Novel Membrane Designed Polyether Sulfone Filter Reduces Filtration Membrane Obstruction Rate in Drop-Type With Adjustable Concentrator Cell-Free and Concentrated Ascites Reinfusion Therapy (DC-CART).

Background: In cell-free and concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy (CART), filtration membrane obstruction during the ascites processing step is an important clinical problem. A novel membrane designed polyether sulfone filter (n-PES) was developed to reduce filter membrane obstruction. However, no clinical studies have compared the performance of n-PES filters with that of conventional filters.

Comparison of creatine kinase elevation caused by Janus kinase inhibitors and interleukin-6 inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A propensity score-matched study.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine whether creatine kinase (CK) elevation occurs with interleukin (IL)-6 inhibitors, as in Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, which are reported to increase CK levels in rheumatoid arthritis.

Patients And Methods: A multicenter database of JAK inhibitor and IL-6 inhibitor treatment was retrospectively searched between January 2016 to December 2022; 142 cases (117 females, 25 males, mean age: 63.8±13.

Segmentation window of speech information processing in the human auditory cortex.

Humans perceive continuous speech signals as discrete sequences. To clarify the temporal segmentation window of speech information processing in the human auditory cortex, the relationship between speech perception and cortical responses was investigated using auditory evoked magnetic fields (AEFs). AEFs were measured while participants heard synthetic Japanese words /atataka/.

Effect of the magnitude of abrupt change in sound pressure on the magnitude and phase synchrony of 40-Hz auditory steady state response.

A periodic sound with a fixed inter-stimulus interval elicits an auditory steady-state response (ASSR). An abrupt change in a continuous sound is known to affect the brain's ongoing neural oscillatory activity, but the underlying mechanism has not been fully clarified. We investigated whether and how an abrupt change in sound intensity affects the ASSR.