Discrepancy between Clinician-rated and Self-reported Depression Severity is Associated with Adverse Childhood Experience, Autistic-like Traits, and Coping Styles in Mood Disorders

Risa Yamada(Risa Yamada ),Takeshi Fujii(Takeshi Fujii ),Kotaro Hattori(Kotaro Hattori ),Hiroaki Hori(Hiroaki Hori ),Ryo Matsumura(Ryo Matsumura ),Tomoko Kurashimo(Tomoko Kurashimo ),Naoko Ishihara(Nao 대한정신약물학회 2023 CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE Vol.21 No.2

Objective: This study aimed to determine if the discrepancy between depression severity rated by clinicians and that reported by patients depends on key behavioral/psychological features in patients with mood disorders. Methods: Participants included 100 patients with mood disorders. First, we examined correlations and regressions between scores on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Second, we divided the participants into those who provided 1) greater ratings for the BDI compared with the HAMD (BDI relative- overrating, BO) group, 2) comparable ratings for the BDI and HAMD (BDI relatively concordant, BC) group, or 3) less ratings for the BDI (BDI relative-underrating, BU) group. Adverse childhood experiences, autistic-like traits, and coping styles were evaluated with a six-item short version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-6), the Social Responsiveness Scale for Adults (SRS-A), and the Ways of Coping Checklist (WCCL), respectively. Results: A significant correlation was found between HAMD and BDI scores. Total and emotional abuse subscale scores from the CTQ-6, and the self-blame subscale scores from the WCCL were significantly higher for the BO group compared with the BU group. The BO group also elicited significantly higher SRS-A total scores than did the other groups. Conclusion: These findings suggest that patients with adverse emotional experiences, autistic-like traits, and self-blame coping styles perceive greater distress than that evaluated objectively by clinicians. The results indicate the need for inclusion of subjective assessments to effectively evaluate depressive symptoms in patients deemed to have these psycho- behavioral concerns.

Electrical Properties of Planar-type Magnetic Tunnel Junction Covered with Insulating Layer

Shogo Yamada,Tsutomu Yamada,Jun-ichi Shirakashi,Yasushi Takemura 한국자기학회 2007 한국자기학회 학술연구발표회 논문개요집 Vol.- No.-

New Development of Tailor-made Peptide Vaccine for Cancer Immunotherapy

Akira, Yamada,Hideaki, Yamada,Kyogo, Itoch 가톨릭 의과학연구원 2003 가톨릭 의과학연구원 국제학술대회 Vol.7 No.-

Evaluation of 131I (monoiodide) BSP for Clinical Studies

Ueda, Hideo,Iro, Masahiro,Kurata, Kunio,Yamada, Hideo,Iwase, Tohru,Migita, Tohru,Kameda, Haruo,Kato, Sadatake,Sato, Noboru,Ide, Kazuko,Wakebayashi, Takao 대한핵의학회 1971 핵의학 분자영상 Vol.5 No.1

"In 1925 Rosenthal and White introduced a bromosulfophthalein (BSP) dye retention test as a sensitive indicator of liver function. Even now it is regared as one of the most sensitive agents for the detection of non-icteric liver disease (liver cirrhosis, early stage of acute-hepatitis and hepatic tumor). BSP accumulates in the liver cells, conjugates with glutathione and is excreted into the bile. Therefore, a disorder in its excretion is due to a disturbance of one of these processes. Since bilirubin and BSP compete for uptake by the liver and increased serum bilirubin interferes with the colorimetric determination of BSP, it has been considered that BSP test is inappropriate for the differential diagnosis of jaundice conditions. It has been generally said that when jaundice is present, the BSP test is useless and should not be performed. In 1955, Taplin et al. labeled rose bengal, a dye similarly metabolized in the liver as BSP, with 131I and measured the hepatic excretion of this dye by external monitoring. Laster, Blahd et al. applied this method to the determination of the peripheral pool, succeeding in the diagnosis of chronic and subacute hepatic diseases without colorimetry. In 1968, Yamada, Taplin et al. suggested the possibility of differentiating so-called medical jaundice from surgical jaundice by scanning the subjects during 24 to 48 hours following intravenous injection of 131I-labeled rose bengal. As mentioned before, many authorities hold the opinion that BSP is not proper for the differential diagnosis of jaundice states. Some have tried to diagnose biliary tract obstruction by a malignant tumor by measuring BSP excretion into duodenal fluid and others by quantitating changes in serum levels of conjugated and free BSP. Furthermore, Burton et al. reported that in patients with extrahepatic obstructive jaundice, BSP retention was observed for 24 days after its administration. From a consideration of all these finding we came to a conclusion that the differential diagnosis of various jaundice states, (medical, surgical and constitutional) is possible by sequential scanning with radioisotope-labeled BSP, as with rose bengal, in accordance with procedures described by Yamada, Taplin et al. The evidence suggested that labeled BSP might make a more important contribution than rose bengal. "

