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Customer relationship building: The role of brand attractiveness and consumer-brand identification
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Article)
Building enduring relationships with consumers is a key marketing objective for most firms, but how can they develop such relationships? Drawing on social identity and self-verification theories, this research postulates ...
A differential protection technique for multi-terminal HVDC
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
This paper presents a technique for differential protection of Multi-terminal High Voltage Direct Current (MTHVDC) transmission lines. The proposed technique depends on the electrical current data at both ends of each line ...
Garbled computation in cloud
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
With the wide adoption of cloud computing paradigm, it is important to develop appropriate techniques to protect client data privacy in the cloud. Encryption is one of the major techniques that could be used to achieve ...
Ultra-trace determination of 90Sr, 137Cs, 238Pu, 239Pu, and 240Pu by triple quadruple collision/reaction cell-ICP-MS/MS: Establishing a baseline for global fallout in Qatar soil and sediments
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
The development of practical, fast, and reliable methods for the ultra-trace determination of anthropogenic radionuclides 90Sr, 137Cs, 238Pu, 239Pu, and 240Pu by triple quadruple collision/reaction cell inductively coupled ...
Impact of green manufacturing practices on organisational performance in Indian context: An empirical study
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
This study presents an empirical assessment and guides about measuring impact of GM (green manufacturing) practices on organisational performance in Indian context. The research approach is to extract critical GM factors ...
Dynamic simulation and optimization targeting emission source reduction during an ethylene plant start-up operations
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Chemical plant flare minimization has been practiced not only during regular operating conditions but also abnormal operations such as start-ups, shutdowns, and process upsets. This paper focuses on introducing a generic ...
Antibiotic Prescription Patterns for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Outpatient Qatari Population in the Private Sector
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
Background: Antibiotic are often inappropriately prescribed for upper respiratory infections (URI) in the
Western countries. Data on the proportion of inappropriate prescriptions are lacking from the Middle
East and other ...
Toxin stability improvement and toxicity increase against dipteran and lepidopteran larvae of Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein Cry2Aa
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Wiley
, 2016 , Article)
BACKGROUND
Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxins are the most widely used biopesticides for controlling economically important crop pests and disease vectors. Improving their efficacy is of great benefit. Here, an improvement ...
Class-time utilization in business schools in Tunisia
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Tunisian Universities, like many other universities in the developing countries, do not adopt any textbooks and rather rely on classrooms as the main learning resource for the students. This study is concerned with observing ...
Optimal planning of liquefied natural gas deliveries
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
We investigate the problem of designing an optimal annual delivery plan for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). This problem requires determining the long-term cargo delivery dates and the assignment of vessels to the cargoes ...