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, present the current state-of-the- art and certain open issues associated with Arabic dark Web content analysis.  …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the development of an Arabic language scale for measuring cross …‐Cultural Adjustment Scale was translated into Arabic using the method of back‐translation and a pilot item‐by‐item debriefing. It was then … administered to 111 Arabic‐speaking employees of a single firm. Findings – The Arabic language version yielded high alpha …
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Purpose – This work demonstrates the development of a robot, which was designed for the orbital welding of pipes …
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Purpose – Building inspection tasks usually involve working at life‐threatening height, especially for high‐rise buildings. The purpose of this paper is to introduce two service robots which are designed for high‐rise building inspection applications. Design/methodology/approach – The...
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for navigating in T‐branch pipes efficiently. Design/methodology/approach – For high mobility, this robot is developed … pipe to a T‐branch pipe. Findings – With this navigation strategy, the robot can avoid collisions and enter T‐branch pipes … also describes navigation strategy that enables a robot to avoid collisions and enter T‐branch pipes effectively. This …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compute reliability, availability, and mean time before failure of the process of a plastic‐pipe manufacturing plant consisting of a ( K, N ) system for various choices of failure and repair rates of sub‐systems. This plant consists of eight...
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probabilities of failure involved corrosion, pipes aged between 20‐30 years, 8″ pipes, and pipes in fill material. The pipe types … pipes were shown to have the highest probability of failing. As such, attention should be given to replace segments of cast … iron pipes as they reach the end of their service lives. Practical implications – This study serves to address a major …
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Purpose Identifying the drivers that positively influence consumption of organic products is of utmost importance to … motivating beliefs and a simple decision-making heuristic as predictors of buying organic. Design/methodology/approach A …. While beliefs explained about 75 per cent of the variance in the decision-making heuristic for organic products, the …
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Purpose Marketing products as guilt-free is not new, especially in the food industry, but what is new is the scope of ethical choice on offer and the variety and complexity of guilt-free narratives sold as part of the consumption package. The purpose of this paper is to present – and test –...
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expands the extant literature on green purchasing behavior to cover daily consumer goods extending beyond organic food. This …
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