Publications by authors named "F Yagi"

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  • Soft corals have potential pharmaceutical applications, particularly for their antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory properties, with the Alcyoniidae family being a notable source of bioactive terpenoids.
  • Despite significant research, their effectiveness against biofouling, specifically against mussels, has not been thoroughly investigated.
  • This study successfully isolates a new diterpenoid and 15 known compounds, evaluates their chemical structures, and assesses their anti-biofouling capabilities and toxicities, highlighting the promise of these natural compounds as eco-friendly antifouling agents.
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  • The study analyzed how gravity affects lung function by comparing lung images from CT scans of 100 healthy participants in supine (lying down) and standing positions.
  • Findings showed that in the supine position, lung attenuation gradients were significantly higher in the upper and lower lobes compared to when standing, whereas standing had greater craniocaudal gradients.
  • No significant correlations were found between lung gradients and participant characteristics like age, sex, or pulmonary function test results.
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Scrotal masses, whether cystic or solid lesions, are routinely evaluated using ultrasonography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used for further investigation in cases with atypical findings, difficult diagnoses, large masses, and/or unclear relationships with the surrounding tissues. Scrotal solid masses are divided into intra- and extra-testicular masses.

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Purpose: To investigate the utility of radiomics features of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) to differentiate fat-poor angiomyolipoma (fpAML) from clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).

Materials And Methods: This multi-institutional study included two cohorts with pathologically confirmed renal tumors: 65 patients with ccRCC and 18 with fpAML in the model development cohort, and 17 with ccRCC and 13 with fpAML in the external validation cohort. All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including DW-MRI.

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