Biodiversity of East Asian apple-tree species and their use in breeding by O. N. Barsukova

“…Lang. includes M. sieboldii (Regel) Rehd., spread in Japan, China, and Korea. Of the two accessions of this species, the most promising is k-43201, with a high annual yield, early start of fruiting, and high resistance to diseases. …”
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Demographic and Dietary Determinants of the Association between Dietary Fiber Intake and Obesity in Japanese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study (JDDM 78) by Efrem d'Ávila Ferreira, Mariko Hatta, Laymon Khin, Izumi Ikeda, Mizuki Takeuchi, Yasunaga Takeda, Sakiko Yoshizawa Morikawa, Chika Horikawa, Noriko Kato, Hiroshi Maegawa, Kazuya Fujihara, Hirohito Sone

“…Setting: Clinics throughout Japan. Participants: 1,565 Japanese outpatients with type 2 diabetes (63.1% men; age range 30–89 years). …”
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Comparison between a New Optical Biometry Device and an Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomographer for Measuring Central Corneal Thickness and Anterior Chamber Depth by Jinhai Huang, Weicong Lu, Giacomo Savini, Hao Chen, Chengfang Wang, Xinxin Yu, Fangjun Bao, Qinmei Wang

“…To compare between a new optical biometer (AL-Scan, Nidek Co., Aichi, Japan) and an anterior segment optical coherence tomographer (Visante AS-OCT, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, USA) for measuring central corneal thickness (CCT), anterior chamber depth (ACD), and aqueous depth (AD). …”
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Analysis of the structure and robustness of the global semiconductor trade network. by Long Li, Hua Wang, Zhiyi Li, Shaodong Hu

“…Second, the network has grown in size and exhibits significant "small-world" characteristics in all segments, deviating from the typical "sparsity" seen in large-scale networks. Third, Japan, the US, and a few European regions wield significant influence in semiconductor materials and equipment trade, while Asian economies such as Chinese mainland, Chinese Taiwan, and Korea dominate semiconductor components trade. …”
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Utility of Free Fibula Flap With an Extended Banana-shaped Skin Paddle for Oro-mandibular Reconstructions by Atsumori Hamahata, MD, PhD, Hisato Konoeda, MD, PhD, Satoshi Shirakura, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Yagihara, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Sakurai, MD, PhD

“…From 2021 to 2023, 8 patients, with an average age of 68.1 years, underwent head and neck reconstructive surgery using the free fibula banana-shaped flap at the Saitama Cancer Center in Japan. Their primary disease, defect sites, flaps, bone size, and postoperative complications were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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The symbiont Wolbachia increases resistance to bifenthrin in Ectropis grisescens by regulating the host detoxification function by Tian Gao, Yong Zhang, Wanpeng Sun, Qiangkun Li, Xueyu Huang, Dian Zhi, Huabin Zi, Ruijie Ji, Yanhua Long, Chunmei Gong, Yunqiu Yang

“…Ectropis grisescens Warren (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), is a highly destructive leaf-eating pest distributed in tea plantations throughout China and Japan, and has exhibited resistance to various insecticides. …”
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A real-world drug safety surveillance study from the FAERS database of hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving pembrolizumab alone and plus lenvatinib by Huaxiang Wang, Junjun Li, Xiuling Zhu, Ruling Wang, Yunyan Wan

“…The countries reporting the highest number of AEs were the United States, followed by China, France, and Japan. The median onset time for AEs related to pembrolizumab alone and its combination with lenvatinib was 80.5 days (interquartile range 20.0–217.3 days) and 77.5 days (interquartile range 19.7–212.3 days), respectively. …”
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Effectiveness of sheet pile enclosure with drainage ability as liquefaction countermeasure for river levees by Mitsu Okamura, Mizuki Suyama, Kohei Ono

“…Sheet-pile enclosures are often employed as liquefaction countermeasures for river levees in Japan. However, the stiffness of the sheet piles alone is often insufficient to maintain levees on liquefied foundation soil high enough to prevent overflooding. …”
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Case report: Adult case of A20 haploinsufficiency suspected as neuro-Behçet disease by Harumi Shirai, Naoko Saito-Sato, Naoko Saito-Sato, Emiko Horiuchi, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Saori Kadowaki, Hidenori Ohnishi, Takeshi Suzuki

“…The variant showing a c.259C>T nonsense variant in the TNFAIP3 gene has been previously reported in China and France, making this the first report in Japan, which is considered a rare instance of HA20 with CNS involvement.…”
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Effects of ground bamboo application on weed suppression and rice production: a 3-year paddy field experiment by Masfiro Lailati, Yichen Shang, Thien Quang Huynh, Koji Ito, Naoya Katsumi, Yumiko Mizuuchi, Masaya Ino, Tadao Takashima, Nisikawa Usio

“…Abstract Background In light of the dramatic expansion of Japan’s bamboo forests, it is necessary to develop a strategy for the effective use of bamboo biomass resources. …”
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Grazing mortality as a controlling factor in the uncultured non-cyanobacterial diazotroph (Gamma A) around the Kuroshio region by T. Sato, T. Sato, T. Yamaguchi, K. Hidataka, S. Sogawa, T. Setou, T. Kodama, T. Kodama, T. Shiozaki, K. Takahashi

