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Elevated serum leptin levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction; Correlation with coronary angiographic and echocardiographic findings
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Springer Nature
, 2012 , Article)
Background: To assess the relationship between serial serum leptin levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who received thrombolysis and the degree of coronary atherosclerosis, coronary reperfusion, ...
Edge Maximal C2k+1-edge Disjoint Free Graphs
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University of Zielona Gora
, 2012 , Article)
For two positive integers r and s, G(n;r,s) denotes to the class of graphs on n vertices containing no r of s-edge disjoint cycles and f(n;r,s) = max{E(G):G ∈ G(n;r,s)}. In this paper, for integers r ≥ 2 and k ≥ 1, we ...
An Autonomous Packet Transmission Strategy for Opportunistic Wireless Sensor Networks
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
, 2012 , Article)
We consider a wireless sensor network that comprises a single hop between the sensor nodes and the central controller node with multiple antennas. In this system model, we concentrate on the single-beam opportunistic ...
TOTAL QUALITY CULTURE (TQC) IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: A GULF CORPORATION COUNCIL (GCC) REGION STUDY
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DreamCatchers Group, LLC
, 2012 , Article)
Adoption of Total Quality Management (TQM) principles has been recognised as a new
framework for managing change within educational institutions. Although there have been
studies examining the adoption of TQM, research ...
Bank Characteristics and Liquidity Transformation: The Case of GCC Banks
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Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE)
, 2012 , Article)
This paper uses a simple measure of liquidity creation to examines empirically the effect of bank capital and
other micro and macro-characteristics on liquidity creation. We apply the analysis to data from a sample of ...
Investigating the Relationship Between Professional Development and Student-Centered Learning Environments in Qatari Math and Science Elementary Classrooms
(2012 , Conference Paper)
While considerable study of the organizational structures and outcomes of Qatari educational reform in Education for a New Era initiatives has been planned and implemented (see Rand, 2007), little attention has been placed ...
Governance-Default Risk Relationship and the Demand for Intermediated and Non-Intermediated Debt
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University of Wollongong
, 2012 , Article)
This paper explores the impact of corporate governance on the demand for intermediated debt (asset finance, bank debt, non-bank private debt) and non-intermediated debt (public debt) in the Australian debt market. Relative ...
Time-Frequency Distributions Based on Compact Support Kernels: Properties and Performance Evaluation
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IEEE
, 2012 , Article)
This paper presents two new time-frequency distributions
(TFDs) based on kernels with compact support (KCS)
namely the separable (CB) (SCB) and the polynomial CB (PCB)
TFDs. The implementation of this family of TFDs ...
Economic cost models of integrated APC controlled SPC charts
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Taylor & Francis
, 2012 , Article)
In this paper, an economic cost model is proposed for processes integrating both automatic process control (APC) and statistical process control (SPC) for quality monitoring and control. Both the special cause and common ...
A framework for condition-based maintenance scheduling
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IEEE
, 2012 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents a general framework for planning and optimizing Condition-Based Maintenance scheduling. We assume that the hazard function depends, not only on time, but also on the system state which degrades over ...