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Can IT industry merger and acquisition effect on brand equity of their product/services? A case study from Qatar
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Medwell Journals
, 2019 , Article)
A combination of assets and liabilities when associated to a brand which provides additional value to the specific product and/or service is brand equity. Branding is used as a means to arrive at a conclusion and decision ...
Blockchain-Based Distributed Energy Trading in Energy Internet: An SDN Approach
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
The new network paradigm of Software Defined Networking (SDN) has been widely adopted. Due to its inherent advantages, SDN has been widely used in various network fields such as data centers, WAN, enterprise, Optical ...
Preemptive Dose Adjustment Effect on the Quality of Anticoagulation Management in Warfarin Patients With Drug Interactions: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
One strategy to manage patients on warfarin starting an interacting drug is to increase the frequency of monitoring. Another strategy is to adjust warfarin dose around the time patient is started on an interacting medication, ...
Construction of (n+ 1) -dimensional dual-mode nonlinear equations: multiple shock wave solutions for (3 + 1) -dimensional dual-mode Gardner-type and KdV-type
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Springer International Publishing
, 2019 , Article)
The goal of this study is to offer an exclusive functional conversion to produce (n+ 1) -dimensional dual-mode nonlinear equations. This transformation has been implemented and new (3 + 1) -dimensional dual-mode Gradner-type ...
Anoxygenic phototrophs and the forgotten art of making dolomite
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Geological Society of America
, 2019 , Article)
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Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and Nitrogen Gases onto ZIF Compounds with Zinc, Cobalt, and Zinc/Cobalt Metal Centers
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Hindawi Limited
, 2019 , Article)
ZIF-8, Co-ZIF-8, and Zn/Co-ZIF-8 are utilized in adsorbing nitrogen (N2), methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2) gases at temperatures between 25 and 55 C and pressures up to 1 MPa. Equilibrium adsorption isotherms and ...
Mitigation of voltage imbalance in power distribution system using MPC-controlled packed-U-cells converter
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Delivering high power quality in single-phase distribution has witnessed more challenges especially with the increased penetration of single-phase distributed generation (DG). This paper proposes a smart solid-state-based ...
Recycling of Date Pits Into a Green Adsorbent for Removal of Heavy Metals: A Fractional Factorial Design-Based Approach
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2019 , Article)
Date pits (DPs) have been recycled into a low-cost adsorbent for removing of selected heavy metals (HMs) from artificially contaminated aqueous solutions. Adsorption of targeted HMs, both by raw date pits (RDP) and burnt ...
Enhancing the corrosion resistance of reinforcing steel under aggressive operational conditions using behentrimonium chloride
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Nature Research
, 2019 , Article)
Aggressive operational conditions e.g. saline media and acidic gases, e.g., CO2 can increase the corrosion rate of reinforcing steel. Accordingly, the necessity to protect the steel under the above conditions without ...
Exploring the gaps between education and pharmacy practice on antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study among pharmacists in Qatar.
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Taylor & Francis Group
, 2019 , Article)
Antimicrobial resistance is a public health issue and is the focus of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) teams within health care institutions. However, AMS is not comprehensively and fully taught in medical or pharmacy ...