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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,176 Views
12 Pages

Association between Albumin-Bilirubin Grade and Non-Protein Respiratory Quotient in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases

  • Ryo Takata,
  • Hiroki Nishikawa,
  • Hirayuki Enomoto,
  • Kazunori Yoh,
  • Yoshinori Iwata,
  • Yoshiyuki Sakai,
  • Kyohei Kishino,
  • Naoto Ikeda,
  • Tomoyuki Takashima and
  • Nobuhiro Aizawa
  • + 6 authors

18 September 2019

We sought to elucidate the relationship between albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade and non-protein respiratory quotient (npRQ) calculated by indirect calorimetry in chronic liver disease (CLD) patients (n = 601, median age = 63 years). Factors linked to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,895 Views
12 Pages

Serum Zinc Level and non-Protein Respiratory Quotient in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases

  • Hiroki Nishikawa,
  • Ryo Takata,
  • Hirayuki Enomoto,
  • Kazunori Yoh,
  • Yoshinori Iwata,
  • Yoshiyuki Sakai,
  • Kyohei Kishino,
  • Yoshihiro Shimono,
  • Naoto Ikeda and
  • Tomoyuki Takashima
  • + 7 authors

17 January 2020

We sought to clarify the correlation between non-protein respiratory quotient (npRQ) in indirect calorimetry and serum zinc (Zn) level in chronic liver diseases (CLDs, n = 586, 309 liver cirrhosis (LC) patients, median age = 63 years). Clinical param...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,003 Views
18 Pages

26 October 2020

This baseline study evaluated the ecological risk associated with the concentration of six common Phthalate esters (PAEs) in sediment samples collected from the U-Tapao canal in Southern Thailand. Deterministic approaches consisting of standard sedim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,430 Views
16 Pages

Utilization of Metal Oxides Nanoparticles in Modulating Polyvinyl Chloride Films to Resist Ultraviolet Light

  • Hussein H. Mujbil,
  • Layla A. Al Jebur,
  • Emad Yousif,
  • Mohammed Kadhom,
  • Alaa Mohammed,
  • Dina S. Ahmed,
  • Muataz Ali and
  • Hassan Hashim

26 August 2022

Modified poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) films with organic groups (amino group from ethylene di-amine (en) and a suitable aromatic aldehyde from benzaldehyde (BEN)) were synthesized by casting using tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent. The films were doped wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,301 Views
20 Pages

An Efficient Memetic Algorithm for the Minimum Load Coloring Problem

  • Zhiqiang Zhang,
  • Zhongwen Li,
  • Xiaobing Qiao and
  • Weijun Wang

Given a graph G with n vertices and l edges, the load distribution of a coloring q: V → {red, blue} is defined as dq = (rq, bq), in which rq is the number of edges with at least one end-vertex colored red and bq is the number of edges with at le...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,824 Views
10 Pages

13 January 2023

The aim of this study was to understand the distribution of the personal care products nonylphenol (NP), triclosan (TCS), benzophenone-3 (BP-3), and caffeine in the sludges from three wastewater treatment plants (WWTP-A, -B, and -C) in southern Taiwa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,745 Views
20 Pages

29 May 2023

Herein, the catchment-wide temporal dynamics and potential ecotoxicological risk of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) in aquatic ecosystems were assessed. Specifically, water samples were collected for a period of six consecutive months from seven selected...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,288 Views
21 Pages

22 September 2023

This study investigated the impact of adding zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) to electrospun membranes and cast films made of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL). The physicochemical, mechanical, and morphological properties of the samples were anal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
5,167 Views
16 Pages

17 August 2020

Phthalate esters (PAEs) are well known for their environmental contamination and endocrine-disrupting effects on wildlife and humans. In this study, the occurrence of PAEs and ecotoxicological risk assessments were performed in one of the significant...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,213 Views
10 Pages

One of the major causes of women’s death in the world is breast cancer. Consequently, numerous regimens for the control of this severe disease have been created. The chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin (DOX) is frequently used to treat breast cancer,...