Ultrafast water permeation in aquaporins is promoted by their hydrophobic interior surface.
Polytetrafluoroethylene has a dense fluorine surface, leading to its strong water repellence. …

A phosphinite derivative that can be easily prepared in two steps from commercially available
aminoindanol was found to be an effective catalyst for enantioselective acylation of diols. …

Background An immune-enhancing diet has been used to alter eicosanoid synthesis, cytokine
production, and immune function in an attempt to limit the undesired immune reactions …

The ac linear (χ 0) and nonlinear (χ 2) susceptibilities of a ferromagnetic Ni have been studied
near the Curie temperature, to clarify the feature of the magnetic phase transition. The first …

We analyzed the clinical features of 25 ovarian cancer patients who were associated with
germ-line mutations of BRCA1 from four site-specific ovarian cancer families and seven breast-…

The Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study is a nationwide cohort study of individuals aged
65 years and older established in July 2010. Seven months later, one of the study field sites …

The shoot meristem, a stem-cell-containing tissue initiated during plant embryogenesis, is
responsible for continuous shoot organ production in postembryonic development. Although …

Deep-learning workflows of microscopic image analysis are sufficient for handling the contextual
variations because they employ biological samples and have numerous tasks. The use …

Background: Quantifying regurgitant volumes is important for treatment of patients with valvular
aortic regurgitation. Simple, reliable methods to quantify aortic regurgitation have been …

Background and Aim: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is generally accepted as the gold
standard for the clinical evaluation of gastric cancer (GC). However, the efficacy of endoscopic …