Exploring trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress in university students of different identity statuses in Lithuania and Japan.

Emerging adulthood is the time when identity questions are addressed. It is also a time of excessive stress and risk for mental health problems. Different identity statuses relate to different mental health outcomes.

Trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, and identity content valences among Japanese adolescents.

Introduction: Theorists and a few empirical studies have suggested that traumatic experiences, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and complex PTSD (CPTSD) may affect identity development. However, existing studies have overlooked how adolescents' traumas are associated with the alignment of their identity with socio-cultural expectations, which is a crucial component of identity development. To address this gap, this study examined the associations of various types of potentially traumatic experiences and PTSD and CPTSD symptoms with the positive and negative valences of identity affected by desirable and undesirable images within socio-cultural contexts.

Cross-Cultural Comparison of ICD-11 Adjustment Disorder Prevalence and Its Risk Factors in Japanese and Lithuanian Adolescents.

Background: Although there is increasing knowledge about adjustment disorder (AjD) based on the new diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), less is known on AjD in adolescents. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of AjD and its risk factors in Japanese and Lithuanian adolescents.

Methods: The cross-sectional study sample comprised 1745 adolescents from Japan ( = 913) and Lithuania ( = 832).

Survey and comparison of psychological factors between descendants and non-descendants of survivors of the atomic bomb: Generational differences in mental health indicators.

Background: The effects of the atomic bomb experience on survivors and their children have been a topic of human and research interest since early in the postwar era. The topic has centered around knowledge of physical health and studies on germline genetic effects in the second-generation offspring of survivors. However, comparatively little has been done to understand the psychological impact.

A new species of the genus Urumaelmis Satô (Coleoptera, Elmidae, Macronychini) from Kyushu Island, Japan.

A new species, Urumaelmis flammea Nakajima and Kamite, sp. nov., is described from Kyushu, Japan.

Description of larvae of Japanese Macronychini (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae).

Larvae of 15 species of Macronychini, subfamily Elminae, belonging to the genera Sinonychus Jäch Boukal, Paramacronychus Nomura, Zaitzeviaria Nomura, Zaitzevia Champion, and Urumaelmis Satô were described based on scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation. Larvae of eleven of these species, S. tsujunensis Yoshitomi Nakajima, Zaitzeviaria gotoi (Nomura), Zaitzeviaria brevis (Nomura), Zaitzeviaria kuriharai Kamite, Ogata Satô, Zaitzevia elongata Nomura, Zaitzevia aritai Satô, Zaitzevia yaeyamana Satô, Zaitzevia awana (Kôno), Zaitzevia nitida Nomura, Zaitzevia tsushimana Nomura, and U.

Does Trauma Shape Identity? Exploring the Links Between Lifetime Trauma Exposure and Identity Status in Emerging Adulthood.

In emerging adulthood, coherent identity plays a protective role against the development of the disturbed psychosocial functioning and is seen as one of the defining characteristics of positive youth development. The factors that shape the identity are still understudied and little quantitative research has addressed, how trauma exposure is linked to emerging adults' identity. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate how exposure to traumatic experiences over the lifetime is associated with current identity status among emerging adults in an academic environment and to explore links between different types of traumatic experiences as well as the severity of exposure to trauma and identity statuses.

Emotion estimation using a wearable heart rate monitoring device in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) during veterinary clinical procedures.

Fatal accidents in captive elephants occasionally occur because humans are unable to gauge elephants' emotions solely by their behavior. The intellectual capacity of elephants makes them capable of understanding circumstantial changes and associated emotions, allowing them to react accordingly. Physiological markers, such as heart rate variability, may be effective in determining an elephant's emotional state.

First observation of surface protonics on SrZrO perovskite under a H atmosphere.

This is the first direct observation that surface proton hopping occurs on SrZrO perovskite even under a H (i.e. dry) atmosphere.

Description of adults and larvae of Orientelmis parvula (Nomura amp; Baba, 1961) (Coleoptera: Elmidae) with their molecular phylogenetic analysis.

The elmid beetle Orientelmis parvula (Nomura Baba, 1961) is a rare and endangered species in Japan. Mouth parts and genitalia in adults of both sexes and larval morphology are described based on scanning electron microscope observations. The larva of the genus Orientelmis Shepard, 1998 is described for the first time.

Prejudice and Health Anxiety about Radiation Exposure from Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Survivors: Results from a Qualitative Interview Study.

The effect of atomic bomb radiation exposure on the survivors and their children has been a worrisome problem since soon after the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Researchers have examined physical and genetic effects; however, no research has focused on second-generation survivors' (SGS) psychological effects. Consequently, this study shed light on the SGS' experience of discrimination and prejudice and their anxiety concerning the genetic effects of radiation exposure.

Different origins of two corpora lutea recovered from a pregnant African elephant (Loxodonta africana).

Elephant ovaries contain multiple corpora lutea (CLs) throughout pregnancy. Two CLs (P-1 and P-2) collected from a pregnant African elephant were used to investigate their origin and physiological state in this study. The mRNA expressions of prolactin receptor, CYP11A and inhibin betaB subunit were higher in P-2 than in P-1, while LHCGR and inhibin betaA subunit mRNA were higher in P-1 than in P-2.

Description of larvae of genera Stenelmis, Ordobrevia and Nomuraelmis (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) of Japan with their molecular taxonomy.

Larvae of 10 elmid species of the genera Stenelmis, Ordobrevia and Nomuraelmis were described based on SEM observation. Of these, S. hisamatsui, S.

Facultative sexual reproduction under frequency-dependent selection on a single locus.

The evolution of a facultative sexual strategy that simultaneously produced sexual and asexual individuals was studied theoretically, under negative frequency-dependence of fitness. The organism was considered to be diploid, characterized by two loci concerning fitness and determining sexual strategy, between which a certain degree of linkage existed. The locus concerning fitness was assumed to involve two alleles, resulting in three genotypes, the relative fitness of an individual being defined by a decreasing function of frequency of its own genotype on this locus in the population.

[CT-guided stereotactic operation for cerebellar abscess by the transtentorial hiatus approach: a case report].

We reported a case of cerebellar vermian abscess, well managed by CT-guided stereotactic aspiration and drainage via the transtentorial hiatus route. A 69-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of acute deterioration of bronchiectasis. About one month later, he complained of headache and gait unsteadiness.

[A case of intracranial arteriovenous malformation presenting with intracranial hypertension].

A case of unruptured arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) presenting benign intracranial hypertension is reported. A 14-year-old male suffered from headache and papilledema. Intracranial pressure was 260 mmH2O.

Hemichorea associated with ipsilateral chronic subdural hematoma--case report.

Left-sided hemichorea developed suddenly in a 73-year-old male. Computed tomography revealed a left subdural hematoma (SDH) and infarction in the right corona radiata and temporo-occipital region. Hemichorea subsided completely after removal of the SDH.