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Aerosol Loading and Radiation Budget Perturbations in Densely Populated and Highly Polluted Indo-Gangetic Plain by COVID-19: Influences on Cloud Properties and Air Temperature. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 2021; 48:e2021GL093796. [PMID: 34924636 PMCID: PMC8667642 DOI: 10.1029/2021gl093796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Aerosols emitted in densely populated and industrialized Indo-Gangetic Plain, one of the most polluted regions in the world, modulate regional climate, monsoon, and Himalayan glacier retreat. Thus, this region is important for understanding aerosol perturbations and their resulting impacts on atmospheric changes during COVID-19 lockdown period, a natural experimental condition created by the pandemic. By analyzing 5 years (2016-2020) data of aerosols and performing a radiative transfer calculation, we found that columnar and near-surface aerosol loadings decreased, leading to reductions in radiative cooling at the surface and top of the atmosphere and atmospheric warming during lockdown period. Further, satellite data analyses showed increases in cloud optical thickness and cloud-particle effective radius and decrease in lower tropospheric air temperature during lockdown period. These results indicate critical influences of COVID-19 lockdown on regional climate and water cycle over Indo-Gangetic Plain, emphasizing need for further studies from modeling perspectives.
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Sarcopenia-derived exosomal micro-RNA 16-5p exerts the cardio-repair disturbance via pro-apoptotic mechanism in myocardial infarction of mice. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.2872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Sarcopenia is a pathophysiological malfunction induced by skeletal muscle atrophy, and several studies reported an association between sarcopenia-induced cardiac cachexia and poor prognosis in heart disease. Since only a few established animal models are recently available, the underlying mechanism of disturbed cardiac repair accompanied with sarcopenia remains poorly understood.
Purpose
We hypothesized that specific microRNAs in sarcopenia-derived exosomes play crucial roles in disturbed cardiac repair with sarcopenia, and these microRNAs directly exacerbate cardiomyocyte injury following cardiac ischemia and reperfusion.
Methods
We developed a novel sarcopenia-induced cardiac repair disturbance mouse model that is induced by tail suspension (TS) 7 days after a 45-min coronary occlusion of cardiac ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). The reduction of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after I/R was compared in mice with TS [I/R-TS(+), n=14] and without [I/R-TS(−), n=12] by echocardiography. To investigate the exosomal mechanism of cardiac repair disturbance, a comprehensive analysis of extracted exosomal microRNAs from mice serum was performed in the 2 groups at day 8. Then, we investigated the impact of the identified candidate microRNA in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRVMs). After 4 days in primary culture, candidate microRNA was transfected into NRVMs under hypoxic culture conditions. TUNEL analysis and quantitative PCR analysis of apoptosis-related genes were performed on the NRVMs.
Results
At day 8 after I/R, the LVEF of I/R-TS(+) was not significantly ameliorated compared to that of I/R-TS(−) (ΔLVEF; 1.59±6.92 vs. 8.04±7.71% p=0.034). Four candidate microRNAs obtained from I/R mice serum were identified in the microRNA array analysis. The re-analysis of these candidate micro-RNAs using all I/R mice demonstrated that the level of mir-16-5p in I/R-TS(+) was raised by approximately nine-fold than that in I/R-TS(−) (9.67±13.35 vs. 0.99±1.41, p<0.05). Next, an in vitro experimental model using a microRNA mimic revealed that apoptosis in NRVMs was greatly enhanced by the transfection of a mir-16-5p mimic in hypoxic culture conditions (mir-16-5p vs. control = 5.77±2.84 vs. 1.72±0.55%, p<0.01). Furthermore, by qRT-PCR analysis, the expression of CASP3 and TRP53 were upregulated in NRVMs treated with a mir-16-5p mimic than in control NRVMs.
