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Estimation of forced-selection word intelligibility by comparing objective distances between candidates by Kondo, Kazuhiro

“…We proposed and evaluated an estimation method for the forced selection speech intelligibility tests. Our proposal takes into account the forced selection…”
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Real-Time Action Recognition System for Elderly People Using Stereo Depth Camera by Zin, Thi Thi, Htet, Ye, Akagi, Yuya, Tamura, Hiroki, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Araki, Sanae, Chosa, Etsuo

“…Smart technologies are necessary for ambient assisted living (AAL) to help family members, caregivers, and health-care professionals in providing care for…”
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Estimation of speech intelligibility using objective measures by Kondo, Kazuhiro

“…In this paper, a method to estimate the subjective speech intelligibility scores of the Japanese DRT speech intelligibility test using some objective measures…”
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Increased blood COASY DNA methylation levels a potential biomarker for early pathology of Alzheimer’s disease by Kobayashi, Nobuyuki, Shinagawa, Shunichiro, Niimura, Hidehito, Kida, Hisashi, Nagata, Tomoyuki, Tagai, Kenji, Shimada, Kazuya, Oka, Naomi, Shikimoto, Ryo, Noda, Yoshihiro, Nakajima, Shinichiro, Mimura, Masaru, Shigeta, Masahiro, Kondo, Kazuhiro

“…Early diagnosis of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an urgent medical and welfare issue. However, to date, no simple biometrics have been…”
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Smarter Aging: Developing A Foundational Elderly Activity Monitoring System with AI and GUI Interface by Htet, Ye, Zin, Thi Thi, Tin, Pyke, Tamura, Hiroki, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Watanabe, Shinji, Chosa, Etsuo

“…The global rise in the elderly population, which presents challenges to healthcare systems owing to labor shortages in caregiving facilities, necessitates…”
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Development of a Portable Muography Detector for Infrastructure Degradation Investigation by Chaiwongkhot, Kullapha, Kin, Tadahiro, Ohno, Hiroaki, Sasaki, Ryo, Nagata, Yuta, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Watanabe, Yukinobu

“…A portable muography detector was developed for measuring infrastructure degradation and its performance was tested. The detector consists of two muon position…”
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Estimation of binaural speech intelligibility using machine learning by Kondo, Kazuhiro, Taira, Kazuya

“…We proposed and evaluated a speech intelligibility estimation method for binaural signals. The assumption here was that both the speech and competing noise are…”
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A case of V180I genetic mutation Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) with delusional misidentification as an initial symptom by Nagata, Tomoyuki, Shinagawa, Shunichiro, Kobayashi, Nobuyuki, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Shigeta, Masahiro

“…An 84-year-old woman who had been diagnosed as having dementia with Lewy body (DLB) upon initial examination exhibited cognitive impairments and person…”
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Recovery and separation of rare Earth elements using salmon milt by Takahashi, Yoshio, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Miyaji, Asami, Watanabe, Yusuke, Fan, Qiaohui, Honma, Tetsuo, Tanaka, Kazuya

“…Recycling rare earth elements (REEs) used in advanced materials such as Nd magnets is important for the efficient use of REE resources when the supply of…”
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Cooperative activation of the human herpesvirus 6B U79/80 early gene promoter by immediate‐early proteins IE1B and IE2B by Shimada, Kazuya, Kobayashi, Nobuyuki, Oka, Naomi, Takahashi, Mayumi, Kondo, Kazuhiro

“…The human herpesvirus 6B (HHV‐6B) U79/80 gene belongs to the early gene class and appears as early as 3 hr postinfection. It is one of the most abundantly…”
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Reference intervals for plasma-free amino acid in a Japanese population by Yamamoto, Hiroyuki, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Tanaka, Takayuki, Muramatsu, Takahiko, Yoshida, Hiroo, Imaizumi, Akira, Nagao, Kenji, Noguchi, Yasushi, Miyano, Hiroshi

“…Plasma amino acid concentrations vary with various diseases. Although reference intervals are useful in daily clinical practice, no reference intervals have…”
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SARS-CoV-2 S1 protein causes brain inflammation by reducing intracerebral acetylcholine production by Oka, Naomi, Shimada, Kazuya, Ishii, Azusa, Kobayashi, Nobuyuki, Kondo, Kazuhiro

“…Neurological complications that occur in SARS-CoV-2 infection, such as olfactory dysfunction, brain inflammation, malaise, and depressive symptoms, are thought…”
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Attenuation of human herpesvirus 6B reactivation by aging by Kobayashi, Nobuyuki, Nishiyama, Toshiko, Yamauchi, Takashi, Shimada, Kazuya, Suka, Machi, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki

