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  1. Research integrity in Instructions for Authors in Japanese medical journals using ICMJE Recommendations: A descriptive literature study
  2. Japan can embrace open science — but flexible approaches are key
  3. Researchers support preprints and open access publishing, but with reservations: A questionnaire survey of MBSJ members
  4. Can ChatGPT be considered an author of a medical article?
  5. Comment on “How COVID-19 Affected the Journal Impact Factor of High Impact Medical Journals: Bibliometric Analysis” (Preprint)
  6. The Skewed Impact Of Single Highly Cited Articles on Journal Impact Factor. Comment on “How COVID-19 Affected the Journal Impact Factor of High Impact Medical Journals: Bibliometric Analysis” (Preprint)
  7. Financial risks posed by unproven cell interventions: Estimation of refunds from medical expense deductions in Japan
  8. Most families tend to realize progress of Alzheimer's disease when behavioural and psychological symptoms are obvious
  9. Ethical Aspects of Brain Organoid Research in News Reports: An Exploratory Descriptive Analysis
  10. Corrigendum to “Effectiveness and safety of early enteral nutrition for patients who received targeted temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest” [Resuscitation 135 (2019) 191–196]
  11. Editorial: Cognitive Impairment: Therapy Momentum in the Continuum of Life
  12. Intergenerational comparison of 5-HT3RA in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in gastric cancer patients receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy: an observational study using a Japanese administrative claims database
  13. Influence of acetaminophen on renal function: a longitudinal descriptive study using a real-world database
  14. Age-Related Changes in Item Responses to the Patient Health Questionnaire-9: Evidence From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  15. Landiolol hydrochloride for prevention of atrial fibrillation during esophagectomy: a randomized controlled trial
  16. Use of day services improved cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer's disease
  17. Estimating the cost‐effectiveness of screening for hepatitis C virus infection in Japan
  18. Factors Influencing Placebo Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Studies
  19. Guidelines are urgently needed for the use of preprints as a source of information
  20. Prediction of the neurological outcome using regional cerebral oxygen saturation in patients with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
  21. Use of preoperative haemostasis and ABO blood typing tests in children: a retrospective observational study using a nationwide claims database in Japan
  22. Responses to depressive symptom items exhibit a common mathematical pattern across the European populations
  23. Distribution of psychological distress is stable in recent decades and follows an exponential pattern in the US population
  24. Laparoscopic versus open repair for inguinal hernia in children: a retrospective cohort study
  25. Comparison of Standard Initial Dose and Reduced Initial Dose Regorafenib for Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
  26. Distribution and Characteristics of Hypouricemia within the Japanese General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study
  27. Further evidence that item responses on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale exhibit the characteristic pattern in the general population
  28. Effectiveness and safety of early enteral nutrition for patients who received targeted temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  29. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document
  30. Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis after thyroid cancer surgery and intraoperative nerve monitoring
  31. Esophagectomy surgical Apgar score may not be associated with postoperative morbidity
  32. Timing and facilitation of advanced directives in Japan
  33. Preoperative Echocardiography for Patients With Hip Fractures Undergoing Surgery
  34. Effects of Tea Catechins on Alzheimer’s Disease: Recent Updates and Perspectives
  35. Effect of Regular Exercise and Functional Beverages on Changes in Body Weight and Waist Circumference in Healthy Japanese Subjects
  36. Stability of the Distribution of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Scores Against Age in the General Population: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  37. Distribution of item responses and total item scores for the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D): Data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
  38. Effect of Tea Catechins on Influenza Infection and the Common Cold with a Focus on Epidemiological/Clinical Studies
  39. Correlation between dental conditions and comorbidities in an elderly Japanese population
  40. Is the Use of Proton-pump Inhibitors a Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease? Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
  41. Persistence of and switches from teriparatide treatment among women and men with osteoporosis in the real world: a claims database analysis
  42. Distributional patterns of item responses and total scores on the PHQ-9 in the general population: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  43. Prenatal and early-life antibiotic use and risk of childhood asthma: A retrospective cohort study
