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Exploring the influence of interest free microfinance programmes on empowerment of the participating women borrowers in Pakistan : an interpretative inquiry
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This study has argued that conventional microfinance has failed to serve a large number of Muslim consumers worldwide, which provided an opportunity to interest free microfinance to emerge as a subsector within the microfinance industry to serve this... Read More about Exploring the influence of interest free microfinance programmes on empowerment of the participating women borrowers in Pakistan : an interpretative inquiry.

Investigating alterations in autophagy in Alzheimer’s disease using human brain tissue and skin-derived fibroblasts
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the main cause of dementia, affecting 500,000 people in the UK. Pathology of AD is characterised by the accumulation of abnormally phosphorylated tau protein within neurofibrillary tangles and plaques containing amyloid-β... Read More about Investigating alterations in autophagy in Alzheimer’s disease using human brain tissue and skin-derived fibroblasts.

Use of an 18s rRNA metagenomics approach as a method of detection of multiple infections in field blood samples collected on FTA cards from cattle
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Parasitic disease causes major health problems in humans and animals globally. Diseases in tropical and remote areas, sometimes known as neglected tropical diseases, pose some of the greater problems due to the difficulty in collecting and analysing... Read More about Use of an 18s rRNA metagenomics approach as a method of detection of multiple infections in field blood samples collected on FTA cards from cattle.

Requirement elicitation using knowledge capturing (KC) techniques during the client briefing process for improved client satisfaction in the UK construction industry
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Knowledge management in recent times has been considered a major source of competitive advantage in many business organisations in which the construction industry is a major player. Knowledge management includes the generation, capturing, sharing, tr... Read More about Requirement elicitation using knowledge capturing (KC) techniques during the client briefing process for improved client satisfaction in the UK construction industry.

Journalistic strategies in conflict reporting and the representations of ethnic and religious identities in Jos, Nigeria : towards solutions-review journalism
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This study examines journalistic strategies in terms of the appropriation of media logics in the conflict frame building process. Relying on three models: objectivity, mediatisation and news framing; the research interrogates the role orientations an... Read More about Journalistic strategies in conflict reporting and the representations of ethnic and religious identities in Jos, Nigeria : towards solutions-review journalism.