“…Objective There has been little research on human herpesvirus 6B (HHV‐6B) in healthy adults and prevalences in different age groups have been unclear…”
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Prognostic Impact of Preoperative Lymph Node Enlargement in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Multi-Institutional Study by the Kyushu Study Group of Liver Surgery by Adachi, Tomohiko, Eguchi, Susumu, Beppu, Toru, Ueno, Shinichi, Shiraishi, Masayuki, Okuda, Koji, Yamashita, Yo-ichi, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Nanashima, Atsushi, Ohta, Masayuki, Takami, Yuko, Noritomi, Tomoaki, Kitahara, Kenji, Fujioka, Hikaru

“…Background Although lymph node metastasis (LNM) has been considered an important prognostic factor for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), the impact of…”
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Japanese speech intelligibility estimation and prediction using objective intelligibility indices under noisy and reverberant conditions by Kobayashi, Yosuke, Kondo, Kazuhiro

“…Objective measures of intelligibility are preferable to subjective ones in the evaluation of speech systems used in real environments. In this study,…”
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Validation of an analytical method for human plasma free amino acids by high-performance liquid chromatography ionization mass spectrometry using automated precolumn derivatization by Yoshida, Hiroo, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Yamamoto, Hiroyuki, Kageyama, Naoko, Ozawa, Shin-ichi, Shimbo, Kazutaka, Muramatsu, Takahiko, Imaizumi, Akira, Mizukoshi, Toshimi, Masuda, Junichi, Nakayama, Daisuke, Hayakawa, Yoshihiro, Watanabe, Kyoko, Mukaibatake, Kazuo, Miyano, Hiroshi

“…•We developed an automated precolumn derivatization amino acid analytical method.•This method achieved the separation of physiological amino acids within…”
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Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling Are Decreased in Major Depressive Disorder Patients by Kobayashi, Nobuyuki, Shinagawa, Shunichiro, Nagata, Tomoyuki, Shigeta, Masahiro, Kondo, Kazuhiro

“…There is strong evidence for an association between major depressive disorder (MDD) and inflammation. However, some studies have not observed an increase in…”
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Portal Vein Embolization Followed by Right-Side Hemihepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients: A Japanese Multi-Institutional Study by Beppu, Toru, MD, PhD, FACS, Okabe, Hirohisa, MD, PhD, Okuda, Koji, MD, PhD, Eguchi, Susumu, MD, PhD, FACS, Kitahara, Kenji, MD, PhD, Taniai, Nobuhiko, MD, Ueno, Shinichi, MD, PhD, Shirabe, Ken, MD, PhD, Ohta, Masayuki, MD, PhD, Kondo, Kazuhiro, MD, PhD, Nanashima, Atsushi, MD, Noritomi, Tomoaki, MD, Okamoto, Kohji, MD, PhD, Kikuchi, Ken, BA, Baba, Hideo, MD, PhD, FACS, Fujioka, Hikaru, MD, PhD, FACS

“…Background Portal vein embolization (PVE) is useful to expand the indications of major hepatectomy; however, its oncologic effects are not fully understood…”
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Usefulness of DNA Methylation Levels in COASY and SPINT1 Gene Promoter Regions as Biomarkers in Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment by Kobayashi, Nobuyuki, Shinagawa, Shunichiro, Nagata, Tomoyuki, Shimada, Kazuya, Shibata, Nobuto, Ohnuma, Tohru, Kasanuki, Koji, Arai, Heii, Yamada, Hisashi, Nakayama, Kazuhiko, Kondo, Kazuhiro

“…In order to conduct early therapeutic interventions for Alzheimer's disease (AD), convenient, early diagnosis markers are required. We previously reported that…”
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Effects of nutritional supplementation on fatigue, and autonomic and immune dysfunction in patients with end-stage renal disease: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial by Fukuda, Sanae, Koyama, Hidenori, Kondo, Kazuhiro, Fujii, Hisako, Hirayama, Yoshinobu, Tabata, Tsutomu, Okamura, Mikio, Yamakawa, Tomoyuki, Okada, Shigeki, Hirata, Sumio, Kiyama, Hiroshi, Kajimoto, Osami, Watanabe, Yasuyoshi, Inaba, Masaaki, Nishizawa, Yoshiki

“…Fatigue is a predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis treatment. We hypothesized that…”
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