著者

NAKANO Masuo CHEN Ying-Wen SATOH Masaki

出版者

公益社団法人 日本気象学会

雑誌

気象集誌. 第2輯 (ISSN:00261165)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2023-013, (Released:2023-02-24)

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Typhoon Krosa (2019) formed in the eastern part of the Philippine Sea and ∼ 1400 km east of another typhoon Lekima on 6 August and made landfall in the western part of Japan's mainland on 15 August. The operational global model forecasts, which were initialized just after Krosa's formation, showed a very large uncertainty and totally failed to predict the actual track of Krosa. In this study, we investigated the causes of this large uncertainty through 101-member ensemble forecast experiments by using a 28-km mesh global nonhydrostatic model. The experiments initialized at 1200 UTC 6 August, showed a large uncertainty. An ensemble-based lagged correlation analysis indicated that the western North Pacific Subtropical High (WNPSH) retreated further east in the members with large track forecast errors than in the members with small errors. For the members with a large track forecast error for Krosa, Krosa and Lekima approached each other by 250 km and Krosa moved northward faster than the observation in 36 hours from the initialization time. For the members with a small track forecast error for Krosa, two typhoons approached each other by only 50 km, and the northward moving speed was comparable with that of the observation. The typhoon-center relative composite analysis exhibited that at the initialization time, the members with a large Krosa track forecast error had a larger horizontal size of Krosa and the difference in Krosa's size was kept during the forecast period. This difference in size led to a stronger interaction between the two typhoons and retreatment of the WNPSH, thus resulting in a fast northward moving speed for the members with a large Krosa track error.

著者

Nam-Hee Kim Hawazin W. Elani Ichiro Kawachi

出版者

Japan Epidemiological Association

雑誌

Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, no.2, pp.101-108, 2023-02-05 (Released:2023-02-05)

参考文献数

42

被引用文献数

1

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Background: In 2012, the Korean government expanded dental insurance for the elderly to promote improved access to dental care. We examined the causal effect of this policy on dental care needs, focusing on low-income older adults.Methods: We compared data before and after policy implementation using double difference (DD) and triple difference (DDD) analyses. We used the nationally representative data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 and 2016–2018. Individuals aged ≥65 years were included in the treatment group, and individuals aged <65 years were included in the control group.Results: Dental insurance expansion was associated with a paradoxical increase in perceived unmet dental needs among elderly individuals (8.8 percentage points increase, 95% CI: 4.7 to 13.0). However, there were improvements in dental prosthetics outcomes (denture wearing [4.0 percentage points, 95% CI: 0.2 to 7.9] and dental implants [5.0 percentage points, 95% CI: 2.1 to 7.9]; P < 0.01). Upon analyzing low-income elderly individuals using DDD analysis, we found that the insurance expansion led to a 21.6% smaller increase in unmet dental needs among low-income adults, compared to high-income adults (95% CI, −35.0 to −8.5; P < 0.01).Conclusion: Dental insurance expansion in South Korea resulted in improvements in access to dental prosthetic services overall. It also led to a smaller increase in unmet dental needs among low-income older adults, compared to high-income adults.

著者

Naomi Oyama-Okubo Yuki Mikanagi

出版者

The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

雑誌

The Horticulture Journal (ISSN:21890102)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.QH-050, (Released:2023-02-18)

被引用文献数

2

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Rosa foetida Herrm. is an important wild rose that contributed to the birth of modern yellow cultivars. It is also well known for the unpleasant odor, not prevalent in other roses, emanating from its petals. We analyzed the floral scent of R. foetida and its sport cultivars, R. foetida var. bicolor (Jacq.) Willm. and R. foetida f. persiana (Lem.) Rehd., to identify the causative compounds for their offensive odor. Fatty acid derivatives 2,4-decadienal (2,4-DA), 2,4-decadienol (2,4-DO), and (Z)-jasmone were detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry along with several terpenoids, phenylpropanoids, and hydrocarbons. Among them, 2,4-DA and 2,4-DO were identified as the causative compounds of the offensive odor. This is the first detection of these fatty acid derivatives in the scent of rose flowers. We also analyzed the floral scent of eight descendant cultivars of R. foetida: ‘Agnes’, ‘Harison’s Yellow’, ‘Rhodophile Gravereaux’, ‘Schloss Seusslitz’, ‘Soleil d’Or’, ‘Star of Persia’, ‘The Queen Alexandra Rose’, and ‘Williams’ Double Yellow’. 2,4-DA and 2,4-DO were only detected in the smell of ‘Star of Persia’. No other descendant was found to emit these fatty acids. This is the first analysis of an unpleasant odor in roses.

