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Balance of power shifts and energy interests in Central Asia?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2015 , Book chapter)
The energy-rich Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan represent a natural object of desire for the geopolitical interests of their ambitious neighbours. Whether perceived as an important component ...
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 ...
Role of animal research in human malignancies
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Animal models are the central backbone in relation to providing the safety information of xenobiotics, the nature of chemicals present in the environment, and understanding the developmental process in disease pathogenesis ...
Cultural integration with strategic decision-making process in determining innovation performance: Evidence from an arab country setting
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IGI Global
, 2014 , Book chapter)
This chapter presents an empirical study that examines the co-alignment between the Strategic Decision- Making Process (SDMP) and cultural contextual factors in developing a more completely specified model of innovation ...
Case studies on COVID-19 and environment
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Coronavirus drastically changes people's travel behavior all over the world. This study aims to investigate the effect of people's adaptive travel behavior on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in south Asian countries. We ...
Thermal comfort in Indian apartments
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Springer Singapore
, 2018 , Book chapter)
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. Socio-political and economic drivers can be historically traced behind the apartment' evolutionary trajectory. Absence and poor adherence to norms appear to have caused thermal ...
Applying zero trust security principles to defence mechanisms against data exfiltration attacks
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wiley
, 2021 , Book chapter)
The zero-trust principle explicitly verifies that the authentication and authorization of all actions are performed regardless of the requesting user's credentials or permissions. This chapter presents the details of a ...
Lignin and lignocellulosic materials: A glance on the current opportunities for energy and sustainability
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Springer International Publishing
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Fossil fuels are running out fast. The energy demand is one of the largest challenges humankind has ever faced. Applications targeting renewable resources that are nonpetroleum based are booming. The scientific community ...