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Open AccessRapid adsorption of sulfamethazine on mesoporous graphene produced from plastic waste: optimization, mechanism, isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics
Sulfonamide antibiotics like sulfamethazine (SMZ) can threaten aquatic and terrestrial life even in small concentrations (≤ 1 mg/L); hence, their removal from wastewater is indispensable. However, the need to ...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of rebamipide liquid for chemoradiotherapy-induced oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group phase II study
Recent preclinical and phase I studies have reported that rebamipide decreased the severity of chemoradiotherapy-induced oral mucositis in patients with oral cancer. This placebo-controlled randomized phase II...
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The relationship between molecular composition and fluorescence properties of humic substances
The quantity and quality of dissolved organic matters have been widely characterized by fluorescence spectroscopy, yet the relationship between the fluorescence properties of dissolved organic matters and its ...
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Effects of Acupuncture on Anxiety Levels and Prefrontal Cortex Activity Measured by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Pilot Study
There is increasing evidence that acupuncture is useful in treating somatic and psychological disorders caused by stress; however, the physiological basis of the effect remains unclear. In the present study, w...
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Open AccessAn improved estimation of the poleward expansion of coral habitats based on the inter-annual variation of sea surface temperatures
The poleward expansion of coral habitats has been observed along the Japanese coast since the 1930s. Previous modeling studies have projected a poleward expansion using decadal-mean sea surface temperatures (S...
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LIM-domain protein AJUBA suppresses malignant mesothelioma cell proliferation via Hippo signaling cascade
Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is one of the most aggressive neoplasms usually associated with asbestos exposure and is highly refractory to current therapeutic modalities. MMs show frequent activation of a trans...
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YAP induces malignant mesothelioma cell proliferation by upregulating transcription of cell cycle-promoting genes
Malignant mesothelioma (MM) shows frequent inactivation of the neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) –tumor-suppressor gene. Recent studies have documented that the Hippo signaling pathway, a downstream cascade of Merli...
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Open AccessAcquisition of EMT phenotype in the gefitinib-resistant cells of a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell line through Akt/GSK-3β/snail signalling pathway
Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is known to be associated with chemoresistance as well as increased invasion/metastasis. However, the relationship between EMT and resistance to an epidermal growth fact...
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Burnett PVT Measurements of Hydrogen and the Development of a Virial Equation of State at Pressures up to 100 MPa
PVT properties were measured for hydrogen by the Burnett method in the temperature range from 353 K to 473 K and at pressures up to 100 MPa. In the present Burnett method, the pressure measurement was simplifi...
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Burnett Method with Absolute Pressure Transducer and Measurements for PVT Properties of Nitrogen and Hydrogen up to 473 K and 100 MPa
A measurement method for PVT properties of high-temperature and high-pressure gases was developed by simplifying the Burnett method and revising the data acquisition procedure. Instead of a differential pressu...
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Weekly paclitaxel in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of weekly paclitaxel in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer (HNC) by combined analysis of early and late phase II trials.
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Biliverdin protects against the deterioration of glucose tolerance in db/db mice
We have previously shown a negative correlation between serum bilirubin levels and prevalence of type 2 diabetes, suggesting that bilirubin inhibits development of this disease. To confirm this hypothesis, we ...
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Measurements of Hydrogen Thermal Conductivity at High Pressure and High Temperature
The thermal conductivity for normal hydrogen gas was measured in the range of temperatures from 323 K to 773 K at pressures up to 99 MPa using the transient short hot-wire method. The single-wire platinum prob...
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The optical characteristics of planar bilayered metallic prisms
A planar bilayered silver prisms with rounded corner is shown to have a singular optical mode depends of gaps by numerical simulation. Such behavior results from the plasmon resonance in the pairs of nanoprism...
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Review of the Thermodynamic Properties of Hydrogen Based on Existing Equations of State
Currently available equations of state (EOSs) for hydrogen are reviewed, and the data for the critical point, normal boiling point, and triple point are summarized. Through comparisons of PVT, saturated proper...
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Techniques for Accurate Resistance Measurement in the Transient Short-Hot-Wire Method Applied to High Thermal-Diffusivity Gas
The accuracy of high-speed transient resistance measurements is an important issue particularly for measuring the thermal conductivity of high thermal-diffusivity (low-density) gases. This is because the hot-w...
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An Accelerated Two-Dimensional Unsteady Heat Conduction Calculation Procedure for Thermal-Conductivity Measurement by the Transient Short-Hot-Wire Method
A fast and accurate procedure is proposed for solution of the two-dimensional unsteady heat conduction equation used in the transient short-hot-wire method for measuring thermal conductivity. Finite Fourier tr...
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End Effects in the Three-Omega Method to Measure Gas Thermal Conductivity
A two-dimensional analytical solution is derived for the three-omega method for measurement of thermal conductivity of materials with a fine wire. The analytical solution includes the wire heat capacity and th...
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Application of the Three-Omega Method to Measurement of Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity of Hydrogen Gas
Preliminary investigations have been conducted to discuss the possibility of measuring the thermal conductivity of hydrogen gas by the three-omega method. A one-dimensional analytical solution for the 3ω componen...
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Open AccessResponse of piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate detector to oblique impact with hypervelocity iron particles
A cosmic dust detector using piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is currently being developed for use onboard a spacecraft for the BepiColombo mission. The characteristics of the PZT detector were stud...
