[Chest Wall Reconstruction with Polypropylene Mesh After Resection of Primary Sternal Chondrosarcoma].

Although rare, primary sternal chondrosarcoma (PSC) is the most common primary malignant chest wall tumor. Here, we report a rare case of PSC treated with partial sternal resection and reconstruction. A 47-year-old man presented with subcutaneous anterior chest wall mass and chest pain.

Characteristics of and changes in the cardiometabolic measures of Japanese workers grouped according to their vegetables and salt intake through workplace cafeteria meals.

Objective: This study aimed to objectively evaluate the diet consumed in a workplace cafeteria to group Japanese workers according to vegetables and salt intake and estimate the association of these groups with changes in cardiometabolic measurements.

Design: This longitudinal observational study estimated the food and nutrient intake of Japanese workers from data recorded in the cafeteria system of their workplace. The primary outcomes included cardiometabolic measures obtained via regular health check-ups conducted at the workplace.

[Surgically Resected Cases of Mediastinal Ganglioneuroma Detected in Adults].

A ganglioneuroma is a rare, benign, neurogenic tumor originating from the sympathetic ganglion. Mediastinal ganglioneuroma are mostly detected in children, typically around 10 years of age, and are rarely identified in adults. Herein, we report two surgically resected cases of mediastinal ganglioneuroma in adults.

Phase-dependent Andreev molecules and superconducting gap closing in coherently-coupled Josephson junctions.

The Josephson junction (JJ) is an essential element of superconducting (SC) devices for both fundamental and applied physics. The short-range coherent coupling of two adjacent JJs forms Andreev molecule states (AMSs), which provide a new ingredient to engineer exotic SC phenomena such as topological SC states and Andreev qubits. Here we provide tunneling spectroscopy measurements on a device consisting of two electrically controllable planar JJs sharing a single SC electrode.

Phase engineering of anomalous Josephson effect derived from Andreev molecules.

A Josephson junction (JJ) is a key device for developing superconducting circuits, wherein a supercurrent in the JJ is controlled by the phase difference between the two superconducting electrodes. When two JJs sharing one superconducting electrode are coherently coupled and form the Andreev molecules, a supercurrent of one JJ is expected to be nonlocally controlled by the phase difference of another JJ. Here, we evaluate the supercurrent in one of the coupled two JJs as a function of local and nonlocal phase differences.