A statistical modeling approach based on the small-scale field trial and meteorological data for preliminary prediction of the impact of low temperature on Eucalyptus globulus trees.

Eucalyptus trees are important for industrial forestry plantations because of their high potential for biomass production, but their susceptibility to damage at low temperatures restricts their plantation areas. In this study, a 6-year field trial of Eucalyptus globulus was conducted in Tsukuba, Japan, which is the northernmost reach of Eucalyptus plantations, and leaf damage was quantitatively monitored over four of six winters. Leaf photosynthetic quantum yield (QY) levels, an indicator of cold stress-induced damage, fluctuated synchronously with temperature in the winters.

Ten years change in post-fracture care for hip fracture patients.

Introduction: This multicenter, retrospective study aimed to clarify the changes in postoperative care provided by orthopaedic surgeons after hip fractures and clarify the incidence of secondary fractures requiring surgery.

Materials And Methods: Subjects were patients with hip fracture treated surgically in seven hospitals during the 10-year period from January 2008 to December 2017. Data on patient demographics, comorbidities, preoperative and postoperative osteoporosis treatments, and secondary fractures were collected from the medical records.

Report from the fifth international consensus meeting to harmonize core outcome measures for atopic eczema/dermatitis clinical trials (HOME initiative).

This is the report from the fifth meeting of the Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema initiative (HOME V). The meeting was held on 12-14 June 2017 in Nantes, France, with 81 participants. The main aims of the meeting were (i) to achieve consensus over the definition of the core domain of long-term control and how to measure it and (ii) to prioritize future areas of research for the measurement of the core domain of quality of life (QoL) in children.

Amplification of a radially polarized laser beam using an Yb-doped double-clad fiber.

Amplification of a radially polarized laser beam is demonstrated by use of an Yb-doped double-clad fiber whose core cutoff wavelength for the LP11 mode is larger than the wavelength of the input beam. The beam power is amplified while maintaining the intensity and polarization distributions. The amplified spontaneous emission becomes negligible with increasing input power.

[Thirty-five cases of tuberculosis in childhood].

Thirty five children with tuberculosis admitted to the Hokkaido University Hospital from 1970 through 1984 wer reviewed. They were 7 cases of meningeal tuberculosis, 8 of military tuberculosis, 15 of primary tuberculosis and 5 of adult type pulmonary tuberculosis. Fifteen (43%) of the 35 cases were below 2 years, and over half of these younger cases were hematogenous spread such as meningeal and military types.