Browsing by Title
Now showing items 652-671 of 2257
-
English Language Testing on iPads: Advantages and Disadvantages
(2015-12)Recently, tablet computers, such as iPads, have been incorporated into many school curricula, and studies have been conducted to explore the effectiveness of iPads as educational tools. This study goes one step further and ... -
Enhanced Water Network Leak Detection Methods
(2021-04)Water is an essential element and source of life. It is considered a scarce element that goes through several procedures for it be consumable. Once the water is treated and is deemed potable or clean, it is then distributed ... -
Enhancement of SAR Speckle Denoising Using the Improved Iterative Filter
(IEEE, 2020)The recent advancement in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology has enabled high-resolution imaging capability that calls for efficient speckle filtering algorithms to preprocess radar imagery. Since the introduction ... -
Enhancement of the corrosion resistance of mild steel with femtosecond laser- nanostructuring and CrCoNi medium entropy alloy coating
(Elsevier, 2022)In this work, the corrosion resistance of mild steel surface nanostructured with a femtosecond laser and coated with high corrosion resistant CrCoNi (CCN) medium entropy alloy through magnetron sputtering is studied. ... -
Enhancing a Simple Water-Based Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Solar Collector Using CFD Analysis
(2019-07)Photovoltaics thermal collectors are gaining more attention due to their promising potential to pave the way for the penetration of solar energy in modern day power generation technologies. PVTs’ flexibility, manufacturability, ... -
Enhancing Students' Growth in Reading by Developing their Reading Strategies
(2006-08)Research on reading comprehension has shown that proficient readers are those who construct meaning on their own using effective higher level reading skills and strategies. Also, reading researchers argue that effective ... -
Enhancing the Tsunami Alert System
(2016-11)The Circum-Pacific belt, is the zone of earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean-about 90% of the world's earthquakes occur there [1]. The current tsunami alert system, DART 2, consists of a network of sensors underground ... -
Environment, Education, and Personality Innovation Based Index
(2022-04)Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) are evolving as highly important concepts around the world, as they heavily contribute to the economic development of many countries. Identifying, educating, and supporting innovators ... -
Environmental Analysis of Sustainable and Traditional Cooling and Lubrication Strategies during Machining Processes
(MDPI, 2020)Due to rising demands of replacing traditional cooling strategies with sustainable cooling strategies, the development of sustainable strategies such as minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) of nano-cutting fluids (NCFs) is ... -
Environmental Footprint and Economics of a Full-Scale 3D-Printed House
(MDPI, 2021)3D printing, is a newly adopted technique in the construction sector with the aim to improve the economics and alleviate environmental impacts. This study assesses the eco-efficiency of 3D printing compared to conventional ... -
The environmental impact of obesity: longitudinal evidence from the United States
(Elsevier, 2017-08)This paper examines the relationship between obesity and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while accounting for the environmental impact of growth in transportation output and in crop and animal farming. -
Environmental Management Systems in Public Sector
(Edward Elgar, 2023)This chapter focuses on environmental management systems (EMS) in public sector organisations (PSOs). Our objectives are to 1) explain what is an EMS, describe the two main EMS standards (ISO 14001 and EMAS) and how to ... -
Equilibrium and Diffusion in Molecular Sieves
(2011-06)Two topics in equilibrium and one in diffusion in zeolites are examined. The sorption of CO2 in 5A and 13X zeolites is detailed. Thirteen studies from the literature and one unreported study are examined for saturation ... -
EQUITY INCOME OF ENERGY FIRMS: EXAMINATION OF NON-CASH INCOME
(2010-04)The energy sector has reported robust profits in recent years with some energy firms reporting record profits, drawing botii public and political scrutiny. Reported accounting profits, however, can include amounts that do ... -
Error resiliency transcoding and decoding solutions using distributed video coding techniques
(Elsevier, 2008)This paper proposes a number of video transcoding techniques for the purpose of adding error resiliency. The proposed solutions make use of distributed video coding technologies which were originally reported in the ... -
ESDD Prediction of Outdoor Polymer Insulators
(2015-06)Reliable power transmission is a main factor in designing transmission and distribution lines. Contaminated environments significantly reduce the performance of outdoor insulators in which the accumulation of contamination ... -
Establishing Autonomous AUS-Quadrotor
(2009-10)Vertical takeoff and landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (VTOL-UAVs) are superior to their counterparts fixed wing UAVs for urban applications. The objective of this thesis is to establish a VTOL UAV platform to complement ... -
Estimating Dust Accumulation on Photovoltaic Modules in the UAE
(2019-05)Among the challenges facing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), dust is considered the most severe problem that faces the growth of solar power plants. Dust accumulation on solar PV panels ... -
Estimating the Impact of Combined Horizontal and Vertical Curves on Drivers’ Perception
(2019-11)Highway design focuses on providing safe facilities and smooth mobility on road networks. The increasing rate in highway accidents’ fatalities resulted in an increasing demand for evaluating and improving highway design ...
