Activation and Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha Are Associated with Tumorigenesis in Colorectal Carcinoma by Tatsuya Morinishi, Yasunori Tokuhara, Hiroyuki Ohsaki, Emi Ibuki, Kyuichi Kadota, Eiichiro Hirakawa

“…The correlation between the expression of nuclear PPAR-α and clinicopathological factors was evaluated in human colorectal carcinoma tissues, and the nuclear expression of PPAR-α was significantly higher in well-to-moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma than in mucinous adenocarcinoma (P<0.05). …”
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The Chemistry of Mercury in the Stratosphere by Alfonso Saiz‐Lopez, A. Ulises Acuña, Anoop S. Mahajan, Juan Z. Dávalos, Wuhu Feng, Daniel Roca‐Sanjuán, Javier Carmona‐García, Carlos A. Cuevas, Douglas E. Kinnison, Juan Carlos Gómez Martín, Joseph S. Francisco, John M. C. Plane

“…We also find that stratospheric Hg oxidation, controlled by chlorine and hydroxyl radicals, is much faster than previously assumed, but moderated by efficient photo‐reduction of mercury compounds. …”
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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Macrofiber Composites Laminated Shells by Xiangying Guo, Dameng Liu, Wei Zhang, Lin Sun, Shuping Chen

“…Next, the effects of the transverse excitations on the nonlinear vibration of MFC laminated shells are analyzed in numerical simulation and moderating effects of piezoelectric coefficients on the stability of the system are also presented here. …”
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Elevated Serum Carboxymethyl-Lysine, an Advanced Glycation End Product, Predicts Severe Walking Disability in Older Women: The Women's Health and Aging Study I by Kai Sun, Richard D. Semba, Linda P. Fried, Debra A. Schaumberg, Luigi Ferrucci, Ravi Varadhan

“…Our aim was to characterize the relationship between serum carboxymethyl-lysine (CML), a major circulating AGE, and incident severe walking disability (inability to walk or walking speed <0.4 m/sec) over 30 months of followup in 394 moderately to severely disabled women, ≥65 years, living in the community in Baltimore, Maryland (the Women’s Health and Aging Study I). …”
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Effects of Freeze Vacuum Drying Combined with Hot Air Drying on the Sensory Quality, Active Components, Moisture Mobility, Odors, and Microstructure of Kiwifruits by Lihui Zhang, Yu Qiao, Chao Wang, Li Liao, Lu Liu, Defang Shi, Kejing An, Jianzhong Hu, Qing Xu

“…Moreover, compared with FVD products, FVD-AD products were moderately hard (5252.71 ± 33.53 g) and improved in color, bound water, and microstructure. …”
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The impact of ESG and the institutional environment on investment efficiency in China through the mediators of agency costs and financial constraints by Zhao Donghui, Wan Sallha Yusoff, Mohd Fairuz Md Salleh, Ngan Sue Lin, Ainul Huda Jamil, Mohd Juraij Abd Rani, Mohd Shahidan Shaari

“…Additionally, we assess the moderating effect of China's institutional environment, characterized by four indicators: marketization, financial development, government intervention, and regulatory quality. …”
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Fintech Penetration, Financial Literacy, and Financial Decision-Making: Empirical Analysis Based on Tar by Yi Li, Zhengwang Li, Fan Su, Qiteng Wang, Qian Wang

“…This paper uses mediating effect and moderating effect to test the influence path of rural residents’ subjective and objective financial literacy on their financial decision-making with survey data from Henan and Anhui provinces in China. …”
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Investigating the Main Factors Affecting Doing More Business with Existing Customers in Light of Customer Experience: An Empirical Study in the Malls by Barween Al Kurdi, Aram Nawaiseh, Muhammad Alshurideh, Hind Al-Ahmed, Khalid Al-Sulaiti, Yaser Allozi, Haitham M. Alzoubi, Gouher Ahmed, Khaled Alshaketheep

“… The study analyzed the relationship between four independent latent factors (emotion, communication, attitude and satisfaction) in the dependent factor (rebuying) in the presence of a moderating variable (consumers’ experience) by using a structural equation model based on the partial least squares (PLS) method. …”
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A New Method to Measure Crack Extension in Nuclear Graphite Based on Digital Image Correlation by Shigang Lai, Li Shi, Alex Fok, Haiyan Li, Libin Sun, Zhengming Zhang

“…Graphite components, used as moderators, reflectors, and core-support structures in a High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor, play an important role in the safety of the reactor. …”
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Effect of Organizational Cultural Differences and Mutual Trust on Contract Management of Nonequity Construction Project Alliances by Yanling Zhao, Yingbin Feng, Chenggang Li

