Land plants evolved xylem vessels to conduct water and nutrients, and to support the plant.
Microarray analysis with a newly established Arabidopsis in vitro xylem vessel element …

In recent years, much effort has been put into the investigation of deformation of intermetallic
compounds, in particular, those with potential as new classes of high-temperature structural …

We have attempted to design classification criteria for adult Still's disease by analyz ing the
data obtained through a multicenter survey of 90 Japanese patients with this disease and of …

… of a 1-m 2 panel reactor system based on a modified, aluminium-doped strontium titanate
particulate photocatalyst 4 , we here report safe operation of a 100-m 2 array of panel reactors …

For the last 20 years, a great amount of evidence has accumulated through epidemiological
studies that most of the dry eye disease encountered in daily life, especially in video display …

Background Lobectomy is the standard of care for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
The survival and clinical benefits of segmentectomy have not been investigated in a …

A defect in Klotho gene expression in mice accelerates the degeneration of multiple age-sensitive
traits. Here, we show that overexpression of Klotho in mice extends life span. Klotho …

A rapid and mild esterification method using carboxylic 2,4,6-trichlorobenzoic anhydrides in
the presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine was developed. The method was also successfully …

In the minimal supersymmetric standard model, it is shown that a radiative correction of the
top and stop loops gives a finite, but non-negligible contribution to Higgs scalar masses if m t …

… The treadmill exercise test regimen was 15 m min -1 for 20 min. Exercise endurance was
assessed by dividing 20 min by the number of times a mouse was unable to avoid electrical …