All Outputs (6)

Do the educational profile, gender, and professional experience of audit committee financial experts improve financial reporting quality? (2023)
Journal Article
Bilal, B., Komal, B., Ezeani, E., Usman, M., Kwabi, F., & Ye, C. (2023). Do the educational profile, gender, and professional experience of audit committee financial experts improve financial reporting quality?. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 53, Article 100580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100580

Going beyond the mere presence of the audit committee financial experts (ACFEs) within the audit committee, we examine whether the educational profile, gender, and professional experience of ACFEs reduces the extent of earnings management. Using a sa... Read More about Do the educational profile, gender, and professional experience of audit committee financial experts improve financial reporting quality?.

Carbon emission disclosures and financial reporting quality: Does ownership structure and economic development matter? (2022)
Journal Article
Bilal, Tan, D., Komal, B., Ezeani, E., Usman, M., & Salem, R. (2022). Carbon emission disclosures and financial reporting quality: Does ownership structure and economic development matter?. Environmental Science and Policy, 137, 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.08.004

Carbon emission disclosures have lately gained considerable attention from investors, public companies, and regulators due to their adverse impact on global warming. Our study examines the implication of the extent of carbon emission disclosures on f... Read More about Carbon emission disclosures and financial reporting quality: Does ownership structure and economic development matter?.

Effect of various factors on wheat production (2014)
Journal Article
Iqbal, M., Fahim, M., Zaman, Q., Usman, M., Sundus, H., & Rahman, A. (2014). Effect of various factors on wheat production. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 30(1), 135-143

The study was undertaken in three villages of district Peshawar by taking a sample of 234 respondents using a proportional allocation technique. The selected three villages are Regi, Lakaray and Putwar. Main objective of the study was to find out the... Read More about Effect of various factors on wheat production.

Structural Equation Models and Its Application (2014)
Journal Article
Usman, M., Iqbal, M., Qamar, Z., & Shah, S. (2014). Structural Equation Models and Its Application. Research journal of recent sciences, 3(1), 57-63

This study describe the general aspects of the Structural Equation Models as well as some extensions which have been proposed; these extensions looking for relax the underlying assumptions and generalize the technique. Then, based on a simplified mod... Read More about Structural Equation Models and Its Application.

Alexander Technique Lessons, Acupuncture Sessions or usual care for patients with chronic neck pain (ATLAS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article
MacPherson, H., Tilbrook., H., Richmond, S., Atkin, K., Ballard, K., Bland, M., …Watt, I. (2013). Alexander Technique Lessons, Acupuncture Sessions or usual care for patients with chronic neck pain (ATLAS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14, Article 209. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-209

Background: Chronic neck pain is a common condition in the adult population. More research is needed to evaluate interventions aiming to facilitate beneficial long-term change. We propose to evaluate the effect of Alexander Technique lessons and acup... Read More about Alexander Technique Lessons, Acupuncture Sessions or usual care for patients with chronic neck pain (ATLAS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Joint Modeling of HCV and HIV Infections among Injecting Drug Users in Italy Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Prevalence Data (2011)
Journal Article
Del Fava, E., Kasim, A., Usman, M., Shkedy, Z., Hens, N., Aerts, M., …Kretzschmar, M. (2011). Joint Modeling of HCV and HIV Infections among Injecting Drug Users in Italy Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Prevalence Data. Statistical Communications in Infectious Diseases, 3(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.2202/1948-4690.1009

During their injecting career, injecting drug users (IDUs) are exposed to some infections, like hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, due to their injecting behavioral risk factors, such as sharing syring... Read More about Joint Modeling of HCV and HIV Infections among Injecting Drug Users in Italy Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Prevalence Data.