This chapter discusses Islamic bank retail financing, its instruments, and operations. The discussion demonstrates that it is essential to have a banking system based on Shariah principles that fulfill the needs of Muslim consumers. The chapter examines the various personal financing products, their underlying Islamic contracts, and their computati

Purpose – This paper critically evaluates theoretical and empirical research into capital structure practices in Islamic banks (IB) from four perspectives, namely: i) theoretical aspect and its nature, ii) determinants of capital structure in IB, iii) links between capital structure and risk management, and iv) nexus between capital structure and

Background: Ipomoea aquatica (locally known as “kangkung”) has previously been reported to have hypoglycemic activities on glucose level in diabetes patients. However, the effect of I. aquatica ethanolic extract on the metabolites in the body has remained unknown. Purpose: Our study provides new insights on the changes of endogenous metabolites

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It affects the locomotor system, leading to a final severe disability through degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Despite several therapeutic approaches used, no treatment has been proven to be effective; however, cell therapy may be a promising therapeuti

Introduction: Salacca zalacca or salak is a species of palm tree which belongs to Arecaceae family and native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Normally salak grows in clusters and produces an edible fruit also known as snake fruit due to the reddish brown scaly skin. Although traditionally used as an antidiabetic, it needs scientific validation for this

This study aims to explore the main factors facilitating or inhibiting the adoption of OSS in academic libraries. It also focuses on the decisions that IT managers make about OSS adoption. This study contributes different from previous studies in the terms of: (1) the samples was collected from the Omani libraries; (2) the research framework is dev

An adverse consequence in medical treatments tends to cause patients and their families to be overwhelmed with anger, frustration, and desire to retaliate. ‘Apologies’ offered at this point of time tend to have remedial effects in reducing the anger and curbing the motivation to bring matters to the court of law. This will eventually reduce con

التعاون والتسامح والتعايش السلمي بين الشعوب قيمٌ ضرورية يتوقف عليها تحقيق السلام والأمن الدوليين؛ لأن البشر مُتَّحدون في أصل الخلق، متساوون في التكريم الإلهي للجنس الإنساني بعامة، مع الإقرا

على مدار التاريخ الإنساني، ارتبط اسم اليهود بالفتن والاضطرابات، وظلت سمة الدسائس والمكائد، وحب السيطرة ملازمة لهم في حلهم وترحالهم حتى يومنا هذا، ولا تتورع قياداتهم السياسية والفكرية أن تبو�

Thyroxine (T4) enters the brain either directly across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) or indirectly via the choroid plexus (CP), which forms the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier (B-CSF-B). In this study, using isolated perfused CP of the sheep by single-circulation paired tracer and steady-state techniques, T4 transport mechanisms from blood in