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Obstacles in the Promotion of Islamic Banking and their Solution
No full text<p><i>There is a review of legal, trust-deficit, implementation failure and religious disagreement obstacles in the promotion of Islamic banking. This includes a discussion on legal obstacles for Islamic banking, driving forces of Islamic banking, failure in the implementation of the actions of Islamic banking and making interest rate the standard. It is also stated there that Islamic jurisprudence has given fundamental guidelines in matters of buying and selling, etc. Whether individual or collective, it is necessary to conclude one's affairs while staying within these principles and rules.</i></p><p><i>In the end, there is investigative discussion on Islamic banks' commitment to honesty (financial penalty), mention of obstacles based on blind trust on their lawyers and representatives, customer trust and mistrust, lack of trust of customers on the staff of Islamic banks, objections from scholars, and lack of promotion in Islamic banking. The real reason for disagreement VGin the issue of Islamic banking and detailed arguments from those who are in favor and those who are against have been mentioned</i><strong>.</strong></p>
sj-csv-1-sgo-10.1177_21582440231187583 – for Green Gardening Practices Among Urban Botanists: Using the Value-Belief-Norm Model
No full textsj-csv-1-sgo-10.1177_21582440231187583 for Green Gardening Practices Among Urban Botanists: Using the Value-Belief-Norm Model by Abdullah Al Mamun, Naeem Hayat, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Anas A. Salameh and Syed Shah Alam in SAGE Open</p
sj-docx-2-sgo-10.1177_21582440231187583 – Supplemental material for Green Gardening Practices Among Urban Botanists: Using the Value-Belief-Norm Model
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-2-sgo-10.1177_21582440231187583 for Green Gardening Practices Among Urban Botanists: Using the Value-Belief-Norm Model by Abdullah Al Mamun, Naeem Hayat, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Anas A. Salameh and Syed Shah Alam in SAGE Open</p
sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231180728 - Supplemental material for Exploring the mass adoption potential of wearable fitness devices in Malaysia
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231180728 for Exploring the mass adoption potential of wearable fitness devices in Malaysia by Naeem Hayat, Anas A Salameh, Abdullah Al Mamun, Syed Shah Alam and Noor Raihani Zainol in DIGITAL HEALTH</p
Mediapipe based Preprocessed VGGFace2 Dataset
No full textVGGFace2 Dataset and Face Mesh PreprocessingIntroductionThe VGGFace2 dataset is a large-scale face recognition dataset containing over 3.31 million images of 9,131 identities, with an average of 362 images per identity. The dataset is designed to include extensive variations in pose, age, illumination, ethnicity, and profession, making it one of the most diverse and challenging face recognition datasets available. For more details, please refer to the original publication:VGGFace2: A dataset for recognizing faces across pose and age - DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092
Preprocessing Using MediaPipe 3D Face MeshOn this dataset, we applied the MediaPipe-based 3D face mesh algorithm to accurately detect faces while removing all background elements, including hair. Our preprocessing strictly retained facial landmarks, ensuring that only the essential facial features were preserved. This approach significantly enhanced the accuracy and generalization of our model, as the model was trained exclusively on landmark-based facial data.
Training and PerformanceThe preprocessed data was utilized to train Xception model, which resulted in remarkably accurate outcomes due to the strictly landmark-based facial representation. The model demonstrated robust performance including explainable-AI, proving that eliminating unnecessary background elements contributed positively to its efficiency and reliability.
CitationIf you use this dataset or the preprocessed version in your work, please cite both of the following:
VGGFace2 Dataset:
@article{Cao2018VGGFace2, title={VGGFace2: A dataset for recognizing faces across pose and age}, author={Cao, Qiong and Shen, Li and Xie, Weidi and Parkhi, Omkar M and Zisserman, Andrew}, journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08092}, year={2018}}
DOI: [10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092) Preprocessed Dataset using MediaPipe:@dataset{Shah2025_MediaPipe_FaceMesh, title={MediaPipe-based 3D Face Mesh Preprocessed VGGFace2 Dataset}, author={Shah, Syed Taimoor Hussain and Shah, Syed Adil Hussain and Zamir, Ammara and Qayyum, Kainat and Shah, Syed Baqir Hussain and Fatima, Syeda Maryam and Deriu, Marco Agostino}, year={2025}, doi={10.5281/zenodo.15078557}} DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.15078557](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15078557)
ContactFor any questions or further details, please feel free to contact us.Syed Taimoor Hussain ShahPolitoBIOMed Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyEmail: [email protected]: 0000-0002-6010-677
Hydraulic simulations to evaluate and predict design and operation of the Chashma Right Bank Canal
No full textIrrigation systems / Irrigation canals / Flow control / Velocity / Canal regulation techniques / Hydraulics / Simulation models / Design / Operations / Crop-based irrigation / Distributary canals / Water delivery / Policy / Protective irrigation / Water allocation / Water requirements / Sedimentation / Water distribution / Equity / Water conveyance / Pakistan / Chashma Right Bank Canal
Syed Manzoorul Islam’s Postmodern Tales: A Study
