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Credit risk in Islamic microfinance institutions: The role of women, groups, and rural borrowers
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Using international data, we find that Islamic MFIs experience reduced credit risk by offering more groups loans, serving more women, and serving more borrowers in rural locations. Conventional MFIs benefit from fewer group ...
Molecular regulators of exercise-mediated insulin sensitivity in non-obese individuals
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2023 , Article)
Insulin resistance is a significant contributor to the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and is associated with obesity, physical inactivity, and low maximal oxygen uptake. While intense and prolonged exercise may have ...
Diversity and Zonation of Benthic Amphipod Crustaceans Affected by the Mississippi Submarine Canyon in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2022 , Article)
Amphipod crustacean diversity and zonation are described from the large Mississippi Canyon that extends from the continental shelf across the entire continental margin. Benthic amphipods were sampled on four cruises from ...
واقع الأسرة القطرية والتحديات التي تواجهها دراسة نوعية عبر الأجيال
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المجلة العربية للعلوم و نشر الأبحاث - المركز القومي للبحوث
, 2023 , Article)
هدفت الدراسة إلى البحث في الواقع الذي تعيشه الأسرة القطرية أثناء حدوث التغيرات الاجتماعية التي مرت بها لا سيما تغيُّر هيكلها وحجمها من حيث تقليص وجود الأسرة الممتدة وحل الأسرة النواة محلها. تفرعت أسئلة الدراسة لتستكشف معاني ...
Governing desalination, managing the brine: A review and systematization of regulatory and socio-technical issues
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Desalination has become an attractive option for addressing water needs or solving problems of increasing water scarcity and short-term supply interruptions. However, several negative environmental impacts are associated ...
Migration, debt, and transnational livelihood: Indian labour diasporas in the GCC states amid the pandemic
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Routledge
, 2023 , Article)
South Asian labour migration to the GCC States is a debt-financed migration in which labour diasporas mobilise resources from a variety of sources, often at exorbitant interest rates, to cover migration costs. In the event ...
Physical drivers of chlorophyll and nutrients variability in the Southern-Central Arabian Gulf
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Academic Press
, 2023 , Article)
The southern-central Arabian Gulf demonstrates a poor understanding of nutrients and chlorophyll dynamics in physical-biogeochemical settings. Here, using data of chlorophyll, nutrients and hydrographic parameters collected ...
The Role of Apolipoproteins in the Commonest Cancers: A Review
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2023 , Article)
Apolipoproteins (APOs) are vital structural components of plasma lipoproteins that are involved in lipid metabolism and transport. Recent studies have reported an association between apolipoprotein dysregulation and the ...
Assessment of Heat Risk of Winter Wheat Cropping Based on Long-Term Meteorological Data
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MDPI
, 2023 , Article)
The frequency of heat events is likely to increase due to global climate change, posing an increasing risk to wheat production. To optimize crop management strategies for coping with future climates, it is crucial to ...
Static and dynamic investigations on leaching/retention of nutrients from raw poultry manure biochars and amended agricultural soil
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
In this study, nutrients release/adsorption from/by raw poultry manure-derived biochar produced at a pyrolysis temperature of 600 °C (RPM-B) was assessed under static and dynamic conditions. Batch sequential leaching ...