Endogenous Third-Degree Price Discrimination in a Supply Chain with One Common Manufacturer and Duopoly Retailers by Hongmei Yang, Wei Wang

“…However, compared with no retailer acquiring information, the manufacturer is better off when two retailers acquire information. Consequently, the manufacturer designs a fixed fee contract to stimulate retailers to price discriminate and to achieve a win-win situation for them finally.…”
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Effector, Memory, and Dysfunctional CD8+ T Cell Fates in the Antitumor Immune Response by John Reiser, Arnob Banerjee

“…In growing tumors, TILs are often functionally impaired as a result of interaction with, or signals from, transformed cells and the tumor microenvironment. …”
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Acceptance of low-sodium diet and nutritional status by hospitalized patients in the Public Hospital of Goiania by Andréa Valéria Dacal Mattos Casado, Larissa Silva Barbosa

“…Through the technique of direct observation was evaluated the acceptance of meals offered at lunch and dinner. The results revealed that in the two meals, most patients ingested less than half (<1/2) of the offered portion. …”
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Nanoparticle-bands enabled strength-ductility synergy in wrought Al-Cu alloys by Yunfeng Hu, Mojia Li, Jiaheng Li, Yingbo Zhang, Dongdi Yin, Ying Zeng, Hui Chen

“…The uniformly alternated coarse and fine grain regions in the bimodal grain structure can coordinate deformation, and the dispersed spherical phase can weaken stress concentration, which are important factors for high plasticity. This work offers new insights for developing high-strength ductility hypoeutectic Al-Cu alloys.…”
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ISLAMIC ECONOMY IN «ISLAMIC STATE»: IS IT POSSIBLE? by R. I. Bekkin

“…., formed in the second half of the XX century, are often unauthorized innovations (bida’).…”
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Intelligent Neonatal Blood Perfusion Assessment System Based on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Hsiu-Lin Chen, Bor-Shing Lin, Chieh-Miao Chang, Hao-Wei Chung, Shu-Ting Yang, Bor-Shyh Lin

“…High-risk infants in the neonatal intensive care unit often encounter the problems with hemodynamic instability, and the poor blood circulation may cause shock or other sequelae. …”
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Use of virtual reality in port implantation to reduce perioperative anxiety and pain: protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial at a single German university hospital (VIP-t... by Christoph W Michalski, Felix J Hüttner, Colette Dörr-Harim, Sandra Graf, Hannah Feldmann, Lisa S Hunold, Kira C Steinkraus, Nadir Nasir

“…Introduction Intravenous access port implantation is commonly performed under local anaesthesia, which offers advantages such as increased patient satisfaction and resource savings compared with general anaesthesia. …”
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The impact of gestational age limits on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence by Fiona de Londras, Amanda Cleeve, Maria I. Rodriguez, Alana Farrell, Magdalena Furgalska, Antonella F. Lavelanet

“…They restrict when lawful abortion may be accessed by reference to the gestational duration of a pregnancy, in some cases specifying that abortion is a criminal offense after, but not before, the GL. This synthesis of legal and health evidence addresses knowledge gaps on the health and non-health outcomes plausibly related to the effects of GLs on abortion-related outcomes. …”
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The role of strangeness in heavy-quark hadronisation from small to large collision systems with ALICE by Faggin Mattia

“…Production measurements of strange hadrons originating from the hadronisation of charm quarks (prompt) and from beauty-hadron decays (nonprompt) offer a unique tool to study the heavy-quark hadronisation across different collision systems. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of clustering of adverse lifestyle behaviors among 35 – 75 years old residents at high cardiovascular disease risk in Hebei province: an analysis of dat... by Yuejing QIAO, Yuhuan LIU, Lijuan TANG, Dongsheng JIANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

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A System of Remote Patients’ Monitoring and Alerting Using the Machine Learning Technique by M. Dhinakaran, Khongdet Phasinam, Joel Alanya-Beltran, Kingshuk Srivastava, D. Vijendra Babu, Sitesh Kumar Singh

