Abdul Rauf
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3915986 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Abdul Rauf |
| NOMBRES | Abdul |
| APELLIDO | Rauf |
| FIRMA | RAUF A |
| AFILIACIONES | Wittenborg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4269-7275 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Exploring the challenges of implementing internal quality assurance
Higher education institutions increasingly rely on internal quality assurance to enhance teaching, learning and accountability, yet effective implementation remains challenging across contexts. This study examines how contextual, procedural and cultural factors shape the implementation of internal quality assurance in practice, rather than focusing solely on system design. Using mixed methods, the study triangulates expert interviews with survey …
Does artificial intelligence promote disruptive innovation in SRDI enterprises
Pressure from superstition
In the context where traditional culture and corporate governance are deeply integrated, the zodiac year, as an important element of traditional Chinese folk culture, may subtly influence the decision-making behaviors of corporate managers. Based on this, this paper uses the samples of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2006 to 2023 to explore the impact and mechanism of the zodiac year of the chairman on the greenwashing behavior of companies…
Evolution and global trends in nature-based solutions for eco-city planning
Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are increasingly recognized as a strategic approach to addressing urbanization, climate change, and ecological degradation in cities. This study employs a bibliometric analysis of Scopus-indexed publications from 2005 to 2025 to examine global research trends on NBS in the context of eco-city planning. Based on a final corpus of 148 documents, the analysis identifies five major thematic clusters: green infrastructure …
Tracing Environmental Sustainability Pathways
The main objective of this research study is to investigate the influence of female employment, income inequality, use of renewable energy, industrial production, and urbanization on CO 2 emissions in 15 highly populated small‐middle‐income Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. The study examined annual data from 1990 to 2019 to provide a comprehensive discussion of the results. The 2nd generation analytical tools, Westerlund Bootstrap LM co‐…
Climate change vulnerability and the resilience of energy consumption
This study examines the influence of climate change vulnerability on the resilience of national energy consumption. We develop a novel measure of the resilience of energy consumption, considering both scale and temporal dimensions, and employ a panel data model to examine the impact of climate change vulnerability on this resilience. The findings indicate that, despite increasing global uncertainties, the resilience of energy consumption exhibits…
A systematically derived AI-based framework for student-centered learning in higher education
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing, enhancing performance and productivity across various sectors, including higher education (HE), where it presents new opportunities to support student-centered learning. This study proposes a holistic AI-based framework to facilitate student-centered learning, developed through a qualitative and inductive methodology involving a systematic review of current literature. A large language model (LLM…
Consumer rights and stealth marketing
This paper discusses the key legal actions taken to address stealth marketing in developed and emerging countries, emphasizing the need for a coordinated global response to deceptive advertising. This study also evaluates the effectiveness of stealth marketing regulations with a comparative legal analysis of enforcement gaps and proposing collaborative solutions to enhance consumer protection worldwide. Using a socio-legal and comparative legal a…
Empowering sustainable futures
Model of Sustainable Belawan Harbor Waters Pollution Management Scheme
This study aims to analyze the impact of industrial activities on water quality in Belawan Port, Medan City. The methods used included field surveys, water sampling, and in-depth interviews with stakeholders and communities around the harbor. The results showed that industrial activities at the port significantly affected water quality parameters such as acidity, heavy metal concentration, and the number of pathogenic microorganisms. In addition,…
Impact of pro-environmental values on sustainable green apparel buying behavior in Pakistan
The face of earth is disturbed because of never ending pollutants from different sources including textile waste. Some consumers propagate that they are eco-conscious, but their intention does not translate well into their actions. The aim of present study is to identify the impact of pro-environmental values on green-purchase-behavior through the mediating role of green buying intentions and the moderating role of willingness-to-pay. And for thi…
A conceptual framework of service quality on patient’s behavioral assessment
The healthcare sector is progressively modest and patients expect higher service quality; therefore, healthcare practitioners’ and academic researchers’ attention upsurges in exploring service quality, intensifying satisfaction and generating behavioral intention. Despite the significance of the healthcare sector and the importance of quality-related matters, there is a paucity of research and publications dealing with healthcare service quality.…
