Publications by authors named "T Sawano"
An accurate understanding of the population is essential for the development of medical care and social resources. However, the development of transportation networks has increased temporal and spatial fluctuations in the population, making it difficult to accurately forecast medical care demand, especially during disaster recovery. This study examined the population movement in areas affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident using demographic data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn radiological disasters, evacuating institutionalized individuals such as hospitalized patients and nursing home residents presents complex challenges. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant (FDNPP) accident, triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), exposed critical issues in evacuation planning. This case series investigates the evacuation difficulties encountered by three hospitals situated 20 to 30 km from the FDNPP following the GEJE and FDNPP accident.
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- Transplantation of injury/ischemia-induced stem cells (iSCs) from post-stroke human brains has been shown to improve neurological functions in stroke-affected mice, although their effectiveness compared to mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) remains uncertain.
- In experiments, both h-iSCs and h-MSCs were transplanted into mice, with results indicating that while both types activated neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs), h-iSCs led to greater improvements in a variety of behavioral tasks.
- Further analysis revealed that interactions between NSPCs and h-iSCs promoted the transdifferentiation toward functional neurons more effectively than interactions with h-MSCs, suggesting h-iSCs may
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, planning appropriate healthcare resource allocation was crucial. However, accurately estimating medical care demand was challenging due to substantial population fluctuations caused by extensive evacuations, compounded by the inaccuracy of conventional Resident Resister data in this context. This study employs population data generated from mobile phone network from 2019 to 2020 to conduct a detailed temporal and spatial population estimation in Futaba County, originally a complete evacuation zone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To investigate the details of disaster-related deaths due to the indirect health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident following the Great East-Japan Earthquake in 2011 and serve as a source of reference in the event of similar circumstances in the future.
Design: A retrospective observational study.
Setting: Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, which is located 13-38 km north of the FDNPP.