“…It was also found that the relationship between differences in organizational responsiveness and contractual complexity was moderated by mutual goodwill trust. The research may provide theoretical basis for the management when making decisions on the selection of project alliance partners and contracts. …”
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Blockchain adoption factors by Carlos Bernardino, Francisco Cesário, Carlos J. Costa, Manuela Aparicio, João Tiago Aparicio

“…This study investigates the factors that influence the adoption of blockchain technology, emphasizing the significance of Trust and Security as key moderators. Using a questionnaire distributed to a diverse group of employees and analyzing responses through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-PLS), we constructed a predictive model of blockchain adoption. …”
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Unusual Metastatic Patterns of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast by Justin D. Sobinsky, Thomas D. Willson, Francis J. Podbielski, Mark M. Connolly

“…Pathology showed an ulcerated, invasive moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma extending into but not through the muscularis propria. …”
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Development of a nomogram for predicting pancreatic portal hypertension in patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Yong Lv, Hui Luo, Yingjie Zhang, Xiangping Wang, Yanglin Pan, Yunling Li, Qiaoyu Su, Xianchen Zhan, Linhui Zhang, Xiaoyu Kang, Shuhui Liang, Gui Ren

“…In the validation set, the AUC at both time points was 0.812.Conclusion In summary, we identified BMI, moderately severe or severe AP, diabetes, acute fluid accumulation, and necrosis as risk factors for AP-related PPH. …”
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Implementation of the Lupus Low Disease Activity State in Pediatric Rheumatology Care: The Role of the Visual Analog Scale by Ekemini A. Ogbu, Anna Carmela P. Sagcal‐Gironella, B. Anne Eberhard, Jennifer M. Huggins, Marisa S. Klein‐Gitelman, Karen Onel, Chen Chen, Bin Huang, Hermine I. Brunner

“…SELENA‐SLEDAI and SLEDAI‐2k scores were moderately correlated with PhGA0–10 (r = 0.56/0.54; P < 0.0001). …”
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Meta-analysis on the chronic effects of exercise on depression in older adults by Melanie Mack, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Pinelopi S. Stavrinou, Iuliia Pavlova, Yaël Netz, Burcu Kömürcü Akik, Antonia Kaltsatou, Sandra Haider, Christoforos D. Giannaki, Arzu Erden, Andreea Badache, Michel Audiffren

“…Meta-analysis was undertaken to synthesize the effects of chronic exercise on primary and secondary outcomes. The moderating effects of intervention and individual characteristics were investigated by subgroup-analyses and meta-regression. …”
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Designing a Model for Demand Side Management in Electricity Sector Based on Collaborative Governance by Gholamreza kazemian, Mohammadreza Raecy, Reza Vaezi, Vajollah Ghorbanizadeh

“…The strategies employed by Iran’s power ministry were found to be integral, serving as a key moderating force in aligning DSM programs with the diverse motivations of various consumer groups, encompassing both financial and technical drivers. …”
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Nitrogen uptake and remobilization from pre- and post-anthesis stages contribute towards grain yield and grain protein concentration in wheat grown in limited nitrogen conditions by Sandeep Sharma, Tarun Kumar, M. John Foulkes, Simon Orford, Anju Mahendru Singh, Luzie U. Wingen, Venkatesh Karnam, Lekshmy S. Nair, Pranab Kumar Mandal, Simon Griffiths, Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Peter R. Shewry, Alison R. Bentley, Renu Pandey

“…Hierarchical cluster analysis of these RILs based on NRE and yield resulted in four clusters, efficient (31), moderately efficient (59), moderately inefficient (58), and inefficient (47). …”
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Exploring real estate blockchain adoption: An empirical study based on an integrated task-technology fit and technology acceptance model. by Hailan Yang, Zixian Zhang, Chen Jian, Nisar Ahmad

“…In addition, the findings also confirmed the significant impact of perceived ease of use (PEOU) on attitude, and TTF impact on PU and PEOU in adoption of BCT. Furthermore, the moderating impact of perceived compatibility (PC) on the relationship between TTF and PEOU was also confirmed. …”
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Morphological and Pathogenic Variability among Macrophomina phaseolina Isolates Associated with Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Wilczek from Pakistan by Umer Iqbal, Tariq Mukhtar

“…The remaining isolates were regarded as moderately virulent. No relationship was found among the morphological characters and pathogenicity of the isolates. …”
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Le défi de l’appropriation de la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE) par des syndicats nationaux : les leçons de la Coalition québécoise contre les ateliers de misère (CQC... by Emmanuelle Champion

“…If the participation of social movements is seen as a necessary condition for the emergence of a regulatory system capable of controlling the global supply chains, our results account for the moderating action of the institutional embeddedness of the union actor (« The Embedded Agency ») on its ability to appropriate CSR, despite its voluntarism.…”
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