The Sri Lankan Tamils - a comparative analysis of the experiences of the second generation in the UK and Sri Lanka [PDF]
, 2008 There are many studies that focus upon the lives and experiences of the children of migrants born in the settlement country, the group known as the second generation.
Cowley-Sathiakumar, Shanthini Rebecca
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Atmosphere, 2023 Recent studies on China’s arid and semi-arid regions, particularly the Tarim River Basin (TRB), have shown an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events.
Xiaoyun Ding +9 more
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Is There a Difference? The Performance Characteristics of Sri Equity Indexes [PDF]
Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2005 Investments in socially responsible investments (SRI) are still a small, but growing segment of international capital markets. This study analyses whether a SRI screening process applied to equities results in a different performance outcome compared to relevant conventional benchmark indexes.
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Association of Bone Metabolism Markers with Glycemic Parameters in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Insights from a Cross-sectional Study on Serum Osteocalcin, Vitamin D, and Parathyroid Hormone [PDF]
Indian Journal of Medical BiochemistryBackground: Bone is increasingly recognized as an endocrine organ that influences glucose metabolism, particularly through markers such as osteocalcin (OC), vitamin D3, and parathyroid hormone (PTH).
Mohammad N Khan +2 more
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Socially responsible investing returns: Evidence from South Africa, 2004-2012
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2014 A number of researchers have sought to test the theoretical prediction of Modern Portfolio Theory that asserts that Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) under-performs conventional investing.
Munyaradzi Chawana
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IEEE Access, 2021 A temperature-compensated MZI-based optical sensor using few-mode concentric multilayer-core fiber (CMCF) was designed, and surrounding refractive index (SRI) sensing via interference spectra was successfully proposed and experimentally demonstrated ...
Bin-Zhou Zuo +3 more
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Evaluating different spectral indices in identification and preparation of soil salinity mapping of arid region of Iran [PDF]
Desert, 2020 Soil salinity undergoes significant spatial and temporal variations; therefore, salinity mapping is difficult, expensive, and time consuming. However, researchers have mainly focused on arid soils (bare) and less attention has been paid to halophyte ...
H.R. Matinfar +2 more
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Constructing an Islamic Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index; The Case of Indonesia
Tazkia Islamic Finance and Business Review, 2018 The aim of this study are: (i) to develop an index based on Islamic stock from List of Islamic Securities (DES) and integrate them with the concept of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and (ii) to compare the performance of the constructed index with
Wiku Suryomurti
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021 The present study was carried out in the recently established Warathenna-Hakkinda EPA in the Kandy District, Sri Lanka to investigate the avifaunal diversity and conservation threats.
Dinelka Thilakarathne +4 more
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Identifying Return Distribution of Sri Lankan Stock Market Index [PDF]
Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance, 2014 In the current financial world, prediction of stock returns has become a vital task. Many prediction techniques available recently depend on the return distribution of stock index. Identifying return distribution of stock return has an immense interest among researchers nowadays.
N. V. Chandrasekara, C. D. Tilakaratne
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