Special report: the shariah debate on Islamic financing by Yen, Nee Foo

“…If I invest in a fund that says it is shariah-compliant and it is not, I will have recourse in Malaysia.”Many Islamic contract disputes have come to light in Malaysia over the years, and the civil courts, with the help of shariah expert opinions, have proved that they are able to resolve them. …”
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Enhanced Virulence Gene Activity of Agrobacterium in Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) cv. ‘Birdie’ by Abul K.M. MOHIUDDIN, Zaliha C. ABDULLAH, Kamal CHOWDHURY, Kulaveerasingam HARIKRISHNA, Suhaimi NAPIS

“…Intensive studies on enhancement of virulence gene activity of </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #221e1f; font-family: &quot;Garamond Premr Pro&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Garamond Premr Pro&quot;; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Agrobacterium </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #221e1f; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Garamond Premr Pro Subh&quot;;">found to be correlated to the appropriate light intensity (39.3 μmol m</span><span style="color: #221e1f;"><span class="A9"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 5.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Garamond Premr Pro Subh&quot;;">-2 </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #221e1f; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Garamond Premr Pro Subh&quot;;">s</span><span class="A9"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 5.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Garamond Premr Pro Subh&quot;;">-1</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #221e1f; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Garamond Premr Pro Subh&quot;;">) with a specific concentration of monocyclic phenolic compound, acetosyringone (20 μM). …”
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Zheltozems of Russia: Micromorphology, clay minerals, and pedogenetic analysis Zheltozems de Rusia: micromorfología, minerales de la arcilla y análisis edafogenético Zheltozems da... by Maria Gerasimova, Natalia Chizhikova, Ilya Gurov

“…There are almost no clay coatings except for very few fine internal ones that are light yellow and homogeneous; clay and iron pseudomorphs (alteromorphs) occur over some skeleton grains. …”
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Pb-Zn Deposits in Ruchun-Mazar Region, Kerman Province: Geology, Alteration and Mineralization by Mahdi Ghorbani Dehnavi, Azadeh Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, Mohammad Hassan Karimpour

“…Metamorphosed carbonate rocks (dolomitic and calcitic marbles) of Ruchun complex (Pz3d and Pz3m) are seen in brown and light to dark gray colors and often alternate associated with metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks (Pz3sch unit) (Fig. 3A). …”
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Li₂^100deplMoO₄ Scintillating Bolometers for Rare-Event Search Experiments by Iulian C. Bandac, Alexander S. Barabash, Laurent Bergé, Yury A. Borovlev, José Maria Calvo-Mozota, Paolo Carniti, Maurice Chapellier, Ioan Dafinei, Fedor A. Danevich, Louis Dumoulin, Federico Ferri, Andrea Giuliani, Claudio Gotti, Philippe Gras, Veronika D. Grigorieva, Aldo Ianni, Hawraa Khalife, Vladislav V. Kobychev, Sergey I. Konovalov, Pia Loaiza, Madhujith Madhukuttan, Evgeny P. Makarov, Pierre de Marcillac, Stefanos Marnieros, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Maria Martinez, Claudia Nones, Emiliano Olivieri, Alfonso Ortiz de Solórzano, Gianluigi Pessina, Denys V. Poda, Thierry Redon, Jean-Antoine Scarpaci, Vladimir N. Shlegel, Volodymyr I. Tretyak, Vladimir I. Umatov, Mykola M. Zarytskyy, Anastasiia Zolotarova

“…We observed that the Li<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula><inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>100</mn><mi>depl</mi></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>MoO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>4</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> scintillating bolometers were characterized by an excellent spectrometric performance (∼3–6 keV of FWHM at 0.24–2.6 MeV <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>γ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>s), moderate scintillation signal (∼0.3–0.6 keV/MeV scintillation-to-heat energy ratio, depending on the light collection conditions), and high radiopurity (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>228</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>Th and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>226</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>Ra activities are below a few µBq/kg), which is comparable with the best reported results of low-temperature detectors that are based on Li<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>MoO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>4</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> using natural or <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>100</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>Mo-enriched molybdenum content. …”
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Study of the Profile Distribution of the Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient and Secchi Disk Depth in the Northwestern South China Sea by Xianqing Zhang, Cai Li, Wen Zhou, Yuanning Zheng, Wenxi Cao, Cong Liu, Zhantang Xu, Yuezhong Yang, Zeming Yang, Fei Chen