著者

Yang Zhao Seok-Woo Son Seung-Yoon Back

出版者

公益社団法人 日本気象学会

雑誌

SOLA (ISSN:13496476)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2023-006, (Released:2023-02-01)

被引用文献数

2

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On 18-20 July 2021, Henan Province in China experienced a historically rare extreme precipitation event, termed as the “21.7” event. Its synoptic environment was characterized by a large amount of moisture supply by binary typhoons located over the ocean and a potential vorticity intrusion in the upper level. The present study examines the importance of the latter by conducting WRF model experiments. A qualitatively similar rainfall amount to observation is obtained when the zonal wavenumbers 7 and larger is kept above 300 hPa in the initial and lateral boundary conditions. When only the large-scale disturbances with wavenumbers 2-4 are kept, the precipitation is greatly reduced. This result indicates that the upper-level synoptic-scale disturbance, which leads to the development of potential vorticity anomaly and its downward intrusion, has likely played a critical role in the development of this event along with a large amount of moisture transport in the low level.

著者

Kiyoe Ishimoto Misuzu Nosaka-Takahashi Mitsuko Kishi-Kaboshi Tsuneaki Watanabe Kiyomi Abe Sae Shimizu-Sato Hirokazu Takahashi Mikio Nakazono Hirohiko Hirochika Yutaka Sato

出版者

Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology

雑誌

Plant Biotechnology (ISSN:13424580)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.22.1117a, (Released:2023-01-23)

参考文献数

25

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In plants, mitogen activated protein kinases (MPKs) are involved in various signaling pathways that lead to biotic and abiotic responses as well as that regulate developmental processes. Among them, MPK6 and its closely related homologue, MPK3, act redundantly and are known to be involved in asymmetric cell divisions of meristemoid mother cells in stomata development and of zygotes in Arabidopsis. Loss-of-function mutants of GLE4/OsMPK6, which is an orthologue of MPK6 in rice, showed a defect in polarity establishment in early stage of embryogenesis. However, because of the embryo lethality of the mutations, the function of GLE4/OsMPK6 in post-embryonic development is not clarified. Here, we report the analysis of post embryonic function of GLE4/OsMPK6 in vegetative stage of rice using regenerated gle4/osmpk6 homozygous plants from tissue culture. The regenerated plants are dwarf and produce multiple shoots with small leaves. These shoots never develop into reproductive stage, instead, proliferate vegetative shoots repeatedly. Leaves of gle4/osmpk6 have small leaf blade at the tip and blade-sheath boundary become obscure. Stomata arrangement is also disturbed in gle4/osmpk6 leaf blade. The shape of shoot apical meristem of gle4/osmpk6 become disorganized. Thus, GLE4/OsMPK6 functions in shoot organization and stomata patterning in the post embryonic development in rice.

著者

川田 淳一郎 Jun-ichiro KAWADA 東京工芸大学芸術学部基礎教育課程 Division of Liveral Arts and Science Faculty of Arts Tokyo Polytechnic University

雑誌

東京工芸大学芸術学部紀要 = Bulletin, Faculty of Arts, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics (ISSN:13418696)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.9, pp.63-68, 2003

著者

Yasunori Suematsu Shin-ichiro Miura Akira Minei Yoko Sumita Koshiro Kanaoka Michikazu Nakai Hisatomi Arima Koshi Nakamura Tomoyuki Takura Kazunori Shimada Hirokazu Shiraishi Nagaharu Fukuma Yusuke Ohya Shigeru Makita The JROAD-CR Investigators

