Online harassment of Japanese celebrities and influencers.

Famous people, such as celebrities and influencers, are harassed online on a daily basis. Online harassment mentally disturbs them and negatively affects society. However, limited studies have been conducted on the online harassment victimization of famous people, and its effects remain unclear.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ON JAPANESE PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS (2006-17) ABOUT NUCLEAR AND RADIATION APPLICATIONS.

Public opinion on the application of nuclear technology and radiation could change when a nuclear related event occurs. Japan Atomic Energy Relations Organization has tracked its variation through a nationwide opinion survey in Japan by almost the same way every year since FY 2006. We can identify a continuous long-term fluctuation of Japanese opinion before and after the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster using the data.

The efficient prevascularization induced by fibroblast growth factor 2 with a collagen-coated device improves the cell survival of a bioartificial pancreas.

Objectives: The subcutaneous transplantation of a bioartificial pancreas is a very attractive cure for diabetes mellitus. We recently developed a new immunoisolatory device that has the ability to induce neovascularization for subcutaneous transplantation. We applied the newly developed device to subcutaneous transplantation of a bioartificial pancreas.

The development of new immunoisolatory devices possessing the ability to induce neovascularization.

The transplantation of a bioartificial pancreas has been regarded as a potential method for successful islet transplantation without any immunosuppressive agents. The subcutaneous site is a very attractive site for transplantation of a bioartificial pancreas because of its advantage of an easy operation site. Our group has been reporting that transplantation of a bioartificial pancreas to the subcutaneous site can reverse hyperglycemia in diabetic recipients.

Bioartificial pancreas transplantation at prevascularized intermuscular space: effect of angiogenesis induction on islet survival.

Introduction: Bioartificial pancreas (BAP) transplantation offers a potential treatment of diabetes mellitus. The optimal site for BAP transplantation has not yet been established.

Aim: To monitor the effect of induction of neovascularization at the intermuscular space on islet survival after allogenic transplantation of BAP.

Repairing of rabbit skull defect by dehydrothermally crosslinked collagen sponges incorporating transforming growth factor beta1.

Collagen sponges of various biodegradabilities were prepared by dehydrothermal crosslinking at 140 degrees C for different time periods. When the collagen sponges were radioiodinated and implanted subcutaneously into the back of mice, the radioactivity remaining at the implanted site decreased with time; the longer the time of dehydrothermal crosslinking, the slower the radioactivity decrement. The radioactivity following the subcutaneous implantation of collagen sponges incorporating (125)I-labeled transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 also decreased with time.

Reversal of diabetes in mice by xenotransplantation of a bioartificial pancreas in a prevascularized subcutaneous site.

Background: The subcutaneous site has been regarded as a potential site for a bioartificial pancreas. Transplantation of islets, encapsulated by the development of diverse biocompatible materials and structural designs, can reverse hyperglycemia in diabetic recipients.

Methods: Approximately 750 Sprague-Dawley rat islets macroencapsulated in an agarose/poly (styrene sulfonic acid) mixed gel were implanted into a prevascularized subcutaneous site.