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Communication Network for Ultrasonic Acoustic Water Leakage Detectors
Awwad, Ameen; Yahyia, Mohamed; Albasha, Lutfi; Mortula, Maruf; Ali, Tarig (IEEE, 2020-02-10)Water leaks in the distribution network produce significant losses and cause serious economic inconvenience especially in areas with water shortage. In this paper, the operational aspects of the most popular offline detection ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Numerical Methods for Solving the Leaky Fire and Integrate Model
El Masri, Ghinwa; Ali, Asma; Abuwatfa, Waad Hussein; Mortula, Maruf; Husseini, Ghaleb (MDPI, 2023)The human nervous system is one of the most complex systems of the human body. Understanding its behavior is crucial in drug discovery and developing medical devices. One approach to understanding such a system is to model ... -
Comprehensive Study of a Diabetes Mellitus Mathematical Model Using Numerical Methods with Stability and Parametric Analysis
AlShurbaji, Mohammad; Kader, Lamis Abdul; Hannan, Hadia; Mortula, Maruf; Husseini, Ghaleb (MDPI, 2023-01-04)Diabetes is sweeping the world as a silent epidemic, posing a growing threat to public health. Modeling diabetes is an effective method to monitor the increasing prevalence of diabetes and develop cost-effective strategies ... -
Enhancement of SAR Speckle Denoising Using the Improved Iterative Filter
Yahia, Mohamed; Ali, Tarig; Mortula, Maruf; Abdelfattah, Riadh; El Mahdy, Samy; Arampola, Nuwanthi Sashipraba (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 ... -
Evaluations of Sustainable Concepts in Civil Engineering Program
Al-Tamimi, Adil; Mortula, Maruf; Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan; Beheiry, Salwa (2011)Sustainability has been very critical for civil engineering graduates. A lack of understanding the fundamentals of sustainable material brings obstacles in implementing the concepts of sustainability ... -
A GIS-based spatiotemporal study of the variability of water quality in the Dubai Creek, UAE
Ali, Tarig; Mortula, Maruf; Atabay, Serter; Navadeh, Ehsan (IWA Publishing, 2016)This paper presentsthe outcomes of a studyon thewater qualityof Dubai Creek which aimed to assess its eutrophication status. Field water quality data from stations along the creek collected in 2012 and 2013 were used. ... -
GIS-based study on the Susceptibility of Dubai Creek (UAE) to Eutrophication
Ali, Tarig; Mortula, Maruf; Atabay, Serter (Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2016-06)Rapid urbanization in the UAE has led to some environmental implications, one of which concerns Dubai Creek – a major attraction in the city of Dubai. The creek’s water quality monitoring program showed increased concentrations ... -
Health Risk Assessment of PET Bottles in GCC
Mortula, Maruf (2013)Bottle water is getting very popular all through the world; especially in the gulf countries as the main source of drinking water. However, concerns over leaching of toxic chemicals are increasing. In this study, a ... -
Integrating Sustainability Education in a Classical Civil Engineering Program: The Case of Transportation and Construction Courses
Beheiry, Salwa; Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan; Mortula, Maruf; Al-Tamimi, Adil (2011-10)Sustainability has emerged as a common theme in many processes related to urban life and the built environment. However, most engineering curricula still lacks the fundamentals of sustainable practices education that ... -
Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Coastal Lake using High Resolution Imagery and GIS
Ali, Tarig; Mortula, Maruf; Atabay, Serter (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, ... -
Non-Destructive Water Leak Detection Using Multitemporal Infrared Thermography
Yahia, Mohamed; Gawai, Rahul; Ali, Tarig; Mortula, Maruf; Albasha, Lutfi; Landolsi, Taha (IEEE, 2021)Waterleakage detection and localization in distribution networks pipelines is a challenge for utility companies. For this purpose, thermal Infrared Radiation (IR) techniques have been widely applied in the literature. ... -
Novel method for water purification using activated adsorbents developed from sewage sludge
Elsayed, Yehya; Khamis, Mustafa; Samara, Fatin; Alqaydi, Maitha; Sara, Ziad; Al Zubaidi, Isam; Mortula, Maruf (Taylor & Francis, 2016)Sewage sludge from Dubai was characterized using inductively coupled plasma and CHN elemental analysis. Selected sludge samples were washed with deionized water until constant conductivity was achieved. The sludge samples ... -
Palm tree leaves usage for biosorption and recovery of heavy metals from wastewater
Kaakani, Manal; Mortula, Maruf; Abouleish, Mohamed (Desalination Publications, 2017-06)Biosorption can be a sustainable water treatment option. However, selection of biosorbent can be challenging and local availability plays an important role. This research investigates the effectiveness of palm tree leaves ... -
A Parametric Study on the Backwater Level Due to a Bridge Constriction
Atabay, Serter; Ali, T. A.; Mortula, Maruf (Waset, 2015-03)This paper presents the results and findings from a parametric study on the water surface elevation at upstream of bridge constriction for subcritical flow. In this study, the influence of Manning's Roughness Coefficient ... -
Polarimetric SAR Image Filtering by Infinite Number of Looks Prediction Technique
Yahia, Mohamed; Ali, Tarig; Mortula, Maruf; Abdelfattah, Riadh; Elmahdy, Samy (IEEE, 2021)Speckle filtering in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) images is indispensable before the extraction of the useful information. The minimum mean square error estimate of the filtered pixels ... -
Polarimetric SAR Speckle Reduction by Hybrid Iterative Filtering
Yahia, Mohamed; Ali, Tarig; Mortula, Maruf; Abdelfattah, Riadh; El Mahdy, Samy (IEEE, 2020)Speckle filtering in synthetic aperture radar polarimetry (PolSAR) is essential for the extraction of significant information. In this study, the authors introduced a hybrid iterative filtering scheme. The proposed iterative ... -
Prediction of Backwater Level of Bridge Constriction using ANN
Atabay, Serter; Abdalla, Jamal; Erduran, Kutsi; Mortula, Maruf; Seckin, Galip (2012-12)Bridge constriction in channels usually causes afflux which results in increase in backwater level well above the normal level and may possibly result in overflow on the flood plain surrounding the channel during flooding ... -
Reduction of Leachability of Sewage Sludge by Alum Treatment
Mortula, Maruf; Atabay, Serter; T., Ali; Ghadban, Ahmed (ICE Virtual Library, 2014-04)The sustainable disposal practices of waste materials have drawn much attention in the last two decades. One of the growing disposal practices is the use of land-based application (e.g. fertiliser). However, the application ...