IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS PLUS DEBULKING SURGERY FOR PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA: CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND IMMUNOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF A PROSPECTIVE PILOT TRIAL

Immune checkpoint inhibitors plus debulking surgery for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: clinical outcomes and immunological correlates of a prospective pilot trial

Abstract Surgical removal of primary tumors reverses tumor-mediated immune suppression in pre-clinical models with metastatic disease.However, how cytoreductive surgery in the metastatic setting modulates the immune responses in patients, Americano Cup especially in the context of immune checkpoint therapy (ICT), is not understood.We report the fir

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Towards binary encoding in Bidirectional Associative Memories

Bidirectional Associative Memories (BAMs) are Artificial Neural Networks frequently utilized in cognitive modeling.While bipolar encoding is commonly used in BAMs for optimal Cases performance, binary encoding presents interesting properties.As such, this study introduces a novel transmission function for binary encoding and compares its performanc

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Trade-Off between Land Use Pattern and Technical Efficiency Performance: Evidence from Arable Crop Farming in Tunisia

Cereal, oilseed, and protein (COP) production is an important sector contributing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Tunisia.COP farms often diversify their production patterns to stabilize their income sources and spread production risk across crops.However, crop diversity may entail an inefficient use and management of resources to achiev

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