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Comparison between Islamic insurance and conventional insurance on construction project / Khairul Ammar Muhammad Ali [PDF]

, 2006
This research is focusing to the application of insurance on construction project. Two different concept of insurance considered on this research are Islamic Insurance and Conventional Insurance.
Muhammad Ali, Khairul Ammar
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Impact of empiric potassium supplementation on mortality, sudden cardiac arrest and stroke in furosemide initiators

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim A prior non‐randomized study suggests that potassium supplementation may improve survival among furosemide initiators, and a randomized trial suggests that salt substitutes containing potassium might lower stroke risk. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using health‐care data to confirm or refute these associations among new users of ...
Thanh Phuong Pham Nguyen, Sean Hennessy, Colleen M. Brensinger, Warren B. Bilker, Laura M. Dember, Todd A. Miano, Tat‐Thang Vo, Allison W. Willis, Charles E. Leonard   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Participation in a Catastrophe Insurance Programme: Empirical Evidence from a Developing Country

The paper presents empirical evidence of the determinants of catastrophe insurance participation in one of the poorest and most disaster prone countries in the world.
Brouwer, Roy, Aziz, Salina, Chowdhury, Saria, Akter, Sonia   +3 more
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Identification of non-sharia compliant activity in conventional insurance

, 2020
Insurance is a commercial institution that has the function of protecting individuals, organizations and companies against risk. This document is intended to identify non-shariah activities in specific insurance.
Shofawati, A
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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Toward clone‐on‐a‐chip: Ethical and legal considerations for organ‐on‐a‐chip evolution

BMEMat, EarlyView.
The term “clone‐on‐a‐chip (CoC)” is introduced as a conceptual warning for personalized organ‐on‐a‐chip platforms and not to suggest technological feasibility, where a CoC ethical discussion extends beyond issues arising from the requirements for informed consent, property rights, commercialization efforts, and cell sourcing to include potentially ...
Muhammed Erkan Karabekmez, Aliakbar Ebrahimi, Hamed Ghorbanpoor, Nicole Bassous, Su Ryon Shin, Yu Shrike Zhang, Huseyin Avci   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief, Sandra Bouwhuis, Anja Globig, Anne Günther, Wouter Courtens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

MODIFICATIONS OF CONVENTIONAL CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN THREE INSURANCE ADVERTISEMENTS

Makna: Jurnal Kajian Komunikasi, Bahasa, dan Budaya, 2014
Makalah ini membahas bagaimana metafora konseptual yang bersifat konvensional dimodifikasi dalam tiga iklan asuransi. Pendekatan yang digunakan yaitu kajian linguistik kognitif berdasarkan teori Lakoff dan Johnson (1980) dan Kövecses (2010). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengungkap tujuan komunikatif dalam suatu periklanan yang menggunakan ...
openaire   +1 more source

Islamic vs. conventional banking : business model, efficiency and stability [PDF]

This paper discusses Islamic banking products and interprets them in the context of financial intermediation theory. Anecdotal evidence shows that many of the conventional products can be redrafted as Sharia-compliant products, so that the differences ...
Beck, Thorsten, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Merrouche, Ouarda   +2 more
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Climate Change Risks and Customer Concentration: Evidence From US‐Listed Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While prior studies have investigated climate risks in supply chains, customer ESG pressures, and shared climate exposure, this paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to provide direct empirical evidence on the relationship between climate change risks and firms' customer concentration.
Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen, Eric Owusu Boahen, Cuong Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source