Vol. 240 No. 2 OCTOBER 2016

Regular Contribution
Elevated HbA1c Levels Are Associated with the Blunted Autonomic Response Assessed by Heart Rate Variability During Blood Volume Reduction Miho Kamakura, and Ryoko Maruyama [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.91-100, 2016
Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Malignant Tumor with Increased Antioxidant Defense Capacity Branislav Rovcanin, Kristina Gopcevic, Dusan Kekic, Vladan Zivaljevic, Aleksandar Diklic and Ivan Paunovic [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.101-111, 2016
Activation of PPARa by Fatty Acid Accumulation Enhances Fatty Acid Degradation and Sulfatide Synthesis Yang Yang, Yuyao Feng, Xiaowei Zhang, Takero Nakajima, Naoki Tanaka, Eiko Sugiyama, Yuji Kamijo and Toshifumi Aoyama [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.113-122, 2016
Questionnaire-Based Development of an Educational Program of Traditional Japanese Kampo Medicine Shin Takayama, Seiichi Ishii, Fumie Takahashi, Natsumi Saito, Ryutaro Arita, Soichiro Kaneko, Masashi Watanabe, Tetsuharu Kamiya, Hidekazu Watanabe, Hitoshi Nishikawa, Yuka Ikeno, Junichi Tanaka, Minoru Ohsawa, Akiko Kikuchi, Takehiro Numata, Hitoshi Kuroda, Michiaki Abe, Takashi Takeda, Nobuo Yaegashi and Tadashi Ishii [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.123-130, 2016
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Respiratory Viral Infections in Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hyun Jung Kwak, Dong Won Park, Jee Eun Kim, Min Kyung Park, Gun Woo Koo, Tai Sun Park, Ji-Yong Moon, Tae Hyung Kim, Jang Won Sohn, Ho Joo Yoon, Dong Ho Shin and Sang-Heon Kim [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.131-139, 2016
Cerebral Functional Response during Eyelid Opening/Closing with Bell's Phenomenon and Volitional Vertical Eye Movements in Humans Yukihisa Suzuki, Motohiro Kiyosawa, Kiichi Ishiwata, Keiichi Oda, and Kenji Ishii [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.141-146, 2016
Beneficial Effects of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for Prevention of Cervical Abnormalities in Miyagi, Japan Nobuyoshi Ozawa, Kiyoshi Ito, Toru Tase, Hirohito Metoki and Nobuo Yaegashi [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.147-151, 2016
Gustatory Salivation Is Associated with Body Mass Index, Daytime Sleepiness, and Snoring in Healthy Young Adults Satoshi Izumi, Guang Hong, Koh Iwasaki, Masayuki Izumi, Yusuke Matsuyama, Mirei Chiba, Takashi Toda and Tada-aki Kudo [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.153-165, 2016
A Term Infant of Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease Complicated with Hemophagocytic Syndrome Akimune Kaga, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroki Miyabayashi, Takaya Metoki, Setsuko Kitaoka and Satoru Kumaki [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.167-170, 2016
Blunted Autonomic Responses and Low-Grade Inflammation in Mongolian Adults Born at Low Birth Weight Sarina Bao, Emi Kanno and Ryoko Maruyama [PDF]	Vol. 240, No. 2 pp.171-179, 2016