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A successful model of regional healthcare information exchange in Japan: Case Study in Kagawa Prefecture
No full textIn this study, we focused on analysis of healthcare data exchange over the network. For the advance of broadband capability development, many governments expect online medical information exchange between medical institutions. Japanese government also has tried to deploy ICT in the healthcare field. In Japan, many healthcare ICT projects started, but almost of all the projects face many issues and failed to continue. This situation caused us to clarify the success factor of healthcare information exchange network. For inspecting the success factors, we analyzed information access of healthcare systems in Kagawa prefecture of Japan. Kagawa prefecture is one of the most advance areas for healthcare information technology. We analyzed four medical ICT projects in Kagawa prefecture: K-MIX, Critical Pathway for Diabetes, E-prescription, and PHR. In addition, we inspected characteristics of exchanged data in the network, and stakeholder involved in these projects. This analysis lets us find various types of healthcare ICT projects. Characteristic of data processed in the projects caused differences of characteristic of the projects. On the other hand, multiple systems process same data, though the project does not share the data itself. Considering various types of medical information exchanges projects, we propose classification and standard format of exchanged data according to their characteristic are critical for efficient business deployment. --e-Health,regional healthcare information exchange,EHR
Analysis for science librarians of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: the life and work of William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura, and Youyou Tu
No full textParasites affect humans worldwide with varying degrees of seriousness. Some of the most impactful parasitic infections affect millions of people, many of whom are already impoverished and struggling. The discoveries of the 2015 Nobel Laureates in Physiology of Medicine have changed the way some of these serious parasitic infections are treated, saving and improving the lives of countless people. These Laureates are William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura, and Youyou Tu
Three-dimensional imaging of dislocations in a Ti-35mass%Nb alloy by electron tomography
No full textSato K, Semboshi S, Konno TJ. Three-Dimensional Imaging of Dislocations in a Ti–35mass%Nb Alloy by Electron Tomography. Materials. 2015; 8(4):1924-1933. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8041924.We have studied three-dimensional (3D) configurations of dislocations in the β phase of a Ti-35mass%Nb alloy by means of single-axis tilt tomography using bright-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (BF-STEM). To visualize dislocations, the hh0 systematic reflections were excited throughout tilt-series acquisition with the maximum tilt angle of 70°. Dislocations in the β grains were clearly reconstructed by the weighted back-projection algorithm. The slip planes of the dislocations were deduced by rotating the reconstructed volumes with the aid of selected area electron diffraction patterns. It was found that BF-STEM images with relatively low contrasts, taken along low-order zone axes, are capable to reproduce and preserve the quality of reconstructed image of dislocations. We also found that tilt angles as low as 40° are practically acceptable to visualize 3D configurations of dislocations, while there exists limitation in resolution due to the existence of a large missing wedge
Adelencyrtus odonaspidis Fullaway 1913
No full textAdelencyrtus odonaspidis Fullaway, 1913 Comments. The Japanese record is based on BURKS (1958), but this author did not state which material was examined or where the information originated.Published as part of Japoshvili, George, Higashiura, Yoshimitsu & Kamitani, Satoshi, 2016, A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors, pp. 345-401 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1) on page 395, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.530683
APHERP symposium session III : Higher education graduate employment for uncertain futures
No full textPresented Titles: What Can We Learn from the Past Crisis and Uncertainty? Re-examining the Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Graduate Employment in Japan [Author: Satoshi Araki] A Critical Review of Skills that Higher Education should Prepare Students for the Era of Fourth Industrial Revolution [Authors: Weiyan Xiong; Huiyuan Ye] Evaluating Intention to Migrate to the Greater Bay Cities in Mainland China: A Multi-Group Analysis among Hong Kong Adults [Authors: Joshua Ka-ho Mok; Alex Zhu; Genghua Huang] Unpacking Rising Degree Requirements in the British Labour Market [Authors: Golo Henseke; Alan Felstead; Duncan Gallie; Francis Green
NOS2遺伝子プロモーター領域のCCTTT繰り返し多型とアトピーとの関連
No full text共著者あり。共著者名:Hizawa Nobuyuki, Yamaguchi Etsuro, Jinushi Eisei, Nishimura Masaharu
Donner de la voix aux mythes (extrait) : Satoshi Miyagi ou la dramaturgie des ombres: Donner de la voix aux mythes (extrait) : Satoshi Miyagi ou la dramaturgie des ombres
