1,175 research outputs found
The long-run relationship between savings and investment in oil-exporting developing countries: a case study of the Gulf Arab states
No full textThe relationship between national saving and investment over the long termis examined for six GulfArab oil-exporting developing countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and theUnited Arab Emirates.We show that, provided some large outliers are properly accounted for, longrunequilibrium relationships between saving and investment (both total and fixed) exist in thesecountries. Because these countries have typically large current account surpluses, such relationshipscannot be explained by standard arguments. Our hypothesis is that the response of investment tosaving largely depends on domestic absorptive capacity
Regional income dynamics in Bangladesh
No full textBangladesh’s remarkable achievements in economic and social progress have placed
the country in a position that was unimaginable just 20 years ago. However, has such
improvement in development outcomes been equal across all areas within the country?
We aim to address this question by analyzing district-level income per capita derived
from the 2000 and 2016 rounds of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey.
Using models based on standard neoclassical economic convergence theory, which
may also account for natural disasters, we find little evidence of convergence. This
suggests that income differentials among Bangladesh’s 64 districts persist. We also
examined the possibility of multiple steady states by estimating models with a threeclub structure based on income percentiles as registered in 2000. However, we found
no evidence of conditional convergence. Additionally, we explored the potential for
endogenous club formation using regression trees and machine learning algorithms.
Yet, once again, the results did not support convergence. Overall, our findings reveal no evidence of conditional convergence in income among Bangladesh’s districts. This
implies that policy implications might vary, with targeted interventions possibly necessary to address the specific factors hindering convergence among similar region
A study in panel cointegration and poolability: Long-run money demand equations for Gulf Cooperation Council countries
No full textWe model demand for money in the Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) and test poolability (a key policy question in view of a planned monetary union) through a new bootstrap test. The results suggest that the welfare cost of inflation is different across GCC countries
A case study on effect of air movement at train platform / Syed Haziq Saggaff Syed Hood, Hazril Sherney Basher and Mohd Hafizal Mohd Isa
No full textNowadays, train station is a common transportation used by people and gradually increases in popularity due to walkable city approach. Comfortability at the platform are important as all passenger use the space and it is improving for user convenient, safety and security according to location needs. Under ventilation aspect, air movement are important because the tunnelling effect of present platform design have to meet passenger comfort and standard. Issue such as crowded people, train movement, heat, dust and air pollution by train adding with the pandemic virus Covid-19 create new opportunities of study on air movement. The methodology of investigation is field measurement conducted in KL Sentral using Extech 45160 3 in 1 Anemometer and questionnaire survey with 21 questions answered by 70 respondents. Based on the method, this paper analyses and comprehensively evaluates the ventilation indicator of thermal performance of KTM KL Sentral station platform. The results show an average air velocity of 0.05 – 0.16 m/s, an average air temperature of 30.75 – 33.03 ℃, and an average humidity of 62.63 – 72.30%. Most of the platform users hardly accept the air velocity and air temperature, while 60% of users agreed that the relative humidity is dry or a little dry. The acceptability range for user at the train platform were found to be for air velocity is more than 0.15 m/s, indoor air temperature is 26℃ and relative humidity is 65-75%
Mediapipe based Preprocessed VGGFace2 Dataset
No full textVGGFace2 Dataset and Face Mesh PreprocessingIntroductionThe VGGFace2 dataset is a large-scale face recognition dataset containing over 3.31 million images of 9,131 identities, with an average of 362 images per identity. The dataset is designed to include extensive variations in pose, age, illumination, ethnicity, and profession, making it one of the most diverse and challenging face recognition datasets available. For more details, please refer to the original publication:VGGFace2: A dataset for recognizing faces across pose and age - DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092
Preprocessing Using MediaPipe 3D Face MeshOn this dataset, we applied the MediaPipe-based 3D face mesh algorithm to accurately detect faces while removing all background elements, including hair. Our preprocessing strictly retained facial landmarks, ensuring that only the essential facial features were preserved. This approach significantly enhanced the accuracy and generalization of our model, as the model was trained exclusively on landmark-based facial data.
Training and PerformanceThe preprocessed data was utilized to train Xception model, which resulted in remarkably accurate outcomes due to the strictly landmark-based facial representation. The model demonstrated robust performance including explainable-AI, proving that eliminating unnecessary background elements contributed positively to its efficiency and reliability.
