Publications by authors named "H Fukuzawa"
Various behavioral health crisis models have been developed to advance the shared goals of improving behavioral health outcomes and increasing diversion from criminal legal systems. The effectiveness of these models is promising, yet research is needed to understand their comparative advantages. This study compares the effectiveness of three community mental health response models-co-response, mobile response, and office-based response-and law enforcement-only response in addressing key behavioral health and diversion goals.
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- * Real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) was used to measure liver stiffness and fibrosis stages in patients, with most showing low fibrosis levels and only one showing F3 fibrosis due to recurrent cholangitis.
- * The findings suggest that while liver fibrosis is rare in patients without complications post-surgery, those with long-term issues should be regularly checked using SWE to prevent overlooking potential liver cirrhosis.
In prospective Japanese studies of pediatric renal tumors, 5-year event-free survival and overall survival (OS) for patients with nephroblastoma ranges from 75-90% and 89-97%, respectively. However, treatments strategies for recurrent nephroblastoma in Japanese patients remain unclear. This retrospective study aimed to inform the development of treatment strategies by analyzing the long-term results and side effects of salvage therapies for recurrent nephroblastoma in Japan.
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- Malrotation is a congenital condition that can lead to serious bowel issues, often diagnosed by age 1, but can sometimes be identified prenatally through imaging techniques.
- A 30-year-old woman had her routine ultrasound reveal signs of malrotation in her fetus, confirmed postnatally, leading to a successful laparoscopic surgery called the Ladd's procedure shortly after birth.
- This case shows that malrotation can indeed be spotted before birth and that preventive surgery can be safely done in newborns, reducing the risk of complications like midgut volvulus.
Carbonic anhydrase (CA), an enzyme conserved across species, is pivotal in the interconversion of inorganic carbon (Ci; CO2, and HCO3-). Compared to the well-studied intracellular CA, the specific role of extracellular CA in photosynthetic organisms is still not well understood. In the green alga Chlamydomonas (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii), carbonic anhydrase 1 (CAH1), located at the periplasmic space, is strongly induced under CO2-limiting conditions by the Myb transcription factor LCR1.
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