Comparison of Credit Risk Management Practices among Islamic and Public Commercial Bank’s in Pakistan by Iqbal, Muhammad Saeed, Sofi, Mohd Fikri

“…It is concluded that this study results may help the banks to find the solutions that enable quality loan creation and growth as well as to determine the relationship among the theories, concepts, of credit score and credit policies both at country level and regional level. Hence, this study is assumed to be significant in indicating best practices and concept for practical lending to enhance the performance of credit management to all mangers and policy makers of the banks as well as to all financial institutions and banks…”
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Discrete differential geometry driven methods for architectural geometry by Yao, Sidan

“…We then trace integral curves with a rounding strategy to encourage them to go through mesh vertices, which can effectively reduce the number of short segments. Finally, we partition the triangle mesh along the integral curves to extract the quadrilateral patches. …”
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Vitamin D3 and carbamazepine protect against Clostridioides difficile infection in mice by restoring macrophage lysosome acidification by Chan, Hung, Li, Qing, Wang, Xiansong, Liu, Wing Yingzhi, Hu, Wei, Zeng, Judeng, Xie, Chuan, Kwong, Thomas Ngai Yeung, Ho, Idy Hiu Ting, Liu, Xiaodong, Chen, Huarong, Yu, Jun, Ko, Ho, Chan, Raphael Chiu Yeung, Ip, Margaret, Gin, Tony, Cheng, Alfred Sze Lok, Zhang, Lin, Chan, Matthew Tak Vai, Wong, Sunny Hei, Wu, William Ka Kei

“…In mice, gavage with TcdB-hyperproducing C. difficile or injection of TcdB into ligated colon segments caused prominent MITF downregulation in macrophages. …”
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Effect of Madden Julian oscillation on convectively coupled equatorial waves by Dobriyal, Ritvik

“…MJO is also found to affect CCEW over Africa and near South America if wave activity peaks in these regions, however the effect is nearly half as strong or weaker. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of protein-based tissue scaffold by Ko, Kok Wei.

“…And the spectra recorded from the structural analysis indicated the presence of secondary structures (α-helices and β-sheets) in amide I, II, III regions of protein. The SF scaffolds were tested for cytotoxicity towards the growth and morphology of fibroblast cells. …”
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Design and modelling of microgrid by Vadlamudi Sai Datta Venkateshwara Rao

“…Microgrids are low voltage networks, designed to deliver energy to relatively smaller areas rather than massive regions. The coordinated control of generation sources with presumably contradictory requirements, limited communication and significantly high transmission losses enforces the adoption of distributed intelligence techniques. …”
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Comparative evaluation of spatiotemporal methods for effective dengue cluster detection with a case study of national surveillance data in Thailand by Rotejanaprasert, C, Chinpong, K, Lawson, AB, Maude, RJ

“…Dengue fever poses a significant public health burden in tropical regions, including Thailand, where periodic epidemics strain healthcare resources. …”

Shale oil in Russia – commercial catalyst required by Henderson, J

“…To this end, the Russian authorities have been encouraging the country’s major oil companies to explore new greenfield regions – such as East Siberia, the Black and Barents Seas, and the Arctic offshore – in the hope that major new production areas can be developed. …”

Mapping the extent and exploring the drivers of cocoa agroforestry in Nigeria, insights into trends for climate change adaptation by Koralewicz, A, Vlcek, J, Oliveras-Menor, I, Hirons, M, Akinyugha, A, Sikiru Olowoyo, O, Oluyemi, M, Owen, O

“…This research can contribute to improved monitoring of cocoa-driven tree loss and provide important context for policy and program design to enhance climate change adaptation in similar cocoa producing regions.…”

Systematic assessment of COVID-19 host genetics using whole genome sequencing data by Schmidt, A, Casadei, N, Brand, F, Demidov, G, Vojgani, E, Abolhassani, A, Aldisi, R, Butler-Laporte, G, DeCOI host genetics group, Alawathurage, TM, Augustin, M, Bals, R, Bellinghausen, C, Berger, MM, Bitzer, M, Bode, C, Boos, J, Brenner, T, Cornely, OA, Eggermann, T, Erber, J, Feldt, T, Fuchsberger, C, Gagneur, J

“…Burden testing in the largest population subgroup (i.e., Europeans) suggested nominal enrichments of rare variants in coding and non-coding regions of interferon immune response genes in the overall analysis and male subgroup. …”

Investigating factors contributing to enhancer-promoter interaction by Cornell, LJ

