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  • Changing the Region through Border Tourism

    Nemuro, Soya, Okhotsk

    The Boundary Research Unit (UBRJ) established at the Center in 2013 is a unique organization in Japan that leads border studies in Japan and abroad. It is composed of faculty members from the humanities and social sciences and museums at Hokkaido University. Recently, we have been working on the promotion of tourism in border regions.

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    The 12th International Scientific Meeting on Border Regions in Transition was held in Fukuoka and Busan in November 2012. We took a jetfoil from Hakata to Izuhara (Tsushima), and after a bus tour of the famous sites, we headed north to Hitakatsu and from there to Busan. The success of this project attracted attention both at home and abroad, and we started a border tourism project with a regional think tank and related local governments based on the belief that “borders can also be a tourism resource in Japan.” Cross-border tourism between Tsushima and Busan, Wakkanai and Sakhalin, and “border tourism without crossing borders,” involving traveling overland from Nemuro to Wakkanai, have been widely covered by the media. For more information, please visit the following URL: http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/ubrj2/projects/border-tourism/

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    Akihiro Iwashita Professor
    Faculty of Slavic-Eurasian Research Center
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  • Development of a Method to Prevent Post-Thoracic Surgery Atrial Fibrillation Using Carnitine

    We will conduct a randomized, multicenter study to determine whether perioperative oral carnitine therapy can reduce postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in patients with valvular heart disease. In case of lung and esophageal cancer patients, a single-arm interventional study will be conducted because similar studies have not been conducted before.

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    Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after thoracic surgery is a frequent problem leading to increased incidences of stroke, heart failure, and infection, and resulting in prolonged hospitalization. Although beta-blockers are the only effective treatment, their efficacy rate is less than 50%, and their side effects often preclude their use. Recently, carnitine preparations, which are fatty acid metabolism ameliorators, have been reported to suppress arrhythmias after myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass surgery due to their anti-inflammatory and fatty acid metabolism ameliorating effects. As part of this project, we will conduct a randomized, multicenter study to determine whether perioperative carnitine medication can suppress POAF in patients with valvular heart disease. In case of lung cancer and esophageal cancer patients, a single-arm interventional study will be conducted to evaluate the safety and POAF reduction rate, which will be useful for future randomized studies.

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    Yasushige Shingu Lecturer
    Faculty of Medicine
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