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Characterization of individuals in whom body weight loss precedes diabetes onset: a retrospective, observational, longitudinal cohort study based on health checkup in Japan [PDF]

Endocrine Journal
East Asians are known to develop diabetes mellitus at a lower body weight than Caucasians, potentially because of the different mechanisms underlying disease development. This study aimed to evaluate the variation in weight transition leading to diabetes
Masataka Shikata, Makito Oku, Shion Fukuhara, Ryo Ito, Takayuki Haruki, Keiichi Ueda, Iwao Kimura, Tsuyoshi Teramoto, Daisuke Chujo, Minoru Iwata, Takashi Yamagami, Yoshiki Nagata, Makoto Kadowaki, Kazuyuki Tobe   +13 more
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The Effects of Friction Stir Welding Parameters on Microstructure, Fatigue Life and Tensile Properties of Aluminum 2024-T3 Alloy [PDF]

Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2023
In this study, Al 2024-T3 alloy plates were joined by using friction stir welding. Welding was performed at a rotational speed of 930, 1450, 2280 rpm and a welding feed rate of 180 mm min −1. The welded samples were analyzed at the microstructural level.
A. Şık, A. Özer
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Analyzing cytokines as biomarkers to evaluate severity of glaucoma [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
AIM: To analyze cytokines as biomarkers for evaluation of severity of glaucoma. METHODS: This was a prospective case-control study including 29 eyes with glaucoma. Besides, 28 eyes with senile cataract were used as control. Patients were classified into
Yao Tong, Ya-Li Zhou, Yan Zheng, Manas Biswal, Pei-Quan Zhao, Zhao-Yang Wang   +5 more
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Improvement in Vascular Endothelial Function following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Medicina, 2021
Background and objectives: Endothelial dysfunction is associated with exercise intolerance and adverse cardiovascular events. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is applied to treat elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis, but less is ...
Shuhei Tanaka, Teruhiko Imamura, Ryuichi Ushijima, Mitsuo Sobajima, Nobuyuki Fukuda, Hiroshi Ueno, Tadakazu Hirai, Koichiro Kinugawa   +7 more
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Trans-Apical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Dialysis Patient with Systolic Heart Failure

Medicina, 2022
Mortality and morbidity remain high following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in dialysis patients or those with low left ventricular ejection fraction. Therapeutic strategy for those with these comorbidities remains unestablished. We had a
Akira Oshima, Teruhiko Imamura, Hiroshi Onoda, Yohei Ueno, Ryuichi Ushijima, Mitsuo Sobajima, Nobuyuki Fukuda, Shigeki Yokoyama, Toshio Doi, Kazuaki Fukahara, Hiroshi Ueno, Koichiro Kinugawa   +11 more
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A Rescue Use of ECPELLA for Sepsis-Induced Cardiogenic Shock Followed by Mitral Valve Replacement

Medicina, 2022
The use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with sepsis-induced cardiogenic shock has been reported, but the clinical implication of the Impella percutaneous axial-flow left ventricular assist device for such patients ...
Makiko Nakamura, Teruhiko Imamura, Akira Oshima, Mitsuo Sobajima, Shigeki Yokoyama, Toshio Doi, Kazuaki Fukahara, Koichiro Kinugawa   +7 more
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An Adaptive Dimension Weighting Spherical Evolution to Solve Continuous Optimization Problems

Mathematics, 2023
The spherical evolution algorithm (SE) is a unique algorithm proposed in recent years and widely applied to new energy optimization problems with notable achievements.
Yifei Yang, Sichen Tao, Shibo Dong, Masahiro Nomura, Zheng Tang   +4 more
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Association of Tumor PD-L1 Expression with the T790M Mutation and Progression-Free Survival in Patients with EGFR-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving EGFR-TKI Therapy

Diagnostics, 2020
Background: Among patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we compared the progression-free survival (PFS) and proportion of acquisition of T790M mutation of the epidermal growth receptor gene (EGFR) after first-line treatment with epidermal ...
Minehiko Inomata, Kenji Azechi, Naoki Takata, Kana Hayashi, Kotaro Tokui, Chihiro Taka, Seisuke Okazawa, Kenta Kambara, Shingo Imanishi, Toshiro Miwa, Ryuji Hayashi, Shoko Matsui, Kazuyuki Tobe   +12 more
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Therapeutic Strategy for Patients with Concomitant Pulmonary Artery Hypertension and Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Rare Case Report

Medicina, 2023
Combined cases of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are rare and have a management dilemma. Although preload is crucial in the management of HOCM, anti-PAH agents dramatically change the preload ...
Toshihide Izumida, Teruhiko Imamura, Shuhei Tanaka, Shuji Joho, Koichiro Kinugawa   +4 more
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Acute Heart Failure in a Patient with Occult Barlow’s Disease Receiving Bevacizumab

Medicina, 2021
Bevacizumab is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody and a key drug for treatment of various types of cancer. Bevacizumab is associated with the occurrence of heart failure, but its risk factors remain unknown.
Toshihide Izumida, Teruhiko Imamura, Yohei Ueno, Kazuaki Fukahara, Koichiro Kinugawa   +4 more
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