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    • Fabrication of SiC/Magnesium Alloy Composite via Friction Stir Processing 

      Naser, Ahmad Z. (2016-01)
      One of the most interesting improvements in the history of materials is composites manufacturing. Because of their ability to improve different mechanical properties of some metals, nanoparticles have been given much ...

    • Face Flow: Constrained Optical Flow Framework for Faces 

      Alkaddour, Muhannad (2020-05)
      In computer vision, models and methods for facial expression recognition are continually in development. Several models aim to describe the highly complex structure of different faces, which in turn allows researchers to ...

    • Face Recognition in Uncontrolled Indoor Environment 

      Abuqaaud, Kamal Adel (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 ...

    • Facile Ultrasound-Triggered Release of Calcein and Doxorubicin from Iron-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks 

      Ibrahim, Mihad; Sabouni, Rana; Husseini, Ghaleb; Karami, Abdollah; Bai, Reenu Geetha; Mukhopadhyay, Debasmita (American Scientific Publishers, 2020)
      Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising new nanocarriers with potential use in anticancer drug delivery. However, there is a scarcity of studies on the uptake and release of guest molecules associated with MOF ...

    • Factors affecting acoustically triggered release of drugs from polymeric micelles 

      Husseini, Ghaleb; Myrup, Gregg D.; Pitt, William G.; Christensen, Douglas A.; Rapoport, Natalya Y. (Elsevier, 2000)
      A custom ultrasonic exposure chamber with real-time fluorescence detection was used to measure acoustically-triggered drug release from Pluronic P-105 micelles under continuous wave (CW) or pulsed ultrasound in the frequency ...

    • Factors affecting sedimentational separation of bacteria from blood 

      Pitt, William G.; Alizadeh, Mahsa; Blanco, Rae; Hunter, Alex K.; Bledsoe, Colin G.; McClellan, Daniel S.; Wood, Madison E.; Wood, Ryan L.; Ravsten, Tanner V.; Hickey, Caroline L.; Beard, William Cameron; Stepan, Jacob R.; Carter, Alexandra; Husseini, Ghaleb; Robison, Richard A.; Welling, Evelyn; Torgesen, Rebekah N.; Anderson, Clifton M. (American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 2019)
      Rapid diagnosis of blood infections requires fast and efficient separation of bacteria from blood. We have developed spinning hollow disks that separate bacteria from blood cells via the differences in sedimentation ...

    • Factors Affecting the Acoustic In Vitro Release of Calcein from PEGylated Liposomes 

      Ahmed, Salma E.; Moussa, Hesham Gamal; Martins, Ana M.; Abbas, Yassmine; Al-Sayah, Mohammad; Husseini, Ghaleb (American Scientific Publishers, 2019)
      Typical methods used in cancer treatment, including chemotherapy, are debilitating because of the various adverse side effects experienced by cancer patients. The free drug injected into the patient at given doses affects ...

    • Faculty use of the course management system (CMS) iLearn at the American University of Sharjah 

      Prescott, David; Gunn, Cindy; Alieldin, Walid; Botter, Kathleen; Baghestani, Shireen; Saadat, Hamed (Zayed University Press, 2013)
      That course management systems (CMS) are relevant to higher education is beyond question. Tertiary institutions invest significant resources in developing CMS and promoting their use by faculty members. Considerable research ...

    • Fault Coverage and Diagnosis of Protocols and Systems Modeled As Extended Finite State Machines 

      Hassoun, Mark Habib (2015-01)
      Automatic test derivation from formal specifications offers a rigorous discipline to functional conformance testing. In various application domains, such as communication protocols and other reactive systems, the specification ...

    • Fault Detection of Fuel Systems Using Polynomial Regression Profile Monitoring 

      Awad, Mahmoud (Wiley Online Library, 2016-08-09)
      Anomaly detection is the characterization of a normal behavior of a system or process and identification of any deviation from such normal behavior. Anomaly detection of critical systems provides an important financial and ...

    • Fault-Tolerant Network Topologies for Datacenters 

      Attia, Heba Mahmoud Helal (2017-05)
      Data centers are an integral part of cloud computing infrastructure to support various cloud-based services such as web search, email, social networking, distributed file systems and scientific computing. Data centers ...

    • FE modeling of concrete beams and columns reinforced with FRP composites 

      Abed, Farid; Oucif, Chahmi; Awera, Yousef Ayman; Mhanna, Haya H.; Alkhraisha, Hakem (Elsevier, 2021)
      Compression and flexure members such as columns and beams are critical in a structure as its failure could lead to the collapse of the structure. In the present work, numerical analysis of square and circle short columns, ...

    • Feasibility of 3D Depth Camera in the Civil Engineering Field 

      Bastaki, Amira; Al-Saleh, Dareen; AlAwadhi, Mariam; Alalawi, Saeed; AlSamahi, Soughah (2016-11)
      In the civil engineering field, land surveying is the foundation of any construction process and has always been the method of choice for topographic mapping analysis. One of the latest technologies of 3D Depth Camera is ...

    • Feasibility of Condensate Recovery in Humid Climates 

      Hassan, Noha M. (2013)
      This study investigates the practicality of using the air-conditioning condensate as an additional source of water. The scarcities of natural water resources, especially in arid regions, represent a major obstacle restraining ...

    • A Feasibility Study for Solar Energy Generation Policy Mechanisms in The UAE 

      Al-Ali, Mayyas Abdelrahman Rashid Alsalman (2021-11)
      In a modern world, life would not be possible without energy, as energy plays a significant role in the development of nations. The rapid economic growth combined with the increasing energy demand is a continuous driving ...

    • Feature modeling using polynomial classifiers and stepwise regression 

      Shanableh, Tamer; Assaleh, Khaled (Elsevier, 2010)
      In polynomial networks, feature vectors are mapped to a higher dimensional space through a polynomial function. The expanded vectors are then passed to a single layer network to compute the model parameters. However, as ...

    • Ferromagnetic Fe-Cu Coating for Ferrous Contaminants Sensing in Aqueous Media 

      Abou Hewelle, Abdullah (2020-11)
      This work investigates the development and analysis of a novel resonant sensor for ferrous contaminations in aqueous media. Resonant sensor is a class of sensors that employ a structure vibrating at resonance. Hence, the ...

    • Fetal ECG Signal Enhancement 

      Ahmadi, Maryam (2008-06)
      Fetal heart monitoring yields vital information about the fetus health and can support medical decision making in critical situations. A compound signal is obtained non-invasively by placing electrodes on the abdomen area ...

    • Few-cycle laser driven reaction nanoscopy on aerosolized silica nanoparticles 

      Rupp, Philipp; Burger, Christian; Kling, Nora G.; Kübel, Matthias; Mitra, Sambit; Rosenberger, Philipp; Weatherby, Thomas; Saito, Nariyuki; Itatani, Jiro; Alnaser, Ali; Raschke, Markus B.; Rühl, Eckart; Schlander, Annika; Gallei, Markus; Seiffert, Lennart; Fennel, Thomas; Bergues, Boris; Kling, Matthias F. (Springer Nature, 2019)
      Nanoparticles offer unique properties as photocatalysts with large surface areas. Under irradiation with light, the associated near-fields can induce, enhance, and control molecular adsorbate reactions on the nanoscale. ...

    • Finding a Solution For Recycling Wastes 

      Amer, Karim; Hamdan, Hassan; Charkaoui, Younis (2014-07-22)
      Over the past few years, there has been a remarkable growth in trash disposal all over the UAE, especially in Dubai, due to its huge demographic growth. Most of this trash is being disposed in large landfills in huge ...