Publications by authors named "N Homma"
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- The study investigates how the development of branches of the subclavian artery is influenced by the anatomy of the proximal artery and surrounding structures, particularly in response to blood flow stress.
- A case of an aberrant right subclavian artery arising from the aorta and unusual branching patterns was reported, revealing types H and CG of the Adachi-Williams classification.
- Findings indicate that while the aberrant artery's development can impact blood flow in the region, normal distal branching suggests that proximal and distal vascular development can operate independently, adapting to anomalies.
Droplet microfluidic-based technology is a powerful tool for biotechnology, and it is also expected that it will be applied to culturing and screening methods. Using this technology, a new high-throughput screening method for lactic acid bacteria was developed. In this study, the conventional culture of lactic acid bacteria that form clear zones on an agar medium was reproduced in water-in-oil droplets, and only the droplets in which lactic acid bacteria grew were collected one by one.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCortical processing of auditory information can be affected by interspecies differences as well as brain states. Here we compare multifeature spectro-temporal receptive fields (STRFs) and associated input/output functions or nonlinearities (NLs) of neurons in primary auditory cortex (AC) of four mammalian species. Single-unit recordings were performed in awake animals (female squirrel monkeys, female, and male mice) and anesthetized animals (female squirrel monkeys, rats, and cats).
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- - The renal glomerulus filters blood plasma to produce primary urine, and its structure is crucial for understanding kidney function and disease.
- - Traditional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has limitations in observing the entire glomerulus, making it hard to analyze certain structures and localized issues.
- - This study introduces an optimized array tomography (AT) workflow that allows for comprehensive observation of glomeruli, enhancing the understanding of their ultrastructure and pathology.
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- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the vViT model in predicting postoperative renal function decline using various clinical data, medical images, and derived features, as well as identifying key factors influencing these predictions.
- Two models, eGFR10 and eGFR20, were developed to assess patients' eGFR reduction post-surgery, with eGFR10 trained on 75 patients and tested on 27, and eGFR20 trained on 77 patients and tested on 24, incorporating diverse patient information.
- Results indicated that the vViT model performed better than traditional CNN models like VGG16 and ResNet50 in accuracy and AUC-ROC metrics, with surgical factors and radiomics being the