This paper seeks to use fixed effect and dynamic panel models examine role of firm characteristics, macroeconomic variables, control corruption political uncertainty in explaining cash holdings Egyptian firms over the period 2011 – 2020. We find that characteristics strongly explain variations corporate ratios deviations from target ratios. However, we document no considerable macro variables. ...

Digital inequality, or the unequal access and use of information communication technologies, inhibits under-privileged people from opportunities in the digital world. Although government and private organizations have devoted considerable resources to address this inequality, issues remain unsolved. A theory-based investigation of the phenomenon is essential for effective policy-making and inte...

The traditional estimation of mixture regression models is based on the normal assumption of component errors and thus is sensitive to outliers or heavy-tailed errors. A robust mixture regression model based on the t−distribution by extending the mixture of t−distributions to the regression setting is proposed. However, this proposed new mixture regression model is still not robust to high leve...

The adjustment of the leg during running was addressed using a spring-mass model with a fixed landing angle of attack. The objective was to obtain periodic movement patterns. Spring-like running was monitored by a one-dimensional stride-to-stride mapping of the apex height to identify mechanically stable fixed points. We found that for certain angles of attack, the system becomes self-stabilize...

One emerging trend of high-speed low-power ADC design is to leverage the successive approximation (SAR) topology. It has successfully advanced the power efficiency by orders of magnitude over the past decade. Given the nature of SAR algorithm, the conversion speed is intrinsically slow compared to other high-speed ADC architectures, and yet minimal static power is required due to the mostly dig...