An Islamic finance model for the small and medium-sized enterprises in France by Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi, Hassan, M. Kabir, Matri, Dorsaf

“…This paper examines the need to find credible alternatives for French SMEs to the collateral-based debt financing. …”
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Replication of short selling in Islamic Finance: potential structures and issues by Hasan, Aznan, Khan, Sarfaraz Dawar, Bachok, Rabiatul Adawiyah, Redzuan, Nur Harena

“…Lastly, it contravenes maslahah (public interest), that is, it may results in market manipulation and could potentially lead to the instability of the market. The main objective of this paper is to examine and discuss the structure of short selling and to find suitable alternative from Shariah perspective for making it shariah compliant. …”
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A critical comparison of the origin of the cosmos in Islam, christianity and modern science by Amafua, Mahfuth Khamis

“…In order to narrow down the arguments the researcher deems it necessary to discuss only three parties highlighted in the above title. The main objective here is to accentuate the areas of agreement and disagreement in this regard, and find ways and means to harmonize theology and modern science for the betterment of the modern man. …”
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Issues in evaluating the retrieval performance of multiscript translation of Al-Quran by Othman, Roslina, Abdul Wahid, Fauziah

“…The main aim of this paper is to present on the issues of evaluating the retrieval performance of the multi-script indexing of translated texts of al-Quran. …”
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A note comparing support vector machines and ordered choice models' predictions of international banks' ratings by Bellotti, Tony, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…We find that Support Vector Machines virtually always predict international bank ratings better than ordered choice models. …”
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Poverty, growth, inequality and pro-poor factors: new evidence from macro data by Amini, Chiara, Dal Bianco, Silvia

“…First, we find that the poverty elasticities to growth and inequality are, respectively, around -2% and 2%. …”
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A reliability information retrieval system for visually impaired people by Mat Ayob, Nur Amylia Wahida, Syazwan Ahmad Jamel, Muhammad Syahrul, Aman, Muhammad Shukri, Nathan, Shelena Soosay

“…Achieving substantive equality in all aspects of life is one of the main principles held by MAB in fighting for the rights of the visually impaired community. …”
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Enhancing the cooling system of a residential building using integrated building information modelling with solar absorption system by Al-Qaysi, Ali Abdulqader Mustafa

“…The second step was to find a sustainable wall material that could reduce the cooling load requirements using Building Information Model (BIM). …”
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Experimental study of the bio-additives in biodiesel fuel on performance and emissions characteristics of diesel engine by Abd Hadi, Syahrunniza

“…It’s biodegradable, environment friendly as well as suitable source, to meet the future energy crises. The main concern of this experimental analysis is to reach a tentative goal, how this fuel can be utilised with maximum effective way. …”
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Informational content of short interest (EBES 2011) by Mohamad, Azhar

“…We also find the larger the increase in short interest, the more negative is the abnormal returns. …”
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Predicting Financial Distress based on Corporate Actions by Mohamad, Azhar

“…Furthermore, we also find that Working Capital to Total Assets Ratio and Asset Turnover Ratio are reliable predictors of financial distress among the accounting ratios.…”
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Opening the Black Box on bank efficiency in China: does economic freedom matter? by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…By examining different dimensions of economic freedom, we find that not all are equally regressive on bank efficiency. …”
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Granting employee stock options (ESOs), market reaction and financial performance by Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath, Syed Mohd Zain, Sharifah Raihan, Mohd Rasid, Mohd Eskandar Shah, Mohamad, Azhar

“…Firm size has been identified in previous studies as a determinant of market reaction and post-ESO performance. Indeed we find this to be the case for Malaysian ESOs. We find a positive announcement effect for large firms but a significantly negative one for small firms. …”
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The impact of corporate governance on the restrictiveness of covenants in private debt contract by Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani, Mather, Paul, Tanewski, George

“…Our cross-sectional analysis on a sample of new syndicated loans in the U.S private debt market indicates that both a corporate governance score and board independence are positively and significantly associated with covenant slack. Similarly, we find that independent directors’ financial expertise and covenants slack are positively related, but we find no evidence that slack is associated with ‘busy’ directors or CEO duality. …”
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Journalism cupcakes: Same cakes, different icing or vice-versa by Ismail, Awan, Aripin, Norizah, Yusof, Norhafezah, Mohamad, Noraihan, Ismail, Rizalawati

“…After three to four years of study, journalism graduates from these universities would have to share the same pie to find jobs in media or communication related organizations. …”
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The effect of material property gradient on the fracture toughness of a PMMA/PC bimaterial with a crack normal to the interface by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Homma, H., Iliyas, M. H., Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Finite element analysis was used to find out the stresses IC in the specimens. Subsequently the stress values were used to find out the fracture toughness of each specimen. …”
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Rural transformation and productivity in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out for the first time an econometric investigation of the contribution of rural transformation to total factor productivity in China. We find that the efficiency gains resulting from rural transformation make a significant and nontrivial contribution to factor productivity in China. …”
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The enhanced BPNN-NAR and BPNN-NARMA models for Malaysian aggregate cost indices with outlying data by Ahmad Kamaruddin, Saadi, Md Ghani, Nor Azura, Mohamed Ramli, Norazan

“…This is because the ability to automatically find out any patterns without prior assumptions and loss of generality. …”
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The application of Islamic Law relating to non-consensual sexual offence: a comparative study by Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail

“…I am confident that the Muslim and non-Muslim legal researchers, legal practitioners, members of the judiciary, law lecturers, policemen and lay men will find this article valuable and useful as it contains a comprehensive analysis of the law relating to sexual offences with special reference to the law of rape. …”
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Modified gaussian puff method for prediction of CO2 emission from ship by Razali, Mohammad Rashidi

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