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Itoigawa N, Minami T, Kondo-Ikemura K, Tachibana H, Kanazawa T, Shimizu S, Kamada J, Tanabe H. Parenting and Family Support in Japan for 6- to 8-year-old Children Weighing under 1000 Grams at Birth. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/016502549601900302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to explore the variables related to paternal involvement in the caregiving of 6- to 8-year-old extremely low-birthweight (ELBW) children, specifically, sociodemographic factors related to the family or individual biological factors related to ELBW. Thirty-three children with a mean birthweight of 845.5 grams and a mean gestational age of 27.4 weeks participated in this research. Approximately 29% of their fathers were classified by the mothers as nonco-operative in overall child care. The paternal involvement in caregiving was related to the sociodemographic variables of the family; the co-operative fathers were proportionally more often from families where the child had no older female sibling(s) and/or grandparent(s), whereas the nonco-operative fathers were proportionally more often from families where the child had older female sibling(s) and/or grandparent(s). The individual perinatal risk variables and IQ, and the paternal variables (age, socioeconomic status) were not related to the paternal co-operativeness. Our sample mothers seemed to have raised their children in more difficult parenting and economic situations, and to have received proportionally more support from grandparent(s) than did typical Japanese mothers. The children's relationships with peers differed between the paternal co-operative and nonco-operative groups; there were proportionally more children from the nonco-operative group who preferred to play alone than to play with peer(s) at the ages of 3-5 years. Thus, scarce paternal involvement in the process of caregiving appeared to influence the children's sociability.
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Nagata H, Hongo H, Kawai D, Takahashi R, Hashimoto H, Tachibana H. SU-F-T-267: A Clarkson-Based Independent Dose Verification for the Helical Tomotherapy. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Takahashi R, Kamima T, Tachibana H. SU-F-T-288: Impact of Trajectory Log Files for Clarkson-Based Independent Dose Verification of IMRT and VMAT. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Yamashita M, Takahashi R, Kokubo M, Takayama K, Tanabe H, Sueoka M, Ishii M, Okuuchi N, Iwamoto Y, Tachibana H. SU-F-T-268: A Feasibility Study of Independent Dose Verification for Vero4DRT. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Uchida Y, Tachibana H. SU-F-T-396: Impact of Shoulder Deformation for Head and Neck VMAT. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Sato A, Noda T, Keduka Y, Kawajiri T, Itano M, Yamazaki T, Tachibana H. TH-AB-201-01: A Feasibility Study of Independent Dose Verification for CyberKnife. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4958029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Itano M, Tachibana R, Yamashita M, Shimizu H, Sugawara Y, Kotabe K, Kamima T, Takahashi R, Ishibashi S, Uchida Y, Yamazaki T, Tachibana H. SU-F-T-494: A Multi-Institutional Study of Independent Dose Verification Using Golden Beam Data. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Takahashi Y, Tachibana H, Nakamura N. SU-F-T-383: Robustness for Patient Setup Error in Total Body Irradiation Using Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Uehara R, Tachibana H. SU-F-T-449: Dosimetric Comparison of Acuros XB, Adaptive Convolve in Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kurosawa T, Tachibana H, Moriya S, Miyakawa S, Sato M. SU-F-T-479: Estimation of the Accuracy in Respiratory-Gated Radiotherapy. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Moriya S, Tachibana H, Hotta K, Nakamura N, Baba H, Kohno R, Miyakawa S, Kurosawa T, Akimoto T. SU-F-J-57: Effectiveness of Daily CT-Based Three-Dimensional Image Guided and Adaptive Proton Therapy. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4955965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Miyakawa S, Tachibana H, Moriya S, Kurosawa T, Sato M. SU-C-202-06: Design and Development of a Non-Rigid Phantom Ventilating Air Quantitatively Evaluating CT-Based Pulmonary Ventilation Imaging. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4955574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kawai D, Takahashi R, Kamima T, Baba H, Yamamoto T, Kubo Y, Ishibashi S, Higuchi Y, Tani K, Tachibana H. SU-F-T-609: Impact of Dosimetric Variation for Prescription Dose Using Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm (AAA) in Lung SBRT. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4956794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kageyama T, Yano T, Kuwano S, Sueoka S, Tachibana H. Exposure-response relationship of wind turbine noise with self-reported symptoms of sleep and health problems: A nationwide socioacoustic survey in Japan. Noise Health 2016; 18:53-61. [PMID: 26960782 PMCID: PMC4918684 DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.178478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The association of wind turbine noise (WTN) with sleep and physical/mental health has not been fully investigated. To investigate the relationship of WTN with the prevalence of self-reported symptoms of sleep and health problems, a socioacoustic survey of 1079 adult residents was conducted throughout Japan (2010-2012): 747 in 34 areas surrounding wind turbine plants and 332 in 16 control areas. During face-to-face interviews, the respondents were not informed of the purpose of the survey. Questions on symptoms such as sleeplessness and physical/mental complaints were asked without specifying reasons. Insomnia was defined as having one or any combination of the following that occurs three or more times a week and bothers a respondent: Difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, premature morning awakening, and feeling of light overnight sleep. Poor health was defined as having high scores for health complaints, as determined using the Total Health Index, exceeding the criteria proposed by the authors of the index. The noise descriptor for WTN was LAeq,n outdoor, estimated from the results of actual measurement at some locations in each site. Multiple logistic analysis was applied to the LAeq,n and insomnia or poor health. The odds ratio (OR) of insomnia was significantly higher when the noise exposure level exceeded 40 dB, whereas the self-reported sensitivity to noise and visual annoyance with wind turbines were also independently associated with insomnia. OR of poor health was not significant for noise exposure, but significant for noise sensitivity and visual annoyance. The above two moderators appear to indicate the features of respondents who are sensitive to stimuli or changes in their homeostasis.
