Use of approved cefazolin based intramammary dry goat treatment and its effects on the milk microbiota by Delower Hossain, Filippo Biscarini, Valentina Monistero, Paola Cremonesi, Bianca Castiglioni, Anoar Jamai Masroure, Alessandro Marinoni, Sara Fusar Poli, Matteo Mezzetti, Maria Filippa Addis, Valerio Bronzo, Erminio Trevisi, Paolo Moroni

“…Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the effect of an approved cefazolin-based intramammary treatment on the milk microbiota of Alpine dairy goats during the dry and early lactation periods. …”
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Abalones at risk: A global Red List assessment of Haliotis in a changing climate. by Howard Peters, Gina M Ralph, Laura Rogers-Bennett

“…In response, the authorities have focused on abalone ranching and stock enhancement. In Japan, with a long history of abalone fishing, wild stocks are routinely supplemented with hatchery-bred juveniles. …”
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Impact of hospital formulary intervention on carbapenem use: a segmented time-series analysis of consumption and a propensity score-matched non-inferiority study of treatment effic... by Nakaba Okamura, Ayano Katagiri, Tomoya Komori, Kei Kawanabe, Hirofumi Koike, Yukiko Sahashi, Rie Kubota

“…Although formulary implementation has been increasing in Japan, comprehensive evaluations of its impact on both clinical and economic outcomes are limited. …”
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Sex Difference in the Association of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia Prevalence in Patients with Adrenal Adenoma and Different Degrees of Cortisol Excess by Shoichiro Izawa, Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Matsuzawa, Takuyuki Katabami, Takanobu Yoshimoto, Michio Otsuki, Masakatsu Sone, Yoshiyu Takeda, Shintaro Okamura, Takamasa Ichijo, Mika Tsuiki, Tomoko Suzuki, Mitsuhide Naruse, Akiyo Tanabe

“…Patients. 237 patients with adrenal adenoma associated with CE, including Cushing’s syndrome and mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS), diagnosed in 10 referral centers in Japan. MACS was defined by 1 mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test (DST) cortisol level >1.8 μg/dL. …”
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Repurposing of propane oxidative-dehydrogenation catalysts to deoxygenation of vegetable oils for green diesel production by S. Lucantonio, G. Di Vito Nolfi, C. Courson, K. Gallucci, A. Di Giuliano, L. Rossi

“…The market for diesel fuel will grow in the next years. Green diesel – alkanes produced through deoxygenation (DO) with H2 of triglyceride-based biomasses – can help cover this demand sustainably. …”
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Preparation, Reliability, and Validity of a Japanese Version of the “Satisfaction of Treatment among Caregivers of Dependent Type 2 Diabetic Patients” Questionnaire by Satoshi Ida, Ryutaro Kaneko, Kanako Imataka, Kaoru Okubo, Yoshitaka Shirakura, Kentaro Azuma, Ryoko Fujiwara, Hiroka Takahashi, Kazuya Murata

“…The STCD2-J questionnaire can be used in Japan as a tool to assess the satisfaction of family caregivers with the treatment of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring support.…”
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Effects of dietary hemp co-product inclusion on laying hens performances and on egg nutritional and functional profile by D. Lanzoni, M. Skřivan, M. Englmaierová, E. Petrosillo, L. Marchetti, V. Skřivanová, V. Bontempo, R. Rebucci, A. Baldi, C. Giromini

“…This study evaluated the effect of increasing levels (0%, 3%, 6%, 9%) of a hemp co-product (variety Futura) from hempseed cleaning, included in laying hens’ diets (control, T3, T6, T9), on performance and the nutritional/functional quality of egg yolks, focusing on total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxidant activity (FRAP and ABTS assays), also assessed after green chemical extraction and in vitro digestion. …”
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Labor Market Slack in the EU during the COVID–19 Crisis by Ewa Rollnik‑Sadowska, Ewa Cichowicz, Katarzyna Dębkowska

“…For the EU, there is a research gap regarding this effect, which can be gleaned from the labor market slack statistics. This article, therefore, fills the gap.…”
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Combined Use of Excimer Laser and High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy to Overcome a Severely Calcified Lesion in Endovascular Therapy by Keisuke Nakabayashi, Shinya Hata, Nobuhito Kaneko, Akihiro Matsui, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Ando, Minoru Shimizu

“…However, these devices in EVT section are considered off-label use in Japan. Therefore, we have to refrain from frequent use of this strategy; however, this method provides an option for severely calcified lesions.…”
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Identification of unmet information needs among families of critically ill patients and their association with post-intensive care syndrome-family: protocol for a single-center cro... by Yoshiyasu Ito, Takuro Hamaguchi, Masatomo Suzuki, Yasushi Otaka, Mariko Asai, Yukihiro Sakaguchi, Yuki Shirai, Eisho Yoshikawa, Amane Tateno, Shoji Yokobori

“…The participants will include family members of patients admitted to the emergency ICU of the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital in Japan. Eligibility for participation will be assessed from medical records, and family members of patients who meet the eligibility criteria will be identified and sent a questionnaire. …”
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Impact of kidney volume on incidence of in-hospital kidney-related adverse outcomes in patients with acute heart failure by Akira Saito, Taku Asano, Nobuyuki Komiyama, Sachiko Ohde

