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Ownership structure, corporate governance and bank performance: Evidence from gcc countries
( 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 ... -
Ownership structure, corporate performance and failure: Evidence from panel data of emerging market the case of Jordan
( Virtus Interpress , 2009 , Article)This study investigates the impact of ownership structure (mix and concentrate) on a company's performance and failure in a panel estimation using 167 Jordanian companies during 1989-2006. The empirical evidence in this ... -
Ownership type, business model, market structure, and the performance of Takaful and conventional insurance companies in Malaysia
( Taylor & Francis , 2021 , Article)The paper evaluates the performance of the Takaful and insurance companies in Malaysia. It examines the impact of ownership, business model, and market structure on conventional and Takaful companies’ performance. The ... -
Oxford consensus on primary cam morphology and femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: Part 1 - Definitions, terminology, taxonomy and imaging outcomes
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2023 , Article)Introduction Primary cam morphology is a mostly benign bony prominence that develops at the femoral head-neck junction of the hip, but it is highly prevalent in many athlete populations. In the small proportion of athletes ... -
Oxford consensus on primary cam morphology and femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: Part 2 - Research priorities on conditions affecting the young person's hip
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2023 , Article)Introduction Primary cam morphology is highly prevalent in many athlete populations, causing debilitating hip osteoarthritis in some. Existing research is mired in confusion partly because stakeholders have not agreed on ... -
The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law. Edited by CINNAMON P CARLARNE, KEVIN R GRAY and RICHARD TARASOFSKY
( Oxford University Press , 2017 , Article)The urgency of climate change necessitates considering what types of governance options are available when the existing approaches are failing.1 The United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) Secretariat’s ... -
Oxidation–reduction potential and sperm DNA fragmentation, and their associations with sperm morphological anomalies amongst fertile and infertile men
( Arab Association of Urology , 2018 , Article)Objective: To assess seminal oxidation–reduction potential (ORP) and sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) in male infertility and their relationships with sperm morphology in fertile and infertile men. Patients and methods: ... -
Oxidative Addition Reactions of Sn(II) And Pb(II) with Some Hydrazide And Hydrazone
( Qatar University , 2000 , Article)Bivalent tin compounds can be easily transformed to tetravalent compounds by oxidizing agents. The use of ortho-quinones for oxidation of transition metals has been the subject of many publications, but few analogous studies ... -
Oxidative degradation of tannic acid in aqueous solution by UV/S2O8 2- and UV/H2O2/Fe2+ processes: A comparative study
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Tannic acid (TA) is a major pollutant present in the wastewater generated from vegetable tanneries process and food processing. This work studied TA degradation by two advanced oxidation processes (APOs): UV irradiation ... -
Oxidative stress cytotoxicity induced by platinum-doped magnesia nanoparticles in cancer cells
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The aim of this study was to prepare, characterize, and determine the in vitro anticancer effects of platinum-doped magnesia (Pt/MgO) nanoparticles. The chemical compositions, functional groups, and size of nanoparticles ... -
Oxidative Stress Markers In Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
( De Gruyter , 2015 , Conference Paper)Oxidative stress is typically the result of an imbalance between the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the antioxidant. The increased production of ROS could lead into some serious physiological problems on the cell, such ... -
Oxidative stress-induced Akt downregulation mediates green tea toxicity towards prostate cancer cells
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Green tea consumption has been shown to possess cancer chemopreventive activity. Polyphenol E (PE) is a widely used standardized green tea extract formulation. This study was designed to investigate the impact of PE on ... -
Oxidative Stress-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction in Cardiovascular Diseases
( IMR Press , 2022 , Article Review)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of mortality worldwide. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying CVD is key for better management or prevention. Oxidative stress has been strongly implicated in the ... -
Oxide Activated Carbon for Seawater Desalination Using Solar Energy
( Qatar University Young Scientists Center - Qatar University , 2024 , Conference Paper)Desalination of seawater is the efficient process and a viable solution for water shortage problem. One of the latest possible solution with less energy consumption is the use of activated carbon for the desalination ... -
Oxide Activated Carbon for Seawater Desalination Using Solar Energy
( Qatar University Young Scientists Center - Qatar University , 2024 , Conference Paper)Desalination of seawater is the efficient process and a viable solution for water shortage problem. One of the latest possible solution with less energy consumption is the use of activated carbon for the desalination ... -
Oxygen generating polymeric nano fibers that stimulate angiogenesis and show efficient wound healing in a diabetic wound model
( Dove Medical Press Ltd. , 2020 , Article)Introduction: Diabetic wounds are challenging to treat due to a wide range of pathophysiological changes. Hypoxia is one of the predominant contributing factors of poor vascularization and chronicity in diabetic wounds. ... -
Oxygen passivation as effective technique for tailoring the nature of band gap of silicon nanowires
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2015 , Conference Paper)Silicon nanowires have been subjected to several experiential and theoretical studies, including chemical tuning with different substituents aiming to tailor the band gap as well as increasing optical absorption efficiency ... -
Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: A review
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article Review)Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as an energy-efficient wastewater treatment technology have attracted increasing interest in the past decade. Cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) present a major challenge ... -
Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: A review
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Other)Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as an energy-efficient wastewater treatment technology have attracted increasing interest in the past decade. Cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) present a major challenge ... -
Oyster oscillator: a novel mega-stable nonlinear chaotic system
( Springer , 2021 , Article)Designing novel mega-stable chaotic oscillators has been a hot topic of research lately. In the current paper, a two-dimensional mega-stable oscillator is presented. The oscillator has a vast amount of coexisting limit ...