Akihiko Satoh, Anna S. Gukovskaya, Jose M. Nieto, Jason H. Cheng, Ilya Gukovsky, Joseph R. Reeve, Jr., Tooru Shimosegawa, and Stephen J. Pandol Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Diseases, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System and University of California, Los Angeles, California 90073; and Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medi...

BACKGROUND microRNAs (miRNAs) play a critical role in tumorigenesis, either as a tumor suppressor or as an oncogenic miRNA, depending on different tumor types. To date, scientists have obtained a substantial amount of knowledge with regard to miRNAs in pancreatic cancer. However, the expression and function of miR-371-5p in pancreatic cancer has not been clearly elucidated. The aim of this stud...

1 Department of Nano-Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan 2 Department of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan 3 Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Hospital, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan 4 Department...

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In this article, we take the point of view that the scalar mesons f0(980) and a0(980) are diquark-antidiquark states (qq)3̄(q̄q̄)3, and devote to determine their masses in the framework of the QCD sum rules approach with the interpolating currents constructed from scalar-scalar type and pseudoscalarpseudoscalar type diquark pairs respectively. The numerical results indicate that the scalar mesons ...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the dosimetric effect defining the body structure with various Hounsfield unit (HU) threshold values on the dose distributions of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans. Twenty patients with prostate cancer and twenty patients with head and neck (H&N) cancer were retrospectively selected. For each patient, the body structure was redefined with ...

Symposium of The American, Society of Naturalists on the Scope of Biological Teachinig in, Relation to Netw Fields of Discovery:Frol thte Stanidpoinit of a Zoologist: PRoFESSOR MICHAEL F. GUYER ................. 371 From the Standpoint of a Botanist: PROFESSOR M. A. CHRYSLER .................... 377 Experimentalism inl Zoology: PROFESSOR G. H. PARKER ................................ 381 The Pro...

We calculate partial widths for the decays a0(980) → γγ and f0(980) → γγ under the assumption that a0(980) and f0(980) are members of the basic 1 P0qq̄ nonet. The results are in a reasonable agreement with data thus giving an argument for a qq̄ origin of these mesons. We also calculate the γγ partial widths for the other scalar mesons, members of the 2P0qq̄ nonet.

In this article, we take the point of view that the scalar mesons f0(980) and a0(980) are diquark-antidiquark states (qq)3̄(q̄q̄)3, and devote to determine their masses in the framework of the QCD sum rules approach with the interpolating currents constructed from scalar-scalar type and pseudoscalarpseudoscalar type diquark pairs respectively. The numerical results indicate that the scalar mesons ...