Publications by authors named "Y Ashino"
An 80-year-old man with a history of Bence-Jones potein (BJP) λ-type multiple myeloma (MM), which had been in remission for 16 years, was examined for shortness of breath and was found to have bilateral pleural and pericardial effusions. A pleural fluid test and a pleural biopsy under local anaesthesia performed by a previous physician failed to make the diagnosis. Despite diuretic therapy, his condition necessitated frequent thoracentesis.
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- Mammalian gut microbes adapt to the intestinal environment and their composition is heavily influenced by the host's diet, which can alter nutrient profiles in the intestine.* -
- Genetic mutations in a specific gut microbe species enhance their fitness in the intestinal tract, and this research discovered important mutations related to sugar metabolism soon after colonization in mice.* -
- The study highlights that not only do these genetic changes improve the microbe's ability to use nutrients from the diet, but the host's diet also affects which mutations occur, shedding light on the adaptation mechanisms of gut bacteria.*
This study aimed to estimate the factors that cause differences in competition level based on the competition performance structure among university student decathletes in Japan. The results of factor analysis using the maximum likelihood method (Oblimin rotation), assuming a five-factor structure estimated from parallel analysis and the information criterion, revealed the following competitive performance structures: "running speed and body projection," "running endurance," "rotational throwing power," "translational throwing power," and "vertical leaping power." Some of these were similar to the competitive performance structures of the world's top athletes, but they were found to have a unique structure: two throwing powers.
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- - Japan's approach to COVID-19 has focused on a cluster-based strategy, considering the varying levels of virus transmission (overdispersion) throughout the pandemic.
- - Research aimed to investigate how transmission heterogeneity shifted with new variants like Alpha, Delta, and Omicron in Yamagata Prefecture, using detailed contact tracing data.
- - Findings indicated that even with the emergence of new variants, transmission variability persisted, emphasizing the need for ongoing monitoring and a sustainable system for analyzing epidemic data.