Conclusion
Myocardial I/R injury in sarcopenia ended in cardiac repair disturbance accompanying with the enhanced expression of exosomal-mir-16-5p. A pro-apoptotic effect of mir-16-5p may exacerbate myocardial I/R injury and thus can be a novel therapeutic target for cardiac repair disturbance in sarcopenia.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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P4144Pericyte-specific deletion of ninjurin1 induces abnormal vasa vasorum formation and persistent inflammation and enhances intimal hyperplasia of injured vasculature. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Atherosclerosis is fundamental pathological condition inducing severe ischemic diseases such as ischemic heart disease and stroke. New concept has been proposed that adventitial abnormalities including enhanced malformation of adventitial microvessel, vasa vasorum are associated with development and vulnerability of atherosclerotic plaque. However, the role of vasa vasorum malformation in vascular remodelling has not been fully clarified. We recently reported that Ninjurin1 (Ninj1) is critical adhesion molecule to associate pericytes (PCs) with endothelial (EC) tubes to form stabilized mature neovessels. The purpose of this study is to examine if formation of adventitial microvessels affects the vascular remodelling of injured vessels using PCs-specific Ninj1 deletion mouse model.
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Deletion of Ninj1 gene in NG2-positive PCs was induced by tamoxifen (Tam)-treated NG2-CreER/Ninj1loxp mice (Ninj1KO, n=9). Tam-treated-NG2-CreER (n=4) or Tam-nontreated NG2-CreER/Ninj1loxp (n=5) mice were used as Control (Ct1 and Ct2 respectively). Femoral arteries were injured by insertion of coiled wire. After 4 weeks of surgery, blood vessels were stained by venous injection of FITC-lectin. Isolated femoral arteries were fixed with paraformaldehyde and decolorized with CUBIC reagent. Wire-mediated vessel injury induced intimal hyperplasia, as assessed by intima/media (I/M) ratio and accordingly grew microvessels in adventitia. Intimal hyperplasia in Ninj1KO were significantly enhanced compared to Controls. Although there was no significant difference in total length of adventitial microvessels among three groups, extravasation of FITC-lectin from adventitial microvessels were significantly enhanced in Ninj1KO. The number of infiltrated macrophages in adventitia were increased in Ninj1KO.
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Deletion of Ninj1 in PCs contributes to formation of immature microvessels in adventitia of injured vasculature and to adventitial microbleeding, and subsequently enhances intimal hyperplasia. Ninj1 is an attractive target to normalize microvessels for anti-atherosclerotic therapy.
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Development of Algorithm for Discriminating Hydrometeor Particle Types with a Synergistic Use of CloudSat and CALIPSO. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. ATMOSPHERES : JGR 2017; 122:11022-11044. [PMID: 32818127 PMCID: PMC7430508 DOI: 10.1002/2017jd027113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We developed a method for classifying hydrometeor particle types, including cloud and precipitation phase and ice crystal habit, by a synergistic use of CloudSat/Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO)/Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP). We investigated how the cloud phase and ice crystal habit characterized by CALIOP globally relate with radar reflectivity and temperature. The global relationship thus identified was employed to develop an algorithm for hydrometeor type classification with CPR alone. The CPR-based type classification was then combined with CALIPSO-based type characterization to give CPR-CALIOP synergy classification. A unique aspect of this algorithm is to exploit and combine the lidar's sensitivity to thin ice clouds and the radar's ability to penetrate light precipitation to offer more complete picture of vertically resolved hydrometeor type classification than has been provided by previous studies. Given the complementary nature of radar and lidar detections of hydrometeors, our algorithm delivers thirteen hydrometeor types: warm water, supercooled water, randomly-oriented ice crystal (3D-ice), horizontally-oriented plate (2D-plate), 3D-ice+2D-plate, liquid drizzle, mixed-phase drizzle, rain, snow, mixed-phase cloud, water+liquid drizzle, water+rain and unknown. The global statistics of three-dimensional occurrence frequency of each hydrometeor type revealed that 3D-ice contributes the most to the total cloud occurrence frequency (53.8%), followed by supercooled water (14.3%), 2D-plate (9.2%), rain (5.9%), warm water (5.7%), snow (4.8%), mixed-phase drizzle (2.3%), and the remaining types (4.0%). This hydrometeor type classification provides useful observation-based information for climate model diagnostics in representation of cloud phase and their microphysical characteristics.
