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Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in Oman: A Two Decade National Study

Oman Medical Journal, 2021
Objectives: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the major chronic diseases with a world prevalence of 8.5%. Oman has shown a consistent rise in the prevalence of DM, reaching 14.5% in 2017. A major complication of DM is diabetic retinopathy (DR).
Firas Ahmed Al-Rashdi, Adhra Al-Mawali
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CEO Characteristics, Carbon Disclosure and Earnings Management in China: The Role of Risk Tolerance and Environmental Uncertainty

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how earnings management shapes the relationship between CEO characteristics, i.e., gender, education, age, tenure and financial expertise, and corporate carbon disclosure. While prior research links managerial attributes to environmental transparency, limited attention has been paid to the role of financial reporting ...
Shihong Zeng, Ali Abbas, Ali Meftah Gerged, Ernest Ezeani, Bilal Bilal   +4 more
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Od soseda do tujca

Acta Histriae
Predicated on town-court registers from 1521–1677, this paper addresses the use of banishment in early modern Ljubljana. The temporary or permanent banishment of unruly people or deviant behaviour was a key tool (sanction) and rite of social control in ...
Žiga Oman
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Restricted Tweedie stochastic block models

Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract The stochastic block model (SBM) is a widely used framework for community detection in networks, where the network structure is typically represented by an adjacency matrix. However, conventional SBMs are not directly applicable to an adjacency matrix that consists of nonnegative zero‐inflated continuous edge weights.
Jie Jian, Mu Zhu, Peijun Sang
wiley   +1 more source

Jónsson and HS Modules over Commutative Rings

International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2014
Let R be a commutative ring with identity and let M be an infinite unitary R-module. (Unless indicated otherwise, all rings are commutative with identity 1≠0 and all modules are unitary.) Then M is called a Jónsson module provided every proper submodule ...
Greg Oman
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Perceptions of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Towards Diabetes Management Visits at Public Primary Health Care Centers with Diverse Opinions Towards Nurse-led Clinics in Muscat, Oman: A Pilot Qualitative Study

Oman Medical Journal, 2020
Objectives: The literature has described several positive outcomes related to diabetes management via nurse-led clinics. This is especially true where a shortage of physicians is recorded within a team-based approach. We sought to explore the perceptions
Kamila Al-Alawi, Ahmed Al-Mandhari
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A Study of High‐Emission Industries: How Policy, Strategy, and Technology Shape Corporate Social Responsibility Toward Carbon Neutrality

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The extant carbon neutrality (CN) literature largely offers macro‐ or meso‐level analyses, providing limited insights into implementation experiences that could inform granular policymaking and industry strategies. To address this gap, we examine the lived CN experiences of firms in the transportation, energy, manufacturing, and construction ...
Adeel Luqman, Shalini Talwar, Hawazen Almugren, Attila Kurucz, Enrico Battisti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Buyids in Oman [PDF]

تاریخ اسلام, 2007
During the reign of the Daylamite ruler, Mu‘izzuddawlah, the Buyids for the first time occupied Oman in order to guaranty the security of the major port city of Basra in southern Iraq and also secure the lines of trade in the Persian Gulf.
Sasan-e Tahmasbi
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Sensemaking and CSR Character in Multinational Corporations: A Comparative Study of Headquarters and Subsidiary Practices in the UAE

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While corporate social responsibility (CSR) scholarship assumes that organizational consistency signals effectiveness, there remains a knowledge gap about how MNCs navigate competing institutional logics between headquarters and subsidiaries. This study investigates how managerial sensemaking mediates the effects of institutional pressures on ...
Charles Antony Diab, Wendy Stubbs
wiley   +1 more source

Governance Drivers of Fossil Fuel Divestment: Evidence From Global Banks

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change poses increasing transition risks for the banking sector, as financial institutions remain exposed to fossil fuel activities despite growing sustainability commitments. This study examines whether corporate governance influences banks' decisions to adopt fossil fuel divestment policies.
Rosella Carè, Massimiliano Cerciello, Nathalie Lévy, Simone Taddeo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source