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AN ISSUE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN JAPAN: FOR WHOM COMPANIES EXIST?
No full textWhat is corporate governance? This concept has been interpreted in various ways. In the USA the corporate governance is to subordinate a company’s managers to the shareholders’ benefit. In contrast, the European type of corporate governance attaches importance to the social value of a company from the standpoint of stakeholders in the wide sense. In this paper I will examine desirable direction of the Japanese type of corporate governance. For that purpose, firstly, specific features and problems of the Japanese style management will be examined. Secondly, introducing opinions of two representative researchers in Japan, problems of the American type of corporate governance will be examined.
The relationship between the modified National Institute of Health activity and chronicity scoring system, and the long-term prognosis for lupus nephritis : A retrospective single-center study
No full text博士論文 要旨Abstract/本文Full 以下に掲載：LUPUS 30(11) pp.1739-1746 2021. SAGE. 共著者：Hoang Thuy Linh, Yasunori Iwata, Yasuko Senda, Yukiko Sakai-Takemori, Yusuke Nakade, Megumi Oshima, Shiori Nakagawa-Yoneda, Hisayuki Ogura, Koichi Sato, Taichiro Minami, Shinji Kitajima, Tadashi Toyama, Yuta Yamamura, Taro Miyagawa, Akinori Hara, Miho Shimizu, Kengo Furuichi, Norihiko Sakai, Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsuhiko Asanuma, Kouji Matsushima, Takashi Wad
Asian dust and pediatric emergency department visits due to bronchial asthma and respiratory diseases in Nagasaki, Japan
No full text主査 : 村上義孝 / タイトル : Asian dust and pediatric emergency department visits due to bronchial asthma and respiratory diseases in Nagasaki, Japan / 著者 : Takahiro Nakamura, Masahiro Hashizume, Kayo Ueda, Atsushi Shimizu, Ayano Takeuchi, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Kunio Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Hiroshi Odajima, Tasuku Kitajima, Kasumi Tashiro, Kunio Tomimasu, Yuji Nishiwaki / 掲載誌 : Journal of Epidemiology / 巻号・発行年等 : 26(11):593-601, 2016 / 本文ファイル: 出版者
Asian dust and pediatric emergency department visits due to bronchial asthma and respiratory diseases in Nagasaki, Japan
No full text主査 : 村上義孝 / タイトル : Asian dust and pediatric emergency department visits due to bronchial asthma and respiratory diseases in Nagasaki, Japan /著者 : Takahiro Nakamura, Masahiro Hashizume, Kayo Ueda, Atsushi Shimizu, Ayano Takeuchi, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Kunio Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Hiroshi Odajima, Tasuku Kitajima, Kasumi Tashiro, Kunio Tomimasu, Yuji Nishiwaki /掲載誌 : Journal of Epidemiology /巻号・発行年等 : 26(11):593-601, 2016
Intestinal bacterial translocation contributes to diabetic kidney disease
No full text博士論文 要旨Abstract/本文Full 以下に掲載：Jounal of the American Society of Nephrology 33(6) pp.1105-1119 2022. American Society of Nephrology. 共著者：Hoang Thuy Linh, Yasunori Iwata, Yasuko Senda, Yukiko Sakai-Takemori, Yusuke Nakade, Megumi Oshima, Shiori Nakagawa-Yoneda, Hisayuki Ogura, Koichi Sato, Taichiro Minami, Shinji Kitajima, Tadashi Toyama, Yuta Yamamura, Taro Miyagawa, Akinori Hara, Miho Shimizu, Kengo Furuichi, Norihiko Sakai, Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsuhiko Asanuma, Kouji Matsushima, Takashi Wad
Data for ''First simulations of day-to-day variability of mid-latitude sporadic E layer structures''
No full textOne file was added on July 21, 2020. (Caiondensity_average.nc)Two files were added on August 3, 2020. (ReadMe2_si_grl.pdf, S1.txt)The title was changed on August 3, 2020. (Before: Simulated Calcium Ion Density)One author was added on August 3, 2020. (Shinagawa Hiroyuki)ReadMe file was replaced on October 13, 2020.Two files were deleted on October 13, 2020. (ReadMe2_si_grl.pdf, S1.txt)Three files were added on October 13, 2020. (MeridionalWind_fig1.txt, VerticalWind_fig1.txt, ZonalWind_fig1.txt
Mid-Air Ultrasonic Stimulations of the Palm - The Influence of Frequency and Stimulus Duration on Perceived Intensity
