Publications by authors named "Kan Jia"

Neuromarketing has become a new and important topic in the field of marketing in recent years. Consumer behavior research has received increasing attention. In the past decade, the importance of marketing has also been recognized in many fields such as consumer behavior, advertising, information systems, and e-commerce.

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In this study, we investigate the relationship between ethical leadership (EL), work engagement (WE), well-being, and innovative work behavior (IWB). The significance of these variables has increased in the current era when the influence of technology is exponentially increasing in the education sector. We investigate the role of ethical leadership in determining innovative work behavior.

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While an increasing number of organizations have introduced artificial intelligence as an important facilitating tool for learning online, the application of artificial intelligence in e-learning has become a hot topic for research in recent years. Over the past few decades, the importance of online learning has also been a concern in many fields, such as technological education, STEAM, AR/VR apps, online learning, amongst others. To effectively explore research trends in this area, the current state of online learning should be understood.

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The electrochemical reduction mechanisms of flavin mononucleotide (FMN) in buffered aqueous solutions at pH 3-11 and unbuffered aqueous solutions at pH 2-11 were examined in detail using variable-scan-rate cyclic voltammetry (ν = 0.1-20 V s(-1)), controlled-potential bulk electrolysis, UV-vis spectroscopy, and rotating-disk-electrode voltammetry. In buffered solutions at pH 3-5, FMN undergoes a two-electron/two-proton (2e(-)/2H(+)) reduction to form FMNH2 at all scan rates.

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The lung-stage schistosomulum has been regarded as the main target of protective immunity induced by radiation-attenuated vaccines (RAV) in the mouse model of schistosomiasis, and immune mechanisms mediated by the CD4+ Th1 response play a major role in the RAV model. To identify Th1 epitopes rapidly within molecules from the lung schistosomulum of Schistosoma japonicum, in the present study we analyzed transcriptome data from normal and radiation-attenuated lung schistosomula of S. japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni.

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The phenol, α-tocopherol, can be electrochemically oxidised in a -2e(-)/-H(+) process to form a diamagnetic cation that is long-lived in dry organic solvents such as acetonitrile and dichloromethane, but in the presence of water quickly reacts to form a hemiketal. Variable scan rate cyclic voltammetry experiments in acetonitrile with carefully controlled amounts of water between 0.010 M-0.

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It has not so far been possible to identify rapidly and effectively the anti-schistosomiasis Th cell epitopes that are capable of simulating IFN-γ (Interferon-gamma)-mediated Th1-type protective immunity in response to radiation-attenuated schistosome cercaria. With the advance of the omics studies of schistosomes, an approach that used reverse vaccinology probably resolved the above problems. In this "proof-of-principle" study, first, we selected 31 secreted or transmembrane protein sequences sampled from sequences of the transcriptome of Schistosoma japonicum, and analyzed characteristics of these proteins by using conventional bioinformatics tools.

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Background/aims: The angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism has been extensively examined for the association with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN), however, conflicting results have occurred. We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the association of ACE I/D polymorphism with IgAN in different ethnic groups.

Methods: 11 studies testing the association between ACE I/D polymorphism and IgAN susceptibility, and 9 studies testing the association of ACE I/D with IgAN progression were used in this analysis.

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