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Reversal of gentamicin sulfate resistance in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli by matrine combined with berberine hydrochloride
In recent years, the evolution of antibiotic resistance has led to the inefficacy of several antibiotics, and the reverse of resistance was a novel method to solve this problem. We previously demonstrated that...
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Open AccessRelationship between intervertebral disc height and post operative dysphagia secondary to single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion- a retrospective study
One goal of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) is to restore the loss of intervertebral disc height (IDH) results from the degenerative process. However, the effects of IDH on postoperative dysphag...
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Equilibrium analysis in dual-channels supply chain with dominant e-tailers
In the last decade, selling to end customers via online channels has played an increasingly important role for the rapid development of e-commerce. Unlike brick-and-mortar distribution channels, the electronic...
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Open AccessLarge positive magnetoresistance and high mobility in topological insulator candidate LaP
We reported herein the single crystal growth and the comprehensive study of basic physical properties including electronic transport, magnetic, specific heat of topological insulator candidate LaP. Single crys...
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Impact of haze pollution and human capital on economic resilience: evidence from prefecture-level cities in China
As cities suffer from frequent pollution events and massive population gathering in cities, haze pollution and human capital exert a significant influence on economic resilience. Thus it is significant to thor...
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Open AccessSerum antioxidant enzymes in spinal stenosis patients with lumbar disc herniation: correlation with degeneration severity and spinal fusion rate
To determine whether superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione reductase (GR) correlated with the intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) severity and the postoperative spinal fusion rate in lumbar spinal sten...
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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of T. Hazama et al. concerning “Is intervertebral disc degeneration associated with reduction in serum ferritin?” by Y. Guo et al. (Eur Spine J [2022]: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-022-07361-1)
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Modeling forest carbon sink trading with carbon credit using stochastic differential game
Forest carbon sinks integrated into the carbon trading is an important way to solve the funding shortage of carbon emission reduction and is a major measure to achieve carbon sequestration and thereby carbon n...
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Open AccessPercutaneous versus open posterior stabilization and decompression in AOSpine-type A3 thoracolumbar fractures with neurological deficit
This retrospective cohort study aimed to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes between two treatment strategies focusing on non-osteoporotic AOSpine-type A3 fractures of the thoracolumbar spine with n...
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Open AccessIntramedullary spinal cord metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: case report and literature review
Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISCM) of malignant tumors rarely happens. To the best of our knowledge, only five cases of ISCM from esophageal cancer have been reported in literature. We here report th...
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Correlating metal exposures and dietary habits with hyperuricemia in a large urban elderly cohort by artificial intelligence
Epidemiological studies using conventional statistical methods have reported an association between individual metal exposure and hyperuricemia (HUA). There is also evidence that diet may influence HUA develop...
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Impact of environmental regulations on the industrial eco-efficiency in China—based on the strong porter hypothesis and the weak porter hypothesis
As an important indicator of sustainable development, industrial eco-efficiency (IEE) has aroused growing attention from governments all over the world including China, in recent decades. The Chinese governmen...
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Examples of Supply Chain Decisions Trading-off Criteria
While Chapter 3 reviewed the SMART method, this chapter provides five cases where multi-attribute analysis was applied in supply chain environments. Each decision case is explained, and computations demonstrat...
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Value at Risk Models
Financial risk management has been analyzed using the value at risk methodology. The method is described, evolving from variance-covariance analysis. Monte Carlo simulation is applied to demonstrate calculatio...
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Data Envelopment Analysis in Enterprise Risk Management
Data envelopment analysis is a method to assess economic efficiency of decision-making units. The concept is explained and demonstrated with business-related data.
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Value-Focused Supply Chain Risk Analysis
Business decisions usually involve multiple conflicting objectives. This chapter reviews processes to structure such decisions, and provides a detailed method of the simple multi-attribute rating theory (SMART...
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Simulation of Supply Chain Risk
Many supply chain problem analyses involve uncertainty in the form of statistically measured distributions. Monte Carlo simulation is a highly useful tool to analyze statistical distributions and to model many...
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Balanced Scorecards to Measure Enterprise Risk Performance
Balanced scorecards are tools to monitor the relative performance of organizational units over multiple dimensions. Traditionally, the four dimensions of learning and growth, internal business processes, custo...
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Chance-Constrained Models
Linear programming is a traditional means of optimizing many supply chain decisions. However, linear programming assumes linear relationships, yielding extreme solutions that become risky. Chance constraints a...
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Enterprise Risk Management in Projects
Project management is a major activity in many domains. They involve many risks due to their being one-time events. Risk management tools are presented and demonstrated.
