Repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE), a combination of high-dose (high frequency) of repetitions and neurofacilitation, is a recently developed approach to the rehabilitation of stroke-related limb impairment. We conducted a randomized controlled evaluation of RFE compared with a duration-matched conventional rehabilitation program in the treatment of subacute stroke-related upper extremity i...

I n human health and nutrition, the concept of good fats and bad fats is typically used, especially with respect to dietary risk factors for coronary artery diseases and stroke. This concept originated with the notion that there are 2 forms of cholesterol that, for the sake of simplicity, have been referred to as good and bad. The concept has now been extended to include other dietary fats that...

Aquaglyceroporins, which constitute a subgroup of aquaporin (AQP) water channels, had been believed to serve as channels for glycerol as well as for water. However, our recent studies have indicated that AQP9 and AQP10 operate in a carrier mode, which is of saturable nature, for glycerol transport. Assuming that such a functional characteristic could also be shared by AQP7, another aquaglycerop...

SWEET family proteins mediate sugar transport across biological membranes and play crucial roles in plants and animals. The SWEETs and their bacterial homologues, the SemiSWEETs, are related to the PQ-loop family, which is characterized by highly conserved proline and glutamine residues (PQ-loop motif). Although the structures of the bacterial SemiSWEETs were recently reported, the conformation...

The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is a polyphagous species from eastern Asia, which has spread to America and Europe where it damages many crops. In recently colonized areas, facilitative interactions between H. halys native insects are poorly investigated. this study, we report for the first time facilitation of wasp ant feeding by in Europe. was related outflow plant exudates...

Abstract This study explores the facilitative use of learner-initiated translanguaging and teacher responsiveness to its in 68 dyads conversational interaction between a individual students tertiary Japanese EFL contexts. Adopting conversation analysis as an analytical framework, it aims extend our understanding important interactional resource for learners achieve goals. The identifies eight u...