Takaful is a type of Islamic insurance wherein members contribute money into a pool system to guarantee each other against loss or damage. Takaful insurance is based on sharia or Islamic religious law, which explains responsibilities of individuals to cooperate and protect one another. Generally, takaful policies cover health, life, and general insurance needs. While having risk-sharing model concept, takaful insurance remains largely confined to the Muslim countries.

Solid-state transformer (SST) is an advanced power converter that offers bi-directional power flow, which makes use of power electronic components. These transformers are also known as solid-state transformers, such as universal power electronics, intelligent universal transformer, energy control center, and power electronics traction transformer. However, the most common term used to refer SSTs is smart transformers. The concept of solid-state technology has been getting attention in the recent years as a direct result of advances in power electronics, smart grids, and growth in application sectors such as renewable energy generation.

Surge protection devices (SPDs) are designed to protect electrical appliances from voltage spikes. SPDs limit the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or shorting any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold limit to the ground. They are used in automatic control buses, electric power supply networks, telephone networks, and various communication systems. The key factor that drives the SPDs market includes increase in demand for usage of electrical and electronics appliances in commercial & residential sectors. Moreover, high costs incurred due to electrical equipment downtime have also encouraged the adoption of SPDs as it provides safety in industries and in the domestic sector. The key factors that hamper the growth of this market are lack of awareness among small scale manufactures and competition from uninterrupted and non-fluctuating power supply systems. On the contrary, growth in awareness for need of SPDs, rapid industrialization, and power supply issues in developing countries are anticipated to provide lucrative opportunity for the market.

The global weight loss and weight management diet market is analyzed on the basis of its prospects and future growth rate. The report highlights numerous factors that influence the growth of the global weight loss and weight management diet market. These include market forecast, drivers, restraints, opportunities, and role of key players operating in the market. The report highlights various product types, which include better for you, meal replacement, weight loss supplement, green tea, and low-calorie sweetener. The study further focuses on the revenue generated by weight loss and weight management diet products through various modes of operation such as hypermarket/supermarket and specialty stores. By nature, the market is studied across franchised and standalone. Furthermore, it includes revenue generated from the sales of weight loss and weight management diet products across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA.

A wearable fitness tracker is a device, which uses sensors to track user movement, orientation, and rotation. This device gathers data and transforms it into calories, steps, sleep quality, and other activities that the user performs. Many trackers also have an 'altimeter' sensor, which measures altitude to track the number of flights of stairs climbed. These trackers can simply figure whether the user is running or not. In addition, the alarm in the tracker reminds about a variety of things such as drinking enough water, standing, walking, completing the number of steps, sleeping on the right time, and others. This device provides solutions to individuals who are involved in working toward a precise health & fitness goal.

Chatbots are computer programs that allow humans to interact and clear various queries relating to various topics, and thereby benefit from the technology. Humans send inputs via texts, messages, voices, and some other gestures to enable interaction with chatbots. Over the past decade, chatbots were employed only in providing customer service; in recent years, chatbots have evolved significantly and are penetrating numerous sectors. Many industries have realized the power of conversations and are thereby investing funds to increase the adoption of chatbots. The industries are exploring the major advantages that these chatbots can provide to their businesses; in this context, AI-driven chatbots are being widely popularized and different sectors are showing an interest in adopting them in their mainstream operations.

Home healthcare is providing professional medical care to patients who are suffering from chronic care, recovering from an injury or surgery, or patients who struggle to live independently because of their age or because of any physical or mental disability. Earlier, home healthcare provided skilled nursing services, physical or occupational therapies, speech-language therapies, and other rehabilitation services. In the US, homecare services for the elderly were added to Medicare, Medicaid, and Old Age Assistance Act facility in the 1960s, thus making the concept popular. But it was limited only to post-discharge patients recovering from an acute illness. It later grew as a separate branch of healthcare. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2016, the US had more than 12 thousand home care agencies in the market.

Water covers 71% of the earth’s surface and accounts for 75% of the human body content. Among 3% of the global freshwater sources, only 0.4% is accessible as tap water. Lakes, rivers, springs, aquifers, and groundwater are some of the major freshwater sources. However, groundwater is becoming scarcer in densely populated regions owing to excessive usage. Desalinated seawater is unlimited in supply but is considered expensive due to the amount of energy involved in making it fit for human consumption. The complexity in water accessibility and treatment techniques has been a major crisis in the past decade.

The dynamic cleaning equipment industry has witnessed a paradigm shift over the years in terms of trends and challenges across the globe. The cleaning industry is constantly evolving with micro and macro-environmental factors. It is also externally shaped based on the equipment and technology available in the market. With considerable upgrades in business models and operation techniques, the market will witness further traction supported by stringent protocols and corporate policies. The global cleaning equipment market was valued at approximately $26.01 billion in 2019. The professional cleaning equipment market was $8.69 billion, and that for the consumer cleaning equipment market approximately $17.32 billion in 2019. Highpressure washers accounted for a 10.39% share of the global cleaning equipment market in 2019. Accordingly, the pressure washers that form an integral component of the cleaning equipment industry are expected to grow 1.29 times during the forecast period. For battery-powered pressure washers, the contract cleaning market is expected to shape the growth during the next five years.

Hot melt adhesives are generally liquid or semi-liquid and aid items to bond together. The hot melt adhesives market is highly fragmented, with numerous vendors at local, regional, and global levels. The industry is not capital intensive and hence aids high competition at each geographical level. M&A activities in the market are high on account of industry fragmentation and the demand forecasts being positive. The high end-user variability of the industry makes the hot melt adhesives market one of the high growth industries with high opportunities for all categories of vendors with different product categories. The opportunities for scaling are huge as the applications of adhesives are growing. From an end-user perspective, the major industries include: