This study dig out to answer two different but correlated question ; firstly, what is the role of Social Safety Net (SSN) measures in targeting the poverty for a developing country like Pakistan. Secondly, can the provision of social safety nets help in Sustainable Economic Development (SED)? The study surrounds to answer these questions in context of Pakistan's economy. Pakistan being a develo…
The adoption of a solar photovoltaic (PV) distributed system is not only a technological advancement and economic trend, but also a cultural phenomenon. In addressing the following four perspectives: 1) the spread of sustainability concepts; 2) current Chinese architectural practices; 3) centralized vs. distributed energy structure; and, 4) the trade wars among several Western countries and Chi…
Given the amount of attention paid to ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that's been wowing the internet over the past few months, it feels as though humanity just discovered the wheel. OpenAI, ChatGPT's founder, was set up as a nonprofit independent AI research lab in 2015 to promote and develop "friendly" AI in a way that "benefits humanity as a whole." Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and other tech figures ple…
Background ChatGPT is a 175-billion-parameter natural language processing model that is already involved in scientific content and publications. Its influence ranges from providing quick access to information on medical topics, assisting in generating medical and scientific articles and papers, performing medical data analyses, and even interpreting complex data sets. Objective The fut…
The research problem lies in the ambiguity of the usage of propaganda contents by two main media outlets (the Russian RT and American Alhurra) in their news coverage of the Syrian crisis through their websites and the methods used by them to convince users taking into account the mutual propaganda conflict between the United States and Russia in the war against Syria. The objectives of the rese…
The absence of systematic disparities in health utilization leads to achieving equity in health. However, equity in delivering healthcare services is always challenging because of the financial and medical resource constraints. In this regard, a practical multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming model with priority-differentiated demand classes is presented for cost-effective inventory …
Automated decision making (ADM) is increasingly prominent in our experiences with communication technologies and more broadly in our society. Understanding what drives individual perceptions of AI is crucial. This study presents the results of a survey across 10 European countries (N = 6,643), confirming trust and political attitudes as general drivers of perceptions of AI, especially in the me…
This study employed a survey to examine the role of social status on the acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. One's self-efficacy with using AI technology was assumed to be determined by various factors coming from demographic status, which ultimately leads to the intention to use that technology. This was hypothesized based on the technology acceptance model, self-efficacy, a…
This study focuses on a series of events related to the sudden disappearance of bloggers in Pakistan on 7 January 2017. Following the incident, the broadcast media reported that the bloggers were sharing blasphemous content and were involved in anti-state activities. This revelation triggered online conversations that questioned their sympathizers’ patriotism and loyalty to Islam. The s…
This study evaluated the perceptions of pre-service teachers in their ability to integrate technology into a learning environment based on coursework and student teaching experiences. Pre-service teachers were surveyed using the 2008 ISTE/NETS*T standards as a framework. Results were collected across four academic years at a university that has identified technology as an underlying theme. Conc…