Publications by authors named "C Nakahara"
The pecten is a fold-structured projection at the ocular fundus in bird eyes, showing morphological diversity between the diurnal and nocturnal species. However, its biological functions remain unclear. This study investigated the morphological and histological characteristics of pectens in wild birds.
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- Cell nuclei are viscoelastic materials, meaning they have properties of both liquids and solids, which is important for processes like gene expression and force transmission.
- Research shows that the viscoelasticity of human mesenchymal stem cells changes during osteoblastic differentiation, initially becoming more solid to better respond to mechanical signals before transitioning to a more liquid state for stable gene expression.
- The study found that changes in chromatin structure influence the viscoelastic properties, suggesting that the nucleus plays a key role in balancing mechanical sensitivity and gene expression during stem cell differentiation.
The difference in sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) scores from the baseline to sepsis is a known predictor of sepsis-3 outcome, but the prognostic value of drug-resistant organisms for mortality is unexplained. We employed sepsis stewardship and herein report an observational study. Study subjects were patients admitted to the Departments of Surgery/Chest Surgery from 2011 through 2018 with a diagnosis of sepsis and a SOFA score of 2 or more.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Paracecal hernias, also known as pericecal hernias, are an exceptionally rare type of internal hernia. We report a unique case of paracecal hernia due to membranous adhesion of the omentum to the right paracolic gutter.
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with vomiting and abdominal pain.
The objective of the present study was to investigate whether the stop and go processes of the motor response are asymmetrical and whether the asymmetries are dependent on handedness and the response selection process that is engaged. Both right-handed and left-handed participants abducted either the left or right index finger in response to an imperative cue in the choice reaction time (choice RT) or the simple RT task. A stop cue was presented after the imperative cue with a probability of .
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