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P175Ninjurin1 is a novel factor for vascular maturation and mediates the blood flow recovery in the hind limb ischemia. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx501.p175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Imaging mass spectrometry detects dynamic changes of phosphatidylcholine in rat hippocampal CA1 after transient global ischemia. Neuroscience 2016; 322:66-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Blockade of IL-6 signaling by MR16-1 inhibits reduction of docosahexaenoic acid-containing phosphatidylcholine levels in a mouse model of spinal cord injury. Neuroscience 2014; 269:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 02/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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P1-22 Utility of exploratory eye movements in patients with neurological and psychiatric diseases. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)60435-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Imaging mass spectrometry revealed the production of lyso-phosphatidylcholine in the injured ischemic rat brain. Neuroscience 2010; 168:219-25. [PMID: 20362643 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Revised: 03/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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To develop an effective neuroprotective strategy against ischemic injury, it is important to identify the key molecules involved in the progression of injury. Direct molecular analysis of tissue using mass spectrometry (MS) is a subject of much interest in the field of metabolomics. Most notably, imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) allows visualization of molecular distributions on the tissue surface. To understand lipid dynamics during ischemic injury, we performed IMS analysis on rat brain tissue sections with focal cerebral ischemia. Sprague-Dawley rats were sacrificed at 24 h after middle cerebral artery occlusion, and brain sections were prepared. IMS analyses were conducted using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MALDI-TOF MS) in positive ion mode. To determine the molecular structures, the detected ions were subjected to tandem MS. The intensity counts of the ion signals of m/z 798.5 and m/z 760.5 that are revealed to be a phosphatidylcholine, PC (16:0/18:1) are reduced in the area of focal cerebral ischemia as compared to the normal cerebral area. In contrast, the signal of m/z 496.3, identified as a lyso-phosphatidylcholine, LPC (16:0), was clearly increased in the area of focal cerebral ischemia. In IMS analyses, changes of PC (16:0/18:1) and LPC (16:0) are observed beyond the border of the injured area. Together with previous reports--that PCs are hydrolyzed by phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) and produce LPCs,--our present results suggest that LPC (16:0) is generated during the injury process after cerebral ischemia, presumably via PLA(2) activation, and that PC (16:0/18:1) is one of its precursor molecules.
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An internet-based wearable watch-over system for elderly and disabled utilizing EMG and accelerometer. Technol Health Care 2009; 17:121-31. [DOI: 10.3233/thc-2009-0538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The role of silicon in preventing appressorial penetration by the rice blast fungus. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2008; 98:1038-44. [PMID: 18943742 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-98-9-1038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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To test the hypothesis that silicon (Si) confers resistance against appressorial penetration of the rice blast fungus, the proportion of appressorial penetration into the leaf epidermis to total appressoria formed was compared among rice plants amended with various rates of silica gel to those plants nonamended. The amounts of Si in the youngest leaves were consistent with the amounts of silica gel applied to the rice plants. Relative Si levels on the adaxial surface of leaves as detected by energy dispersive X-ray analysis also increased with the amounts of silica gel applied. Based on light microscopic observation of the adaxial surface of rice leaves, the proportion of appressorial penetration was reduced by increasing amounts of silica gel applied and increased with the length of period after spray inoculation. Consequently, these results strongly support the hypothesis and suggest that Si in the leaf epidermis may confer resistance against appressorial penetration. Meanwhile, the number of lesions per leaf also decreased with the amount of Si applied, while only a certain part of penetrated appressoria could become sporulating susceptible lesions. This suggests that Si also confers physiological resistance against blast infection after the penetration.
