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Green Light-Responsive CO-Releasing Polymeric Materials Derived from Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
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American Chemical Society
, 2019 , Article)
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an important biological gasotransmitter in living cells. Precise spatial and temporal control over release of CO is a major requirement for clinical application. To date, the most reported carbon ...
Highly dispersed Pt nanoparticles on ultrasmall EMT zeolite: A peroxidase-mimic nanoenzyme for detection of H2O2 or glucose
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2020 , Article)
In past decade, Pt-based nanomaterials as peroxidase mimics have attracted much attention for H2O2 and glucose detection. However, easy aggregation of Pt nanoparticles (Pt NPs) greatly decreases their peroxidase-like ...
Linear hydrogen gas sensors based on bimetallic nanoclusters
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
This work reports on the fabrication of hydrogen gas sensors based on bimetallic palladium-copper nanoclusters. The nanoclusters were generated by sputtering and inert-gas condensation inside an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) ...
A point symmetry based method for transforming ODEs with three-dimensional symmetry algebras to their canonical forms
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
We provide an algorithmic approach to the construction of point transformations for scalar ordinary differential equations that admit three-dimensional symmetry algebras which lead to their respective canonical forms.
The forward premium anomaly in the energy futures markets: A time-varying approach
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the forward premium anomaly by investigating possible statistical explanations for this puzzling phenomenon in the energy market. To this end, time series of spot and ...
The switching impact of financial stability and economic growth in Qatar: Evidence from an oil-rich country
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
This paper investigates the relationship between financial stability and economic growth in the Qatar economy over the period 1980:Q1–2013:Q4. The paper estimates the short- and long-run impact of real GDP growth on real ...
Empirical evidence on the long and short run determinants of health expenditure in the Arab world
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
This paper empirically examines the determinants of health care spending for 18 Arab world countries for the period 1995–2015 by using recently developed panel cointegration techniques. We conducted the same estimations ...
Socially responsible investing and Islamic funds: New perspectives for portfolio allocation
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of ethical and conventional investments. It examines also whether socially responsible and Islamic investments offer an additional opportunity for domestic investors ...
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) ...