Yamamoto Hospital

Orthodontic and surgical treatment patterns in hemifacial microsomia: a retrospective multi-institutional study in Japan

Hemifacial microsomia is a congenital craniofacial condition characterized by variable facial asymmetry and mandibular hypoplasia. Its management often requires long-term multidisciplinary care, including orthodontic and surgical treatment. However, multi-institutional data on tr...

Practical Comparison of a Newly Developed Software-Based Visual Acuity Test and Photoscreening in Japanese Preschool Children

Background: Early detection of vision problems in young children is crucial, as they may lead to lifelong disabilities such as amblyopia and strabismus. However, conducting visual acuity (VA) evaluations in this age group is challenging. We developed novel VA testing software tai...

The Izumi--Szilard Engine: Separating Information Erasure from Mechanical Work Extraction

The conventional Szilard engine combines one-molecule work extraction with measurement, memory, feedback, and memory reset. The Izumi--Szilard engine is introduced here to separate these informational operations from the mechanical work-extraction problem. A symmetric coupling al...

The Izumi--Szilard Engine: Separating Information Erasure from Mechanical Work Extraction

The conventional Szilard engine combines one-molecule work extraction with measurement, memory, feedback, and memory reset. The Izumi--Szilard engine is introduced here to separate these informational operations from the mechanical work-extraction problem. A symmetric coupling al...

The Izumi--Szilard Engine: Separating Information Erasure from Mechanical Work Extraction

The conventional Szilard engine combines a one-molecule expansion withmeasurement, memory, and feedback. The ideal isothermal expansion work andthe Landauer bound for resetting an unbiased binary memory both contain thequantity \(k_{\mathrm B}T\ln 2\), but they refer to distinct...