College of Arts & Sciences: Recent submissions
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A new approach to predicting cryptocurrency returns based on the gold prices with support vector machines during the COVID-19 pandemic using sensor-related data
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)In a real-world situation produced under COVID-19 scenarios, predicting cryptocurrency returns accurately can be challenging. Such a prediction may be helpful to the daily economic and financial market. Unlike forecasting ... -
An efficient image encryption scheme based on fractal Tromino and Chebyshev polynomial
( Springer International Publishing , 2021 , Article)The security of digital content during transmission and storage through insecure communication links and databases is a challenging issue in today's world. In this article, an encryption scheme based on fractal Tromino and ... -
Construction of Bi2S3/TiO2/MoS2 S-Scheme Heterostructure with a Switchable Charge Migration Pathway for Selective CO2 Reduction
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2021 , Article)Switching between the redox potential of an appropriate semiconductor heterostructure could show critical applications in selective CO2 reduction. Designing a semiconductor photocatalyst with a wavelength-dependent response ... -
Measuring skewness: We do not assume much
( Sharif University of Technology , 2021 , Article)Since skewness plays a vital role in different engineering phenomena, its accurate measurement gains significance. Several measures have been taken to quantify the extent of skewness in distributions over the years, but ... -
Discontinuous coupling and transition from synchronization to an intermittent transient chimera state
( Sharif University of Technology , 2021 , Article)Coexistence of coherent and incoherent clusters, called chimera state, has been observed in different coupling configurations. A majority of studies have considered a static scheme for the network. In this paper, synchronization ... -
Spatiotemporal analysis of water-electricity consumption in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic across six socioeconomic sectors in Doha City, Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study investigates the water – electricity consumption in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic across six socioeconomic sectors. Due to inadequate research on spatial modelling of water – electricity consumption in ... -
A New System with a Self-Excited Fully-Quadratic Strange Attractor and Its Twin Strange Repeller
( World Scientific , 2021 , Article)In nonlinear dynamics, the study of chaotic systems has attracted the attention of many researchers around the world due to the exciting and peculiar properties of such systems. In this regard, the present paper introduces ... -
A Chaotic Quadratic Bistable Hyperjerk System with Hidden Attractors and a Wide Range of Sample Entropy: Impulsive Stabilization
( World Scientific , 2021 , Article)Hidden attractors generated by the interactions of dynamical variables may have no equilibrium point in their basin of attraction. They have grabbed the attention of mathematicians who investigate strange attractors. ... -
Sport Diplomacy and Soft Power through Qatar's FIFA World Cup 2022: A Case of Generation Amazing
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)Sport mega events (SMEs) such as the upcoming FIFA men's World Cup 2022 to be hosted by the State of Qatar have huge significance in how a hosting nation can use the status to influence or (re)build its influence as part ... -
The Impact of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Iran: A Clean Sheet for Scoring Political Points
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)In this discussion, I examine the impact of Iran's qualification in the 2022 FIFA World Cup on the Iranian community. With the event being hosted in Qatar, a nation with which Iran has favourable diplomatic relations, ... -
Nation branding legacies in emerging contexts - from 2010 to 2022
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)Sport mega-events such as the FIFA World Cup or Olympic Games are receiving increasing attention as their hosting is regarded a strategy to obtain global distinction. They are considered as one of the strategies to attain ... -
World Cup In Qatar As A Sport Diplomacy Instrument
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)Qatar has flourishing national image, particularly after its 37atalyst role in the Arab Spring and its conspicuous achievements in the field of infrastructure, media, technology, energy, diplomacy and public diplomacy. ... -
Building a Local Sport Identity: The World Cup and its implications on community sports in Qatar and Saudi Arabia
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has resulted in more engagement in Qatar to promote local and domestic sport on different levels. Driven by the overarching goal to enhance and improve physical activities among the Qatari ... -
An Ontological Security Approach to the Sport Diplomacy of Qatar Foreign Policy
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)George Orwell's famous quote "serious sport is war minus the shooting" explains the sponsorships and marketing strategy of Qatar foreign policy in global sports. Acceleration of the development of the objectives of 2030 ... -
Building a Lasting Legacy: Beyond Qatar 2022
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)Doha, the capital city of Qatar, was a tiny, sleepy urban settlement with an economy based on fishing and pearling until the 1970s, when the discovery of oil and natural gas triggered unprecedented and rapid urbanization. ... -
A Geopolitical Economy of the World Cup: Lessons from Qatar's Hosting of FIFA's Showcase Tournament
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)Qatar's hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup is the embodiment of a new way in which sport in the 21st century is being conceived. This challenges prior utilitarian and neoclassical notions of sport, which are evident both ... -
The 2022 World Cup: Putting Qatar's Best Foot Forward
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)2022 was Qatar's year to put its best foot forward. A major producer of natural gas, the tiny Gulf state was under the magnifying glass as it entered the final phase of hosting the 2022 World Cup and emerged as a potential ... -
From the Renewed Policy of Sport Mega Events to Prosumerism: Articulating the challenges faced by the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)Although research has long focused upon Sport Mega Events (SMEs) in the Global North, it is only in recent decades that a similar level of scrutiny has been applied to SMEs outside of this region, and particularly those ... -
The 2022 World Cup and the Post-Colonial Narrative Examined
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)This paper seeks to examine the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the Post-Colonial narratives associated with Qatar's attempt at identifying itself out of the frame of modernity set by the West. Sports diplomacy is the device ... -
Infrastructural, Socio-cultural and Economic Issues Dealing with Disabled Spectators: Lessons from the FIFA World Cup 2018.
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)FIFA World Cup 2018 took place in Russia during 14th of June - 15th of July 2018. More than 3 million people watched the games of the 2018 World Cup live in the 11 cities stadiums across country. The average attendance at ...
