Associations between Atopic Dermatitis and Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Nationwide Population-based Study.

Background/aims: Epidemiologic and clinical data indicate that allergies may be associated with reduced risks for several cancers; however, to date, only a few studies have examined the associations between allergies and gastric cancer. This study aimed to examine the associations between allergies and gastric cancer using a large population-based dataset.

Methods: This cross-sectional study obtained data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2010 and 2014, involving a total of 24,089 participants.

Reductive dechlorination of DNAPL mixtures with Fe(II/III)-L and Fe(II)-C: Evaluation using a kinetic model for the competitions.

A kinetic model for the competitions was applied to understand the reductive dechlorination of tertiary DNAPL mixtures containing PCE, TCE, and 1,1,1-TCA. The model assumed that the mass transfer rates were sufficiently rapid that the target compounds in the solution and the DNAPL mixture were in phase equilibrium. Dechlorination was achieved using either a mixture of Fe(II), Fe(III), and Ca(OH) (Fe(II/III)-L) or a mixture of Fe(II) and Portland cement (Fe(II)-C).

Association between lipoprotein(a) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease among Korean adults.

Background: Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the relationship between Lp(a) concentrations and NAFLD among Korean adults.

Methods: A total of 2242 nondiabetic subjects undergoing routine health screening examination were enrolled.

Continuous recovery of valine in a model mixture of amino acids and salt from Corynebacterium bacteria fermentation using a simulated moving bed chromatography.

The economical efficiency of valine production in related industries is largely affected by the performance of a valine separation process, in which valine is to be separated from leucine, alanine, and ammonium sulfate. Such separation is currently handled by a batch-mode hybrid process based on ion-exchange and crystallization schemes. To make a substantial improvement in the economical efficiency of an industrial valine production, such a batch-mode process based on two different separation schemes needs to be converted into a continuous-mode separation process based on a single separation scheme.

Development of a four-zone carousel process packed with metal ion-imprinted polymer for continuous separation of copper ions from manganese ions, cobalt ions, and the constituent metal ions of the buffer solution used as eluent.

A three-zone carousel process, in which Cu(II)-imprinted polymer (Cu-MIP) and a buffer solution were employed as adsorbent and eluent respectively, has been developed previously for continuous separation of Cu²⁺ (product) from Mn²⁺ and Co²⁺ (impurities). Although this process was reported to be successful in the aforementioned separation task, the way of using a buffer solution as eluent made it inevitable that the product stream included the buffer-related metal ions (i.e.

Determination of chromatographic separation parameters of tryptophan enantiomers on a Chirosil-SCA chiral stationary phase by using the inverse method based on the initial guesses estimated from elution by characteristic point method.

An effective chiral stationary phase (CSP) for enantioseparation of amino acids was established previously by bonding (18-crown-6)-2, 3, 11, 12-tetracarboxylic acid to silica gel. This CSP has recently been commercialized under the name of Chirosil-SCA. As a first step for developing a Chirosil-SCA simulated moving bed chromatographic process for separation of tryptophan enantiomers, the adsorption isotherm and mass-transfer parameters of each tryptophan enantiomer on the Chirosil-SCA CSP were determined in this study while using only water as a mobile phase.

Continuous separation of copper ions from a mixture of heavy metal ions using a three-zone carousel process packed with metal ion-imprinted polymer.

In this study, a three-zone carousel process based on a proper molecular imprinted polymer (MIP) resin was developed for continuous separation of Cu(2+) from Mn(2+) and Co(2+). For this task, the Cu (II)-imprinted polymer (Cu-MIP) resin was synthesized first and used to pack the chromatographic columns of a three-zone carousel process. Prior to the experiment of the carousel process based on the Cu-MIP resin (MIP-carousel process), a series of single-column experiments were performed to estimate the intrinsic parameters of the three heavy metal ions and to find out the appropriate conditions of regeneration and re-equilibration.