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Design and implementation of a multimedia-based technology solution to assist children with intellectual disability to learn
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Kassel University Press GmbH
, 2017 , Article)
This paper presents an innovative technological solution to improve the understanding and cognitive functions of children with intellectual disability through multimedia. New algorithms that mine the story-based scripts, ...
A Concubine in Early-Modern Egypt: The Example of Nafisa Khatun al-Muradiyya
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Brill Academic Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
This article portrays the life of Al-Sit Nafisa Khatun al-Muradiyya, originally taken captive in Georgia and sold into slavery in Cairo, who rises from life as a concubine to become the wife of the Mamluk leader Murad Bey ...
Towards spatial management of fisheries in the Gulf: Benthic diversity, habitat and fish distributions from Qatari waters
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Oxford University Press
, 2018 , Article)
As with many other regions in the world, more complete information on the distribution of marine habitats in the Gulf is required to inform environmental policy, and spatial management of fisheries resources will require ...
Mobile Commerce Adoption From Consumers Perspective: The Case of Jordan
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IGI Global
, 2018 , Article)
In response, to little research focused on how Jordanians perceive and respond to m-commerce and the main factors that govern its adoption and use, this article proposes a conceptual model that extends the technology ...
On the boundedness of a class of rough maximal operators on product spaces
(2011 , Article)
In this paper, we study the Lp boundedness of a class of maximal operators T (γ) {Ωj} and a related class of rough singular integrals on product spaces. We obtain appropriate Lp estimates for such maximal operators and ...
The impact of the Arab spring on the gulf cooperation council
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Taylor & Francis
, 2015 , Article)
It is apposite to interrogate the notion of ‘monarchical exceptionalism’ when testing the idea that the ‘Arab Spring’ has not affected the so-called ‘ruling bargain’ in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Arab Spring ...
Nonheme Fe(IV) Oxo Complexes of Two New Pentadentate Ligands and Their Hydrogen-Atom and Oxygen-Atom Transfer Reactions
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
, 2015 , Article)
Two new pentadentate {N5} donor ligands based on the N4Py (N4Py = N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-bis(2-pyridyl)methylamine) framework have been synthesized, viz. [N-(1-methyl-2-benzimidazolyl)methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)methyl-N-(bi ...
Luxury Brands and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Perspective on Consumers' Preferences
(2016 , Article)
The recent growth trends of globalization has witnessed prominent growth in luxury brand sales over the recent years. However, the dramatically changing economic environment also leads to hardship for luxury brand companies ...
Ownership structure, corporate governance and bank performance: Evidence from gcc countries
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Virtus Interpress
, 2011 , Article)
The paper examines the effect of ownership structure and board characteristics on bank performance of GCC counties. Evidence indicates that the extent of the foreign ownership level has a significant positive association ...
Portfolio management and dependencies among precious metal markets: Evidence from a Copula quantile-on-quantile approach
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This study examines the dependence structure among four major precious metal markets: gold, palladium, platinum, and silver. Using the novel Copula Quantile-on-Quantile Regression (C-QQR) approach of Sim (2016), we show ...