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Reports (ISSN:24340790)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CR-22-0121, (Released:2023-01-25)

参考文献数

15

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Background: Although cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been reported to be effective for improving the prognosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), more patients must participate in CR during admission and as outpatients. Factors contributing to, and countermeasures against, the low CR participation rate need to be identified. Here we describe the protocol for a study designed to evaluate the effectiveness and problems of CR for AMI from the Japanese Registry of All Cardiac and Vascular Diseases (JROAD) and the JROAD–Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination system (JROAD-DPC) database.Methods and Results: This is a multicenter retrospective cohort study that will use the JROAD/JROAD-DPC database to evaluate the effectiveness of CR for AMI (JROAD-CR). Five thousand patients with AMI who were admitted to hospitals registered in the JROAD database in 2014 will be investigated with regard to their baseline characteristics, AMI severity and treatment, examination results, history of CR, and prognosis up to 5 years. We will also investigate the presence, quantity, and quality of CR, and evaluate the effectiveness of CR with respect to cost, exercise tolerance, and prognosis during admission and follow-up.Conclusions: The JROAD-CR study will seek to reveal the effectiveness of CR for AMI in the era of early reperfusion therapy and shortened hospitalization.

著者

TAKENORI INOMATA JAEMYOUNG SUNG ALAN YEE AKIRA MURAKAMI YUICHI OKUMURA KEN NAGINO KENTA FUJIO YASUTSUGU AKASAKI AKIE MIDORIKAWA-INOMATA ATSUKO EGUCHI KEIICHI FUJIMOTO TIANXIANG HUANG YUKI MOROOKA MARIA MIURA HURRAMHON SHOKIROVA KUNIHIKO HIROSAWA MIZU OHNO HIROYUKI KOBAYASHI

出版者

The Juntendo Medical Society

雑誌

順天堂醫事雑誌 (ISSN:21879737)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.JMJ22-0032-R, (Released:2023-01-26)

参考文献数

63

被引用文献数

1

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During the 5th Science, Technology, and Innovation Basic Plan, the Japanese government proposed a novel societal concept -Society 5.0- that promoted a healthcare system characterized by its capability to provide unintrusive, predictive, longitudinal care through the integration of cyber and physical space. The role of Society 5.0 in managing our quality of vision will become more important in the modern digitalized and aging society, both of which are known risk factors for developing dry eye. Dry eye is the most common ocular surface disease encountered in Japan with symptoms including increased dryness, eye discomfort, and decreased visual acuity. Owing to its complexity, implementation of P4 (predictive, preventive, personalized, participatory) medicine in managing dry eye requires a comprehensive understanding of its pathology, as well as a strategy to visualize and stratify its risk factors. Using DryEyeRhythm®, a mobile health (mHealth) smartphone software (app), we established a route to collect holistic medical big data on dry eye, such as the subjective symptoms and lifestyle data for each individual. The studies to date aided in determining the risk factors for severe dry eye, the association between major depressive disorder and dry eye exacerbation, eye drop treatment adherence, app-based stratification algorithms based on symptomology, blink detection biosensoring as a dry eye-related digital phenotype, and effectiveness of app-based dry eye diagnosis support compared to traditional methods. These results contribute to elucidating disease pathophysiology and promoting preventive and effective measures to counteract dry eye through mHealth.

著者

Akito Kato-Kataoka Masashi Sakai Rika Ebina Chiaki Nonaka Tsuguyoshi Asano Takashi Miyamori

出版者

SOCIETY FOR FREE RADICAL RESEARCH JAPAN

雑誌

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition (ISSN:09120009)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.47, no.3, pp.246-255, 2010 (Released:2010-10-29)

