Trends of Trade Disputes During the WTO Regime

Patterns and trends of trade disputes reveal vital information about the users of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Despite WTO has detailed guidelines regarding how the multilateral trade should be practiced by the Member Countries, the DSU is the ultimate Agreement that promises fair justice against unfair trade practices. Analyses of trade disputes show that the developed countries use the Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM) more than the developing or the newly industrialized countries. The rate of participation of the least-developed countries (LDC) in the dispute settlement process is particularly very low. The direction of disputes shows that the disputes are mostly targeted to the developed countries. All categories of countries- i.e. developed, developing, newly industrialized and transitional economies- lodged disputes against the developed countries more frequently compared to the disputes they lodged against other categories of countries. This indicates that developed countries are targeted in the trade disputes. However, the rate of winning disputes for the developed countries is also higher than those of the other categories. This indicates that despite the developed countries are targeted in the disputes, they manage to survive quite successfully.

Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison

Sustainable building standards differ around the world due to differing development philosophies and local idiosyncrasies, hindering international comparative studies. In this study, the CASBEE standard used in Japan and the GBI used in Malaysia are compared. Using CASBEE as a baseline, items in each standard are matched, compared, and then filtered to only include those affecting end users. Differing levels in these items in both sustainable building standards are matched and are included in a survey of home buyer preferences. This allows for a single survey to be used to study sustainable housing preferences in both Japan and Malaysia

The Impact of People, Process and Technology on Knowledge Management

This study attempts to enhance the function of airline companies through investigating the effects of people, process and technology on knowledge management (KM). The way an organization collects, shares and exploits this knowledge can be central to its ability to develop successfully. KM is a discipline that improves the ability of organizations to solve problems better, adapt, evolve to meet changing business requirements, and survive disruptive changes. Eight airline companies namely Boeing, Delta, JetBlue, Continental, Comair, Iran Air, Malaysian Airline and Firefly were selected and found for their need of improving the KM system. 101 questionnaires were distributed via non-probability sampling method among the employees of airline service companies based on their skills and experiences. Collected data was analyzed through factor analysis, reliability test and correlation of regression. The findings revealed that the process and technology have significant effects on KM. Key words: Knowledge management, people, process and technolog

Moderating effects of personal innovativeness and driving experience on factors influencing adoption of BEVs in Malaysia: an integrated SEM–BSEM approach

Electric cars are relatively in the early stage of acceptance in Malaysia, the purpose of the current research was to determine the factors affecting the adoption of battery electric vehicles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This research utilized a quantitative method to gather and analyze the data and proposed a novel theoretical framework to explain the acceptance of battery electric vehicles. 500 surveys were distributed and 322 were gathered. Respondents of the study were University lecturers, postgraduate students, and employees in private companies. The results of SEM analysis indicated that the developed model provides a good fit for constructs used for this research. The result showed that social influence, facilitating conditions, environmental concern, and perceived enjoyment have positive effects on the adoption of BEVs. However, respondents indicated anxiety about the battery range. In conclusion, this study has contributed additional variables such as range anxiety and driving experience to the electric vehicle's acceptance literature. The findings are significant to electric car producers and policy makers who have environmental concerns to understand consumer prospective in this field

TELE-PAY A SUBSTITUTE OF CONVENTIONAL BANKING: A CONCEPTUAL STUDY

In modern era technology advancement make life easier and quicker. As adoption of technology becomes the essential part of every organization, same is happening in banking industry. Currently, technology acceptance is one of the core issue discussed in banks executive management meetings. The biggest challenge in the service industry is to provide the financial services to those who don’t have access to it. This study focuses to enhance the solution for delivering financial services as a tele-pay through integration rather than direct branch banking. Telecom and bank collaboration solve the problem of providing basic financial services to those who do not have access the services either due to their remoteness or inaccessibility. Tele-pay is considered as mobile payment services provided through telecom companies. Using Technology acceptance model (TAM) we have investigated four factors which are important for adoption of mobile payment by the customers i.e; trust, accessibility, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness. Technology acceptance model (TAM) is widely used to analyze these factorsinfluence on adoption of mobile payment. Studies have considered compatibility, self efficacy and social influence affecting mobile payment adoption and trust, accessibility, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness were found to be more relevant for customer acceptance. These indicators are used to investigate in the context of Pakistan to enhance mobile payment acceptance. The implication of this study for both telecom and banking industry is to further explore the ways for ease of adoption for mobile payment services among mass people

Applying homotopy perturbation method to provide an analytical solution for Newtonian fluid flow on a porous flat plate

This research work is going to apply the homotopy perturbation method to solve the problem of flowing Newtonian fluid on a flat plate. For this purpose, initially, the problem, including the governing equations and boundary conditions, is defined, and after that, the considered assumptions to solve the defined problem are introduced. Next, the working principle of the homotopy perturbation method is described, and then, the way to obtain the analytical solution using the homotopy perturbation method is presented, and finally, the accuracy of the proposed analytical solution in comparison to the numerical approach is compared for validation. Both momentum and energy equations are solved. The maple software program is utilized for carrying out the mathematical calculations, while the validation is done using the profiles for stream function, velocity distribution, stress, and dimensionless temperature as the key indicators related to the solution. The conducted comparison shows that the analytical solution provided by the homotopy perturbation method is able to predict all the important performance criteria for the problem very well, and therefore, the homotopy perturbation method has a strong potential to be employed for providing the analytical solution for such problems.http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/mma2022-02-05hj2021Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineerin

The Effectiveness of Using Strategy of Instructional Scaffolding in Teaching Mathematics to Improve Mathematical Power among First Year Secondary Students in Jordan فاعلية توظيف إستراتيجية السقالات التعليمية في تدريس الرياضيات في تحسين القوة الرياضية لدى طلبة الصف الأول الثانوي في الأردن

Abstract: The aim of the study was to identify the effectiveness of employing the strategy of instructional scaffolding in teaching mathematics to improve mathematical power among secondary first grade students in Jordan. To achieve the goals of the study, the content of the Functions unit from the mathematics book for the first secondary class was analyzed to build a test in mathematical power with its three operations (Mathematical Communication, Mathematical Connection, Mathematical Reasoning). Its validity and reliability were verified. The sample of study consisted of (44) students, distributed equally among the experimental and control groups. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences between the means of the performance of students of the experimental and control groups on each operation of mathematical power individually and on the the total mathematical power test attributed to the the teaching method variable and in favor of the experimental group. In light of the results of the study, the researchers recommended the necessity of employing the strategy of instructional scaffolding in teaching mathematics to secondary first year students. ملخص: هدفت الدراسة التعرف إلى فاعلية توظيف إستراتيجية السقالات التعليمية في تدريس الرياضيات في تحسين القوة الرياضية لدى طلبة الصف الأول الثانوي في الأردن, ولتحقيق أهداف الدّراسة, تم تحليل محتوى وحدة الإقترانات من كتاب الرياضيات للصف الأول الثانوي وبناء اختبار في القوة الرياضية بعملياتها الثلاث (التواصل الرياضي, الترابط الرياضي, الإستدلال الرياضي), تم التحقق من صدقه وثباته. تكونت عينة الدراسة من (44) طالبا وزعوا بالتساوي على مجموعتي الدراسة التجريبية والضابطة. أظهرت نتائج الدراسة وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية بين المتوسطات الحسابية لأداء طلبة المجموعتين التجريبية والضابطة على كل عملية من عمليات القوة الرياضية منفردة وعلى اختبار القوة الرياضية الكلي تعزى لطريقة التدريس ولصالح المجموعة التجريبية. وفي ضوء نتائج الدراسة, يوصي الباحثون بضرورة توظيف إستراتيجية السقالات التعليمية في تدريس الرياضيات لطلبة الصف الأول الثانوي

The National Window for Trade and its Impact on the National Economy: Jordan Customs Field Research

The National Window for Trade is an integrated national computerized system for all governmental procedures involving commercial items entering or transiting through the Kingdom. This study examines the National Window for Trade and its Impact on the National Economy in light of the Corona pandemic Jordan Customs Field Research. The population of this study consisted of all the employees in the national window for trade at the Jordanian Custom. Findings revealed a statistically significant impact of the National Window for Trade (improving the working climate, goods clearance from the first border point, and lowering government and customs procedures) on the national economy in light of the Corona pandemi

Target parameter estimation for spatial and temporal formulations in MIMO radars using compressive sensing

Conventional algorithms used for parameter estimation in colocated multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) radars require the inversion of the covariance matrix of the received spatial samples. In these algorithms, the number of received snapshots should be at least equal to the size of the covariance matrix. For large size MIMO antenna arrays, the inversion of the covariance matrix becomes computationally very expensive. Compressive sensing (CS) algorithms which do not require the inversion of the complete covariance matrix can be used for parameter estimation with fewer number of received snapshots. In this work, it is shown that the spatial formulation is best suitable for large MIMO arrays when CS algorithms are used. A temporal formulation is proposed which fits the CS algorithms framework, especially for small size MIMO arrays. A recently proposed low-complexity CS algorithm named support agnostic Bayesian matching pursuit (SABMP) is used to estimate target parameters for both spatial and temporal formulations for the unknown number of targets. The simulation results show the advantage of SABMP algorithm utilizing low number of snapshots and better parameter estimation for both small and large number of antenna elements. Moreover, it is shown by simulations that SABMP is more effective than other existing algorithms at high signal-to-noise ratio

SIMVASTATIN TREATMENT AMELIORATES DIABETIC TYPE 2 CONDITIONS THROUGH LOWERING THE CONCENTRATION OF PLASMA ICAM LEVELS

Diabetes type 2 is associated with other diseases including cardiovascular diseases. Obesity is a link between diabetes and cardiovascular diseases and associated with insulin resistance. Statins are used to reduce lipids and to lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases. The objective of the present study was to explore the effect of statin treatment on plasma levels of ICAM among diabetics. The study design was a prospective cohort clinical study. The study included 62 diabetic patients who were recruited from the Diabetes/Endocrine Clinics of the Prince Rashed Hospital. Data were collected from participants through a prepared questionnaire and laboratory findings of lipid profiles, glucose and ICAM levels. Study findings showed no significant variations between study and control groups at baseline level. At the end of the experiment, in study group, there were significant changes in some biochemical parameters such as ICAM level (p=0.005), cholesterol (0.019), and TG (0.025). The mean difference of study and control groups showed that significant variations were observed for the following variables ICAM (p<0.005), cholesterol (p=0.008), TG (p<0.005), and HDDL (p<0.005). Taken together, the present study showed that simvastatin therapy benefits diabetic patients even without hyperlipidemia through decreasing levels of ICAM-1, which have an inflammatory action and increase insulin resistance. It can be concluded that simvastatin is insulin sensitizer and works as anti-inflammatory agent