Gender Analysis of Education Budgets in Pakistan
This study provides a gender analysis of public sector budgets in education sector. An in-depth analysis of pre-primary to secondary level education budgetary allocations and spending in Pakistan of 2016-18 has been conducted. The study identifies that 22.8 million children aging between 5-16 years were out of school in 2016-17. In Sindh, a vast portion of girls’ public schools is functioning without basic facilities while the state of basic faci…
An analysis of Pakistan’s destination attributes and their effects on international tourists’ intentions to visit
This paper aims to generate a clear understanding of Pakistan’s important attributes and their direct and indirect influence via perceived destination images on international tourists’ intentions to visit for a holiday. It employed quantitative research methods through the use of a correlation research design. Both direct and indirect effects of destination attributes on visit intentions were examined and a self-administered online survey was dis…
Investigating the Dynamic Association Among CO 2 Emission, Energy Use, and Economic Growth
Environmental pollution and climatic variations are due to CO 2 emissions and considered an important global issue. The key aim of this study was to investigate the dynamic association among CO 2 emission, energy use, and economic growth in China. Secondary data was used in this study ranging from 1971 to 2014, and data stationarity was verified by applying the Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test. The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) boun…
Is flexibility a dual mechanism? Evidence from the Hungarian food industry
There is a body of evidence that flexibility as a mechanism can help to increase a company’s performance when an unexpected situation occurs. The food industry is considered one of the best industries and the performance of food industry undertakings accounts for 2.2% of Hungarian GDP. Food companies make up the third-largest manufacturing sector in Hungary. This study aims, therefore, to investigate the impact of operational flexibility on the p…
Critical Review on Test Match Format of Cricket
This study is a qualitative review of the test match format of Cricket; therefore, different websites and online articles were reviewed critically. The study motivation is to find out the reason(s) for the less viewership and business for the test format. Therefore, this study provides the critical analysis of three different cricket formats: test format, one-day format, and t-twenty format. The scope of this study is; Cricket provides business, …
Gender Equality in Islam and Gender Biased Discrimination in Global Muslim Societies
Purpose of the study: The main aim of this study is to stipulate the practical elucidation for the act in spotting sustaining ways of discrimination as well as inequality against the female children, obliterating ways, and practices that are harmful in fulfilling the rights of the females and prescribing an efficient policy for the protection and promotion of these rights. Methodology: Analytical and critical evaluation techniques have been used …
Global Street Code. A Cross-cultural Perspective on Youth Violence
Some twenty years ago Anderson’s seminal work, The Code of the Street, was published. The theoretical approach he developed there has been used in numerous studies focusing on youth violence, and is now treated as a general explanation of youth violence in risky neighborhoods in a number of disciplines. Expanding this, an international research project has used the concepts to compare violence-related norms and beliefs of male juveniles between 1…
The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods
This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, demography, psychology, and public health
SnoChillie Browser and Web Services
An introduction: (comprising context and problem statement) New Zealand’s largest primary care network is in the transition from Read Version 2 to SNOMED CT signaling the end of an era for the former. Now a patient’s diagnosis and clinical activity are being entered into SNOMED CT to facilitate the interchange of standardized patient information between health professionals as a seamless process.Simultaneously Valentia Technologies (VTL) has deve…
On the Transformative Potential of the Elite Groups in Shaping Societies
In a political sociology setting, this research concerns the central location of elite groups in relation to the non-elite sections of society in the process of social change. It does so by focusing on the ideas and approach of an eminent reformist scholar and once staunch Islamist ideologue, Amin Ahsan Islahi. Studies on elites abound in the social sciences literature due to elite’s conceivable roles and effects in/on societies. Muslim intellect…
Comparison Between Electrochemical Noise and Electrochemical Frequency Modulation Measurements during Pitting Corrosion
The electrochemical noise (EN) and electrochemical frequency modulation (EFM) techniques have been compared for their use to detect pitting corrosion. To do this, experiments on different corroding systems showing passivation and pitting corrosion were carried out. These corroding systems were: (1) Aluminum in borate buffer solution with and without chlorides (pitting corrosion + passivation behavior), (2) AISI 304SS in 0.3 wt.% FeCl3 solution an…
Global Street Code. A Cross-cultural Perspective on Youth Violence
