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Corporate Investment Decision: A Review of Literature
(MDPI, 2022)This study is an attempt to review relevant literature on the theme of corporate real investment decisions. We have conducted a comprehensive survey of literature on the studies published in well-reputed journals of finance, ... -
Corporate Tax Rate, Financing Policy and Investment Decisions: Evidence from 8 Asian Economies
(Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 2022)This study intends to examine the heterogeneous impact of corporate tax rates on financing policy and investment decisions. It further quantifies how different financing options can alienate the adverse impacts of corporate ... -
Correlation Reduction in Closely-Spaced MIMO Antenna with Circular Polarization Diversity
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020)Radiator correlation in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna has always been a serious concern for MIMO systems. In this paper, an antenna consisting of two parallel-placed coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed radiators ... -
Cost-Efficient Bi-Layer Modeling of Antenna Input Characteristics Using Gradient Kriging Surrogates
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020)Over the recent years, surrogate modeling has been playing an increasing role in the design of antenna structures. The main incentive is to mitigate the issues related to high cost of electromagnetic (EM)-based procedures. ... -
Coupled System of Fractional Impulsive Problem Involving Power-Law Kernel with Piecewise Order
(MDPI, 2023)In this research paper, we study a coupled system of piecewise-order differential equations (DEs) with variable kernel and impulsive conditions. DEs with variable kernel have high flexibility due to the freedom of changing ... -
COVID-19 Booster Doses: A Multi-Center Study Reflecting Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions
(MDPI, 2023)(1) Background: During 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic was threatening healthcare services and workers, and acquiring immunity was an option to stop or limit the burden of this pandemic. Herd immunity was a top priority worldwide ... -
COVID-19 Pandemic & Financial Market Volatility; Evidence from GARCH Models
(MDPI, 2023)Across the globe, COVID-19 has disrupted the financial markets, making them more volatile. Thus, this paper examines the market volatility and asymmetric behavior of Bitcoin, EUR, S&P 500 index, Gold, Crude Oil, and Sugar ... -
COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Etiology, Conventional and Non-Conventional Therapies
(MDPI, 2020)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which reported in an outbreak in 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The virus belongs to the beta-coronavirus class, along with the Middle East ... -
COVID-19 Vaccination Booster Dose: Knowledge, Practices, and Intention among Pregnant/Planning to Get Pregnant and Lactating Women
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)Pregnant women are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms. Therefore, booster dose against COVID-19 was recommended for this special population in Jordan. However, vaccine hesitancy/refusal remains the main ... -
COVID-19 Vaccine Development in a Quadruple Helix Innovation System: Uncovering the Preferences of the Fourth Helix in the UAE
(MDPI AG., 2020)Successful development and uptake of vaccine technology in a Quadruple Helix Innovative health or economic system requires a clear understanding of society’s preferences as the fourth helix. With significant financial ... -
COVID-19 Vaccines Status, Acceptance and Hesitancy among Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study and the Implications for Pakistan and Beyond
(MDPI, 2023)COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy continues to be a widespread problem in Pakistan due to various conspiracy beliefs, myths and misconceptions. Since the hemodialysis population is at a higher risk of contracting infections, we ... -
CP_DeepNet: a novel automated system for COVID-19 and pneumonia detection through lung X-rays
(Springer, 2024)In recent years, the COVID-19 outbreak has affected humanity across the globe. The frequent symptoms of COVID-19 are identical to the normal flu, such as fever and cough. COVID-19 disseminates rapidly, and it has become a ... -
Creative self-efficacy: A comparative study between exceptional and ordinary students in the United Arab Emirates
(Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2023)This study investigated the self-efficacy performance of outstanding and ordinary stu-dents. The study determined the level of creative self-efficacy among outstanding and ordinary students. A total of 76 undergraduates ... -
Credit risk estimate using internal explicit knowledge
(LLC CPC Business Perspectives, 2017)Jordanian banks traditionally use a set of indicators, based on their internal explicit knowledge to examine the credit risk caused by default loans of individual borrowers. The banks are reliant on the personal and financial ... -
Criminal protection of corporate websites: an analytical study
(Virtus Interpress, 2022)In the light of the state‟s economic revolution and tremendous techniques sweeping the communication in the recent years which seeks to establish the concept of egovernment practically, and the huge increase in using the ... -
Critical Analysis of the Application of Fuzzy Logic in Renewable Energy Systems
(UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science, 2021)This study describes the effectiveness of applying Fuzzy controller into the renewable energy storage system for better efficiency. Different small size power generators need to be initially started up in order to fulfil ... -
Critical challenges affecting Islamic banking growth in India using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
(LLC CPC Business Perspectives, 2017)The banking sector plays a vital role in growth-supporting factor for economic growth in the world's fastest-growing economies like India. Recently, Islamic banking has become an increasingly popular method for alleviating ... -
Critical Evaluation of the Shear Lag Factor Provisions for W-Sections
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)Shear lagging, resulting from non-uniformity of stress distribution around the connection, is one of the most important design considerations in steel construction since it reduces the load capacity of tension members. In ... -
Cross-Border Acquisitions and Shareholders’ Wealth: The Case of the Indian Pharmaceutical Sector
(MDPI, 2022)Cross-border acquisitions by Indian companies have increased tremendously, especially during the last two decades, and the pharmaceutical industry is one of the top acquiring industries. This study verifies the relationship ... -
A Cross-Layer Solution for Contention Control to Enhance TCP Performance in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023)With the development of wireless technology, users not only have wireless access to the Internet, but this has also sparked the emergence of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks (WANETs); this promising networking paradigm has the ...