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Resilience and Sustainability in the Gulf Migration Regimes: Kafāla in the Era of Covid-19
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Routledge
, 2023 , Article)
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has strongly reaffirmed the critical importance of labor migration to the global economy, even as it has raised questions about the temporary migration programs responsible for much of this ...
The mitigating role of physical activities on emotions is gender-specific: An experience during "lenient" COVID-19 prevention protocols
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2023 , Article)
The researchers examined emotional status subsequent to changes in physical (PA) and sedentary (SA) activities during "lenient" COVID-19 prevention protocols that allowed being outdoors. Emotions, PA, and SA were collected ...
Long-term COVID-19 booster effectiveness by infection history and clinical vulnerability and immune imprinting: a retrospective population-based cohort study
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
BackgroundLong-term effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA boosters in populations with different previous infection histories and clinical vulnerability profiles is inadequately understood. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness ...
Dealing with the Challenges: GCC Institutional Responses to the Covid-19 and Arab Spring
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
Like it happened after the Arab Uprisings in 2011, a development originated outside the GCC region-the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic-directly affected all its members and required a quick reaction from the authorities. ...
Gulf Energy Security During the COVID- 19: From the Security of Supply to the Security of Demand
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
During 2019-2020, neither the outbreak of coronavirus nor growing domestic issues were able to prevent the US and Iran from continuing their confrontation. While being nothing of a new, these tensions unintentionally ...
GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID: Old Trends, New Realities
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book)
The book considers the impact of COVID-19 on the GCC member states through the prism of challenges faced by their hydrocarbon sector. Yet, the publication's discourse is not solely focused on the problems experienced by ...
Challenges Facing the Gulf Petroleum Industry: Covid-19, New Technologies, Energy Transition
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
The outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic and the resulting economic downturn have undermined the already weakened position of the global oil and gas industry. Since the transportation sector depends on 60 percent of energy ...
Introduction : GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
The negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the hydrocarbon producers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is raising serious questions about the need to change the focus of Gulf energy security from the necessity ...
Gulf's Migrant Workers Amidst Covid-19 and Workforce Nationalization: A Focus on Qatar's Social Protection Systems
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
In the early 1970s, oil prices skyrocketed and the resource-rich Gulf states pursued infrastructural development. This created a massive labor demand in the construction, infrastructure, and oil sectors. Foreign labor ...
The attitude and knowledge of pediatricians and family physicians toward COVID-19 vaccination in children: A cross-sectional study
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2023 , Article)
COVID-19 vaccines to children are expected to reduce the transmission of the disease to high-risk groups and achieve herd immunity in younger populations. A positive attitude toward COVID-19 vaccination in children among ...