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Climate change vulnerability in urban slum communities: Investigating household adaptation and decision-making capacity in the Indian Himalaya
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Climate change is predicted to have severe impacts on mountainous regions, including urban settlements, and livelihoods of the urban poor. Adaptive capacity for marginalized groups is largely determined ...
Assessing the risk of angiotensin receptor blockers on major cardiovascular events: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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BMC
, 2020 , Article)
Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are commonly used as a treatment for many cardiovascular diseases, but their safety has been called into question. The VALUE trial found an increased risk of myocardial infarction in ...
(Legal) uncertainty: Takaful between English common law and Shari’a law
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2017 , Article)
Concepts and principles of Islamic finance, which respect the beliefs and practices of the Muslim
faith, are becoming more prevalent in the United Kingdom (UK). The concept of Takaful (Islamic
insurance), while still in ...
The coincidence of increased risk of atrial fibrillation in randomized control trials of omega-3 fatty acids: a meta-analysis
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
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From scenario to mounting risks: COVID-19’s perils for development and supply security in the Sahel
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Springer
, 2022 , Article)
The African Sahel countries are inherently fragile, environmentally insecure and economically weak. This paper underscores the compounded impacts brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic on resource supply security and, ...
Tone, readability and financial risk: the case of GCC banks
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: The authors investigate the impact of disclosure tones and financial risk on the readability of annual reports in the banking sector. The authors also examine the moderating effect of banks' financial risk on the ...
End User Satisfaction With Cloud Computing: The Case of Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar
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IGI Global Publishing
, 2021 , Article)
Cloud computing assures a faster, cheaper and more efficient rendering of resources, which leads to huge popularity among businesses and specifically the health sector. The major objective of this research is to identify ...
Risk and risk management practices: A comparative study between Islamic and conventional banks in Qatar
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Emerald
, 2020 , Article)
Purpose: This study aims to compare types and levels of risk and risk management practices (RMPs) including the recognition, identification, assessment, analysis, monitoring and control of risk in both Islamic and conventional ...
Tone, readability and financial risk: the case of GCC banks
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Emerald
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: The authors investigate the impact of disclosure tones and financial risk on the readability of annual reports in the banking sector. The authors also examine the moderating effect of banks' financial risk on the ...
Safety and techno-economic analysis of ethylene technologies
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Recent growth in shale gas production has contributed to the interest in establishing numerous petrochemical plants for shale-gas monetization. The ethylene industry is one of the main beneficiaries of such growth because ...