Rising carbon dioxide is decreasing nutrition in crops and endangering health among the less wealthy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Smith ◽  
Samuel S. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Human Health ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
Co2 Levels ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Levels

Carbon dioxide levels are rising globally. The increasing CO2 levels reduce the concentration of nutrients in many of the crops that are consumed worldwide (wheat, rice, barley, maize, legumes, and potatoes). The larger effects for human health are concentrated in regions that heavily rely on these crops for their nutrition such as South and Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Because these effects are likely to be hidden, we should better monitor the nutritional status of populations as well as crop nutrient content over the coming decades.

δ-tocotrienol induce nasopharyngeal carcinoma apoptosis and Growth arrest in the CNE1 cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjun Shen ◽  
Tao Yang ◽  
Yiping Tang ◽  
Tianyi Guo ◽  
Ting Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Growth Arrest ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
High Incidence Rate

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma has a notably high incidence rate in Southern China, Southeast Asia, North Africa, Middle East, and the Arctic. δ-tocotrienol is abundant in cereal and has some health benefits....

scholarly journals The Causal Relationship between Renewable Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Evidence from Middle East and North Africa

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebru Çağlayan Akay ◽  
Raziya Abdiyeva ◽  
Zamira Oskonbaeva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption ◽  
Panel Vector Autoregression

Renewable energy plays a crucial role in increasing economic growth while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The aim of this study is to examine the interaction between renewable energy consumption, economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions for selected Middle East and North Africa countries. For this aim, panel vector autoregression approach are used in the study. The annual data used in this study cover the period from 1988 to 2010 for Middle East and North Africa countries. Firstly, second generation unit root test are used to investigate stationarity properties of the variables and second generation panel cointegration test is applied to the data under consideration because of the cross-sectional dependence. Then a panel causality approach is proposed to examine the causal relationship between the variables. Finally, panel vector autoregression model, impulse-response and variance decomposition analysis are applied using generalized moment methods. The finding of this study shows that there is a bi-directional causality between growth and renewable energy consumption, which is consistent with the feedback hypothesis in terms of the energy consumption-growth nexus. It is found the evidence of unidirectional causality from carbon dioxide emissions to renewable energy consumption and from growth to carbon dioxide emissions. It is also found that the responses of growth to a shock of energy consumption are positive and the impact of renewable energy consumption on carbon dioxide emissions is negative.

scholarly journals The Islamic World and Digital Threats of the 21st Century

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-110
Author(s):  
G. N. Valiakhmetova
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Control Process ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Arms Race ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Regional Leaders

The article analyzes the stages and reasons for involvement of the Islamic world in digital wars and the cyber arms race. Digital threats are carried not only by Muslim states that claim to be regional leaders in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, but also by non-state actors – groups of highly skilled hackers, hacktivists, «lone wolves», radical extremist Islamist groups. The realities of the digital age significantly enhance the heterogeneity and inconsistency of the modern Islamic world. It puts on the international agenda the question of increasing global cooperation in the cyber arm control process as well as the settlement of the most pressing issues of Muslim countries and communities.

Empirical Evidence for Significance Quest Theory

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-117
Author(s):  
Arie W. Kruglanski ◽  
Jocelyn J. Bélanger ◽  
Rohan Gunaratna
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
Published Evidence ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Individual

This chapter examines cutting-edge empirical evidence related to the psychology of terrorism. This evidence is gleaned through a variety of methods that include surveys and experiments carried out in the laboratory and in the field. It contains samples from a variety of locations and conflict zones such as the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States. Different types of data are described that bear on relations between variables identified in the authors’ 3N theory of radicalization. This includes published evidence that relates individuals’ feelings of humiliation and significance loss to their tendency to identify as members of a collectivity and to their support for violence. Not only attesting to the power of the network to solidify individuals’ world views, the chapter also shows that the relation between significance loss and extreme attitudes is qualified by the group to which the individual belongs.

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