Life Histories of Two Endangered Sea Skaters Halobates matsumurai Esaki and Asclepios shiranui (Esaki) (Hemiptera: Gerridae: Halobatinae) by Terumi Ikawa, Yuichi Nozoe, Natsuko Yamashita, Namiko Nishimura, Satoshi Ohnoki, Kyoko Yusa, Sugihiko Hoshizaki, Masayuki Komaba, Akihiro Kawakubo

“…Sea skaters Halobates matsumurai Esaki and Asclepios shiranui (Esaki) are among the few marine insects found in Japan. For the past several decades, they have become rare in most localities and have now been designated as endangered by the government. …”
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The Impact of Ageing on Diaphragm Function and Maximal Inspiratory Pressure: A Cross-Sectional Ultrasound Study by Toru Yamada, Taro Minami, Takahiro Shinohara, Shuji Ouchi, Suguru Mabuchi, Shunpei Yoshino, Ken Emoto, Kazuharu Nakagawa, Kanako Yoshimi, Mitsuko Saito, Ayane Horike, Kenji Toyoshima, Yoshiaki Tamura, Atsushi Araki, Ryoichi Hanazawa, Akihiro Hirakawa, Takeshi Ishida, Takuma Kimura, Haruka Tohara, Masayoshi Hashimoto

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Microwave ablation vs. single-needle radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of HCC up to 4 cm: A randomized-controlled trial by Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Kento Imajo, Hidekatsu Kuroda, Go Murohisa, Kazue Shiozawa, Kentaro Sakamaki, Takuya Wada, Hirohito Takeuchi, Kei Endo, Tamami Abe, Takashi Matsui, Takahiro Murakami, Masato Yoneda, Atsushi Nakajima, Shigehiro Kokubu, Takao Itoi

“…Methods: In this multicenter randomized controlled trial conducted across five centers in Japan, eligible participants had up to 4 tumors, each up to 4 cm in size, and were not considered for surgery. …”
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Role and prognostic value of growth differentiation factor 15 in patient of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: insights from the PURSUIT-HFpEF registry by Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Shungo Hikoso, Takahisa Yamada, Yoshio Yasumura, Akito Nakagawa, Toshihiro Takeda, Hirota Kida, Akihiro Sunaga, Tomoharu Dohi, Katsuki Okada, Daisaku Nakatani, Yasushi Matsumura, Yasushi Sakata, Shunsuke Tamaki, Takaharu Hayashi, Yoshiharu Higuchi, Masaharu Masuda, Mitsutoshi Asai, Toshiaki Mano, Hisakazu Fuji, Daisaku Masuda, Shizuya Yamashita, Masami Sairyo, Yusuke Nakagawa, Haruhiko Abe, Yasunori Ueda, Kunihiko Nagai, Masamichi Yano, Masami Nishino, Jun Tanouchi, Yoh Arita, Shinji Hasegawa, Takamaru Ishizu, Minoru Ichikawa, Yuzuru Takano, Eisai Rin, Tetsuya Watanabe, Shiro Hoshida, Masahiro Izumi, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroyasu Kato, Kazuhiro Nakatani, Mayu Nishio, Keiji Hirooka, Takahiro Yoshimura, Akihiro Tani, Yasushi Okumoto, Yasunaka Makino, Katsuomi Iwakura, Yoshiyuki Kijima, Takashi Kitao, Masashi Fujita, Koichiro Harada, Masahiro Kumada, Osamu Nakagawa, Ryo Araki, Takayuki Yamada, Fusako Sera, Kei Nakamoto, Hidetaka Kioka, Tomohito Ohtani, Nobuyuki Ogasawara, Yukinori Shinoda, Koichi Tachibana, Yohei Sotomi, Taiki Sato, Yuji Yasuga, Toshinari Onishi, Kazunori Kashiwase, Ryu Shutta, Masahiro Seo, Yuki Matsuoka, Yasuhiro Akazawa, Daisuke Sakamoto

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Diastolic Cardiac Function Improvement by Liraglutide Is Mainly Body Weight Reduction Dependent but Independently Contributes to B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Reduction in Patients wi... by Kunimasa Yagi, Teruhiko Imamura, Hayato Tada, Daisuke Chujo, Jianhui Liu, Yuuki Shima, Azusa Ohbatake, Yukiko Miyamoto, Satoko Okazaki, Naoko Ito, Kaoru Nakano, Masataka Shikata, Asako Enkaku, Akiko Takikawa, Hisae Honoki, Shiho Fujisaka, Hideki Origasa, Kazuyuki Tobe

“…This trial is registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network in Japan, with clinical trial registration number: UMIN000005565.…”
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Suture Granuloma Showing False-Positive Findings on FDG-PET by Kohei Takahara, Hiroaki Kakinoki, Saya Ikoma, Kazuma Udo, Shohei Tobu, Yuji Satoh, Yuji Tokuda, Mitsuru Noguchi, Shigehisa Aoki, Jiro Uozumi

