This paper emphasizes on the conflicts of interest between agents in order to assess whether venture capital can be a potential model of musharakah in imperfect markets. To achieve this purpose, this study opts for the financial contracting enforceability approach and Monte-Carlo simulation to identify the contract that maximizes the value of the f

Assist-as-needed (AAN) robotic-rehabilitation therapy is an active area of research which aims to promote neuroplasticity and motor coordination through active participation in functional task. A key component of this strategy is to provide robotic assistance to patients only when needed. To achieve this, accurate estimation of patients' moveme

In recent times, the need for a self-powered, autonomous firefighting robot, which can cope in fire hot spots, is strongly required in fire emergencies. The obtainable firefighting robots lack efficient performance in such conditions due to less reliability of their electric-powered actuators in the high-temperature environment under fire emergency

With the increasing numbers of degrees of freedom (DOF), modeling and control of the upper-limb robotic devices become significantly challenging. Model uncertainties, parameter inaccuracies, and incompletely known frictional effects also become inevitable, leading to the need for robust controller design. This paper presents the design of an optima

This research was conducted to measure the current status of learning resource centres (LRC) services at the secondary stage in Sultanate of Oman, appraise the reading motivations of students at the secondary stage, and then examine the relationship between the learning resource centre services and the factors that influence reading motivation amon

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of the political risk on Bitcoin return and volatility during the 2016 US pre-election and post-election periods. Design/methodology/approach – A daily composite political risk index is calculated by using the principal component analysis and Google Trends. A quantile regression approach is ad

اعتنى البحث بدراسة الموجهات السياقية في ظاهرة السحر، وهي موجهات باحثة في الأسباب والملابسات، والظروف المحيطة، والآثار المترتبة على ظاهرة السحر، وهي بالتالي فصلت في ما داخل السحر من أعمال ومص

The rapid adoption of social media technologies has resulted in a fundamental shift in the way communication and collaboration take place. As staff and students use social media technologies in their personal lives, it is important to explore how social media technologies are being used as an educational tool especially during a pandemic where teac

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Background: Cardiovascular disease is a leading nationwide cause of morbidity and mortality. Public awareness of risk factors for heart attacks is thought to impact the burden of disease, prevention, and timely management. The objective of this study was to assess the awareness of risk factors for heart attack and to identify the factors associated