Health Literacy and Internet Use Among Japanese Older Adults: A Gender-Stratified Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Moderating Effects of Neighborhood Relationships.

: Internet use positively impacts mental health in older adults, with health literacy (HL) playing a key role. While social networks may complement individual HL, the role of neighborhood relationships in this association, particularly by gender, remains unclear. This study examined how the association between HL and Internet use among older adults was modified by neighborhood relationships.

Hydrogen isotope separation at exceptionally high temperature using an unsaturated organometallic complex.

A new approach for hydrogen isotope separation using an unsaturated organometallic complex was proposed. Adsorption measurements of [Mn(dppe)(CO)(N)](BArF) (Mn-dppe) (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, BArF = B[CH(3,5-CF)]) using H and D revealed a significant difference in the adsorption enthalpy of H/D at much higher room temperatures than in previous studies, with D molecules being more strongly adsorbed on unsaturated metal sites. Mixed gas adsorption isotherms were calculated at each temperature using IAST, and it was predicted that D uptake was much larger than H uptake.

Controlling the Hierarchical Assembly of DNA-Based Hexagonal Microstructures.

This paper discusses the controlled morphology of hierarchical liquid crystalline DNA assemblies. Through a process of heating and slow cooling, double-stranded DNAs (dsDNAs) having 23 complementary bases and two base overhangs (a pair of 25mer oligonucleotides) spontaneously assemble into micro-sized hexagonal platelets in a solution containing poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and salt. Remarkably, the addition of a shorter dsDNA with AA/TT overhangs (a pair of 18mer oligonucleotides) to a PEG-salt solution of 25mer DNA with AA/TT overhangs results in the formation of molecular tubes, each with a central blockage.

RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer for IoT.

The rapid proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed modern living by interconnecting billions of devices across industrial, commercial, and domestic sectors [...

A Real-Time Web-Based Intervention with a Multicomponent Group-Based Program for Older Adults: Single-Arm Feasibility Study.

Frailty is a growing public health challenge in Japan's rapidly aging population, where 28.8% are aged ≥ 65. While multicomponent interventions have shown potential in preventing frailty, traditional face-to-face programs face accessibility challenges.

Dual-Mode Emission and Solvent-Desorption Dependent Kinetic Properties of Crystalline-State Chemiluminescence Reaction of 9-Phenyl-10-(2-phenylethynyl)anthracene Endoperoxide.

The chemiluminescence (CL) feature and reactivity of the aromatic endoperoxide 9-phenyl-10-(2-phenylethynyl)anthracene endoperoxide (PPEA-O) were investigated in the crystalline state. For this, PPEA-O crystals were prepared using dichloromethane and -hexane. These crystals exhibited an α-phase structure containing -hexane as a crystal solvent.

Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p18 regulates lineage transitions of excitatory neurons, astrocytes, and interneurons in the mouse cortex.

Neural stem cells (NSCs) can give rise to both neurons and glia, but the regulatory mechanisms governing their differentiation transitions remain incompletely understood. Here, we address the role of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs) in the later stages of dorsal cortical development. We find that the CDKIs p18 and p27 are upregulated at the onset of astrocyte generation.

Overview of the bacterial/archaeal supermolecular assembly session at the 21st IUPAB and the 62nd Biophysics Society of Japan joint congress.

In this session, six invited speakers presented their innovative research to investigate the structure and dynamics of bacterial and archaeal supramolecular assembly systems. They explained their research from the perspective of bacterial genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology, microscopy imaging, and molecular dynamics simulation. The session started with a section on the mechanism of pilus assembly in cyanobacteria.

Artificial Intelligence and Image Analysis-Assisted Diagnosis for Fibrosis Stage of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Using Ultrasonography: A Pilot Study.

Background/objectives: Elastography increased the diagnostic accuracy of liver fibrosis. However, several challenges persist, including the widespread utilization of equipment, difficulties in measuring certain cases, and the influence of viscosity factors. A rough surface and a blunted hepatic margin have long been acknowledged as valuable characteristics indicative of hepatic fibrosis.

Turning on Low-Temperature Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Derivatives through Teaming Pd and Mo Single-Atom Sites.

