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, 2007 We present a new statistical method to optimally link local weather extremes to large-scale atmospheric circulation structures. The method is illustrated using July-August daily mean temperature at 2m height (T2m) time-series over the Netherlands and 500
Panja, Debabrata, Selten, Frank M.
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Pareto Optimal Matchings of Students to Courses in the Presence of Prerequisites [PDF]
, 2016 We consider the problem of allocating applicants to courses, where each applicant has a subset of acceptable courses that she ranks in strict order of preference.
Cechlarova, Katarina +2 more
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Downside risk similarity and M&As
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.Abstract Downside risks are ubiquitous and can profoundly impact firm operations and valuation. Failure to adequately assess and manage target firms' downside risks hinders acquirers' ability to integrate and manage these businesses. This article introduces a novel measure of firms' downside risk similarity (DRS) based on risk factor descriptions and ...
Lei Chen +3 more
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Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 2019 Background A sequential combination of radiochemotherapy/endocrinotherapy and cytokine-induced killer cell (CIK) infusion has been shown to be an effective therapy for post-mastectomy breast cancer based on statistical analysis of the patient population.
Zi-Qi Zhou +8 more
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Combining antiangiogenic therapy with adoptive cell immunotherapy exerts better antitumor effects in non-small cell lung cancer models. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 INTRODUCTION: Cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK cells) are a heterogeneous subset of ex-vivo expanded T lymphocytes which are characterized with a MHC-unrestricted tumor-killing activity and a mixed T-NK phenotype.
Shujing Shi +5 more
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Rogue waves in the Davey-Stewartson equation
, 2012 General rogue waves in the Davey-Stewartson-I equation are derived by the bilinear method. It is shown that the simplest (fundamental) rogue waves are line rogue waves which arise from the constant background with a line profile and then disappear into ...
Ohta, Yasuhiro, Yang, Jianke
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Can individual auditors' career advancements predict audit partner quality?
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.Abstract This mixed‐methods study investigates whether individual auditors' career advancements to more prestigious audit firms can predict their audit quality. Using hand‐collected data on more than 2,000 audit partners from professional networking website profiles, I identify audit partners with advancements from less to more prestigious audit firms ...
Joseph A. Micale
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Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using textual analysis of clients' qualitative corporate risk factor disclosures (RFDs) from firms' 10‐K filings, we investigate how RFDs influence auditors' assessments of client business risk (CBR), as reflected in their pricing and reporting behaviour. We find that auditors charge clients who disclose more extensive RFDs approximately 5%–7%
Sarowar Hossain, Ryan Zihang Peng
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2017 Background Surgical resection combined with adjuvant chemotherapy is considered as the gold-standard treatment for advanced colorectal cancer patients. These patients have a poor 5-year survival rate of 5% or less.
Yunqing Xie +5 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 AimTo evaluate the safety and initial efficacy of autologous cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells combined with S-1+oxaliplatin (SOX) as the first-line treatment for locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer (GC).Materials and methodsIn this two-arm ...
Xiaoting Ma +7 more
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