METhODS Subjects The study was performed on 21 patients with chronic renal failure who
were on hemodialysis or continuous ambulatory peri tonealdialysis (Table1) …

The development of industry enriches people’s lives, yet on the other hand, it can cause
serious disasters if not properly managed. From the early 1900s, Japan experienced several …

Prenatal exposure to phthalates negatively affects the offspring's health. In particular,
epigenetic alterations, such as DNA methylation, may connect phthalate exposure with health …

Environmental risk is the impact or potential impact of pollution caused by an organization’s
activities on human health and the ecosystem. Originally, it covers all factors, including …

Relocating Authority examines the ways Japanese Americans have continually used writing
to respond to the circumstances of their community’s mass imprisonment during World War II…

With the continuance of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) cropping on drained paddy soil in
Japan, countermeasures against decreasing trend of the available nitrogen (N) are needed. …

Background and Objectives Sodium bisulfite (NaHSO 3 ) was clinically used as a preservative
agent for local anesthetics but was later suspected to be neurotoxic. However, recent …

Dental caries could be a risk factor for metabolic syndrome (MetS); however, there is limited
evidence of such a relationship in the literature. This cross-sectional study investigated the …

Our fieldwork showed more than 1 μM (145.1 μg/L) barium in about 3 μM (210.7 μg/L)
arsenic-polluted drinking well water (n = 72) in cancer-prone areas in Bangladesh, while the mean …

… In a recent piece that Karen Ishizuka wrote for Densho, a non-profit based in Seattle …
cheery tone of the image, Ishizuka explains that her grandfather was arrested by the FBI on the …