On-purpose atomic scale design of catalytic sites, specifically active and selective at low temperature for a target reaction, is a key challenge. Here, we report teamed Pd and Mo single-atom sites that exhibit high activity and selectivity for anisole hydrodeoxygenation to benzene at low temperatures, 100-150 °C, where a Pd metal nanoparticle catalyst or a MoO nanoparticle catalyst is individually inactive. The catalysts built from Pd or Mo single-atom sites alone are much less effective, although the catalyst with Pd sites shows some activity but low selectivity.

ARCaDia: single-round screening of a DNA-type targeted covalent binder possessing a latent warhead.

A covalent binder for a target protein was obtained by a direct single-round screening of a latent-warhead-modified DNA library affinity/reactivity-based co-selection of aptameric deoxyribonucleic acid (ARCaDia), followed by a top -mer analysis. The optimal position of the conjugated warhead on the selected aptamer was simultaneously identified.

Diamagnetic Precursor to Biradical by Means of a Thermal Trigger: A Head-to-Tail (N-O) Four-Membered Ring Formed in Naphthalene-1,8-diyl Bis(-butyl Nitroxide).

The title compound was synthesized, and ESR and magnetic analysis revealed diamagnetic properties below 400 K. The crystal structure analysis clarified that the molecule possesses an approximate symmetry with a head-to-tail (N-O) four-membered ring. The N···O distances are 2.

Radar-based contactless heart beat detection with a modified Pan-Tompkins algorithm.

Using radar for non-contact measuring human vital signs has garnered significant attention due to its undeniable benefits. However, achieving reasonably good accuracy in contactless measurement senarios is still a technical challenge.The proposed method includes two stages.

Language Development of Japanese Children Raised in Institutional Care.

Background: Nurturing environments have a critical influence on children's language development. It is unclear to what extent nurturing environments in institutions influence children's language development.

Methods: The present study investigated the early lexical development in Japanese children raised in institutional care (IC) (N = 86; 10-33 months; 37 boys) and compared their lexical skills to a large sample of age peers being raised in biological family care (BFC) (N = 1897; 937 boys) using vocabulary checklists.

Bayesian estimation of trunk-leg coordination during walking using phase oscillator models.

In human walking, the legs and other body parts coordinate to produce a rhythm with appropriate phase relationships. From the point of view for rehabilitating gait disorders, such as Parkinson Disorders, it is important to understand the control mechanism of the gait rhythm. A previous study showed that the antiphase relationship of the two legs during walking is not strictly controlled using the reduction of the motion of the legs during walking to coupled phase oscillators.

Statistical physical view of statistical inference in Bayesian linear regression model.

This paper considers similarities between statistical physics and Bayes inference through the Bayesian linear regression model. Some similarities have been discussed previously, such as the analogy between the marginal likelihood in Bayes inference and the partition function in statistical mechanics. In particular, this paper considers the proposal to associate discrete sample size with inverse temperature [C.

Understanding and mitigating dimensional collapse of Graph Contrastive Learning: A non-maximum removal approach.

Graph Contrastive Learning (GCL) generates graph-level embeddings by maximizing Mutual Information between different augmented views of the same graph (positive pairs), and shows promising performance in graph representation learning (GRL) without the supervision of manual annotations. However, GCL suffers from a dimensional collapse problem, i.e.

Evolution of a large periplasmic disk in Campylobacterota flagella enables both efficient motility and autoagglutination.

The flagellar motors of Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) and related Campylobacterota (previously epsilonproteobacteria) feature 100-nm-wide periplasmic "basal disks" that have been implicated in scaffolding a wider ring of additional motor proteins to increase torque, but the size of these disks is excessive for a role solely in scaffolding motor proteins. Here, we show that the basal disk is a flange that braces the flagellar motor during disentanglement of its flagellar filament from interactions with the cell body and other filaments.

An Integrated Approach using YOLOv8 and ResNet, SeResNet & Vision Transformer (ViT) Algorithms based on ROI Fracture Prediction in X-ray Images of the Elbow.

Introduction: In this study, we harnessed three cutting-edge algorithms' capabilities to refine the elbow fracture prediction process through X-ray image analysis. Employing the YOLOv8 (You only look once) algorithm, we first identified Regions of Interest (ROI) within the X-ray images, significantly augmenting fracture prediction accuracy.

Methods: Subsequently, we integrated and compared the ResNet, the SeResNet (Squeeze-and-Excitation Residual Network) ViT (Vision Transformer) algorithms to refine our predictive capabilities.