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Shadow banking, insurance and financial sector stability
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Motivated by the recent financial crisis and the near collapse of the insurance giant American International Group (AIG), we empirically study the link between the insurance sector, the size of the shadow system and financial ...
Where does economic growth in the Middle Eastern and North African countries come from?
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
This study focus on the debate related to the sources of economic growth to show whether it arises from technological progress, physical or human capital accumulation in a selected Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) ...
Corruption in Africa: What role does ICT diffusion play
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
This paper assesses the determinants of corruption in Africa and focuses on the effect of ICT diffusion on corruption. Using a sample of 47 African countries over the period from 1996 to 2014, empirical findings provide ...
Qatar national MUSEUM-Transit oriented development: The masterplan for the urban regeneration of a 'green TOD'
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Over the past two decades, a growing number of communities have pursued light rail transit (LRT) and Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) as part of an integrated transportation and land use strategy to revitalize and/or ...
Potential use of solar photocatalytic oxidation in removing emerging pharmaceuticals from wastewater: A pilot plant study
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
A pilot plant was used to evaluate the potential of solar photocatalytic processes in the treatment of wastewater containing emerging contaminates. Four groups of commonly used pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, estrogens, ...
Impact of CO 2 concentration and ambient conditions on microalgal growth and nutrient removal from wastewater by a photobioreactor
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
The increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration and the release of nutrients from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are environmental issues linked to several impacts on ecosystems. Numerous technologies have been employed ...
Bioactive PCL matrices with a range of structural & rheological properties
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
Safer pharmaceutical and medical device excipients are being sought as alternatives to polyvinyl polymers that are commonly plasticised by carcinogenic phthalates. This paper demonstrates a biodegradable and non-toxic ...
Fabrication and characterization of pyridinium functionalized anion exchange membranes for acid recovery
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
In the present work, the fabrication of pyridinium functionalized anion exchange membranes (AEMs) for acid recovery using diffusion dialysis (DD) processes was developed using brominated poly (2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ...
Solar driven two-step CH4 reforming and H2O splitting using Al2O3 for Co-production of Al, syngas, and H2
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The thermodynamic equilibrium and efficiency analysis of the solar-driven Al2O3-based CH4 reforming and H2O splitting process is performed in two sections: (1) Al and syngas producing open process (AS), and (2) Al, syngas, ...
Novice teachers' job satisfaction and coping strategies: Overcoming contextual challenges at Qatari government schools
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
The first years of teaching are challenging and how novice teachers cope has important implications for their satisfaction. The current study examined the perceptions of five novice and five experienced teachers about ...