The strategy and corresponding payoff between small enterprises and micro-credit companies.

<p>X: small enterprises; Y2: micro-credit companies</p><p>The strategy and corresponding payoff between small enterprises and micro-credit companies.</p

Payoffs of small enterprise No.16.

<p>Payoffs of small enterprise No.16.</p

The strategy and corresponding payoff between small enterprises and commercial banks.

<p>X: small enterprises; Y1: commercial banks</p><p>The strategy and corresponding payoff between small enterprises and commercial banks.</p

Success rate of revealing social network topology.

<p>The network size is 22. For each realization, measurements are randomly picked from a time series of temporary evolution. The error bars denote the standard deviations.</p

The network structure among all participants, in which triangles represent small enterprises, circles represent commercial banks and diamonds represent micro-credit companies.

<p>The network structure among all participants, in which triangles represent small enterprises, circles represent commercial banks and diamonds represent micro-credit companies.</p

Payoffs of commercial bank No.0.

<p>Payoffs of commercial bank No.0.</p

Theaflavin-3,3'-Digallate Protects Liver and Kidney Functions in Diabetic Rats by Up-Regulating Circ-ITCH and Nrf2 Signaling Pathway

Theaflavin-3,3′-digallate (TFDG) in black tea has a strong antioxidant capacity. However, its effect on diabetic liver and kidney injury and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study, our findings indicated that TFDG administration effectively lowers the fasting blood glucose and serum lipid concentrations and enhances the functionality and cellular architecture of the liver and kidney in rats with diabetes. The data also showed that TFDG mitigates oxidative harm in the liver and kidney of rats afflicted with diabetes. Additionally, metformin combined with TFDG was significantly more effective in reducing blood glucose and oxidative stress. Further studies suggested that TFDG upregulates the Nrf2 signal pathway and circ-ITCH (hsa_circ_0001141) expression. Silencing of circ-ITCH by transfection of the interfering plasmid apparently reduces the effects of TFDG on the Nrf2 signal pathway and oxidative stress in high-glucose-treated hepatic and renal cells. In conclusion, the present study highlights the great potential of TFDG in ameliorating diabetic liver and kidney injury by up-regulating circ-ITCH to promote the Nrf2 signal pathway and provides a potential option for the prevention and treatment of diabetic complications

Core Self-Evaluation and Burnout among Nurses: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles

<div><p>Objectives</p><p>This study aimed to determine the potential association between core self-evaluation and the burnout syndrome among Chinese nurses, and the mediating role of coping styles in this relationship.</p><p>Methods</p><p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shenyang, China, from May to July, 2013. A questionnaire which consisted of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), the Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSE), and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (CSQ), was completed by a total of 1,559 nurses. Hierarchical linear regression analyses and the Sobel test were performed to determine the mediating role of coping styles on the relationship between CSE and burnout.</p><p>Results</p><p>Nurses who had higher self-evaluation characteristics, reported less emotional exhaustion and cynicism, and higher professional efficacy. Coping style had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between CSE and the burnout syndrome among nurses.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>Core self-evaluation had effects on burnout and coping style was a mediating factor in this relationship among Chinese nurses. Therefore, the improvement of coping strategies may be helpful in the prevention of burnout among nurses, thus enhancing professional performance.</p></div

Complex Network of Governance Structure in 2012.

<p>Complex Network of Governance Structure in 2012.</p

Complex Network of Financing Structure in 2011.

<p>Complex Network of Financing Structure in 2011.</p