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Lateral Earth Pressure on Non-Yielding Walls Supporting Over-Consolidated Sand
(2013-07)
The most important problem associated with retaining wall structures is the additional compaction-induced lateral earth pressure. Currently, none of the available design methods used to calculate the lateral earth force ...
Performance of Forward Osmosis Using Various Membranes
(2013-01)
As a result of water scarcity, increasing demand for freshwater, and energy intensive nature of the conventional desalination processes, advancing the science of desalination is crucial in the development of sustainable ...
Face Recognition in Uncontrolled Indoor Environment
(2013-06)
Face recognition (FR) is one of the most convenient biometric systems even though it is not currently the most reliable one. Especially when images for (FR) system are captured by surveillance cameras, such cameras often ...
The Use of Culturally-Familiar Literature in the EFL Classroom
(2013-05)
Insights from Cultural Studies and related fields significantly influence the discipline of language learning and teaching recently. Literature shares an intrinsic relationship with language and culture and therefore can ...
Modeling Smartphone Power
(2013-06)
Battery technology has not advanced rapidly enough to keep pace with the growing energy demands of today's portable electronics. Leading this critical need for energy are smartphone devices which are being deployed and ...
Methodology for Selection of Agile Practices
(2013-06)
Agile methods have received significant attention in the last ten years and have successfully been applied to many small- to medium-sized projects. They have enjoyed significant popularity amongst developers. Most of the ...
Performance Analysis of Artificial Neural Networks in Forecasting Financial Time Series
(2013-01)
Forecasting stock prices is of critical importance for investors who wish to reduce investment risks. Forecasting is based on the idea that stock prices move in patterns. So far, it is understood that developed, emerging, ...
Culture in the EFL Classroom: Western Instructions and Arab Students in the UAE
(2013-12)
In the field of EFL teaching, it is common for instructors and students to come from very different cultural backgrounds. Instructors who leave their home countries and go to teach abroad may have trouble adjusting to the ...
An ANP Approach for Selecting a Sustainable Learning Technology Intervention for Development
(2013-06)
Governments in developing countries and their donors waste a significant amount of resources on non-sustainable initiatives in the name of development. Educational expenditure is no exception. For example, vast sums are ...
Modeling of Tool Wear when Turning of TI-6AL-4V Titanium Alloy
(2013-02)
Difficult-to-cut materials are widely used particularly in the aerospace and automotive industries. However, the high cost of processing these materials limits the use of their improved mechanical properties. Tool life is ...