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The Dynamic and Dependence of Takaful and Conventional Stock Return Behaviours: Evidence from the Insurance Industry in Saudi Arabia
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Springer New York LLC
, 2018 , Article)
This paper investigates the dynamics of volatility in the stock market using competing univariate GARCH specifications. Moreover, it provides a study of the pairwise correlation pattern of stock returns for a wide range ...
Kinetics of reactive absorption of CO2 using aqueous blend of potassium carbonate, ethylaminoethanol, and N-methyl-2-Pyrollidone (APCEN solvent)
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Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
, 2018 , Article)
Employing the fall in the CO2 pressure method, the kinetics of the reactive absorption of CO2 in the aqueous blend of potassium carbonate, ethylaminoethanol, and N-methyl-2-Pyrollidone (APCEN solvent) is inspected by ...
The compliance of disclosure with AAOIFI financial accounting standards: A comparison between Bahrain and Qatar Islamic banks
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the compliance of disclosure with the financial accounting standards of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions? (AAOIFI) related to Islamic financing ...
What Happens Without Nickel? Cyclization Reactions of Ethylene with Ethanedithial and Related Molecules
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
We present a computational study of the mechanism of the formation of 6-member heterocycles through the binding of ethylene to oxaldehyde, ethanedithial, and 2-thioxoacetaldehyde. This process is related to the olefin ...
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 ...
Adapting Teaching Strategies to Arab Student Needs in an EFL Classroom
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FGCU Publishing Inc
, 2018 , Article)
Despite vast research on differentiated instruction, little has been done on tailoring the instructional strategies for Arab student needs in an EFL classroom. However, language teachers endeavor to implement differentiated ...
An integrative model of emotion regulation and associations with positive and negative affectivity across four Arabic speaking countries and the USA
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Springer New York LLC
, 2018 , Article)
The associations between emotion regulation (ER) and positive and negative affectivity have been well investigated. However, previous studies have examined these associations using a variety of individual ER scales with ...
Thresholds optimization for one-bit feedback multi-user scheduling
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
We propose a new one-bit feedback scheme with scheduling decision based on the maximum expected weighted rate. We show the concavity of the 2-user case and provide the optimal solution which achieves the maximum weighted ...
Structure, nanomechanics, and dynamics of dispersed surfactant-free clay nanocomposite films
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
The current work presents a new approach to achieve high quality dispersion of surfactant-free nanoclay tactoid particles in sub-micron thin films despite the absence of organic modifier. Natural Montmorillonite particles, ...
Design and Interpretation of Noninferiority Trials
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Springer New York LLC
, 2018 , Article)
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