Community capability building for environmental conservation in Lake Biwa (Japan) through an adaptive and abductive approach.

Unlabelled: In the south basin of Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, overgrown aquatic weeds (submerged macrophytes) impede cruising boats and cause unpleasant odors and undesirable waste when washed ashore. To address this socio-ecological problem, Shiga Prefectural Government implemented a public program to remove overgrown weeds and compost them ashore to conserve the lake environment, while coastal inhabitants and occasional volunteers remove weeds from the beaches to maintain the quality of the living environment. However, these effects are limited because of disjointed social networks.

Benzalkonium chloride induced corrosive balanoposthitis in a man requiring clean intermittent catheterization.

Introduction: Men who require intermittent catheterization may be susceptible to balanoposthitis. Benzalkonium chloride is commonly used to disinfect reusable catheters, but the concentration of this solution is critical.

Case Presentation: A 40-year-old man presented with fever, pus around the glans and foreskin, and difficult catheterization.

Creation and biochemical analysis of a broad-specific claudin binder.

Claudins (CL) are a family of tetra-transmembrane proteins that are the structural and functional components of tight junctions (TJ). CLs are promising targets for drug development because of their role in mucosal drug absorption and cancer. However, CL-targeted drug development has been delayed because CLs have low antigenicity and preparing CL proteins is difficult.