The Impact of Hyperbolic Discounting on Asset Accumulation for Later Life: A Study of Active Investors Aged 65 Years and over in Japan by Honoka Nabeshima, Sumeet Lal, Haruka Izumi, Yuzuha Himeno, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya

“…Moreover, prior research has overlooked the varying impacts of hyperbolic discounting across different wealth levels. This study addresses these gaps by analyzing data from 6709 active Japanese investors aged over 65 (2023 wave) using probit regression. …”
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Prospective observational study to evaluate the feasibility of the mobile app for mild cognitive impairment detection and screening by Reo Hamaguchi, Seiji Hongo, Naoto Doi, Hisamitsu Ide, Ryozo Saito, Junji Kishimoto, Nobuhiro Handa, Shigeo Horie

“…(Minato-ku, Tokyo), is an original tool inspired by the Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-J). …”
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Human-Gorilla and Gorilla-Human: Dynamics of Human-animal boundaries and interethnic relationships in the central African rainforest by Takanori Oishi

“…This paper is a revised version of a book chapter published by Oishi, in Japanese in 2012.…”
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Extensive Bone Lengthening for a Patient with Linear Morphea by Kenichi Mishima, Hiroshi Kitoh, Masaki Matsushita, Tadashi Nagata, Yasunari Kamiya, Naoki Ishiguro

“…Fibrosclerosis of the fasciae and muscles can spread across joints and impair the range of motion of the joint. …”
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Demographic Trends in Korean Native Cattle Explained Using Bovine SNP50 Beadchip by Aditi Sharma, Dajeong Lim, Han-Ha Chai, Bong-Hwan Choi, Yongmin Cho

“…Average distance between SNP pairs was 1.14 Mb across all breeds. Average r2 between adjacent SNP pairs ranged between was 0.1 for Yanbian to 0.3 for Qinchuan. …”
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Soviet Politics and Diplomacy in the Far East: Strategies and Alliances on the Eve of and During World War II by Yu. A. Dubinin

“…This phase also witnessed the 1929 conflict on the Chinese Eastern Railway and culminated in the reestablishment of Sino-Soviet relations, all set against the backdrop of escalating Japanese aggression in Northeastern China (Manchuria). …”
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Hispanic Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis Sustain Health Inequalities by Armando S. Martinez, David Momtaz, Travis Kotzur, Alexandra McLennan, Abdullah Ghali, Farhan Ahmad, Ebubechi Adindu, Alan C. Santiago-Rodriquez, Ali Seifi, Brian Smith

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Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Tobacco and Nicotine Product Use since the Introduction of Heated Tobacco Products in Japan: Wave 2 by Prasad Krishna, Shetty Mandara, Edward Lauren, Kanitscheider Claudia, Marczykowski Felix

“…These findings are consistent across pilot and Wave 1 conducted in Japan as part of this survey programme. …”
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Word Processing Is Faster than Picture Processing in Alzheimer’s Disease by Kenichi Meguro, Yumi Takahashi, Masahiro Nakatsuka, Jiro Oonuma, Keiichi Kumai, Mari Kasai, Satoshi Yamaguchi

“…In this study, we studied access disorder in patients with AD by the use of object difference (pictures vs words) methods. …”
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Introduction of Vector-Borne Infections in Europe: Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Pathogens with Potential Impact on One Health by Jacopo Logiudice, Maria Alberti, Andrea Ciccarone, Benedetta Rossi, Giorgio Tiecco, Maria Antonia De Francesco, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan

“…Therefore, it is important to have integrated strategies that combine climate modeling, disease surveillance, and public health interventions to address expected changes in disease patterns due to global changes. …”
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Predicting the infecting dengue serotype from antibody titre data using machine learning. by Bethan Cracknell Daniels, Darunee Buddhari, Taweewun Hunsawong, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Aaron R Farmer, Derek A T Cummings, Kathryn B Anderson, Ilaria Dorigatti

“…The plaque reduction neutralisation test (PRNT) is the gold standard assay for measuring serotype-specific antibodies, but this test cannot differentiate homotypic and heterotypic antibodies and characterising the infection history is challenging. To address this, we present an analysis of pre- and post-infection antibody titres measured using the PRNT, collected from a prospective cohort of Thai children. …”
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Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the internal consistency of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) by comparing BFI (44 items) and BFI-2 (60 items) versions controlling for age,... by Waqar Husain, Areen Jamal Haddad, Muhammad Ahmad Husain, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Khaled Trabelsi, Achraf Ammar, Zahra Saif, Amir Pakpour, Haitham Jahrami

