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Journal Article
The Role of News Sentiments in the Connectedness of GCC Equity Markets
by Moosa Yousuf
Abstract
This study examines the role of news sentiments in the GCC equity markets’ connectedness. We collected news titles for the period from 22nd June 2006 until 31st December 2020 from Gulf News, which is the most widely read English newspaper in the Arab World. We filter these news titles using a carefully designed list of keywords that capture public sentiment on matters rel [...] Read more

Journal Article
Follow Suit: Imitative governance, resource inclination, and regional innovation efficiency
by Shutter Zor , Jingru Chen , Jietie Ailimujiang  and  Fayao Wang
Abstract
Influenced by traditional notions of solidarity, when a province’s planning can be highly aligned with that of the central government, the province is perceived to be more collective and thus able to receive financial or resource favors from the central government. This consistency, as is often the case, reflected in doing the same thing as the central government. This si [...] Read more

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Pakistan’s Energy Dilemma and Its Consequences on Economic Growth
by Tooba Rehan Haqqi  and  Muhammad Farhan Fiaz
Abstract
Technological advancements in the last few decades have created energy and cost-efficient power plants, but it is not a prominent feature in the electricity supply-chain. While many long-term and short-term energy alternatives are available, Pakistan still has a significant number of people who do not have access to electricity; as there are many areas that are neither connecte [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Government & Public Policy, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Journal Article
Noninvasive Deep-Tissue Temperature Monitoring Based on Magnetic Mediated Thermoacoustics
by Siyu Liu
Abstract
Noninvasive acquisition of deep tissue temperature has important applications in home health monitoring, hyperthermia safety control, and other domains. In this work, we present here a novel magnetically mediated thermoacoustic temperature measurement method. Utilizing coil to stimulate amplitude modulated magnetic field and ultrasound transducer to receive the generated thermo [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
School of Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, China

Letter
Progress, Evolving Paradigms and Recent Trends in Economic Analysis
by Robertas Damasevicius
Abstract
This paper provides a thorough review of the shifting landscape of economic analysis, spotlighting recent trends and predicting future paths. While traditional economic models remain key for interpreting economic activity, they are being supplemented by fresh methods and cross-disciplinary viewpoints. The increased attention to inequality studies, using advanced statistical tec [...] Read more

Journal Article
Variability of Income Flows of Tourism Companies during a Nine-Year Period
by Iovino Felicetta
Abstract
The global financial crisis has affected all countries during the period 2007-2014. Tourist companies, especially in Italy, play a significant role in the economy of a country. The performance of tourism companies, and in particular hotels and travel agencies and tour operators, will be analysed in this paper, relative to the period of the crisis. The aim of this paper is to an [...] Read more

Journal Article
A simulation study on the insurance claims distribution using Weibull distribution
by Hamza Abubakar  and  Muhammad Lawal Danrimi
Abstract
The Weibull distribution is extensively useful in the field of finance, insurance and natural disasters. Recently, It has been considered as one of the most frequently used statistical distributions in modelling and analyzing stock pricing movement and uncertain prediction in financial and investment data sets, such as insurance claims distribution. It is well known that the Ba [...] Read more

Journal Article
Analysing younger online viewers’ motivation to watch video game live streaming through a positive perspective
by Lifu Li , Kyeong Kang  and  Osama Sohaib
Abstract
The paper focuses on younger online viewers’ motivation to watch video game live streaming on live streaming platforms. Unlike existing scholars, it analyses younger online viewers’ watching motivation through a positive perspective and draws on the Play-Others-Downtime theory (P-O-D theory) and the motivation theory to establish the research model. By analysing 397 [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
School of Professional Practice and Leadership, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Journal Article
Credit risk and Tunisian bank stability in the Covid-19 wave
by Emna Trabelsi  and  Malek Ben Mansour
Abstract
Banks are at the core of economic functioning in various countries and are the cause of their development in various fields. In a changing environment, they must deal with certain risks and maintain financial stability as the ultimate objective. The primary objective of this study is to examine the correlation between credit risk and bank stability within the Tunisian banking s [...] Read more

Journal Article
A Study of Hierarchical Risk Parity in Portfolio Construction
by Debjani Palit  and  Victor R. Prybutok
Abstract
The construction and optimization of a portfolio is a complex process that has been a historically active research area in finance. For portfolios with highly correlated assets, the performance of traditional risk-based asset allocations methods such as the mean-variance (MV) model is limited when numerous assets are correlated. A novel clustering-based asset allocation method, [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, USA