THE SOCIAL AUTHORITY OF JAPANESE SCHOOLS

YAMADA, C.L.S. EAST WEST EDUCATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE EWHA WOMANS 1987 East west education Vol.8 No.2

Mass education has become a universal feature of advanced countries. With parents legally obliged to send their children to school for a prescribed number of years, the school has divested the older generation, the traditional transmitters of knowledge and the cultural heritage, of their formal educational responsibilities. As a result, a sharp division of labour is evident between the school and the parents in the transmission of formal knowledge.

Lack of Associations between Genetic Polymorphisms in GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Multi-Institutional Case-Control Study in Japan

Yamada, Ikuhiro,Matsuyama, Masato,Ozaka, Masato,Inoue, Dai,Muramatsu, Yusuke,Ishii, Hiroshi,Junko, Ueda,Ueno, Makoto,Egawa, Naoto,Nakao, Haruhisa,Mori, Mitsuru,Matsuo, Keitaro,Nishiyama, Takeshi,Ohkaw Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.1

Background: We aimed to evaluate the role of genetic polymorphisms in tobacco carcinogen-metabolizing genes and their interactions with smoking in a hospital-based case-control study of Japanese subjects. Materials and Methods: We examine the associations of pancreatic cancer risk with genetic polymorphisms in GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1, phase II enzymes that catalyze the conjugation of toxic and carcinogenic electrophilic molecules. The study population consisted of 360 patients and 400 control subjects, who were recruited from several medical facilities in Japan. Unconditional logistic regression methods were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the associations between genotypes and pancreatic cancer risk. Results: Among the control subjects, the prevalence of the GSTM1-null genotype and the GSTT1-null genotype was approximately 56% and 48%, respectively. Cases and controls were comparable in terms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotype distributions. Neither of the deleted polymorphisms in GSTM1 and GSTT1 was associated with the risk of pancreatic cancer, with an age- and sex-adjusted OR of 0.99 (95%CI: 0.74-1.32) for the GSTM1-null genotype, and 0.98 (95%CI: 0.73-1.31) for the GSTT1-null genotype. The OR was 0.97 (95%CI: 0.64-1.47) for individuals with the GSTM1 and GSTT1-null genotypes compared with those with the GSTM1 and GSTT1- present genotypes. No synergistic effects of smoking or GST genotypes were observed. Conclusions: Our results indicate no overall association between the GSTM1 and GSTT1 deletion polymorphisms and pancreatic cancer risk in the Japanese subjects in our study.

Finite element procedure of initial shape determination for hyperelasticity

Yamada, Takahiro Techno-Press 1998 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.6 No.2

In the shape design of flexible structures, it is useful to predict the initial shape from the desirable large deformed shapes under some loading conditions. In this paper, we present a numerical procedure of an initial shape determination problem for hyperelastic materials which enables us to calculate an initial shape corresponding to the prescribed deformed shape and boundary condition. The present procedure is based on an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) finite element method for hyperelasticity, in which arbitrary change of shapes in both the initial and deformed states can be treated by considering the variation of geometric mappings in the equilibrium equation. Then the determination problem of the initial shape can be formulated as a nonlinear problem to solve the unknown initial shape for the specified deformed shape that satisfies the equilibrium equation. The present approach can be implemented easily to the finite element method by employing the isoparametric hypothesis. Some basic numerical results are also given to characterize the present procedure.

