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Michio Tanaka,Eisuke Yokota,Yoichiro Toyonaga2,Fumitaka Shimizu,Yoshiyuki Ishii,Makoto Fujime,Shigeo Horie 대한비뇨의학회 2013 Investigative and Clinical Urology Vol.54 No.7
Purpose: To identify the parameters on noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT)that best predict the success of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL). Materials and Methods: We reviewed the records of 75 patients who underwent SWL for urinary calculi measuring 5 to 20 mm. Using NCCT images, we estimated the largest stone cross-sectional area and contoured the inner edge of the stone. Clinical outcome was classified as successful (stone-free or <4 mm in diameter) or failed (stone fragments, ≥4 mm). The impact of preoperative parameters was evaluated by univariate and multivariate analysis. Results: The overall success rate was 73.3%. Average stone attenuation value, stone length, and stone cross-sectional area in the success and failure groups were 627.4±166.5 HU (Hounsfield unit) vs. 788.1±233.9 HU (p=0.002), 11.7±3.8 mm vs. 14.2±3.6 mm (p=0.015), and 0.31±0.17 cm2 vs. 0.57±0.41 cm2 (p<0.001), respectively. In the multivariate analysis, stone attenuation value was the only independent predictor of SWL success (p=0.023), although stone cross-sectional area had a tendency to be associated with SWL success (p=0.053). Patients were then classified into four groups by using cutoff values of 780 HU for stone attenuation value and 0.4 cm2 for cross-sectional area. By use of these cutoff values, the group with a low stone attenuation value and a low cross-sectional area was more than 11.6 times as likely to have a successful result on SWL as were all other groups (odds ratio, 11.6; 95% confidence interval, 3.9 to 54.7; p<0.001). Conclusions: Stone attenuation value and stone cross-sectional area are good predictors of extracorporeal SWL outcome.
Taishiro Kamasaki,Hiroshi Otao,Mizuki Hachiya,Shinichi Tanaka,Kohei Ochishi,Suguru Shimokihara,Michio Maruta,Gwanghee Han,Yoshihiko Akasaki,Yuma Hidaka,Takayuki Tabira 대한노인병학회 2023 Annals of geriatric medicine and research Vol.27 No.4
Background: Considering concerns about conventional toe grip strength, we devised a method to measure toe pressure strength in the standing position, which is close to the actual motion. This study examined the association between toe pressure strength in the standing position and walking speed among older adults. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 150 community-dwelling older adults (81±8 years, 73% female) who participated in the physical fitness test. We analyzed the correlation between the participants’ maximum walking speed and physical function. Furthermore, we performed regression analysis with the maximum walking speed as the dependent variable to examine the association with toe pressure strength in the standing position. We also examined the association between maximum walking speed and toe pressure strength in the standing position by introducing a covariate. Results: Correlation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between maximum walking speed and toe pressure strength in the standing position, with a moderate effect size (r=0.48, p<0.001). Moreover, multiple regression analysis with covariates showed an association between maximum walking speed and toe pressure strength in the standing position (standardization factor=0.13, p<0.026). Conclusion: Toe pressure strength in the standing position was associated with maximum walking speed. This finding clarifies the significance of assessing toe pressure strength in the standing position and suggests that enhanced toe pressure strength in the standing position may increase maximum walking speed.
Minami Tsuchiya,Seung-Il Cho,Atsushi Tanaka,Muneki Yasuda,Tomochika Harada,Michio Yokoyama 한국지능시스템학회 2020 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of FUZZY LOGIC and INTELLIGE Vol.20 No.2
This study investigates the invisible factors that influence the subjective satisfaction of sleep, which is a crucial factor in sleep-supporting systems. The effects of these factors were examined using a neural network (NN) model. A sensing bed system obtains the environmental and vital signs data with five-level evaluations. The relationships among over 300,000 collected data points were visualized and analyzed using the NN model. The results indicated that the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the bed affect the subjective satisfaction of sleep both during warm and cold periods. Furthermore, the NN models indicated that the respiratory frequency influences sleep satisfaction. In this study, both these factors and their effects on the subjective satisfaction of sleep were successfully investigated by utilizing the NN model.
Micropropagation of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) in a novel $CO_2$-Enriched Vessel
Silva Jaime A. Teixeira da,Giang Dam Thi Thanh,Tanaka Michio The Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology 2005 Plant molecular biology and biotechnology research Vol.7 No.1
To overcome various disadvantages of conventional cul-ture vessels for micropropagation, a novel disposable vessel, the 'Vitron', made of a multi-layered $OTP^{(R)}$ film and supported by a polypropylene frame, was developed. The film possesses superior properties such as: high light transmittance, low water vapor transmittance and thermal stability and in particular, high gas-permeability. Single nodal explants, which were excised from the multiple shoots derived from shoot-tip culture, were cultured in Vitron and polycarbonate vessels on $3\%$ sugar-containing agar on MS medium and placed at 3000 ppm $CO_2$-enrichment at a low photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) ($45{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}\;s^{-1}$). The in vitro and ex vitro growth, and the net photosynthetic rate of in vitro and ex vitro plantlets were significantly enhanced in the Vitron compared to those cultured in a polycarbonate vessel. Explants that were cultured on the same MS medium under low PPFD at various $CO_2$ concentrations were also cultured at 3000 ppm $CO_2$- enrichment at various PPFD: 30, 45, 60, 75 and $90{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}\;s^{-1}$. The best in vitro and ex vitro growth obtained for 3000 ppm $CO_2$-enrichment at $75{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}\;s^{-1}$ PPFD. The novel Vitron vessel, when placed under the two conditions, may replace conventional culture vessels for the successful micropropagation of sweetpotato.