728 research outputs found
People Stories: UTB Guitar Festival with Los Angeles Guitar Quartet & Composer Shingo Fujii
No full textIt was one year ago that the world watched as an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan. At the Brownsville Guitar Festival and Competition on the campus of UT Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, the victims of that national tragedy were honored with a piece of music called Shiki. The collaborative piece was performed by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and the UTB-TSC student guitar ensemble under the baton of the composer, Japanese guitarist Shingo Fujii.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/utbmedia/1433/thumbnail.jp
A treatment strategy using subcutaneous fondaparinux followed by oral rivaroxaban is effective for treating acute venous thromboembolism
No full text主査: 東丸 貴信 /タイトル: A treatment strategy using subcutaneous fondaparinux followed by oral rivaroxaban is effective for treating acute venous thromboembolism /著者: Takayuki Kabuki, Rine Nakanishi, Shinji Hisatake,Takahiro Fujii, Shintaro Dobashi, Shingo Wakakura, Syunsuke Kiuchi, Tadashi Fujino, Takanori Ikeda /掲載誌: Journal of Cardiology /巻号・発行年等: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2016.10.01
Immunohistochemical assessment of a unique basal pattern of p53 expression in ulcerative-colitis-associated neoplasia using computer-assisted cytometry
No full text主査 : 鈴木康夫 / タイトル : Immunohistochemical assessment of a unique basal pattern of p53 expression in ulcerative-colitis-associated neoplasia using computer-assisted cytometry /著者 : Shunsuke Kobayashi, Takahiro Fujimori, Hiroyuki Mitomi, Shigeki Tomita, Kazuhito Ichikawa, Johji Imura, Shigehiko Fujii, Michihiro Itabashi, Shingo Kameoka, Yoshinori Igarashi /掲載誌 : Diagnostic Pathology /巻号・発行年等 : 9:99, 2014
Evaluation of Post-license Advanced Driver Training in Italy
No full textAbstractPost-license advanced driver training addresses different categories of road users such as: novice drivers, professional drivers, company employers and recidivists. These training courses can be carried out on-track or on the road. On-track courses allow participants to gain knowledge on driving physics and experience limits in a safe road environment. On-road courses are more focused on hazard perception and situation awareness.Although extensive research has been done in this field, knowledge of the effects of these courses on road accident risk remains unclear. Previous evaluation of on-track courses did not always show a positive effect on crash rate. For example, post-license training focused on mastery of driving skills can lead to an increase of accident risk, especially on young males.However, research identified several factors that may enhance the effectiveness of driving training. In Europe a new framework for driver education and training has been proposed based on a safe driver hierarchical model (the GADGET model) and the development of a strategy for continuous learning.According to this framework, an evaluation study of on-track post-license advanced driver training has been undertaken in Italy with the main goal of assessing the safety effects of these courses and identifying training aspects to be improved. Besides crash rate, the study aims at assessing also driver behavior, knowledge of risks, self-evaluation and training quality.This paper presents the results of the possible effects of advanced driver training on driving behavior, considering in particular the number and type of violations. For each driver, data on age, gender and driving violations history were extracted from the platform and the national violations database.Three cases were addressed through a before-after analysis with control group. Case 1 considers all drivers who attended an ADT course. Case 2 aimed at understanding the effects of the courses on a specific target group: the traffic violators. Case 3 is similar to Case 2, however the control group was selected in a way that drivers characteristics and the violation rate was similar to the violation rate of the treatment group in the before period.The significance of the differences highlighted was assessed through appropriate statistical tests (i.e. paired t-test and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test).The study showed in general a higher propensity to commit traffic violations after attending an ADT course. These results are in contrast to what expected and show the necessity to diversify the training classes according to the different needs of participants
The H-Invitational Database (H-InvDB), a comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts
