{"title":"Proposal: Search for Small Chemical Compounds Interacting with Bacterial Elongation Factor EF-Tu in its Role in a Bacterial Cytoskeleton -a New Class of Antibiotics?","authors":"","doi":"10.31488/jjm.161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.161","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74115593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blood Bank Inspections in Two French Regions: A Good Experience","authors":"","doi":"10.31488/jjm.155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"273 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77889119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimization of Bacteria-based Lysates used in cell-based and cell-freeProtein Synthesis","authors":"","doi":"10.31488/jjm.1000156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.1000156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88167813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Water and Human Health - Insights, Concepts, Hopes, Dreams","authors":"","doi":"10.31488/jjm.153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.153","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89173761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Over-the-Counter Eyewash Products on Cedar Pollen Wall Rupture","authors":"","doi":"10.31488/jjm.163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.163","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89058208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Fukasawa, Kiyotaka Watanabe, S. Matsumoto, D. Naruge, K. Hayashi, Junji, Furuse, M. Kawamura, H. Jinno, K. Sano, R. Fukushima, E. Aruga, Yojiro, Hashiguchi., Atsushi Tanaka, N. Seki
{"title":"A Cross-Sectional Survey of Factors Influencing Patients’ Attitudes to Cancer Treatment","authors":"Y. Fukasawa, Kiyotaka Watanabe, S. Matsumoto, D. Naruge, K. Hayashi, Junji, Furuse, M. Kawamura, H. Jinno, K. Sano, R. Fukushima, E. Aruga, Yojiro, Hashiguchi., Atsushi Tanaka, N. Seki","doi":"10.31488/jjm.152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.152","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The aim was to identify factors influencing patient motivation for cancer treatment to obtain information for the realization of satisfactory survivorship. Methods: A 44-item questionnaire survey was conducted with cancer patients attending three university hospitals in Japan between September 2015 and January 2016. The relationships of patient motivation for treatment with patient background factors (cancer type, sex, age, performance status, treatment content, and family environment), treating physician’s judgment, physical/emotional symptoms, impact on job (work or housework, job performance), and economic status were investigated. Results: Completed questionnaires were collected from 969 patients (response rate, 88.4%).A multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that treating physician’s judgment to recommend the patient to receive treatment (odds ratio [OR] = 1.88, p = 0.049) and patient concern about disease progression (OR = 1.39, p = 0.007) were significantly correlated with greater patient motivation for treatment. Impact on job (being unable to work or do housework as before) (OR = 0.38, p = 0.011) and economic status (reduced patient income) (OR = 0.39, p = 0.023) were significantly correlated with lower patient motivation for treatment. Conclusion: This is the first study of patients with a wide range of cancer types to explore factors influencing patient motivation for treatment. Four influencing factors were identified. Further research is needed to determine whether supportive measures for these factors are useful in enhancing cancer survivors’ motivation for treatment. keywords: medical Education, undergraduate, quality improvement, patient safety, service-learning 2020; 2(1): 412– 422.doi: 10.31488/jjm.152","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"172 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76674965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Air Pollutants - Risk assessment for human health – An alternative Approach","authors":"","doi":"10.31488/jjm.160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85520768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular Similarity Relating to a Peptide Sequence Common toAngiotensin II (ANGII) and SARS-Cov2 S-Protein","authors":"Wynford Robert Williams","doi":"10.31488/jjm.158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.158","url":null,"abstract":"The affinity of SARS-CoV2 (Cv19) envelope proteins for angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) facilitates infection of human cells [1]. ACE2 cell receptors are present within several organ systems and expression in lung tissues (elevated in chronic smokers) increases significantly in airways epithelial cells infect - ed with SARS-CoV [2]. There is 80% genome sequence identity between SARS-CoV2 and SARS-CoV1, with the latter’s recep - tor-binding motif (RBM) for ACE2 comprising of residues 424-494 [3,4]. The amino acid sequence of the Cv19 Spike S1 receptor-binding domain (RBD) is available [5]. ACE enzymes and angiotensin peptides are essential components of the complex renin-angiotensin system (RAS) [1]. Individual susceptibility to Cv19 infection may be partially explained by natural variation within the different components of RAS [6]","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"221 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78010106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tongue Inspection and Diagnosis: Past, Present, and Future","authors":"","doi":"10.31488/jjm.159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/jjm.159","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92536,"journal":{"name":"Japan journal of medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88857238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}