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A combination of PD-1 and TIGIT immune checkpoint inhibitors elicits a strong anti-tumour response in mesothelioma

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
Background Finding effective and curative treatment for mesothelioma remains challenging. While the introduction of immunotherapy combinations using ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4) and nivolumab (anti-PD-1) have offered hope for some patients, a large ...
Huaikai Shi, Ta-Kun Yu, Ben Johnson, Sakthi Priya Selvamani, Ling Zhuang, Kenneth Lee, Sonja Klebe, Samuel Smith, Kirby Wong, Kate Chen, Georgina Clark, Emma M. Rath, Holly Pearson, David Gallego Ortega, Anthony Linton, Steven Kao, Pablo Silveira, Yuen Yee Cheng   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is land‐use deregulation enough to deliver housing?: The case of institutional frictions in India

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines whether land use deregulation increases housing supply in the presence of additional institutional frictions, such as ill‐defined property rights. India's urban land ceiling (ULC) laws, which put limits on individual ownership of private vacant land in the largest cities, were repealed during the 2000s.
Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi, Richard K. Green   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining the Flood of Asbestos Litigation: Consolidation, Bifurcation, and Bouquet Trials [PDF]

The number of asbestos personal injury claims filed each year is in the hundreds of thousands and has been increasing rather than decreasing over time, even though asbestos stopped being used in the early 1970's.
Michelle J. White
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Photon‐Counting Detector CT Versus Conventional CT for Low‐Dose Chest Imaging: A Reader Preference Study

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Photon‐counting detector CT (PCD‐CT) is a technology that directly counts individual photons and their energy, compared to conventional energy‐integrating detector CT (EID‐CT) which measures the total deposited X‐ray energy without distinguishing photon energies.
Ben Milne, Jeanette Soon, Shrivuthsun Srigandan, Fraser Brims, Conor Murray   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Talc‐Tempered Pottery From Bala Hissar, Kabul: An Analytical Study

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Potsherds of cooking ware excavated at Bala Hissar archaeological site in Kabul were studied using X‐ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscope‐energy dispersive X‐ray spectrometry (SEM‐EDS), Raman spectroscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction (XRPD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and optical microscopy.
Parviz Holakooei, Babak Rafiei‐Alavi, Hafizullah Hazim, Hasti Pezeshkanjalili, Lara Maritan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Characterisation of End-of-Life Cement–Asbestos Materials from Lithuania

Fibers
Asbestos is a widely used name for natural silicate minerals with fibrous properties. Asbestos minerals were one of the most popular and cheapest raw materials used in the construction industry in the past when they was used in the form of cement ...
Robert Kusiorowski, Anna Gerle, Magdalena Kujawa, Valentin Antonovič, Renata Boris   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge Work as a Condition of Accumulation in the Pesticide Industry: Syngenta's Defence of Paraquat

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What do pesticide companies do to keep their products on the market despite strong societal and scientific critiques of their environmental and health risks? This paper examines the herbicide paraquat, one of the most controversial pesticides, from the early 1960s to the present.
Kees Jansen
wiley   +1 more source

Asbestos Programs Branch Update [PDF]

, 1997
Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health Asbestos Programs Branch discussing news and updates of the agency; changes to laws, regulations, and other policies related to asbestos usage and removal; and other asbestos-related ...
Texas. Department of Health. Asbestos Programs Branch.
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Theorizing Waste as a Technique of Power in Capitalistic Stakeholder Relations

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Waste is an important socio‐ecological challenge of contemporary capitalism, contributing to climate change and environmental degradation. Despite its pervasiveness and its impacts on diverse stakeholders, it yet remains largely underexplored in management and organization studies.
Elise Lobbedez, Stefano Pascucci, Teresa Panico   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Joint and Several Liability on the Bankruptcy Rate of Defendants: Evidence from Asbestos Ligation [PDF]

The Effect of Joint and Several Liability on the Bankruptcy Rate of Defendants: Evidence from Asbestos Litigation - Under the doctrine of joint and several liability, if two defendants jointly share a liability and the first becomes insolvent, his unpaid
Anup Malani
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