An individual participant data meta-analysis was conducted in the data of 14 673 Japanese
participants without a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) to examine the association of …

Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) has been rapidly increasing in Western countries
during the past half century, especially in white men. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (…

The heart and the vascular tree undergo major structural and functional changes when
kidney function declines and renal replacement therapy is required. The many cardiovascular …

… Tetsufumi Shoji received the BE and ME degrees in mechanical engineering from Keio
University, Yokohama, Japan, in 1989 and 1991, respectively. In 1991, he joined NTT …

A novel integrated mode size converter for single-mode Si wire waveguides is presented.
The mode size converter is constructed with two-dimensional tapered Si waveguides and …

… pulse waves at the carotid and femoral probes (T) and between S2 and the notch of carotid
… T + Tc indicates the time for the pulse wave to travel from the aortic orifice to the femoral …

A laser pulse with a power of∼ 3 TW and a duration of 1 ps has been focused onto a gas.
Ultrahigh-gradient electron acceleration has been observed in the laser-produced plasma with …

Background Arterial stiffness is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Carotid-femoral
pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is the most recognized and established index of arterial …

… Continuous variables were compared using Student t test. Pearson's product-moment
correlation coefficient (r) was used to determine the relationship between a decrease in BP and …

… The present study investigated whether HOMA IR is associated with clamp IR in a re t
rospective analysis in type 2 diabetic patients treated with sulfonylu reas as well as those tre ated …