Activities of JSTP in 2012

Transitions in activities of daily living in Mexico, 2001-2012.

OBJECTIVE This paper describes the 2001-2012 progression of limitations in daily activities in the Mexican elderly population aged 60 or older and identifies how sociodemographic and health factors affect these progressions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data come from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), a national sample of adults born in 1951 or earlier, including a baseline survey in 2001 a...

2012/13 Research, Development, and Activities

PROSPERO’s progress and activities 2012/13

PROSPERO is an international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care. Between July 2012 and June 2013, 1,106 registrations were added, bringing the total since launch in February 2011 to 1,704. The value of the growing number of records is reflected in a 117% increase in page views in the first half of 2013 compared with the first half of 2012. Developm...

Proceedings of the 2013 Joint JSTP/NTP Satellite Symposium

The first joint Japanese Society of Toxicologic Pathology (JSTP) and National Toxicology Program (NTP) Satellite Symposium, entitled "Pathology Potpourri," was held on January 29(th) at Okura Frontier Hotel in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, in advance of the JSTP's 29(th) Annual Meeting. The goal of this Symposium was to present current diagnostic pathology or nomenclature issues to the toxicologic p...

Report of Time and Frequency Activities at NICT (2012-2015)

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), an incorporated administrative agency, was established in 2004 with its large part inherited from the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL). The activity of time and frequency standards is conducted within the Space-Time Standards Laboratory of the Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute, this group itself compris...