Joseph E. Stiglitz
A major problem for institutional lenders is ensuring that borrowers exercise prudence in the use of the funds so that the likelihood of repayments is enhanced. One partial solution is peer monitoring: having neighbors who are in a good position to monitor the borrower be required to pay a penalty i...
Amit Kumer Podder, Naruttam Kumar Roy, H. R. Pota
An efficient maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method plays an important role to improve the efficiency of a photovoltaic (PV) generation system. This study provides an extensive review of the current status of MPPT methods for PV systems which are classified into eight categories. The categorisat...
Irfan Ullah, Kiran Shafiq Khan, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Ali Ahmed et al.
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the international crises and researchers are working collaboratively to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. The World Health Organization recognizes vaccine hesitancy as the world's top threat to public health safety, part...
Gina Buijs
Contents: G. Buijs, Introduction - S.L. Skar, The Gendered Dynamics of Quechua Colonisation: Relations of Centre and Periphery in Peru - M. Eastmond, Reconstructing Life: Chilean Women Refugees and the Dilemmas of Exile - D. Abdulrahim, Defining Gender in Exile: Palestinian Women in West Berlin - H....
Ram Proshad, Tapos Kormoker, Md. Saiful Islam, Mohammad Asadul Haque et al.
Plastics are used widely everywhere in our life and without plastic, modern civilization would indeed look very diverse. This study focuses on the toxic effects of plastic on human health and environment and possible consequences of health risk assessment in Bangladesh. Plastics are essential materi...
Anupam Khajuria, Vella A. Atienza, Suchana Chavanich, Wilts Henning et al.
Circular economy seems a vital enabler for sustainable use of natural resources which is also important for achieving the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals. Therefore, a special session addressing issues of “sustainable solutions and remarkable practices in circular economy focusing mate...
Habib Ahmed
While conventional microfinance institutions (MFIs) have expanded their operations in the last two decades, poverty-focused MFIs based on Islamic principles are lagging behind. This paper provides the theoretical basis, operational framework, and empirical support for the establishment of Islamic MF...
Paul Kingston, Gilles Kepel, Olivier Roy, Natana J. DeLong‐Bas
THE WAR FOR MUSLIM MINDS Islam and the West Gilles Kepel Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. 336pp, US$23.95 cloth (ISBN 0-674-01575-4)GLOBALIZED ISLAM The Search for New Ummah Olivier Roy New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. xii, 351pp, US$29.50 cloth (ISBN 0-231-13498-3)WAHHABI IS...
Tahmid Hasan, Abhik Bhattacharjee, Md. Saiful Islam, Kazi Mubasshir et al.
Tahmid Hasan, Abhik Bhattacharjee, Md. Saiful Islam, Kazi Mubasshir, Yuan-Fang Li, Yong-Bin Kang, M. Sohel Rahman, Rifat Shahriyar. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL-IJCNLP 2021. 2021.
Peter J. Winch, Ashraful Alam, Afsana Akther, Dilara Afroz et al.
Background Understanding of local knowledge and practices relating to the newborn period, as locally defined, is needed in the development of interventions to reduce neonatal mortality. We describe the organisation of the neonatal period in Sylhet District, Bangladesh, the perceived threats to the w...
Noorhaidi Hasan
Mohamed Albaity, Ray Saadaoui Mallek, Abu Hanifa Md. Noman
This paper investigates the impact of competition on bank stability using data from 276 banks across eighteen MENA countries between 2006–2015. We controlled for financial inclusion, productivity, and macroeconomic instability in addition to several different control variables, including bank size, ...
M.R. Ven Murthy, P. K. Ranjekar, Charles Ramassamy, Manasi Deshpande
Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word, which means "the scripture for longevity". It represents an ancient system of traditional medicine prevalent in India and in several other south Asian countries. It is based on a holistic view of treatment which is believed to cure human diseases through establishment of...
Myriam Mongrain, Jacqueline Chin, Leah B. Shapira
Ismail Ismail
Character education in Indonesia has become a necessity that can not be negotiable. Various cases of crime and moral deviations become evident that the character of most citizens already at alarming stage. Therefore, since the beginning, national education is not only aimed at generating human intel...