Scrub Typhus and Influenza A Co-Infection: A Case Report by Chie Yamamoto, Ayano Maruyama, Jun Munakata, Tasuku Matsuyama, Keitaro Furukawa, Ryosuke Hamashima, Motohiko Ogawa, Yuki Hashimoto, Akiko Fukuda, Tohru Inaba, Yoko Nukui

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Self-Monitoring Home Blood Pressure in Community-Dwelling Older People: Age Differences in White-Coat and Masked Phenomena and Related Factors—The SONIC Study by Jinmei Tuo, Kayo Godai, Mai Kabayama, Yuya Akagi, Hiroshi Akasaka, Yoichi Takami, Yasushi Takeya, Koichi Yamamoto, Ken Sugimoto, Saori Yasumoto, Yukie Masui, Yasumichi Arai, Kazunori Ikebe, Yasuyuki Gondo, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Hiromi Rakugi, Kei Kamide

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Longitudinal associations between informal caring, social network, and psychological distress among adolescents and young adults: modelling within-person effects by Miharu Nakanishi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Mai Sakai, Hatsumi Yoshii, Syudo Yamasaki, Atsushi Nishida, Takahiro Tabuchi

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Perceptions and Motivations of Japanese Medical Students Regarding Course Evaluations: A Cultural Perspective by Suzuki S, Imafuku R, Kawakami C, Abe Y, Jego EH, Hidai C, Saiki T

“…Saki Suzuki,1– 3 Rintaro Imafuku,3 Chihiro Kawakami,3 Yuriko Abe,1,2 Eric H Jego,2 Chiaki Hidai,1,2 Takuya Saiki3 1Division of Medical Education, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan; 2Medical Education Center, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan; 3Medical Education Development Center, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, JapanCorrespondence: Saki Suzuki, Division of Medical Education, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan, Tel +81 3 3972 8111, Email suzuki.saki@nihon-u.ac.jpPurpose: Course evaluations are critical for improving educational practices; however, their results can be influenced by various unexpected factors, including cultural values. …”
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Adjuvant treatments for locally advanced differentiated thyroid cancer: a nationwide survey in Japan by Terufumi Kawamoto, Koichi Yasuda, Yoshinori Ito, Sadamoto Zenda, Katsuyuki Sakanaka, Naoto Shikama, Naoki Nakamura, Takashi Mizowaki

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On Robust Assembly of Flexible Flat Cables Combining CAD and Image Based Multiview Pose Estimation and a Multimodal Robotic Gripper by Junbang Liang, Joao Buzzatto, Bryan Busby, Haodan Jiang, Saori Matsunaga, Rintaro Haraguchi, Mariyama Toshisada, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas Liarokapis

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Effectiveness of Steroid Pulse Therapy for Systemic Side Effects after Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Intravesical Instillation Therapy: A Series of Five Cases by Tatsuya Umemoto, Jun Naruse, Yukio Usui, Hidenori Zakoji, Hideshi Miyakita, Akira Miyajima

“…BCG intravesical instillation was used to prevent the recurrence of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer and treat CIS of the bladder; the dose used was 40–80 mg each time, and the Tokyo strain was used. The patients developed fever, impaired consciousness, arthralgia, conjunctival hyperemia, and symptoms of cystitis. …”
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The Diverse Binding Modes Explain the Nanomolar Levels of Inhibitory Activities Against 1-Deoxy-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">d</span>-Xylulose 5-Phosphate Reductoisomeras... by Sana Takada, Mona A. Abdullaziz, Stefan Höfmann, Talea Knak, Shin-ichiro Ozawa, Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Thomas Kurz, Nobutada Tanaka

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Definition, criteria, and core concepts of guidelines for the management of obesity disease in Japan by Wataru Ogawa, Yushi Hirota, Shigeru Miyazaki, Tadashi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Iichiro Shimomura, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Koutaro Yokote, on behalf of the Creation Committee for Guidelines for the Management of Obesity Disease 2022 by Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO)

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Health utility value of overactive bladder in Japanese older adults by Takashi Yoshioka, Kenji Omae, Satoshi Funada, Tetsuji Minami, Rei Goto

