Background Nanoliposomal irinotecan showed activity in a phase 2 study in patients with
metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma previously treated with gemcitabine-based …

… A major assumption of the three models proposed in Chiu and Ng [15], Russell and Khalili
[… DV and DG soils can support such hypothesis (Ng and Chiu [53, 54]). On the other hand, the …

The Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) is an 870 megapixel prime focus optical imaging camera
for the 8.2 m Subaru telescope. The wide-field corrector delivers sharp images of 0 ${^{\prime\…

Background: The recommended treatment for patients infected with hepatitis C virus
genotype 2 (HCV2) is pegylated interferon (peginterferon) and ribavirin for 24 weeks. Aim: To …

Recommended treatment for hepatitis C virus genotype 1 (HCV‐1) patients is peginterferon
plus ribavirin for 48 weeks. We assessed whether treatment duration of 24 weeks is as …

Fatal hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in lymphoma patients with “resolved” HBV infection
(hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] negative and hepatitis B core antibody [anti‐HBc] …

Uranium isotopes (δ 238 U) are a widely applied tool for tracing global changes in oceanic
anoxia. Interpretation of seawater values and trends, often reconstructed from carbonates, …

A state-dependent elasto-plastic constitutive model for both saturated and unsaturated soils
is presented in this paper. The model, which is developed under an extended critical-state …

A laboratory testing program was conducted to investigate the effects of microstructure on the
water retention curve (WRC) and wetting–drying induced volume change in loess. The axis …

Fracture toughness K IC is an important mechanical parameter of a material to indicate its
ability to resist fracture failure under mode I load conditions in fracture mechanics. The method …