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Reliability and acceptability of using a social robot to carry out cognitive tests for community-dwelling older adults.

Geriatrics & gerontology international
AIM: To improve access to cognitive testing for older adults, the reliability and acceptability of a speech-based cognitive test administered by a social robot were investigated.

Application of convolutional neural networks for evaluating Helicobacter pylori infection status on the basis of endoscopic images.

Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
BACKGROUND AND AIM: We recently reported the role of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) gastritis on the basis of endoscopic images. However, that study included only H. pylori-positive and -negative patients,...

Disease vocabulary size as a surrogate marker for physicians' disease knowledge volume.

PloS one
OBJECTIVE: Recognizing what physicians know and do not know about a particular disease is one of the keys to designing clinical decision support systems, since these systems can fulfill complementary role by recognizing this boundary. To our knowledg...

Mutations associated with change of susceptibility to lincosamides and/or macrolides in field and laboratory-derived Mycoplasma californicum strains in Japan, and development of a rapid detection method for these mutations.

Veterinary microbiology
Five mutations involved in changing of susceptibility to lincosamides and/or macrolides were investigated in field isolates of Mycoplasma californicum in Japan, and reconfirmed in laboratory-derived mutants. In addition, a quick and easy detection me...

Assistive robots for socialization in elderly people: results pertaining to the needs of the users.

Aging clinical and experimental research
BACKGROUND/AIM: Technological solutions can support the elderly, improve their quality of life and reduce isolation and loneliness. The Euro-Japan ACCRA (Agile Co-Creation for Robots and Aging) project has the objective of building a reference co-cre...

Knowledge base toward understanding actionable alterations and realizing precision oncology.

International journal of clinical oncology
In Japan, the National Cancer Center and university hospitals have initiated next-generation sequencing-based in vitro diagnostic testing for cancer patients as a method of clinical sequencing. Based on the molecular alterations detected, physicians ...

Towards stroke prediction using electronic health records.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
BACKGROUND: As of 2014, stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in Japan. Predicting a future diagnosis of stroke would better enable proactive forms of healthcare measures to be taken. We aim to predict a diagnosis of stroke within one year of t...

Effect of Stride Management Assist Gait Training for Poststroke Hemiplegia: A Single Center, Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
BACKGROUND: Poststroke gait disorders negatively impact activities of daily living. Rehabilitation for stroke patients is aimed at improving their walking ability, balance, and quality of life. Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) is associated with a...

A systematic literature review and classification of knowledge discovery in traditional medicine.

Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Despite the importance of machine learning methods application in traditional medicine there is a no systematic literature review and a classification for this field. This is the first comprehensive literature review of th...