Nerve Growth Factor Regulation by TNF-α and IL-1β in Synovial Macrophages and Fibroblasts in Osteoarthritic Mice by Shotaro Takano, Kentaro Uchida, Masayuki Miyagi, Gen Inoue, Hisako Fujimaki, Jun Aikawa, Dai Iwase, Atsushi Minatani, Kazuya Iwabuchi, Masashi Takaso

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Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes by Takashi Kubo, Yasushi Ino, Takashi Tanimoto, Hironori Kitabata, Atsushi Tanaka, Takashi Akasaka

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Study on the Correlation of Vibration Properties and Crack Index in the Health Assessment of Tunnel Lining by Xuezhen Wu, Yujing Jiang, Kusaba Masaya, Tetsuya Taniguchi, Takahide Yamato

“…The resultant average spectrum (RAS) of tunnel lining was identified according to the acceleration data of ambient vibration test of Hidake Tunnel in Japan. The tunnel lining crack index (TCI) was also obtained by digital visual inspection test. …”
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Damage on a Solid–Liquid Interface Induced by the Dynamical Behavior of Injected Gas Bubbles in Flowing Mercury by Hiroyuki Kogawa, Takashi Wakui, Masatoshi Futakawa

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Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Localized Ureter Transitional Cell Carcinoma: Three Case Reports by Yoshiyasu Maehata, Kengo Kuriyama, Shinichi Aoki, Masayuki Araya, Kan Marino, Hiroshi Onishi

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A Foreign Body Granuloma of the Buccal Mucosa Induced by Honeybee Sting by Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yohei Nakayama, Yumiko Matsusue, Miyako Kurihara, Takahiro Yagyuu, Tadaaki Kirita

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Primary Diaphragmatic Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma in a Young Female Patient after Delivery by Shinya Sakata, Chieko Yoshida, Sho Saeki, Susumu Hirosako, Hidenori Ichiyasu, Hirotsugu Kohrogi

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Electro‐Oxidative Extraction of Methanol from Lignin Using a Three‐Dimensional Graphite Anode by Zichun Xiong, Kazuyo Kobayashi, Aki Miyawaki, Shinya Teranishi, Yoshiharu Sawada, Takashi Hibino

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A review on inverse analysis models in steel material design by Yoshitaka Adachi, Ta‐Te Chen, Fei Sun, Daichi Maruyama, Kengo Sawai, Yoshihito Fukatsu, Zhi‐Lei Wang

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A Case of the Nutcracker Syndrome Developed after Delivery by Koji Tsumura, Kanae Yoshida, Sachi Yamamoto, Sayuri Takahashi, Katsuyuki Iida, Yutaka Enomoto

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Color Standardization Method and System for Whole Slide Imaging Based on Spectral Sensing by Shinsuke Tani, Yasuhiro Fukunaga, Saori Shimizu, Munenori Fukunishi, Kensuke Ishii, Kosei Tamiya

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Defensive Nymphs of the Woolly Aphid Thoracaphis kashifolia (Hemiptera) on the Oak Quercus glauca by Utako Kurosu, Shigeyuki Aoki, Keigo Uematsu, Mayako Kutsukake, Takema Fukatsu

“…Aphid nymphs with enlarged fore- and mid-legs were found from woolly colonies of Thoracaphis kashifolia (Hormaphidinae, Nipponaphidini) on leaves of the evergreen Quercus glauca in Japan. It was shown that they grasped an introduced moth larva with their legs and some inserted their stylets deep into the body. …”
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Combination of Carbon Dioxide Angiography and Outback® Elite for Revascularization of a Patient with Renal Insufficiency with Bilateral Femoropopliteal Chronic Total Occlusions by Yuhei Nojima, Shinsuke Nanto, Hidenori Adachi, Madoka Ihara, Tetsuya Kurimoto

“…A new reentry device (Outback Elite) system has been available in Japan since June 2016. This new device enables easier treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the lower extremities. …”
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Accidental Oral Injuries by Electric Toothbrush: A Report of Three Cases by Miki Yamada, Shunsuke Hino, Satoshi Nakamura, Yosuke Iijima, Takahiro Kaneko, Norio Horie

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Stress Fracture of the Hamate Hook in a Water Polo Player by Hana Ueda, Shunpei Hama, Masataka Yasuda, Kenta Minato, Masahiro Miyashita, Kishik Shin

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Fine-tuning SLE treatment: the potential of selective TYK2 inhibition by Yoshiya Tanaka, Shingo Nakayamada, Yurie Satoh-Kanda

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Microstructure dependence of fatigue crack propagation behavior in wrought magnesium alloy by S. Morita, S. Fujiwara, T. Hori, N. Hattori, H. Somekawa, T. Mayama

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Fatigue Status in Relation to Lifestyle in Healthy Japanese Adolescents by Ning Zou, Masaru Kubota, Eriko Kuruma, Chiaki Kojima, Ayako Nagai

“…This paper is the first large cross-sectional study on fatigue in healthy adolescents in Japan, albeit there were numerous such studies in Western countries.…”
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Percutaneous Discectomy—Continuous Irrigation and Drainage for Tuberculous Lumbar Spondylitis: A Report of Two Cases by Sei Shibuya, Satoshi Komatsubara, Tetsuji Yamamoto, Nobuo Arima, Yoshiaki Kanda, Shiro Oka

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Pure Primary Ovarian Squamous Cell Carcinoma Perforating the Rectum by Kazuya Mimura, Aiko Okada, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Kenjiro Sawada, Takuji Tomimatsu, Tadashi Kimura

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