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The effects of second language on ethical judgement in accounting
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Inderscience
, 2014 , Article)
The number of participants in accounting practices and academia who use English as their second language is significant and growing. Many of them are involved in making ethical judgements based on information provided in ...
Monitoring Coefficient of Variation Using Progressive Mean Technique
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Control charts are mostly used for the monitoring of process mean and dispersion. In cases, when the process standard deviation is proportional to the mean, it is recommended to use control charts based on coefficient of ...
Dynamic workload patterns prediction for proactive auto-scaling of web applications
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Academic Press
, 2018 , Article)
Proactive auto-scaling methods dynamically manage the resources for an application according to the current and future load predictions to preserve the desired performance at a reduced cost. However, auto-scaling web ...
Computational model to analyze and characterize the functional mutations of NOD2 protein causing inflammatory disorder - Blau syndrome.
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Blau syndrome (BS), which affects the eyes, skin, and joints, is an autosomal dominant genetic inflammatory disorder. BS is caused by mutations in the NOD2 gene. However, there are no direct treatments, and treatment with ...
Cholinergic and dopaminergic neuronal differentiation of human adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells.
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Wiley
, 2018 , Article)
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells that can differentiate into various cell types such as cartilage, bone, and fat cells. Recent studies have shown that induction of MSCs in vitro by growth factors including ...
An Improved Design of High-Resolution Quadratic Time-Frequency Distributions for the Analysis of Nonstationary Multicomponent Signals Using Directional Compact Kernels
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper presents a new advanced methodology for designing high resolution time-frequency distributions (TFDs) of multicomponent nonstationary signals that can be approximated using piece-wise linear frequency modulated ...
On network flow maximization via multihop backhauling and UAVs: An integer programming approach
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Although small cells (SC) densification approach plays a prominent role in achieving the data rate and coverage requirements in 5G networks, it poses serious challenges concerning the flexible and cost efficient backhauling ...
A comprehensive annual delivery program for upstream liquefied natural gas supply chain
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
Developing a cost-effective annual delivery program (ADP) is a challenging task for liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers, especially for LNG supply chains with large number of vessels and customers. Given significant ...
NMR spectroscopy of polymer nanocomposites
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a technique of utmost significance when dealing with the characterization of the polymers and their nanocomposites. This chapter focuses on the influence of this particular ...
Identity issues: expatriate professors teaching and researching in Qatar
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Springer Netherlands
, 2015 , Article)
Today, academics are more transient, working outside their home countries,
than at any other time in the history of academics especially in the Arab World were there
is great demand for faculty members educated in Western’ ...