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    • Using oil shale ash waste as a modifier for asphalt binders 

      Ghuzlan, Khalid; Al-Khateeb, Ghazi; Abu Damrah, Abdullah (2013-10)
      Oil shale rocks represent one of the most available sources of energy. Jordan land contains about 50 billion tons of oil shale, which makes Jordan the third in the world of the reserve of this material. Oil shale ash is a ...

    • Using Piezoelectric Bumps to Enhance Urban Intersections 

      Hamze, Ahmad; Al-Taher, Rasha; Moseli, Mu'taz; Mannaa, Eyad (2016-11)
      The UAE population has undergone a rapid increase, from 2.46 million to 9.27 million, since 1996 [1]. This led to an increase in the number of vehicles, especially in Dubai, which ultimately decreased the transportation ...

    • Using the Age and Metallicity of 8 Star Clusters to confirm the Chemical Enrichment History of the LMC 

      Balaha, Farah; Alhosani, Maryam; Asa'd, Randa; Chillingarian, Igor V. (IOP Science, 2019)
      In this paper, we find the ages and metallicities of 8 Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) star clusters obtained from integrated light spectra and use them to obtain the Chemical Enrichment History of the host galaxy. Our results ...

    • Utilizing active learning strategies to enhance learning in first year university chemistry courses 

      Pappalardo, Lucia; Gunn, Cindy (Zayed University Press, 2013)
      Teaching chemistry to non-science majors can be a challenge in higher education owing to students’ perceptions of the subject’s difficulty, and of its usefulness. In order to address these challenges, the authors applied ...

    • Validation of a Novel Fluorescent Lateral Flow Assay for Rapid Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Total Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S-RBD Binding Antibody Units (BAU) from Plasma or Fingerstick Whole-Blood of COVID-19 Vaccinees 

      Younes, Nadin; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Shurrab, Farah M.; Zedan, Hadeel T.; Abou-Saleh, Haissam; Abo-Halawa, Bushra Y.; AlHamaydeh, Fatima M.; Elsharafi, Amira E.; Daas, Hanin I.; Thomas, Swapna; Aboalmaaly, Sahar; Al Farsi, Afra; Al-Buainain, Reeham; Ataelmannan, Samar; Paul, Jiji; Al Saadi, Amana Salih; Yassine, Hadi M.; Majdalawieh, Amin; Ismail, Ahmed; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K. (MDPI, 2022)
      Background: Limited commercial LFA assays are available to provide a reliable quantitative measurement of the total binding antibody units (BAU/mL) against the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S-RBD). ...

    • Variability of the Oceans 

      Yu, Jin-Yi; Campos, Edmo; Du, Yan; Eldevik, Tor; Gille, Sarah T.; Losada, Teresa; McPhaden, Michael J.; Smedsrud, Lars H. (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
      The oceans have a huge capability to store, release, and transport heat, water, and various chemical species on timescales from seasons to centuries. Their transports affect global energy, water, and biogeochemical cycles ...

    • Variation in cooling performance of a bio-based phase change material by adding graphene nanoplatelets with surfactants 

      Sheikh Mohammed, Yahya; Orhan, Mehmet Fatih; Umair, Muhammed; Mehaisi, Elmehaisi; Azmeer, Ahmed (Elsevier, 2022)
      In this paper, thermal characteristics of various phase change materials induced with additives and surfactants are studied to enhance cooling properties and chemical stability. In this regard, graphene nanoplatelets at ...

    • Variation of Shear Wave Velocity with SPT-N Values in the City of Sharjah 

      Bismillah, Niamatullah Haji (2014-06)
      Modern building codes require the evaluation of a shear wave velocity profile of the foundation soils for a dynamic analysis of structures and sites to occur. Wave velocities are typically evaluated by conducting laboratory ...

