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Competitive priorities for regional operations: a Delphi study
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
Perceptions and principles of competitiveness in the context of production and operations management (POM) have evolved over time towards trends in which firms compete at supply chain level. This evolution underscores the ...
Optimal conditions for olive mill wastewater treatment using ultrasound and advanced oxidation processes
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The treatment of olive mill wastewater (OMW) in Jordan was investigated in this work using ultrasound oxidation (sonolysis) combined with other advanced oxidation processes such as ultraviolet radiation, hydrogen peroxide ...
Evaluation of disaster medicine preparedness among healthcare profession students: A cross-sectional study in pakistan
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Disasters are devastating incidents, especially when occurring suddenly and causing damage, great loss of life, or suffering. Disasters can affect health and the social and economic development of a nation. The ...
Policy specification and verification for blockchain and smart contracts in 5G networks
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Korean Institute of Communications Information Sciences
, 2020 , Article)
Blockchain offers unprecedented opportunities for innovation in financial transactions. A whole new world of opportunities for banking, lending, insurance, money transfer, investments, and stock markets awaits. However, ...
A Comparison between Different Agro-wastes and Carbon Nanotubes for Removal of Sarafloxacin from Wastewater: Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2020 , Article)
In the current study, eco-structured and efficient removal of the veterinary fluoroquinolone antibiotic sarafloxacin (SARA) from wastewater has been explored. The adsorptive power of four agro-wastes (AWs) derived from ...
Computational Insights on the Electrocatalytic Behavior of [Cp*Rh] Molecular Catalysts Immobilized on Graphene for Heterogeneous Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
The heterogeneous metal-based molecular electrocatalyst can typically exhibit attractive features compared to its homogeneous analogue including recoverability and durability. As such, it is necessary to evaluate the ...
Sukuk market development and Islamic banks’ capital ratios
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This paper investigates the impact of Sukuk market development on Islamic banks’ capital ratios using a sample comprising 230 Islamic banks spanning the period 2005–2014. We characterize Islamic bank capital along multiple ...
Genetic analysis of QTLs controlling allelopathic characteristics in sorghum
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Public Library of Science
, 2020 , Article)
Mature sorghum herbage is known to contain several water-soluble secondary metabolites (allelochemicals). In this study, we investigated quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with allelochemical characteristics in ...
Investigation on the impact of solvent on the photochemical properties of the photoactive anticancer drug Vemurafenib: A computational study
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Rationalizing the photochemical behavior of a photosensitive drug in terms of molecular properties is necessary toward understanding related potential phototoxicity. Here, we report on the effect of the molecular ...
The supramolecular host-guest complexation of Vemurafenib with β-cyclodextrin and cucurbit[7]uril as drug photoprotecting systems: A DFT/TD-DFT study
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The supramolecular host-guest complexation of the first-line anticancer drug Vemurafenib (VFB) with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) is computationally investigated employing the DFT/TD-DFT method in implicit ...