Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo by Matthew Allen, Rumi Sakamoto

“…As we will see, the marketability and desirability of American sushi in Japan comes primarily from its symbolic (that is, fetishised) value (we will discuss this in some detail later).Before examining American sushi, however, it is important to locate this phenomenon within the historical context of sushi both in Japan and its expansion to the rest of the world, especially to the United States.…”
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Nicotinic α7 receptors on cholinergic neurons in the striatum mediate cocaine-reinforcement, but not food reward by Michael Fritz, Michael Fritz, Michael Fritz, Priscila Batista Rosa, Daniel Wilhelms, Daniel Wilhelms, Maarit Jaarola, Johan Ruud, David Engblom, Anna M. Klawonn, Anna M. Klawonn, Anna M. Klawonn, Anna M. Klawonn

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Experimental identification of I-mode characteristics at the edge of FIRE mode in KSTAR by Chweeho Heo, SangJin Park, GyungJin Choi, Jaewook Kim, Eun-jin Kim, YoungMu Jeon, Minjun J. Choi, Hyunsun Han, Choongki Sung, TaikSoo Hahm, Yong-Su Na

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Awake brain MRSI reveals anesthetic sensitivity and regional aging effects on [13C]bicarbonate metabolism in mice by Maiko Ono, Rena Kono, Kosei Hirata, Kosei Hirata, Keita Saito, Motonao Nakao, Yoichi Takakusagi, Rikita Araki, Akira Sumiyoshi, Yuhei Takado

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Childhood overweight and obesity and back pain risk: a cohort study of 466 997 children by Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Andrew J Carr, Antony J Palmer, Talita Duarte-Salles, Jose Luis Poveda, Daniel Martinez-Laguna, Carlen Reyes, Jeroen de Bont, Alan Silman

“…Models were adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status and nationality.Participants Children seen at age 4 years at paediatric primary care clinics between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2013 and followed up until 31 December 2016 or age 15 years.Outcome measures Incident back pain registered by paediatricians at primary care using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems, 10th Edition code M54.Results 466 997 children were followed for a median 5.0 years (IQR 5.1). …”
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The pattern and burden of non-communicable diseases in armed conflict-exposed populations in Northeastern Nigeria by Roland I. Stephen, Jennifer A. Tyndall, Jamiu S. Olumoh, Malachy I. Okeke, Jacob A. Dunga, Tonde G. Elijah, Dillys M. Bello, Oyelola A. Adegboye, Jimmy A. Reyes

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One-year outcomes of elderly acute cholecystitis patients by index treatment by Núria Lluís, Celia Villodre, Celia Villodre, Lucía Guilabert, Lucía Guilabert, Isabel de Castro, Isabel de Castro, Pedro Zapater, Pedro Zapater, Pedro Zapater, Pedro Zapater, Belén Martínez, Belén Martínez, José R. Aparicio, José R. Aparicio, Fèlix Lluís, Enrique de-Madaria, Enrique de-Madaria, Enrique de-Madaria

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Application of Infrared Thermography and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Over a Decade (2013–2024) by Jahmunah Vicnesh, Massimo Salvi, Yuki Hagiwara, Hah Yan Yee, Hasan Mir, Prabal Datta Barua, Subrata Chakraborty, Filippo Molinari, U. Rajendra Acharya

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Fault tolerant & priority basis task offloading and scheduling model for IoT logistics by Asif Umer, Mushtaq Ali, Ali Daud, Lal Hussain, Amal Bukhari, Ali Imran Jehangiri

“…Dynamic re-clustering fault tolerance mechanisms are utilized to manage task failures after offloading. …”
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Neutrophils restricted contribution of CCRL2 genetic variants to COVID-19 severity by Mattia Laffranchi, Elvezia Maria Paraboschi, Francisco Bianchetto-Aguilera, Nicola Tamassia, Sara Gasperini, Elisa Gardiman, Arianna Piserà, Annalisa Del Prete, Pietro Invernizzi, Angela Gismondi, Alberto Mantovani, Marco A. Cassatella, Rosanna Asselta, Silvano Sozzani

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RadBone: bone toxicity following pelvic radiotherapy – a prospective randomised controlled feasibility study evaluating a musculoskeletal health package in women with gynaecologica... by Janelle Yorke, Sarah O’Connell, Sally Taylor, Karen Johnson, Robert G Bristow, Martin Eden, Kate Haslett, John Moore, Rohit Kochhar, Victoria Chatzimavridou Grigoriadou, Lisa H Barraclough, Ivona Baricevic-Jones, Zoe Merchant, Thomas Westwood, Anthony David Whetton, Claire E Higham

