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β-FeOOH nanorod as a highly active and durable self-repairing anode catalyst for alkaline water electrolysis powered by renewable energy
A β-FeOOH nanorod was investigated as a highly active and durable self-repairing anode catalyst for alkaline water electrolysis with repeated potential change, simulating power from renewable energy. The β-FeO...
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The Effect of Li x Ni2-x O2/Ni with Modification Method on Activity and Durability of Alkaline Water Electrolysis Anode
Water electrolysis requires durability during a fluctuating power supply in power-to-gas application with renewable energies. The previously developed lithiated NiO modified Ni (Li x ...
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Correction to: Relationship Between the Redox Reactions on a Bipolar Plate and Reverse Current After Alkaline Water Electrolysis
The vertical axis of Fig. 6 has been corrected.
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Relationship Between the Redox Reactions on a Bipolar Plate and Reverse Current After Alkaline Water Electrolysis
In order to efficiently operate the alkaline water electrolyzers with renewable energy, behaviors of the electrolyzer during start-up or shut-down must be unveiled, because they might be suffered by reverse cu...
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Electrocatalytic Activity and Durability of Li x Ni2-x O2/Ni Electrode Prepared by Oxidation with LiOH Melt for Alkaline Water Electrolysis
Alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) is suitable for hydrogen production to develop a fluctuating and uneven-distributed renewable energy-based energy system, because hydrogen is a secondary energy which is suita...
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A scoring system for the assessment of the risk of mortality after partial hepatectomy in patients with chronic liver dysfunction
The aim of this study is to evaluate a new scoring system, called the chronic liver dysfunction (CLD) score, for prediction of the surgical risk of partial hepatectomy in patients with chronic liver damage. Mo...
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Successful treatment of ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma with intraperitoneal injection of OK-432
We report a 51-year-old man with a ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). He was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain and distension. Imaging studies revealed massive ascites, liver cirrhosis, and a ...
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Percutaneous transhepatic papillary balloon dilation as a therapeutic option for choledocholithiasis
For choledocholithiasis, endoscopic therapy, including endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) or endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD), is now standard. However, the procedure of endoscopic therapy is very com...
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A new scoring system to classify patients with colorectal liver metastases: proposal of criteria to select candidates for hepatic resection
Although many studies have reported the beneficial effects of hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases on survival rates, it is still difficult to preoperatively select good candidates for hepatectomy.
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Diffuse intrahepatic bile duct dilation caused by a very small hepatic cyst
A 72-year-old woman presented to our hospital with diffuse dilation of the intrahepatic bile ducts. Imaging studies revealed a solitary hepatic cyst, 3 cm in diameter, in segment 4 of Couinaud's category of t...
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A kinetic study of methanol decomposition catalyzed over plate-type palladium catalyst
A kinetic study of the catalytic methanol decomposition to carbon monoxide and hydrogen has been carried out in the pressure range of methanol up to 8 atm at 200 and 250°C over a palladium catalyst supported o...
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5th Japanese Association of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
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Hepatic resection for minute hepatocellular carcinoma
Twenty-three patients with minute hepatocellular carcinoma, defined as a solitary lesion ≦2 cm, underwent hepatectomy at our institute during the 10 years between January, 1979 and December, 1988. Hepatitis B ...
