Publications by authors named "Y SUGITA"
Objective: This study investigated the factors that influence Ikigai among people aged 75 years and older using home medical and nursing care with home-visit rehabilitation.
Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 66 home-visit rehabilitation users aged 75 years or older who received home medical and nursing care at 2 home-care nursing stations. The following attributes were evaluated: Ikigai-9, life-space assessment (LSA), home-based LSA (Hb-LSA), Frenchay activities index (FAI), functional independence measure (FIM), self-efficacy for activities of daily living (SEADL), self-efficacy scale for going out among community-dwelling elderly (SEGE), and physical function.
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- The "no-touch" technique allows for safe navigation of a guiding catheter during carotid artery stenting, especially in patients with complicated arterial lesions.
- A specially designed 4-Fr Newton-shaped catheter minimizes contact with stenotic lesions while advancing to the target area.
- In a study of eight procedures, this technique was successful in all cases, showing it can be effective for patients with tortuous anatomy and floating thrombi without causing complications.
Structural dynamics of a designed peptide pore under an external electric field.
Biophys Chem
December 2024
Membrane potential is essential in biological signaling and homeostasis maintained by voltage-sensitive membrane proteins. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations incorporating membrane potentials have been extensively used to study the structures and functions of ion channels and protein pores. They can also be beneficial in designing and characterizing artificial ion channels and pores, which will guide further amino acid sequence optimization through comparison between the predicted models and experimental data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeriodontitis was reported to be associated with aspiration pneumonia. However, the relationship between periodontitis and aspiration pneumonia remains unclear. This study investigated the virulence factor of Porphyromonas gingivalis, which exacerbates aspiration pneumonia, and the role of IL-35, an inhibitory heterodimeric cytokine of EBI3 and p35, in aspiration pneumonia using Ebi3 knockout (KO) mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe carefully reviewed and evaluated the efficacy of transurethral water vapor energy therapy (WAVE) with Rezumᵀᴹ system for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Between April and September 2023, 41 patients received WAVE under local anesthesia as day surgery at the outpatient department in our institution. The mean age as of operation was 78.
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