参考文献数

39

被引用文献数

52 72

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Soybean-derived phosphatidylserine (Soy-PS) is a phosphatidylserine made from soybean lecithin by enzymatic reaction with L-serine. A double-blind, randomized controlled study was conducted to investigate the effects of Soy-PS on the cognitive functions of the elderly Japanese subjects with memory complaints. Seventy-eight elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (50–69 years old) were randomly allocated to take Soy-PS (100 mg, 300 mg/day) or placebo for 6 months. As a result, there was no difference in blood markers and vital signs during Soy-PS treatment and any side effect caused by Soy-PS treatment was not observed. Neuropsychological test scores were similarly increased in all groups including placebo group. However, in the subjects with relatively low score at baseline, the memory scores in PS treated groups were significantly increased against the baseline, while those of placebo group remained unchanged. And the memory improvements in Soy-PS-treated groups were mostly attributed to the increase in delayed verbal recall, a memory ability attenuated in the earliest stage of dementia. In conclusion, Soy-PS used in this study is considered as safety food ingredient and 6 months of Soy-PS supplementation could improve the memory functions of the elderly with memory complaints.

著者

Migyeong Kim Jeong Hoon Cho Sang-Boom Ryoo

出版者

公益社団法人 日本気象学会

雑誌

SOLA (ISSN:13496476)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2023-004, (Released:2023-01-10)

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Forecasts of discrete events, such as precipitation, dust storms, and typhoons, can be deterministic, categorical, or probabilistic. Ensemble-based probabilistic predictions generate more consistent forecasts than individual deterministic models. We introduce and evaluate the Ensemble Prediction System of Asian Dust Aerosol Model 3, which generates probability forecasts of Asian dust. Probability forecasts were produced for 300 μ gm−3 PM10 mass concentrations, according to the air-quality standards of the Ministry of Environment of South Korea and Korea Meteorological Administration. Crisis-level information was produced to categorize the dust risk level for Asia, using a risk matrix. The model's performance was evaluated using a 2 × 2 contingency table, the Brier skill score, and a reliability diagram. For skill score evaluation via the contingency table, the average hit rate and threat score were 0.46 and 0.34 for the best three sites, Jurihe, Erenhot, and Wulatezhongqi. The Brier skill score was positive for approximately 60% of stations, with the highest (0.401) and lowest (−2.038) values in Erenhot and Yanan, respectively. The reliability diagram revealed overestimated Asian dust frequencies for all stations. Although the stations were located within the same regions, their skill scores differed. Regional characteristics of skill scores should be further investigated in the future.

著者

Yuji Furutani Chii-Shen Yang

出版者

The Biophysical Society of Japan

雑誌

Biophysics and Physicobiology (ISSN:21894779)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.e201005, (Released:2023-01-11)

著者

刀祢 和樹 都澤 拓 工藤 謙輔 佐々木 幾星 WEI-CHUAN CHIANG HSIN-MING YEH 中村 乙水 米山 和良 坂本 崇 阪倉 良孝 菊池 潔 河邊 玲

出版者

公益社団法人 日本水産学会

雑誌

日本水産学会誌 (ISSN:00215392)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.22-00026, (Released:2022-12-29)

参考文献数

25

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薩南海域におけるカンパチ成魚の遊泳行動を取得し,台湾東部海域の既往知見と比較した。薩南海域の個体は台湾東部の個体よりも移動範囲が狭く,放流した海域の近傍に留まり続けていた。海域間で滞在深度は異なっていたが経験水温は同程度であった。核DNAのITS領域とmtDNAのcytochrome b領域の塩基配列情報を用いて標識個体の種判別を試みたところ,形態的にはカンパチであるにも関わらず,ヒレナガカンパチと同様のcytochrome b領域のPCR-RFLPパターンを示す個体が見られた。

著者

Kayoko Ishii Aya Goto Hiromi Yoshida-Komiya Tetsuya Ohira Keiya Fujimori

出版者

Japan Epidemiological Association

雑誌

Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.32, no.Supplement_XII, pp.S64-S75, 2022-12-05 (Released:2022-12-05)