“…Medical professionals utilize machine learning tools and methods to analyse medical data in order to detect hazards and offer appropriate diagnosis and treatment. The scope of remote healthcare includes anything from tracking chronically sick patients, elderly people, preterm children, and accident victims. …”
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Caracterização dos usuários de um centro de atenção psicossocial infantojuvenil do município de Salvador (BA) by Raquel Malheiros Teixeira, Vladia Jamile dos Santos Jucá

“…A análise foi realizada considerando dois conjuntos de variáveis, a saber: a) variável relativa à clientela: idade, sexo, diagnóstico, b) variável relativa ao cuidado oferecido: refere-se à modalidade de atendimento em que o paciente foi engajado. …”
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Tumor cells proliferation and migration under the influence of their microenvironment by Avner Friedman, Yangjin Kim

“…We considertwo aspects, proliferation and of migration, and describemathematical models based on in vitro experiments. Simulations ofthe models are in agreement with experimental results. …”
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A Dual Active Black Hole Candidate with Mass Ratio ~7:1 in a Disk Galaxy by Xiao Cao, Yan-Mei Chen, Yong Shi, Junfeng Wang, Zhijie Zhou, Min Bao, Qiusheng Gu, Alexei Moiseev, Luis C. Ho, Lan Wang, Guangquan Zeng

“…We identify the central BH with mass of 9.4 × 10 ^6 M _⊙ from its radio emission as well as AGN-driven galactic-scale biconical outflows. The off-centered BH generates obvious broad and narrow emission-line regions, which gives us a robust estimation of a 1.3 × 10 ^6 M _⊙ BH mass. …”
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Characterization of soundscapes with acoustic indices and clustering reveals phenology patterns in a subtropical rainforest by Yan-Tin Lai, Sheng-Shan Lu, Ming-Tang Shiao

“…Our study confirms that acoustic indices can extract meaningful ecological features, and unsupervised algorithms offer valuable insights into biodiversity exploration data-scarce regions. …”
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Impact of Deactivated Mine Waste Substrates on the Growth and Cu, As and Pb Accumulation in Tubers, Roots, Stems and Leaves of Three <i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L. Varieties by Ana R. F. Coelho, Manuela Simões, Fernando H. Reboredo, José Almeida, Joaquim Cawina, Fernando Lidon

“…Potatoes can be easily cultivated in different climates and locations around the globe and often in soils contaminated by heavy metals due to industrial activities. …”
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Effect and safety analysis of auricular acupoint pressing therapy at different frequencies on insomnia and constipation (不同治疗频次耳穴压豆干预失眠和便秘的效果及安全性分析)... by LIU Hongbo (刘泓博), JIN Xianglan (金香兰), SONG Jiale (宋佳乐), LI Jiaji (李佳霁), LIU Yanna (刘燕娜), WANG Xuesong (王雪送), GUO Jingrui (郭经睿), HU Shirong (胡世荣)

“…Conclusion The treatment frequency of auricular acupoint pressing for 5 consecutive days and stopped for 2 days is better in improving the symptoms of patients with insomnia and constipation, and reducing the risk of adhesive plaster falling off and displacement. (目的 探讨不同治疗频次耳穴压豆干预失眠和便秘的效果及安全性。…”
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Respon Kefir Teh Pegagan Sebagai Minuman Kesehatan by Pramita Laksitarahmi Isrianto

“…Potential development Centella asiatica (L), that in Indonesia is mostly known as Pegagan, into a healthy drink is often used in the form of a tea bag. However, there is another form that can be used is water kefir. …”
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Mechanical Properties Measurement of Polymer Films by Bulge Test and Fringe Projection by C. S. Lin, T. L. Horng, J. H. Chen, K. H. Chen, J. J. Wu, C. Y. Chen, S. H. Ma

“…A setup of the bulge test, consisting of single chips and digital on-off valves, was used to achieve automatic precision control of pressure application to gas chamber with a circular polyimide (PI) test film fixed on the opening of it. …”
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Fertility in Rostock and Rural Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the 19th Century by Siegfried Gruber, Rembrandt Scholz

“…The most important factor for the level of overall fertility was the proportion of married people, which was an outcome of the possibilities offered by different economic sectors and environments.…”
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