Relationship between Ca2+ and cAMP as second messengers in ACTH-induced cortisol production in bovine adrenal fasciculata cells by Masahiko Kutsukake, Naoko Kuwabara, Yoshikazu Miyate, Kenzo Kudo, Shoko Goto, Eiichi Taira, Eiichi Tachikawa

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Impact of a Novel Oblique-Tip Papillotome for Biliary Cannulation during ERCP: A Nonrandomized Coarsened Exact Matching Study by Hiroo Imazu, Shiaw-Hooi Ho, Shoryoku Hino, Khean-Lee Goh, Mitsuhiko Moriyama, Kazuki Sumiyama, Hisao Tajiri

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Ryuzo Mikimoto and the Ruskin ‘Relics’ Exhibitions of 1926, 1931 and 1933 by Haruka Miki

“…One of the foremost Japanese Ruskinians, Ryuzo Mikimoto (1893–1971), held a Ruskin exhibition in Tokyo from 6 to 8 February 1926. Attracting about 2,000 visitors, it was the first exhibition in Japan of the nineteenth-century British art critic and social reformer John Ruskin. …”
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A Case of Early Stage Bladder Carcinosarcoma in Late Recurrence of Urothelial Carcinoma after Transurethral Resection by Daisaku Hirano, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Daigo Funakoshi, Fuminori Sakurai, Shou Ohno, Yoshiaki Kusumi

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PPAR-γ Signaling Crosstalk in Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Ichiro Takada, Alexander P. Kouzmenko, Shigeaki Kato

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Pre-operative antibiotics in patients with acute mild cholecystitis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is it really useful? A systematic review by Camilo Ramírez-Giraldo, Isabella Van-Londoño, Antonio Pesce

“…This approach is generally justified in patients with moderate (Tokyo II) and severe (Tokyo III) acute cholecystitis, where organ dysfunction occurs as a result of the inflammatory or infectious process. …”
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480 MHz 10-tap Clock Generator Using Edge-Combiner DLL for USB 2.0 Applications by Takashi Kawamoto, Kazuhiro Ueda, Takayuki Noto

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Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and Ocular Microcirculation Shown by Laser Speckle Flowgraphy in a Hospital Setting Devoted to Sleep Apnea Syndrome Diagnostics by Tomoaki Shiba, Mao Takahashi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Yuichi Hori

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Rotationplasty with Vascular Reconstruction for Prosthetic Knee Joint Infection by Masahide Fujiki, Shimpei Miyamoto, Fumihiko Nakatani, Akira Kawai, Minoru Sakuraba

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Comfort band for adaptive model based on quadratic regression and probit analysis by Aqilah Naja, Hom Bahadur Rijal, Yoshida Kazui

“…Therefore, a field measurement was conducted at a residential building in Tokyo, Japan for 2 years in order to develop the comfort band by using quadratic regression and probit analysis for the adaptive thermal comfort model. …”
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Ultrathin Variable Aperture Mechanism Utilizing a Micro Flat Motor With a Multipole Ring Magnet by Keita Nagai, Riku Fukazawa, Yu Okawara, Haruhiro Komura, Tadahiko Shinshi

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Insights into the Structures of DNA Damaged by Hydroxyl Radical: Crystal Structures of DNA Duplexes Containing 5-Formyluracil by Masaru Tsunoda, Takeshi Sakaue, Satoko Naito, Tomoko Sunami, Naoko Abe, Yoshihito Ueno, Akira Matsuda, Akio Takénaka

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Remote Detection of the Electric Field Change Induced at the Seismic Wave Front from the Start of Fault Rupturing by Yukio Fujinawa, Kozo Takahashi, Yoichi Noda, Hiroshi Iitaka, Shinobu Yazaki

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Early Detection of Baby-Rain-Cell Aloft in a Severe Storm and Risk Projection for Urban Flash Flood by Eiichi Nakakita, Hiroto Sato, Ryuta Nishiwaki, Hiroyuki Yamabe, Kosei Yamaguchi

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Comparative Quality of Laparoscopic and Open Cholecystectomy in the Elderly Using Propensity Score Matching Analysis by Kazuaki Kuwabara, Shinya Matsuda, Koichi Benjamin Ishikawa, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kenji Fujimori

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Perinatal Management for a Pregnant Woman with an MYH9 Disorder by Yuka Yamashita, Rei Matsuura, Shinji Kunishima, Yoshie Oikawa, Hirotsugu Ariizumi, Shoko Hamada, Nahoko Shirato, Ryu Matsuoka, Kohichi Ogawa, Akihiko Sekizawa

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Brittle crack propagation acceleration in a single crystal of a 3% silicon-Fe alloy by Tomoya Kawbata, Noritaka Nakamura, Shuji Aihara

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Improved plant biomass production under low nitrogen conditions through conditional accumulation of the second messenger, guanosine tetraphosphate, in chloroplasts and mitochondria by Mina Goto, Takanari Nemoto, Kazuma Sakoda, Atsushi Sakurai, Sousuke Imamura, Shinji Masuda

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Assessing the Dark Matter Content of Two Quasar Host Galaxies at z ∼ 6 through Gas Kinematics by Qinyue Fei, John D. Silverman, Seiji Fujimoto, Ran Wang, Luis C. Ho, Manuela Bischetti, Stefano Carniani, Michele Ginolfi, Gareth Jones, Roberto Maiolino, Wiphu Rujopakarn, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Juan M. Espejo Salcedo, L. L. Lee

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Hyperphosphatemic Tumoral Calcinosis after Total Knee Arthroplasty by Takeshi Mochizuki, Katsunori Ikari

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