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Risk factors for recurrence of optimally staged/debulked ovarian or tubal cancer patients with adjuvant paclitaxel/carboplatin combination chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.16571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A correlative study on the relationship between modeled anthropogenic aerosol concentration and satellite-observed cloud properties over east Asia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/2005jd006919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Development of a wearable computer system with a hands-free operation interface for the use of home health caregiver. Technol Health Care 2005. [DOI: 10.3233/thc-2005-13408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Development of a wearable computer system with a hands-free operation interface for the use of home health caregiver. Technol Health Care 2005; 13:293-300. [PMID: 16055977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We previously developed a network-based medical care support system called the Hyper Hospital, a computer network with an interface that is dedicated to patient care. In this study, we developed a wearable information system that is designed so that a caregiver can obtain information and control various support devices within the home-care environment. In our system, the wearable computer itself consists of a computer network built into a jacket. Each required function is implemented by a dedicated small computer connected to the in-jacket network. A new function may easily be added to the system by connecting additional computers. A network comprising such a set of single-function computers becomes a highly efficient information system when applied to health care support.
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Upper bound of the expected training error of neural network regression for a Gaussian noise sequence. Neural Netw 2001; 14:1419-29. [PMID: 11771721 DOI: 10.1016/s0893-6080(01)00122-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In neural network regression problems, often referred to as additive noise models, NIC (Network Information Criterion) has been proposed as a general model selection criterion to determine the optimal network size with high generalization performance. Although NIC has been derived using asymptotic expansion, it has been pointed out that this technique cannot be applied under the assumption that a target function is in a family of assumed networks and the family is not minimal for representing the target true function, i.e. the overrealizable case, in which NIC reduces to the well-known AIC (Akaike Information Criterion) and others depending on a loss function. Because NIC is the unbiased estimator of generalization error based on training error, it is required to derive the expectations of errors for neural networks for such cases. This paper gives upper bounds of the expectations of training errors with respect to the distribution of training data, which we call the expected training error, for some types of networks under the squared error loss. In the overrealizable case, because the errors are determined by fitting properties of networks to noise components, including in data, the target set of data is taken to be a Gaussian noise sequence. For radial basis function networks and 3-layered neural networks with bell shaped activation function in the hidden layer, the expected training error is bounded above by sigma2* - 2nsigma2*logT/T, where sigma2* is the variance of noise, n is the number of basis functions or the number of hidden units and T is the number of data. Furthermore, for 3-layered neural networks with sigmoidal activation function in the hidden layer, we obtained the upper bound of sigma2* - O(log T/T) when n > 2. If the number of data is large enough, these bounds of the expected training error are smaller than sigma2* - N(n)sigma2*/T as evaluated in NIC, where N(n) is the number of all network parameters.
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Ranitidine clearance during hemodialysis with high-flux membrane: comparison of polysulfone and cellulose acetate hemodialyzers. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2000; 56:581-3. [PMID: 11151748 DOI: 10.1007/s002280000191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of hemodialysis using two different types of dialyzer membranes, polysulfone (PS), a high-flux membrane, and cuprophane (CP), a conventional membrane, on blood ranitidine concentration. BACKGROUND Recent advances in hemodialyzer membranes have improved the removal of small and middle size uremic toxins, while little is known about the change of drug removal by new membranes. METHODS Eight patients with chronic renal failure who received ranitidine (150 mg/day) on a chronic basis were included. During the dialysis, blood samples were obtained from both the arterial and venous sides (before and after, respectively) of the dialyzer. RESULTS Serum concentration of ranitidine decreased more on PS [54 +/- 3% (+/- SEM) reduction after 3 h] than on CP (35 +/- 4%). The dialyzer clearance of ranitidine on PS membrane (67.2 +/- 4.4 ml/min/m2) was significantly higher than that on CP (43.1 +/- 3.8 ml/min/m2, P < 0.001). Elimination fraction (EF) of the drug during the dialysis with PS was also significantly higher than that with CP (72 +/- 2% versus 44 +/- 3%). Apparent half-life of ranitidine during dialysis with PS (2.9 +/- 0.4 h) was shorter than that with CP (5.1 +/- 0.7 h). However, the amount of ranitidine removed by a single dialysis with PS membrane was less than 20 mg. CONCLUSION Ranitidine clearance by hemodialysis is significantly higher with PS than with CP. Although additional dose adjustment may not be needed for ranitidine, the type of dialyzer membrane can affect drug elimination and should be taken into account for consideration of drug removal by hemodialysis.
