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Biological and biomedical functions of Penta-O-galloyl-D-glucose and its derivatives
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Springer Nature
, 2014 , Other)
Penta-O-galloyl-D-glucose (PGG) is a simple hydrolysable tannin in plants. PGG exists in two anomeric forms, α-PGG and β-PGG. While β-PGG can be found in a wide variety of plants, α-PGG is rather rare in nature. Numerous ...
Performance evaluation of full-scale sections of asphalt pavements in the State of Qatar
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2014 , Article)
The population and economy in the State of Qatar have been increasing in the past 5 years. Accordingly, traffic loading has also increased rapidly, which affected the performance of existing roads and highways. This high ...
The Relationship between Information & Communications Technology, Prior Experience and Customer Loyalty in Saudi Arabia Insurance Industry Companies
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Global Journals Inc. (USA)
, 2014 , Article)
This study is an attempt to examine the association between important variables of
service quality namely information and communications technology, prior experience and
customer loyalty in Saudi Arabia’s provision of ...
Re-Examining the Technical Efficiency of Australian Banks: A Bootstrap DEA Approach
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2014 , Article)
This study re-examines both pure technical and scale efficiency of Australian banks using bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA). The aim is to improve the choice of variables of the core profit efficiency model which ...
Parcel distribution timetabling problem with incomplete hub network
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Taylor & Francis
, 2014 , Article)
The aim of parcel distribution timetabling problem is to optimize the movements of the parcels in their journey from their pickup to their delivery. The minimization of the time spent in this journey is a common objective ...
The ramsey number for theta graph versus a clique of order three and four
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University of Zielona Gora
, 2014 , Article)
For any two graphs F1 and F2, the graph Ramsey number r(F1, F2) is
the smallest positive integer N with the property that every graph on at
least N vertices contains F1 or its complement contains F2 as a subgraph.
In ...
Synthesis and characterization of electroactive novel poly-2-cynoaniline
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Indian Academy of Sciences
, 2014 , Article)
Uniform needle-like structures of poly-2-cynoaniline are formed without the use of any template by electrochemical oxidative polymerization method on copper electrode in acidic medium. The structural characterizations are ...
Examining the moderating role of national culture on an extended technology acceptance model
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Taylor & Francis
, 2014 , Article)
Previous research studies have primarily examined the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in one country or in developed and western countries. This paper attempts to answer two questions of particular significance that ...
Incorporating olfactory into a multi-modal surgical simulation
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Maruzen Co., Ltd.
, 2014 , Article)
This paper proposes a novel multimodal interactive surgical simulator that incorporates haptic, olfactory, as well as traditional vision feedback. A scent diffuser was developed to produce odors when errors occur. Haptic ...
Combined effect of global warming and buildings envelope on the performance of ground source heat pump systems
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Springer Link
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Heating and cooling systems as well as domestic hot water account for over 50 % of the world’s energy consumption. Due to their high thermal performance, ground source heat pump systems (GSHP) have been increasingly used ...