Effect of information provision by familial nudging on attitudes toward offshore wind power.

Offshore wind power (OWP) is a promising way to achieve decarbonization and tackle global climate change, but acceptance by residents is an important issue for site location. Information provision could be a more cost-effective intervention than debates or subsidies, assuming that scientifically correct information alone is insufficient and information design to boost the message effects considering realistic human responses is necessary. Thus, we designed nudging messages to increase acceptance of OWP, using a message framework to moderate risk-averse attitudes by reminding readers of familial support based on insights from kin selection theory from evolutionary psychology.

Gastric adenosquamous carcinoma producing granulocyte-colony stimulating factor: a case of a rare malignancy.

Background: A gastric adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) that produces granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is an uncommon malignancy with a poor prognosis. Due to the rarity of this lesion, a standard treatment for the disease has not been established.

Case Presentation: We describe a case of a 66-year-old male with a G-CSF-producing gastric ASC who presented with severe anemia and leukocytosis.

[Usefulness of Palliative Gastrojejunal Bypass Surgery].

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of gastrojejunal bypass surgery performed in patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal tract obstruction due to unresectable advanced cancer.

Subjects And Methods: The subjects were 21 patients who underwent gastrojejunal bypass surgery at our division between 2010 and 2014 for symptom palliation. We retrospectively evaluated the operative outcomes, whether chemotherapy was administered, the oral ingestion period, and survival time.

[Invasive pneumococcal disease of serotype 6C with skin and soft tissue infections in an immunocompetent adult].

We report herein on a rare case of deep-soft tissue infection due to invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with progressive pain in the right upper arm and the distal leg associated with swelling. We diagnosed the condition as multiple instances of cellulitis that were initially treated with ceftriaxone and clindamycin.

The area and attachment abnormalities of the gubernaculum in patients with undescended testes in comparison with those with retractile testes.

Purpose: In order to evaluate the gubernaculum (GN) abnormalities quantitatively in patients with undescended testes (UDT), the area and attachment site of the gubernaculum were evaluated.

Patients And Methods: Sixty-seven testes from 61 patients with an undescended testis treated in the past 11 years at our institution were examined. Using intraoperative photographs or DVDs, the area of the GN inside the processus vaginalis was measured, and the ratio to that of the testis was determined.

Phototoxic effect of na-pheophorbide a toward osteosarcoma cells in vitro using a laser diode.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with Na-pheophorbide A in anticancer treatment, using osteosarcoma cells in vitro.

Background Data: It has been reported that PDT with chlorophyll derivatives inhibits the proliferation of various cancer cells. However, there have been no reports that have evaluated the effectiveness of PDT in suppressing osteosarcoma cells.

A nonclassical vitamin D receptor pathway suppresses renal fibrosis.

The TGF-β superfamily comprises pleiotropic cytokines that regulate SMAD and non-SMAD signaling. TGF-β-SMAD signal transduction is known to be involved in tissue fibrosis, including renal fibrosis. Here, we found that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-bound [1,25(OH)2D3-bound] vitamin D receptor (VDR) specifically inhibits TGF-β-SMAD signal transduction through direct interaction with SMAD3.

Evaluation of removal of model particulate and oily soils from poly(ethylene terephthalate) films by microscopic image analysis.

The soil removal behavior from poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films was investigated using a microscopic image analysis system. Carbon black or stearic acid as a model soil was deposited onto a PET film. The PET film was cleaned in various aqueous and non-aqueous solutions by applying stirring or frequency-modulated ultrasound as a mechanical action of soil removal.

Synthesis of vitamin D3 derivatives with nitrogen-linked substituents at A-ring C-2 and evaluation of their vitamin D receptor-mediated transcriptional activity.

Binding of a series of novel 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25-VD(3)) derivatives, having a nitrogen-linked substituent at the 2α- or 2β-position of the A-ring (2-N-substituted compounds), with the vitamin D receptor (VDR) was investigated by means of computational docking studies. Selected compounds were synthesized by coupling A-ring synthons and/or with CD-ring-bearing bromomethylene under Trost's conditions. The 2α- and 2β-stereoisomers of the A-ring synthons were synthesized from l-serine () as a single chiral source by installing vinyl and propargyl groups at opposite ends of the molecule.

Therapeutic effect of photodynamic therapy using Na-pheophorbide a on osteomyelitis models in rats.

Objective: In this study, we examined the therapeutic effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using the photosensitizer Na-Pheophorbide a (Na-Phde a) on osteomyelitis models in rats.

Background: Osteomyelitis is one of the most serious infectious problems in the orthopedic field. Recently, as a new clinical approach against septic arthritis, an experimental in vivo and in vitro model for the inactivation of methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus by PDT using Na-Phde a has been developed.

Bactericidal effect of photodynamic therapy using Na-pheophorbide a: evaluation of adequate light source.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) against methicillin resistant-Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by selecting different light sources for irradiation and combining them with the photosensitizer Na-Pheophorbide a (Na-Phde a).

Background: The treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infection is a serious issue. Recently, as a new clinical approach against septic arthritis, an experimental in vivo and in vitro model for the inactivation of MRSA by PDT using the photosensitizer Na-Phde a has been developed.