Application of organic soil amendments is a traditional control method for plant–parasitic
nematodes and it is considered a part of nematode-management programs. A variety of …

Obesity, a major healthcare issue, is associated with significant cardiovascular morbidities,
including hypertension and atherosclerosis. Numerous intensive studies conducted this …

Recently, a novel physiologically active peptide, kisspeptin (metastin), has been reported to
facilitate sexual maturation and ovulation by directly stimulating GnRH neurons in several …

A moving-particle semi-implicit (MPS) method for simulating fragmentation of incompressible
fluids is presented. The motion of each particle is calculated through interactions with …

Two cell lines have been established from insulinomas obtained by targeted expression of
the simian virus 40 T antigen gene in transgenic mice. These cell lines, designated MIN6 …

We carried out a multistage genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes mellitus in
Japanese individuals, with a total of 1,612 cases and 1,424 controls and 100,000 SNPs. The …

Abstract Wolfram syndrome (WFS; OMIM 222300) is an autosomal recessive
neurodegenerative disorder defined by young-onset non-immune insulin-dependent …

In 1999, the Japan Diabetes Society (JDS) launched the previous version of the diagnostic
criteria of diabetes mellitus, in which JDS took initiative in adopting glycated haemoglobin …

A practical, predictive equation for estimating erosion damage caused by solid particle
impact, which can be utilized under any impact conditions and for any type of material, is …

The numerical method used in this study is the moving particle semi‐implicit (MPS) method,
which is based on particles and their interactions. The particle number density is implicitly …