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Investigating dynamic brain functional redundancy as a mechanism of cognitive reserve by Julia Schwarz, Franziska Zistler, Adriana Usheva, Anika Fix, Sebastian Zinn, Juliana Zimmermann, Franziska Knolle, Franziska Knolle, Gerhard Schneider, Rachel Nuttall

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Spatial tumor immune heterogeneity facilitates subtype co-existence and therapy response in pancreatic cancer by Lukas Klein, Mengyu Tu, Niklas Krebs, Laura Urbach, Daniela Grimm, Muhammad Umair Latif, Frederike Penz, Anna Blandau, Xueyan Wu, Rebecca Diya Samuel, Stefan Küffer, Florian Wegwitz, Nathan Chan, Kazeera Aliar, Foram Vyas, Uday Kishore, Elisabeth Hessmann, Andreas Trumpp, Elisa Espinet, Argyris Papantonis, Rama Khokha, Volker Ellenrieder, Barbara T. Grünwald, Shiv K. Singh

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First report of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), biotypes B and Q, in soybean Glycine max (L.) Merrill (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Paraguay by Nancy Noemí Espinoza-Morel, Marta Alicia Fernández-Gamarra, Liliana Noelia Talavera-Stefani, Cinthia Noemí Burgos-Cantoni, Felipe Giménez, Claudia Cabral, Andrés Sanabria-Velazquez

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Evaluation of the effect of phacoemulsification surgery on retinal and choroidal microvasculature in diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography angiography by S. Nazem Ibrahim, Mona K. Abdellatif, Alaa F. Mahmoud, Tamer F. Eliwa

“…Results The best corrected visual acuity significantly improved in both groups by ∼ 0.26 logMAR units in control and diabetic groups (P <0.001 for both). …”
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Ten days of supplementation with a standardized Boswellia serrata extract attenuates soreness and accelerates recovery after repeated bouts of downhill running in recreationally ac... by Dawna Salter, Himana Yalamanchi, Aiswarya Yalamanchi, Amulya Yalamanchi

“…Visual analog scale (VAS) scores of joint and muscle soreness, in addition to the maximal weight lifted for a one-repetition leg extension (1RM-LE) were assessed at baseline (pre-supplementation) and on days 8, 9, and 10. Blood and urine samples collected at baseline, before, and after DHR were analyzed for inflammation-related biomarkers. …”
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Treatment patterns and clinical profile in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: a Japanese cross-sectional survey by Hidekata Yasuoka, Yuko Waseda, Yuko Kaneko, Masateru Okazaki, Ryoko Iwasaki, Shoko Nagata, Mark Small, Haruyuki Ishii

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Globular-shaped Aβ oligomers have diverse mechanisms for promoting Aβ aggregations with the facilitation of fibril elongation by Hiroto Nakano, Sadao Hikishima, Makoto Mori, Jota Minamikawa, Daiki Muramatsu, Yasuhiro Sakashita, Tokuhei Ikeda, Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara, David B. Teplow, Kenjiro Ono

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Effect of pretreatment type on the physico-chemical properties of activated carbons derived from an invasive weed Prosopis juliflora: potential applications by Subramaniyasharma Sivaraman, Saravanan Ramiah Shanmugam, Ponnusami Venkatachalam, Ratheeshkumar Shanmugam, Arul Chan Basha, Noori M Cata Saady

“…Comprehensive characterization techniques, namely BET analysis, x-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Ultimate Analysis, and pH _pzc , were utilized to assess the influence of activation conditions. …”
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Modeling soil respiration in summer maize cropland based on hyperspectral imagery and machine learning by Fanchao Zeng, Fanchao Zeng, Jinwei Sun, Huihui Zhang, Lizhen Yang, Xiaoxue Zhao, Jing Zhao, Xiaodong Bo, Yuxin Cao, Fuqi Yao, Fenghui Yuan, Fenghui Yuan

“…We compared the performance of traditional multiple linear regression (MLR) with that of an ML model (extreme gradient boosting, XGBoost), in simulating SR rate across these four growth stages.ResultsOur findings demonstrated that the simulation of the XGBoost model, utilizing soil temperature (Ts) and hyperspectral data, outperformed the MLR model. …”
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