A comparative study of English and Japanese ChatGPT responses to anaesthesia-related medical questions.

Background: The expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) within large language models (LLMs) has the potential to streamline healthcare delivery. Despite the increased use of LLMs, disparities in their performance particularly in different languages, remain underexplored. This study examines the quality of ChatGPT responses in English and Japanese, specifically to questions related to anaesthesiology.

Association between expiratory mouth pressure and abdominal muscle activity in healthy young males.

Purpose: To clarify the association between forced expiration and the abdominal muscles by assessing the relationship between expiratory mouth pressure and abdominal muscle activity in healthy young males.

Methods: Twenty-five males underwent forced expiration at 20, 30, 50, 75, and 100% of the maximal expiratory mouth pressure. Mouth pressure was measured using a bridge-type transducer connected to a mouth pressure meter.

Structure of Multinetwork Elastomer: Comparison with Hydrogen Bond Cross-Linking Elastomer.

Earlier, we developed a multinetwork elastomer (MNE) by using a covalent bond, hydrogen bond, and clay plane bond. By taking advantage of the characteristics of each cross-linking, the thermoplastic elastomer shows excellent compression set resistance (indicators of how much it recovers when the rubber is compressed), good flowability, and high tensile properties. In the previous report, it was thought that the cross-linked part was hydrogen bonded to the end face of the clay.

Shati/Nat8l Overexpression Improves Cognitive Decline by Upregulating Neuronal Trophic Factor in Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a type of dementia characterized by the deposition of amyloid β, a causative protein of AD, in the brain. Shati/Nat8l, identified as a psychiatric disease related molecule, is a responsive enzyme of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) synthesis. In the hippocampi of AD patients and model mice, the NAA content and Shati/Nat8l expression were reported to be reduced.

Verification of surface electromyographic activity of the oblique externus abdominis using ultrasound shear wave elastography.

This study used ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) to revalidate whether surface electromyographic (EMG) electrodes placed on the oblique externus abdominis (OE) can detect only the OE activity without the confounding activity of the underlying oblique internus abdominis (OI). During left and right trunk rotations, the EMG activity was acquired using surface EMG electrodes placed on the right OE. Shear wave velocity (V ) values of the right OE and OI were acquired using SWE.