20 research outputs found
Superconductivity competing with the incommensurate antiferromagnetic insulating state in the organic conductor (MDT-TS)(AuI2)0.441
The organic conductor (MDT-TS)(AuI2)0.441 undergoes a metal-insulator transition at TMI=50 K, where MDT-TS is 5H-2-(1,3-diselenol-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene. The static magnetic susceptibility demonstrates an antiferromagnetic ordering below this temperature. Hydrostatic pressure suppresses this insulating state, and a superconductivity appears at Tc=3.2 K above 10.5 kbar. The phase diagram demonstrates a transition from the incommensurate antiferromagnetic insulating state to a superconducting state in an organic conductor with a noninteger carrier number
Dielectric Response and Electric-Field-Induced Metastable State in an Organic Conductor beta-(meso-DMBEDT-TTF)_2_PF_6_
Synthesis, Characterization, and Detailed Electrochemistry of Binuclear Ruthenium(III) Complexes Bridged by Bisacetylacetonate. Crystal and Molecular Structures of [{Ru(acac) 2
Flat Resistivity in θ-Phase Charge-Transfer Salts of Selenium-Containing TMET-TTP Derivatives
Formation of the checkerboard-type charge ordering and giant nonlinear conduction in an organic conductor β-(<I>meso</I>-DMBEDT-TTF)_2_PF_6_
Organic superconductivity enhanced by asymmetric-anion random potential in (MDT-TS)I_0.85_Br_0.41_ [MDT-TS = 5<I>H</I>-2-(1,3-diselenole-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene]
Verification of the effectiveness of fucosylated haptoglobin as a pancreatic cancer marker in clinical diagnosis
Background: Fucosylated haptoglobin detected by Pholiota squarrosa lectin (PhoSL) that had specificity for fucose alpha 1-6 was reported as an effective biomarker for several gastrointestinal diseases. The aim of this study was to verify Fucosylated haptoglobin detected by Pholiota squarrosa lectin (PhoSL-HP) as a pancreatic cancer (PC) marker using a new method of PhoSL-ELISA. Methods: PhoSL-HP in sera from 98 PC patients and 158 non-PC samples including 32 intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) patients, 21 chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients and 105 non-pancreatic disease controls (NPDC) were measured. We compared sensitivities, specificities and areas under the curves (AUC) of PhoSL-HP, CA19-9 and CEA as single markers. We also evaluated PhoSL-HP as combination marker by comparing AUC of CA19-9 combined with PhoSL-HP or CEA. Results: The sensitivities of PhoSL-HP, CA19-9 and CEA for PC were 58%, 76% and 42%, respectively. Although the specificity of PhoSL-HP for NPDC was inferior to both of CA19-9 and CEA, that for pancreatic diseases was higher than both of CA19-9 and CEA. Combined CA19-9 with PhoSL-HP, the AUC was significantly higher at 0.880 than single use of CA19-9 at 0.825 in case of distinguishing PC from other pancreatic diseases. In contrast, the AUC of CA19-9 was not elevated significantly when combined with CEA. Conclusion: PhoSL-HP would be a useful marker for PC and have sufficient complementarity for CA19-9. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of IAP and EPC