Violation of Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis in Quantum Field Theories with Higher-Form Symmetry.

We elucidate how the presence of higher-form symmetries affects the dynamics of thermalization in isolated quantum systems. Under reasonable assumptions, we analytically show that a p-form symmetry in a (d+1)-dimensional quantum field theory leads to the breakdown of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis for many nontrivial (d-p)-dimensional observables. For discrete higher-form (i.

Comparison between cancer specialists and general physicians regarding the education of nurse practitioners in Japan: a postal survey of the Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology.

Background: Japanese physicians' attitudes regarding the education of nurse practitioners (NPs) are not well described.

Participants And Methods: A survey was mailed to 1,094 board members of the Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology (JSCO) and the Japanese Primary Care Association (JPCA), and the directors of the clinical training program for physicians. The physicians of JSCO were classified as the cancer specialist group, and both the board members of JPCA and the directors of the clinical training program for physicians constituted the general physician group.

[Home medical support at Jikei Medical University].

A clinical clerkship of home care has been introduced to third-year medical students since 1998 at our university. Visiting nurses from the regional visiting nursing stations would give actual trainings at patient's home to a lot of medical students every year. For the improvement of medical education, it is not sufficient to give actual trainings to the students from visiting nurses.

Experiences of alcohol-related harassment among medical students.

Objectives: Although fatal accidents caused by alcohol-related harassment occur frequently among college students, this issue has not been adequately examined. This study set out to investigate the prevalence of alcohol-related harassment among medical students in Japan.

Methods: A multi-institutional, cross-sectional survey was carried out across seven medical schools in Japan.

Phosphorylation of ERK in the spinal dorsal horn following pancreatic pronociceptive stimuli with proteinase-activated receptor-2 agonists and hydrogen sulfide in rats: evidence for involvement of distinct mechanisms.

Noxious stimuli cause prompt phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in the spinal dorsal horn that contributes to facilitation of pain sensation and is often used as an immediate marker for excitation of spinal neurons following somatic and colonic nociception. Here we asked whether two distinct pronociceptive stimuli with proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2) agonists and hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) in the pancreas cause phosphorylation of ERK in the spinal dorsal horn and also examined involvement of their possible downstream signaling molecules, transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) and T-type Ca(2+) channels, respectively. Capsaicin (a TRPV1 agonist), trypsin (an endogenous PAR2 agonist), SLIGRL-NH(2) (a PAR2-activating peptide), and NaHS (an H(2)S donor) were infused into the pancreatic duct in anesthetized rats, and phosphorylated ERK in the spinal cord was detected by immunohistochemistry.

[eLearning service for home palliative care].

In order to support the home palliative care learning, we made the eLearning service for home palliative care (beta version) and tried to teach the palliative care to the medical staffs in the community. The various learners (such as nurses, pharmacists and the like) accessed to the online learning and used this eLearning service. After the learners finished eLearning for home palliative care, some questionnaires were distributed to the learners and analyzed by us.

Corrosion resistance and surface characterization of electrolyzed Ti-Ni alloy.

Ti-Ni alloy has been increasingly applied to medical and dental devices, such as coronary stents and orthodontic wires. This alloy contains nickel, which is known to give rise to cytotoxicity, metal allergy, and carcinogenicity. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to improve the corrosion resistance of Ti-Ni alloy by electrolytic treatment, whereby investigation was carried out using different acidic electrolyte compositions.

Suppression of pancreatitis-related allodynia/hyperalgesia by proteinase-activated receptor-2 in mice.

1 Proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2), a receptor activated by trypsin and tryptase, is abundantly expressed in the gastrointestinal tract including the C-fiber terminal, and might play a role in processing of visceral pain. In the present study, we examined and characterized the roles of PAR2 in pancreatitis-related abdominal hyperalgesia/allodynia in mice. 2 Caerulein, administered i.

Medical student abuse during clinical clerkships in Japan.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of medical student abuse during clinical clerkships in Japan.

Design: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey.

Setting: Six medical schools in Japan.

[Clinical clerkship of home care for medical students].

Unlabelled: A clinical clerkship of home care has been introduced in our program for third-year medical students since 1998 at this university. In our clinical clerkship of home care, medical students are not only dispatched to visiting nursing stations, but they also participate in home care service activities with visiting nursing people at patients' homes. Through these experiences the students have an opportunity to study the policy of community medicine and home care, and to gain the knowledge of teamwork.