“…Enhancer promoter interactions usually occur within topologically associated domains (TADs); large regions (200-2000kb) of interacting chromatin delimited by binding sites for the insulating factor CTCF. …”

Accessing inclusive well-being to leave no one behind by Seth, S, Alkire, S

“…We examine the inclusiveness of multidimensional well-being changes for 75 developing countries across six geographic regions. We observe robust improvements in well-being levels for most countries, but only around three-fifths of these countries overall have positive robust inclusivity premiums, and fewer than one-third in sub-Saharan Africa. …”

Mapping the extent and exploring the drivers of cocoa agroforestry in Nigeria, insights into trends for climate change adaptation by Koralewicz, A, Vlcek, J, Menor, IO, Hirons, M, Akinyugha, A, Olowoyo, OS, Ajayi-Ebenezer, M, Owen, O

“…This research can contribute to improved monitoring of cocoa-driven tree loss and provide important context for policy and program design to enhance climate change adaptation in similar cocoa producing regions.…”

Stratigraphy and taphonomy of tubular microfossils in Terreneuvian rocks of the Soltanieh Formation, Soltanieh Mountains, Northern Iran by Etemad-Saeed, N, Anderson, RP, Tosca, NJ, Bergmann, KD, Knoll, AH

“…Nonetheless, the occurrence of abundant organic-walled tubes in the USM of the Soltanieh Formation adds to both the diversity of animal fossils found regionally in Terreneuvian rocks and the broader paleogeographic distribution of tubular metazoans in early Cambrian oceans.…”

A multimodal neural signature of face processing in autism within the fusiform gyrus by Floris, DL, Llera, A, Zabihi, M, Moessnang, C, Jones, EJH, Mason, L, Haartsen, R, Holz, NE, Mei, T, Elleaume, C, Vieira, BH, Pretzsch, CM, Forde, NJ, Baumeister, S, Dell’Acqua, F, Durston, S, Banaschewski, T, Ecker, C, Holt, RJ, Baron-Cohen, S, Bourgeron, T, Charman, T, Loth, E, Murphy, DGM, Beckmann, CF

“…Its neural correlates have been explored extensively across single neuroimaging modalities within key regions of the face processing network, such as the fusiform gyrus (FFG). …”

Friend request accepted: fundamental features of social environments determine social affiliation decisions by Garud, S

“…Next, in a 7T fMRI study (n=24), I found that the subcortical dorsal raphe nucleus represented density-related effects and the substantia nigra (SN) represented friendliness-related effects. Further, cortical regions like the anterior insula (aI) represented both friend- liness and density related effects. …”

From mechanisms to future therapy: a synopsis of isolated REM sleep behavior disorder as early synuclein-related disease by Stefani, A, Antelmi, E, Arnaldi, D, Arnulf, I, During, E, Högl, B, Hu, MMT, Iranzo, A, Luke, R, Peever, J, Postuma, RB, Videnovic, A, Gan-Or, Z

“…RBD pathophysiology is not fully clarified yet, but clinical and basic science suggest that ɑ-syn pathology begins in the lower brainstem where REM atonia circuits are located, including the sublaterodorsal tegmental/subcoeruleus nucleus and the ventral medulla, then propagates rostrally to brain regions such as the substantia nigra, limbic system, cortex. …”

Structure of mushy layers grown from perfectly and imperfectly conducting boundaries. Part 2. Onset of convection by Hitchen, JR, Wells, AJ

“…Scaling arguments characterise variation of the critical Rayleigh number and wavenumber based on the potential energy contained in order-one aspect ratio convective cells over the high-porosity regions. The Stefan number characterises the ratio of latent and sensible heats, and has moderate impact on stability via modification of the background temperature and porosity. …”

Social media use and cross-cultural adaptation of Chinese students overseas: a systematic review by Bi, Shanshan, Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Jamaluddin Aziz

“…Due to the progress of globalization, as well as the advancement of transportation and communication tools, there is a greater interconnectedness among nations and regions worldwide. A common trend of it is the increasing prevalence of students opting to pursue tertiary education overseas. …”
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First results on a new PIAA coronagraph testbed at NASA Ames by Belikov, R., Pluzhnik, E., Connelley, M. S., Witteborn, F. C., Lynch, D. H., Cahoy, K. L., Guyon, O., Greene, T. P., McKelvey, M. E.

“…At time of this writing, we are operating a refractive PIAA system and have achieved contrasts of about 1.2×10-7 in a dark zone from 2.0 to 4.8 λ/D (with 6.6×10-8 in selected regions). In this paper, we present these results, describe our methods, present an analysis of current limiting factors, and solutions to overcome them.…”
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