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The constructive aspect of political behavior in strategic decision-making: The role of diversity
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
While there have been extensive empirical and theoretical investigations on political behavior, most previous empirical studies have focused on political behavior as a negative force. In order to extend prior research, ...
A one-step implicit iterative method for two finite families of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings in a hyperbolic space
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
We introduce a one-step implicit iterative method for two finite families of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings in a hyperbolic space and use it to approximate common fixed points of these families. The results presented ...
Psychological momentum: The phenomenology of goal pursuit
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2018 , Article)
Psychological momentum (PM) is thought to be a force that influences judgment, emotion, and performance. Based on a review of the extant literature, we elucidate two distinct approaches that researchers have adopted in ...
Demand for audit quality in newly privatized firms in MENA region: Role of internal corporate governance mechanisms audit
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
This paper examines whether post- privatization internal governance mechanisms act in a complementary or substitutable fashion in determining auditor choice of newly privatized firms in the Middle East and North Africa ...
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. ...
Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Jordan
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The main purposes of this article were to investigate the extent and depth of child poverty and youth unemployment in Jordan. In addition, it investigates the sociocultural connotation of child poverty and youth unemployment ...
The Conjure Woman's Poetics of Poisoning in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
This article examines the poetics of poisoning in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day. The article traces the depiction of the conjure woman in novels written by African American female novelists in the 1980s, drawing upon the figure's ...
Universalizability and the metaphysics of moral particularism, specified
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
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Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Recognizing the value of open-source research databases in advancing the art and science of HVAC, in 2014 the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II project was launched under the leadership of University of California ...