Baseline Body Composition and Physical Activity Level Recommended for Optimal Bone Mineral Density in Young Women.

Aim: This study examined the influence of body composition and physical activity level (PAL) on bone mineral density (BMD) to determine the baseline values necessary for maintaining healthy trabecular bone and improving bone health in young women.

Materials And Methods: The subjects, consisting of healthy young women, were assigned to either a BMD-low (BMD-L) or BMD-high (BMD-H) group using the osteosonic index. PAL was measured for 1 week and rated on a scale from PAL-1 to 8 according to intensity levels (metabolic equivalents [METs]).

Fatty acid composition of the methylotrophic yeast Komagataella phaffii grown under low- and high-methanol conditions.

In this study, we analysed the intracellular fatty acid profiles of Komagataella phaffii during methylotrophic growth. K. phaffii grown on methanol had significantly lower total fatty acid contents in the cells compared with glucose-grown cells.

Examining the relationships between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and developmental coordination disorder symptoms, and writing performance in Japanese second grade students.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and developmental coordination disorder symptoms and writing performance in Japanese second grade students from regular classrooms. The second grade students (N=873) in Japanese public elementary schools participated in this study. We examined a variety of writing tasks, such as tracing, copying, handwriting (Hiragana and Katakana), and spelling (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji).

Evaluation of the Japanese version of the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire as a screening tool for clumsiness of Japanese children.

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is characterized by clumsiness and coordination difficulties. DCD interferes with academic performance and participation in physical activities and psychosocial functions, such as self-esteem, cognition, or emotion, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. DCD is a common pediatric condition and its prevalence is estimated to be 6% worldwide.

Reaction time of facial affect recognition in Asperger's disorder for cartoon and real, static and moving faces.

This study used a choice reaction-time paradigm to test the perceived impairment of facial affect recognition in Asperger's disorder. Twenty teenagers with Asperger's disorder and 20 controls were compared with respect to the latency and accuracy of response to happy or disgusted facial expressions, presented in cartoon or real images and in static or moving conditions. Group analysis revealed that the Asperger group did not differ significantly from the control group in speed and accuracy for both affects and in all presentation modalities.

Establishment of three malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor cell lines, FU-SFT8611, 8710 and 9817: conventional and molecular cytogenetic characterization.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a rare malignant tumor, for which only a few cultured cell lines are available to date. In the present study, we established three new MPNST cell lines, FU-SFT8611, FU-SFT8710 and FU-SFT9817, from a 40-year-old Japanese man without neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1), a 43-year-old Japanese woman with NF1, and a 61-year-old Japanese woman without NF1, respectively. These cell lines were in culture for more than 3 years in vitro, and exhibit complex karyotypes lacking a common characteristic pattern.

A pilot study of physiotherapy education using videoconferencing.

We investigated the possibility of instructing people in how to assist patients with activities of daily living via videoconferencing. A videoconference system was installed in two rooms to simulate a connection between a home and an institution. The subjects were five first-year university students.

Development of a telerehabilitation system for training physiotherapists in rural areas.

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of transmitting moving pictures via the Internet for processing by a three-dimensional motion analyser. The movements of two patients were filmed by a videocamera and transmitted from a hospital to a university department of physiotherapy. After advanced analysis using a three-dimensional motion analyser, physiotherapists prepared a treatment plan.

Establishment of a novel human dedifferentiated liposarcoma cell line, FU-DDLS-1: conventional and molecular cytogenetic characterization.

A number of human cell lines derived from well-differentiated, myxoid/round cell, or pleomorphic liposarcoma have been described. To our knowledge, however, no human cell line established from dedifferentiated liposarcoma has been reported. In this study, we established a new human cell line, FU-DDLS-1, which originated from a dedifferentiated liposarcoma arising in the retroperitoneum of a 61-year-old man.

Establishment of a new human synovial sarcoma cell line, FU-SY-1, that expresses c-Met receptor and its ligand hepatocyte growth factor.

Only a small number of human synovial sarcoma cell lines have been reported, and of those, not all have been fully characterized, especially at the molecular level. We describe here the establishment and characterization of a new human cell line, FU-SY-1, which originated from a monophasic fibrous synovial sarcoma arising in the supinator muscle of a 31-year-old woman. This cell line propagated continuously in vitro for 73 serial passages for more than 36 months.