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  • Self-promotion and online shaming during COVID-19: A toxic combination 

    Rajat Kumar, Behera; Bala, Pradip Kumar; Rana, Nripendra P.; Kayal, Ghadeer ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
    A public shaming frenzy has spread through social media (SM) following the instigation of lockdown policies as a way to counter the spread of COVID-19. On SM, individuals shun the idea of self-promotion and shame others ...
  • Author Correction: Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks (Nature, (2020), 583, 7818, (801-806), 10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y) 

    MacNeil, M. Aaron; Chapman, Demian D.; Heupel, Michelle; Simpfendorfer, Colin A.; Heithaus, Michael; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2020 , Other)
    An Amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
  • Comparative Study of Chemical Composition of the Halophyte Species Native to the Persian (Arabian) Gulf 

    Cybulska, Iwona; Brudecki, Grzegorz P.; Brown, J. Jed; Hulkko, Laura S.S.; Hosani, Sumaya Al; ... more authors ( North Carolina State University , 2021 , Article)
    Extensive comparative characterization was performed to explore halophytes native to the Persian (Arabian) Gulf. Ten species collected from the Western region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) were analyzed for their ...
  • Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays 

    Simpfendorfer, Colin A.; Heithaus, Michael R.; Heupel, Michelle R.; MacNeil, M. Aaron; Meekan, Mark; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2023 , Article)
    A global survey of coral reefs reveals that overfishing is driving resident shark species toward extinction, causing diversity deficits in reef elasmobranch (shark and ray) assemblages. Our species-level analysis revealed ...
  • Role of Social Media in Technology Adoption for Sustainable Agriculture Practices: Evidence from Twitter Analytics 

    Yadav, Jitendra; Yadav, Avikshit; Misra, Madhvendra; Zhou, Jianlong; Rana, Nripendra P. ( Association for Information Systems (AIS) , 2023 , Article)
    Social networking sites provide a new means of communication for disseminating cutting-edge agricultural technologies. These are unmediated interaction channels that enable a user to communicate their experience with ...
  • Role of authentication factors in Fin-tech mobile transaction security 

    Khan, Habib Ullah; Sohail, Muhammad; Nazir, Shah; Hussain, Tariq; Shah, Babar; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
    Fin-Tech is the merging of finance and technology, to be considered a key term for technology-based financial operations and money transactions as far as Fin-Tech is concerned. In the massive field of business, mobile money ...
  • Revolutionizing software developmental processes by utilizing continuous software approaches 

    Khan, Habib Ullah; Afsar, Waseem; Nazir, Shah; Noor, Asra; Kundi, Mahwish; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
    The development of smart and innovative software applications in various disciplines has inspired our lives by providing various cutting-edge technologies spanning from online to smart and efficient systems. The proliferation ...
  • Resilience in the time of COVID-19: Lessons learned from Middle East and North Africa small- and medium-sized enterprises 

    El-Sahli, Zouheir; Alsamara, Mouyad ( John Wiley & Sons , 2023 , Article)
    We investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small- and medium-sized enterprises in Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. Using firm-level panel data from an enterprise survey, we highlight several new findings. ...
  • Religion, spirituality, and well-being: A systematic literature review and futuristic agenda 

    Koburtay, Tamer; Jamali, Dima; Aljafari, Abdullah ( John Wiley & Sons , 2022 , Article)
    Informed by religion and psychology literature, this study reviews the literature on religiosity, spirituality, and psychology to support existing theory development in the current emergence of “Management, Spirituality, ...
  • Preserving the beamforming effect for spatial cue-based pseudo-binaural dereverberation of a single source 

    Gul, Sania; Khan, Muhammad Salman; Shah, Syed Waqar ( Academic Press , 2023 , Article)
    Reverberations are unavoidable in enclosures, resulting in reduced intelligibility for hearing impaired and non-native listeners and even for the normal hearing listeners in noisy circumstances. It also degrades the ...
  • Reaching new heights: investigating adoption factors shaping the moon landing of metaverse tourism 

    Behera, Rajat Kumar; Bala, Pradip Kumar; Rana, Nripendra P. ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
    With the advancement of technology, the metaverse, as the future of the Internet, has gained popularity. As a result, numerous opportunities have been created, and the tourism industry is eager to take advantage of them. ...
  • Ranking and prioritisation of barriers to SMEs internationalisation in emerging economies 

    Talib, Faisal; Mohd. Nishat, Faisal; El Esmael, Bader A.; Komalasari, Shinta Dewi ( Inderscience Publishers , 2023 , Article)
    Internationalisation is considered an important strategy for growth in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, research about internationalisation challenges that SMEs face in emerging economies is limited. Further, ...
  • Role of social currency in customer experience and co-creation intention in online travel agencies: Moderation of attitude and subjective norms 

    Anurag, Singh; Rana, Nripendra P; Parayitam, Satyanarayana ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
    This study investigates the relationship between social currency and customer experience concerning online travel agencies. Riding on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), we explore the moderating effect of attitude and ...
  • The Fourth Wave of Grounded Theory: A Self-Correcting Top-Down Approach 

    Talaoui, Yassine ( World Scientific , 2024 , Book chapter)
    Grounded theory, as a qualitative research method, constructs theories grounded in data on previously unexplored phenomena. To this end, it requires the researcher to be able to form concepts and ideas from the data, to ...
  • Photovoltaic System Ensemble Prediction System 

    Lari, Ali Jassim; Egwebe, Augustine; Touati, Farid; Gonzales, Antonio S.; Khandakar, Amith Abdullah ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)
    Solar energy is the major renewable energy in Gulf area. The yearly solar irradiance is one of the highest in the world with more than 2000kWh/m2. Consequently, nations in the Gulf area have intended their energy investing ...
  • Reliable Photovoltaics Output Power Prediction in Qatar 

    Lari, Ali Jassim; Egwebe, Augustine; Touati, Farid; Gonzales, Antonio S.; Khandakar, Amith Abdullah ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)
    Renewable energy is gradually becoming the most promising type of power generation that could replace fossil fuels in the future. One of the most widely used form of renewable energy is solar/PV energy. To examine the ...
  • Vector Control of Dual 3-ϕ Induction Machine-Based Flywheel Energy Storage System Using Fuzzy Logic Controllers 

    Daoud, Mohamed; Iqbal, Atif ( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Book chapter)
    In the renewable, islanded microgrid and transportation applications, the flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) will play a significant role due to its potential benefits, like long life span, fast dynamics and high ...
  • Investigating nonlinear vibrations of higher-order hyper-elastic beams using the Hamiltonian method 

    Forsat, Masoud ( Springer , 2020 , Article)
    This paper presents a higher-order shear deformation beam theory for modeling and nonlinear vibration analysis of hyper-elastic beams made of silicon rubber and unfilled natural rubber. Four models named neo-Hookean, ...
  • 3D FEM Model on the Parameters' Influence of EPB-TBM on Settlements of Single and Twin Metro Tunnels During Construction 

    Forsat, Masoud; Taghipoor, Mohammad; Palassi, Masoud ( Springer , 2022 , Article)
    The present research exposes the investigation on three-dimensional modeling of the single and twin metro tunnels for the case of the Tehran metro line. At first, simulation implemented on the comparison of the ground ...
  • Structural analysis and design of irregular shaped footings subjected to eccentric loading 

    Al-Ansari, Mohammed S.; Afzal, Muhammad S. ( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2021 , Article)
    This article presents a simplified analytical model for designing irregular shaped reinforced concrete (RC) footings supporting square column and subjected to eccentric loading, that is, axial load P and biaxial moments, ...

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