Foreign direct investment, efficiency, and total factor productivity: Does technology intensity classification matter?
The debate on whether foreign investment benefits the host’s economy in the form of technology diffusion has attracted many researchers. Most of them claimed that foreign investment is a major channel of technology transfers from developed countries to developing countries. In terms of more technical issues, some studies also suggested that the benefits of FDI […]
The impact of acne on teens life quality
Acne vulgaris (AV) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the pilosebaceous unit, presenting a pleomorphic array of lesions consisting of comedones, papule, pustule, and nodule, with varying severity. AV is one of the most common cutaneous diseases in teens and young adults, defined as the third most crucial disease by the global burden of disease. […]
Correlation between the stress and phone use pattern to sleep quality in teens during Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 has changed the whole aspects of society and community to a more vulnerable condition to stress due to the fear of infection and the change in daily activity. Among adolescents, daily learning conducted online from home caused the rise of electronic device use, especially phones to an excessive extent. This condition may cause various […]
A review on carbon-based nanomaterials in energy-related applications
Carbon nanomaterials are endowed with novel and magnificent optical, electrical, chemical, mechanical, and thermal properties, with a promising prospect in different advanced applications such as electronics, batteries, capacitors, wastewater treatment, membranes, heterogeneous catalysis, and medical sciences. However, macroscopic synthesis of carbon materials for industrial use has been a great challenge. Therefore, a comprehensive discussion of […]
An overview of the emergence and challenges of land reclamation
The issues of land degradation are directly or indirectly influenced by human and/or natural actions, and it is one of the most challenging issues confronting several regions of the world, especially developing nations. Notwithstanding the importance of land, its degradation consequences, possibly as a result of the various biological, physical, and chemical processes caused by […]