“…In this study, we investigated the diazotroph community structure using <i>nifH</i> amplicon sequencing and quantified the growth and microzooplankton grazing mortality rate of Gamma A using a combination of dilution experiments and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in well-lit waters at the northern edge of the Kuroshio Current off the southern coast of Japan. In the study region, Gamma A was ubiquitous and dominant in the diazotroph communities, whereas cyanobacterial diazotrophs had lower relative abundances. …”
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Lithuanian Conceptual Colour–Emotion Associations in the Global Context of 37 Nations by Domicelė Jonauskaitė

“…., Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States) and analysed Lithuanian (n = 217) associations between colour terms and emotion concepts. …”
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Preparation and Characterisation of Polypyrrole-Iron Oxyhydroxide Nanocomposite as Sensing Material by Farah Nabila Diauudin, Siti Aminah Mohd Noor, Jahwarhar Izuan Abdul Rashid, Victor Feizal Knight, Wan Md Zin Wan Yunus, Keat Khim Ong, Noor Azilah Mohd Kasim, Safura Taufik, Alinda Samsuri, Intan Juliana Shamsudin, Wahhida Latip

“…Polypyrrole (PPy) has been widely used as a sensing material in many studies as PPy gives out noticeable reactions towards varieties of vapours of acids, bases, alcohols, alkanes, and chemical warfare agent (CWA) simulants. …”
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The Development of Methods of BLOTCHIP^®-MS for Peptidome: Small Samples in Tuberous Sclerosis by Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Kotaro Yuge, Hitomi Sasaki, Tadashi Shiohama, Kyoichi Asada, Hidehisa Tachiki

“…Our study on peptide analysis in Protosera Inc (Osaka, Japan) revealed that three peptides that were related to inflammation in two patients with tuberous sclerosis, who showed a 30% decrease in ASD symptoms following everolimus treatment. …”
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Iguratimod Inhibits the Aggressiveness of Rheumatoid Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes by Jin Lin, Ye Yu, Xuanwei Wang, Yini Ke, Chuanyin Sun, Lihuan Yue, Guanhua Xu, Bei Xu, Liqin Xu, Heng Cao, Danyi Xu, Nancy Olsen, Weiqian Chen

“…Iguratimod, a novel disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, has been approved in China and Japan. Here, we aimed to find whether iguratimod can inhibit the aggressive behavior and promote apoptosis of rheumatoid fibroblast-like synoviocytes (RA-FLSs). …”
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Adaptation of an additively manufactured reactor concept for catalytic methanation with in-situ tar co-reforming of biogenic syngas by Jakob Müller, Alexander Feldner, Simon Markthaler, Peter Treiber, Jürgen Karl

“…One of the reasons for that is the extensive gas cleaning that is necessary for the methanation of syngas from the thermochemical gasification of biomass. …”
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Evaluation of Astigmatic Correction Using Vector Analysis after Combined Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Phacoemulsification and Intrastromal Arcuate Keratotomy by Su Young Moon, Ho Seok Chung, Jae Hyuck Lee, So Young Park, Hun Lee, Jae Young Kim, Hungwon Tchah

“…Vector analyses of astigmatism were performed using the Alpins method, considering three vectors: target-induced astigmatism (TIA), surgically induced astigmatism (SIA), and difference vector (DV). …”
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Budget Impact Analysis of Treatment Flow Optimization in Epilepsy Patients: Estimating Potential Impacts with Increased Referral Rate to Specialized Care by Masaki Iwasaki, Takashi Saito, Akiko Tsubota, Tatsunori Murata, Yuta Fukuoka, Kazutaka Jin

“…Direct costs of pharmacotherapies, management fees and surgeries are included in the analysis to evaluate the annual budget impact in Japan. **Results:** In the current treatment flow, the number of refractory patients treated with four drugs by non-specialized care were estimated as 8766 and yielded JPY5.8 billion annually. …”
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Performances and determinants of proficiency testing in clinical laboratory services at comprehensive specialized hospitals, northwest Ethiopia by Negesse Cherie, Teshiwal Deress, Maereg Wolde, Bisrat Birke Teketelew, Mebratu Tamir, Abiy Ayele Angelo, Amare Mekuanint Terekegne, Elias Chane, Mesele Nigus, Dereje Mengesha Berta, Kasaw Adane

“…Epi Data Version 3.1 for data entry and STATA Version 14.1 for cleaning and analysis were used. Binary logistic regression analyses were used. …”
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The Efficacy of Short-Duration Polyethylene Glycol plus Electrolytes for Improving Bowel Preparation of Colonoscopy in Patients with Chronic Constipation by Naohisa Yoshida, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Kohei Fukumoto, Hiroyuki Yoriki, Yutaka Inada, Takaaki Murakami, Yuri Tomita, Hikaru Hashimoto, Satoshi Sugino, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Yoshito Itoh

“…Sachets of polyethylene glycol plus electrolytes (PEG+E: Movicol: EA Pharma, Tokyo, Japan) are used for chronic constipation, and its efficacy is reported only for female and nonelderly people. …”
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