Membrane Reactor for Methanol Synthesis Using Si-Rich LTA Zeolite Membrane.

We successfully demonstrated the effect of a membrane reactor for methanol synthesis to improve one-pass CO conversion. An Si-rich LTA membrane for dehydration from a methanol synthesis reaction field was synthesized by the seed-assisted hydrothermal synthesis method. The HO permselective performance of the membrane showed 1.

Temporal Trends in Atherosclerotic Risk Factors in School Children - Findings From 20-Year Surveillance.

Background: Although it has been discussed which measures against atherosclerotic diseases should be started in childhood, the current situation in Japan is unclear.

Methods and results: We conducted a health management survey of all 12-year-old children in a local town for 20 years. The body mass index tended to decrease over time.

Chemotherapy with bevacizumab for metastatic colorectal cancer: a retrospective review of 181 Japanese patients.

Background: There has so far been little information on the clinical effect of bevacizumab against colorectal cancer in Japan. Hence, this study was conducted to retrospectively evaluate the safety and efficacy of bevacizumab in clinical practice.

Methods: A total of 181 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) received bevacizumab in combination with chemotherapy at 18 hospitals in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.

[A resected case of locally invasive rectal cancer successfully treated with neoadjuvant capecitabine, oxaliplatin, bevacizumab and radiation therapy].

A 57-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of perineal pain. He was diagnosed as advanced rectal cancer with an invasion of prostate, and we conducted neoadjuvant capecitabine, oxaliplatin, bevacizumab and radiation therapy. After chemoradiation therapy, the tumor regressed to an ulcerative lesion without invasion of the prostate.

[A resected case of gastric regional lymph node metastasis from ascending colon cancer].

A 67-year-old man underwent right hemi-colectomy for ascending colon cancer in 2007. One year later, he was diagnosed as early gastric cancer, and endoscopic submucosal dissection was performed. Pathologically, cancer cells were detected on the vertical margin, so we conducted distal gastrectomy.