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Reframing the destination narrative through a sport mega-event: Tracing social media's effect from 2022 FIFA (Men's) World Cup on Qatar's placebrand
( Taylor and Francis , 2025 , Book chapter)The heightened international media coverage associated with the hosting of sport mega-events can be a double-edged sword, especially for emerging countries seeking to gain global visibility and image enhancement while being ... -
Nation-branding Opportunities Through Sport Mega-events: Tourism Impact from FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2010 and Qatar 2022
( Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited , 2024 , Conference)Sport mega-events can be powerful agents in the imaging, re-imaging and branding of places, especially for emerging mega-event host nations. South Africa was the first African country to host the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and ... -
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery response at the world's largest sporting event: an analysis of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
( Institute for Ionics , 2023 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyse the impact of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on the Orthopaedic Surgery department at Hamad Medical Corporation and its response to the challenges posed by the world's largest ... -
Combating Islamophobia: English in the Linguistic Landscape of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
( Taylor and Francis , 2025 , Book chapter)This chapter analyzes Qatar's strategic use of English and other non-official languages in public signage and religious messaging during the FIFA World Cup. In 2022, Qatar became the first Arab and Muslim country to host ... -
Post-2022 FIFA world cup in the state of Qatar: Urban regeneration strategies for Doha
( Henry Stewart Publications , 2018 , Article)The 2022 FIFA World Cup is a vital event which will take place in Doha - capital city of the State of Qatar - and shape its present and future urban growth. The capital city is rapidly preparing for the success of this ... -
Geospatial Assessment of Healthcare Accessibility and Equity in Qatar in Preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
( Springer Nature , 2025 , Article)Accessibility to healthcare is one of the significant components of social determinants of public healthcare and is integral to societies' overall well-being and economic prosperity. This study intends to assess changes ... -
The 2022 FIFA world cup and the post-colonial narrative examined
( Taylor and Francis , 2024 , Book chapter)The 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Qatar, marked a historically watershed moment. From an inclusively representational aspect, it was the first World Cup held by an Arab and Muslim nation. Qatar's successful bid to host ... -
RIDING IN THE DESERT: Road Cycling in Qatar
( Routledge , 2022 , Book chapter)This chapter discusses the emergence and growth of road cycling in Qatar. It argues that unprecedented socio-economic changes caused the sport’s decline in the Gulf state in the late 20th century. It further underlines the ... -
Leveraging sentiment analysis of Arabic Tweets for the 2022 FIFA World Cup insights, incorporating the gulf region
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2024 , Article)Purpose: The study analyzes Arabic Tweets, with a focus on those originating from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, to examine public perceptions of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Methodology: Twitter's search API was ... -
The 2022 FIFA world cup in Qatar: Global and local perspectives
( Taylor and Francis , 2024 , Book)This book offers an in-depth analysis of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The first World Cup to be held in the Middle East, this was a unique sporting mega-event, and this book explores its wider significance across ... -
Qatar Residents' Perceptions of the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Projections for Future Co-hosting Countries
( Africa Journals , 2022 , Article)The study examines Qatar residents' perceptions associated with the 2022 FIFA World Cup by assessing the five dimensions of psychic income. Six months before the event, data were collected from the host city residents ... -
Why Qatar's hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup matters
( Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. , 2024 , Book chapter)The aim of this chapter is to describe the importance of the FIFA 2022 World Cup for Qatar and for the region, bridging between inside-outsider perspectives. A lot have been written and said about this mega event being ... -
The Impact of Rapid Motorization and Urban Growth: An Analysis of the City of Doha, Qatar
( AllenPress , 2015 , Article)Since the 1990s, Doha, the capital city of Qatar, has experienced rapid urban growth along with rapid motorization, which together have created new opportunities but also important challenges for the Qatari government. ... -
Kinetics and Mechanism Study of Different Types of Surface-Imprinted Polymers for CO2 Adsorption
( John Wiley & Sons , 2024 , Article)The increased level of CO2 in the atmosphere has led to global warming and climate change. To mitigate these problems, solid adsorbents have become attractive materials for capturing excess CO2 in the post-combustion method. ... -
Recent progress on carbonaceous materials-based adsorbents derived from cigarette wastes for sustainable remediation of aquatic pollutants: A review
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Cigarette butts/filters are recognized as one of the most dangerous wastes and environmental hazards worldwide due to their large quantities, non-biodegradability, and toxicity. Such wastes mainly consist of the plastic ... -
Review on recent progress in post-combustion carbon dioxide capture using carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous materials in fixed-bed adsorption column
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)The rapid industrialization relying on fossil fuel burning has escalated the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions issue impacting the environment and mankind negatively. Post-combustion capture (PCC) through fixed bed adsorption ... -
Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Capture: Adsorption and Physicochemical Properties of SBA-15 Mesoporous Silica
( John Wiley & Sons , 2025 , Article)Global warming is widely recognized as one of humanity's most urgent challenges, making CO2 capture from the environment crucial to mitigating problems associated with climate change. In this study, ordered mesoporous ... -
Enhanced CO2 Capture Performance of Titanium-Modified SBA-15: Synthesis, Characterization, and Fixed-Bed Column Adsorption Study
( Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , 2024 , Article)Global warming is widely recognized as one of humanity's most pressing challenges. It is primarily driven by the greenhouse effect, whereby greenhouse gases, predominantly CO2, trap heat close to the surface of the Earth. ... -
Stacked Ensemble Deep Random Vector Functional Link Network with Residual Learning for Medium-Scale Time-Series Forecasting
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2025 , Article)The deep random vector functional link (dRVFL) and ensemble dRVFL (edRVFL) succeed in various tasks and achieve state-of-the-art performance compared with other randomized neural networks (NNs). However, existing edRVFL ... -
Heteroscedastic ensemble deep random vector functional link neural network with multiple output layers for High Frequency Volatility Forecasting and Risk Assessment
( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)Accurate volatility forecasting is crucial for the efficient management of financial systems. However, the dynamic nature and significant variability in financial time series data pose substantial challenges to achieving ...
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