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Current Status and Issues Associated with Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeries in Japan by Oshiro, Takashi, Kasama, Kazunori, Nabekura, Taiki, Sato, Yu, Kitahara, Tomoaki, Matsunaga, Rie, Arai, Motoaki, Kadoya, Kengo, Nagashima, Makoto, Okazumi, Shinichi

“…Among Asian countries, laparotomic and laparoscopic bariatric surgeries were introduced in Japan after its establishment in Taiwan. However, despite high…”
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The Development of Sensitivity to Tonality Structure of Music by Matsunaga, Rie, Hartono, Pitoyo, Yokosawa, Koichi, Abe, Jun-ichi

“…Tonal schemata are shaped by culture-specific music exposure. The acquisition process of tonal schemata has been delineated in Western mono-musical children,…”
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The utility of longitudinal slicing method for rectal specimen: pathological analysis of circumferential resection margin of intersphincteric resection for low‐lying rectal cancer by Matsunaga, Rie, Kojima, Motohiro, Nishizawa, Yuji, Yokota, Mitsuru, Hasegawa, Hiro, Saito, Norio, Ito, Masaaki, Ochiai, Atsushi

“…The pathological assessment of the resection margin of rectal cancer is important to predict clinical outcome. The transverse slicing method of rectal…”
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Functional modulations in brain activity for the first and second music: A comparison of high- and low-proficiency bimusicals by Matsunaga, Rie, Yokosawa, Koichi, Abe, Jun-ichi

“…Bilingual studies have shown that brain activities for first (L1) and second (L2) languages are influenced by L2 proficiency. Does proficiency with a second…”
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Quantitative evaluation of 3D imaging in laparoscopic surgery by Matsunaga, Rie, Nishizawa, Yuji, Saito, Norio, Kobayashi, Akihiro, Ohdaira, Takeshi, Ito, Masaaki

“…Purpose 3D images offer true depth perception, which overcomes one of the disadvantages of laparoscopic surgery. We evaluated differences in the use of 3D and…”
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Anal Function after Surgery for Low-Lying Rectal Cancer: Comparison of Mechanical and Hand-Sewn Coloanal Anastomosis by Matsunaga, Rie, Nishizawa, Yuji, Saito, Norio, Yokota, Mitsuru, Hayashi, Ryuichi, Ito, Masaaki

“…Mechanical coloanal anastomosis (MCAA) or hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis (HCAA) are used in anus-preserving surgery for low-lying rectal cancer. Either method…”
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The acquisition process of musical tonal schema: implications from connectionist modeling by Matsunaga, Rie, Hartono, Pitoyo, Abe, Jun-Ichi

“…Using connectionist modeling, we address fundamental questions concerning the acquisition process of musical tonal schema of listeners. Compared to models of…”
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Signature-tagged mutagenesis of Vibrio vulnificus by YAMAMOTO, Mai, KASHIMOTO, Takashige, TONG, Ping, XIAO, Jianbo, SUGIYAMA, Michiko, INOUE, Miyuki, MATSUNAGA, Rie, HOSOHARA, Kohei, NAKATA, Kazue, YOKOTA, Kenji, OGUMA, Keiji, YAMAMOTO, Koichiro

“…Vibrio vulnificus is the causative agent of primary septicemia, wound infection and gastroenteritis in immunocompromised people. In this study,…”
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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Tonality Perception in Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and American Listeners by Matsunaga, Rie, Yasuda, Toshinori, Johnson-Motoyama, Michelle, Hartono, Pitoyo, Yokosawa, Koichi, Abe, Jun-ichi

“…We investigated tonal perception of melodies from 2 cultures (Western and traditional Japanese) by 5 different cultural groups (44 Japanese, 25 Chinese, 16…”
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The Scaffold Protein Shoc2/SUR-8 Accelerates the Interaction of Ras and Raf by Matsunaga-Udagawa, Rie, Fujita, Yoshihisa, Yoshiki, Sayaka, Terai, Kenta, Kamioka, Yuji, Kiyokawa, Etsuko, Yugi, Katsuyuki, Aoki, Kazuhiro, Matsuda, Michiyuki

“…Shoc2/SUR-8 positively regulates Ras/ERK MAP kinase signaling by serving as a scaffold for Ras and Raf. Here, we examined the role of Shoc2 in the…”
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Ras and calcium signaling pathways converge at Raf1 via the Shoc2 scaffold protein by Yoshiki, Sayaka, Matsunaga-Udagawa, Rie, Aoki, Kazuhiro, Kamioka, Yuji, Kiyokawa, Etsuko, Matsuda, Michiyuki

