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Combining Contracts Together: An Analysis from Maqasid Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Islamic Economics, 2022
This paper seeks to analyze the objectives of the Shariah prohibition of combining contracts together. This is important as it is really feared that some interpretations of the Shariah texts suggest such prohibition may have unnecessarily and arbitrarily
Abdulazeem Abozaid
doaj   +1 more source

A Lender-Based Theory of Collateral [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
Abstract We consider an imperfectly competitive loan market in which a local relationship lender has an information advantage vis-a-vis distant transaction lenders. Competitive pressure from the transaction lenders prevents the local lender from extracting the full surplus from projects.
Inderst, Roman, Müller, Holger M.
openaire   +4 more sources

Loan Transactions with Random Dates for the First and Last Periodic Instalments

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2016
Usually, loan transactions contracted in practice are nonrandom; that is to say, all amounts received (principal) and paid (period instalments) by the borrower are previously agreed with the lender, as well as their respective dates.
María del Carmen Valls Martínez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food-Pics_Extended—An Image Database for Experimental Research on Eating and Appetite: Additional Images, Normative Ratings and an Updated Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Our current environment is characterized by the omnipresence of food cues. The taste and smell of real foods—but also graphical depictions of appetizing foods—can guide our eating behavior, for example, by eliciting food craving and anticipatory cephalic
Jens Blechert   +6 more
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Dynamic Credit Quality Evaluation with Social Network Data

open access: yesJournal of Applied Mathematics, 2019
We investigate the filtering problem where the borrower’s time varying credit quality process is estimated using continuous time observation process and her (in this paper we refer to the borrower as female and the lender as male) ego-network data.
Stanley Sewe, Philip Ngare, Patrick Weke
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The lender of last resort concept: from Bagehot to the crisis of 2007

open access: yesRevue de la Régulation, 2010
The crisis that has unfolded since the summer of 2007 has provided an opportunity to experiment in vivo one of the most important pillars of economic theory: the lender of last resort (LOLR).
Esther Jeffers
doaj   +1 more source

Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Later Stage at Diagnosis of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From Children's Oncology Group Registries ACCRN07 and APEC14B1

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Germ cell tumors (GCTs) often arise in the ovaries and testes (extracranial) but can also develop in the brain (intracranial). We examined the relationship of individual, family, and community‐level socioeconomic status (SES) with stage of disease at diagnosis in a cohort of pediatric patients with GCT from Children's Oncology Group
Heydon K. Kaddas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

MOGAD Is the Most Common Cause of Isolated Optic Neuritis in Children

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives The study aimed to characterize the clinical features, etiologies, and outcomes of isolated, first‐time pediatric ON in the post‐MOG‐IgG era. Methods This was a single‐center retrospective cohort study at Texas Children's Hospital of patients diagnosed with first‐time ON between 2018–2024, with follow‐up data collected through 2025.
Chaitanya Aduru   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer lending efficiency: commercial banks versus a fintech lender

open access: yesFinancial Innovation, 2022
Fintechs are believed to help expand credit access to underserved consumers without taking on additional risk. We compare the performance efficiency of LendingClub’s unsecured personal loans with similar loans originated by banks.
Joseph P. Hughes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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