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Feedback information and consumer motivation: The moderating role of positive and negative reference values in self-regulation
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Emerald Publishing
, 2011 , Article)
Purpose: Marketers spend considerable resources to motivate people to consume their products and services as a means of goal attainment. Why people change their consumption behaviour is based largely on these goals; many ...
Re-Examining the Technical Efficiency of Australian Banks: A Bootstrap DEA Approach
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2014 , Article)
This study re-examines both pure technical and scale efficiency of Australian banks using bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA). The aim is to improve the choice of variables of the core profit efficiency model which ...
Determinants of Tunisia's exports: A gravity model framework
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International Economic Society Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
This paper applies the gravity trade model to explain Tunisia's exports pattern with non-traditional partner's countries and to determine the main factors explaining Tunisia's exports with these countries. We estimate our ...
Profitability, reliability and condition based monitoring of LNG floating platforms: A review
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
The efficiency and profitability of Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading platform (FPSO) terminals depends on various factors such as LNG liquefaction process type, system reliability and maintenance approach. This ...
A concept analysis scheme of simple stories for learning resources through extraction of domain-based multimedia elements
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International Association of Online Engineering
, 2017 , Article)
Children with special needs face major difficulties to understand the script of stories. They cannot comprehend the words' meaning properly. Instructors use different techniques to explain them. They read the script several ...
Scalar dissipation rate statistics in turbulent flows using Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence measurements
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Elsevier
, 2012 , Article)
A shearless mixing layer with isotropic decaying turbulence has been examined with a turbulent axisymmetric opposed-jet flow and a plume in pipe flow. The study has been carried out experimentally with Planar Laser Induced ...
Evaluation Tools of Total Quality Management in Business Organizations
(2013 , Article)
Total quality management (TQM) is a strategic commitment to make quality and customer satisfaction a guiding factor in everything an organization does. TQM, which has preoccupied the attention of organizations since the ...
Is internet reporting useful? Evidence from Egypt
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the views of 18 users and preparers regarding the corporate internet reporting (CIR) practices of companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX).
Design/methodol ...
Autoignition of n-heptane in a turbulent co-flowing jet
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
N-heptane autoignition in turbulent co-flowing jets with preheated air is studied using the one-dimensional turbulence (ODT) model. The simulations are designed to investigate the effects of molecular and turbulent transports ...
Incorporating haptic and olfactory into surgical simulation
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Recently, surgical simulation is a widely used method to train surgeons on specific surgeries due to the fact that it helps reducing surgical errors. Available surgical simulations lack realism since they only incorporate ...