Robust, Hyper-Permeable Nanomembrane Composites of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and Cellulose Nanofibers.

Robust, nanometer-thick, permselective membranes were developed by composite formation from poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF). Their unique behavior is discussed in relation to that of a single-component PDMS nanomembrane. In the absence of the CNF component, the PDMS nanomembrane with a thickness of 34 nm displays ultrahigh permeability of CO gas, which is only ca.

Risk factors for lower limb lymphedema in gynecologic cancer patients after initial treatment.

Background: Most studies on lower limb lymphedema have been conducted in gynecologic cancer patients who underwent surgery for gynecologic malignancy. This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors for lower limb lymphedema development in gynecologic cancer patients who underwent initial treatment.

Methods: A retrospective cohort design was used to follow 903 gynecologic cancer patients who underwent treatment at Kurume University Hospital between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2015.

Structural-Size Control of Domain from Nano to Micro: Logical Balancing between Attractive and Repulsive Interactions in Two Dimensions.

Molecules aggregate to form a structure through various interactions involving dispersion force, electrostatic force, and so on. In two-dimensional systems, a surface energetic effect is further important for the molecular aggregation structure. We show that the domain size and its morphology in the mixed monomolecular film composed of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon skeletons with different surface free energies extremely change depending on pH and NaCl concentration in the subphase.

Comparative study of the correlation between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis in women in Japan and Mongolia.

Objective: Associations between vascular calcification and osteoporosis are well documented, yet effects of lifestyle on atherosclerosis and osteoporosis remain unclear. This study evaluated the relationship between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis of people with different lifestyles living on Uku Island in Japan (rice consumption and fishing lifestyle) and in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia (meat consumption and nomadic lifestyle), and investigated the differences of lifestyles on atherosclerosis and osteoporosis.

Methods: Participants were women aged over 50 years who had undergone a previous medical examination for atherosclerosis and osteoporosis (Uku Island, 104, Ulaanbaatar, 71).

Effects of diazoxide in experimental acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

Objective:: We aimed to assess the effects of diazoxide on the mortality, pancreatic injury, and inflammatory response in an experimental model of acute pancreatitis.

Methods:: Male Wistar rats (200-400 g) were divided randomly into two groups. Fifteen minutes before surgery, animals received physiological (0.