Rare-earth ions as antibacterial agents for woven wool fabric.

Unlabelled: Woven fabrics were bestowed with antibacterial property by the simple adsorption of rare-earth metal ions, and the underlying mechanism was investigated using electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The adsorption of Ce ions on wool, silk, and cotton fabrics resulted in significant inhibition of (a gram-positive bacterium), with maximum antibacterial activities (viable bacterial count compared to the reference) of 4.7, 5.

Reliability and validity of D-dimer monitoring for pulmonary thromboembolism in patients with unresectable, advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer treated with bevacizumab.

Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is one of the leading causes of death among cancer outpatients. The aim of the present study was to investigate the reliability and validity of D-dimer monitoring for PTE in patients with unresectable, advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer treated with bevacizumab. A total of 25 patients with advanced colorectal cancer who received bevacizumab combination chemotherapy as primary treatment were retrospectively reviewed.