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Determinants of Commercial Banks Profitability: the Case of Ethiopian Commercial Banks

, 2015
Banks are the most crucial financial intermediaries in the economy and economy that have profitable banking industry are better able to withstand negative shock and contribute to the stability of the whole economy. The purpose of this study is to investigate determinants of commercial banks profitability in Ethiopia by using panel data of eight ...
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Concurrent Biocompatibility and Antimicrobial Functionality of Soft Diamond‐Like Carbon Coating for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Designing an engineering material that simultaneously promotes the growth of beneficial biological cells while eliminating harmful bacteria is often challenging. However, this study presents a unique carbon coating by manufacturing design capable of achieving both functions, demonstrating strong potential for various applications, including medical ...
Abdul Wasy Zia, Alberto Tuñón‐Molina, Ioannis Anestopoulos, Miguel Martí, Iraklis‐Stavros Panagiotidis, Anam Ijaz, Ángel Serrano‐Aroca, Mihalis I. Panayiotidis, Martin Birkett   +8 more
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Mussel‐Inspired Molecular Strategies for Fabricating Functional Materials With Underwater Adhesion and Self‐Healing Properties

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review systematically examines the nanomechanical mechanisms of mussel‐inspired molecular interactions, primarily investigated by direct force measurement techniques such as surface forces apparatus and atomic force microscopy. The macroscopic adhesive and self‐healing performances of mussel‐inspired functional materials, including coacervates ...
Pan Huang, Hongjian Zhang, Hongbo Zeng
wiley   +1 more source

Remote‐Controlled Wireless Bioelectronics for Fluoxetine Therapy to Promote Wound Healing in a Porcine Model

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A wireless bioelectronic ion pump platform is developed for controlled fluoxetine delivery for wound healing in a large mammal model. Over 3 days, treated wounds showed 37% greater re‐epithelialization and a 33% lower ratio of pro‐inflammatory to reparative macrophages.
Houpu Li, Narges Asefifeyzabadi, Kaelan Schorger, Prabhat Baniya, Hsin‐ya Yang, Maryam Tebyani, Alexie Barbee, Wan Shen Hee, Anthony Gallegos, Kan Zhu, Cynthia Recendez, Fan Lu, George Luka, Sujung Kim, Koushik Devarajan, Tiffany Nguyen, Sydnie Figuerres, Celeste Franco, Elham Aslankoohi, Héctor Carrión, Narges Norouzi, Marcella Gomez, Min Zhao, Roslyn Rivkah Isseroff, Mircea Teodorescu, Marco Rolandi   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency Analysis of Indonesian Sharia Banks

AFEBI Islamic Finance and Economic Review, 2019
The development of Islamic banking in Indonesia is still not optimal, so it requires performance improvement. It is necessary to measure efficiency and productivity to achieve predetermined targets.
Nur Khalimah, Edy Yusuf Agung Gunanto
doaj  

Strategic Direct Printing for High‐Performance and Uniform Organic Thin‐Film Transistor Arrays

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This work presents a strategic direct‐printing approach to achieve high‐performance printed organic thin‐film transistor arrays. A 12 × 12 printed transistor array with high electrical performances is successfully demonstrated, achieving a saturation mobility of 0.9 cm2·V−¹·s−¹ and a relative standard deviation of 14.4%.
Gyungin Ryu, Youngmin Jo, Seongju Kim, Christian B. Nielsen, Woojo Kim, Sungjune Jung   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Elastin‐Like Hydrogel with Unidirectional and Controllable Anisotropic Actuation for Soft Robotics and Tissue Engineering

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Fiber‐reinforced elastin‐like tubular scaffolds are engineered to achieve anisotropic and reversible actuation under external stimuli. By adjusting fiber's angle, actuation behavior is finely tuned, enabling distinct actuation responses, even within different regions of the same scaffold.
Federica Sallustio, Amanda Schmidt, Ikram El Maachi, Alexander Greenhalgh, Martin Frydrych, Stefan Jockenhoevel, José Carlos Rodríguez‐Cabello, Alicia Fernández‐Colino   +7 more
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High‐Chroma, High‐Contrast Tunable Color Coatings Using Sb2S3 in a Metal‐Dielectric Stack

Advanced Photonics Research, EarlyView.
A novel tunable color coating design is presented, using the phase‐change material Sb2S3 in a Fabry–Perot cavity. The resulting coatings yield bright, attractive colors, and display a significant color change when annealed using a hotplate or a laser. This demonstrates that Sb2S3 is a promising candidate for use in tunable color coatings.
Riley Shurvinton, Arjun Karimbana, Priya Dominic, Antonin Moreau, Olivier Hector, Konstantinos Iliopoulos, Fabien Lemarchand, Julien Lumeau   +7 more
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Bank runs: A risk mismanagement perspective: A note

South African Journal of Business Management, 2008
This paper demonstrates that the fractional reserve system is a source of instability in commercial and investment banks. The purpose of investment banks is to enhance completeness of financial markets and thereby contribute to an efficient allocation of
H. Abraham
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Thermal Shrinkage‐Induced Modifications in Photonic Bandgaps of Two‐Photon Polymerized Bragg Reflectors

Advanced Photonics Research, EarlyView.
Scanning electron microscopy and white‐light reflectance images of the pillar‐supported distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) are presented before and after thermal shrinkage. The DBR, fabricated via two‐photon polymerization, consists of alternating high‐ and low‐index layers supported by vertical pillars.
Yu‐Shao Jacky Chen, Mike P. C. Taverne, Kevin Chung‐Che Huang, Ying‐Lung Daniel Ho, John G. Rarity   +4 more
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