Vol. 237 No. 3 NOVEMBER 2015

Regular Contributions
Increase in Operator's Sympathetic Nerve Activity during Complicated Hepatobiliary Surgery: Evidence for Surgeons' Mental Stress Kosho Yamanouchi, Naomi Hayashida, Sayaka Kuba, Chika Sakimura, Tamotsu Kuroki, Michita Togo, Noritada Katayama, Noboru Takamura and Susumu Eguchi [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.157-162, 2015
Honokiol Inhibits Constitutive and Inducible STAT3 Signaling via PU.1-Induced SHP1 Expression in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells Laixi Bi, Zhijie Yu, Jianbo Wu, Kang Yu, Guangliang Hong, Zhongqiu Lu and Shenmeng Gao [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.163-172, 2015
Monitoring Serum Levels of Sorafenib and Its N-Oxide Is Essential for Long-Term Sorafenib Treatment of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Miki Shimada, Hoshimi Okawa, Yasuteru Kondo, Takahiro Maejima, Yuta Kataoka, Kanehiko Hisamichi, Masamitsu Maekawa, Masaki Matsuura, Yuko Jin, Masaru Mori, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tooru Shimosegawa and Nariyasu Mano [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.173-182, 2015
Blueberry Improves the Therapeutic Effect of Etanercept on Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Phase III Study Yingjie Zhong, Ye Wang, Jun Guo, Haifeng Chu, Yong Gao and Limin Pang [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.183-191, 2015
Physical Activity Program Is Helpful for Improving Quality of Life in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Gordana Bogdanovic, Ljudmila Stojanovich, Aleksandra Djokovic, and Natasa Stanisavljevic [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.193-199, 2015
Modified Cut-Off Value of the Urine Protein-To-Creatinine Ratio Is Helpful for Identifying Patients at High Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease: Validation of the Revised Japanese Guideline Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Kyoko Yamamoto, Katsumi Yoshida, Chiyohiko Shindoh, Kyoko Takeda, Masami Monden, Hiroko Izumo, Hiroyuki Niinuma, Yutaro Nishi, Koichiro Niwa and Yasuhiro Komatsu [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.201-207, 2015
Cycling Exercise with Electrical Stimulation of Antagonist Muscles Increases Plasma Growth Hormone and IL-6 Masayuki Omoto, Hiroo Matsuse, Ryuki Hashida, Yoshio Takano, Shin Yamada, Hiroshi Ohshima, Yoshihiko Tagawa and Naoto Shiba [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.209-217, 2015
Greater Reduction of Balance as a Result of Increased Plantar Fascia Elasticity at Ovulation During the Menstrual Cycle Jerrold Petrofsky, and Haneul Lee [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.219-226, 2015
A Genetic Variant in Pre-miR-146a (rs2910164 C>G) Is Associated with the Decreased Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Chinese Population Suli Huang, Ziquan Lv, Qifei Deng, Lu Li, Binyao Yang, Jing Feng, Tangchun Wu, Xiaomin Zhang and Jinquan Cheng [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.227-233, 2015
Pitfall in the Diagnosis of Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase Deficiency: Difficulty in Detecting Glycerol-3-Phosphate with Solvent Extraction in Urinary GC/MS Analysis Sayaka Kato, Yoko Nakajima, Risa Awaya, Ikue Hata, Yosuke Shigematsu, Shinji Saitoh and Tetsuya Ito [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.235-239, 2015
Validity of the Special Needs Education Assessment Tool (SNEAT) Newly Developed for Children with Disabilities Aiko Kohara, Changwan Han, Haejin Kwon and Masahiro Kohzuki [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 3 pp.241-248, 2015