Dataset for life cycle assessment of strawberry-package supply chain with considering food loss during transportation.

This dataset includes two kinds of data (for inventory analysis in Table A1 to A13, and precondition of waste and recycle for plastic and cardboard in Table A14) for conducting life cycle assessment (LCA) of strawberry-package supply chain with considering food loss during transportation Inventory analysis includes input data for LCA analysis. The data in the inventory was referenced from the publication of Plastic Waste Management Institute Plastic Waste Management Institute, (2017) and calculated based on the damage area ratio measured in our co-submitted article (Sasaki et al., 2022).

Novel strategy for ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction: Combined treatment with directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon angioplasty.

A 69-year-old female diagnosed with ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using combined directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon angioplasty. This report highlights a novel management strategy with no permanent scaffold left in the coronary artery.

Comparison of the 9-Month Intrastent Condition and 30-Month Clinical Outcomes After Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation Between Standard-Duration and 1-Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Followed by Prasugrel Monotherapy.

In this study we investigated the efficacy and safety of very short duration (1-month) dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) followed by prasugrel monotherapy. In particular, we compared intrastent conditions using optical coherence tomography (OCT) after second-generation drug-eluting stent implantation between standard-duration and 1-month DAPT followed by prasugrel monotherapy. Between May 2015 and February 2018, 120 consecutive patients who underwent elective Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stent implantation were enrolled and divided into those receiving standard-duration or 1-month (1M) DAPT followed by prasugrel monotherapy; 47 patients (n=55 stents) and 46 patients (n=54 stents) in the standard and 1M groups, respectively, completed the protocol.

Impact of the Antithrombotic Effects of Prasugrel on Mid-Term Vascular Healing in Acute Coronary Syndrome vs. Stable Coronary Artery Disease.

Background: The impact of antiplatelet drug effects on mid-term local arterial responses following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains uncertain. We evaluated the impact of the platelet reactivity of prasugrel on mid-term vascular healing between acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and stable coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods and results: We conducted a prospective, 12-center study in 125 patients with ACS and 126 patients with stable CAD who underwent PCI with an everolimus-eluting stent (EES) and received dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with prasugrel and aspirin.

Efficacy of drug-coated balloon angioplasty after directional coronary atherectomy for coronary bifurcation lesions (DCA/DCB registry).

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of additional drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty after directional coronary atherectomy (DCA) for coronary bifurcation lesions.

Background: The optimal therapy for bifurcation lesions has not been established, even in the drug-eluting stent era. DCA possibly prevents plaque and carina shift in bifurcation lesions by plaque debulking; however, the efficacy of combined DCA and DCB (DCA/DCB) for bifurcation lesions remains unclear.

Possible mechanism of late lumen enlargement after treatment for de novo coronary lesions with drug-coated balloon.

Background: Drug-coated balloon (DCB) treatment for de novo coronary artery disease has demonstrated late lumen enlargement (LLE) in mid-term follow-up and it was considered as clinical benefit; however, its mechanism and the predictive factor remains unclear.

Methods: This study enrolled 46 consecutive patients (54 lesions) treated with DCB, using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) at the index procedure and at the 9-month follow-up. We measured IVUS parameters at 1-mm intervals and calculated the mean volume of the external elastic membrane (EEM), lumen, and plaque.

Relationship Between Platelet Reactivity and Ischemic and Bleeding Events After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in East Asian Patients: 1-Year Results of the PENDULUM Registry.

Background The balance between ischemic and bleeding events and their association with platelet reactivity in patients receiving antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which differs among regions, is not fully evaluated for East Asians. We examined ischemic/bleeding events and platelet reactivity in Japanese patients undergoing PCI and determined associations between high/low platelet reactivity and clinical outcomes. Methods and Results PENDULUM (Platelet Reactivity in Patients with Drug Eluting Stent and Balancing Risk of Bleeding and Ischemic Event) is a prospective, multicenter registry of Japanese patients with PCI.

