University of Kochi

Cesarean delivery and overweight at 6 years of age: a prospective cohort analysis of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Abstract Cesarean delivery (CD) has been suggested as a potential risk factor for childhood overweight and obesity; however, evidence beyond early childhood remains inconsistent. We examined the association between CD and childhood overweight at age 6 years and explored early lif...

Preoperative prognostic stratification of high-risk resectable pancreatic cancer: combined Podxl/itgb1 expression in EUS-FNAB specimens as a prognostic biomarker

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine and S-1 (NAC-GS) is a conditionally recommended treatment for resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in Japan. However, therapeutic efficacy remains limited in a subset of patients who lose surgical opportunities due to tumor...

Consumer preferences for domestically produced ingredients in Japan’s ready-to-eat meals and dining out: a best–worst scaling analysis

Abstract As ready-to-eat (RTE) meals and dining out become increasingly popular, limited empirical evidence exists on how domestically produced ingredients are positioned relative to other food values in these contexts. Using online survey data from Japanese consumers collected i...

Gold-granulite association in Precambrian terranes: A metallogenic conundrum

Gold mineralization in Precambrian high-grade metamorphic terranes, particularly those hosted within middle- to lower-crustal upper amphibolite- to granulite-facies domains, remains a metallogenic paradox. While the vast majority of economic gold resources are concentrated in epi...

Line-shaped Mesoscale Convective Systems in Northern Japan: Climatology and Predictive Diagnostics

Abstract This study presented a statistical analysis of line-shaped mesoscale convective systems (LS-MCSs, called “Senjo-Kousuitai”, Kato 2020) in northern Japan using a 64-year high-resolution reanalysis dataset. A significant increase in LS-MCSs frequency and rainfall intensity...