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Influence of Thermodynamic Effect on Blade Load in a Cavitating Inducer by Kengo Kikuta, Noriyuki Shimiya, Tomoyuki Hashimoto, Mitsuru Shimagaki, Hideaki Nanri, Yoshiki Yoshida

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A Case of Segmental Arterial Mediolysis Presenting as Mucosal Gastric Hematoma by Shunsuke Sakuraba, Hajime Orita, Shuhei Ueda, Satoshi Tokuda, Tomoaki Ito, Tomoyuki Kushida, Mutsumi Sakurada, Hiroshi Maekawa, Ryo Wada, Koichi Sato

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Noninvasive Demonstration of Dual Coronary Artery Fistulas to Main Pulmonary Artery with 64-Slice Multidetector-Computed Tomography: A Case Report by Yoshiki Noda, Ryo Matsutera, Yoshinori Yasuoka, Haruhiko Abe, Hidenori Adachi, Susumu Hattori, Ryo Araki, Takahiro Imanaka, Motohiro Kosugi, Tatsuya Sasaki

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Mycobacterium goodii pulmonary disease with organizing pneumonia: A case report and review of literature by Yu Shionoya, Hajime Kasai, Reiya Kono, Ryutaro Hirama, Masayuki Ota, Akira Naito, Mitsuhiro Abe, Takeshi Kawasaki, Jun‐ichiro Ikeda, Takuji Suzuki

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Ectopic Pancreas in the Stomach Successfully Resected by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Masaya Iwamuro, Takao Tsuzuki, Shogen Ohya, Hiroyuki Okada, Takehiro Tanaka, Keisuke Hori, Masahide Kita, Seiji Kawano, Yoshiro Kawahara, Kazuhide Yamamoto

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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Limited Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab for Arthritis and Concomitant Generalized Lymphadenopathy and Primary Bi... by Eiko Saito, Shinji Sato, Shinichi Nogi, Noriko Sasaki, Naofumi Chinen, Kiri Honda, Takayuki Wakabayashi, Chiho Yamada, Naoya Nakamura, Yasuo Suzuki

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Live-cell metabolic analyzer protocol for measuring glucose and lactate metabolic changes in human cells by Kenji Miki, Mikako Yagi, Ko Igami, Hiroki Kittaka, Akito Tani, Natsuki Horiuchi, Satoshi Fukumoto, Koji Yoshimoto, Takeshi Uchiumi

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A Case of Cavitary Lung Metastasis From Prostate Cancer by Shinnosuke Ohnaka, Mayumi Aoyama, Rino Arai, Saya Hattori, Yusuke Kubo, Shugo Suzuki, Toshihiro Yoshimura, Akinori Ebihara, Toshiaki Morikawa, Hidenobu Shigemitsu, Ichiro Kuwahira

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A Case of Hypocalcemia with Severe Vitamin D Deficiency following Treatment for Graves’ Disease with Methimazole by Kazuyuki Miyashita, Tetsuyuki Yasuda, Hideaki Kaneto, Akio Kuroda, Tetsuhiro Kitamura, Michio Otsuki, Yasuyuki Okamoto, Noboru Hamada, Munehide Matsuhisa, Iichiro Shimomura

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Malignant Lymphoma in the Psoas Major Muscle by Nobuhiro Akuzawa, Takashi Hatori, Aya Takase, Jun Aoki, Shinji Sakurai, Masahiko Kurabayashi

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Brain Metastasis Mimicking Brain Abscess in ALK-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Toshio Sakatani, Hidenori Kage, Shunsaku Takayanagi, Kaoru Watanabe, Yoshihisa Hiraishi, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Shota Tanaka, Tetsuo Ushiku, Nobuhito Saito, Takahide Nagase

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A Surgical Treatment for Adult Muscular Torticollis by Song Ho Chang, Seiji Ohtori, Akihiko Okawa, Koui Kawamura, Hiroshi Saiki, Izumi Nakada, Takashi Shimada, Junichi Nakamura, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Hiroshi Sugiyama

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Identification of Adamkiewicz artery by 4D flow MRI and intra-arterial ultra-high-resolution CT angiography in preoperative assessment of patients with chronic aortic dissection: A... by Satoshi Higuchi, MD, PhD, Yuta Sato, MD, Hideki Ota, MD, PhD, Ryuichi Mori, RT, Yuki Ichinoseki, RT, Hitoshi Nemoto, RT, Shingo Kayano, RT, Kiichiro Kumagai, MD, PhD, Yoshikatsu Saiki, MD, PhD, Kei Takase, MD, PhD

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Clinical Features of Miller-Fisher Syndrome in Pregnancy by Masanori Ono, Hideki Sato, Mayu Shirahashi, Noriko Tomioka, Julia Maeda, Keiko Watanabe, Tomoko Amagata, Toshiyuki Ikeda, Kazumi Yakubo, Tatsuro Fukuiya

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