No full textHere we report the new features and improvements in our latest release of the H-Invitational Database (H-InvDB; http://www.h-invitational.jp/), a comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts. H-InvDB, originally developed as an integrated database of the human transcriptome based on extensive annotation of large sets of full-length cDNA (FLcDNA) clones, now provides annotation for 120 558 human mRNAs extracted from the International Nucleotide Sequence Databases (INSD), in addition to 54 978 human FLcDNAs, in the latest release H-InvDB_4.6. We mapped those human transcripts onto the human genome sequences (NCBI build 36.1) and determined 34 699 human gene clusters, which could define 34 057 (98.1%) protein-coding and 642 (1.9%) non-protein-coding loci; 858 (2.5%) transcribed loci overlapped with predicted pseudogenes. For all these transcripts and genes, we provide comprehensive annotation including gene structures, gene functions, alternative splicing variants, functional non-protein-coding RNAs, functional domains, predicted sub cellular localizations, metabolic pathways, predictions of protein 3D structure, mapping of SNPs and microsatellite repeat motifs, co-localization with orphan diseases, gene expression profiles, orthologous genes, protein–protein interactions (PPI) and annotation for gene families. The current H-InvDB annotation resources consist of two main views: Transcript view and Locus view and eight sub-databases: the DiseaseInfo Viewer, H-ANGEL, the Clustering Viewer, G-integra, the TOPO Viewer, Evola, the PPI view and the Gene family/group
A treatment strategy using subcutaneous fondaparinux followed by oral rivaroxaban is effective for treating acute venous thromboembolism
No full text主査 : 東丸貴信 / タイトル : A treatment strategy using subcutaneous fondaparinux followed by oral rivaroxaban is effective for treating acute venous thromboembolism /著者 : Takayuki Kabuki, Rine Nakanishi, Shinji Hisatake,Takahiro Fujii, Shintaro Dobashi, Shingo Wakakura, Syunsuke Kiuchi, Tadashi Fujino, Takanori Ikeda /掲載誌 : Journal of Cardiology /巻号・発行年等 : 70(2):163-8, 2017 /本文ファイル: 出版者
Immunohistochemical assessment of a unique basal pattern of p53 expression in ulcerative-colitis-associated neoplasia using computer-assisted cytometry
No full text主査 : 鈴木康夫 / タイトル : Immunohistochemical assessment of a unique basal pattern of p53 expression in ulcerative-colitis-associated neoplasia using computer-assisted cytometry / 著者 : Shunsuke Kobayashi, Takahiro Fujimori, Hiroyuki Mitomi, Shigeki Tomita, Kazuhito Ichikawa, Johji Imura, Shigehiko Fujii, Michihiro Itabashi, Shingo Kameoka, Yoshinori Igarashi / 掲載誌 : Diagnostic Pathology / 巻号・発行年等 : 9:99, 2014 / 本文ファイル: 出版者
A methodology to assess pedestrian crossing safety
No full textPurpose: The safety level of a pedestrian crossing is affected by infrastructure characteristics and vehicular and pedestrian traffic level. This paper presents a methodology that allows assessing the safety level of a pedestrian crossing, regulated or not by traffic light, in an urban area according to the features of the crossing. Methods: A hierarchical structure representing factors influencing crossing safety has been developed and the relative contributions of each factor were calculated using AHP method. A composite index for crossing safety and specific indexes for main aspects included in the assessment have been developed. Results: Main assessment aspects are: Spatial and Temporal Design, Day-time and Night-time Visibility and Accessibility. Night-time Visibility resulted to have the higher weight (about 41%). Conclusion: Developed indexes allow ranking of pedestrian crossings and assigning intervention priorities, highlighting the aspects which are to be enhanced. The methodology has been used for the evaluation of 215 pedestrian crossings in 17 European cities for the Pedestrian Crossing Assessment Project co-financed by FIA Foundation. © 2010 The Author(s)
INTRSTITIAL CELL TUMOR OF THE TESTIS : A CASE REPORT
No full textA case of bilateral interstitial cell tumor of the testis was reported. The patient was 23 years old who complained bilateral swelling of scrotal contents. On laboratory examination after admission, urinary 17-KS was 63.1mg/day, and the tumors were supposed of having high endocrine activity. On physical examination, the patient was hursuite, but with no sexual abnormality and gynecomastia. Bilateral orchiectomy was performed, and the histological diagnosis was interstitial cell tumor on both sides with the tubular destruction of the seminiferous tubuli due to massive increase of tumor cells. After orchiectomy, urinary 17-KS was still in high level, and the enlarged para-aortic lymphnodes were found on lymphangiogram. Because metastasis was strongly suspected the transperitoneal retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy was done. But the resected lymphnodes revealed no metastasis. The retroperitoneal pneumography and adrenal scintigram carried out postoperatively suggested bilateral adrenal hypertrophy, but after then the urinary 17-KS gradually reduced. Postoperatively sustained level of the urinary 17-KS was thought to be caused by the transient reaction of the adrenals. Interstitial cell tumor were reported over 100 cases in foreign literature• and eleven cases in Japan up to date. We discussed about its malignancy, endocrine activity and treatment of this disease
A Case of Double Cancer of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocellular Carcinoma in Normal Liver
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