This paper discusses the financial contracting theory from the conventional and Islamic perspectives. It provides an overview of the contributions in this field and discusses the gaps in the literature. In addition, it proposes two relevant approaches namely the financial contracting enforceability approach and the adverse selection analysis in ord

Stroke is one of the leading causes for disabilities that can damage the functional capabilities of survivors and significantly affects their ability to perform activities of daily living. In recent years, assist-as-needed (AAN) strategy has received significant attention because it can encourage the stroke subjects to achieve functional recovery f

This article presents a general outline of the ideas of Muslim unity in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, its aims, scope, and dimensions. The Russian Revolution of 1905 had significantly stirred the ambitions of Russia’s Muslims for unity and progress, the very ideas which were buried in their hearts for centuries due to the ruth

Increased attentiveness on the environmental and effects of aging, deterioration and extreme events on civil infrastructure has created the need for more advanced damage detection tools and structural health monitoring (SHM). Today, these tasks are performed by signal processing, visual inspection techniques along with traditional well known impeda

The present study investigates top management commitment, workforce management and quality performance in Malaysian hospitals based on demographical information of the respondents. Aim of this study is to identify the difference or conformance on top management commitment, workforce management and quality performance of Malaysian hospitals with dem

Purpose – This study aims to investigate applications of Six Sigma methodology in Malaysian private hospitals. It measures Six Sigma initiatives of the private hospitals based on demographics such as gender, position and working experience. Design/methodology/approach – The present study measures Six Sigma initiatives of private hospitals and u

Named Data Networking is a novel concept mainly for the future Internet infrastructure that is centered on routable named data. The NDN infrastructure comprises of a new constituent known as the strategy layer. The layer give access for automatic selection of network routes by considering network pre-conditions such as delay in Interest messages fo

rehabilitation of patients suffering from post-stroke injuries via robots in now adapted world widely. The aim of this therapy is to restore and improve the dysfunction and the performance of the affected limbs doing repetitive tasks with the help of rehabilitation robots, as robots are best way to perform repetitive task without and monotony failu

Micro-gap evaporators are prospective candidates for cooling of micro-electronic devices. Heat transfer with phase change in a micro-gap heat sink is efficient for high heat flux applications. Micro-fins induce turbulence escalating two-phase heat transfer rate in the micro-gap evaporator. However, no correlation has been developed so far for fin-i

This paper aims to determine the optimal contract for the principal and the agent in imperfect markets, when murabahah and ijarah are used. The financial contracting enforceability approach is employed to determine the contract that maximizes the value of the firm subject to agents’ constraints when the shock is low and high, and regarding market