Difference of Human Error between Japanese and Indonesian Workers at Pipeline Construction

Yamada, Takahisa The Korean Society of Safety 2010 International Journal of Safety Vol.9 No.1

A big difference is seen in the perception of self-responsibility concerning safety, as a result of my survey on the safety measures taken in the pipeline construction at workers level between Japan and Indonesia. Specifically, when an accident occurs, a worker in Indonesia will think that the responsibility depends on the person who causes it. However a worker in Japan will think that safety is can only be protected by law and regulations. There is also another difference in the understanding of construction period. It is alright in Indonesia to take 5 times longer period than it takes in Japan if the cost is less. The idea of punctual delivery is very strong in Japan. Through this survey, points which construction industry in Japan could learn from Indonesia came to surface. In addition, over the recent years, several nasty accidents at Japanese sites were caused due to human error to disregard the law. Japanese should arouse the awareness of self-responsibility in this regard. Risk management should be upon self-recognition of each individual worker in both countries. What is important is the "work attitude education", "to grow sense of self-responsibility by thinking on one's own for one's self" in the education curriculum of man to man learning as in technical educational program.

Synthesis and photochemical properties of α-diketoporphyrins as precursors for π-expanded porphyrins

Yamada, Hiroko,Kuzuhara, Daiki,Ohkubo, Kei,Takahashi, Tetsuro,Okujima, Tetsuo,Uno, Hidemitsu,Ono, Noboru,Fukuzumi, Shunichi The Royal Society of Chemistry 2010 Journal of materials chemistry Vol.20 No.15

<p>A new α-diketoporphyrin and the corresponding Pd complex were prepared from the monoanthroporphyins and their photochemical properties were investigated by measurements of absorption and emission spectra, fluorescence lifetimes, laser flash photolysis, cyclic voltammetry, and theoretical calculations. Intramolecular electron transfer from the porphyrin singlet excited state to the diketone moiety was observed for the free base α-diketoporphyrin in benzonitrile, but this was not observed in toluene. Photoreactivity of the α-diketoporphyrins was also examined by irradiation at the Soret and Q bands. When the Soret band of the freebase α-diketoporphyrin was irradiated, cleavage of the diketone moiety occurred to afford the monoanthroporphyrin with the release of two CO molecules quantitatively in both benzonitrile and toluene. When the Q band of the freebase α-diketoporphyrin was irradiated, no photocleavage reaction occurred in toluene. In contrast to the freebase α-diketoporphyrin, the photocleavage reaction of the Pd complex occurred with irradiation at the Q band as well as the Soret band to afford the monoanthroporphyrin quantitatively in toluene. The photocleavage reaction proceeded much more effectively in toluene than in benzonitrile. The occurrence of rapid photoinduced electron transfer from the singlet excited state porphyrin to the diketone moiety, which was detected by femtosecond laser flash photolysis measurements, results in a significant decrease in the singlet excited state lifetime, prohibiting the photocleavage reaction in benzonitrile. Thus, the Pd α-diketoporphyrin can act as an excellent precursor for the corresponding acene in toluene. The photocleavage process provides a convenient and inexpensive method to make the thin film.</p> <P>Graphic Abstract</P><P>A new α-diketoporphyrin and its Pd complex were prepared and successfully converted into the corresponding monoanthroporphyins by photoirradiation of the porphyrin moieties with release of two CO molecules quantitatively. <img src='http://pubs.rsc.org/ej/JM/2010/b923220f/b923220f-ga.gif'> </P>

A method of selecting an active factor and its robustness against correlation in the data

Yamada, Shu,Harashima, Jun The Korean Society for Quality Management 2003 The Asian Journal on Quality Vol.4 No.2

A reducing variation of quality characteristics is a typical example of quality improvement. In such a case, we treat the quality characteristic, as a response variable and need to find active factors affecting the response from many candidate factors since reducing the variation of the response will be achieved by reducing variation of the active factors. In this paper, we first derive a method of selecting an active factor by linear regression. It is well known that correlation between factors deteriorates the precision of estimators. We, therefore, examine robustness of the selecting method against the correlation in the data set and derive an evaluation method of the deterioration brought by the correlation. Furthermore, some examples of selecting and evaluation methods are shown to demonstrate practical usage of the methods.