参考文献数

47

被引用文献数

6

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With the aim of monitoring the mental and physical health of mothers and children following the Fukushima nuclear accident and providing them with necessary care, we have been conducting an annual survey of expectant and nursing mothers since 2011. The Pregnancy and Birth Survey is a mail-in survey of about 15,000 individuals, with a response rate of approximately 50.0% each year. In addition, because respondents to a survey conducted in the immediate aftermath of the disaster showed a particularly high rate of depression, follow-up surveys have been conducted at 4 years after childbirth. Reviewing the results of surveys from FY 2011 through FY 2018, we found that the prevalence of depressive symptoms among mothers was highest in the survey after childbirth and decreased over time. Data of follow-up surveys showed that the prevalence of depression was lower than immediately after childbirth and then decreased over time. The proportion of mothers with radiation anxiety was higher among respondents in the FY 2011 follow-up than in the FY 2014 follow-up, indicating the prolonged impact of the nuclear accident, especially among those who gave birth immediately after the disaster. Characteristics of mothers who received telephone parenting counseling included first delivery, caesarean section, living in evacuation zones, not being able to receive medical examinations as scheduled, and having radiation anxiety. Continuous care should be provided to mothers who gave birth immediately after the nuclear accident, including routine perinatal care and parenting support, provision of information on radiation, and long-term monitoring of their wellbeing.

著者

Taiji Noguchi Fumi Kondo Takeshi Nishiyama Takahiro Otani Hiroko Nakagawa-Senda Miki Watanabe Nahomi Imaeda Chiho Goto Akihiro Hosono Kiyoshi Shibata Hiroyuki Kamishima Akane Nogimura Kenji Nagaya Tamaki Yamada Sadao Suzuki

出版者

Japan Epidemiological Association

雑誌

Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.32, no.2, pp.89-95, 2022-02-05 (Released:2022-02-05)

参考文献数

37

被引用文献数

1

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Background: Marital transitions are associated with adverse health events, such as mortality and cardiovascular disease. Since marital transitions (eg, becoming widowed) are unavoidable life events, it is necessary to identify modifiable intermediate outcomes. Thus, we examined the association between marital transitions and vegetable intake among middle-aged and older Japanese adults.Methods: This longitudinal study included Japanese adults aged 40–79 years who received an annual health checkup between 2007 and 2011 (baseline) and 5 years later (follow-up). Marital transitions were classified as whether and what type of transition occurred during the 5-year period and comprised five groups: consistently married, married to widowed, married to divorced, not married to married, and remained not married. Changes in total vegetable, green and yellow vegetable, and light-colored vegetable intake from baseline to follow-up were calculated using the Food Frequency Questionnaire.Results: Data from 4,813 participants were analyzed (mean age, 59.4 years; 44.1% women). Regarding marital transitions, 3,960 participants were classified as “consistently married,” 135 as “married to widowed,” 40 as “married to divorced,” 60 as “not married to married,” and 529 as “remained not married.” Multivariable linear regression analysis revealed that compared to consistently married, married to widowed was inversely associated with the change in total vegetable intake (β = −16.64, SE = 7.68, P = 0.030) and light-colored vegetable intake (β = −11.46, SE = 4.33, P = 0.008).Conclusion: Our findings suggest that being widowed could result in a reduced intake of vegetables. Hence, dietary counseling according to marital situation is necessary.

著者

Erwin Suwendi Hitoshi Iwaya Jae-Sung Lee Hiroshi Hara Satoshi Ishizuka

出版者

Biomedical Research Press

雑誌

Biomedical Research (ISSN:03886107)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, no.6, pp.329-336, 2012 (Released:2012-12-27)

参考文献数

28

被引用文献数

19 22

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Dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis is an experimental model of ulcerative colitis, although the precise mechanism has not yet been elucidated. We investigate whether Zn deficiency affects the pathogenesis of colitis induced by DSS with a focus on immune responses. Male WKAH/Hkm Slc rats were fed either a Zn-adequate (ZA, 30 mg Zn/kg diet) as a control or Zndeficient (ZD, 5 mg Zn/kg diet) diet for 21 days and then treated with 2% DSS via deionized drinking water for 7 days. The disease activity index (DAI) was recorded daily throughout DSS treatment. Serum Zn concentrations were significantly lowered in rats fed the ZD diet than those fed the ZA diet at day 7 and 14. Surprisingly, DSS treatment considerably reduced the serum Zn in both groups. The rats fed the ZD diet showed exacerbated colitis based on clinical outcomes, including weight loss, increased DAI, and shortened colon length. An in vitro study corroborated these results, showing that a large amount of TNFα was induced by rat mesenteric leukocytes in response to lipopolysaccharide in ZD medium, but not in ZA medium. These results indicate that a modulation of TNFα production due to Zn deficiency influences disease activity in DSS-induced colitis. In addition, more attention should be given to Zn for prevention of colitis.