No full textInternational audienceDirector Satoshi Miyagi made a name in France with his staging of Mahabaratha, created in 2006 for the inauguration of the Claude Lévi-Strauss Theater at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris and then programmed at the Festival d'Avignon in 2014 in the carrière Boulbon. The Musée du Quai Branly invited him back in 2016 for a creation specially conceived for the Théâtre Claude Lévi-Strauss, to mark the museum's 10th anniversary: Le lièvre blanc d'Inaba et des Navajos (The White Hare of Inaba and the Navajo), a cross between anthropological writings on Amerindian myths and their universality by Claude Lévi-Strauss and traditional Japanese tales. He returned to the Festival d'Avignon, at the invitation of Olivier Py, with a masterful and memorable performance of Sophocles' Antigone in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes in 2017. Invited by Wajdi Mouawad to the Théâtre de la Colline in Paris in 2018, he created Révélation Red in blue trilogy by Léonora Miano, a French-Cameroonian author. Then in March 2022, he returns to the Musée du Quai Branly with the epic of Gilgamesh. He follows this up with Mozart's opera seria Idomeneo, Re di Creta at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. Idomeneo is his first work for opera in Europe, followed by Mitridate Re di Ponto, another Mozart opera seria re-presented in December 2022 at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden.His theater conjures up a dramaturgy of shadows and spirits, whether earthly (wandering souls, ancestors) or from nature, in a holistic animist perspective specific to Japanese culture and its various communities. Indeed, for him, "Acting, whatever the piece, means summoning the absent - usually the dead - to return to us. (...) The shows we create are intended precisely to dialogue with and delight these souls from different parts of the planet and different eras. (...) The actors function as a 'window' enabling the spectators to meet the spirits of the absent." His approach aims to open up the public's perceptions, in a non-anthropocentric, holistic way. In addition to his work as a director, Satoshi Miyagi coordinates the annual Shizuoka International Theatre Festival in Japan, inviting artists from all horizons to present and create shows in a spirit of cultural dialogue.Le metteur en scène Satoshi Miyagi s’est fait connaître en France avec sa mise en scène du Mahabaratha créée en 2006 pour l’inauguration du théâtre Claude Lévi-Strauss au musée du Quai Branly à Paris puis programmé au Festival d’Avignon en 2014 dans la carrière Boulbon. Le musée du Quai Branly l’invite à nouveau en 2016 pour une création spécialement conçue pour le théâtre Claude Lévi-Strauss, à l’occasion des 10 ans du musée : Le lièvre blanc d’Inaba et des Navajos, composée de croisements entre les écrits anthropologiques sur les mythes amérindiens et leur universalité par Claude Lévi-Strauss et les contes traditionnels japonais. Il revient au Festival d’Avignon, à l’invitation d’Olivier Py, avec une magistrale et mémorable Antigone de Sophocle dans la cour du Palais des Papes en 2017. Invité par Wajdi Mouawad au Théâtre de la Colline à Paris en 2018, il crée Révélation Red in blue trilogie de Léonora Miano, une autrice franco-camerounaise. Puis en mars 2022, avec l’épopée de Gil-gamesh, il revient au musée du Quai Branly. Il enchaine avec l’opéra Idomeneo, Re di Creta, un opéra seria de Mozart au Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Idomeneo constitue le premier tra-vail pour l’opéra en Europe, suivi par Mitridate Re di Ponto, autre opéra seria de Mozart re-présenté en décembre 2022 au Staatsoper Unter den Linden, l’opéra de Berlin.Son théâtre convoque une dramaturgie des ombres, des esprits, qu’ils soient terrestres (âmes errantes, ancêtres) ou issus de la nature dans une perspective animiste holistique propre à la culture japonaise et à ses différentes communautés. En effet, pour lui « Jouer signifie, quelle que soit la pièce, convoquer des absents – des morts, le plus souvent – pour les faire revenir parmi nous. (…) Les spectacles que nous créons sont justement destinés à dialoguer avec ces âmes venues de diverses régions de la planète et de diverses époques, et à les réjouir. (…) Les acteurs fonctionnent comme une « fenêtre » permettant la rencontre entre les spectateurs et les esprits des absents. » Sa démarche souhaite ouvrir les percep-tions du public, dans une approche non anthropocentrique et holistique. Outre son activité de metteur en scène, Satoshi Miyagi coordonne chaque année le festival international de théâtre de Shizuoka au Japon, invitant des artistes de tous horizons à présenter et créer des spectacles dans un esprit de dialogue des cultures
Differential changes in quality of life components over 5 years in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
No full textKatsura Nagai,1 Hironi Makita,1 Masaru Suzuki,1 Kaoruko Shimizu,1 Satoshi Konno,1 Yoichi M Ito,2 Masaharu Nishimura1 On behalf of the Hokkaido COPD Cohort Study Investigators 1First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, 2Department of Biostatistics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan Background: The aim of the study was to examine the longitudinal change in quality of life components of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Methods: In the Hokkaido COPD Cohort Study, 261 subjects were appropriately treated and followed over 5 years with a 74% follow-up rate at the end. The longitudinal changes in St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) scores were annually evaluated with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1). The subjects were classified into the rapid decliners, slow decliners, and sustainers based on ∆FEV1/year.Results: The activity component of SGRQ generally deteriorated over time, and its annual decline was the greatest in the rapid decliners (<25th percentile). In contrast, the symptom component improved significantly year by year in the sustainers (>75 percentile), and it did not deteriorate even in the rapid decliners. Of the baseline data, predictors for worsening of the activity component were older age and lower body mass index. Larger reversibility was related to symptom component improvement. Of the follow-up data, ∆FEV1/year was the best predictor for worsening of the components of SGRQ. Continuous smoking was another factor for worsening of the activity component. For the symptom component, a history of exacerbation by admission definition was the determinant of its deterioration, whereas use of beta agonists was related to improvement.Conclusion: The longitudinal changes of quality of life and their determinants are markedly different and independent between its components. The activity component of SGRQ generally deteriorated over years, while the symptom component rather improved in some patients with COPD under appropriate treatment. Keywords: annual change, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, SGRQ, smoking, exacerbatio
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