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Carbazole Substituted BODIPYs: Synthesis, Computational, Electrochemical and DSSC Studies
Carbazole and p-anisyl substituted BODIPY dyes with a cyanoacetic acid anchoring group have been prepared and their spectral, electrochemical properties and photosensitizing potential in DSSC have been evaluated....
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Open AccessStrain-induced skeletal rearrangement of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon on a copper surface
Controlling the structural deformation of organic molecules can drive unique reactions that cannot be induced only by thermal, optical or electrochemical procedures. However, in conventional organic synthesis,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Synthesis of Rigid π Organic Molecular Architectures and Their Applications in Single-Molecule Measurement
Large polycyclic π-system compounds such as higher phenacenes, fused azulenes, and pyrrole-containing compounds such as porphyrinoids and cyclopyrroles were prepared to measure their physical and electric prop...
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Synthesis of a Porphyrin-Fused π-Electron System
Oligoporphyrins with a large fused π-electron system were successfully synthesized by the fusion of porphyrin chromophores with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Oligoporphyrins fused with benzene units...
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Granulocytapheresis for the Treatment of Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: A Case Series and Literature Review
Severe alcoholic hepatitis has a high mortality rate due to limited therapeutic methods. Although corticosteroids have been used to control the inflammatory response, the outcomes vary and no standardized ther...
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Malignant potential of hepatic angiomyolipoma: case report and literature review
Hepatic angiomyolipoma (AML) is known as a rare benign tumor with invasive growth. In the past, some of these tumors were misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinomas, because of the similar pattern on imaging st...
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Eosinophilic esophagitis: a case report. Effective treatment with systemic corticosteroids for the relapse of the disease
We report on a case of eosinophilic esophagitis in a 33-year-old Japanese woman who visited our hospital with dysphagia and esophageal food impaction in April 2006. She had had the same symptoms in May 2005, a...
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Nano-motion actuator with large working distance for precise track following
The nano-motion actuator (NMA) had been designed for precise track following on a spin-stand which evaluated read and write performance of a high-density magnetic recording. A required specification of the ori...
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Linear actuator for precise track following
A new air bearing linear actuator with a Voice Coil Motor (VCM) was investigated for a precise head track following in an Hard Disk Drive (HDD) magnetic recording tester system. The actuator has a servo bandwi...
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Finite element method analysis and control of micro actuator with piezoelectric element for spinstand
A micro actuator was introduced to achieve highly precise track following with an head gimbals assembly (HGA) for a spinstand tester. The actuator constructed with a piezoelectric element and a stroke amplifyi...
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Bone metastasis of intracranial meningeal hemangiopericytoma
The authors investigated the clinical and radiological features and the treatment strategy for bone metastasis from a rare tumor, intracranial meningeal hemangiopericytoma. The clinical presentations and chara...
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Interferon Inhibits Progression of Liver Fibrosis and Reduces the Risk of Hepatocarcinogenesis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Multicenter Analysis of 652 Patients
A retrospective multicenter analysis of 652 patients with chronic hepatitis C who have been treated with interferon (IFN) was performed to assess the effects of IFN on the clinical course and development of HC...
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Malignant islet cell tumor projecting into the main pancreatic duct
We report herein a rare case of islet cell tumor showing a unique growth pattern in a patient who developed repeated acute pancreatitis as the tumor's initial symptom. Preoperative imaging examinations showed...
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Therapeutic effect of a CDDP-epirubicin-Lipiodol emulsion on advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Prior injection of an anticancer agent and Lipiodol mixture is a key point for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We therefore prepared a new, improved emulsion of Lipiodol containing a high dose of
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Reactivity in radical polymerization ofN-substituted maleimides and thermal stability of the resulting polymers
The effect ofN-substituents on the radical polymerization ofN-substituted maleimides (RMI) was investigated. The polymerization reactivities, i.e. yield and molecular weight of the polymers, were found to change ...
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Radical high polymerization of di-tert-butyl fumarate and novel synthesis of high molecular weight poly(fumaric acid) from its polymer
Di-tert-butyl fumarate (DtBF) was found to homopolymerize easily with 1,1′-azobisisobutyronitrile and benzoyl peroxide as radical initiators at 50~80°C to give a nonflexible rod-like polymer, poly(tert-butoxyc...