“…Situated downstream of Ras is a key signaling molecule, Raf1. Increase in Ca(2+) concentration has been shown to modulate the Ras-dependent activation of Raf1;…”
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Four Patients Who Underwent Proton Beam Therapy after Debulking Surgery and Omental Wrapping of the Residual Tumor as a Spacer for Unresectable Local Recurrence of Rectal Cancer by Kawamura, Hidetaka, Honda, Michitaka, Matsunaga, Rie, Todate, Yukitoshi, Nakayama, Yujiro, Kobayashi, Hiroshi, Yamaguchi, Hisashi, Takano, Yoshinao, Abe, Tsuyoshi, Suzuki, Nobuyasu, Sato, Atai, Waragai, Mitsuru, Azami, Ayaka, Teranishi, Yasushi, Murakam, Masao

“…We report 4 patients who underwent proton beam therapy after debulking surgery for unresectable local recurrence of rectal cancer. Case 1: A 55-year-old man…”
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Two cis-acting regulatory elements are involved in the sucrose-inducible expression of the sporamin gene promoter from sweet potato in transgenic tobacco by Morikami, A, Matsunaga, R, Tanaka, Y, Suzuki, S, Mano, S, Nakamura, K

“…In this study, we generated transgenic tobacco plants that express the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene under the control of the 305-bp 5'-upstream region of a…”
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NOVEL CAPA-IVM USING DIBUTYRYL-cAMP (DBCAMP) AND C-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (CNP): BOVINE MODEL STUDY FOR HUMAN IVM OF OOCYTES by Morishita, Nami, Shibata, Kana, Matsunaga, Rie, Ochi, Masanori, Horiuchi, Toshitaka

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PREDICTING WHICH BLASTOCYSTS WILL DEVELOP INTO FETUSES: TIME INTERVAL FROM MORULAE TO BLASTOCYSTS IS A NOVEL AND USEFUL INDICATOR FOR SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY by Morishita, Nami, Isobe, Kana, Miura, Megumi, Kobayashi, Yuki, Matsunaga, Rie, Maeda, Tomoko, Makino, Hiroshi, Ochi, Masanori, Horiuchi, Toshitaka

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CHROMOSOME ANOMALIES DO NOT INCREASE IN RESCUE-IVM OOCYTES: ANALYSIS OF TROPHECTODERM BIOPSIES BY NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING FOR PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING by Matsunaga, Rie, Sakuma, Rio, Morita, Hiromi, Miura, Megumi, Kobayashi, Yuki, Makino, Hiroshi, Maeda, Tomoko, Ochi, Masanori, Horiuchi, Toshitaka

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MICROFLUIDIC SPERM SELECTION IS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR IMPROVING EMBRYO DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE IN IVF WITH OLDER PATIENTS by Matsunaga, Rie, Isobe, Kana, Miura, Megumi, Kobayashi, Yuki, Kamihata, Minako, Makino, Hiroshi, Iwaki, Kurumi, Maeda, Tomoko, Horiuchi, Toshitaka, Ochi, Masanori

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SPERM DNA FRAGMENTATION AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF HUMAN SPERM SELECTED BY MICROFLUIDIC SORTING FOR CLINICAL USE by Morishita, Nami, Hyogo, Natsumi, Kurasaki, Yukari, Sakuma, Rio, Morita, Hiromi, Miura, Megumi, Kobayashi, Yuki, Matsunaga, Rie, Maeda, Tomoko, Makino, Hiroshi, Ochi, Masanori, Horiuchi, Toshitaka

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The Development of Sensitivity to Tonality Structure of Music: Evidence From Japanese Children Raised in a Simultaneous and Unbalanced Bi-musical Environment by Matsunaga, Rie, Hartono, Pitoyo, Yokosawa, Koichi, Abe, Jun-ichi

“…Tonal schemata are shaped by culture-specific music exposure. The acquisition process of tonal schemata has been delineated in Western mono-musical children,…”
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Embryos frozen within a short time of reaching the expanded blastocysts from the early blastocysts have high viability: time-lapse investigation of 5177 blastocysts by Kobayashi, Yuki, Matsunaga, Rie, Morita, Hiromi, Hasegawa, Rui, Isobe, Kana, Miura, Megumi, Kamihata, Minako, Watanabe, Shinichi, Maeda, Tomoko, Makino, Hiroshi, Ochi, Masanori, Horiuchi, Toshitaka

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