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Optical properties and size distribution of aerosols derived from simultaneous measurements with lidar, a sunphotometer, and an aureolemeter. APPLIED OPTICS 1999; 38:1630-1635. [PMID: 18305782 DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.001630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A new method is proposed to derive the optical properties and size distribution of aerosol in an air column from simultaneous measurements of the backscattering coefficient, the optical thickness, and the solar aureole intensity with lidar, a sunphotometer, and an aureolemeter. Inasmuch as the backscattering properties and the optical thickness depend on both the complex refractive index and the size distribution, whereas the forward-scattering properties depend mainly on the size distribution, real and imaginary indices of refraction and size distributions of aerosol are retrieved from these measurements. The real and the imaginary parts of the complex refractive index of an aerosol at a wavelength of 500 nm during the period from November 1991 to March 1992 obtained in Tsukuba, Japan, were estimated to be 1.46-1.48 and 0.005-0.014, respectively. It is inferred from the size distribution and an optical thickness fraction of stratospheric aerosols in the total columnar aerosols that these results reflect the influences of stratospheric aerosols that originated from the Mt. Pinatubo eruption.
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Stratification and Size Distribution of Aerosols Retrieved from Simultaneous Measurements with Lidar, a SunPhotometer, and an Aureolemeter. APPLIED OPTICS 1998; 37:961-970. [PMID: 18268672 DOI: 10.1364/ao.37.000961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Vertical profiles of backscattering coefficients, optical thicknesses, and columnar size distributions of aerosols were obtained by simultaneous measurements with lidar, a sunphotometer, and an aureolemeter in Tsukuba, Japan, from November 1991 to December 1992. Several conspicuous characteristics were found in the relationship between aerosol size distribution and stratification. In summer an accumulation mode is dominant, and aerosols were heavily loaded in the planetary boundary layer. Turbid atmospheres with an abundance of large particles are observed in the middle troposphere in the spring. In autumn and winter the troposphere is clear so that columnar aerosol size distributions reflect stratospheric aerosols. During the observation period, volcanic aerosols that are due to the Mt. Pinatubo eruption were being loaded in the stratosphere. The mode radius in the volume size distribution of the stratospheric aerosol was observed to increase from 0.45 mum in November 1991 to 0.6 mum in October 1992, and decreased after October 1992. Total aerosol loading in the stratosphere was estimated to be maximum in the spring of 1992, minimum in the autumn of 1992, and increased again after the autumn of 1992.
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Simultaneous determination of the aerosol complex index of refraction and size distribution from scattering measurements of polarized light. APPLIED OPTICS 1997; 36:7992-8001. [PMID: 18264328 DOI: 10.1364/ao.36.007992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In this study we attempt to determine the aerosol complex index of refraction and size distribution from scattering measurements of polarized light. We illustrate that the scattering matrix elements M(2)(100 degrees ) and D(21) (150 degrees ) can be selected as an optimum set of matrix elements for determination of the complex index of refraction. We also illustrate that errors increase if we include insensitive scattering matrix elements in the determination of the complex index of refraction. A method is developed for the simultaneous determination of the complex index of refraction and the size distribution. In our method, we selected two sets of matrix elements, M (2) (100 degrees ) and D (21) (150 degrees ), for the determination of the complex index of refraction and others, which are much less sensitive to the complex index of refraction than M(2) (100 degrees ) and D(21) (150 degrees ), for the determination of the size distribution, based on their sensitivity analyses. A modified inversion library algorithm is adopted to solve the coupled system. Numerical experiments show that both the complex index of refraction and the size distribution can be determined with reasonable accuracy when we apply our method to scattering measurements of polarized light.
