As an extension of reinforcing principles of composite materials in which macroscopic fibers
are dispersed in a ductile matrix, rigid microfibrils of wholly aromatic polyamides such as …

To examine the action of alcohols on skin barrier function, we have: (a) determined, in vitro,
how pretreatment of hairless mouse skin with a homologous series of n-alkanols (C 2 -C 12 ) …

Background: Exercise capacity is related to mortality and morbidity in heart failure (HF) patients.
Determinants of exercise capacity in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) have …

A method to suppress the residual vibration of relative displacement is proposed. In factory
automation, the positioning machines are precisely controlled by servo motors; however, their …

The development of antiviral agents that have novel mechanisms of action is urgently
required in the topical therapy of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections. We reported …

The relationship between salivary methotrexate (MTX) concentration and severity of oral
mucositis after administration of MTX was investigated in six children with acute lymphoblastic …

Conclusions Encke's method can be used with the batch filter to improve the convergence
characteristics as well as reduce numerical integration errors. This can be accomplished for …

Two elderly women complaining of intermittent claudication complicated with persistent
sciatic artery are herein reported. A direct femoral arteriogram showed hypoplasty of the …

The compact genome of fugu (Takifugu rubripes) has been used widely as a reference genome
for understanding the evolution of vertebrate genomes. However, the fragmented nature …

Magnetic properties of nonoriented electrical steel sheets are influenced by mechanical
stress because they exhibit the phenomenon of magnetostriction. Therefore, it is necessary to …