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Climate‐Related Disclosure and Bank Performance: Does Bank Type Matter?
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether climate‐related disclosure (CRD) affects the financial performance of conventional banks (CBs) and Islamic banks (IBs) differently. Using a unique hand‐collected dataset on CRD for 591 banks (422 CBs and 169 IBs) from 24 countries over a 4‐year period, we examine how the relationship between CRD and financial ...
Rasim Simsek +2 more
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ABSTRACT The lag in embedding leaders' decarbonization competences into sunset industry businesses (oil, gas, and petroleum), particularly in Middle Eastern hydrocarbon economies, poses an existential environmental and institutional challenge. In many such contexts, leaders' decarbonization competences remain subordinated to resource utilization and ...
John Mendy +3 more
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ABSTRACT The growing frequency of global crises has intensified concerns regarding climate vulnerability and the resilience of global production systems. This study examines the heterogeneous effects of supply chain development and supply chain digitalisation on climate vulnerability across countries, while accounting for institutional and investment ...
Ziwei Li +4 more
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Is Serum Uric Acid Level Associated with Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Dalal Alkhudir,1 Adeeba Al-Herz,1 Khulood Saleh,2 Adel Alawadhi,1,3 Waleed Al-Kandari,2 Eman Hasan,1 Khaled Mokaddem,1 Aqeel Ghanem,4 Youssef Attia Bartella,1 Mohammed Hussain,1 Naser AlHadhood,2 Yaser Ali,4 Ebrahim Nahar,4 Ahmad Alenizi,5 Ali Aldei,1 ...
Alkhudir D +21 more
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Abstract Background Delayed wound healing following implant placement surgery is an uncommon complication, usually attributed to systemic (smoking and alcohol), local (severely inflamed tissues), or technical (poor suturing) factors. However, delayed wound healing after implant placement caused by severe hypovitaminosis C has not been previously ...
Gregor‐Georg Zafiropoulos +2 more
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Consumer Adoption of Internet of Things
ABSTRACT The Internet of Things (IoT), a pivotal technology in enhancing user connectivity, faces a paradox: its widespread potential yet limited consumer adoption. This study addresses this dichotomy by synthesizing a large‐scale meta‐analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) and hierarchical linear meta‐analysis (HiLMA) of 2736 effect sizes from ...
Wagner Junior Ladeira +6 more
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Objectives: Hemoglobin (Hb) level and its relation to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is multifactorial. The primary aim of this study was to examine the association between Hb levels and disease activity in patients with RA.
Maryam Salah Al-Mazedi +15 more
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Dalal Alhasan,1 Ameen Yaseen2 1Department of Applied Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Public Authority of Applied Education and Training, Kuwait, Kuwait; 2Audit Department, Emergency Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Kuwait ...
Alhasan D, Yaseen A
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Kinetic Modeling of Phosphate‐Based Enzyme Cascade for the Production of Fructose From Starch
A mechanistic kinetic model is developed for a phosphate‐based cascade converting starch to fructose. Mechanistic information was used to formulate rate expression of enzymes, and sensitivity analysis was performed to identify key kinetic parameters for optimization.
Rawia Marafi +5 more
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The global rise in macroplastic waste has adversely affected Kuwait's beaches, presenting potential threats to the marine ecosystem. In this study, debris samples were collected and analyzed from eleven beach sites between 2022 and 2024.
Abdul Hadi E. Bu-Olayan, B.V. Thomas
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