  44. How Do You TreatAsthmain Your Practice?
  45. Association of Serum Triglycerides With Arterial Stiffness in Subjects With Low Levels of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
  46. Effects of Bioactive Components of Green Tea on Alzheimer's Disease
  47. Preoperative Blood Tests Conducted Before Low-Risk Surgery in Japan
  48. Item Response Patterns on the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults
  49. Exponential distribution of total depressive symptom scores in relation to exponential latent trait and item threshold distributions: a simulation study
  50. Preoperative pulmonary function tests before low-risk surgery in Japan: a retrospective cohort study using a claims database
  51. Characteristic distribution of the total and individual item scores on the Kessler Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K6) in US adults
  52. The Chinse Balance Acupuncture Treatment of Upper Respiratory Infections in the Elderly
  53. Behaviors of consumers, physicians and pharmacists in response to adverse events associated with dietary supplement use
  54. Importance of eliminating potential dental focal infection before the first cycle of chemotherapy in patients with hematologic malignancy
  55. Pattern analysis of total item score and item response of the Kessler Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K6) in a nationally representative sample of US adults
  56. Effects of Green Tea Gargling on the Prevention of Influenza Infection: An Analysis Using Bayesian Approaches
  57. Safety Profile of Telaprevir-Based Triple Therapy in Elderly Patients: A Real-World Retrospective Cohort Study
  58. Cost-Outcome Description of PEG-IFN-α2b+RBV for Hepatitis C: Results Based on the Interferon Database
  59. Risk Factors for Treatment Discontinuation Caused by Adverse Events When Using Telaprevir, Peginterferon, and Ribavirin to Treat Chronic Hepatitis C: A Real-World Retrospective Cohort Study
  60. The Safety Profile of Telaprevir-Based Triple Therapy in Clinical Practice: A Retrospective Cohort Study
  61. Bayesian Indexes of Superiority and Equivalence and the p-value of the F-test for the Variances of Normal Distributions
  62. Behaviors in Response to Adverse Events Associated with Health Food Use: Internet Survey of Consumers, Physicians and Pharmacists
  63. Influence of Institution-Based Factors on Preoperative Blood Testing Prior to Low-Risk Surgery: A Bayesian Generalized Linear Mixed Approach
  64. Anti-influenza Virus Effects of Catechins: A Molecular and Clinical Review
  65. Relationship between Item Responses of Negative Affect Items and the Distribution of the Sum of the Item Scores in the General Population
  66. Boundary curves of individual items in the distribution of total depressive symptom scores approximate an exponential pattern in a general population
  67. A Bayesian non-inferiority index for two Poisson parameters
  68. Reporting of adverse events related to dietary supplements to a public health center by medical staff: a survey of clinics and pharmacies
  69. Bayesian index to compare assumed survival functions of two hazards following exponential distributions
  70. Effect of gargling with tea and ingredients of tea on the prevention of influenza infection: a meta-analysis
  71. Correction: Distribution of Total Depressive Symptoms Scores and Each Depressive Symptom Item in a Sample of Japanese Employees
  72. Regional differences in hepatitis C treatment with peginterferon and ribavirin in Japan: a retrospective cohort study
  73. Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Standardization of Biobank Data: A Feasibility Study
  74. Distribution of Total Depressive Symptoms Scores and Each Depressive Symptom Item in a Sample of Japanese Employees
  75. Age-related changes in the distributions of depressive symptom items in the general population: a cross-sectional study using the exponential distribution model
  76. Comparison of the Safety Profiles of Pegylated Interferon α-2a and α-2b Administered in Combination with Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Real-World Retrospective Cohort Study
  77. Influences of yokukansankachimpihange on aggressive behavior of zinc-deficient mice and actions of the ingredients on excessive neural exocytosis in the hippocampus of zinc-deficient rats
  78. Regional Differences in Hepatitis C Treatment with Peginterferon and Ribavirin in Japan in Both Genotype 1 and Genotype 2: A Retrospective Cohort Study
  79. Involvement of hippocampal excitability in amyloid β-induced behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
  80. Peripheral Vitamin C Levels in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study
  81. Effects of green tea consumption on cognitive dysfunction in an elderly population: a randomized placebo-controlled study
  82. Methods for estimating causal relationships of adverse events with dietary supplements
  83. Clinical benefits of green tea consumption for cognitive dysfunction
  84. Lymphocyte vitamin C levels as potential biomarker for progression of Parkinson's disease
  85. Green Tea Consumption Affects Cognitive Dysfunction in the Elderly: A Pilot Study
  86. Effects of Green Tea Gargling on the Prevention of Influenza Infection in High School Students: A Randomized Controlled Study
  87. The Effect of Green Tea With Exceptionally High Catechin Content on Nadolol Plasma Concentration
  88. Modification of a Dendritic Algorithm for Evaluation of Causal Relationships of Adverse Events with Health Food
  89. Therapeutic effect of Yokukansan on social isolation-induced aggressive behavior of zinc-deficient and pair-fed mice
  90. Involvement of glucocorticoid-mediated Zn2+ signaling in attenuation of hippocampal CA1 LTP by acute stress