Background/aims: Growing evidence indicates that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and gallstone disease (GD) share the same risk factors, and that NAFLD may be associated with the occurrence of GD. However, overall results remain controversial. The aim of this study is to perform a meta-analysis to assess the relationship between GD and NAFLD.
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February 2013
The configurations and corresponding adsorption energies of Rh(n) (n = 4-13) nanoclusters on the boron nitride sheet are investigated by density functional theory (DFT). We use the force-matching method (FMM) to modify parameters of Morse and Tersoff potential functions. To elucidate the dynamical behaviors of Rh nanoclusters on the boron nitride sheet, molecular dynamics (MD) is applied with modified Morse potential function parameter.
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