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Natural selection: firm performance following the Canterbury earthquakes [PDF]

, 2014
The Canterbury earthquakes in September 2010 and February 2011 caused major upheaval to the people of the region. The second quake killed 185 people, forced many from their homes, and closed Christchurch’s central business district.
Arthur Grimes, Levente Timar, Richard Fabling   +2 more
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Accommodation Enterprises’ Marketing Communication for Lithuanian Consumer in the Context of Cultural Peculiarities

Management of Organizations: Systematic Research, 2012
Customers coming from various countries have different cultural perceptions; therefore, their needs for marketing communication differ. To be effective, marketing communication has to correspond to those specific cultural needs. G. Hofstede’s Model of Cultural Dimensions is applied in the article, to provide guidelines for accommodation enterprises how
Lina Pilelienė, Justė Telyčėnaitė
openaire   +1 more source

Molecular Appendix Adjusted Architectural Propagations of Red‐Light Controlled Macroscopic Photoactuating Performances

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Amphiphilic chloroazobenzenes, bearing different amino acids as end groups alanine, phenylalanine, and valine, exhibit excellent photoisomerizations. Varying structures of three amino acid groups participate in supramolecular formations and therefore photoinduced morphological transformations via adjusting intermolecular interactions. These interaction
Shuangshuang Meng, Ming‐Hin Chau, Takashi Kajitani, Franco King‐Chi Leung   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Targeting UXS1‐Dependent Glucuronate Detoxification Potentiates Metformin's Anti‐Tumor Efficacy in Lung Adenocarcinoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals that metformin promotes glucuronic acid metabolism in lung adenocarcinoma by activating UGDH S476 phosphorylation and enhancing the conversion of UDPG to UDPGA based on metabolomics analysis. Through compound virtual screening, it is found that plantainoside targeting UGDH downstream UXS1 leads to UDPGA toxicity accumulation ...
Qihai Sui, Zhencong Chen, Guangyao Shan, Zhengyang Hu, Xing Jin, Jiaqi Liang, Yanjun Yi, Jiacheng Yin, Haochun Shi, Xifei Jiang, Junjie Xi, Zongwu Lin, Cheng Zhan, Fenghao Sun, Wei Jiang   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

GPCRs in CAR‐T Cell Immunotherapy: Expanding the Target Landscape and Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy faces dual challenges of target scarcity and an immunosuppressive microenvironment in solid tumors. This review highlights how G protein‐coupled receptors can serve as both novel targets to expand the therapeutic scope and functional modules to enhance CAR‐T cell efficacy.
Zhuoqun Liu, Yuchen Xiao, Yamin Zhao, Lihe Dai, David J.H. Shih, Shikang Liang, Honglei Tian, Liu Liu, Feng Tian, Bing Liu, Lei Chang, Chao Zhang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Assembling Hybrid Hydrogel Reprograms the Stromal Vascular Fraction to Treat Osteoarthritis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents a bioinspired injectable hydrogel that enhances the therapeutic potential of stem cell‐rich stromal vascular fraction for treating osteoarthritis. By reprogramming cell behavior through epigenetic modulation, the hydrogel promotes cartilage regeneration and reduces joint damage in a rat model, offering a promising new approach for ...
Waifang Hou, Yongfeng Chen, Longyou Xiao, Wei Qi, Tianshu Du, Qiang Sun, Borui Xue, Qinghe Zhao, Pengfei Xie, Zi Ye, Fei Han, Lingli Guo, Yang Jiao, Ranran Zhang, Hong Jia, Xiao Huang, Jianwei Guo, Peng Wang, Huayi Wang, Yuanrui Wang, Wenjing Chen, Haining Wu, Liumin He, Dawei Zhang   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour and Women’s Rights in the Discount Business: Aldi’s special bargains from China [PDF]

, 2009
Based on surveys of 80 workers in the Pearl River Delta region of China, this report uncovers extensive labor violations in factories that supply Aldi, the top German discount retailer.
Wick, Ingeborg
core   +1 more source

Agile and Pro-Active Public Administration as a Collaborative Networked Organization

, 2010
In highly competitive, globalized economies and societies of always-on-line people intensively using the Internet and mobile phones, public administrations have to adapt to new challenges.
Cellary, Wojciech, Picard, Willy
core   +1 more source

The Impact of Organizational Envy on Organizational Climate Created among Employees: An Application in Accommodation Enterprises

International Journal of Business and Management, 2014
Expression of individuals’ emotional intelligence is an important factor to reach success in organizational life as well as daily life. Positive or negative emotions of employees have the potential to affect the organizational climate created through their relationship between each other in a positive or negative way. In this study, the impact of envy –
Özkoç, Aziz Gökhan, Çalışkan, Nurgül   +1 more
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Autoimmune Encephalitis in Acute Care—Pathology, Diagnosis, and Management

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is characterized by immune‐mediated inflammation of the brain parenchyma, presenting with various neurological syndromes, including but not limited to seizures, altered consciousness, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and movement disorders.
Suneesh Thilak, David Okoh, William Scotton, Shanika Samarasekera, Vikram Patil, Suresh Renukappa, Andrew Macduff, Subashini Suresh, Rajeev Krishnadas, Tonny Veenith   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source