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- PublicationSocial-Ecological Analysis Of Resilience To Co-Management Challenges Among Wetland Fisheries Community In Bogiani, Bangladesh(2025-08)Hossain, Mohammed AnwarInland wetland fisheries are a crucial source of animal protein, export earnings, and employment for Bangladesh’s rural population, with over two-thirds of people either consuming or selling fish caught in these fisheries. However, the sector’s contribution to the national economy has consistently declined over the decades, primarily due to overfishing, harmful fishing methods, habitat degradation, and the exclusion of fishers from fisheries management. Therefore, this study aims to analyze fishers’ resilience to co-management challenges by applying the Social-Ecological System Framework (SESF) in the Bogiani fishery located in the northeastern Sunamganj district of Bangladesh.
- PublicationGraphology And Early Detection Of Criminality: A Study Among Youths In Hail, Saudi Arabia(2025-03)S Alkhamsan, Mohammad SulaimanYouths have been the engines for any societal development. Similarly, crime remained an integral part of every human society. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a growing economy that needs the contribution of youths to ensure a propelled developed nation in the 21st century despite the youths’ involvement in various crimes. That’s why it became necessary to study youths’ criminality due to their importance in the realisation of the developmental goals of the country. Graphology science is used in detecting people’s characters and behaviours through their handwriting. As an exploratory study, the current research aimed at detecting early deviant characteristics among youths.
- PublicationThe Impact Of Special Economic Zones (Sezs) On The Performance Of Jordanian Economy(2025-10)Rayyash, Seif Nawaf Abed AbuStimulating key economic performance indicators has long been a major focus of economic literature, with investment viewed as a key driver of growth and development. Special economic zones (sezs) have emerged as strategic policy tools designed to attract investment, boost exports, and generate employment. In jordan, policymakers have widely promoted sezs as success stories and cornerstones of national economic transformation. However, the actual impact of these zones on macroeconomic performance remains empirically uncertain, calling for a careful evaluation. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of sezs in jordan through three main objectives: (i) to assess the impact of special economic zones (sezs) on jordan’s economic growth, (ii) to evaluate the influence of special economic zones (sez) on foreign direct investment (fdi) inflows to jordan, (iii) to evaluate the relationship between special economic zones (sez) and jordan’s trade balance. The study uses annual time series data spanning 1975 to 2023 and applies autoregressive distributed difference (ardl) modeling to estimate short- and long-run relationships. Sez types free zones, development zones, and industrial zones are represented by dummy variables across three econometric models.
- PublicationIdentifying Suicide Risks Through Twitter (X) In Malaysia(2025-10)K. Rajagumar, PrishaliniThe rise of suicide rates globally highlights the urgent need for improved methods of identifying and understanding suicidal risk, particularly in regions with limited data collection systems. This thesis focuses on the challenges of suicide-related data acquisition in malaysia where stigma and structural limitations such as reliance on medically reported information and the historical criminalization of suicide attempts, which was only decriminalized in 2023 impedes comprehensive reporting. To address this gap, this study explores the potential of twitter as a supplementary data source for detecting suicide expressions through sentiment analysis. The primary objective of this research is to evaluate the potential of utilizing sentiment analysis tool (vader) on platforms such as twitter to detect individuals exhibiting signs of suicide risk through the analysis of tweet content. Utilizing twitter’s api, tweets from malaysian users aged 18 and above, written in english, were collected by filtering for specific keywords. Two keyword lists were used: one targeting suicide expressions and the other focusing on positive statements. The resulting tweets were divided into suicide expression and positive-related (control) datasets and manually coded by a human coder based on content and emotional valence. Sentiment analysis was then applied to both datasets, with its performance benchmarked against human coding to assess accuracy.
- PublicationThe Two States Solution Between Israel And Palestine : Opportunities, Challenges, And International Response(2025-10)Reham R M, OwdaThe israeli-palestinian conflict, one of the most enduring and violent in modern history, began in 1947 and intensified with the 1967 war. This led to israel’s occupation of gaza, the west bank, and east jerusalem. The conflict centers on disputes over borders, jerusalem’s status, israeli settlements, and palestinian refugees’ right to return. Both groups claim the same land. This study explores the feasibility of a two-state solution through an inclusive peace-building approach, identifying challenges and opportunities, analyzing reactions from israeli and palestinian leaders and civil society, and examining views on international community stances. Employing a qualitative methodology with a desk review and interviews with palestinian and israeli civil society leaders and conflict experts, the study finds that the conflict is rooted in the 1948 occupation, israel’s 1967 rejection of palestinian statehood, and ongoing west bank settlements. Palestinians demand freedom, dignity, self-determination, and an end to settlements, while israelis seek security, land ownership, state legitimacy, a unified jerusalem, new palestinian leadership, a demilitarized palestinian state, and respect for arab minority rights. The two-state solution faces obstacles, including mutual resistance, insufficient international pressure on israel, the gaza conflict, and continued settlement expansion