Some twenty years ago Anderson’s seminal work, The Code of the Street, was published. The theoretical approach he developed there has been used in numerous studies focusing on youth violence, and is now treated as a general explanation of youth violence in risky neighborhoods in a number of disciplines. Expanding this, an international research project has used the concepts to compare violence-related norms and beliefs of male juveniles between 1…
Comparison Between Electrochemical Noise and Electrochemical Frequency Modulation Measurements during Pitting Corrosion
The electrochemical noise (EN) and electrochemical frequency modulation (EFM) techniques have been compared for their use to detect pitting corrosion. To do this, experiments on different corroding systems showing passivation and pitting corrosion were carried out. These corroding systems were: (1) Aluminum in borate buffer solution with and without chlorides (pitting corrosion + passivation behavior), (2) AISI 304SS in 0.3 wt.% FeCl3 solution an…
On the Transformative Potential of the Elite Groups in Shaping Societies
In a political sociology setting, this research concerns the central location of elite groups in relation to the non-elite sections of society in the process of social change. It does so by focusing on the ideas and approach of an eminent reformist scholar and once staunch Islamist ideologue, Amin Ahsan Islahi. Studies on elites abound in the social sciences literature due to elite’s conceivable roles and effects in/on societies. Muslim intellect…
SnoChillie Browser and Web Services
An introduction: (comprising context and problem statement) New Zealand’s largest primary care network is in the transition from Read Version 2 to SNOMED CT signaling the end of an era for the former. Now a patient’s diagnosis and clinical activity are being entered into SNOMED CT to facilitate the interchange of standardized patient information between health professionals as a seamless process.Simultaneously Valentia Technologies (VTL) has deve…
The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods
This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, demography, psychology, and public health
Critical Review on Test Match Format of Cricket
This study is a qualitative review of the test match format of Cricket; therefore, different websites and online articles were reviewed critically. The study motivation is to find out the reason(s) for the less viewership and business for the test format. Therefore, this study provides the critical analysis of three different cricket formats: test format, one-day format, and t-twenty format. The scope of this study is; Cricket provides business, …
Gender Equality in Islam and Gender Biased Discrimination in Global Muslim Societies
Purpose of the study: The main aim of this study is to stipulate the practical elucidation for the act in spotting sustaining ways of discrimination as well as inequality against the female children, obliterating ways, and practices that are harmful in fulfilling the rights of the females and prescribing an efficient policy for the protection and promotion of these rights. Methodology: Analytical and critical evaluation techniques have been used …
Global Street Code. A Cross-cultural Perspective on Youth Violence
Some twenty years ago Anderson’s seminal work, The Code of the Street, was published. The theoretical approach he developed there has been used in numerous studies focusing on youth violence, and is now treated as a general explanation of youth violence in risky neighborhoods in a number of disciplines. Expanding this, an international research project has used the concepts to compare violence-related norms and beliefs of male juveniles between 1…
Investigating the Dynamic Association Among CO 2 Emission, Energy Use, and Economic Growth
Environmental pollution and climatic variations are due to CO 2 emissions and considered an important global issue. The key aim of this study was to investigate the dynamic association among CO 2 emission, energy use, and economic growth in China. Secondary data was used in this study ranging from 1971 to 2014, and data stationarity was verified by applying the Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test. The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) boun…
Is flexibility a dual mechanism? Evidence from the Hungarian food industry
There is a body of evidence that flexibility as a mechanism can help to increase a company’s performance when an unexpected situation occurs. The food industry is considered one of the best industries and the performance of food industry undertakings accounts for 2.2% of Hungarian GDP. Food companies make up the third-largest manufacturing sector in Hungary. This study aims, therefore, to investigate the impact of operational flexibility on the p…
Model of Sustainable Belawan Harbor Waters Pollution Management Scheme
This study aims to analyze the impact of industrial activities on water quality in Belawan Port, Medan City. The methods used included field surveys, water sampling, and in-depth interviews with stakeholders and communities around the harbor. The results showed that industrial activities at the port significantly affected water quality parameters such as acidity, heavy metal concentration, and the number of pathogenic microorganisms. In addition,…
Impact of pro-environmental values on sustainable green apparel buying behavior in Pakistan
The face of earth is disturbed because of never ending pollutants from different sources including textile waste. Some consumers propagate that they are eco-conscious, but their intention does not translate well into their actions. The aim of present study is to identify the impact of pro-environmental values on green-purchase-behavior through the mediating role of green buying intentions and the moderating role of willingness-to-pay. And for thi…
