Publications by authors named "Makoto Kuroki"

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  • - The study aimed to identify challenges in measuring respiratory rates among healthcare workers and improve their behavior to enhance patient care by observing and implementing multi-nudges in a hospital setting.
  • - Results showed that initially low respiratory rate measurement rates increased significantly after introducing visual prompts, while barriers like time constraints and equipment issues were also identified.
  • - The findings suggest that applying behavioral science principles can effectively change healthcare practices, ultimately leading to more accurate patient evaluations and better healthcare quality.
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  • Many developed countries, including Japan, face declining birth rates, especially in urban areas like Yokohama, due to factors such as childcare policies, financial support, and community dynamics.
  • The HAMA study will survey 10,000 young married couples over five years to explore the factors influencing their planned family sizes and overall well-being.
  • The study has received ethical approval and aims to publish findings that could inform future policies to mitigate declining birth rates.
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Introduction: Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a form of non-IgE-mediated gastrointestinal food allergy. FPIES is considered a rare food allergy disorder and is often under-recognized. Therefore, clinicians should have a better understanding of its manifestations and maintain a high index of suspicion for a correct diagnosis.

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Background: Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S-ICDs) are occasionally used in combination with other cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). However, whether the incidence of inappropriate shock increases in patients with S-ICDs and concomitant CIEDs remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between the concomitant use of CIEDs and the incidence of inappropriate shock in patients with current-generation S-ICDs.

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  • Rice flour is a potential substitute for wheat flour, but producing fine rice flour is costly due to special milling requirements.
  • Scientists developed a new rice cultivar called 'Hoshinoko' by using gamma-ray irradiation on the 'Hoshinoyume' cultivar, aiming to reduce milling costs.
  • Genetic analysis identified a single recessive gene associated with the floury trait, with a specific mutation that can assist rice breeders in creating new cultivars with desirable floury endosperm.
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Objectives: Continuity of care is a core dimension of primary care, and better continuity is associated with better patient outcomes. Therefore, care fragmentation can be an indicator to assess the quality of primary care, especially in countries without formal gatekeeping system, such as Japan. Thus, this study aimed to describe care fragmentation among older adults in an ageing city in Japan.

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Background: Trust in government is seen to facilitate crisis management and policy instrument adoption across numerous studies. However, in Japan, public support for government handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and trust in the government is low, yet the adoption of voluntary nondigital nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) is high. This is an important tension this study seeks to unravel.

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Background: Although primary care (PC) is an indispensable part of the health system, measuring its quality is challenging. A recent measure of PC, Person-Centered Primary Care Measure (PCPCM), covers 11 important domains of PC and has been translated into 28 languages. This study aimed to develop a Japanese version of the PCPCM and assess its reliability and validity.

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Aim: Urbanization and ageing are worldwide issues for healthcare providers. In particular, older adults aged 90 years and older have increased cognitive impairment and lower daily functioning than younger adults. However, the healthcare use of the oldest old remains unclear.

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The rice (Oryza sativa) 2-oxoglutarate (2OG)/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenase HIS1 mediates the catalytic inactivation of five distinct β-triketone herbicides (bTHs). By assessing the effects of plant growth regulators on HIS1 enzyme function, we found that HIS1 mediates the hydroxylation of trinexapac-ethyl (TE) in the presence of Fe2+ and 2OG. TE blocks gibberellin biosynthesis, and we observed that its addition to culture medium induced growth retardation of rice seedlings in a concentration-dependent manner.

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We reported previously that the rice ( L.) cleistogamous mutation () was applicable to inhibit outcrossing between genetically modified varieties and their relatives, which causes pollen-mediated gene flow or disturbance of line purity. The cleistogamy of is caused by decreased protein-protein interactions between the mutant SPW1 and its partner proteins.

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Outcrossing between cultivated plants and their related wild species may result in the loss of favourable agricultural traits in the progeny or escape of transgenes in the environment. Outcrossing can be physically prevented by using cleistogamous (i.e.

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A quantitative trait locus (QTL) for cold tolerance at the booting stage of a cold-tolerant rice breeding line, Hokkai-PL9, was analyzed. A total of 487 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers distributed throughout the genome were used to survey for polymorphism between Hokkai-PL9 and a cold-sensitive breeding line, Hokkai287, and 54 markers were polymorphic. Single marker analysis revealed that markers on chromosome 8 are associated with cold tolerance.

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