“…In the northwestern South China Sea, there are complex physical processes, and the accurate estimation of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow></msub><mfenced separators="|"><mrow><mi>z</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>λ</mi></mrow></mfenced></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> in the northwestern South China Sea is critical for the study and application of the underwater light field and water constituents. In this study, using Hydrolight 6.0 (HL60) software, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow></msub><mfenced separators="|"><mrow><mi>z</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>λ</mi></mrow></mfenced></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> was simulated based on the inherent optical properties (IOPs) and chlorophyll a concentration dataset in the northwestern South China Sea. …”
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Pleysteinite, [(H₂O)_0.5K_0.5]₂Mn₂Al₃(PO₄)₄F₂(H₂O)₁₀&thinsp; ... by I. E. Grey, R. Hochleitner, C. Rewitzer, A. R. Kampf, C. M. MacRae, R. W. Gable, W. G. Mumme, E. Keck, C. Davidson

“…Optically, pleysteinite crystals are biaxial (<span class="inline-formula">+</span>), with <span class="inline-formula"><i>α</i>=1.566(2)</span>, <span class="inline-formula"><i>β</i>=1.580(2)</span>, <span class="inline-formula"><i>γ</i>=1.600(2)</span> (measured in white light) and 2<span class="inline-formula"><i>V</i></span>(meas.) …”
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On the semiotics of Iranian Muckbang-cookbang discourse: from creation to co-creation of brand values by Farideh Haghbin, Narjes Monfared

“…After the research corpus is studied using the adopted analytical research model, the descriptive statistical methods will be applied to shed light on a number of issues or problem areas in the integrated model. …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…Nevertheless, a re-examination of the calvaria of human fossils is made in the light of cladistics to define the taxonomic and the phylogenetic ranks of the species Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893). …”
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The effect of 12 weeks of calistenic exercises in the workplace on body composition indices and some blood factors of middle-aged female employees by mehdi ghafari, mosayeb nazari, ebrahim banitalebi, khadijeh naderi

“…The effects of a calisthenics and a light strength training program on lower limb muscle strength and body composition in mature women. …”
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Analysis the effects of monetary policy in Iran's economy with the existence of shadow banking, using dynamic stochastic general equilibrium method by ashkan makipour, Ahmad Salahmanesh, Ebrahim Anvari, Ebrahim Bahraminia

“…Thirdly, the models display a good explanatory power of financial stability measures in the light of shadow bankingThere is a long-standing concern that financial innovation may undermine monetary control of the central bank. …”
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Studies in fluorescence microscopy by Stoward, P

“…Acid mucopolysaccharides, containing only acid groups, exhibited the brown or red fluorescence of coriphosphine, while the nucleic acids and proteins fluoresced a light yellow or blue as a result of the very strong interaction between their basic amino groups and the acid dye.…”

Transgression Now by Charlie Blake, Steen Christiansen

“…(Bataille, 1985, p.134) Transgression... is like a flash of lightning in the night which, from the beginning of time, gives a dense and black intensity to the night it denies, which lights up the night from the inside, from top to bottom, and yet owes to the dark the stark clarity of its manifestation its harrowing and poised singularity. …”
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The times of construction by Lorenzo Bellicini

“…Considering the Italian production since the Sixties in the light of its facts and figures, on one hand the conservation of the building environment and on the other hand suburban production can be observed. …”
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Post-flooding disturbance recovery promotes carbon capture in riparian zones by Y. Zhu, Y. Zhu, Y. Zhu, R. Liu, R. Liu, H. Zhang, S. Liu, Z. Zhang, F.-H. Yu, T. G. Gregoire

“…We suggest that post-disturbance recovery of riparian vegetation played a vital role in this transformation, due to its stronger carbon uptake capacity after recovery from the flooding disturbances. The findings shed light on the quantitative modelling of the riparian carbon cycle under flooding disturbance and underlined the importance of the proper restoration of riparian systems to achieve global carbon offset.…”
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The GeoCarb greenhouse gas retrieval algorithm: simulations and sensitivity to sources of uncertainty by G. R. McGarragh, C. W. O'Dell, S. M. R. Crowell, P. Somkuti, E. B. Burgh, B. Moore III

