Purpose – Arguably, the most significant difference between conventional and Islamic banking is prohibition of ribā (interest)—besides gharar (uncertainty) maysir (speculation). Naturally, it questioned whether make-or-break selection criterion for customers in Malaysia. Consequently, this study examined moderating effect knowledge on nexus already widely researched bank criteria (i.e., service...

Abstract Using firm‐level data from 16 euro‐area countries over 2008–2014, we investigate how the performance of bank‐affiliated private equity‐backed companies evolves after European Banking Authority increased capital requirements for their parent banks. We find that portfolio connected to exposed banks reduce level investment and experience weaker asset growth, employment growth profitabilit...

Abstract We investigated “muted” craters and scarps across Miranda’s cratered terrain. The morphologies of the muted are most consistent with modification by regolith deposition instead erosion or viscous relaxation. used three techniques to estimate thickness. (1) Analysis crater depth–Diameter ( d - D ) ratios near South Polar Terrain Chasma indicates that mantling their floors ranges from 0....

Post-mortem analysis has revealed reduced levels of the protein dysbindin in the brains of those suffering from the neurodevelopmental disorder schizophrenia. Consequently, mechanisms controlling the cellular levels of dysbindin and its interacting partners may participate in neurodevelopmental processes impaired in that disorder. To address this question, we studied loss of function mutations ...

Heinrich events—surges of icebergs into the North Atlantic Ocean—punctuated the last glacial period. The events are associated with millennial-scale cooling in the Northern Hemisphere. Fresh water from the melting icebergs is thought to have interrupted the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, thus minimizing heat transport into the northern North Atlantic. The northward flow of warm wa...

The RNA of a unique long defective interfering particle (DI-LT2) derived from the heat-resistant strain of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) contains 70 nucleotides at its 3' end that are complementary to the 5' end of the VSV RNA. Following this region of terminal complementarity, there is a precise copy of the 3' end of the nondefective VSV RNA. The sequence homology between the DI-LT2 RNA and...

This paper concerns the assessment of two methods for convex relaxation short-term hydrothermal scheduling problem. The problem is originally formulated as a mixed integer programming problem, and then approximated using both Lagrangian Linear relaxation. are quantitatively compared realistic data description Northern European power system, considering set representative days. We find that appr...