Keio University

Developing a Comprehensive Public Health Nursing Practice Model for Promoting Social Inclusion Among Populations Experiencing Social Exclusion: A Qualitative Study

ABSTRACT Aims To develop a comprehensive practice model delineating public health nursing practices that promote social inclusion and illustrate their outcomes in Japan. Design Qualitative descriptive research design. Methods Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 12 publ...

Screening strategies for the early detection of non-cardia gastric cancer in low- to moderate-prevalence regions: Asia-Pacific gastroesophageal cancer congress consensus 2026

Abstract Background Gastric cancer (GC) remains a major global health burden, and early detection is essential for improving patient outcomes. Although GC screening has been widely implemented in East Asian countries with a high disease burden, the optimal screening strategy for...

Crystallographic Regulation of LIPSS Formation on Metal Surface Under Randomly Polarized Nanosecond Laser Irradiation

ABSTRACT Laser‐induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) provide a mask‐free route for fabricating periodic micro/nanostructures. However, the directional energy modulation imposed by linear polarization can often mask crystallography‐dependent material responses, leaving the r...

MRI findings and pathological features of angiofibroma of soft tissue mimicking soft tissue sarcoma: five case reports and a literature review

Angiofibroma of soft tissue (AFST) is a rare, benign fibroblastic tumor that is difficult to distinguish from malignancies based on radiological and pathological findings. While several reports have described the clinicopathological findings of AFST, there remains little informat...

2026 revised CVIT clinical expert consensus on drug coated balloons for coronary artery disease

Abstract Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) are attracting attention as a therapeutic alternative to drug-eluting stents (DES) in percutaneous coronary interventions. DCB technology allows direct delivery of antiproliferative drugs to the vessel wall without implantation of a permanent...

Study on friction characteristics at the rolling interface under vertical-horizontal coupled vibration of rolling mill systems based on dynamic rolling force

This study addresses the limitations of conventional steady-state rolling models in characterizing metal flow dynamics and force-energy parameters at the rolling interface under vertical-horizontal coupled roll vibrations. Based on the principle of mass conservation, a three-dime...

Interfacial Polarization and Charge Transfer in Al13 Superatom–Organic Interfaces: Role of Frontier Orbital Overlap

Abstract Superatoms (SAs) have emerged as atomically precise building blocks for functional materials; however, their interfacial electronic interactions with organic substrates remain poorly understood, particularly in the absence of ligand protection. While most reported SAs ar...

Trends in intergenerational income mobility in Japan, 1985–2015

This paper examines trends in father-son income mobility in Japan between 1985 and 2015 using repeated cross-sectional data from the Social Stratification and Social Mobility (SSM) surveys. Fathers’ income is imputed using a two-sample two-stage least squares (TS2SLS) approach ba...

Fatal Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Monogenic Diabetes Mellitus as SMPD4 ‐Related Disorder

ABSTRACT Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 4 (SMPD4)‐related disorder is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by biallelic loss‐of‐function variants in SMPD4, characterized primarily by severe neurological manifestations. A subset of long‐term survivors develops diabetes melli...

Potential of multi-anomalies detection using quantum machine learning

Machine learning is widely used for industrial anomaly detection; however, when anomaly distributions overlap, high false positive rates (FPR) often occur, hindering practical implementation. While quantum kernel methods have been proposed as a solution, the specific conditions u...

Anatomical and Histologic Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy: Recurrence Patterns Among Poor Responders. A Multi-institutional Observational Cohort Study.

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the prognostic implications after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) by integrating anatomical response to neoadjuvant therapy (NAT), quantified using the Tumor Burden Score ratio (TBSr), with histologic response assessed by Tumor Regres...

Comprehensive profiling of brain dynamics during anesthesia across phylogeny

Abstract The behavioral effects of anesthetics are highly conserved across species, hinting at shared and fundamental underlying mechanisms. Here we compile a dataset of multiscale neural activity during wakefulness and anesthesia, encompassing human, macaque, marmoset, mouse, ze...

Evaluating a service-learning program: benefits of integrating medical students into school cancer education on teaching skills and cancer knowledge

Abstract Background Integrating medical students into school cancer education programs as service-learning is a promising strategy. This study assessed the impact of such programs and evaluated their effectiveness in improving students’ teaching self-efficacy and understanding of...

Quantitative Imaging of Water Diffusion in Brain Parenchyma at Cellular Resolution Using Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy

ABSTRACT The diffusion dynamics of water within the cerebral cortex regulate solute transport and are fundamental to overall brain function. However, cellular‐level microscopic water dynamics within the brain parenchyma remain poorly understood due to a lack of direct, high‐resol...

Exploring psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) among adolescent Palestinian refugee girls in Palestine and Jordan

Background The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a commonly used screening instrument for assessing emotional and behavioral strengths and difficulties among children and adolescents. However, although the SDQ’s psychometric properties have been tested extensively...

Rapid genome-wide purging following tsunami-induced hybridization in a stickleback population

Speciation is the process by which barriers to gene flow evolve between populations. As speciation approaches completion, genome-wide divergence can be maintained in the face of hybridization. Because real-time observations of genomic changes following hybridization in natural po...

Relationship between objective sleep efficiency and psychological distress in middle-aged and older Japanese: Results by work in the Shika study

Sleep quality and work, as factors related to psychological distress, have not yet been elucidated. Additionally, few studies have examined the association between sleep efficiency and psychological distress, which may affect psychological distress in middle-aged and older adults...

Minimally Invasive Combined Procedures for Cryptotia With Helical Adhesion

Cryptotia is a congenital auricular deformity in which the superior portion of the auricle is embedded in the temporal region, causing loss of the auriculotemporal sulcus. The condition is frequently accompanied by helical adhesion. In cases with helical adhesion, conventional tr...

Organizational barriers in Japan’s public crisis management: a comparative analysis of institutional and operational inhibitors

Purpose Japan’s crisis management has long been criticized for inefficiency, suggesting that existing analyses have overlooked deeper systematic issues. This study examines whether the primary inhibitors of Japan’s crisis management performance stem from formal “institutional cha...

Lateralization of retinal structure correlated with behavioral lateralization in the oval squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Abstract Background Cephalopods, including Sepioteuthis lessoniana , preferentially orient either the left or right eye toward visual targets during various visually guided behaviors, as most of their visual field is monocular. Such visual lateralization is widely observed in the...