    • Vehicle Emissions Recycling 

      Hassan, Ali; Al-Barazi, Ashraf; Ahmed, Hoshank; Al Sharif, Obai; Al Sharif, Odai (2015-02-01)
      This project focuses on finding a solution to reduce the air pollution in the atmosphere due to emissions emitted from light vehicles. Problem statement: finding a useful way to recycle emissions in order to reduce air ...

    • Verbal negation in the Lebanese dialect of Zeitoun, Keserwan 

      Khairallah, Natalie; Wilmsen, David (Institut de recherches et d’études sur les mondes arabes et musulmans (IREMAM), 2019)
      The dialect of Zeitoun village in the northern Keserwan district of Lebanon exhibits both the split-morpheme negators mā…š of the southern and highland Levant and the pre-verbal negator mā without the post-positive -š of ...

    • Video Streaming over Cognitive Radio Networks 

      Helmy, Maram Wahed R. (2020-07)
      The exponential increase in the demand for streaming video in wireless communication is obstructed by the problem of spectrum scarcity. In an effort to mitigate this problem, cognitive radio (CR) technology was proposed ...

    • Video Streaming over D2D Networks 

      Ahmed, Ibtihal Mohamed Taha (2019-04)
      Device-to-Device (D2D) communication has been presented as an innovation that can improve the cellular network performance by exploiting the proximity-based service between closely-located devices. Enabling D2D communication ...

    • Video Transmission over LTE-Unlicensed 

      Aseeri, Fatema Mahmood (2017-11)
      The witnessed proliferation in the demand on wireless spectrum over the past years is anticipated to lead to a bandwidth scarcity problem. The situation is further aggravated by the combined increase in the demand on the ...

    • Video-Based Recognition of Human Activity Using Novel Feature Extraction Techniques 

      Issa, Obada; Shanableh, Tamer (MDPI, 2023-06-05)
      This paper proposes a novel approach to activity recognition where videos are compressed using video coding to generate feature vectors based on compression variables. We propose to eliminate the temporal domain of feature ...

    • Vigilance Assessment Using EEG and Eye Tracking Data Fusion 

      Abu Farha, Nadia Khalil Mohammad (2021-04)
      Vigilance describes the ability to maintain alertness while performing a task for a prolonged time. Maintaining vigilance is one of the requirements in many workplaces, especially those that rely on monitoring, such as: ...

    • Vigilance Decrement and Enhancement Techniques: A Review 

      Yahya, Fares; Tariq, Usman; Mir, Hasan; Alawar, Hamad; Babiloni, Fabio; Al-Nashash, Hasan (MDPI, 2019)
      This paper presents the first comprehensive review on vigilance enhancement using both conventional and unconventional means, and further discusses the resulting contradictory findings. It highlights the key differences ...

    • Virtual Trade and Growth 

      Marjit, Sugata (American University of Sharjah, 2015-01-29)
      The purpose of this paper is to propose a model where trade has a direct and positive impact on growth rate of two trading nations beyond the level effect. We use the idea of virtual trade in intermediates induced by non- ...

    • Virtualizing and Scheduling FPGA Resources in Cloud Computing Datacenters 

      Farhan, Abid (2021-04)
      Cloud service providers are consistently leveraging their computing infrastructures by adding reconfigurable hardware platforms such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to their existing infrastructures. Adding FPGAs ...

    • Viscosity and Critical Properties of n-Decane, n-Pentadecane and n-Eicosane using Molecular Simulation 

      Samad, Ibrar Ul (2019-12)
      Studies involving heavy hydrocarbons have been steadily increasing due to the increase in the extraction of shale or heavy oil of which heavy hydrocarbons are a major constituent. Experimental studies are difficult to ...

    • Viscous-Gravity Spreading of Oil on Water: Modeling and Challenges 

      Chebbi, Rachid (Wiley, 2014-04)
      Oil spreading is one of the major factors affecting the fate of oil spills on water. Modeling spreading is required to study the impact of oil slicks on the environment and plants using sea water including desalination ...