[1] In the article, “Low serum levels of uric acid and albumin in patients with GuillainBarre syndrome”, which appeared in Volume 96, Issue 15 of Medicine, affiliations a, d, g, and h appeared incorrectly. They should have appeared as: a Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou d Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of W...

This paper empirically investigates the link between political patronage and bank performance for Ukraine during 2003Q3–2005Q2. We find significant differences between politically affiliated and non-affiliated banks. The data suggest that affiliated banks have significantly lower interest rate margins and increase their capitalization. Furthermore, we show that the level of activity of affiliat...

In the article, “Retrospective analysis of the overt proteinuria diabetic kidney disease in the treatmentof modified Shenzhuo formula for 2 years”, which appeared in Volume 96, Issue 12 ofMedicine, the authors’ affiliations appeared incorrectly. Dr. Hongdong Chen is affiliated with both the Department of Endocrinology, Guang’anmenHospital of China, Academy of ChineseMedical Sciences and the Dep...

We explore the phenomenon and economics of private equity investments by bank-affiliated groups. Between 1983 and 2009, bank-affiliated private equity groups accounted for over a quarter of all private equity investments. Banks’ involvement increases during peaks of the private equity cycles. In particular, deals done by bank-affiliated groups are financed at significantly better terms than oth...

The respective study covers three aspects; factors determining credit rating, credit rating impact on performance of entities and the relation between stock returns and credit rating. The study focuses on the firms listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) of Taiwan. The empirical analysis uses the data of 50 firms rated by Taiwan Ratings Corporation (TRC) for the period 2010-2015. Two estimation t...

With access to reproductive health care eroding, examination of prescribing of contraception, including emergency contraception (EC), is important. We examined whether working in a family practice affiliated with a religious institution changes the likelihood of a provider prescribing EC. Our survey asked about EC prescribing practices in a range of situations. As predicted, practitioners in no...

Yeling Lu1*; Bingshou Xie4*; Qiulan Ding1; Jing Dai1; Xiaodong Xi3; Mingshan Wang5; Hongli Wang2; Xuefeng Wang1 1Clinical Transfusion Department, Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Medical College of JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China; 2Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Medical College of JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China; 3State Key Laboratory of Medcine Genomics,...