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Open AccessA longitudinal study of sexual activity and influencing factors in breast cancer patients during treatment in the Southwest of China: a trajectory analysis model
The aim of this study was to describe the longitudinal developmental trajectories and its influencing factors of sexual activity in patients with breast cancer during treatment.
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Overlooked effect of negative data on efficiency analysis
Financial data may contain nonpositive values, which can be addressed using logarithm transformation or the addition of constant. However, production scale is important when employing data envelopment analysis...
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Angiotensin II type-2 receptor signaling facilitates liver injury repair and regeneration via inactivation of Hippo pathway
The angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R) is a well-established component of the renin-angiotensin system and is known to counteract classical activation of this system and protect against organ damage. Pharma...
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Thermoregulatory pathway underlying the pyrogenic effects of prostaglandin E2 in the lateral parabrachial nucleus of male rats
It has been shown that prostaglandin (PG) E2 synthesized in the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) is involved in lipopolysaccharide-induced fever. But the neural mechanisms of how intra-LPBN PGE2 induces fever ...
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Solvent-free fabrication of mechanically durable superhydrophobic film with regular hollow structures for passive cooling
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) is an emerging nonpolluting, nonenergy-consuming cooling technology that relies on high reflectivity in the solar band and high emissivity in the infrared band. As an o...
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Open AccessEvaluating the resource management and profitability efficiencies of US commercial banks from a dynamic network perspective
The central concept of strategic benchmarking is resource management efficiency, which ultimately results in profitability. However, little is known about performance measurement from resource-based perspectiv...
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Correction to: How do peace dividends bring about human development and productivity?
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Research on Identification and Control of Dominant Seepage Channels in Medium and Low Permeability Reservoirs
The low-permeability branch network channel sand is developed in Block S, and it has entered the stage of ultra-high water cut development as a whole. In order to further tap the remaining oil and improve the ...
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The moderating effects of power distance on corporate social responsibility and multinational enterprises performance
This study examines (1) how corporate social responsibility (CSR) or the three pillars of sustainable investing, viz., the environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) pillars, individually affect innovat...
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High WT1 expression predicted induction chemotherapy failure in acute myeloid leukemia patients with non-favorable cytogenetic risk
The prognostic significance of WT1 expression at diagnosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains obscure, and subgroup analysis is the way for clarification. We previously reported the results in t(8;21) AML. I...
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A chance-constrained network DEA approach based on enhanced Russell-based directional distance measure to evaluate public sector performance: a case study of OECD countries
Decision-making quality is a concern for the public sector because its decisions may involve more dimensions than those faced by the private sector. However, past studies on public sector efficiency have ignor...
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Combined Effects of Biochar-Sedum plumbizincicola on Cadmium Concentration in Cd-Contaminated Limestone Soil and Cadmium Absorption in Lactuca sativa
This study aimed to explore the possibility of “repairing while producing” Cd-contaminated limestone soil and to investigate the combined effect of biochar-Sedum plumbizincicola. A pot experiment was conducted to...
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Open AccessBetulinaldehyde exhibits effective anti-tumor effects in A549 cells by regulating intracellular autophagy
It is of great significance to find new effective drugs for an adjuvant therapy targeting lung cancer to improve the survival rate and prognosis of patients with the disease. Previous studies have confirmed th...
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Existence of multiple positive solutions for a class of Quasilinear Schrödinger-Poisson systems with p-Laplacian and singular nonlinearity terms in \({\mathbb {R}}^N\)
In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions for the following Quasilinear Schrödinger-Poisson systems, $$\begin{aligned} {\left\{ \beg...
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Low-Dimensional Advanced Functional Materials as Hazardous Gas Sensing
The intriguing structural, chemical, physical, and electrical properties of low dimensional advanced functional nanomaterials have been proven to be promising ultra-sensitive gas detectors. Low-dimensional mat...
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Existence of normalized solutions for a class of Kirchhoff–Schrödinger–Poisson equations in \(\mathbb {R}^3\)
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Open AccessPatients’ perception of colorectal cancer surveillance in the community: an exploratory study
All patients who underwent curative resection for colorectal cancer (CRC) are frequently reviewed in tertiary institutions to ensure timely detection of any disease recurrence. There has been no local study th...
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A novel method for fabrication of coated microneedles with homogeneous and controllable drug dosage for transdermal drug delivery
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Open AccessU(1) dynamics in neuronal activities
Neurons convert external stimuli into action potentials, or spikes, and encode the contained information into the biological nervous system. Despite the complexity of neurons and the synaptic interactions in b...
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Microstructure and mechanical property of NbTaTiV refractory high-entropy alloy with different Y2O3 contents
In this study, NbTaTiV refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) reinforced with dispersed oxides were successfully designed and fabricated by mechanical alloying and subsequent spark plasma sintering (SPS). The ...