A conceptual framework of service quality on patient’s behavioral assessment
The healthcare sector is progressively modest and patients expect higher service quality; therefore, healthcare practitioners’ and academic researchers’ attention upsurges in exploring service quality, intensifying satisfaction and generating behavioral intention. Despite the significance of the healthcare sector and the importance of quality-related matters, there is a paucity of research and publications dealing with healthcare service quality.…
Gender Analysis of Education Budgets in Pakistan
This study provides a gender analysis of public sector budgets in education sector. An in-depth analysis of pre-primary to secondary level education budgetary allocations and spending in Pakistan of 2016-18 has been conducted. The study identifies that 22.8 million children aging between 5-16 years were out of school in 2016-17. In Sindh, a vast portion of girls’ public schools is functioning without basic facilities while the state of basic faci…
An analysis of Pakistan’s destination attributes and their effects on international tourists’ intentions to visit
This paper aims to generate a clear understanding of Pakistan’s important attributes and their direct and indirect influence via perceived destination images on international tourists’ intentions to visit for a holiday. It employed quantitative research methods through the use of a correlation research design. Both direct and indirect effects of destination attributes on visit intentions were examined and a self-administered online survey was dis…
A systematically derived AI-based framework for student-centered learning in higher education
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing, enhancing performance and productivity across various sectors, including higher education (HE), where it presents new opportunities to support student-centered learning. This study proposes a holistic AI-based framework to facilitate student-centered learning, developed through a qualitative and inductive methodology involving a systematic review of current literature. A large language model (LLM…
Consumer rights and stealth marketing
This paper discusses the key legal actions taken to address stealth marketing in developed and emerging countries, emphasizing the need for a coordinated global response to deceptive advertising. This study also evaluates the effectiveness of stealth marketing regulations with a comparative legal analysis of enforcement gaps and proposing collaborative solutions to enhance consumer protection worldwide. Using a socio-legal and comparative legal a…
Empowering sustainable futures
Exploring the challenges of implementing internal quality assurance
Higher education institutions increasingly rely on internal quality assurance to enhance teaching, learning and accountability, yet effective implementation remains challenging across contexts. This study examines how contextual, procedural and cultural factors shape the implementation of internal quality assurance in practice, rather than focusing solely on system design. Using mixed methods, the study triangulates expert interviews with survey …
Does artificial intelligence promote disruptive innovation in SRDI enterprises
Pressure from superstition
In the context where traditional culture and corporate governance are deeply integrated, the zodiac year, as an important element of traditional Chinese folk culture, may subtly influence the decision-making behaviors of corporate managers. Based on this, this paper uses the samples of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2006 to 2023 to explore the impact and mechanism of the zodiac year of the chairman on the greenwashing behavior of companies…
Evolution and global trends in nature-based solutions for eco-city planning
Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are increasingly recognized as a strategic approach to addressing urbanization, climate change, and ecological degradation in cities. This study employs a bibliometric analysis of Scopus-indexed publications from 2005 to 2025 to examine global research trends on NBS in the context of eco-city planning. Based on a final corpus of 148 documents, the analysis identifies five major thematic clusters: green infrastructure …
Tracing Environmental Sustainability Pathways
The main objective of this research study is to investigate the influence of female employment, income inequality, use of renewable energy, industrial production, and urbanization on CO 2 emissions in 15 highly populated small‐middle‐income Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. The study examined annual data from 1990 to 2019 to provide a comprehensive discussion of the results. The 2nd generation analytical tools, Westerlund Bootstrap LM co‐…
Climate change vulnerability and the resilience of energy consumption
This study examines the influence of climate change vulnerability on the resilience of national energy consumption. We develop a novel measure of the resilience of energy consumption, considering both scale and temporal dimensions, and employ a panel data model to examine the impact of climate change vulnerability on this resilience. The findings indicate that, despite increasing global uncertainties, the resilience of energy consumption exhibits…
Business (7 obras) · Geography (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Marketing (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Advertising (3 obras) · COVID-19 impact on air quality (3 obras) · Economics (3 obras) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (3 obras)