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How Does Fintech Development Affect Financing Constraints of Smes? Evidence From China

ECONOMICS
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an indispensable role in China’s economy through making huge contributions to GDP, national employment, financial innovation and government taxation.
Yang Jian, Zhang Yawen, Gong Jinguo, Liu Tong   +3 more
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Emerging single‐element ferroelectrics: From theory to experiment

InfoMat, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2026.
This review explores recent developments in single‐element ferroelectrics, covering mechanisms of ferroelectric behavior, their crystal structures, key preparation methods, ferroelectric performance characteristics, and promising device applications in field‐effect transistors, photodetectors, and visual perceptrons.
Run Zhao, Yuhang Zhang, Chen‐Min Dai, Fan Li, Jinlei Zhang, Ju Gao, Yucheng Jiang, Cheng‐Wei Qiu   +7 more
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Business Intelligence Systems and Organization Performance the Role of Competitive Advantage as a Mediator Variable

ECONOMICS
This research investigates Business Intelligence Systems (BIS) contribution to improved Organizational Performance (OP) in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry of Jordan with an emphasis on the mediating effect of competitive ...
Almajali Wasef Ibrahim, Awamleh Fawwaz Tawfiq, Alarabiat Yousef Ahmad, Tawalbeh Mohammad   +3 more
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Generating Ultra‐Fast Protein trans‐Splicing of a Cysteine‐Less and Semisynthetic Split Intein for Chemical Protein Labeling

ChemBioChem, Volume 27, Issue 6, 27 March 2026.
Protein trans‐splicing (PTS) by split inteins is a powerful approach for protein semisynthesis to generate proteins with site‐specific modifications that are difficult or impossible to introduce biosynthetically. Here, the authors report the first ultra‐fast and cysteine‐less split intein with a sufficiently short N‐terminal fragment amenable to ...
Christoph Humberg, Tobias M. E. Terhorst, Tim Pasch, Henning D. Mootz   +3 more
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Exploring the Nexus of Fintech Development, Systematic Risk, and Market Discipline on Financial Stability: Evidence from Jordan

ECONOMICS
This research investigates the impact of FinTech innovation on the financial stability of emerging markets, using the case of thirteen Jordanian commercial banks from 2015 to 2022.
Al-Majali Mohannad, Aldalaien Baaeth, AL-Khazaleh Suhaib, Al-Smadi Raed   +3 more
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Real‐World Evidence on Hospitalization Costs of Pediatric Neoplasm Patients in China: Patterns, Trends, and Associated Factors From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Cancer Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background In China, the incidence and burden of pediatric neoplasms have been increasing, contributing to escalating healthcare expenditures and productivity losses, with hospitalization costs constituting a major component of the economic burden.
Peng Zhang, Bifan Zhu, Linan Wang
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M&A motives in the German SME sector: The perception of M&A advisors

International Journal of Management and Economics
Despite their critical role in the European economy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are less frequently analysed than those involving large corporations. The study’s objective is to address this gap by
Blajer-Gołębiewska Anna, Markiewicz Magdalena, Stolte Heike   +2 more
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Cationized liposomal keto-mycolic acids isolated from Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin induce antitumor immunity in a syngeneic murine bladder cancer model.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Intravesical therapy using Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the most established cancer immunotherapy for bladder cancer. However, its underlying mechanisms are unknown. Mycolic acid (MA), the most abundant lipid of the BCG cell wall,
Takayuki Yoshino, Jun Miyazaki, Takahiro Kojima, Shuya Kandori, Masanobu Shiga, Takashi Kawahara, Tomokazu Kimura, Takashi Naka, Hideyasu Kiyohara, Miyuki Watanabe, Sho Yamasaki, Hideyuki Akaza, Ikuya Yano, Hiroyuki Nishiyama   +13 more
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The relationship between the digital maturity and efficiency of Croatian non-life insurers: Exploratory research

Journal of Economics and Management
Aim/purpose – In line with the general trend of digitalization and changing customers’ needs and preferences, insurance companies have increasingly applied digital technology to their business.
Ćurak Marijana, Duvnjak Mirela, Pervan Maja   +2 more
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ESG ratings and firm performance: The moderating role of ESG rating disagreement

Borsa Istanbul Review
We examine the impact of ESG rating disagreement on the relationship between ESG ratings and firm performance. We find that ESG ratings are negatively associated with firm performance.
Chengcheng Liu, Qianhui Wu, Yu-En Lin
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