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Tachibana H, Kougo T, Kodaira T, Tomita N, Makita C, Shimizu A, Takehana K, Kimura K, Yoshida M, Koide Y, Miyamoto D, Shigetomi T. Prevention of Oral Radiation Mucositis Using a Specialized Amino Acid Mixture. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.1757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Akasaka K, Maeno A, Murayama T, Tachibana H, Fujita Y, Yamanaka H, Nishida N, Atarashi R. Pressure-assisted dissociation and degradation of "proteinase K-resistant" fibrils prepared by seeding with scrapie-infected hamster prion protein. Prion 2015; 8:314-8. [PMID: 25482603 DOI: 10.4161/pri.32081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The crucial step for the fatal neurodegenerative prion diseases involves the conversion of a normal cellular protein, PrP(C), into a fibrous pathogenic form, PrP(Sc), which has an unusual stability against heat and resistance against proteinase K digestion. A successful challenge to reverse the reaction from PrP(Sc) into PrP(C) is considered valuable, as it would give a key to dissolving the complex molecular events into thermodynamic and kinetic analyses and may also provide a means to prevent the formation of PrP(Sc) from PrP(C) eventually in vivo. Here we show that, by applying pressures at kbar range, the "proteinase K-resistant" fibrils (rHaPrP(res)) prepared from hamster prion protein (rHaPrP [23-231]) by seeding with brain homogenate of scrapie-infected hamster, becomes easily digestible. The result is consistent with the notion that rHaPrP(res) fibrils are dissociated into rHaPrP monomers under pressure and that the formation of PrP(Sc) from PrP(C) is thermodynamically controlled. Moreover, the efficient degradation of prion fibrils under pressure provides a novel means of eliminating infectious PrP(Sc) from various systems of pathogenic concern.
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Baba H, Kamima T, Takahashi R, Kawai D, Sugawara Y, Yamamoto T, Sato A, Yamashita M, Tachibana H. SU-E-T-49: A Multi-Institutional Study of Independent Dose Verification for IMRT. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4924410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Takahashi R, Tachibana H, Kamima T, Itano M, Yamazaki T, Ishibashi S, Higuchi Y, Shimizu H, Yamamoto T, Yamashita M, Baba H, Sugawara Y, Sato A, Nishiyama S, Kawai D, Miyaoka S. SU-E-T-48: A Multi-Institutional Study of Independent Dose Verification for Conventional, SRS and SBRT. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4924409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kamima T, Takahashi R, Baba H, Yamashita M, Sugawara Y, Sato Y, Tachibana H. SU-E-T-32: A Feasibility Study of Independent Dose Verification for IMAT. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4924393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kumagai S, Ishida T, Tachibana H, Ito Y, Ito A, Hashimoto T. Impact of bacterial coinfection on clinical outcomes in pneumococcal pneumonia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2015; 34:1839-47. [PMID: 26059041 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2421-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of bacterial coinfection on patients with pneumococcal pneumonia. We retrospectively analyzed the incidence, clinical features, microbial distributions, and outcomes of patients with bacterial coinfection in a cohort of 433 hospitalized patients with pneumococcal pneumonia. Eighty-five patients (19.6 %) were diagnosed with bacterial coinfection; the most frequent pathogens were Haemophilus influenzae (25 patients, 33.3 %), methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) (15 patients, 20.0 %), and Moraxella catarrhalis (13 patients, 17.3 %). The CURB-65 score and pneumonia severity index (PSI) were significantly higher in patients with bacterial coinfection (both P < 0.001). In addition, the proportion of patients with bacterial coinfection who met the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) severe pneumonia criteria was significantly higher (P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified three risk factors for bacterial coinfection in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia: alcoholism (odds ratio [OR], 5.12; 95 % confidence interval (95 % CI), 1.60-16.4; P = 0.006), hospitalization for 2 days or more within 90 days preceding admission (OR, 2.02; 95 % CI, 1.03-3.98; P = 0.041), and residence in a nursing home or extended care facility (OR, 3.22; 95 % CI, 1.48-6.97; P = 0.003). Multivariate analysis for 30-day mortality showed that bacterial coinfection was a significant adverse prognostic factor (OR, 2.50; 95 % CI, 1.13-5.53; P = 0.023), independent of IDSA/ATS severe pneumonia, PSI, or healthcare-associated pneumonia. In conclusion, bacterial coinfection may have an adverse impact on severity and outcomes of pneumococcal pneumonia.
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Kawai D, Takahashi R, Kamima T, Baba H, Yamamoto T, Kubo Y, Ishibashi S, Higuchi Y, Takahashi H, Tachibana H. SU-E-T-50: A Multi-Institutional Study of Independent Dose Verification Software Program for Lung SBRT. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4924411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kurosawa T, Tachibana H, Moriya S, Sato M. SU-E-J-86: Functional Conformal Planning for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy with CT-Pulmonary Ventilation Imaging. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4924173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Tachibana H, Tachibana R. SU-E-T-762: Toward Volume-Based Independent Dose Verification as Secondary Check. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4925126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Uehara R, Tachibana H, Ohyoshi H, Matsumoto S, Baba H, Tanaka F, Ariji T. SU-E-T-89: Accuracy of Absolute Three-Dimensional Dose Distribution Measurement Using the Delta4. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4924450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Sugawara Y, Tachibana H, Kadoya N, Kitamura N, Jingu K. SU-E-J-107: The Impact of the Tumor Location to Deformable Image Registration. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4924194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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