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Incomplete human reference genomes can drive false sex biases and expose patient-identifying information in metagenomic data by Caitlin Guccione, Lucas Patel, Yoshihiko Tomofuji, Daniel McDonald, Antonio Gonzalez, Gregory D. Sepich-Poore, Kyuto Sonehara, Mohsen Zakeri, Yang Chen, Amanda Hazel Dilmore, Neil Damle, Sergio E. Baranzini, George Hightower, Teruaki Nakatsuji, Richard L. Gallo, Ben Langmead, Yukinori Okada, Kit Curtius, Rob Knight

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Response to the letter of Midorikawa et al by Hideto Takahashi, Seiji Yasumura, Kunihiko Takahashi, Tetsuya Ohira, Hiroki Shimura, Hitoshi Ohto, Satoru Suzuki, Shinichi Suzuki, Tetsuo Ishikawa, Satoshi Suzuki, Enbo Ma, Masanori Nagao, Susumu Yokoya, Kenji Kamiya

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G-quadruplex-forming small RNA inhibits coronavirus and influenza A virus replication by Ryoya Sekine, Kouki Takeda, Tsukasa Suenaga, Satsuki Tsuno, Takumi Kaiya, Maki Kiso, Seiya Yamayoshi, Yoshihide Takaku, Shiho Ohno, Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Seiichi Nishizawa, Kazuhiro Sumitomo, Kazufumi Ikuta, Teru Kanda, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Hidekazu Nishimura, Shusuke Kuge

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Esophageal perforation and epidural emphysema as complications of nasogastric tube placement by Yusuke Ito, Junki Mizumoto

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Innovations in Communications Security by Mazdak Zamani, Isao Echizen, Arash Habibi Lashkari

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International perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps by Silvia Corbera, Matthew M. Kurtz, Amélie M. Achim, Giulia Agostoni, Isabelle Amado, Michal Assaf, Stefano Barlati, Margherita Bechi, Roberto Cavallaro, Satoru Ikezawa, Hiroki Okano, Ryo Okubo, Rafael Penadés, Takashi Uchino, Antonio Vita, Yuji Yamada, Morris D Bell

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Local Recurrence of Rectal Cancer After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision and Risk Factors: A Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study in Japan by Takeru Matsuda, MD, PhD, Ichiro Takemasa, MD, PhD, Hideki Endo, MD, MPH, Shinichiro Mori, MD, PhD, Suguru Hasegawa, MD, PhD, Koya Hida, MD, PhD, Takuya Tokunaga, MD, PhD, Keitaro Tanaka, MD, PhD, Toshiki Mukai, MD, PhD, Jun Watanabe, MD, PhD, Junichiro Kawamura, MD, PhD, Kei Kimura, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Kakeji, MD, PhD, Masahiko Watanabe, MD, PhD, Seiichiro Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Takeshi Naitoh, MD, PhD, Ta-Ta-Mi study group collaboratives in Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

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Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on medical practice in endocrine and metabolic diseases in Japan: a nationwide surveillance study conducted by the Japan Endocrine Society by Katsunori Manaka, Sayaka Kato, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hajime Yamakage, Tsugumi Uema, Shiori Kawai, Megumi Shibata, Izumi Hiratsuka, Sawako Nakachi, Takeshi Onoue, Takefumi Tsuchiya, Michiaki Fukui, Koshi Hashimoto, Atsushi Suzuki, Noriko Makita, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Arima, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Hiroaki Masuzaki

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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with chondroblastoma undergoing surgery with various adjuvant procedures: a retrospective study of 59 cases by Toru Hirozane, Tetsuya Sekita, Eisuke Kobayashi, Tomoaki Mori, Naofumi Asano, Toru Udaka, Takashi Tajima, Rumi Nakagawa, Kazutaka Kikuta, Akira Yoshiyama, Hideo Morioka, Itsuo Watanabe, Ukei Anazawa, Michiro Susa, Keisuke Horiuchi, Yoshihisa Suzuki, Takeshi Morii, Robert Nakayama

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Difference in Antibody Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens in Japanese Tuberculosis Patients Infected with the Beijing/Non-Beijing Genotype by Jingge Zhao, Beata Shiratori, Masao Okumura, Hideki Yanai, Makoto Matsumoto, Chie Nakajima, Kazue Mizuno, Kenji Ono, Tetsuya Oda, Haorile Chagan-Yasutan, Yugo Ashino, Takashi Matsuba, Takashi Yoshiyama, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Toshio Hattori

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