著者

Wei-Shan Chin Shih-Cheng Liao Shin-Chun Pan Yue-Liang Leon Guo

出版者

Japan Epidemiological Association

雑誌

Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.32, no.1, pp.12-20, 2022-01-05 (Released:2022-01-05)

参考文献数

51

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Background: The long-term effects of occupational injury (OI) on psychiatric diseases are unclear. This study assessed and compared the effects of OI, no injury (control), and non-OI (NOI) on the development of psychiatric diseases.Methods: We used Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database to investigate the incidence of psychiatric disorders in OI, NOI, and control groups. The subjects were aged 20–50 years, actively employed in 2000, and did not have history of injury or psychiatric disorders. All subjects were followed from 2000 and were classified into OI, NOI, and control groups according to occurrence of target injury later on. Individuals in each group were matched by age, sex, insurance premium before the index date, and year of the index date. Psychiatric disease-free days were compared among the groups using survival analysis and Cox regression.Results: We included a total of 12,528 patients for final analysis, with 4,176 in each group. Compared with the control group, the OI group had an increased occurrence of trauma and stress-related disorder, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and alcohol and other substance dependence. These increases were similar to those in the NOI group. Elevated cumulative incidence rate of any psychiatric disorders was observed among those with OI or NOI up to 10 years after injury.Conclusion: We confirmed that OI and NOI induced psychiatric disorders. These findings highlight the need for workers’ compensation mechanisms to consider long-term psychological care among injured workers.

著者

Chikage Umeda-Hara Hidekazu Iwakawa Misato Ohtani Taku Demura Tomoko Matsumoto Jun Kikuchi Koji Murata Masaaki Umeda

出版者

Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology

雑誌

Plant Biotechnology (ISSN:13424580)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.39, no.3, pp.215-220, 2022-09-25 (Released:2022-09-25)

参考文献数

28

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Somatic polyploidization often increases cell and organ size, thereby contributing to plant biomass production. However, as most woody plants do not undergo polyploidization, explaining the polyploidization effect on organ growth in trees remains difficult. Here we developed a new method to generate tetraploid lines in poplars through colchicine treatment of lateral buds. We found that tetraploidization induced cell enlargement in the stem, suggesting that polyploidization can increase cell size in woody plants that cannot induce polyploidization in normal development. Greenhouse growth analysis revealed that radial growth was enhanced in the basal stem of tetraploids, whereas longitudinal growth was retarded, producing the same amount of stem biomass as diploids. Woody biomass characteristics were also comparable in terms of wood substance density, saccharification efficiency, and cell wall profiling. Our results reveal tetraploidization as an effective strategy for improving woody biomass production when combined with technologies that promote longitudinal stem growth by enhancing metabolite production and/or transport.

著者

Tadasu K. Yamada Tint Tun Nyo-Nyo Tun Yin Yin Toke Deliver Htwe Mu Mu Aung Yuko Tajima

出版者

National Museum of Nature and Sciece

雑誌

国立科学博物館研究報告A類(動物学) (ISSN:18819052)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.48, no.4, pp.235-247, 2022-11-22 (Released:2022-11-22)

参考文献数

39

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Balaenopterid whale specimens preserved in several institutions totaling 19 were examined. Specimens identified to species level were 14, i.e. 3 Balaenoptera musculus, 6 B. edeni, and 5 B. omurai. The remaining 5 specimens were not identified. The existence of B. omurai from Myanmar waters was confirmed based on the morphological characters of the skull and the first rib. This article is the first confirmation of this species in Myanmar. Among the two already “confirmed” species, B. musculus was identified by Smith et al. (1997) based on the actual specimen in the Natural History Museum, however for B. edeni, the specimens we examined were not observed for species identification and no preceding work reported the existence of B. edeni, except for the type specimen collected in Mon state in 1871 and now preserved in the Indian Museum, Kolkata (Anderson, 1879).

