The article deals with the issue of franchise as a distribution system.Participation in such systems brings many benefits, both for franchisors and franchisees.Still, the uneven bargaining power of the parties is significant, and effective actions require mutual trust and a certain autonomy of the parties.The work aims to determine how franchise sy
Metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (mccRCC) benefits from several treatment options in the first-line setting with VEGFR inhibitors and/or immunotherapy including anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD1 agents.Identification of predictive biomarkers is highly needed to optimize patient care.Circulating markers could reflect the biology of metastatic disease
Abstract With the improvement of industry, the connectivity of electronic devices gradually shift from wired to wireless.As a solution for power delivery, the non-contact power transfer holds promising ways to charge for moving terminals, enabling battery-free sensing, processing, and communication.Based on a dual-band Goal Stick bag metasurface, t
Predicting plant growth is a fundamental challenge that can be employed to analyze plants and further make decisions to have healthy plants with high yields.Deep learning has recently been showing its potential to address this challenge in recent years, however, there are still two issues.First, image-based plant growth prediction is currently take
At the end of the build-operate-transfer road concession period, an optimal model for the operation of public toll roads is created based on user heterogeneity regarding the values of time for different road users.The impact of user heterogeneity on operation costs for government and private firms is subsequently analyzed on the following critical