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Predictive Modeling of Corporate Social Responsibility’s Impact on Financial Performance in U.S. Oil and Gas Firms

Nguyen Tan Dat, Co Van Chien, Nguyen Minh Hang
This research develops and evaluates predictive models to assess how corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenditures influence the financial performance of oil and gas firms in the United States. Although maximizing shareholder wealth remains a primary goal, it frequently conflicts with the interests...

AI-Driven Hybrid RF/FSO Communication Framework for Secure Smart Grid and EV Networks under Composite Fading

Nookala Venu, Mehak Kapoor, Nitesh Patidar, Naval Kishor Sharma, Manjeet Rajput, Vikash Dhakad
This paper investigates a secure hybrid radio-frequency/free-space-optical (RF/FSO) communication architecture for smart grid and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure operating under composite fading channels. An AI-driven controller based on Q-learning dynamically adapts link selection and channel parameters...
Review Article

Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Sepsis: From Basic Research to Clinical Application

Junyi Sun, Xianfei Ding, Tongwen Sun
Pages: 2 - 10
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a deregulated host response to infection, and is the most common cause of death in the intensive care unit. Although the pathogenesis of sepsis has made substantial progress, the current clinical treatment of sepsis is basically symptomatic treatment,...
Proceedings Article

Model Sea Levels Prediction With ARIMA for Coastal Area in Semarang

A. Musbikhin, Eko Sediyono, Catur Edi Widodo
Coastal flood is one of the most frequent disasters in coastal cities in Indonesia. Semarang the largest city in Central Java is one of the cities most affected by rising sea levels. The low land surface along the coast and decreasing every year accompanied by rising sea levels makes the city prone to...

Synergy, Diversification and Firm Performance in Mergers and Acquisitions

Stanley Septian, Christiana Fara Dharmastuti
Synergy from merger and acquisition (M&A) theoretically increases firm performance. However, diversification leads to coinsurance effect which reduces firm value. This study aims to analyze the relationship between synergy and firm performance measured using return on assets (ROA) and Tobin’s Q, with...

A Local Qur’anic Scholar and His Critique on Religious Practices of the Javanese Muslims

Aunillah Reza Pratama, Masruchin
This article delves into the Islamic thoughts of Misbah Mustofa, a Qur’anic Muslim scholar living in coastal area of Java, Indonesia. Generally speaking, Mustofa belongs to a circle of traditionalist ulama (Muslim scholars), yet his thoughts have a purifying nature in character. Considering the widespread...

Nurowski’s Conformal Class of a Maximally Symmetric (2,3,5)-Distribution and its Ricci-flat Representatives

Matthew Randall
Pages: 1 - 13
We show that the solutions to the second-order differential equation associated to the generalised Chazy equation with parameters k = 2 and k = 3 naturally show up in the conformal rescaling that takes a representative metric in Nurowski’s conformal class associated to a maximally symmetric (2,3,5)-distribution...

Automorphisms of the q-deformed algebra suq(1, 1) and d-Orthogonal polynomials of q-Meixner type

Ali Zaghouani
Pages: 1 - 20
Starting from an operator given as a product of q-exponential functions in irreducible representations of the positive discrete series of the q-deformed algebra suq(1, 1), we express the associated matrix elements in terms of d-orthogonal polynomials. An algebraic setting allows to establish some properties...

On a graded q-differential algebra

Viktor Abramov
Pages: 1 - 8
Given an associative unital ZN -graded algebra over the complex numbers we construct the graded q-differential algebra by means of a graded q-commutator, where q is a primitive N-th root of unity. The N-differential d of the graded q-differential algebra is a homogeneous endomorphism of degree 1 satisfying...
Proceedings Article

Construction of Evaluation Index System of supply logistics collaboration based on Supply-Hub

Jun Zou
At present, theoretical studies on collaboration evaluation of supply logistics based on Supply-Chain were very few, while almost no researches were on its index system. The paper took supply logistics system based on Supply-Hub as research object, built up a framework of performance evaluation system,...

Ownership Structure and Performance in China's listed Logistics Companies

Wei Liu
The ownership structure is the basis of the development of companies, and performance measurement is critical for company to improve incomes. This study has empirically examined the relationship between the ownership structure and firm performance using a balanced panel of listed logistics companies...

Self-service Reference and Consultation Mode of University Library Based on Micro Video and New Media

Enting Kang, Xiaolan Zhou
According to the needs of the reader's personalized consultation, a self-help reference and consultation system is constructed based on micro-video courses and new media methods. The system consists of "micro-video Q & A classroom", resource navigation, Advisory website, QQ group and other real-time...

Research on Knowledge-sharing Continuance Social Intention for Social Q&A Community

Longyi Li, Tao Yu, Qiong Wang
Based on the organizational commitment theory and self-efficacy theory,this paper constructs a social Q&A community user model for knowledge sharing behavior from four dimensions: Affective commitment, continuance commitment, normative commitment and knowledge self-efficacy. Moreover, the model and hypotheses...

Social Lopsided Exchange: On High Bride Price in Rural Areas -- Taking Village X, Town Q in Heze County as an Example

Xiaojie Gong, Xin Qiao, Jia Cong
The betrothal gift is a peculiar social phenomenon. The high bride price reveals the some culture. The article analyzed the betrothal gift from the theoretical perspective of social exchange. It is essentially a medium of marriage exchange. With the development of modernization, the price of it in rural...
Proceedings Article

Some Notes on the Controllability in a Steady State for the Q-W Equations With Weak Decay

Shuxian Deng, Hongen Li
We present a new method of investigating the so-called quasilinear strongly-damped wave equations in this paper, we concerned with the Controllability in a steady state for the Quasilinear Wave Equations with weak decay, and we use a so-called energy perturbation method to establish weak controllability...
Proceedings Article

An efficient real-time system for active video conferencing

Leila Sabeti, Q. M. Jonathan Wu, Jason Z. Zhang
This paper describes a new approach for implementation of an efficient real-time system proper for using in active video conferencing sessions. A camera tracks presenter’s head and its movements and orientations in an unconstrained environment automatically by its pan and tilt actions. Head or face is...