“…Several sources of uncertainty will be explored, including that from the instrument calibration parameters for radiometric gain, the instrument line shape (ILS), the polarization, and the geolocation pointing, in addition to forward model parameters including meteorology and spectroscopy, although there are some other instrument-related sources of uncertainty that are left out for this study, including that from “smile”, the keystone effect, stray light, detector persistence, and scene inhomogeneity. …”
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A‌S‌S‌E‌S‌S‌M‌E‌N‌T O‌F E‌Q‌U‌I‌V‌A‌L‌E‌N‌T S‌T‌A‌T‌I‌C E‌A‌R‌T‌H‌Q‌U‌A‌K‌E L‌O‌A‌D‌I‌N‌G‌S O‌N D‌L‌G A‌N‌D T‌H‌E‌I‌R V‌E‌R‌S‌A‌T‌I‌L‌I‌T‌Y... by S. A‌h‌m‌a‌d‌z‌a‌d‌e‌h, A. S‌a‌d‌e‌g‌h‌i

“…S‌p‌a‌c‌e s‌t‌r‌u‌c‌t‌u‌r‌e‌s a‌r‌e l‌i‌g‌h‌t a‌n‌d h‌i‌g‌h‌l‌y i‌n‌d‌e‌t‌e‌r‌m‌i‌n‌a‌t‌e a‌n‌d, f‌o‌r s‌o‌m‌e t‌i‌m‌e, t‌h‌e‌s‌e t‌w‌o p‌r‌o‌p‌e‌r‌t‌i‌e‌s c‌a‌u‌s‌e‌d r‌e‌s‌e‌a‌r‌c‌h‌e‌r‌s t‌o t‌a‌k‌e t‌h‌e‌m a‌s a-s‌e‌i‌s‌m‌i‌c s‌t‌r‌u‌c‌t‌u‌r‌e‌s. …”
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I‌M‌P‌R‌O‌V‌I‌N‌G E‌F‌F‌L‌U‌E‌N‌T F‌R‌O‌M W‌A‌S‌T‌E‌W‌A‌T‌E‌R S‌T‌A‌B‌I‌L‌I‌Z‌A‌T‌I‌O‌N P‌O‌N‌D‌S U‌S‌I‌N‌G D‌U‌C‌K‌W‌E‌E‌D... by S. Saadat, H. Kollali Khormuji, A. Karimi Jashni

“…T‌h‌e m‌a‌j‌o‌r m‌e‌c‌h‌a‌n‌i‌s‌m o‌f d‌u‌c‌k‌w‌e‌e‌d p‌l‌a‌n‌t‌s i‌n t‌h‌e r‌e‌d‌u‌c‌t‌i‌o‌n o‌f a‌l‌g‌a‌l g‌r‌o‌w‌t‌h i‌s c‌o‌v‌e‌r‌i‌n‌g t‌h‌e w‌a‌s‌t‌e‌w‌a‌t‌e‌r s‌u‌r‌f‌a‌c‌e t‌o r‌e‌d‌u‌c‌e l‌i‌g‌h‌t p‌e‌n‌e‌t‌r‌a‌t‌i‌o‌n. A‌c‌c‌o‌r‌d‌i‌n‌g‌l‌y, d‌u‌c‌k‌w‌e‌e‌d p‌l‌a‌n‌t‌s w‌e‌r‌e u‌s‌e‌d i‌n t‌h‌i‌s s‌t‌u‌d‌y. …”
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The Church of St. Stephan on Šćepan polje near Soko-grad by Popović Marko, Vukadinović Svetlana

“…Without going into the details of this complex circle of problems, which requires a separate study, especially after the more recent discoveries and facts that have come to light, we shall dwell only on some facts. During the rule of Grand Duke Sandalj and his successor, Herzeg Stefan, which lasted almost seventy years, a whole series of Orthodox Christian churches were erected. …”
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A neurohistological study of the sensori-motor cortex by Sloper, J, Sloper, J. J.

“…Layer I of both cortical areas contains a plexus of myelinated axons which was shown by light and electron microscopy to be markedly more dense in the motor cortex than in the somatic sensory cortex, although the diameters of the myelinated axons in both areas were similar. …”