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Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and its association with HLA-B27: a retrospective study from south China
To investigate the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), a seromarker for current infection of hepatitis B virus, in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) from south China and to evaluate its ...
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Advertisement vs. Monetary Subsidy: Which is Better for Remanufacturing?
The government subsidy plays an important role in the recycling and remanufacturing process of a closed-loop supply chain. This paper focuses on the impacts of different patterns of government subsidy on the c...
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Demand effects of product similarity network in e-commerce platform
With the increasing popularity of product assortments by recommender system, it becomes increasingly important for online platform and sellers to investigate their economic impact and manage the links of produ...
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Managing Sales Channel Selection for a Manufacturer in the Presence of Remanufacturing
Motivated by the fact that the product remanufacturing operations are increasingly performed as firms’ competitive advantage and may also play an important role in the choice of channel structure, we construct...
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Supplier–remanufacturing and manufacturer–remanufacturing in a closed-loop supply chain with remanufacturing cost disruption
This paper studies remanufacturing cost disruption in a closed-loop supply chain consisting of a supplier, a manufacturer and a retailer. Specifically, the proposed work compares supplier–remanufacturing and m...
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Open AccessAssociation between radical versus conservative surgery and short-term outcomes of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in Nyingchi, China: a retrospective cohort study
Radical or conservative surgical treatment for hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis (hepatic CE) is controversial. We aimed to measure the association between radical surgery (RS) versus conservative surgery (CS) and...
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Retailer’s optimal CSR investment in closed-loop supply chains: the impacts of supply chain structure and channel power structure
This paper studies the retailer’s optimal corporate social responsibility (CSR) investment decisions in manufacturer-collecting closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs). We establish a centralized and two decentraliz...