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Food waste avoidance behavior: How different are generation Z travelers?
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Routledge
, 2023 , Article)
This study investigates the relationship between travelers' generativity, prosocial attitudes, consumption values, and food waste avoidance behavior. We develop a theoretical model based on the motivation-opportunity-ability ...
For narrower income inequality: traditional finance or microfinance?
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Routledge
, 2023 , Article)
This paper uses the theory of information imperfections to examine the relationship between income inequality and financial development in a dual financial system comprising traditional finance and microfinance. It uses ...
Electrospun nanofibers of PVDF-HFP composites containing magnetic nickel ferrite for energy harvesting application
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
Nickel ferrite nanoparticles (NiFe2O4) synthesized by chemical co-precipitation method, are added to poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoroproplyene) (PVDF-HFP) in specific concentrations (1, 2, and 3 wt%) and the composite ...
Fuzzy Logic in neurosurgery: predicting poor outcomes after lumbar disk surgery in 501 consecutive patients
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Elsevier
, 2009 , Article)
Background: Despite a lot of research into patient selection, a significant number of patients fail to benefit from surgery for symptomatic lumbar disk herniation. We have used Fuzzy Logic-based fuzzy inference system (FIS) ...
Synthesis, spectroscopic and thermal studies of charge-transfer molecular complexes formed in the reaction of 1,4-bis (3-aminopropyl) piperazine with σ- and π acceptors
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Elsevier
, 2012 , Article)
Abstract In the present study, solid charge-transfer (CT) molecular complexes formed in the reaction of the electron donor 1,4-bis (3-aminopropyl) piperazine (APPIP) with the σ-electron acceptor iodine and π-acceptors ...
Efficacy and Clinical Outcomes of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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S. Karger AG
, 2024 , Article)
BACKGROUND: The world has witnessed one of the largest pandemics, dubbed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of December 2020, the USA alone reported 98,948 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 ...
Biochemical and structural impact of two novel missense mutations in cystathionine β-synthase gene associated with homocystinuria
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Portland Press Ltd
, 2024 , Article)
Homocystinuria is a rare disease caused by mutations in the CBS gene that results in a deficiency of cystathionine β-synthase (CBS). CBS is an essential pyridoxal 50-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme in the transsulfuration ...
Tourism, terrorism and political violence in Tunisia: Evidence from Markov-switching models
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigates the impact of terrorist attacks and political violence on the number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays in Tunisia. The dataset employed consists of monthly data that covers the period from ...
The determinants of capital ratios in Islamic banking
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
We investigate the determinants of capital ratios in contemporary Islamic banking using a sample comprising 122 Islamic banks (IBs) spanning the period 2000-2014. We measure IBs' capital holdings using the capital-to-total ...
Impact of renewable energy consumption and financial development on CO2 emissions and economic growth in the MENA region: A panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) analysis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Unlike previous studies in the energy-environment literature, this study employed the panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) model that was developed by Love and Zicchino [1] to examine the impact of renewable energy and ...