Comparing EQ-5D-5L and IPOS among residents with malignant tumors in a community home hospice: a longitudinal study.

Background: In community home hospices, limited medical staff and high workloads necessitate measurement models that objectively and effectively capture the needs of residents with malignant tumors. This study compares the measurement properties and feasibility of the EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-level (EQ-5D-5L) and Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS), primarily used in palliative care, as only few studies have compared their measurement properties and feasibility based on their actual application in home hospice care.

Methods: Two-wave longitudinal data were collected from 2021 to 2023 at a community home hospice in Japan from a sample of 120 residents diagnosed with malignant tumors.

Development of the Japanese version of the perceived time poverty scale.

Background: Employed households experience time poverty, which refers to feeling overwhelmed because of the struggle to balance work and life. Time poverty is subjectively perceived as a lack of personal free time. In Japan, long working hours and societal expectations regarding the division of work and family roles may influence the perception of time poverty.

Discrepancy between Caregivers' Reports and Physicians' Evaluation of Causative Foods in Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome in Japan: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.

Introduction: Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a form of non-IgE-mediated gastrointestinal food allergy. FPIES is considered a rare food allergy disorder and is often under-recognized. Therefore, clinicians should have a better understanding of its manifestations and maintain a high index of suspicion for a correct diagnosis.

Inappropriate shock incidence in patients with subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators with concomitant cardiac implantable electronic devices: A single-center cohort study.

Background: Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S-ICDs) are occasionally used in combination with other cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). However, whether the incidence of inappropriate shock increases in patients with S-ICDs and concomitant CIEDs remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between the concomitant use of CIEDs and the incidence of inappropriate shock in patients with current-generation S-ICDs.

Fragmentation of ambulatory care among older adults: an exhaustive database study in an ageing city in Japan.

Objectives: Continuity of care is a core dimension of primary care, and better continuity is associated with better patient outcomes. Therefore, care fragmentation can be an indicator to assess the quality of primary care, especially in countries without formal gatekeeping system, such as Japan. Thus, this study aimed to describe care fragmentation among older adults in an ageing city in Japan.

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Voluntary Nonpharmaceutical Interventions to Control COVID-19 in Japan: Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Trust in government is seen to facilitate crisis management and policy instrument adoption across numerous studies. However, in Japan, public support for government handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and trust in the government is low, yet the adoption of voluntary nondigital nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) is high. This is an important tension this study seeks to unravel.

Development and validation of a Japanese version of the person-centered primary care measure.

Background: Although primary care (PC) is an indispensable part of the health system, measuring its quality is challenging. A recent measure of PC, Person-Centered Primary Care Measure (PCPCM), covers 11 important domains of PC and has been translated into 28 languages. This study aimed to develop a Japanese version of the PCPCM and assess its reliability and validity.

Ecology of medical care for 90+ individuals: An exhaustive cross-sectional survey in an ageing city.

Aim: Urbanization and ageing are worldwide issues for healthcare providers. In particular, older adults aged 90 years and older have increased cognitive impairment and lower daily functioning than younger adults. However, the healthcare use of the oldest old remains unclear.

Catalytic promiscuity of rice 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenases supports xenobiotic metabolism.

The rice (Oryza sativa) 2-oxoglutarate (2OG)/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenase HIS1 mediates the catalytic inactivation of five distinct β-triketone herbicides (bTHs). By assessing the effects of plant growth regulators on HIS1 enzyme function, we found that HIS1 mediates the hydroxylation of trinexapac-ethyl (TE) in the presence of Fe2+ and 2OG. TE blocks gibberellin biosynthesis, and we observed that its addition to culture medium induced growth retardation of rice seedlings in a concentration-dependent manner.

The cleistogamy of the mutation is sensitive to low temperatures during the lodicule-forming stage.

We reported previously that the rice ( L.) cleistogamous mutation () was applicable to inhibit outcrossing between genetically modified varieties and their relatives, which causes pollen-mediated gene flow or disturbance of line purity. The cleistogamy of is caused by decreased protein-protein interactions between the mutant SPW1 and its partner proteins.

The superwoman1-cleistogamy2 mutant is a novel resource for gene containment in rice.

Outcrossing between cultivated plants and their related wild species may result in the loss of favourable agricultural traits in the progeny or escape of transgenes in the environment. Outcrossing can be physically prevented by using cleistogamous (i.e.

A quantitative trait locus for cold tolerance at the booting stage on rice chromosome 8.

A quantitative trait locus (QTL) for cold tolerance at the booting stage of a cold-tolerant rice breeding line, Hokkai-PL9, was analyzed. A total of 487 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers distributed throughout the genome were used to survey for polymorphism between Hokkai-PL9 and a cold-sensitive breeding line, Hokkai287, and 54 markers were polymorphic. Single marker analysis revealed that markers on chromosome 8 are associated with cold tolerance.