Early and Mid-Term Vascular Responses to Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Everolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation in Stable Coronary Artery Disease.

Background: Analysis of pooled clinical data has shown the safety of 3 months of dual antiplatelet therapy with everolimus-eluting cobalt-chromium stents (Co-Cr EESs). This study evaluated early and mid-term vascular responses to Co-Cr EESs in patients with stable coronary artery disease.

Methods: The Multicenter Comparison of Early and Late Vascular Responses to Everolimus-Eluting Cobalt-Chromium Stent and Platelet Aggregation Studies in Patients With Stable Angina Managed as Elective Case (MECHANISM-Elective) study (NCT02014818) is a multicenter optical coherence tomography (OCT) registry.

Empagliflozin's Ameliorating Effect on Plasma Triglycerides: Association with Endothelial Function Recovery in Diabetic Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.

Aim: So far, the mechanisms behind the cardiovascular benefits of sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have not been fully clarified.

Methods: In order to evaluate the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on systemic hemodynamics, glucose metabolism, lipid profile, and endothelial function, 50 diabetic patients with established coronary artery disease (CAD) were included in this analysis and were given empagliflozin 10 mg/d. Cookie meal testing (carbohydrates: 75 g, fats: 28.

Preventing brain embolism by using a modified isolation technique in transcatheter aortic valve implantation for a patient with shaggy and porcelain aorta.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become a useful and effective treatment for surgical high-risk patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS). Stroke is one of the most frequent complications associated with TAVI. Shaggy and porcelain aortas are a risk factor for procedure-related strokes.

Late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance combined with 123I- metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy strongly predicts long-term clinical outcome in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is limited in its ability to detect diffuse interstitial fibrosis, which is commonly found in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). On the other hand, Washout rate (WR) by cardiac 123I- metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphy which evaluates cardiac sympathetic nervous function, is a useful tool for predicting the prognosis in DCM. We investigated the predictive value of the combination of two different types of examinations, LGE on CMR and WR by 123I-MIBG scintigraphy for outcomes in DCM compared with LGE alone.

Improvement of left ventricular function assessment by global longitudinal strain after successful percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion.

The benefit of revascularization of chronic total occlusion (CTO) in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is controversial. On the other hand, left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) is a more sensitive marker of LV myocardial ischemia and LV function than LV ejection fraction (EF). The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of revascularization of CTO on LV function using LV GLS.

Effect of anion in carboxylate-based ionic liquids on catalytic activity of transesterification with vinyl esters and the solubility of cellulose.

The role of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium (Emim) carboxylate-type ionic liquid (IL) as the solvent and organocatalyst for transesterification reaction of cellulose was investigated. The reported method using Emim acetate and vinyl ester caused an undesired side reaction: the acetate anion derived from EmimOAc was introduced into cellulose ester. To improve the reaction system, ILs with a high cellulose solubility, a high degree of substitution (DS) value, and low side-reaction were systematically explored.

Impact of dual antiplatelet therapy with adjusted-dose prasugrel on mid-term vascular response in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention with everolimus-eluting stents.

The impact of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with adjusted-dose (3.75 mg/day) prasugrel for Japanese patients has not been fully investigated in terms of local arterial healing following the elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The ROUTE-01 elective study was a prospective, 12-center and single-arm registry that enrolled 123 patients who underwent elective PCI with everolimus-eluting stents (EESs) under DAPT with a combination of adjusted-dose prasugrel and aspirin.

Synthesis of zero-valent iron nanoparticles via laser ablation in a formate ionic liquid under atmospheric conditions.

Transition metal nanoparticles (NPs) are promising materials for use as catalysts in many processes, although they are easily oxidized under ambient conditions. In this communication, a novel synthetic method is proposed for producing zero-valent iron (Fe) NPs by laser ablation under atmospheric conditions using the reducing properties of a formate-based ionic liquid solvent. The valence state of Fe was confirmed using X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy.

Role of Hydrogen-Bond Interactions in CO Capture by Wet Phosphonium Formate Ionic Liquid: A Raman Spectroscopic Study.