Review
Repurposing anti-parasite benzimidazole drugs as selective anti-cancer chemotherapeutics
by Fatemeh Movahedi , Li Li  and  Zhi Ping Xu
Abstract
Cancer chemotherapy is generally associated with many severe adverse effects. Many cancer studies are currently focused on repurposing conventional non-toxic anti-parasite drugs for cancer treatment. Since cancer cells and parasites have many features in common, some anti-parasite drugs such as benzimidazoles have been recently found to possess the anti-cancer activity. Benzimi [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Institute of Biomedical Health Technology and Engineering and Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518107, China

Journal Article
Drug Transport via Nanocarrier for Liver Cancer Treatment
by Shafirah Hussein  and  Jaffri Ruben
Abstract
The requirement of having multiple nanocarriers (NCs) and active agents for improved therapy, imaging, and controlled release of medications efficiently in one platform has made the creation of therapeutics and theragnostic nanodrug delivery systems a difficult task for present researchers. Multiple drug resistance (MDR), a high clearance rate, severe side effects, undesirable [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Materials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia

Journal Article
The role of business environment optimization on entrepreneurship enhancement
by Nannan Wang , Dengfeng Cui , Chuanzhen Geng  and  Zefan Xia
Abstract
Entrepreneurs are important actors in economic activities and creators of social wealth. Excellent entrepreneurs contribute their wisdom to the accumulation of social wealth and the promotion of high-quality economic and social development. The business environment is the main manifestation of the soft power of cities and regional economic development, and a better business env [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
LSK business school, The Hong Kong university of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Journal Article
Sustainable development with city, industry, economic and environment: The role of city-industry integration on green economic growth
by Xiaoli Hao , Yuhong Li  and  Ume Lail
Abstract
In order to avoid the real economy development lags behind and the deterioration of ecological problems in the process of traditional urbanization, China has been promoting city-industry deep integration, but the connection between city-industry integration and green economic growth, especially the spatial effect, has not been systematically explained. Based on the panel data f [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
School of Social Sciences & Humanities, National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Journal Article
Do Dirty Energies Influence Sustainable Energy Indices Price Formation?
by Rui Dias  and  Rosa Galvão
Abstract
The clean energy revolution is a global concern. Cross-border collaboration is crucial for sharing knowledge, pooling resources, and tackling complex challenges on a global scale. International partnerships can accelerate innovation by drawing on diverse knowledge and experience from different regions. Access to capital is a key driver of innovation and entrepreneurship in clea [...] Read more

Journal Article
Detection of 16 kDa Protein from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Using Interdigitated Electrode
by S.S. Rani  and  Subash C.B. Gopinath
Abstract
 In the past, researchers investigated the immune response acting against mycobacterial antigens in tuberculosis (TB). Several ELISA tests have been conducted for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Other researchers manipulated 16 kDa antigen from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis to develop a tuberculosis diagnostic test while some others studied the subspecies of M. [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Faculty of Chemical Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Perlis, Malaysia

Journal Article
The Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Systemic Risk in the Fintech Industry: Evidence from Crisis Events and the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Aktham Maghyereh  and  Jinxin Cui
Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the systemic risk of the fintech industry. To achieve this goal, we first estimate the evolution of system-wide systemic risk using the CatFin method. We further examine whether EPU significantly affects systemic risk. Our findings demonstrate that the systemic risk of the fintech industry is time-varian [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Collaborative Innovation Center of Statistical Data Engineering Technology & Application, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China

Journal Article
Tax effect of digital economy development in China: The policy effect and transmission mechanism
by Jun Mao , Jianmin Liu  and  Zhiyuan Liu
Abstract
The development of digital economy is becoming an important path to promote the kinetic energy of China's tax revenue development. Based on the panel data from 2011 to 2018, this paper uses Gini coefficient to analyze the regional differences of China's digital economy, and uses fixed effect model, spatial Durbin model, multi-period double difference model and other empirical m [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
School of Economics and Management, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, China

Journal Article
The roles of m6A RNA methylation modification in cancer stem cells: new opportunities for cancer suppression
by Haitao Chen , Huilong Li , Wanjin Shi , Hai Qin  and  Lufeng Zheng
Abstract
As a reversible post-transcriptional modification, N6-methyladeno sine is the most common form of RNA modification in eukaryotic mRNA. Cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are a subpopulation of cells with self-renewal ability and differentiation potential, have been regarded to be one of the roots of tumor occurrence, recurrence, and metastasis. Currently, numerous studies have dem [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
School of Life Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China

Review
E3 ubiquitin ligase-dependent regulatory mechanism of TRIM family in carcinogenesis
by Gui Zhang , Yunfang Zhang , Luxuan Chen , Langxia Liu  and  Xuejuan Gao
Abstract
Tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) proteins consist of over 80 proteins, the majority of which exhibit E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. E3 ligases have a critical role in various cellular processes by specifically recognizing and ubiquitinating substrate proteins to promote their proteasomal degradation or alter their activities. Numerous studies have indicated that TRIMs are invo [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology and Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.