Publications by authors named "T Gomi"

Background: Intervention trials that have demonstrated significant effects may not always replicate those effects when scaled up. This study aimed to test whether scaling-up a successful cluster randomized trial (the COMMUNICATE study, 9 intervention communities), which promoted population-level physical activity (PA), could promote PA in a broader citywide setting (29 communities) after two years, as a mid-term evaluation of the six-year scaled-up trial.

Methods: This is a single-arm, pre-post comparison of a multi-strategic community-wide intervention covering the entire Unnan City, Japan.

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  • The study investigates why participation in "kayoi-no-ba," community dining places for older adults in Japan, is declining through a social marketing framework focusing on product, promotion, and place.
  • A survey was conducted with 580 organizers, revealing that 26.6% of these community meals experienced a decline in participants, influenced by factors like event frequency, registration systems, and regional population demographics.
  • Findings suggest that increasing monthly events and considering the local population characteristics could help maintain or boost attendance, while pricing does not seem to affect participation levels.
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The current study proposed and evaluated "residual squeeze and excitation attention gate" (rSEAG), a novel network that can improve image quality by reducing distortion attributed to artifacts. This method was established by modifying the Cycle Generative Adversarial Network (cycleGAN)-based generator network using projection data for pre-reconstruction processing in digital breast tomosynthesis. Residual squeeze and excitation were installed in the bridge of the generator network, and the attention gate was installed in the skip connection between the encoder and decoder.

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Background: Although aesthetic treatments can rejuvenate the skin, they often cause specific forms of tissue damage. Unlike wounding, which typically results in fibrotic scar tissue, damage from aesthetic treatments induces a distinct histological rejuvenation. The mechanisms that drive this rejuvenation are not yet fully understood.

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