Characteristics of hospital pediatricians and obstetricians/gynecologists working long hours in Tokushima, Japan: A cross-sectional study.

Background: This study aimed to determine the actual working conditions, including working hours and desired future working styles of hospital pediatricians and obstetricians/gynecologists (OB/GYNs) in Tokushima Prefecture.

Method: This cross-sectional study used a self-administered questionnaire. Pediatricians and OB/GYNs (n = 96) working at 14 hospitals in Tokushima Prefecture were surveyed.

Association between elevated serum transaminase and moderately increased albuminuria: a cross-sectional study in western Tokushima, Japan.

Background: This study aimed to identify the factors relating to moderately increased albuminuria among middle-aged and older individuals in Japan.

Methods: We conducted specific health examinations in which we measured albuminuria levels, and administered a questionnaire survey to record participants' lifestyles in western Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. A total of 1,660 people whose albuminuria was less than 300 mg/g creatinine (Cr) were analyzed.

[Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Work Limitations Questionnaire in employees of multiple private companies].

Objective: Previous studies reported that presenteeism costs the enterprises more than absenteeism. It becomes more important for corporate management to evaluate the outcomes of health promotion initiatives for their employees using work performance scales in Japan. We previously developed a Japanese version of Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ-J), a presenteeism scale developed by Lerner D.

[Development of the Work Limitations Questionnaire Japanese version (WLQ-J): fundamental examination of the reliability and validity of the WLQ-J].

Objective: It is reported that presenteeism costs more than absenteeism. However, it is difficult to measure presenteeism in Japan because there are few available instruments. We examined the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Work limitations Questionnaire (the WLQ-J).

An investigation into kana reading development in normal and dyslexic Japanese children using length and lexicality effects.

This is the first study to report differences between Japanese children with and without dyslexia in the way string-length and lexicality effects are manifested when reading Japanese kana. These children were asked to read kana words and non-words consisting of either two or five kana characters. The results showed that the error rates of the normal Preschoolers and Primary-School children with dyslexia were higher than those of the normal Primary-School children.

Radical Cyclization in Heterocycle Synthesis. 6.(1) A New Entry to Cyclic Amino Alcohols via Stannyl Radical Cyclization of Oxime Ethers Connected with Aldehydes or Ketones.

Oxime ethers connected by a tether to aldehydes or ketones efficiently cyclize via stannyl radical addition-cyclization to provide a new entry to cyclic amino alcohols. Upon treatment with tributyltin hydride in the presence of AIBN, oxime ethers connected with either an aldehyde or a ketone via a nitrogen atom smoothly underwent stannyl radical addition-cyclization to give five- to seven-membered cis- and trans-heterocyclic amino alcohols of which the trans-isomers were major products. The newly found radical cyclization provides a novel method for preparing not only bifunctionalized heterocyclic compounds but also adjacently functionalized amino alcohols carrying two quaternary carbons.