No full textIt is known that the duration of a short stimulus affects the perceived intensity of both visual, auditory, and, vibrotactile events, but it is still unclear whether such a relationship also exists for mid-air ultrasonic inputs to the hand. Here we investigate this issue and show how the perceived intensity of focused ultrasonic stimulations of the palm is indeed systematically related to stimulus duration - a relationship that is, however, independent of modulation frequency. This is an important finding for the overall goal of providing perceptually stronger inputs and enlarging the repertoire of realistic mid-air haptic experiences.Human Information Communication Desig
Continuous follicle-stimulating hormone exposure from pituitary adenoma causes periodic follicle recruitment and atresia, which mimics ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
No full textMika Kanaya,1 Tsuyoshi Baba,2 Yoshimitsu Kitajima,2 Keiko Ikeda,2 Ayumi Shimizu,2 Miyuki Morishita,2 Hiroyuki Honnma,3 Toshiaki Endo,2 Tsuyoshi Saito21Mika Ladies Clinic, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, 3Kamiya Ladies Clinic, Sapporo, JapanContext: Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-secreting pituitary adenoma is usually a nonfunctioning tumor, but in rare cases it may develop into ovarian hyperstimulation. Several reports have revealed that serum FSH levels are normal to slightly high in patients with combined FSH-secreting pituitary adenoma with ovarian hyperstimulation. This finding is different from iatrogenic ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), which is associated with extremely high levels of FSH.Objective: To describe the clinical course of two patients who developed OHSS from FSH-secreting pituitary adenoma.Results: Endocrine studies of the two cases revealed that FSH levels were normal or slightly increased, but luteinizing hormone levels were low to undetectable. Their estradiol (E2) levels were intriguing: levels fluctuated drastically over 6 weeks in Case 1, but stayed flat in Case 2. Ultrasonographic examinations showed bilaterally enlarged multicystic ovaries, and magnetic resonance imaging indicated pituitary tumors. Transsephenoidal resection of the tumors ameliorated the symptoms and pathological diagnosis revealed FSH-secreting pituitary adenomas.Conclusion: As is not the case in iatrogenic OHSS, even a small to moderate amount of FSH stimulation, which is continuously secreted by a pituitary adenoma, can cause ovarian hyperstimulation. Although FSH-secreting pituitary adenoma can cause ovarian hyperstimulation, an extremely high amount of E2 biosynthesis from granulosa cells seldom occurs.Keywords: pituitary adenoma, OHSS, FSH, estradiol, luteinizing hormon
The corrected blood urea nitrogen predicts the developmental quotient of extremely low-birth-weight infants at the corrected age of 36 months
No full textElsevier, Ken, Nagaya ; Shinya, Tanaka ; Hiroyuki, Kitajima ; Masanori, Fujimura, Early Human Development, 83(5), 2007, 285-291.
authorBackground : Currently, there are no nutritional indices to predict cognitive function in extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants. Objective : To assess the neonatal blood urea nitrogen (BUN) values in ELBW infants according to their cognitive function at the corrected age of 36 months. Methods : This was a retrospective study that assessed the neonatal factors affecting the developmental outcome in two groups “developmental quotient (DQ) ≥ 80” and “DQ < 80”, the groups were divided based on the DQ at the corrected age of 36 months. Between 1996 and 1999, 178 ELBW infants born at < 28 weeks of gestation were admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), of these, 32 died. Of the surviving 146 infants, 37 infants without any exclusion criteria (that would affect the cognitive function and BUN) except the nutritional factor, were assessed. Area under the curve (AUC) of corrected BUN (CBUN: BUN × 0.5/serum creatinine) from 28 to 84 days of life was used as an index of protein intake. Results : No significant differences were observed between the two groups with regard to the gestational age, birth weight, Z score of birth weight, and sex. However, compared to 15 infants with DQ < 80, 22 infants with DQ ≥ 80 had significantly shorter duration of artificial ventilation and O2 supplementation, a higher Apgar score at 5 min, and a higher AUC of CBUN. On multiple regression analysis, DQ ≥ 80 was observed to be significantly correlated with the AUC of CBUN (Odd's ratio 1.03, 95% confidence interval: 1.002–1.06). Conclusion : The CBUN level would provide an estimate of adequate protein intake and the subsequent development of an ELBW infant
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