著者

Toyonobu Tsuda Takeshi Kato Keisuke Usuda Takashi Kusayama Soichiro Usui Kenji Sakata Kenshi Hayashi Masa-aki Kawashiri Masakazu Yamagishi Masayuki Takamura Takayuki Otsuka Shinya Suzuki Akio Hirata Masato Murakami Mitsuru Takami Masaomi Kimura Hidehira Fukaya Shiro Nakahara Wataru Shimizu Yu-ki Iwasaki Hiroshi Hayashi Tomoo Harada Ikutaro Nakajima Ken Okumura Junjiroh Koyama Michifumi Tokuda Teiichi Yamane Yukihiko Momiyama Kojiro Tanimoto Kyoko Soejima Noriko Nonoguchi Koichiro Ejima Nobuhisa Hagiwara Masahide Harada Kazumasa Sonoda Masaru Inoue Koji Kumagai Hidemori Hayashi Kazuhiro Satomi Yoshinao Yazaki Yuji Watari Masaru Arai Ryuta Watanabe Katsuaki Yokoyama Naoya Matsumoto Koichi Nagashima Yasuo Okumura on behalf of the AF Ablation Frontier Registry and the Hokuriku-Plus AF Registry Investigators

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-22-0461, (Released:2022-12-02)

参考文献数

36

被引用文献数

5

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Background: A recent randomized trial demonstrated that catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (EF) is associated with a reduction in death or heart failure. However, the effect of catheter ablation for AF in patients with heart failure with mid-range or preserved EF is unclear.Methods and Results: We screened 899 AF patients (72.4% male, mean age 68.4 years) with heart failure and left ventricular EF ≥40% from 2 Japanese multicenter AF registries: the Atrial Fibrillation registry to Follow the long-teRm Outcomes and use of aNTIcoagulants aftER Ablation (AF Frontier Ablation Registry) as the ablation group (525 patients who underwent ablation) and the Hokuriku-Plus AF Registry as the medical therapy group (374 patients who did not undergo ablation). Propensity score matching was performed in these 2 registries to yield 106 matched patient pairs. The primary endpoint was a composite of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure. At 24.6 months, the ablation group had a significantly lower incidence of the primary endpoint (hazard ratio 0.32; 95% confidence interval 0.13–0.70; P=0.004) than the medical therapy group.Conclusions: Compared with medical therapy, catheter ablation for AF in patients with heart failure and mid-range or preserved EF was associated with a significantly lower incidence of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure.

著者

Ilka Straehler-Pohl Gisèle Flodore Youbouni Ghepdeu Durane Tchatchouang Chougong François Tchoumbougnang André Carrara Morandini

出版者

The Plankton Society of Japan, The Japanese Association of Benthology

雑誌

Plankton and Benthos Research (ISSN:18808247)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.17, no.4, pp.406-429, 2022-11-30 (Released:2022-11-30)

参考文献数

73

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Ernst Haeckel described four new chirodropid species in 1880. Chirodropus gorilla was seen only on a few occasions along the Western coasts of Africa, while Chirodropus palmatus (from St. Helena Island) was never recorded again. Type specimens of both species are lost, leading some scientists to doubt the validity of C. palmatus. New specimens assignable to C. gorilla from European and South African Museum collections shed light on the identification of both species. Among the C. gorilla samples, small mature individuals with more pedalial branches than in the larger specimens were discovered. Further observations on living specimens of the smaller chirodropid from Cameroon suggested that they must be C. palmatus because there were only two chirodropid species described from West African waters; comparison with Haeckel’s descriptions and drawings confirmed the identification. Additionally, our data showed that Chirodropus palmatus must be classified into the family Chiropsalmidae and accommodated in its own genus, Chimaerus gen. nov. We also revised definitions of the families Chirodropidae and Chiropsalmidae and re-described both species.