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Global risk and demand for gold by central banks
(Taylor and Francis, 2017)
This article examines the influence of global risk on the holding of gold by central banks based on annual data for 100 countries during 1990–2015. We use a dynamic panel generalized method of moments model to estimate ...
The1.5°C target and coal sector transition: at the limits of societal feasibility
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)
National and global mitigation scenarios consistent with 1.5°C require an early phaseout
of coal in major coal-dependent countries, compared to standard technical and
economic lifetimes. This appears particularly apparent ...
The effects of volunteerism on self-deception and locus of control
(Springer, 2018)
This study examines whether volunteering for not-for-profit Organizations (NPOs) which are involved in providing social welfare services and which actively promote sociobehavioral factors like social responsibility, ...
Child labour and human capital in developing countries - a multi-period stochastic model
(Elsevier Ltd, 2017-09)
This study investigates the co-determination of child labour and human capital acquisition through a life cycle model. It explores three categories of households with zero, ten and fifteen years' education of household ...
A review on bilevel optimization: from classical to evolutionary approaches and applications
(IEEE, 2018)
Bilevel optimization is defined as a mathematical
program, where an optimization problem contains another optimization
problem as a constraint. These problems have received
significant attention from the mathematical ...
Association of grade configuration with school climate for 7th and 8th grade students
(American Psychological Association, 2017)
Educational authorities have questioned whether middle schools provide the best school climate for 7th and 8th grade students, and proposed that other grade configurations such as K– 8th grade schools may provide a better ...
Professionalizing religious family-owned organizations: an examination of human resource challenges
(Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA), 2017)
Transformation of the HR function from the traditional to a modern and professional one continues to be a challenge for most family-owned organizations. This paper discusses the traditional HR practices followed in an ...
Relationships between job characteristics, work engagement, conscientiousness and managers’ turnover intentions: a moderated-mediation analysis
(Emerald insight, 2018-03-02)
Purpose – Integrating the job demands-resources theory and the conservation of resources theory, the purpose
of this paper is to develop and test a moderated-mediation model examining the relationships between
motivating ...
A Statistical model for helices with applications
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018-09)
Motivated by a cutting edge problem related to the shape of α-helices in proteins, we formulate a parametricstatistical model, which incorporates the cylindrical nature of the helix. Our focus is to detect a “kink,” which ...
Solving semi-open queuing networks with time-varying arrivals: an application in container terminal landside operations
(Elsevier, 2018-06-16)
Semi-open queuing networks (SOQNs) are widely applied to measure the performance of manufacturing, logistics, communications, restaurant, and health care systems. Many of these systems observe variability in the customer ...