“…We measured the volume of the right and left kidneys using dedicated volume analyzing software for 3D-CT (SYNAPSE VINCENT, Fuji Film, Tokyo, Japan) and determined the total kidney volume by adding the volumes of the left and right kidneys. …”
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Evaluation of synthetic wheat lines (Triticum durum/Aegilops tausсhii) for vegetative period and resistance to diseases by V. P. Shamanin, I. V. Pototskaya, S. S. Shepelev, V. E. Pozherukova, A. Yu. Truschenko, A. S. Chursin, A. I. Morgunov

“…., D genome), and also 15 synthetic wheat lines of Kyoto University breeding (Japan) created by crossing durum wheat variety Langdon with different ecological forms Aegilops are presented. …”
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Screening and prognostic roles of renal volumetry and scintigraphy in the assessment of living kidney transplant donors, considering the early recovery of the residual renal functi... by Shunta Hori, Mitsuru Tomizawa, Kuniaki Inoue, Tatsuo Yoneda, Kenta Onishi, Yosuke Morizawa, Daisuke Gotoh, Yasushi Nakai, Makito Miyake, Kazumasa Torimoto, Nobumichi Tanaka, Kiyohide Fujimoto

“…Abstract Background The existing criteria for living kidney donors (LKDs)in Japan are controversial. We evaluated the roles of computed tomography volumetry (CTV) and 99 m Tc-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid (DTPA) scintigraphy in assessing preoperative and postoperative renal function and predicting early recovery of residual renal function. …”
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Biodegradable Polymer DES (Ultimaster) vs. Magnesium Bioresorbable Scaffold (BRS Magmaris) in Diabetic Population with NSTE-ACS: A One-Year Clinical Outcome of Two Sirolimus-Elutin... by Piotr Rola, Adrian Włodarczak, Mateusz Barycki, Marek Szudrowicz, Magdalena Łanocha, Jan Jakub Kulczycki, Karol Turkiewicz, Katarzyna Woźnica, Maciej Lesiak, Adrian Doroszko

“…For the first one, we qualified 169 patients with NSTE-ACS treated with PCI who received the drug-eluting stent (DES) coated with a biodegradable polymer Ultimaster (Terumo, Tokyo, Japan). The second arm was composed of 193 patients with ACS who underwent PCI with a magnesium bioresorbable scaffold Magmaris (Biotronik, Berlin, Germany). …”
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A scoping review and prevalence analysis of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Honduras. by Ana Lourdes Sanchez, José Antonio Gabrie, María Mercedes Rueda, Rosa Elena Mejia, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Maritza Canales

“…International databases and Honduran journals were searched. Grey literature was gleaned from local libraries and key informants. Select studies conducted between 2001 and 2012 were used to produce prevalence maps and to investigate association between STH prevalence and socio-economic and environmental factors.…”
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Parental intentions and requests to provide pain care for their infants in neonatal intensive care units by Aya Shimizu, Takeshi Arimitsu, Kana Harada, Mio Ozawa

“…PurposeThe Japan Association of Neonatal Nursing evaluated the pain care provided by parents to their infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). …”
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Potential of Regional Ionosphere Prediction Using a Long Short‐Term Memory Deep‐Learning Algorithm Specialized for Geomagnetic Storm Period by Jeong‐Heon Kim, Young‐Sil Kwak, YongHa Kim, Su‐In Moon, Se‐Heon Jeong, JongYeon Yun

“…We collected 131 days of geomagnetic storm cases from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2019, provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency's Kakioka Magnetic Observatory, and obtained the interplanetary magnetic field Bz, Dst, Kp, and AE indices related to the geomagnetic storm corresponding to each storm date from the OMNI database. …”
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Global Surgeon Opinion on the Impact of Surgical Access When Using Endocutters Across Specialties by Marina Gutierrez, Nadine Jamous, William Petraiuolo, Sanjoy Roy

“…**Methods:** Colorectal, bariatric, and thoracic surgeons from Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and France participated in a 2-round modified Delphi panel. …”
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Microtubule inhibition as a proposed mechanism for the anthelmintic effect of phytochemicals isolated from Cicerbita alpina by Mark James Horgan, Ines Sigg, Ioanna Poulopoulou, Francisco J. Rodriguez-Mejias, Eva Albertini, Pietro Fusani, Florian Fischer, Eftychia Martinidou, Daniela Schuster, Stefan Martens, Pidder Jansen Dürr, Matthias Gauly, Hermann Stuppner, Alexander Weiss, Veronika Temml, Bianka Siewert

“…Abstract The alpine plant Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr., when grown as a sprout, is known as a bitter-tasting culinary delicacy. …”
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Bacterial contamination in public transport during COVID-19 pandemic: Characterization of an unusual Staphylococcus aureus isolate tolerant to vancomycin by Eva Smelikova, Marcela Krutova, Vaclav Capek, Marie Brajerova, Pavel Drevinek, Jan Tkadlec

“…This study aimed to investigate the bacterial contamination of frequently touched surfaces in the public transport system operating in the proximity of the biggest Czech hospital during the coronavirus pandemic despite extensive cleaning and disinfection efforts. In June and September 2020, samples from the metro trains, ground transport and stationary objects were collected, enriched and cultured. …”
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