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Does Government Ownership and Disclosure Affect Performance and Stability of the GCC Banking Sector?
( Cambridge Research Science Institute , 2013 , Article)This paper studies empirically the effect of government ownership and the level of disclosure on the performance and the stability of banks, controlling for regulations, concentration, bank and country specific characteristics. ... -
Does ICT diffusion matter for corruption? An Economic Development Perspective
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)This study assess the impact of ICT diffusion on corruption by using instrumental variables method on a panel data set of 175 countries over the period 1996-2014. We check for the stability of the ICT-corruption nexus for ... -
Does ICT promote democracy similarily in developed and developing countries? A linear and nonlinear panel threshold framework
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper assesses the impact of ICT adoption on democracy for a panel of 70 countries over the period 2000-2017. We consider two different measures of ICT and check for the stability of the relationship for different ... -
Does investment in insurance stocks reap diversification benefits? Static and time varying copula modeling
( Bellwether Publishing, Ltd. , 2021 , Article)The present article investigates the presence of diversification benefits resulting from the dependence structure in stock returns of Islamic and conventional insurance. Our empirical design is based on the use of daily ... -
Does investors' fear gauge in a mature market matter? Evidence from the MENA region
( Institutional Investor, Inc , 2018 , Article)This article examines the notion that less developed markets may be deemed safe havens for international investors. It tests the effect of mature markets' fear on risk and return in less developed markets. The study employs ... -
Does Islamic banking differ from conventional banking?
( The Islamic Cultural Centre , 2020 , Article)I study Islamic accounting and how it is developed in the marketplace, especially in the banking sector. There are many types of research study and explain the differences between conventional and Islamic banking, and how ... -
Does isometric exercise result in exercise induced hypoalgesia in people with local musculoskeletal pain? A systematic review
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Objective: The aim of this review was to investigate if exercise induced hypoalgesia (EIH) occurs following isometric muscle contraction in people with local musculoskeletal symptoms. Design: Systematic review. Data sources: ... -
Does Lecture Capturing Impact Student Performance and Attendance in an Introductory Accounting Course?
( Routledge , 2015 , Article)The study empirically examines the interplay between lecture capturing viewership, performance and attendance for students in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. The sample consists of 254 students enrolled in an introductory ... -
Does minority management affect a firm's capital structure? Evidence from Japan
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This study evaluates the effect of minority management (MG) on capital structure for a sample of listed Japanese companies over three sectors. We used a dynamic panel, threshold-based model that can control for endogeneity ... -
Does Official development assistance for health from developed countries displace government health expenditure in sub-saharan countries?
( Economics Bulletin , 2016 , Article)This paper empirically examines the foreign aid fungibility in the health sector of 45 Sub-Saharan countries over the period of 1995-2012. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of foreign health aid on government ... -
Does openness enhance financial sector development? The experience of the arab world
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2014 , Article)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine if the simultaneous openness to trade and capital account can promote financial sector development. Design/methodology/approach - Based on a sample of 12 Arab countries ... -
Does Opium Consumption Have Shared Impact on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer?
( Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran , 2022 , Article)Although atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and cancer are seemingly different types of disease, they have multiple shared underlying mechanisms and lifestyle-related risk factors like smoking, unhealthy diet, ... -
Does Pedestrian Penalty Affect Pedestrian Behavior? A Case of State of Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Crashes involving pedestrians are a major concern for authorities in many developed and developing countries. To refrain pedestrians from illegal or unsafe road behavior, authorities introduced three pedestrian penalties ... -
Does person–organization spirituality fit stimulate ethical and spiritual leaders: an empirical study in Jordan
( Emerald Publishing , 2020 , Article)Purpose: This paper emphasizes the theoretical relevance that workplace spirituality may add to the person–organization (P-O) fit theory through the examination of a framework that comprises how workplace and self-spirituality ... -
Does pharmacist-supervised intervention through pharmaceutical care program influence direct healthcare cost burden of newly diagnosed diabetics in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Nepal: a non-clinical randomised controlled trial approach
( Tehran University of Medical Sciences , 2016 , Article)Background Cost is a vital component for people with chronic diseases as treatment is expected to be long or even lifelong in some diseases. Pharmacist contributions in decreasing the healthcare cost burden of chronic ... -
Does Political Risk Affect the Flow of Foreign Direct Investment into the Middle East North African Region
(2013 , Article)Given the political risk in the Middle East North African (MENA) region, this research aimed to unveil the importance of the different components of political risk on the change in foreign direct investment (FDI), ... -
Does probiotic supplementation improve quality of life in mild-to-moderately active ulcerative colitis patients in Jordan? A secondary outcome of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
( springer link , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Recent findings revealed a potential effect of a probiotic in improving quality of life (QoL) in ulcerative colitis (UC). In Jordan, there is scarce data about UC patients and QoL. Methods: Twenty-four UC patients ... -
Does Problem-based Learning Facilitate Enactment of Learner Agency in Undergraduate Dental Curricula? A Q Study.
( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2022 , Article)Addressing a literature gap on leaner agency in health profession education, this study explores students' perceptions on which aspects of a problem-based learning (PBL) environment cradle their leaner agency enactment. ... -
Does prophylactic application of doxycycline at the implant-abutment interface improve clinical outcomes of dental implants?
( Nature Research , 2022 , Other)Design Randomised controlled clinical trial. Data sources Not applicable. Study aims This split-mouth randomised controlled clinical trial assessed the effects of placing doxycycline hyclate (Atridox) at the implant-abutment ... -
Does qatar need a declared language policy? A virtual ethnography perspective
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2019 , Book chapter)Is there a language question in Qatar's diverse society? This study raises this question and suggests that there may be more than one. Through a virtual ethnography as a research method, this study investigates how the ...