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Blockchain Technology for Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Systematic Literature Review
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Other)
The use of Blockchain technology has recently become widespread. It has emerged as an essential tool in various academic and industrial fields, such as healthcare, transportation, finance, cybersecurity, and supply chain ...
Privacy-preserving federated learning cyber-threat detection for intelligent transport systems with blockchain-based security
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2022 , Article)
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques implemented at a large scale in intelligent transport systems (ITS), have considerably enhanced the vehicles' autonomous behaviour in making independent decisions about cyber threats, ...
Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Behaviors in North Africa: Cases of Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article)
The COVID-19 pandemic-related measures in the Near East and North Africa (NENA)
region have resulted in many lifestyle modifications, including changes in diet and food buying
patterns among adults. However, the pandemic ...
Libya's Arab spring: The long road from revolution to democracy
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SAGE
, 2012 , Article)
This article presents a critical account of Libya's incipient democratization, contextualizing it within the Arab Spring élan. This first line of inquiry is twofold: it critically assesses the meaning of democratization ...
Unlocking the power of public awareness: paving the way for sustainable wetland management in Anzali, Iran
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Frontiers Media
, 2023 , Article)
The Anzali Wetland, located in the Guilan Province of Iran, is a vital ecosystem with significant ecological value. However, it faces numerous environmental challenges due to pollution, habitat degradation, and unsustainable ...
Food waste in the countries of the gulf cooperation council: A systematic review
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article Review)
Food waste (FW) is a critical challenge in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This paper analyzes research dealing with food waste in the GCC countries (viz. Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates). ...
Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region
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MDPI
, 2024 , Article Review)
The COVID-19 pandemic affected agri-food systems worldwide. However, while the impacts differed from one country/region to another, the scholarly literature seems to focus on developed countries in the Global North. ...
Editorial: COVID-19 pandemic, food behaviour and consumption patterns
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2022 , Other)
With already 600 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 6 million recorded deaths, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), detected in Wuhan (China) in late 2019, is nowadays one of the most pressing global challenges ...
Agri-food markets in Qatar: Drivers, trends, and policy responses
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article Review)
Agri-food markets are vital in achieving food security, especially for resource-poor, food-importing countries such as Qatar. The paper provides an overview of the evolution of agri-food markets in Qatar and explores the ...
‘Writing’ small states: contextualizing the construct in the Arab Gulf
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Springer Nature
, 2021 , Article)
How do IR scholars ‘write’ the Arab Gulf? In attempting to address this question, the focus is twofold: first, the ‘small state’ as a construct and second, its application to the study of Gulf small states. The article ...