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[Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) of the gallbladder]. RYOIKIBETSU SHOKOGUN SHIRIZU 1996:326-328. [PMID: 8705492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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[MR venography using 3D-fast STIR sequence for lower extremities]. NIHON IGAKU HOSHASEN GAKKAI ZASSHI. NIPPON ACTA RADIOLOGICA 1995; 55:774-5. [PMID: 8532511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Venography of the lower extremities performed by injecting iodinated contrast material requires a complicated technique. Veins of lower-flow-speed such as varices are scarcely outlined by using the time-of-flight MR angiography technique. On the other hand, the 2D fast SE technique has proven itself unsuccessful when used with medium magnetic field MRI equipment in which a very long TR is unavailable. We obtained images of lower extremity veins by using the 3D fast STIR technique and medium magnetic field MRI equipment of 0.5 Tesla. The results were crisp angiographic images of lower-flow-speed veins including varices.
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Tropospheric aerosol optical properties derived from lidar, sun photometer, and optical particle counter measurements. APPLIED OPTICS 1994; 33:7132-7140. [PMID: 20941266 DOI: 10.1364/ao.33.007132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Tropospheric aerosols have been observed for the period from November 1990 to April 1992 with a lidar, a sun photometer, and an optical particle counter. Variations of aerosol optical thickness derived from the lidar and the sun photometer data and measurements are presented. The simultaneous measurements of these instruments also allowed us to estimate the extinction-to-backscatter ratio (S(1)), which ranged from 20 to 70. Comparison of optical thicknesses derived from both instruments clearly shows the effect of Mt. Pinatubo's eruption and the temporal variation of optical thickness in the stratosphere over 12 km. The possible range of the complex refractive index for the columnar mean aerosols can be deduced from the probable range of S(1) derived by the use of an S(1) diagram as a function of complex refractive index (m). The imaginary part of m can be estimated provided that the real part of m is known.
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Serum interleukin-2 receptor and interferon-alpha levels in a patient with allergic granulomatous angiitis (Churg-Strauss). Intern Med 1992; 31:955-9. [PMID: 1450510 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A patient with allergic granulomatous angiitis accompanied by increases in serum interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) and interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) levels is reported. Laboratory findings revealed leukocytosis with eosinophilia and increased serum IgE and IgG. The serum IL-2R and IFN-alpha were increased. The serum immune complex, interferon-beta, -gamma and complements remained at normal levels. The serum IgE, IgG, IL-2R and IFN-alpha correlated with disease activity. Immunofluorescent studies using frozen sections obtained from the dermal lesion showed no immunoglobulin or complement deposits on vascular walls. Measurements of serum IL-2R and IFN-alpha might be considered reliable serologic indicators of disease activity.
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[A carcinoma of the cecum arising from the orifice of the appendix: a case report]. GAN NO RINSHO. JAPAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CLINICS 1990; 36:1053-8. [PMID: 2381050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Reported is the case of a 50-year-old man who was admitted to hospital because of an abdominal pain. A barium enema revealed the shade of a distended, unfilled appendix that had reversed itself on the cecum and the ascending colon, the latter showing compression from the exterior. Further, a colonoscopic examination uncovered a flat, nodular tumor of the cecum that had elevated at the orifice of the vermiform appendix, and 67Ga scintigraphy indicated the uptake at the lower right abdomen. A resected specimen of the tumor showed proliferation in the cecal mucosa at the orifice of the appendix, causing an appendiceal abscess, and the histopathological findings revealed an adenocarcinoma of the cecal mucosa but no malignant transformation of the appendiceal mucosa.
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[Diffuse abdominal uptake of 67Ga-citrate; report of three cases]. RINSHO HOSHASEN. CLINICAL RADIOGRAPHY 1989; 34:1497-500. [PMID: 2593298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Three cases, two peritoneal lymphomatosis and one tuberculous peritonitis, which showed diffuse abdominal uptake of 67Ga-citrate, were reported. 67Ga scan should be indicated for patients suspected of malignancy or inflammation with a lack of localized symptoms and signs in the abdomen. 67Ga-citrate scan also can give notable information on the evaluation of therapeutic response in those patients.