No full textThe paper brings into focus how Syed Manzoorul Islam, in his three-decade-long literary career, has mastered a narrative style that sets him apart from many of his Bengali contemporaries. It demonstrates all the traits unique to his storytelling: blurring of boundaries between dream and reality, self-reflexivity, irony, and humor. The research also encapsulates how Syed Islam is different from his contemporary short story writers in terms of constructing plot and character. It foregrounds the author’s capability of developing a diction which is completely his own. The paper discusses the postmodern features prevailing in his stories. It shows us how the author invites the readers to be a part of his discourses. It summarizes the author’s surrealist imagination which creates a world that is strangely familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Overall, the research analyzes how the postmodern elements relate to the major themes of Syed Manzoorul Islam’s short stories.Keywords: Post-modernism, magic-realism, realism, psychoanalysis, political degeneratio
Oxidoreductases and RNA degradosome controlling virulence-associated traits of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
No full textThe oxidative stress response is a fundamental and primitive mode of innate immune defense in nearly all forms of life. The host oxidative stress response becomes truly important and effective especially against intracellular pathogens such as Salmonella. Pathogens have evolved diverse mechanisms to withstand the oxidative responses. These include the use of oxidoreductases to neutralize oxidative products and repair oxidative damages, rapid alteration in their transcriptome and diversion of such oxidative products in cellular signaling, for their survival and successful infection.In the first study in this thesis, we have introduced the putative ScsABCD oxidoreductases of the thioredoxin superfamily for their role in oxidative stress tolerance and in virulence of S. Typhimurium. We demonstrated that ScsABCD proteins are dispensable for invasion in cultured epithelial cells under normal invasive conditions, although ScsABCD acts as a suppressor of SPI-1 mediated invasion upon oxidative stress. Our results have further shown a functional association between ScsABCD and thiroredoxin 1 (TrxA) oxidoreductase of S. Typhimurium. In this, we demonstrated that absence of ScsABCD restored the invasiveness of a trxA mutant in epithelial cells and its virulence in C. elegans. (Paper I).Next, we present the analyses on the role of periplasmic Dsb oxidoreductase system in S. Typhimurium’s biofilm-development, specifically under redox stress. In this, we show that DsbA and DsbB act as suppressors of rdar-morphotype development and affect biofilm-regulation using either Csg-dependent or -independent mechanism, respectively. Our results further reveal that oxidative stress abrogates rdar-morphotype of S. Typhimurium, whereas reductive stress reduces rdar-morphotype with concomitant plentiful release of extracellular slimy material containing, notably, the extracellular DNA (eDNA). Furthermore, we have demonstrated the oxidative recovery of swimming motility defects of a dsbA mutant. (Paper II).Finally, we have demonstrated that exoribonuclease; PNPase and its genetic associate membrane lipoprotein NlpI constitute an operon and are functionally connected (Papers III and IV). PNPase was required for rdar-morphotype development whereas, NlpI suppresses the biofilm formation. In addition, we established the association of PNPase with c-di-GMP metabolism in biofilm regulation. Moreover, we showed that both PNPase and NlpI are required, independently, for cold adaptation of S. Typhimurium.List of scientific papersI. NAEEM ANWAR, Xiao Hui Sem and Mikael Rhen. Oxidoreductases that act as conditional virulence suppressors in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. PLoS One. 2013 Jun; 8(6):e64948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064948 II. NAEEM ANWAR, Ute Römling and Mikael Rhen. Redox-sensitivity of biofilm-formation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium – A particular impact of the DsbA/DsbB redox system. [Manuscript]III. Syed Fazle Rouf, Irfan Ahmad, NAEEM ANWAR, Suman Kumar Vodnala, Abdul Kader, Ute Römling and Mikael Rhen. Opposing contributions of polynucleotide phosphorylase and the membrane protein NlpI to biofilm formation by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Journal of Bacteriology. 2011 Jan; 193(2): 580-2. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00905-10 IV. Syed Fazle Rouf, NAEEM ANWAR, Mark O Clements and Mikael Rhen. Genetic analysis of the pnp-deaD genetic region reveals membrane lipoprotein NlpI as an independent participant in cold acclimatization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 2011 Dec; 325(1): 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02416.x </p
Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani an-Nadwi Tentang Keruntuhan Peradaban, Pandangan Hidup, dan Pendidikan Islam
No full textThis article aims to explore Syed Hasan Ali Nadwi’s views on the decline of civilization and the notion of Islamic worldview. First, the author describes about Syed Hasan Ali Nadwi’s life in a short bio. Second, the author explores Syed Hasan Ali Nadwi’s views and thoughts about the essence beyond the civilizations, its glory and decadence. Then I will elaborate Syed Hasan Ali Nadwi’s point of view about the worldview of Islam, what are the substances of an Islamic worldview and how far the worldview could bring civilizations to certain glories and decadence. My point of view on this article is the stronger worldview that Muslims have, the stronger civilization Muslims could establish. It all depend on how Muslims face the crisis of knowledge and the loss of adab by the right ‘knowledge’, right ‘choice’, and right ‘action.â€
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