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Assessing the impact of digitalization on environmental efficiency: Do population factors and institutional factors Matter?
by Xiaoli Hao , Yuhong Li , Shufang Wen  and  Lulu Zhang
Abstract
The digital transformation provides an opportunity for the development of a green and low-carbon economy. This study used panel data collected from 30 Chinese provinces between 2011 and 2018, and assessed the impact of digitization (Dig) on environmental efficiency (EE). Quantile regression is employed to scrutinize the evolution of the marginal effect. From the perspectives of [...] Read more

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Can rural human capital inputs enhance agricultural total factor productivity? - Based on the dualistic economic structure perspective
by can wang
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Human factor inputs are key to promoting agricultural modernisation. Traditional economic theory suggests that improving human capital is the key to boosting agricultural productivity, but can this conclusion hold in China's dualistic economic structure? We use Chinese provincial panel data from 2000-2017 to examine the impact of rural human capital inputs on agricultural total [...] Read more

Review
Advances in the Use of Nanomaterials in Tumour Therapy: Challenges and Prospects
by Hongmei Yang , Qiang Xie  and  Chen Li
Abstract
Nanomaterials have shown great potential in anti-tumor applications and are currently the focus of research. This review article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges encountered in oncology treatment and how nanomaterials are being utilized to overcome these obstacles. The authors discuss the limitations of conventional treatments, including limited effica [...] Read more

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The Impact of Financial Liberalization Policies on Income Inequality
by Fateh Saci
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This paper examines impacts of China’s financial liberalization policy on income inequality, through three channels: financial scale, financial structure and financial efficiency, an empirical analysis based on panel data of 30 provinces in China from 1996 to 2013 is conducted. The results confirm the Kuznets effect between financial scale, financial structure and income [...] Read more

Review
CRISPR-Cas9 Unleashed: Gene-Slicing Adventures in the Cancer Battlefield
by Shivakumar Sonnaila  and  Shilpi Agrawal
Abstract
Cancer, a global health menace, continues to pose significant challenges in terms of incidence and mortality, necessitating innovative therapeutic strategies. Despite existing treatments, the limitations persist, prompting a quest for novel approaches. The emergence of immunotherapy marked a transformative era in solid tumor treatments, yet its efficacy is constrained by advers [...] Read more

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Unlocking the Potential of Chinese Urban Innovation: The Role of Support Policies for New R&D Institutions from an Innovation Chain Management Perspective
by mingyang Zhang
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The enactment of policies that bolster new research and development (R&D) institutions stands as a pivotal strategy to catalyze urban innovation and development. Adopting a strategic lens of innovation chain management and employing the Differences-in-Differences (DID) method to scrutinize panel data from 43 Chinese cities spanning 2008 to 2019, this study probes the effica [...] Read more

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Digital Currency and Financial Markets in Nigeria: Impact and Policy Implications
by Chioma Nwosu Peace , Bosha Ernest Oryiman  and  Abubakar Ibrahim Sani
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The rise of privately issued digital currencies, which primarily serve as alternative investment assets poses a challenge to the traditional financial instruments traded in the financial market. This study examines the dynamic relationship between the major privately issued digital currency (Bitcoin) and two financial market securities in Nigeria. The paper employed Vector Auto [...] Read more

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Variability of Income Flows of Tourism Companies during a Nine-Year Period
by Iovino Felicetta
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The global financial crisis has affected all countries during the period 2007-2014. Tourist companies, especially in Italy, play a significant role in the economy of a country. The performance of tourism companies, and in particular hotels and travel agencies and tour operators, will be analysed in this paper, relative to the period of the crisis. The aim of this paper is to an [...] Read more

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Does carbon emissions trading facilitate carbon unlocking? Empirical evidence from China
by Tianqi Wang , Yawen Sun , Yong Wang  and  Yuhao Yang
Abstract
Carbon emissions trading is essential for reducing carbon emissions, and its role in regional carbon unlocking needs further clarification. This study uses the difference-in-differences (DID) model and synthetic control model (SCM) to evaluate the carbon unlocking effect of China’s six pilot carbon trading provinces. This study found that (1) carbon lock-in effects in Chi [...] Read more

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Sustainable development with city, industry, economic and environment: The role of city-industry integration on green economic growth
by Xiaoli Hao , Yuhong Li  and  Ume Lail
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In order to avoid the real economy development lags behind and the deterioration of ecological problems in the process of traditional urbanization, China has been promoting city-industry deep integration, but the connection between city-industry integration and green economic growth, especially the spatial effect, has not been systematically explained. Based on the panel data f [...] Read more

