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The banking sector, stress and financial crisis: symmetric and asymmetric analysis
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigates the impact of economic and financial stress on US banking sector returns during periods of crisis and tranquility. It further examines symmetric and asymmetric effects. The study applies GARCH (1, ...
Influence of changing casing groove parameters on the performance of centrifugal compressors near stall condition
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
, 2016 , Article)
The casing treatment is an effective method for increasing the stall margin of compressors and enhancing the flow distribution at the blades tip. The present numerical study focuses on making an optimization of the casing ...
Comparisons of standby and parallel systems in reliability, replacement, scheduling and application
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SAGE Publications Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
This paper compares the standby and parallel systems through the following analyses: reliability measures such as reliabilities, mean times to failure, and failure rates are first compared. These comparisons are reconsidered ...
منهجية إصلاح التفكير في المنظور الإسلامي
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جامعة بغداد
, 2018 , Article)
يعرف العلماء التفكير بأنه: هو أي عملية أو نشاط يحدث في عقل الإنسان "؛ ويحدث التفكير لأغراض متعددة منها:
1- الفهم والاستيعاب واتخاذ القرار والتخطيط؛ أو حل المشكلات والحكم على الأشياء والإحساس بالبهجة والاستمتاع والتخيل ...
Towards energy efficient and quality of service aware cell zooming in 5G wireless networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents an energy efficient and quality of service aware dynamic cell zooming algorithm for dense heterogeneous networks. The exponential growth of mobile data traffic would lead to dense deployment of small ...
(Muslim) Woman in Need of Empowerment: US foreign policy discourses in the arab spring
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Routledge
, 2016 , Article Review)
Why, in the current geo-political and strategic context seemingly in stark contrast to the "War on Terror," does the emphasis on women in US foreign policy persist? Why the repeated references to the vulnerability of women ...
Changing Dynamics of network security involving hacking/cracking with next generation firewalls (NGFW)
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IGI Global
, 2016 , Book chapter)
With increasing number of users on the internet, risk of security and probability of vulnerable attacks are increasing day by day. For every user connected to network, security attacks like hacking and cracking are very ...
Transformer health index estimation using orthogonal wavelet network
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
The Health Index represents a practical tool that combines the results of operating observations, field inspections, and site and laboratory testing to manage the asset and prioritize investments in capital and maintenance ...
Assessment of supply chain risks susceptibility in SMEs using digraph and matrix methods
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
Risk management in a supply chain context has emerged as a big challenge for the organisations. Supply chain risks are so varied in nature that it is impossible to completely eliminate them. Further, these risks are ...
Corruption and Economic Development
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Corruption is believed to be widespread and it adversely affects countries at different intervals, in different degrees. Corruption scandals show that bribes are commonplace and that even societies that are supposedly free ...