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Online banking is facing various types of resistance that may hinder its adoption by  consumers. This paper aim to identify barriers to the origin of non-adoption of e banking and to provide a better comprehension of online bankig non adoption it is based on a…

Context: Experimental research using animals and correlational studies with humans provide strong evidence that exposure to gestational cigarette smoke can foster long-term risk for obesity and metabolic syndrome in offspring. Objective: To estimate the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the development of adiposity…

Harmonisation and convergence are important processes for increasing accounting comparability and transparency. The present article studies convergence of national regulations with international standards using Jaccard coefficients, regarding cash flows policies, and harmonisation of accounting regulations for cash flows on the London Stock Exchange companies, using …

Background: Epilepsy is a chronic condition which affects quality of life (QOL). QOL is considered as an important outcome measure and component of management in studies of adult epilepsy. Objective: To evaluate factors associated with quality of life in adult epilepsy patients. Materials and Methods:…

Mobile maintenance is evolving as an area of major prominence in engineering asset. This paper addresses the issue of why many engineering asset management organizations have experienced major problems implementing mobile collaborative maintenance systems (MCMS) that can maximize asset operation.  Unsuccessful implementation of MCMS and…

Globally, heart disease is still a major public health problem. In developed countries, this is due to an ageing population, and in developing countries, like Uganda, it is due to increasing negative lifestyles. Many women in Uganda move from rural to urban areas, thereby changing…

Research motivation: The objective of this study was to know the frequency of dental developmental alterations in Mexican children and adolescents attending the Stomatological Clinics of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Research design/methodology: The files of the patients attended…

Naevus lipomatosis cutaneous superficialis (NLCS) is a rare benign hamartoma of adipose tissue of the skin characterized by the presence of clusters of mature ectopic fat cells among the collagen bundles of the dermis. Usually, the number of adnexal structures is reduced in NLCS with…

This case provides an overview of project management practices at ITWorx, a leading professional software services company in the Middle East. ITWorx top management believes that many critical decisions that determine the success of a project are actually made before the project even starts. Projects…

In the present work, we report the effect of size and dimension on catalytic activation energy (EC) of some dioxide nano structured materials using a simple analytical model. We report the variation of catalytic activation energy with the size from 1 nm to 30 nm…