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Ionic liquid design for enhanced carbon dioxide capture - A computer aided molecular design approach
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Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
, 2014 , Article)
Greenhouse gases emission is known as the main factor of climate change, and carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up vast majority of them. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a vital technology to mitigate industrial CO2 emissions, ...
Entropy-Like Minimization Methods Based on Modified Proximal Point Algorithm
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University of Toronto Press Inc.
, 2014 , Article)
In this paper we introduce an extension of the proximal point algorithm proposed by Guler for solving convex minimization problems. This extension is obtained by substituting the usual quadratic proximal term by a class ...
Modeling of dual-metal Schottky contacts based silicon micro and nano wire solar cells
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2014 , Article)
We study solar cell properties of single silicon wires connected at their ends to two dissimilar metals of different work functions. Effects of wire dimensions, the work functions of the metals, and minority carrier lifetimes ...
The use of negative emotions in health communication messages: Study of the effects of fear, guilt, and shame
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SAGE Publications
, 2014 , Article)
This work examines the effects of the use of three negative emotions – fear, guilt and shame – in anti-alcohol messages. Perceptions of two types of threat – physical and social – create negative emotions related to fear, ...
Development of an educationally oriented open-source embedded systems laboratory kit: A hybrid hands-on and virtual experimentation approach
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sage journails
, 2014 , Article)
Embedded microcontroller (MCU) systems is one of the most important topics in undergraduate electrical and electronics engineering and computer engineering curricula. Laboratory sessions are vitally important in teaching/learning ...
Effects of board and ownership structure on corporate performance: Evidence from GCC countries
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emerald insight
, 2014 , Article)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of ownership structure and board composition on bank performance as measured by Tobin's Q and market to book value in Gulf Co-Operation Council (GCC) countries. ...
Fungal and aflatoxin contamination of marketed spices
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
Fourteen spice samples were collected from local markets in Doha, Qatar, during 2012, and were surveyed for the presence of potentially harmful mycoflora and for contamination with aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 by ...
On the relation between internal corporate governance and bank risk-taking: evidence from gulf cooperative council countries
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Taiwan Institute of Business Administration
, 2014 , Article)
This study investigates the relationship between ownership structure, board composition and risk-taking of listed banking companies in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries during 2004-2010. Building on limited ...
Modelling and analysis of a three-phase to five-phase transformer
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
, 2014 , Article)
Multi-phase systems are the focus of research in recent times due to their inherent advantages compared to the three-phase counterpart. A lot of research effort has been put to develop commercially feasible multi-phase ...
Improvement of ternary recycled polymer blend reinforced with date palm fibre
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Elsevier, Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
This paper investigates the study and preparation of date palm fibre reinforced recycled polymer blend composites. This is the first paper which describes the recycled polymer ternary blends of (1) recycled low density ...