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Finance and fairness: enhancing the customer dispute resolution scheme (CDRS) in the Qatar financial centre (QFC)
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
The Customer Dispute Resolution Scheme (CDRS) is the primary dispute resolution mechanism for financial disputes involving retail clients in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). As the QFC has grown the CDRS has also ...
الانسحاب الأمريكي من الاتفاق النووي الإيراني: التداعيات والآفاق
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مركز دراسات الشرق الأوسط
, 2018 , Article)
تتناول هذه الدراسة بالتحليل التبعات المتوقعة الناتجة عن انسحاب الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية من الاتفاق النووي الإيراني الذي تم توقيعه بين إيران من جهة والدول الدائمة العضوية في مجلس الأمن، كما ركزت على التبعات المتعلقة بإعادة ...
Long range dependence in an emerging stock market’s sectors: volatility modelling and VaR forecasting
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
This study evaluates the sector risk of the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), a recently upgraded emerging stock market, using value-at-risk models for the 7 January 2007–18 October 2015 period. After providing evidence for true ...
Mesoporous TiO2 Microspheres with Precisely Controlled Crystallites and Architectures
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Elsevier Inc
, 2018 , Article)
Mesoporous TiO2 nanomaterials have been investigated for decades; however, most endeavors have been focused on the exploration of their potentials in various applications, and the fundamental research for preparing mesoporous ...
A dynamic approach for evacuees? distribution and optimal routing in hazardous environments
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
In a complex built environment, the situation changes rapidly during an emergency event. Typically, available systems rely heavily on a static scenario in the calculation of safest routes for evacuation. In addition, egress ...
Numerical Conformal Mapping onto the Parabolic, Elliptic and Hyperbolic Slit Domains
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Springer
, 2018 , Article)
This paper presents a numerical method for computing the conformal mappings onto the parabolic slit domain, the elliptic slit domain and the hyperbolic slit domain. The method relies on a boundary integral equation with ...
Approximating the tail probabilities of the longest run in a sequence of Bernoulli trials
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
We consider the longest run of either successes or failures in a sequence of (Formula presented.) Bernoulli trials. The exact distribution of this random variable is obtained using probability generating function techniques. ...
Controlling the sensing performance of rGO filled PVDF nanocomposite with the addition of secondary nanofillers
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
This study reports the synthesis and characterization of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanocomposites containing binary filler combination of reduced graphene oxide and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes. The PVDF nanocomposite ...
Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) Prevents Short-Term Memory Deficit Induced by Chronic Stress in Rats
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Springer New York LLC
, 2018 , Article)
Long-term exposure to stressful conditions could impair the normal brain structure and function, specifically the hippocampus-dependent memory. This impairment could be attributed to a decrease in brain-derived neurotrophic ...
Impact of competitive conditions on supplier evaluation: a construction supply chain case study
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
This research proposes a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework and demonstrates the impact of competitive conditions on supplier evaluation process for construction supply chains. The paper focuses on the supply ...