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Reducing focused ion beam damage to transmission electron microscopy samples

NI Kato - Journal of electron microscopy, 2004 - academic.oup.com
One of the most important applications of focused ion beam (FIB) systems is sample
preparation for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). However, the use of the FIB …

A systematic review of heart failure dyadic self-care interventions focusing on intervention components, contexts, and outcomes

HG Buck, A Stromberg, ML Chung, KA Donovan… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Having support from an informal carer is important for heart failure patients.
Carers have the potential to improve patient self-care. At the same time, it should be …

Learning self-care after left ventricular assist device implantation

N Kato, T Jaarsma, T Ben Gal - Current heart failure reports, 2014 - Springer
The number of heart failure (HF) patients living with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as
destination therapy is increasing. Successful long-term LVAD support includes a high …

Transplantation of human limbal epithelium cultivated on amniotic membrane for the treatment of severe ocular surface disorders

J Shimazaki, M Aiba, E Goto, N Kato, S Shimmura… - Ophthalmology, 2002 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To study the short-term clinical results of transplanting of cultivated
corneal/limbal epithelial cells on human amniotic membrane (AM) for limbal deficiency …

Comparison of self-care behaviors of heart failure patients in 15 countries worldwide

T Jaarsma, A Strömberg, TB Gal, J Cameron… - Patient education and …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Clinicians worldwide seek to educate and support heart failure patients to
engage in self-care. We aimed to describe self-care behaviors of patients from 15 countries …

Study of the rostral midbrain atrophy in progressive supranuclear palsy

N Kato, K Arai, T Hattori - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2003 - Elsevier
Rostral midbrain atrophy in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is detected by mid-sagittal
plain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The shape of the atrophy looks like the bill of a …

Essential roles of the winged helix transcription factor MFH-1 in aortic arch patterning and skeletogenesis

K Iida, H Koseki, H Kakinuma, N Kato… - …, 1997 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT Mesenchyme Fork Head-1 (MFH-1) is a forkhead (also called winged helix)
transcription factor defined by a common 100-amino acid DNA-binding domain. MFH-1 is …

[HTML][HTML] β-Catenin activation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the pathogenesis of pterygium

N Kato, S Shimmura, T Kawakita… - … & visual science, 2007 - iovs.arvojournals.org
purpose. To investigate whether β-catenin activation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition
(EMT) is involved in the pathogenesis of pterygium. methods. β-Catenin and E-cadherin …

Health literacy is independently associated with self-care behavior in patients with heart failure

S Matsuoka, M Tsuchihashi-Makaya, T Kayane… - Patient education and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Health literacy (HL) has been recognized as an important concept in patient
education and disease management for heart failure (HF). However, previous studies on HL …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen and N-acetyl-L-cysteine rescue oxidative stress-induced angiogenesis in a mouse cornealalkali-burn model

M Kubota, S Shimmura, S Kubota… - … & visual science, 2011 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: To investigate the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as the prime initiators of
the angiogenic response after alkali injury of the cornea and observe the effects of …