The mechanism of CO absorption by a formate ionic liquid, [P ]HCOO, was studied by Raman spectroscopy. The band area for the symmetric CO stretching of the formate anion linearly decreases with the CO loading. From the slope of the decrease, 1 : 1 stoichiometry is proven between CO and the formate anion.

Vascular response to biolimus A-9 eluting stent in patients with shorter and prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy: optical coherence tomography sub-study of the NIPPON trial.

Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with thienopyridine and aspirin is the standard care for the prevention of stent thrombosis. However, the optimal duration and effect of the duration of DAPT on intra-stent thrombus (IS-Th) formation are unknown. The NIPPON study (Nobori Dual Antiplatelet Therapy as Appropriate Duration) was an open label, randomized multicenter, assessor-blinded, trial designed to demonstrate the non-inferiority of shorter (6-month) DAPT to prolonged (18-month) DAPT, after biolimus A9 eluting stent implantation in 3773 patients at 130 sites in Japan.

Comparison of the 9-month intra-stent conditions and 2-year clinical outcomes after Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stent implantation between 3-month and standard dual antiplatelet therapy.

Background: The use of short-duration dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) remains controversial. To investigate efficacy and safety of short-duration DAPT, we performed a detailed comparison of intra-stent conditions by optical coherence tomography (OCT) after second-generation drug-eluting stent implantation with short-term and standard DAPT.

Methods And Results: Eighty-two consecutive patients with stable angina pectoris who received Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stents (R-ZESs; Medtronic Cardiovascular, Santa Rosa, CA, USA) were enrolled.

Photoexcitation dynamics of p-nitroaniline and N,N-dimethyl-p-nitroaniline in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium-cation based ionic liquids with different alkyl-chain lengths.

Photoexcitation dynamics of p-nitroaniline (pNA) and N,N-dimethyl-p-nitroaniline (DMpNA) in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([Cmim][NTf]) with different alkyl chain lengths (from C to C) was investigated using transient absorption spectroscopy. The internal conversion rate from the excited state to the ground state was estimated from bleach recovery around the ground state absorption centre, and the successive vibrational cooling rate in the ground state was estimated from the decay of the hot band observed at the red-edge of ground state absorption. The internal conversion rate slightly decreased with an increase in the alkyl-chain length of the cation, while the dependence of DMpNA was more significant than that of pNA.

Excited-State Proton Transfer of Cyanonaphthols in Protic Ionic Liquids: Appearance of a New Fluorescent Species.

Excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) of 5-cyano-2-naphthol (5CN2) and 5,8-dicyano-2-naphthol (DCN2) in three different protic ionic liquids (PILs), triethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([NH][CFSO]), triethylammonium methanesulfonate ([NH][CHSO]), and triethylammonium trifluoroacetate ([NH][CFCOO]), was studied by time-resolved fluorescence. In [NH][CFSO], both 5CN2 and DCN2 showed fluorescence only from ROH* (normal form of substituted naphthol in the excited states), indicating that no ESPT occurred in [NH][CFSO]. For 5CN2 in [NH][CHSO], fluorescence bands from ROH* and RO* (anionic form of substituted naphthol in the excited states) were observed, indicating that 5CN2 could dissociate proton to surrounding solvents and form RO*.

Longitudinal strain combined with delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance improves risk stratification in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Objective: Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has been reported to be associated with unfavourable outcomes; however, few studies have addressed the prognostic value of left ventricular (LV) deformation parameter indicated by global longitudinal strain (GLS) in two-dimensional speckle-tracking (2DST) echocardiography in patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This study aims to investigate whether the combination of GLS and LGE is useful in stratifying the risk in patients with DCM.

Methods: We studied 179 consecutive symptomatic patients with DCM (age, 61±15 years; 121 males; left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 33%±9%; New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II: n=71, III: n=107, IV: n=1) who underwent CMR and echocardiography with conventional assessment and 2DST analysis.