Relationship between Psychological Stress Determined by Voice Analysis and Periodontal Status: A Cohort Study

In modern society, evaluation and management of psychological stress may be important for the prevention of periodontal disease. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between psychological stress (vitality and mental activity) evaluated by Mind Monitoring System (MIMOSYS) and periodontal status. Forty students of Okayama University underwent the oral examination and self-reported questionnaire on the first day (baseline) and the 14th day (follow-up). Voice recording was performed every day with the MIMOSYS app during the whole study period. The participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) at baseline and at follow-up. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was used to determine the significance of correlations among variables. The PHQ-9 and BDI scores were negatively correlated with vitality in the morning. Change in vitality in the morning was significantly correlated with changes in periodontal inflammation. Mental activity was significantly correlated with change in mean probing pocket depth. This result shows that measurement of psychological stress using a voice-based tool to assess mental health may contribute to the early detection of periodontal disease

The joint impact on being overweight of self reported behaviours of eating quickly and eating until full : cross sectional survey

Objective To examine whether eating until full or eating quickly or combinations of these eating behaviours are associated with being overweight

AC Partial Discharge Characteristics and Accumulation Charge after Lightning Impulse in Cast Resin Transformer

Cast resin transformer (voltage transformer: VT) composed of solid insulation might cause insulation performance degradation by defects such as void existing in the insulation system. In a factory, AC PD test is usually conducted after applying a number of applications of standard lightning impulse voltage to practical VT. Lightning impulse voltage test is made in the power equipment to guarantee surge insulation performance. However, it is reported that withstand lightning impulse voltage test may give influence on AC partial discharge characteristics, especially partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV). This effect is considered to arise from the charge accumulated in the void by the impulse voltage pre-stress. This paper deals with the influence of lightning impulse application on subsequent AC partial discharge characteristics with accumulated charge by the pre-stress considered. An attempt is made to measure impulse partial discharge, and estimate the accumulated charge. Investigation is also made on the impulse pre-stress effect on the subsequent AC PD characteristics for a model specimen simulating insulation system of a cast resin transformer. An attempt is also made to estimate the accumulated surface charge density after the impulse voltage application. Moreover, we measure impulse PD current and then estimate the charge of impulse PD so as to examine the correlation between the impulse PD charge and the accumulated charge estimated from the reduction of the first AC PDIV.20th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, August 28 - September 01, 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentin

Applicability of Permanent Mold Casting for Lead Free Bronze with Sulfide Dispersion (Post-Print Version)

The leaded bronze, the leaded brass, the lead free bronze including bismuth and the lead free bronze with sulfide dispersion were cast into the permanent mold for thesolidification cracking test. The applicability of the permanent mold casting process for bronzes was evaluated with comparison of the range of the solidificationtemperature. The lead free bronze with sulfide dispersion was more unbreakable than the other copper alloys. There were differences of the dendrite form near by the fracture and the distribution of the residual melt segregated at a part of theend of the solidification. The lead free bronze with sulfide dispersion may have a solidification form being unlikely to crack. It dispersion is possible to apply the permanent mold castings process rather than the other copper alloys, and the applicability is almost same as brass castings.70th World Foundry Congress 2012 (WFC 2012) held 25-27 April 2012, Monterrey, Mexico

Surgery of gastric cancer in patients over 80 years old

A retrospective study on postoperative complications and factors affecting prognosis was performed on elderly patients with gastric cancer. We studied the correlation of age, pathological depth, preoperative laboratory data, physical status, duration of surgery, volume of blood loss, blood transfusion, curability, and extent of lymph node dissection to postoperative complications and prognosis in 47 patients with gastric cancer over 80 years old. Preoperative function of lung and liver frequently showed abnormal data. Postoperative complications were noted in 47% of patients, especially in the pulmonary system, liver and heart. Curability and extent of lymph node dissection were the significant factor affecting survival. Some mortalities caused by initial malignancy were recognized in the conservative lymph node dissection in the stage I . The incidence of postoperative complications was not significantly different according to extent of lymph node dissection. Blood transfusion was the only significant factor for the incidence of postoperative complication. The most frequent cause of death was the initial malignancy. We recommend that a low grade lymph node dissection should not be readily chosen for elderly patients in early cases.</p

Impact of Ambulation Status in Patients with End-stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis due to Diabetic Nephropathy : The PREDICT Study

Article信州医学雑誌 68(3): 131-138(2020)journal articl