English Journal

A cross-dialectal acoustic comparison of vowels in Northern and Southern British English.

Williams D1, Escudero P2.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.J Acoust Soc Am.2014 Nov;136(5):2751. doi: 10.1121/1.4896471.
This study compares the duration and first two formants (F1 and F2) of 11 nominal monophthongs and five nominal diphthongs in Standard Southern British English (SSBE) and a Northern English dialect. F1 and F2 trajectories were fitted with parametric curves using the discrete cosine transform (DCT) a
PMID 25373975

Dysplasia detection rate of confirmatory EGD in nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus.

Abdalla M1, Dhanekula R, Greenspan M, Mobarhan S, Patil A, Jakate S, Giusto D, Silva R, Li H, Melson J.
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus / I.S.D.E.Dis Esophagus.2014 Aug;27(6):505-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2012.01431.x. Epub 2012 Sep 28.
Current guidelines for endoscopic surveillance of Barrett's esophagus (BE) recommend that patients with newly diagnosed BE undergo confirmatory esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) to exclude the presence of dysplasia. The extent to which confirmatory endoscopy alters management and detects missed dyspl
PMID 23020509

Sedum sarmentosum Bunge extract exerts renal anti-fibrotic effects in vivo and in vitro.

Bai Y1, Lu H2, Zhang G3, Wu C4, Lin C1, Liang Y1, Chen B5.
Life sciences.Life Sci.2014 Jun 6;105(1-2):22-30. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.04.013. Epub 2014 Apr 18.
AIMS: Sedum sarmentosum Bunge, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, has a wide range of clinical effects, including anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation, and anti-cancer properties. In this study, we determined whether S. sarmentosum Bunge Extract (SSBE) has anti-fibrotic effects on renal tissues.MAI
PMID 24747135

Japanese Journal

清川博史,前畑忠輝,佐藤望,森田亮,鈴木碧,佐藤義典,中津智子,小澤俊一郎,石郷岡晋也,池田佳子,細谷浩介,小川秀久,渡邊嘉行,安田宏,藤野節,伊東文生
Progress of Digestive Endoscopy 82(1), 87-89, 2013
… 当院での上部消化管内視鏡では，NBI拡大観察にて血管蛇行や癒合を伴う異型血管を認め，short segment Barrett's esophagus（SSBE）より発生したBarrett腺癌が疑われ，診断的治療目的に内視鏡的粘膜下層剥離術を施行した。 …
NAID 130004652846