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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, ... -
Sustainability of Composite Columns under Repeated Load and Harsh Environment
(2013-01)Strengthening and rehabilitation are important operations for structural building to ensure sustainability. Enhancing the performance for the structural elements against the various loads and extreme conditions is the key ... -
Sustainability-oriented innovation in the supply chain of the cosmetics industry
(2023-04)The cosmetic industry has continued its strong growth and emerged as one of the industries with the highest prospective for further growth and development. Social media and new trends, the availability of sustainable and ... -
Sustainable and Efficient Electric Vehicle and Charging System
(2016-11)Global warming is a major problem the world is facing, and the main contributors to it are greenhouse gases. Gas operated cars and electricity generation using fossil fuels are the major greenhouse gas emitters. So our ... -
Sustainable Cooling and Lubrication Strategies in Machining Processes: A Comparative Study
(Elsevier, 2019)Applying an adequate cooling and lubrication technique during machining processes is an important issue which affects the machining system efficiency. Flood cooling offers an effective solution to reduce the effect of the ... -
Sustainable Energy Replacement for Asphalt: Solar Roadways
(2015-02-01)The goal of this research project is to replace the current asphalt roads with an alternative that will make use of the thermal energy both from the sun’s heat and the friction from car tires that was previously wasted on ... -
Sustainable Integration of Solar Energy for Desalination
(2016-11)Water extraction, treatment and distribution accounts for 8% of global energy consumption. Which can be estimated as ∼7MJ/m3. The main factors affecting solar desalination plant feasibility are technology maturity, economics ... -
Sustainable Management of Animal Waste in a Rural Setting in India
(2015-08)For centuries rural people in India have used animal waste as a source of biogas to be used for cooking purposes. The animal waste is usually shaped into cakes and dried in the open before use. However, this practice has ... -
Sustainable Management of Organic Wastes in Sharjah, UAE through Co-Composting
(MDPI, 2020)Daily human activities and vast green areas produce substantial amounts of organic wastes that end up in landfills with minimal treatment. In addition to the problems associated with landfills, disposal through this method ... -
A Sustainable Nursing Home for Senior People
(2014-01-19)Lack of staff in conventional nursing homes has been depriving senior people of their right to be treated and nurtured properly. Moreover, most of the current nursing homes are not designed to be eco-friendly, and this ... -
Sustainable Smart Houses
(2014-01-19)In this project the main aim of EMDP team is to turn smart houses to sustainable smart houses. The team focused on three major things that should be changed to have a sustainable smart house. First, reduce the usage of ... -
The symbolic meaning of artifacts for the workplace identity of women in academia
(Emerald, 2008)The aim of this paper is to investigate the symbolic meaning attributed by women in academia to workplace artifacts. The research approach is that of auto-ethnography, whereby the authors, as researchers and participants, ... -
Synergistic Nanomedicine: Passive, Active, and Ultrasound-Triggered Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment
(American Scientific Publishers, 2015)Nanocarriers are heavily researched as drug delivery vehicles capable of sequestering antineoplastic agents and then releasing their contents at the desired location. The feasibility of using such carriers stems from their ... -
Syntax friendly and syntax amendment approaches to error resiliency in the MPEG-4 Simple Scalable Profile
(Elsevier, 2005)This work discusses two approaches to incorporating error resiliency in the Simple Scalable Profile SSP of the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 14496-2 visual standard. As such scalable MPEG-4 is made suitable for deployment in a mobile ... -
Synthesis and low-order optical nonlinearities of colloidal HgSe quantum dots in the visible and near infrared ranges
(Optical Society of America, 2021)We synthesize colloidal HgSe quantum dots and characterize their nonlinear refraction and nonlinear absorption using a Nd:YAG laser and its second harmonic. The 7.5 nm quantum dots were synthesized using the hot-injection ... -
Synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework from Iron Nitrate and 2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxylic Acid and Its Application as Drug Carrier
(American Scientific Publishers, 2018)Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly crystalline porous organic–inorganic materials that are comprised of metal salts and organic linkers. The common synthetic methodologies of MOFs include: solvothermal, microwave-assisted, ... -
A synthetic biofilter media for ammonia (NH3) removal
(2012)In this work, a patented biofilter media is used in treating air contaminated with ammonia (NH3). The data shows up to 200 ppm of NH3 can be removed with over 93% removal efficiency at 30 s Empty Bed Residence Time (EBRT). ... -
System Identification Using Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH)
(2009-01)Recently, many researchers have had much interest in various methods for system identifications. Such methods involve soft computing techniques such as neural networks and fuzzy logic. Neural networks and fuzzy logics are ...