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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOPIC SELECTION SCHEMA IN THE FIRST-TIME CONVERSATION BETWEEN JAPANESE AND SUNDANESE NATIVE SPEAKERS [PDF]

Jurnal Japanedu: Pendidikan dan Pengajaran Bahasa Jepang, 2022
First-time conversations play an important role as a starting point in building relationships. However, the lack of information about interlocutors makes it difficult to decide what topic to take up. In this study, we targeted 10 pairs of native Japanese
Regi Wijaya Sasmita
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Dietary Inflammatory Index Positively Associated With High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Level in Japanese From NIPPON DATA2010

Journal of Epidemiology, 2020
Background: It has been reported that chronic inflammation may play an important role in the pathogenesis of several serious diseases and could be modulated by diet. Recently, the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII®) was developed to assess the inflammatory
Yunqing Yang, Atsushi Hozawa, Mana Kogure, Akira Narita, Takumi Hirata, Tomohiro Nakamura, Naho Tsuchiya, Naoki Nakaya, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Nagako Okuda, Aya Kadota, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Tomonori Okamura, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Okayama, Katsuyuki Miura   +15 more
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The politeness of criticism speech acts in Japanese and Minangkabau films

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
Criticism tends to be a face-threatening speech act that can endanger social relationships if not managed using appropriate strategies, especially in the intercultural context.
Nuria Haristiani, Amelya Septiana, Nor Fariza Mohd. Nor, Nagata Ryota   +3 more
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Language learning motivation in collaborative online international learning: an activity theory analysis

Journal of Virtual Exchange, 2020
This study investigated the development of language learning motivation in an American student of Japanese, Jason, during a mobility-based Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project with a Japanese institution.
Tomoe Nishio, Chie Fujikake, Masataka Osawa   +2 more
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Improved Outcomes for Older Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Neuroblastoma in the Post‐Immunotherapy Era: An Updated Report From the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We describe clinical and biologic characteristics of neuroblastoma in older children, adolescents, and young adults (OCAYA); describe survival outcomes in the post‐immunotherapy era; and identify if there is an age cut‐off that best discriminates outcomes.
Rebecca J. Deyell, Kavitha Srivatsa, Paola Angelini, Pei‐Chi Kao, Brady Payne, Arlene Naranjo, Sveva Castelli, Miho Kato, Miki Ohira, Ulriche Pöetschger, Yaël Mossé, Lucas Moreno, Meredith S. Irwin, Ramya Ramanujachar, Wendy B. London   +14 more
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Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Brexpiprazole in Elderly Japanese Patients with Schizophrenia: A Subgroup Analysis of an Open-Label Study

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2020
Ken Inada,1 Sakiko Yamada,2 Hisashi Akiyoshi,2 Yoshitsugu Kojima,2 Shuichi Iwashita,3 Jun Ishigooka4 1Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; 2Department of Medical Affairs, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo ...
Inada K, Yamada S, Akiyoshi H, Kojima Y, Iwashita S, Ishigooka J   +5 more
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Predicting the Future Burden of Renal Replacement Therapy in Türkiye Using National Registry Data and Comparative Modeling Approaches

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic kidney disease is a growing public health problem worldwide, and the number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy is steadily increasing. Türkiye has experienced a similar rise in both the incidence and prevalence of renal replacement therapy over the past decades; however, national‐level projections of future ...
Arzu Akgül, Neriman Sıla Koç, Berrak Itır Aylı   +2 more
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 Levels and Diabetes in a Japanese Population: The DOSANCO Health Study

Journal of Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Both decreased insulin sensitivity and impaired insulin secretion are common in Asian populations with diabetes, in contrast to Western populations.
Koshi Nakamura, Shu-Ping Hui, Shigekazu Ukawa, Emiko Okada, Takafumi Nakagawa, Akihiro Imae, Hiroaki Okabe, Zhen Chen, Yusuke Miura, Hitoshi Chiba, Akiko Tamakoshi   +10 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
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Linear isomer but not branched isomers of perfluorooctane sulfonate in plasma is associated with eicosapentaenoic acid, a seafood consumption biomarker

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Background: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are global contaminants. Seafood consumption is a possible PFAS exposure route to humans while the isomer specific analysis has not been conducted.
Zhaoqing Lyu, Kouji H. Harada, Mariko Harada Sassa, Yukiko Fujii   +3 more
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