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  • Long‐tailed macaques use human hair as Dental Floss
    American Journal of Primatology, 2020
    Co-Authors: Kunio Watanabe, Nontakorn Urasopon, Suchinda Malaivijitnond
    Abstract:

    Long-tailed macaques in Lopburi, Thailand, use human hair as if it were Dental Floss. This eccentric behavior is seen mainly in a large group of macaques that live at the old Buddhist shrine of Prang Sam Yot. Many monkeys of this group take hair and sort a few pieces to make a string and then brush their teeth by pulling it tightly with right and left hands alternatively between their teeth. This habit is not seen in the other localities near Lopburi and is rare even in the surrounding groups. Monkeys in the Prang Sam Yot shrine are worshipped as servants of God and people respect them, even when they ride on their heads. This behavior could be considered a newly occurring cultural behavior, which has become established under very specialized circumstances. Am. J. Primatol. 69:940–944, 2007. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

  • long tailed macaques use human hair as Dental Floss
    American Journal of Primatology, 2007
    Co-Authors: Kunio Watanabe, Nontakorn Urasopon, Suchinda Malaivijitnond
    Abstract:

    Long-tailed macaques in Lopburi, Thailand, use human hair as if it were Dental Floss. This eccentric behavior is seen mainly in a large group of macaques that live at the old Buddhist shrine of Prang Sam Yot. Many monkeys of this group take hair and sort a few pieces to make a string and then brush their teeth by pulling it tightly with right and left hands alternatively between their teeth. This habit is not seen in the other localities near Lopburi and is rare even in the surrounding groups. Monkeys in the Prang Sam Yot shrine are worshipped as servants of God and people respect them, even when they ride on their heads. This behavior could be considered a newly occurring cultural behavior, which has become established under very specialized circumstances. Am. J. Primatol. 69:940–944, 2007. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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  • usefulness of a traction method using Dental Floss and a hemoclip for gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection a propensity score matching analysis with videos
    Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2016
    Co-Authors: Sho Suzuki, Takuji Gotoda, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shin Kono, Kunio Iwatsuka, Naoko Yagikuwata, Chika Kusano, Masakatsu Fukuzawa, Fuminori Moriyasu
    Abstract:

    Background and Aims Although endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a significant advancement in therapeutic endoscopy, it is a complicated technique and requires considerable expertise. In this exploratory study, we evaluated the efficacy of a simple traction method that uses Dental Floss and a hemoclip (DFC) and was developed to overcome the technical difficulties of ESD. Methods In total, 238 early gastric cancers treated by ESD between May 2012 and December 2014 at Tokyo Medical University were retrospectively reviewed. Lesions treated by conventional ESD (n = 185) and by ESD with DFC (ESD-DFC) (n = 53) were compared. Multivariable analyses and propensity score matching were used to compensate for the differences in age, sex, resected specimen size, lesion location, lesion position, presence of ulceration, and operator level. The procedure time, rate of en bloc and complete resection, and rates of adverse events were evaluated between the 2 groups. Results Propensity score matching analysis created 43 matched pairs. Adjusted comparisons between ESD-DFC and conventional ESD showed similar treatment outcomes (en bloc resection rate: 97.7% vs 100%, P  = .315; complete resection rate: 90.7% vs 95.3%, P  = .397; perforation during ESD rate: 2.3% vs 2.3%, P  = 1.000; post-ESD bleeding rate: 4.7% vs 4.7%, P  = 1.000) but a significantly shorter procedure time for ESD-DFC (82.2 ± 79.5 minutes vs 118.2 ± 71.6 minutes, P  = .002). Conclusion ESD-DFC facilitated rapid ESD with good visualization and traction while ensuring high curability and safety.