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Determinants of sustainable growth: A comparative analysis of conventional and islamic banks
(2016-09-01)© 2016, Virtus Interpress. All rights reserved. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the effect of intangible and financial resources on accounting- and market-based performance of two bank business models ... -
Conventional vs. Islamic banks in dual-banking systems: Business model, outlay stratagems and economic performance
(2017-01-01)Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Islamic banking and finance is a multitrillion-dollar industry, which offers interest-free banking arrangements that entail risk sharing and cater to all sections of society, ... -
Journal of Studies in International Education
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Alternative infill strategies for expensive multi-objective optimisation
(2017-07-01)© 2017 ACM. Many multi-objective optimisation problems incorporate computationally or financially expensive objective functions. State-of-the-art algorithms therefore construct surrogate model(s) of the parameter space ... -
Multi-objective routing optimisation for battery-powered wireless sensor mesh networks
(2014-01-01)Mesh network topologies are becoming increasingly popular in battery powered wireless sensor networks, primarily due to the extension of network range and resilience against routing failures. However, multi-hop mesh ... -
Broaching Badges for Learning
(University of Plymouth, 2016)Learning related to Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is often delivered on demand using a variety of short, non-accredited methods, for example workshops, videos, online courses, self study. This is a pragmatic approach ... -
Examination Feedback
(University of Plymouth, 2016)This project focussed on exploring types of examination feedback. The project brought together key stakeholders from UPSU, students, academic and educational development staff. The aim was to consider perceptions, ... -
Rising levels of temperature and CO2 antagonistically affect phytoplankton primary productivity in the South China Sea.
Coastal and offshore waters in the South China Sea are warming and becoming acidified due to rising atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), yet the combined effects of these two stressors are poorly known. Here, we ...
