NTEREST IN BANKING MATTERS surged in the 1980s, when the U.S. banking system experienced considerable difficulties after several decades of stability. During the decade, the number of bank failures increased sharply, and banks in general experienced increasing problem loans and dwindling capital. Most banks recovered their financial strength in the early 1990s thanks to improved economic condit...

The breeding of camels (Camelus dromedarius) is especially important in arid and semi-arid areas of Africa, where drought and famine frequently occur. A number of diseases which impair camel production have recently been described, including dermatophilosis (caused by Dermatophilus congolensis). However, it is not possible to determine the prevalence of infection from clinical cases alone. An e...

365 sera samples were collected during 1997 from two groups of camels in Sharkia governorate, Egypt. The first group: 190 sera samples collected from slaughtered camels at Belbas abattoir, while the second group: 175 sera samples collected from individual camels which were in contact with cattle herds. Sera samples were tested by serum neutralization test for the presence of antibodies against ...

This study aims to identify perceptual barriers of Internet banking adoption among Malaysian retail banking customers. The perceptual barrier factors that analyzed were difficulty to operate, hassle to use, unreliable, perceived risk and high connection fees. This study employs a quantitative approach using questionnaire survey at selected banks in Malaysia. The results indicate that there are ...

There is relatively little known about the m-banking use by the rural small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. This research fills the gap by presenting the key advantages of using mbanking by the rural SMEs that a bank can offer in Bangladesh. The research also reports on the critical country level-factors, organizational success factors and obstacles in m-banking adoption for rural ...

There is relatively little known about the m-banking use by the rural small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. This research fills the gap by presenting the key advantages of using mbanking by the rural SMEs that a bank can offer in Bangladesh. The research also reports on the critical country-level factors, organizational success factors and obstacles in m-banking adoption for rural ...

The camel is a comparatively hardy animal and is less susceptible to many of the diseases that affect other livestock species in the same areas. Despite that, the camel may contract many other diseases, some of which are still unknown. Pastoralists have for centuries herded camels in the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya, and elsewhere in the Horn of Africa, and they have encountered and named ...

herein, we presented the first report on bluetongue (bt) disease in 10 pregnant camels in a herd fromkerman province, iran. all sera samples were tested serologically (agid, c-elisa). we also used the razi-bk cell line, performed primary culture of ovine kidney and inoculated intravenously the embryonatedchicken eggs (ece) to culture and isolate the bt virus. efforts to culture and isolation of...

The economic importance of tick infestation on camels are important as they are important meat and milk producer animals in the less vegetation area of Iran and their health and production are greatly affected by the high tick infestation. In this investigation, tick infestations on camels (Camelus dromedarius) were determined in Qeshm Island, Iran. A total number of 912 adult ticks (472 males ...