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Mistaken information can lead only to misguided conclusions and policies: a commentary regarding Schüz et al.’s response

Environmental Health, 2023
Background After reviewing selected scientific evidence, Schüz et al. made two recommendations in the 2018 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Technical Publication No. 46.
Toshihide Tsuda, Yumiko Miyano, Eiji Yamamoto   +2 more
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Eight-Year Trends in the Effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Obstetrics Outcomes: A Study from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Life, 2023
Information regarding the longitudinal effects of natural/environmental disasters on obstetrics outcomes is limited. This study aimed to analyze the longitudinal changes in obstetrics outcomes over 8 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the ...
Hyo Kyozuka, Tetsuya Ohhira, Tsuyoshi Murata, Shun Yasuda, Kayoko Ishii, Seiji Yasumura, Keiya Fujimori, Hitoshi Ohto, Kenji Kamiya   +8 more
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Practical Methodology for Developing Visions for Carbon‐Neutral Cities and Communities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cities and communities play important roles in sustainable development and climate change mitigation. This study presents a novel framework for developing carbon‐neutral visions for cities and communities. We established five “principles,” investigated options encompassing four parameters (management, goal setting, actions, and quantification),
Kei Gomi, Makoto Ooba, Shogo Nakamura, Kohei Sakai, Satoshi Nagatomi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associated factors related to participation in general health checkup and survey of the effect of low-dose radiation exposure on health of residents of Fukushima Prefecture after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2020
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident caused radioactive contamination of the surrounding area. In addition to annual health checkups, a survey of the effects of low-dose radiation exposure on health among Fukushima Prefecture residents ...
Nobuaki Moriyama, Chihiro Nakayama, Masatsugu Orui, Yujiro Kuroda, Hajime Iwasa, Teruko Horiuchi, Takeo Nakayama, Minoru Sugita, Seiji Yasumura   +8 more
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Artificial radionuclides in neon flying squid from the northwestern Pacific in 2011 following the Fukushima accident [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2018
In order to better understand the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident on a commercial marine species, neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii) samples obtained from the northwestern Pacific in November 2011 were ...
W. Yu, M. P. Johansen, J. He, W. Men, L. Lin   +4 more
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Text mining for case report articles on “peritoneal dialysis” from PubMed database

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 459-470, June 2025.
Abstract Introduction The number of published medical articles on peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been increasing, and efficiently selecting information from numerous articles can be difficult. In this study, we examined whether artificial intelligence (AI) text mining can be a good support for efficiently collecting PD information.
Kazuhiko Fukushima, Kenji Tsuji, Hiroyuki Nakanoh, Naruhiko Uchida, Soichiro Haraguchi, Shinji Kitamura, Jun Wada   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Internal migration patterns to Fukushima following the nuclear accident based on vital statistics and the Fukushima health management survey

BMC Public Health
Background We examined the characteristics and mental health of people who migrated to the Fukushima Prefecture after the 2011 nuclear power plant accident through two studies.
Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Masaharu Maeda, Naoko Horikoshi, Rie Mizuki, Maho Momoi, Tetsuya Ohira, Hirooki Yabe, Seiji Yasumura   +7 more
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Separating the Costs and Benefits of Employee Turnover: A Theory‐Driven Method and Applications

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Employee turnover is costly, but it may also benefit performance through improving job‐worker match quality. Existing studies estimate only the net turnover‐performance relationship, ignoring benefits and biasing cost estimates. We develop a theory‐driven method that separately identifies operational costs and match‐quality benefits of ...
Elena Rapoport, Nick Zubanov
wiley   +1 more source

Facets of Crises: How Problem Indicators and Public Perceptions Affect Policy Change

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Crises are widely acknowledged as catalysts for policy change. Yet, our understanding of the policy effects of crises remains limited. Why do only some crises lead to major changes, while significant policy changes also occur during seemingly non‐crisis periods?
Constantin Kaplaner, Alexa Lenz, Vanessa Millich, Christoph Knill, Yves Steinebach, Clara Fochler, Annika Kolbe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen Scientist: Frank von Hippel’s Adventures in Nuclear Arms Control PART 8. Nuclear-reactor Safety Again

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
The Fukushima accident of 2011 pulled von Hippel back into the reactor-safety world. He was invited to join a Congressionally-mandated four-year study of the lessons that could be learned from the Fukushima accident to improve the safety of US nuclear ...
Frank von Hippel, Tomoko Kurokawa
doaj   +1 more source