Volume 72, Number 1,2
CONTENTS
February 2025

Reviews

Benign focal small bowel lesions : a review of the features on multiphasic multidetector computed tomography 1
Takayoshi Shinya, Yuji Morine, Hiroki Ishibashi, Hironori Tanaka, Junichiro Hiraoka, Yukiko Takaoka,
Yoichi Otomi, Hisanori Uehara, Koichi Tsuneyama, Tetsuji Takayama, Mitsuo Shimada,
Masafumi Harada
Current State of Healthcare Robots for Older Adults in Care Facilities in Japan and the Related Ethical Issues for Nurses 8
Yuko Yasuhara
Recent advances in the management of allergic rhinitis 14
Yoshiaki Kitamura, Seiichiro Kamimura, Tatsuya Fujii, Keisuke Ishitani, Naoki Kimoto, Hitoshi Shono,
Ryo Kanamura, Eiji Kondo, Takahiro Azuma, Go Sato, Hiroyuki Mizuguchi
Hematology in community medical care 21
Shingen Nakamura, Yusaku Maeda, Taiki Hori, Masahiro Oura

Originals


Effect of leg length discrepancy on spinopelvic alignment and mobility in healthy volunteers using a shoe lift 26
Yumiko Ojima, Nori Sato, Tomohiro Goto, Tsuyoshi Goto, Tetsuya Okahisa, Ken Tomonari,
Shinsuke Katoh, Shinichi Maeno, Koichi Sairyo
Lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor is involved in fatty acid binding protein 4-mediated prostate cancer cell growth in bone 34
Tetsuyuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tsunematsu, Hisanori Uehara
Assessment of water balance in high school athletes and non-athletes 42
Hiroaki Nakajima, Isao Kitada, Yasushi Matsuura, Yasuhito Takeuchi, Rie Tsutsumi, Ayuka Kawakami,
Hiroshi Sakaue, Eiji Takeda
Analysis of 69 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cases from the National Center for Pathology in Mongolia : A Comprehensive Study of Samples Collected Nationwide 47
Orgil Jargalsaikhan, Wenhua Shao, Mayuko Ichimura-Shimizu, Soichiro Ishimaru, Takaaki Koma,
Masako Nomaguchi, Battogtokh Chimeddorj, Khongorzul Batchuluun, Ganzorig Batbaatar,
Gankhuu Gankhuyag, Saruul Gerelchuluun, Minoru Irahara, Masashi Akaike, Koichi Tsuneyama
Farnesoid X receptor agonist accelerates ammonium metabolism of mesenchymal stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells 54
Yu Saito, Shuhai Chen, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Hiroki Teraoku, Shinichiro Yamada, Yuji Morine,
Mitsuo Shimada
Caring in physical therapy practice:Exploring Locsin‘s ‘Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing‘ 60
Ryuichi Tanioka, Krishan Soriano, Allan Paulo Blaquera, Feni Betriana, Leah Anne Christine L Bollos,
Mai Sato, Tetsuya Tanioka
Bergenin promotes mitochondrial biogenesis via the AMPK/SIRT1 axis in hepatocytes 66
Yuki Nagara, Kentaro Tsuji, Yuki Kamei, Mitsugu Akagawa
A combined health promotion program of exercise with protein and vitamin D-enriched menu enhances skeletal muscle mass and strength in Japanese elderly men 76
Ge Li, Yuka Kawakami-Shinoda, ALIMA, Masaki Takiwaki, Kentaro Abe, Toshio Hosaka, Toshinao Goda,
Hidekazu Arai
Coping with Menopausal Symptoms among Japanese Teachers : Associations with Symptom Severity and Knowledge 85
Yukie Matsuura, Toshiyuki Yasui
Reliability of Emotion Analysis from Human Facial Expressions Using Multi-task Cascaded Convolutional Neural Networks 93
Toshiya Akiyama, Allan Paulo L. Blaquera, Leah Anne Christine Bollos, Gil P. Soriano, Hirokazu Ito,
Ryuichi Tanioka, Hidehiro Umehara, Kyoko Osaka, Tetsuya Tanioka
Nursing Students in an Urban Setting During the COVID-19 Pandemic : Investigating Stress, Stress Response, and Coping Patterns by Descriptive Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, and Data Sonification 102
Joannes Paulus Tolentino Hernandez, Ramkumarie Baliram, Sandy Carollo, Juliet Baidoo-Kanneh
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lifestyle and Physical Activity of School-aged Children : Survey of Students
at Japanese Language Supplementary School in the United States
117
Fusako Imoto, Kikuko Okuda, Mieko Fujikawa, Tetsuya Tanioka
Use of raloxifene as a sequential therapy after romosozumab : an observational study 124
Kazuaki Mineta, Toshihiko Nishisho, Masahiko Okada, Mitsuhiro Kamada, Koichi Sairyo
The number of teeth is a prognostic indicator for chemotherapy in colorectal cancer 134
Toshihiro Nakao, Mitsuo Shimada, Takuya Tokunaga, Masaaki Nishi, Hideya Kashihara, Chie
Takasu, Yuma Wada, Toshiaki Yoshimoto
How common is sarcopenia associated with frailty? Diagnosis using the Kihon Checklist 139
Yuki Niida, Hidenori Onishi, Tomoko Okamoto, Osamu Yamamura
Phase angle is a predictor of functional outcomes at discharge in patients with acute ischemic stroke 148
Hiroshi Ohmae, Shin Kondo, Takashi Saito, Wataru Sano, Yuka Sugiyama, Ayane Tomari, Motomu Kamada,
Yuka Nakanowatari, Maki Fujimoto, Megumi Yamada, Nori Sato, Kimiko Umemura, Ryoma Morigaki,
Yasushi Takagi, Tetsuya Matsuura
Effects of zinc supplementation in combination with difructose, an enhancer of intestinal zinc absorption, on serum zinc concentration and ratio of apo-/holo-activities of angiotensin-converting enzyme in patients with refractory taste impairment 156
Noriaki Takeda, Tsukasa Takaoka, Ichiko Takemoto, Aki Endo, Rie Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Sakaue,
Yoshiaki Kitamura
Melanoma antigen is a vaccine candidate against Meth A sarcoma 161
Akiko Nakamoto, Haruka Ohashi, Yuko Tanaka, Mako Yamamoto, Mariko Nakamoto, Emi Shuto, Tohru Sakai
Effects of vitamin D on muscle mass and function in high school athletes 167
Hiroaki Nakajima, Yasushi Matsuura, Yasuhito Takeuchi, Rie Tsutsumi, Ayuka Kawakami,
Mizusa Hyoudou, Kazuhiro Nomura, Hiroshi Sakaue, Teruhiro Morishita, Eiji Takeda

