Previous studies of the development of phonological similarity and word length effects in children have shown that these effects are small or absent in young children, particularly when measured using visual presentation of the memoranda.This has often been taken as support for the view that young children do not rehearse.The current paper builds o
Since 1984 the National Institute of Polar Research, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and collaborative scientists have conducted the long-term circumpolar balloon program that is called Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) project, and they also have developed ballooning technologies for this program.This project aims at establishing a stati
Purpose: Giant mediastinal germ cell tumor (MGCT) requires a well-planned advanced surgical approach.We retrospectively reviewed our surgical strategy for giant MGCT.Methods: Five children (median age, 5 years) with giant MGCT were treated in our institute from 2012 to 2016.Results: The initial diagnosis was made by tumor markers and image inspecti