Influence of kyphosis posture on postural control and lower limb mechanical load immediately after stopping walking.

[Purpose] This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of joint moment and force for postural control performance after stopping walking under two conditions. [Participants and Methods] A total of 18 healthy males participated in this study. The joint moment and power were compared between the normal and kyphosis postures after stopping walking based on the critical time interval as calculated by stabilogram diffusion analysis.

Mechanism of protein-RNA recognition: analysis based on the statistical mechanics of hydration.

We investigate the RBD1-r(GUAGU) binding as a case study using all-atom models for the biomolecules, molecular models for water, and the currently most reliable statistical-mechanical method. RBD1 is one of the RNA-binding domains of mammalian Musashi1 (Msi1), and r(GUAGU) contains the minimum recognition sequence for Msi1, r(GUAG). We show that the binding is driven by a large gain of configurational entropy of water in the entire system.

[Perioperative management for a case of carotid artery stenting].

A 70-year-old male patient with severe cardiac dysfunction underwent carotid artery stenting for severe left carotid artery stenosis under monitored anesthetic care. He was sedated with propofol and fentanyl, and was monitored with ECG, pulse-oximeter and direct blood pressure measurement. He breathed spontaneously without severe hypoxia during the procedure.