CitationIf you use this dataset or the preprocessed version in your work, please cite both of the following:
VGGFace2 Dataset:
@article{Cao2018VGGFace2, title={VGGFace2: A dataset for recognizing faces across pose and age}, author={Cao, Qiong and Shen, Li and Xie, Weidi and Parkhi, Omkar M and Zisserman, Andrew}, journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08092}, year={2018}}
DOI: [10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092) Preprocessed Dataset using MediaPipe:@dataset{Shah2025_MediaPipe_FaceMesh, title={MediaPipe-based 3D Face Mesh Preprocessed VGGFace2 Dataset}, author={Shah, Syed Taimoor Hussain and Shah, Syed Adil Hussain and Zamir, Ammara and Qayyum, Kainat and Shah, Syed Baqir Hussain and Fatima, Syeda Maryam and Deriu, Marco Agostino}, year={2025}, doi={10.5281/zenodo.15078557}} DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.15078557](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15078557)
ContactFor any questions or further details, please feel free to contact us.Syed Taimoor Hussain ShahPolitoBIOMed Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyEmail: [email protected]: 0000-0002-6010-677
Hydraulic simulations to evaluate and predict design and operation of the Chashma Right Bank Canal
No full textIrrigation systems / Irrigation canals / Flow control / Velocity / Canal regulation techniques / Hydraulics / Simulation models / Design / Operations / Crop-based irrigation / Distributary canals / Water delivery / Policy / Protective irrigation / Water allocation / Water requirements / Sedimentation / Water distribution / Equity / Water conveyance / Pakistan / Chashma Right Bank Canal
Syed Manzoorul Islam’s Postmodern Tales: A Study
No full textThe paper brings into focus how Syed Manzoorul Islam, in his three-decade-long literary career, has mastered a narrative style that sets him apart from many of his Bengali contemporaries. It demonstrates all the traits unique to his storytelling: blurring of boundaries between dream and reality, self-reflexivity, irony, and humor. The research also encapsulates how Syed Islam is different from his contemporary short story writers in terms of constructing plot and character. It foregrounds the author’s capability of developing a diction which is completely his own. The paper discusses the postmodern features prevailing in his stories. It shows us how the author invites the readers to be a part of his discourses. It summarizes the author’s surrealist imagination which creates a world that is strangely familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Overall, the research analyzes how the postmodern elements relate to the major themes of Syed Manzoorul Islam’s short stories.Keywords: Post-modernism, magic-realism, realism, psychoanalysis, political degeneratio
Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani an-Nadwi Tentang Keruntuhan Peradaban, Pandangan Hidup, dan Pendidikan Islam
No full textThis article aims to explore Syed Hasan Ali Nadwi’s views on the decline of civilization and the notion of Islamic worldview. First, the author describes about Syed Hasan Ali Nadwi’s life in a short bio. Second, the author explores Syed Hasan Ali Nadwi’s views and thoughts about the essence beyond the civilizations, its glory and decadence. Then I will elaborate Syed Hasan Ali Nadwi’s point of view about the worldview of Islam, what are the substances of an Islamic worldview and how far the worldview could bring civilizations to certain glories and decadence. My point of view on this article is the stronger worldview that Muslims have, the stronger civilization Muslims could establish. It all depend on how Muslims face the crisis of knowledge and the loss of adab by the right ‘knowledge’, right ‘choice’, and right ‘action.â€
Nationalism, Patriotism and Political Ideas of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: an Analysis
No full textSir Syed Ahmad Khan (Founder of Aligarh Muslim University) was born into a noble Muslim family in 1817; he was a distinguished scholar while working as a lawyer at the British East India Company. After realizing the worthless condition of Muslims, his approach to western education for the benefit of the Muslim community became a priority. This study contemplates that Sir Syed was religiously oriented and very politically aware of nationalism and patriotism. The author uses primary data and also secondary data. The author also explores his main books and articles; the author aims to examine Sir Syed's nationalist and political ideas concerning political significance for Muslims in India. The writer would like to know the result that, what is the reason, Sir Syed was against the Indian National Congress. At the same time, the whole Indian society was afraid of the British, but Sir Syed maintained his good relations with the British, and he also showed the loyalty of the Muslims towards them. This study found the conclusion about Sir Syed that he became a symbol of communal harmony.
Money Supply Function for Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis
No full textThe study had empirically tested the money supply function for Bangladesh using annual time series data. Authors observed that high-powered money played a very significant role in the money supply process of Bangladesh, particularly with respect to the narrow money supply M1, thus providing some support for the monetarist model. However, beyond the monetarist view, additional variables in the light of the Keynesian and structuralist analysis, such as bank rate, external resources, and financial liberalization need to be taken into account in understanding the money supply process of the country. Other aforesaid variables were also found to exert some influence on the broad money supply in Bangladesh. However, given the poor performance of the narrow money model and the existence of multicollinearity problem in both models, the estimated results, even for the broad money model, needed to be interpreted with caution.
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