BACKGROUND Pancreatic cancer (PaCa) is the most lethal gastrointestinal (GI) tumor. Although many studies on differentially expressed miRNAs as candidate biomarkers of pancreatic cancer have been published, reliability of these findings generated from investigations performed in single laboratory settings remain unclear. RESULTS There were 29 articles with a total of 2,225 patients and 1,618 ...

Staphylococcal food poisoning represents the most prevalent foodborne intoxication worldwide. It is caused by oral intake of enterotoxins preformed by Staphylococcus aureus in food. The relevance of newly described enterotoxins in outbreaks of staphylococcal food poisoning is controversially discussed. Although the staphylococcal enterotoxins SEG, SEI, SEM, SEN, and SEO elicit emesis in a monke...

The two dimensional version of the Sen connection for spinors and tensors on spacelike 2-surfaces is constructed. A complex metric γ AB on the spin spaces is found which characterizes both the algebraic and extrinsic geometrical properties of the 2-surface $. The curvature of the two dimensional Sen operator ∆ e is the pull back to $ of the anti-self-dual part of the spacetime curvature while i...

In this paper we present a framework to be used for evaluation of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) projects. The framework is based on Sen ́s notion of development as freedom where human capabilities and functionings are seen as key aspects to development. Sen ́s capability approach presents an alternative way of seeing and evaluating development (alternative to mo...

1 Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China 2 Scientific Computing Key Laboratory of Shanghai Universities, Shanghai 200234, China 3 Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India 4 Department of Finance, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan 5 Department of Applied Mathematics, National Sun Yat-Sen University,...

a Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70, Lienhai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, R.O.C. b Department of Commerce Automation and Management, National Pingtung Institute of Commerce, 51, Minsheng E. Rd., Pingtung City 90004, Taiwan, R.O.C. c Department of Finance, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70, Lienhai Rd. Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, R.O.C. d Long Bon Development...

In the framework of ethical social choice theory, sustainability is justified by Efficiency and Equity as ethical axioms. These axioms correspond to the Suppes-Sen Grading principle. In technologies that are productive in a certain sense, the set of Suppes-Sen maximal utility paths is shown to equal the set of non-decreasing and efficient paths. Since any such path is sustainable, Efficiency an...

Polyaniline and polyamide (nylon 6,6) nanocomposites with Silva were prepared by in-situ oxidativepolymerization of aniline monomers in the presence of Ag salt Nano particles of silver (NPs) were symthesieedby controlled reduction of Ag+ ions kith sodium borohydride at room temperature. Nylon 6,6 wax loaded withAg nanoparfieles by erdrapment of Ag+ ions into the polymer network, followed by red...