Calendar year 2008

Department of Biostatistics

Evaluation of drug effect in application of Markov model to longitudinal states transition of Patient Reported Outcome in patients with COPD

Hospital system and organizational culture characteristics affecting continuous development – A case study –
Factors affecting elderly healthcare expenditures at the secondary healthcare area level
A multifaceted analysis of the public medical insurance system in the healthcare reform
Identification of factor related to pharmacotherapy prescription practices based on heart failure treatment guidelines and a comparison of medical resource consumption between two prescription patterns
Blood product utilization in the Japanese national university hospitals – How can we improve the criteria for the transfusion management fees?

Urinary isoflavones and lignan polyphenol in Japanese females
Construction of the atmospheric transport model for predicting trans-boundary air pollution in East Asia: Validation by monitoring data for lead concentration in human blood

Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics of Male Injecting Drug Users Compared to Non-Injecting Drug Users in Tehran, Iran: A Clinic-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Predictors of Incident HIV Infection among a Cohort of Pregnant Women Recruited Through a Maternity Ward in Lusaka, Zambia

Development of the method to detect a new clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that is responsible for a pandemic

Effectiveness of Web-based peer-conscious health support and Email-based individual support: A randomized controlled trial
The effectiveness of CPR training for citizens: How the training changes rescuers’ behaviors and patients’ outcomes?

Investigation into the management of intellectual property in a large collaborative research between industry and academia/li>
Investigation into industries’ value estimation of bio-medical patents from universities
Investigation into the foreign patent applications of stem cell-related technology
The study on the situation of setting the university policy and rule on conflicts of interest in clinical research

The present situation about the management and treatment of osteoporosis in patients being prescribed oral glucocorticoid for the long term: Clinical guideline adherence and related factors
Assessment of colorectal lesions using magnifying endoscopy
Falls associated with pollakiuria and nocturia in Parkinsonian disorders (protocol)
Impact of verification bias on the assessment of MRI for diagnosis of meniscal tears
Antimicrobial usage and bacteriological examination: What makes carbapenem antibiotics use more frequently in treatment of lower respiratory infections and urinary tract infections?

Characteristic of genetic counselling in the unit of clinical genetics
Survey on predictive genetic testing in minors
Communication of hereditary cancer risk within families: semi-structured interviews with clients
Roles and tasks of genetic counseling for myotonic dystrophy: A case series review and interview study
Development of an informative brochure for genetic counseling about preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Off-laber uses of drugs and adverse events in pediatric pharmacotherapy: Examples of dosage form changes for oral anti-spasticity drugs
Quality of umbilical cord blood for stem cell transplantation: survey in Japan
Attitude of patients toward clinical trials, when they were approached about entering a clinical trial: Why patients enter clinical trials