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[Nurses in clinical settings: my impressions of reading the series]. [KANGO] JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING 1987; 39:133-9. [PMID: 3446946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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[Malignant lymphoma of the ileum]. GAN NO RINSHO. JAPAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CLINICS 1986; 32:2015-20. [PMID: 3468278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A 53-year-old man with malignant lymphoma of the ileum is reported. He was admitted to our hospital because of lower abdominal discomfort. 67Ga citrate radionuclide imaging revealed an abnormal round uptake in his lower abdomen. CT scans showed an abnormal soft tissue density mass and a remarkably dilated small intestine in the pelvis. X-ray studies of the small intestine revealed a giant diverticulum-like lesion. Angiograms showed a hypovascular tumor with irregularity of the small vessels. A resected specimen revealed non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma, diffuse large-cell type. 67Ga citrate radionuclide imaging was useful in screening for neoplastic lesions in the small intestine because of its easiness and safety.
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Airborne measurements of the optical stratification of aerosols in turbid atmospheres. APPLIED OPTICS 1986; 25:4374. [PMID: 18235794 DOI: 10.1364/ao.25.004374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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[A case report of early rectal carcinoma, IIa + IIc type, with no invasion of the submucosa]. GAN NO RINSHO. JAPAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CLINICS 1985; 31:889-93. [PMID: 4032765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A 66-year-old woman was admitted to the Hakodate Chuo Hospital because of abdominal discomfort. A barium enema study revealed a deformity of the middle Houston's valve of the rectum and granular lesions at the Rb region of the rectum. A colonoscopic examination showed the IIa + IIc type of early rectal carcinoma. A resected specimen also revealed IIa + IIc type early rectal carcinoma, 8 X 13 mm in diameter, and well-differentiated adenocarcinoma with no invasion of the submucosa. Infiltration into the lymphatic vessels and regional lymph node metastasis were not encountered. The deformity of the rectal Houston's valve was checked by a barium enema study. It should be emphasized that early detection of colorectal carcinoma with no invasion of the submucosa, requires careful barium enema studies and colonoscopic examination.
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[Patient-nursing personnel relationship]. [KANGO GIJUTSU] : [NURSING TECHNIQUE] 1985; 31:725-6. [PMID: 3847577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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[Thanatos]. [KANGO GIJUTSU] : [NURSING TECHNIQUE] 1985; 31:740-1. [PMID: 3847584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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[Oriental viewpoint of body and mind. 2]. KANGO TENBO. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE 1984; 9:523-9. [PMID: 6565136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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[The Oriental viewpoint of body and mind (1)]. KANGO TENBO. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE 1984; 9:411-6. [PMID: 6564315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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[The body as the background to thinking. 2]. KANGO TENBO. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE 1984; 9:333-7. [PMID: 6563328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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[Body as the background of thinking]. KANGO TENBO. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE 1984; 9:241-6. [PMID: 6562314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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[Holistic viewpoint about man and 'science']. KANGO TENBO. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE 1984; 9:133-9. [PMID: 6561338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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[Change in the state of body and mind through T groups]. KANGO TENBO. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE 1984; 9:42-9. [PMID: 6560151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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[What should students study in degree programs]. [KANGO] JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING 1983; 35:96-101. [PMID: 6563272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Mechanism of resistance to some cephalosporins in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1983; 23:938-40. [PMID: 6604497 PMCID: PMC185012 DOI: 10.1128/aac.23.6.938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The mechanism of resistance to some cephalosporins in Staphylococcus aureus strains was investigated with high-pressure liquid chromatography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry. Drug inactivation by penicillinase was found to be the main mechanism of resistance to cefazolin, cephaloridine, and cephalothin in S. aureus.
