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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Machine‐Learning Research in the Space Weather Journal: Prospects, Scope, and Limitations by Noé Lugaz, Huixin Liu, Mike Hapgood, Steven Morley

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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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Entre o Butsudan e a missa: práticas religiosas de imigrantes japoneses no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil by Tomoko Kimura Gaudioso, André Luis Ramos Soares

“…The absence of an official religion on Japan does not make the immigrants less religious but with another perception of religiosity, based on the connection between people and their home villages and to the land, in their physical-geographic and supernatural conceptions.…”
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STRAIGHTMORPH: A Voice Morphing Tool for Research in Voice Communication Sciences [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by P Belin, H Kawahara

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Public Spaces in Healthy Urban Living Environments According to The Dimensions of Health Places and The Spatial Characteristics of Vital Environments by Sabreen Mohammed, Zaynab Radi Abaas

“…For the purpose of testing the hypothesis, the theoretical framework extracted was applied to models of public places in international countries, Such as Canada, Japan, Algeria. The research adopted a qualitative descriptive approach to verify the hypothesis. …”
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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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Elongate hemlock scale, an exotic scale insect pest of Christmas trees and other conifers by Adam G. Dale, Travis Birdsell, Jill Sidebottom

“… Elongate hemlock scale, Fiorinia externa Ferris (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), is an armored scale insect native to Japan and eastern Asia. This insect was first documented in the United States in 1908 in Queens, NY, and has since spread throughout most of the eastern United States. …”
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First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rima I. El-Herte, Souha S. Kanj, George F. Araj, Hassan Chami, Walid Gharzuddine

“…N. asiatica has only been three times described outside Japan and Thailand, and the rarity of this entity deserves this communication.…”
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