Japanese black vinegar Kurozu promotes lifespan and healthspan extension in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Kurozu, a traditional Japanese black vinegar (JBV), is produced from steamed unpolished rice, koji, and water through saccharification, alcoholic fermentation, and acetic fermentation. These processes result in a vinegar rich in amino acids, vitamins, organic acids, and proteins. While Kurozu has demonstrated benefits, including anti-oxidative and anti-adipogenic activities, its effects on health at the organismal level remain poorly understood.

An Artificial Intelligence Model for Sensing Affective Valence and Arousal from Facial Images.

Artificial intelligence (AI) models can sense subjective affective states from facial images. Although recent psychological studies have indicated that dimensional affective states of valence and arousal are systematically associated with facial expressions, no AI models have been developed to estimate these affective states from facial images based on empirical data. We developed a recurrent neural network-based AI model to estimate subjective valence and arousal states from facial images.

General selection criteria for safety and patient benefit [XⅢ]: Comparing the formulation characteristics of brand-name and generic bifonazole creams.

A comparative evaluation of the brand-name drug Mycospor and six generic drugs (IWAKI, Bifonol, F, YD, Sawai, and TEVA), all comprising a cream formulation containing the antifungal drug bifonazole, was performed based on physicochemical measurements. The pH of the various formulations was significantly higher for the generics Bifonol (pH 7.1), Sawai (pH 6.