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Does ICT promote democracy similarily in developed and developing countries? A linear and nonlinear panel threshold framework
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This paper assesses the impact of ICT adoption on democracy for a panel of 70 countries over the period 2000-2017. We consider two different measures of ICT and check for the stability of the relationship for different ...
Drug safety in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Book chapter)
This chapter introduces aspects of medication safety in the State of Qatar. It starts by presenting an overview of the geography and demographics of the population. There is then a description of key strategic national ...
Cluster-based Cooperative Multicast for Multimedia Data Dissemination in Vehicular Networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
With the development of communication technologies, vehicular network applications have evolved from basic traffic safety and efficiency applications to information and entertainment applications. The implementation of ...
Harnessing cross-region disparities to assess the impact of tourism on regional growth in Europe
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
We use regional data across 27 European countries and look into the effect of tourist arrivals on regional growth during 2000–2017. The research is set in an augmented Solow model estimated via a rich and flexible empirical ...
Significant Toxic Effect of Carbon Nanofibers at the Early Stage of Embryogenesis
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NLM (Medline)
, 2020 , Article)
Implementation of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) in biomedical applications have successful outcomes, however, they are still considered as a potential hazard. We herein used avian embryos at 3 days and its chorioallantoic ...
Data-Driven Intelligent Model for Sale Price Prediction and Monitoring of a Building
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Springer
, 2020 , Book chapter)
The construction cost forecasting and monitoring plays an important role in a building condition assessment. The construction cost of a building (CCB) not only depends on the method of construction, equipment, labor, and ...
An Electric Vehicle Charging Reservation Approach Based on Blockchain
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The popularity of electric vehicles depends on convenient and efficient charging services. At present, none of existing charging services allow users to reach charging stations at desirable time and charge immediately when ...
Post-buckling analysis of geometrically imperfect nanoparticle reinforced annular sector plates under radial compression
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Techno-Press
, 2020 , Article)
Buckling and post-buckling behaviors of geometrically imperfect annular sector plates made from nanoparticle reinforced composites have been investigated. Two types of nanoparticles are considered including graphene oxide ...
68 Ga-PSMA PET/CT tumour intensity pre-operatively predicts adverse pathological outcomes and progression-free survival in localised prostate cancer
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Purpose: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET) improves prostate cancer staging. Intraprostatic PSMA intensity may ...
Metal-Organic Material Polymer Coatings for Enhanced Gas Sorption Performance and Hydrolytic Stability under Humid Conditions
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American Chemical Society
, 2020 , Article)
Physisorbent metal-organic materials (MOMs) have shown benchmark performance for highly selective CO2 capture from bulk and trace gas mixtures. However, gas stream moisture can be detrimental to both adsorbent performance ...