“…Apart from its utilization across cultures, the literature did not reveal any meta-analysis for the reliability of the different versions of the BFI and its translations. …”
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Pembrolizumab and Pemetrexed for Older Patients With Nonsquamous NSCLC and Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1 Tumor Proportion Scores of Less Than 50% by Yoshihito Kogure, MD, PhD, Hiroya Hashimoto, PhD, Haruko Daga, MD, PhD, Yasushi Fukuda, MD, Akihiro Bessho, MD, PhD, Tadaaki Yamada, MD, PhD, Yukihiro Toi, MD, Tomoki Kimura, MD, PhD, Hiroshige Yoshioka, MD, PhD, Koichi Azuma, MD, PhD, Naoki Furuya, MD, PhD, Yasutaka Fukui, MD, PhD, Akiko M. Saito, MD, PhD, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Hideo Saka, MD, Masashi Kondo, MD, PhD

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Analysis of the NUPEC PSBT Tests with FLICA-OVAP by Matteo Bucci, Philippe Fillion

“…The experimental tests herein addressed involve void fraction distributions and boiling crisis phenomena in rod bundles with uniform and nonuniform heat flux conditions. …”
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The Linguistic Landscape of Popular Culture: Analyzing Military Speech in Manga by Ioana Ruxandra Toșu

“… This study investigates Japanese popular culture, focusing on manga as a central cultural product that offers rich narrative and visual content that reflects both universal and culturally specific themes. …”
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Phosphorus Dynamics in Managed and Natural Soils: SEM-PLS Analysis of <i>Vaccinium</i>, Forest, and Grassland Ecosystems by Chun Lu, Soh Sugihara, Satoshi Noma, Haruo Tanaka, Ryosuke Tajima, Shingo Matsumoto, Dai Hirose, Xueyan Zhang, Ning Wang, Takuya Ban

“…In deeper soil layers, pH facilitates phosphorus mobilization from NLP pools, with effects varying across fractions. Long-term studies on Japanese <i>Vaccinium</i> soils reveal that pH and electrical conductivity (EC) management significantly promote NLP-to-LP conversion, primarily through NaOH-Po, thereby improving phosphorus use efficiency. …”
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Radiographic Features of Spinal Meningioma and Schwannoma: A Novel Specific Feature―Ginkgo Leaf Sign by Yu Toda, Masashi Miyazaki, Takaomi Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Egashira, Deokcheol Lee, Hideaki Hamanaka, Shigeo Ueda, Hiromu Yoshizato, Masatsugu Tsukamoto, Tomohito Yoshihara, Hirohito Hirata, Hiroaki Konishi, Tatsuya Tanaka, Koji Otani, Masaaki Mawatari, Tadatsugu Morimoto

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Prediction of fish (Coilia nasus) catch using spatiotemporal environmental variables and random forest model in a highly turbid macrotidal estuary by Vishal Singh Rawat, Gubash Azhikodan, Katsuhide Yokoyama

“…This study aims to predict the catch per unit effort (CPUE) of the Japanese Grenadier Anchovy (Coilia nasus) in the Chikugo River estuary by analyzing an extensive dataset of hourly fish catches and environmental variables through Random Forest (RF) models. …”
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Knowledge, behaviour and attitudes towards Chagas disease among the Bolivian migrant population living in Japan: a cross-sectional study by Chris Smith, Kenji Hirayama, Nguyen Tien Huy, Inés María Iglesias Rodríguez, Dao Huy Manh, Tieu Minh Thuan, Hugo Alberto Justiniano, Sachio Miura, George Ito

“…The barriers encountered in care-seeking behaviour were language, the migration process and difficulties to access the healthcare system.Conclusion EA with an integrative approach is useful to increase the knowledge of CD within the Bolivian migrant population living in Japan. …”
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Seasonal trends of pyogenic spondylodiscitis in Japan: a nationwide inpatient database study by Takayuki Motoyoshi, Takahisa Ogawa, Kazuyuki Fukushima, Satoshi Kutsuna, Haggai Schermann, Kiyohide Fushimi, Toshitaka Yoshii

“…Methods: We performed a retrospective nationwide study using data from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) inpatient database, covering the period from 2010 to 2022. …”
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