Publications by authors named "Naoto Wada"
Stacking of graphene with hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) can dramatically modify its bands from their usual linear form, opening a series of narrow minigaps that are separated by wider minibands. While the resulting spectrum offers strong potential for use in functional (opto)electronic devices, a proper understanding of the dynamics of hot carriers in these bands is a prerequisite for such applications. In this work, we therefore apply a strategy of rapid electrical pulsing to drive carriers in graphene/h-BN heterostructures deep into the dissipative limit of strong electron-phonon coupling.
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- Chemosensitivity tests, particularly collagen gel droplet-embedded culture-drug sensitivity testing (CD-DST), were evaluated in advanced gastric cancer patients to assess their response to drugs like cisplatin, docetaxel, paclitaxel, and CPT11 between 2012 and 2017.
- In a retrospective study, tumor samples from 115 patients were cultured, revealing varying sensitivities: 41.1% for cisplatin, 82.6% for docetaxel, 82.8% for paclitaxel, and 49.2% for CPT11, with no correlation found between cisplatin sensitivity and patient outcomes.
- The results suggested that while there was high
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- A rare case of a nonparasitic hepatic cyst with biliary communication spontaneously ruptured in a 61-year-old woman, causing her right upper abdominal pain.
- Enhanced CT scans confirmed the rupture and showed fluid pooling, leading to the diagnosis.
- The patient underwent a successful laparoscopic deroofing and closure of the biliary communication, with an uneventful recovery and discharge by the sixth day post-surgery.