Impact of low pharyngeal/esophageal pressure associated with sarcopenia on postendoscopic submucosal dissection pneumonia in patients with superficial esophageal cancer.

Objectives: The aging population, including patients with superficial esophageal cancer, encounters critical dysphagia- and postoperative pneumonia-related issues. Although endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) provides advantages over other modalities, older patients are at higher risk of postoperative pneumonia. Furthermore, the etiologies of pneumonia are complex and include patient- (such as sarcopenia) and treatment- (including ESD) related factors.

Efficacy of nasal high flow therapy on the coordination between breathing and swallowing of saliva during daytime nap in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A single center, randomized crossover controlled study.

Background: There are some clinical reports on dysphagia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, its pathophysiology remains largely unknown.Changes in respiratory function occur in patients with COPD causing a decrease in tidal volume and an increase in respiratory rate (tachypnea). In addition, it leads to lack of coordination between respiration and swallowing.

The pilot study examining the effects of swallowing position on lung volume fraction and the coordination between respiration and non-nutritive swallowing reflex.

Background: Body position might affect the coordination between respiration and swallowing. This study was carried out to test the hypothesis that during swallowing, coordinated movements of muscle groups such as the diaphragm and rectus abdominis muscles are important to control normal swallowing apnea.

Objective: To investigate this hypothesis, respiratory parameters, swallowing apnea and muscle activity were measured in each of four body positions: sitting position with feet on the floor, 30° reclining position, lateral position, and standing position.

Benefits of a repetitive facilitative exercise program for the upper paretic extremity after subacute stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE), a combination of high repetition rate and neurofacilitation, is a recently developed approach to the rehabilitation of stroke-related limb impairment. Preliminary investigations have been encouraging, but a randomized controlled evaluation has yet to be performed.

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of RFE with that of conventional rehabilitation in adults with subacute stroke.

Twenty-four hour bond strength between layers of a highly loaded indirect composite.

This study evaluated the repair bond strength of Estenia composite. Disk specimens of a dentin material were conditioned with varying combinations of silane primer (Add-on Primer, Clearfil Porcelain Bond Activator, Clearfil Porcelain Bond Activator + Clearfil Mega Bond-Primer, Porcelain Liner M, and unprimed) and bonding agent (Clearfil Mega Bond-Bond, Modeling Liquid, Stain Diluent, and no bonding agent). After photopolymerization of the enamel material placed on each surface, the specimens were either wet- or dry-stored at 37 degrees C for 24 hours.

[Case report on occlusal reconstruction for partially edentulous arches for restoring teeth in bad condition].

Patient: A 45-year-old female presented with the chief complaint of masticatory disturbance and spontaneous pain at the mandibular left second molar. Her maxillary left first and second molars, and mandibular right first and second molars were missing and the edentulous arches had been left untreated for a long period.

Discussion: In this patient who lacked occlusal support, occlusal reconstruction was done using a temporary prosthesis.

Effect of silane primers and unfilled resin bonding agents on repair bond strength of a prosthodontic microfilled composite.

This study examined the effect of silane primers and bonding agents on bonding between layers of a light-activated composite material when repaired in the laboratory process. Disk specimens were prepared with the dentin portion of a composite material (Dentacolor DA-30) and abraded with a silicon carbide rotary cutting instrument. The specimens were conditioned with either one of the two silane primers (Porcelain Liner M and Silicer) or one of the two unfilled resin bonding agents (Dentacolor Opaker liquid and New Metacolor Photo Opaque liquid), or one of four combinations of two primers and two bonding agents.

A linkage map of 243 DNA markers in an intercross of Göttingen miniature and Meishan pigs.

A resource family of pigs has been constructed by using a boar of Göttingen miniature pig and two sows of Meishan pig as parents. In the construction of the family, two F1 males and 18 F1 females were intercrossed to generate 143 F2 offspring. The members of the family were genotyped using 243 genetic markers including 26 markers developed in our laboratory in order to generate a linkage map of markers for use in detecting quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in the family.

Effect of unfilled resins and a silane primer on bonding between layers of a light-activated composite resin veneering material.

This investigation evaluated the effect of unfilled resins and a silane primer on bonding between layers of a urethane-based composite resin veneering material. Shear bond strengths between the layers were determined with a two-liquid silane primer and three unfilled resin bonding agents. The silane primers and unfilled resins enhanced the bond between layers of the veneering material.