College of Arts & Sciences: Recent submissions
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Media-ting democratic literacies
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Writing democracy: An end of author ‘turn’?: From ‘fake news’ to ‘fake democratization'
( Intellect Publishers , 2018 , Article)This article problematizes questions of ontology and epistemology in the context of the study of norm-making primarily within academia (with special reference to democratization) and secondarily within media. It showcases ... -
Regionalism in Crisis: GCC Integration without Democracy
( Taylor & Francis , 2020 , Article)At the core of “disembedded regionalism” in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is an incapacity to foster more representative forms of politics that are responsive to citizens. Instead, elite-to-elite relations are a salient ... -
The GCC in Crisis: Explorations of ‘Normlessness’ in Gulf Regionalism
( Taylor & Francis , 2020 , Article)In a field that is so loosely theorised, an investigation into intra-GCC conflict is both apposite and challenging. Empirically, interventions by Gulf states have proliferated across the GCC and MENA since 2011. This Special ... -
Food behavior changes during the covid-19 pandemic: Statistical analysis of consumer survey data from bosnia and herzegovina
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)Bosnia and Herzegovina has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing quarantine and other social distancing measures. These measures, however, have mental, social, and economic consequences on diet and food ... -
Microbial Ecology of Qatar, the Arabian Gulf: Possible Roles of Microorganisms
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article Review)The Arabian Gulf ranks among the world's most arid and warm regions; the land has high salinity levels with many Sabkhas and receives little precipitation. This region holds about one-third of the world's oil supply. Qatar ... -
Tunisia’s peripheral cities: Marginalization and protest politics in a democratizing country
( Middle East Institute , 2021 , Article)This article investigates Tunisia's southern "periphery within the periphery," drawing on original interviews to examine marginalization and center-periphery relations in the country since the 2011 revolution. Comparisons ... -
Degeneration and the demos in North Africa: towards a ‘critical’ study of democratisation?
( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)This article frames the problematic explored in the Special Issue, namely, the Maghreb and North Africa's ‘crisis of democratization.' Across cases, the crisis is multi-layered, involving first, counter-revolution since ... -
‘Writing’ small states: contextualizing the construct in the Arab Gulf
( 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 ... -
Towards a ‘democratic knowledge’ turn? Knowledge production in the age of the Arab Spring
( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Article)This contribution (and the special issue as a whole) marks a modest attempt to initiate an investigation into what is called here ‘democratic knowledge’. This is done with special reference to the Arab Maghrib (in this ... -
Uv-l/sulfite advanced reduction process as an efficient method for chlorate reduction in water
( Desalination Publications , 2021 , Article)The efficient reduction of disinfection by-products (DBPs) is currently a major challenge in water treatment facilities due to their high toxicity to human health and long-time residence in the environment. In this work, ... -
Lignin and lignocellulosic materials: A glance on the current opportunities for energy and sustainability
( 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 ... -
Thermogravimetric kinetics study of scrap tires pyrolysis using silica embedded with NiO and/or MgO nanocataly
( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2021 , Article)In this study, a set of three new silica-based embedded with NiO and/or MgO nanocatalysts (SBNs) have been prepared and tested for the pyrolysis of scrap tires (STs). The intent is to identify and optimize the best ... -
An efficient image encryption scheme based on double affine substitution box and chaotic system
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Privacy of information is one of the most important and unavoidable issues in our digitally advance era. A huge amount of information transmitted over different servers and networking protocols. The sphere of digitally ... -
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 ...
