Abstract Extending the technique of unit structure analysis, which was originally developed by Ozaki (J Econ 73(5):720–748, 1980), this study introduces a method value chain mapping that uses international input–output data and reveals both upstream downstream transactions goods services, as well primary input (value added) final output (final demand) transactions, emerge along entire chain. Th...

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Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Aortic valve neocuspidalization (Av-Neo) aims to replace the three aortic cusps with autologous pericardium pre-treated glutaraldehyde and is becoming a valid alternative traditional replacement (AVR). 4D-flow cardiac magnetic resonance (4D-CMR) imaging patients allows derivation shear stress on wall (WSS). Different st...

n this issue of the Journal, Ozaki et al1 provide the first noteworthy evidence of the beneficial effect of the direct renin inhibitor (DRI), aliskiren, combined with reninangiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors in the myocardial recovery process of early acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is well-known that RAS inhibitors protect against myocardial damage in patients with AMI, but the role of D...

Upon growth transition of Escherichia coli cells from exponential to stationary phase, RNA polymerase is converted into at least three different forms (S1, S2 and S3), which could be separately isolated by phosphocellulose column chromatography (Ozaki et al., 1991 (2)). Mere, the promoter selectivity of these three stationary-phase enzymes was examined using an in vitro mixed transcription syst...

The adult morphology is described and illustrated of Neoplagioporus kajika sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) found in the Japanese fluvial sculpin Cottus pollux Günther (Osteichthyes: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) collected in the Naka River at Terase Bridge, Narutake, Nakagawa Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. This new species is characterized by that the body shape is oval, that the intestina...