Change in Reciprocal Inhibition of the Forearm with Motor Imagery among Patients with Chronic Stroke by Michiyuki Kawakami, Kohei Okuyama, Yoko Takahashi, Miho Hiramoto, Atsuko Nishimura, Junichi Ushiba, Toshiyuki Fujiwara, Meigen Liu

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Association of Apolipoprotein E Polymorphisms and Risks of Ischemic Stroke in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Na Wang, Qian Liu, Hui Liu, Xiao Cong, Hui Yang, Yang Yu, Yongtong Cao, Liang Ma

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Collagen V Is a Potential Substrate for Clostridial Collagenase G in Pancreatic Islet Isolation by Hiroki Shima, Akiko Inagaki, Takehiro Imura, Youhei Yamagata, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuhiko Igarashi, Masafumi Goto, Kazutaka Murayama

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Real-time simulation comparison of the impact of inertia on grid following and grid forming inverter IGBT lifetime by Sunjoh Christian Verbe, Keigo Higashiura, Md. Amit Hasan, Ryuto Shigenobu, Akiko Takahashi, Masakazu Ito, Hisao Taoka

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Thoracoscopic Surgery in a Patient with Multiple Esophageal Carcinomas after Surgery for Esophageal Achalasia by Yuki Yamasaki, Tomoya Tsukada, Tatsuya Aoki, Yusuke Haba, Katsuhisa Hirano, Toshifumi Watanabe, Masahide Kaji, Koichi Shimizu

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Improvement of Renal Function by Long-Term Sustained Eculizumab Treatment in a Patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria by Haruhiko Ninomiya, Naoshi Obara, Akiko Niiori-Onishi, Yasuhisa Yokoyama, Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, Yuichi Hasegawa, Shigeru Chiba

“…We administered eculizumab to a patient with PNH, who was one of 29 patients enrolled in the AEGIS clinical trial, an open-label study of eculizumab in Japan. The patient was complicated by stage 3 CKD with impaired estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), at grade G3b, and had obvious proteinuria (2-3+, 1-2 g/day). …”
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A girl with intragenic variants in MARS2 and a chondrodysplasia phenotype by Hiroyuki Iijima, Yuko Tsujioka, Yoshiyuki Tsutsumi, Gen Nishimura, Yasushi Okazaki, Kei Murayama, Mitsuru Kubota, Akira Ohtake

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Giant Protruding Nodular Fasciitis of the Anterior Chest Wall Clinically Mimicking a Soft Tissue Sarcoma by Hideyuki Kinoshita, Tsukasa Yonemoto, Hiroto Kamoda, Yoko Hagiwara, Toshinori Tsukanishi, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Naoya Hirosawa, Seiji Ohtori, Takeshi Ishii

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Effect of delayed sea ice retreat on zooplankton communities in the Pacific Arctic Ocean: a generalized dissimilarity modeling approach by Yuya Hibino, Kohei Matsuno, Kohei Matsuno, Amane Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Abe, Nanami Hosoda, Motoyo Itoh, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Atsushi Yamaguchi

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Usefulness of 3-Dimensional Flexible Endoscopy in Esophageal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection in an Ex Vivo Animal Model by Kazutoshi Higuchi, Mitsuru Kaise, Hiroto Noda, Go Ikeda, Teppei Akimoto, Hiroshi Yamawaki, Osamu Goto, Nobue Ueki, Seiji Futagami, Katsuhiko Iwakiri

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Effect of sleep quality on the severity of perimenstrual symptoms in Japanese female students: a cross-sectional, online survey by Yukio Urabe, Makoto Komiya, Noriaki Maeda, Satoshi Arima, Tsubasa Tashiro, Rami Mizuta, Sakura Oda, Takaaki Nagasawa, Koichi Naito

“…Objectives To investigate the relationship between sleep quality and perimenstrual symptoms among Japanese female students.Design Observational, cross-sectional, online surveySetting We used an online questionnaire to collate responses from Japanese female students on sleep quality and perimenstrual symptoms.Participants A total of 298 female students aged 18–25 years in Japan were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures The Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) was used to assess the severity of perimenstrual symptoms for three periods—premenstrual, menstrual and postmenstrual—and the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess sleep quality. …”
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Genome-resolved year-round dynamics reveal a broad range of giant virus microdiversity by Yue Fang, Lingjie Meng, Jun Xia, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keizo Nagasaki, Hisashi Endo, Yusuke Okazaki, Hiroyuki Ogata

“…In this study, we performed deep metagenomic sequencing of seawater samples collected across a time-series from a coastal area in Japan. The results revealed a significant positive correlation between microdiversity and temporal persistence of giant virus populations, suggesting that population structure is a crucial factor for adaptation and survival in the interactions with their hosts.…”
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A Case of Nasopharyngeal Mycobacteriosis with Bony Erosion of the External Skull Base by Kohei Matsuo, Satoshi Tanaka, Masayuki Sakata, Hiroki Takeda, Akihiro Nagata, Masashi Mori, Rie Ito, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Kiyonobu Ueno, Atsuhiko Uno

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Non-Invasive Detection of Tumors by Volatile Organic Compounds in Urine by Tomoaki Hara, Sikun Meng, Yasuko Arao, Yoshiko Saito, Kana Inoue, Aya Hasan Alshammari, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Eric di Luccio, Andrea Vecchione, Takaaki Hirotsu, Hideshi Ishii

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Undetermined Ruptured Low‐Grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm Following High‐Energy Blunt Abdominal Trauma Requiring Emergency Laparotomy by Ippei Matsuo, Tetsuya Yumoto, Akari Tsuji, Ryo Tanabe, Toshihisa Matsumura, Mikoto Shimabara, Masaaki Akai, Shoji Takagi, Hiromichi Naito, Atsunori Nakao

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Novel Mechanisms Modulating Palmitate-Induced Inflammatory Factors in Hypertrophied 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by AMPK by Naru Morita, Toshio Hosaka, Atsuko Kitahara, Toshitaka Murashima, Hirohisa Onuma, Yoshikazu Sumitani, Kazuto Takahashi, Toshiaki Tanaka, Takuma Kondo, Hitoshi Ishida

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Mediation effects of subjective social status and personality traits between childhood nurturing experiences and depressive symptoms in adult volunteers by Yuki Nakagawa, Miki Ono, Chihiro Morishita, Mina Honyashiki, Yu Tamada, Yota Fujimura, Shinji Higashi, Naoki Hashimoto, Takeshi Inoue, Jiro Masuya

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Hydrogen Supplementation of Preservation Solution Improves Viability of Osteochondral Grafts by Takuya Yamada, Kentaro Uchida, Kenji Onuma, Jun Kuzuno, Masanobu Ujihira, Gen Inoue, Bunpei Sato, Ryosuke Kurokawa, Rina Sakai, Masashi Takaso

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Effects of switching from MiniMed™ 640G to 770G on continuous glucose monitoring metrics and DTR‐QOL scores: An observational study of Japanese people with type 1 diabetes mellitus... by Toshiki Kogai, Junko Sato, Haruna Yasuda, Tatsuhiro Ayame, Azusa Ozaki, Eri Takagi, Mami Koshibu, Yuya Nishida, Fuki Ikeda, Hirotaka Watada

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Polyglycolic Acid Felt Sealing Method for Prevention of Bleeding Related to Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection in Patients Taking Antithrombotic Agents by Hiroko Fukuda, Naoyuki Yamaguchi, Hajime Isomoto, Kayoko Matsushima, Hitomi Minami, Yuko Akazawa, Ken Ohnita, Fuminao Takeshima, Saburo Shikuwa, Kazuhiko Nakao

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