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[Case of systemic lupus erythematosus with multiple thrombosis]. RYUMACHI. [RHEUMATISM] 1983; 23:112-119. [PMID: 6612517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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[C-type murine leukemia virus and the pathogenesis of necrotizing arteritis and glomerulonephritis in MRL/1 mice]. [HOKKAIDO IGAKU ZASSHI] THE HOKKAIDO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 1982; 57:688-95. [PMID: 6134659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A comparative immunopathological and electron microscopic study of vasculitis and glomerulonephritis in autoimmune mice (B/W F1, SL/Ni, MRL/1) was performed. The pathogenesis of vasculitis in B/W F1 mice is due to the deposition of circulating murine leukemia virus (MuLV) gp70-immune complexes in the subendothelial space of vascular walls. Whereas, the vasculitis in SL/Ni mice is mediated by the budding of MuLV particles from vascular smooth muscle cells and the humoral immune response (Gross natural antibody) to virions and MuLV related cell surface antigens of vascular smooth muscle cells. The vasculitis in MRL/1 mice seems to be mediated mainly by the deposition of gp 70-immune complexes in vascular walls. However, the perivascular infiltration of thy1 . 2 antigen positive T-lymphocytes in an early stage of vasculitis suggests that the cellular immune response is, at least in part, important for the initiation of vasculitis in MRL/1 mice. The collective evidence suggests that several immunologic mechanisms are at works in the production of naturally occurring vasculitides in B/W F1, SL/Ni, and MRL/1 mice. The common pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis in B/W F1, SL/Ni and MRL/1 mice is the deposition of circulating gp70-immune complexes in the glomeruli. In addition, in the case of SL/Ni mice, glomerulonephritis is in some part initiated by local formations of the immune complex in the mesangium. The occurrence of vasculitis in MRL/1 mice is markedly accelerated by the treatment of methoxamine hydrochloride (Mexan), as was shown previously in SL/Ni mice.
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[Nursing process/nursing of patients with breast cancer. Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer]. KURINIKARU SUTADI = CLINICAL STUDY 1982; 3:649-55. [PMID: 6921454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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[Nursing process/nursing of patients with breast cancer. Physiopathology of breast cancer]. KURINIKARU SUTADI = CLINICAL STUDY 1982; 3:641-8. [PMID: 6921453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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[Industrial organization and communication]. KANGO TENBO. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE 1981; 6:922-8. [PMID: 6915299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Comparative immunopathologic studies of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic-uremic syndrome and disseminated intravascular coagulation. ACTA PATHOLOGICA JAPONICA 1981; 31:569-81. [PMID: 7197110 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1981.tb02754.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The vascular lesion of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura was characterized by two distinct types of changes in the arteriole of the heart and brain: (1) multiple incomplete vascular occlusions due to the subendothelial deposits composed of a homogeneous fibrin fibrinogen-like substance and platelets without the formation of polymerized fibrin; (2) vascular wall thickening due to the intramural granular deposits of IGM and beta 1C. A patient with hemolytic-uremic syndrome 9 days after the onset of the disease, exhibited (1) the formation of fibrin-thrombi in the glomerular capillary lumens, and (2) the granular deposits of IgM and beta 1C along the glomerular capillary walls and in the mesangium. In contrast, the case in which the symptoms subsided five weeks after the onset exhibited neither fibrin-thrombus formation nor the deposits of IgM and beta 1C in the glomeruli. The vascular lesions of disseminated intravascular coagulation accompanied by pancreas carcinoma was located mainly in the capillaries, and were characterized by the formation of numerous fibrin-thrombi. Although the glomeruli contained numerous thrombi, there was neither endocapillary proliferation nor deposits of immunoglobulins and complement components.
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[Human science. Awareness (1). Behavior and awareness - definition of awareness]. KANGO TENBO. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE 1979; 4:916-21. [PMID: 259789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The structural proteins of murine leukemia virus and the pathogenesis of necrotizing arteritis and glomerulonephritis in SL/Ni mice. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 1979; 122:1812-20. [PMID: 221579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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