Case reports


Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration in a case of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer with pre-existing anti-SOX1 antibody 172
Kaori Nii, Hirokazu Ogino, Hiroki Bando, Yuki Yamamoto, Koji Fujita, Hiroto Yoneda, Nobuhito Naito,
Atsushi Mitsuhashi, Yutaka Morita, Yuki Tsukazaki, Yohei Yabuki, Ryohiko Ozaki, Seidai Sato,
Masaki Hanibuchi, Yuishin Izumi, Yasuhiko Nishioka
Resuscitated patient after simultaneous intravascular thrombolytic therapy for massive pulmonary embolism and embolization of an injured hepatic artery : a case report 177
Yuki Izawa-Ishizawa, Shizuo Ikeyama, Akiko Miyatake, Shiho Masuda, Michiko Tobiume,
Yoshihiko Miyamoto, Yoh Nakai, Kazuo Yoshioka, Takashige Taoka
Congenital hypofibrinogenemia with a novel mutation BβCys76Phe 182
Motoki Sugasaki, Shingen Nakamura, Shinpei Arai, Keisuke Teramoto, Minami Urushihara,
Yusuke Inoue, Takayuki Nakao, Yasuhiko Nishioka, Masataka Sata
Two-stage cranial reconstruction with a custom-made titanium plate using a preliminary bipedicled scalp flap : A case report 185
Mitsutoshi Okuda, Yoshiro Abe, Keiichi Goishi, Kenta Ikushima, Kenji Akome, Hiroshi Harada, Ichiro Hashimoto
A case of delayed gastric conduit emptying after subtotal esophagectomy with simultaneous pulmonary resection 189
Satoshi Fujiwara, Masakazu Goto, Seiya Inoue, Hiroyuki Sumitomo, Fuyumi Izaki, Taihei Takeuchi,
Tomohiro Inui, Shinichi Sakamoto, Mariko Misaki, Naoya Kawakita, Takahiro Yoshida, Hiroaki Toba,
Hiromitsu Takizawa
A case of synchronous colorectal cancers including ascending and sigmoid colon cancer showing different genomic profiles in the examination of microsatellite instability, associated with acute appendicitis due to appendiceal goblet cell adenocarcinoma 194
Takayuki Miyauchi, Kazuo Matsuyama, Masashi Ishikawa, Miwako Kagawa
Application of a paraffin-embedded pleural effusion cell block to detect mycobacteria : A case of Mycobacterium goodii pleuritis 202
Yasumichi Matsuzawa, Yuriko Igarashi, Michihiro Kunishige, Hiroki Takahashi, Kenya Sumitomo,
Yoshiro Murase, Satoshi Mitarai, Tsutomu Shinohara
Focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy for bilateral fatigue fractures of the proximal phalanges in the great
toes : A case report
207
Kenji Yokoyama, Tetsuya Matsuura, Joji Iwase, Koichi Sairyo
Anesthesia management using ROP-1680 AsisTIVA : a case report 211
Ryosuke Kawanishi, Hiroki Yonezawa, Takamune Minote, Nami Kakuta, Katsuya Tanaka

Others


Mental Health and Related Factors Among Japanese Graduate Trainees in Clinical Psychology 217
Mina Nakano, Tomoya Takeda, Koudai Fukudome

Letter to the Editor


Neurogenic pulmonary edema – the Takotsubo syndrome of the lungs 224
Josef Finsterer


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