Peter Bofinger, Sebastian Dullien, Gabriel Felbermayr, Clemens Fuest, Michael Hüther, Jens Südekum, Beatrice Weder di Mauro

“…In the meantime, high and rapidly growing numbers of cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 have also been recorded in Japan, Korea, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain and above all in the USA. …”
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A Case of Progressive Stroke on Posterior Circulation with Transient Bilateral Oculomotor Palsy by Chiaki Takahashi

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Bovine Antibody-Based Oral Immunotherapy for Reduction of Intragastric Helicobacter pylori Colonization: A Randomized Clinical Trial by CM den Hoed, AC de Vries, PBF Mensink, CM Dierikx, H Suzuki, L Capelle, H van Dekken, R Ouwendijk, EJ Kuipers

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House Vision by Cathelijne Nuijsink

“…The design of the detached house has been at the core of architectural developments in post-Second World War Japan and the subject of a lively discussion among architects about what makes a good home at a particular moment. …”
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