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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The fifth industrial revolution (I5.0), which is based on the utilization of interconnected data for efficient resource usage in meeting human requirements, proposes efficient solutions to resource constraint situations. However, the transition to I5.0 in the health sector is not easy and has to face several obstacles.
Ajay Jha +5 more
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Arab Revolutions: Breaking Fear| The Arab Spring & Online Protests in Iraq
International Journal of Communication, 2014 This article traces the influence of the Arab Spring on Iraq as activists staged fervent protests against corruption, sectarianism, and favoritism that largely characterize Nouri Maliki’s government.
Ahmed K. Al-Rawi
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change, political stability, and sustainability are three central factors that interact and serve as key drivers of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Accordingly, this paper aims to fill a vital research gap by examining the impacts of climate change, natural resource ...
Hicham Ayad +2 more
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Understanding the Dynamics of Violent Political Revolutions in an Agent-Based Framework.
PLoS ONE, 2016 This paper develops an agent-based computational model of violent political revolutions in which a subjugated population of citizens and an armed revolutionary organisation attempt to overthrow a central authority and its loyal forces.
Alessandro Moro
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Social media, protest cultures and political subjectivities of the Arab spring [PDF]
, 2014 This article draws on phenomenological perspectives to present a case against resisting the objectification of cultures of protest and dissent. The generative, self-organizing properties of protest cultures, especially as mobilized through social media ...
Markham, Tim
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article aims to bridge the academic literature on transformative capacities and supply chain management in public procurement to advance the conceptualisation of transformative public procurement. This is achieved through a semi‐systematic literature review of 48 articles, based on keyword searches that relate to supply chains ...
Jonathan Morris
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New Evidence on the Impact of Energy Poverty on Industrial Performance in Africa
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Industrialisation is essential for Africa's long‐term development, offering a pathway to economic diversification, employment creation and resilience to external shocks. Given the continent's demographic and structural challenges, transitioning to higher value‐added, technologically advanced industries is a necessity.
Abdoul Karim Théophile Ouedraogo +1 more
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Investing Aura: Making Value at an Emirati Art Center
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article examines the politics and processes of establishing value for artworks, highlighting the continued belief in Walter Benjamin's idea of aura and describing the value aura generates as “auratic value.” Focusing on an artist residency program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the country's arts boom, I analyze contestations ...
Beth Derderian
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Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings +3 more
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Protest suicide: considerations for psychiatrists and psychologists. [PDF]
Front Psychiatry, 2023 Nooraeen S, Croarkin PE.
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