European power markets are in the midst of unprecedented changes, with a record-breaking
surge in energy prices. This paper investigates the impact of green power resources on the …

Background and Purpose— The prediction of genetic predispositions to ischemic stroke (IS)
may allow the identification of individuals at elevated risk and thereby prevent IS in clinical …

The phytol isolated from watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) sprouts inhibited the growth of a
human T-cell leukemia line Jurkat cell and suppressed tumor progression in a xenograft model …

Purpose: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a severe, recurrent allergic conjunctivitis.
Previously, we found high concentrations of oncostatin M (OSM) in the tears of patients with VKC. …

Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma (PHL) is an extremely rare type of tumor. We herein report
a case of a large surgically resected leiomyosarcoma of the liver. A 69-year-old man with a …

Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) during pregnancy is extremely rare. Treatment
strategies for cancers detected during pregnancy have been controversial. We herein …

Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma (MANEC) of the common bile duct (CBD) is very
rare, with only 10 reported cases. Here, we report a case of MANEC of the distal bile duct (DBD…

A5 Yuji Takahashi Low oxygen culture on collagen gel stimulates differentiation of human
and hamster fetal pulmonary epithelial cells to neuroendocrine cells A6 Yoshihiro Nishimura …

We propose a nonlinear regression model that uses basis expansion for the case where the
underlying regression function has inhomogeneous smoothness. In this case, conventional …

To the Editor: In a recent issue, Nakano et al. 1 demonstrated a positive correlation between
declining renal function and degree of intimal neovascularization and intraplaque …