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Japan, EU Issue Statement Toward Practical Use of Fusion Energy
The Yomiuri ShimbunEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Masahito Moriyama, right, and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson are seen in Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Friday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:49 JST, December 2, 2023 Japan and the European Union on Friday issued a joint statement committing to work toward the practical application of fusion power…
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Scientists Detect Oxygen in Noxious Venusian Atmosphere
NASA / JPL-Caltech / Handout via Reuters, FileData from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter was used in an undated composite image of the planet Venus. Reuters 14:06 JST, December 2, 2023 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Oxygen accounts for about 21% of Earth’s air, with the rest of our atmosphere being primarily nitrogen. And most living…
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Japan Swelters During Hottest Autumn on Record; 2023 Looks to Become Japan’s Hottest Ever Year
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoPeople walk in warm weather in Tokyo in early November. The Yomiuri Shimbun 13:35 JST, December 2, 2023 Japan experienced its hottest autumn on record this year, with the September-November period soaring 1.39 C above the nation’s average between 1991-2020, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday. The latest figure, known as a “temperature…
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Japan Team Identifies Cell Causing Breast Cancer Recurrence
Jiji Press 13:18 JST, December 2, 2023 TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Japan-led research team including Kanazawa University has identified a type of cell responsible for breast cancer recurrence and found that existing drugs may be effective in killing it. The team, which recently published the study on the Journal of Clinical Investigation, an international academic…
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Study: Winter World Cup Led to Increased Injury Severity in Top Leagues
Keita Iijima / Yomiuri Shimbun file photoLusail Stadium, Qatar, in November 2022 Reuters 13:03 JST, December 2, 2023 The mid-season World Cup in Qatar last year led to players from Europe’s top five leagues spending an average of eight days longer on the sidelines due to injury in the months after the tournament, a study has…
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Report: Russia Plans to Send Cosmonauts to the Moon Next Decade
Reuters 12:49 JST, December 2, 2023 MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia plans to send cosmonauts to land on the Moon next decade for the first time in its history and intends to build a moon base, according to the Russian corporation responsible for manned space flights, state news agency TASS reported. A draft plan presented by Vladimir…
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Prevalence of undiagnosed dyslexia in African-American primary school children
Abstract Dyslexia is among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children, yet despite its high prevalence all too frequently goes undiagnosed. Consequently dyslexic children all too often fail to receive effective reading interventions. Here we report our findings from a study using a teacher completed evidence-based dyslexia screener to first screen then test predominantly African-American…
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A color extraction algorithm by segmentation
Abstract The segmentation and extraction on color features can provide useful information for many different application domains. However, most of the existing image processing algorithms on feature extraction are gray image-based and consider only one-dimensional parameters. In order to carry out a fast and accurate color feature extraction, this paper proposes a color extraction algorithm…
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Pre-stroke physical activity is associated with post-stroke physical activity and sedentary behavior in the acute phase
Abstract This study investigated the link between pre-stroke and acute-stage physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior. Forty individuals with stroke (aged 73.6 ± 8.9 years) were enrolled. Post-stroke activity, including metabolic equivalents (METs), sedentary behavior, light PA, and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), was measured using a tri-axial accelerometer (ActiGraph wGT3X-BT) over 11 consecutive days starting from the 4th day…
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Predicting long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation in the era of artificial intelligence
Abstract The ability to accurately predict long-term kidney transplant survival can assist nephrologists in making therapeutic decisions. However, predicting kidney transplantation (KT) outcomes is challenging due to the complexity of the factors involved. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly important tool in the prediction of medical outcomes. Our goal was to utilize both conventional…