Complete clinical response of a patient with lymph node and pulmonary...
AbstractWe present the case of a patient with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who showed complete response (CR) to very low-dose sorafenib therapy. The patient was a 74-year-old woman who had...
View ArticleA case of type A insulin resistance associated with heterozygous Asn462Ser...
AbstractMutations of the insulin receptor gene are responsible for monogenic forms of diabetes mellitus. Although the severity of the disease varies greatly with mutation type, mutations in both...
View ArticleA matrix continued fraction approach to multiserver retrial queues
AbstractWe consider basic M/M/c/c (c≥1) retrial queues where the number of busy servers and that of customers in the orbit form a level-dependent quasi-birth-and-death (QBD) process with a special...
View ArticleDevelopment of Radioactive Contamination Map of Fukushima Nuclear Accident
AbstractIn order to continuously check the impact of radioactive substances on the health of residents and the environment, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),...
View ArticleDevelopment of a Usability Evaluation Method Based on Finger Movement
AbstractCurrent techniques for usability evaluation are costly, time-consuming, subjective, and often require operation logs, which are difficult to obtain from electrical products. To overcome these...
View ArticleNovel virtual hepatectomy is useful for evaluation of the portal territory...
AbstractBackgroundThe novel technique of virtual hepatectomy is useful for evaluation of the portal territory of the liver, since this software program includes functions for liver surgery planning. We...
View ArticleImpact of very long time output variation in the treatment of total marrow...
AbstractBackgroundBeam-on time in Total Marrow Irradiation (TMI) delivery with helical tomotherapy is more than 30 minutes. The purpose of this study was to investigate extended time output variation...
View ArticlePreliminary study on the development of a system dynamics model: the case of...
AbstractThe Japanese medical device industry’s stagnation over the years can be attributed to the uncertainty related to device development. The purpose of this study is to identify the major factors...
View ArticlePerformance analysis of dynamic spectrum handoff scheme with variable...
AbstractCognitive radio (CR) has attracted considerable attention as a promising technology for solving the current inefficient use of spectrum. In CR networks, available sub-channels are dynamically...
View ArticleClinical significance of serum tumor markers for gastric cancer: a systematic...
AbstractThe aim of this review was to evaluate the clinical significance of serum tumor markers, particularly CEA, CA19-9, and CA72-4, in patients with gastric cancer. A systematic literature search...
View ArticleFast, simple, and informative patient-specific dose verification method for...
AbstractBackgroundPatient-specific dose verification for treatment planning in helical tomotherapy is routinely performed using a homogeneous virtual water cylindrical phantom of 30 cm diameter and 18...
View ArticleRetrial queues with balanced call blending: analysis of single-server and...
AbstractIn call centers, call blending consists in the mixing of incoming and outgoing call activity, according to some call blending balance. Recently, Artalejo and Phung-Duc have developed an apt...
View ArticleObjective Evaluation Method of Usability Using Parameters of User’s Fingertip...
AbstractThe subjective evaluation method of usability is costly and time-consuming, and is sometimes more unreliable data than objective evaluation method because of the subjective view. On the other...
View ArticleThe prevalence and associated factors of colorectal neoplasms in acromegaly:...
AbstractPurposeColorectal neoplasms are well known to be a complication in cases of acromegaly; however, data on the prevalence of colorectal neoplasms in Asian patients with acromegaly are limited....
View ArticleEndoscopic endonasal transsellar approach for laterally extended pituitary...
AbstractPurposeThe authors conducted a statistical analysis of surgical results of the endoscopic endonasal transsellar approach to provide quantitative indices for selection of the approach in the...
View ArticleA diagnostic pitfall in IgG4-related hypophysitis: infiltration of...
AbstractIntroductionImmunoglobulin (Ig) G4-related hypophysitis is an emerging clinical entity, which is characterized by an elevated serum IgG4 concentration and infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma...
View ArticleCorrelation between patients’ anatomical characteristics and interfractional...
AbstractIntensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is one of a standard treatment for localized prostate cancer. Although lower complication is expected for smaller target margin, determination of...
View ArticleThe quality of life in acromegalic patients with biochemical remission by...
AbstractPurposeTo develop a Japanese version of the acromegaly quality of life (QoL) questionnaire (AcroQoL) and investigate the factors associated with impaired QoL in patients with...
View ArticleMathematical Model and Performance Evaluation of AMI Applied to Mobile...
AbstractAdvanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) will play an important role in order to realize the vision of a smart grid. An integral part of AMI is a set of smart meters, which measure and transmit...
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