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Big Data in the MENA Region: The Next Path Towards Socio-economic and Cultural Development
(American Anthropological Association, 2017)
As elsewhere, big data is perceived as central to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) nations’ socio-economic and cultural development. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, by virtue of its advanced information ...
Sustainability of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Concrete
(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2017)
Concrete, despite being one of the most produced materials in the world, still has weaknesses and drawbacks. Significant concern of the cementitious materials in structural applications is their quasi-brittle behavior, ...
Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Coastal Lake using High Resolution Imagery and GIS
(ResearchGate, 2017-01)
Dubai has been an example of rapid development in recent years, adversely affecting water quality in the surrounding areas. One such effect is the reoccurring algal bloom (high chlorophyll-a concentration) in Dubai Creek, ...
The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries
(International Knowledge Press, 2017-04-07)
The dustbin economy is prevalent in most major cities of the developing countries especially in Lagos State Nigeria, where the urban poor partake in informal economic activities of waste materials to earn a living. This ...
Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge
(Springer, 2017-12)
The heterogeneous nature of soil as a load bearing material, coupled with varying environmental conditions, pose challenges to geotechnical engineers in their quest to characterize and understand ground behavior for safe ...
Integrated economic and environmental models for a multi stage cold supply chain under carbon tax regulation
(Elsevier, 2017-11-10)
The elevated level of public and organizations awareness concerning sustainability has necessitated the adoption of environmentally conscious practices in the management of supply chains. As such, classical inventory models ...
Online Fuzzy Logic Base Algorithm for Electricity Price Prediction
(Journal of Electronic Science and Technology, 2017)
This paper presents a web-based system to predict the electricity prices. The proposed system captures the geographical location, weather forecast, and oil price for one week ahead. The captured parameters are fed to a ...
A Smart Home Energy Management System Using IoT and Big Data Analytics Approach
(IEEE, 2017-11)
Increasing cost and demand of energy has led many organizations to find smart ways for monitoring, controlling and saving energy. A smart Energy Management System (EMS) can contribute towards cutting the costs while still ...
Removal of lead ions from wastewater using multi walled carbon nanotubes modified with sodium lauryl sulfate
(Desalination Publications, 2017-12)
Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) modified with sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) were synthe-sized, characterized and successfully used for the removal of Pb2+ from aqueous solutions. Adsorp-tion results revealed that this ...
Effective Approach for Increasing the Heteroatom Doping Levels of Porous Carbons for Superior CO2 Capture and Separation Performance
(ACS Publications, 2017-09-28)
Development of efficient sorbents for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from flue gas or its removal from natural gas and landfill gas is very important for environmental protection. A new series of heteroatom-doped porous ...