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The Effect of Public Contract Winning Announcements on Share Prices: An Event-Based Study on the Pharmaceutical Industry
by Eyden Samunderu  and  Anita Yordanova
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine and elucidate the effect of the announcement of winning a US federal contract by pharmaceutical companies, traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange on the share prices. The analysis is based on a sample of 327 event days from 12 pharmaceutical companies listed on the NASDAQ market for a given period (2010 – 2021). The sample is analysed [...] Read more

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Agglomeration Economies and Rural-to-Urban Migration in India
by Arup Mitra  and  Rajesh Raushan
Abstract
Keeping in view the concept of agglomeration economies and the New Economic Geography (NEG) angle, this paper makes an attempt to examine the rural to urban population movement at the district level in India. The findings do not favour a strong positive association between levels of urbanization and migration rates.  However, there exists a cluster of districts which are a [...] Read more

Journal Article
The high price of green energy: Adjustments in general equilibrium
by Henry Thompson
Abstract
The high price of energy due to green energy policy will cause adjustments across the US economy predicted in the present general equilibrium model that includes energy Btu input with capital and labor to produce manufactures and services. This same model in trade theory examines the effects of a tariff on an imported factor of production such as a natural resource or capital.& [...] Read more

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LTBP1 promotes the progression of triple negative breast cancer via activating the RhoA/ROCK signaling pathway
by Jingcheng Zhang , Hong Deng  and  Jun Wang
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The latent transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) binding protein 1 (LTBP1) has been implicated in various cellular processes, but its role in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the impact of LTBP1 on TNBC progression and its underlying mechanisms. Analysis of online datasets revealed elevated LTBP1 mRNA expression in brea [...] Read more

Review
Overcoming MTDH and MTDH-SND1 complex: driver and potential therapeutic target of cancer
by Hao Shen , Jiayu Ding , Jiaying Ji , Binjian Jiang , Xiao Wang  and  Peng Yang
Abstract
Metadherin (MTDH), also known as LYRIC or AEG-1, is an oncogene that enhances tumor progression, metastasis, drug resistance, and immune escape in various cancers by modulating multiple oncogenic pathways, including NF-κB, PI3K/AKT, Wnt/β-catenin, MAPK, and AMPK. Due to the unknown of the complete structure of MTDH, the deep mechanisms of MTDH and selective inhibitor [...] Read more

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The Expanded Child Tax Credit and Educational Attainment in Rural, Majority-Minority Communities
by Ethan Bennett  and  Mengzhong Zhang
Abstract
Despite the status of the United States as one of the world’s economic superpowers, the country is plagued by child poverty. The issue of child poverty is most prominent in rural, majority-minority communities, where years of limited opportunity, often created by systematic oppression, have created a vicious cycle of economic despair. There are a number of policies that h [...] Read more

Journal Article
Green HR Practices & Green Recovery Performance: The Mediating role of P-O Fit & Affective Commitment in Fast Food Industry of Pakistan
by Sainan Zhao
Abstract
Environmental concerns are increasing and business firms are inclined towards adoption of eco-friendly products and services. They are hiring employees via set of green HRM practices and struggling to become an environmentally sustainable firm. Pakistani food industry is booming day by day. However, less is known about the green HRM practices executed in the fast food industry [...] Read more

Review
Novel sulindac derivatives for colorectal cancer chemoprevention that target cGMP phosphodiesterases to suppress Wnt/β-catenin transcriptional activity
by Sindhu Ramesh , Peyton Johnson , Khalda Fadlalla , Austin Moore , Chung-Hui Huang , Kristy Berry , Yulia Y Maxuitenko , Xi Chen , Adam B Keeton , Gang Zhou  and  Gary Piazza
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Approximately 28 million individuals in the United States face the risk of developing precancerous colonic adenomas (polyps) and potentially progressing to colorectal cancer (CRC). While a promising strategy for CRC prevention involves pharmacological intervention, such as cancer chemoprevention or interception, currently, there are no FDA-approved drugs capable of preventing t [...] Read more

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A prognostic aging-related lncRNA risk model correlates with the immune microenvironment in HCC
by Kun Mei , Zilu Chen , Qin Wang , Akbar Ali , Yan Huang  and  Luo Yi
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Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) stands out as one of the most lethal cancers globally, given its complexity, recurrence following surgical resection, metastatic potential, and inherent heterogeneity. In recent years, researchers have systematically elucidated the significance of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in the initiation and progression of HCC. The intr [...] Read more

Journal Article
Modern cloud technologies for business and industry: opportunities and trends for Russian & Global markets
by Igor Vladimirov , Alexander Vicentiy  and  Oleg Gavrilov
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Cloud computing is one of the fastest growing domains of the IT industry, however, the growth rates for each of the models on a global and local (Russian) scale have not been generalized, despite the obvious value of such analysis. Modern business and industry in Russia is going through another period of instability and at the same time is forced to follow the trend of digitali [...] Read more