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    • Photocatalytic UV degradation of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran in the presence of silver zeolite 

      Samara, Fatin; Al Shamsi, Maitha; Kanaan, Faisal; Kanan, Sofian (Springer, 2017-02-24)
      Silver clusters were introduced into the framework of zeolite Y. Low-temperature solid-state luminescence indicates the formation of silver–silver excimers and exciplexes that were found to be activated at 250 and 300 nm, ...

    • Photovoltaic Nano-Crystal Energy Generation 

      Tounsy, Adham; Al-Khaldi, Mohammed; Peera, Meloni (2014-01-19)
      Since larger, more ecofriendly energy accumulation is needed to sustain the world’s current energy outflow, the objective of this report is to examine the efficiency and ecological healthiness of photovoltaic nanotechnology ...

    • Phytoextraction of Cr(VI) from soil using Portulaca oleracea 

      Alyazouri, Ayman; Jewsbury, Roger; Tayim, Hassan; Humphreys, Paul; Al-Sayah, Mohammad (Taylor & Francis, 2014-01)
      Cr(VI) represents an environmental challenge in both soil and water as it is soluble and bioavailable over a wide range of pH. In previous investigations, Portulaca oleracea (a plant local to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)) ...

    • Piezoelectric Systems for Sheikh Zayed Road 

      Majbour, Maher; Hag Ali, Ibrahim; Sulthana, Reshma; Erar, Yaser (2014-07-22)
      UAE was ranked as 37 worldwide according to the amount of electricity consumption with an annual consumption of 70.58 billion KWh .The total cost of producing that amount of electricity has been estimated to be 11.33 billion ...

    • PIRATA: A Sustained Observing System for Tropical Atlantic Climate Research and Forecasting 

      Bourlès, Bernard; Araujo, Moacyr; McPhaden, Michael J.; Brandt, Peter; Foltz, Gregory R.; Lumpkin, Rick; Giordani, Hervé; Hernandez, Fabrice; Lefèvre, Nathalie; Nobre, Paulo; Campos, Edmo; Saravanan, Ramalingam; Trotte‐Duhà, Janice; Dengler, Marcus; Hahn, Johannes; Hummels, Rebecca; Lübbecke, Joke F.; Rouault, Mathieu; Cotrim, Leticia; Sutton, Adrienne; Jochum, Markus; Perez, Renellys C. (American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2019)
      Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) is a multinational program initiated in 1997 in the tropical Atlantic to improve our understanding and ability to predict ocean‐atmosphere variability. ...

    • Planning and Operation of Smart EV Parking Lots 

      Abdelwahab, Osama Magdy (2019-05)
      Aiming to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and to increase resources security, renewable resources and electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining a lot of global interest. Promoting the use of EVs for consumers requires ...

    • Political connections and the cost of equity capital 

      Boubakri, Narjess; Guedhami, Omrane; Mishra, Dev; Saffar, Walid (Elsevier, 2012-01)
      Motivated by recent research on the costs and benefits of political connection, we examine the cost of equity capital of politically connected firms. Using propensity score matching models, we find that politically connected ...

    • The political determinants of the cost of equity: Evidence from Privatization 

      Bennasr, Hamdi; Boubakri, N; Cosset, JC. (Wiley, 2012-01)
      In this paper, we investigate the political determinants of the cost of equity using a unique data set of 236 firms privatized between 1987 and 2006 in 38 countries. We find robust evidence that the cost of equity is ...

    • Potential for improving vehicle fuel efficiency and reducing the environmental pollution via fuel ionization 

      Al Ali, Yousif; Hrairi, Meftah; Al-Kattan, Ibrahim (2012-07)
      In order to reduce the level of atmospheric pollution caused by vehicle engine emissions, application of a novel technique based on fuel magnetization has been tested in this study aiming at improving fuel efficiency and ...

    • Power with Every Step 

      AlAssaf, Hadi; Farhan, Khalil; AlKhatib, Yazan (2014-07-22)
      Satisfying the needs for clean energy by utilizing human footsteps.

    • Predicting gasoline prices using Michigan survey data 

      Baghestani, Hamid (2015-07)
      This study investigates the predictive power of Michigan Surveys of Consumers (MSC) data for gasoline prices. Specifically, we utilize the MSC data on both expected inflation and consumer sentiment to construct a vector ...

    • 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 ...

    • Prediction of minimum factor of safety against slope failure in clayey soils using artificial neural network 

      Abdalla, Jamal; Attom, Mousa; Hawileh, Rami (2015)
      This paper presents prediction of minimum factor of safety (FS) against slope failure in clayey soils using artificial neural network (ANN). Two multilayer perceptron ANN models were used to predict the minimum factor of ...

    • Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries 

      Fath, hassan el-banna; Sadik, Ashraf; Mezher, Toufic (2013)
      Water is one of the pressing global challenges facing humanity. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, it is considered as the most critical challenges and is expected to grow with time. GCC countries have chosen ...

    • Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and spectral accelerations for United Arab Emirates 

      Khan, Zahid; El-Emam, Magdi; Irfan, Muhammad; Abdalla, Jamal (Springer, 2013-06)
      In recent years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has experienced an unprecedented growth which is coupled with the increase in seismic activity in the surroundings. Previous studies presents significant variations in their ...

    • Process design of waste gas treatment from Emirates Gold Refinery 

      Aidan, Ahmed; Alnaizy, Raafat; Nenov, Valentin; Abdelrahman, Omar (2011-06)
      In this case study, the process modifications and improvement to the existing process at the Emirates Gold refinery (in order to meet the United Arab Emirates (UAE) nitrogen oxides air emission regulations) is presented. ...

    • Process simulation and analysis of a five-step copper-chlorine thermochemical water decomposition cycle for sustainable hydrogen production 

      Orhan, Mehmet Fatih; Dincer, Ibrahim; Rosen, Marc A. (2014-01)
      A process model of a five-step copper–chlorine (Cu–Cl) cycle is developed and simulated with the Aspen Plus simulation code. Energy and mass balances, stream flows and properties, heat exchanger duties, and shaft work are ...

    • Produced water treatment using microbial desalination cells 

      Goel, Apoorva (2018-05)
      Globally, 250 million barrels of produced water is generated daily for extracting 80 million barrels of oil. Having a highly variable composition and no economic value, produced water presents serious environmental problems. ...

    • Produced Water Treatment Using Naturally Abundant Pomegranate Peel 

      Ibrahim, Taleb; Gulistan, Abdul Sami; Khamis, Mustafa; Ahmed, Hussain; Aidan, Ahmed (Taylor & Francis, 2016)
      Pomegranate peel powder (PPP) was employed as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of crude oil from simulated produced water (SPW). The effect of contact time, adsorbent dosage, pH, as well as temperature on the efficiency ...

    • Produced water treatment using olive leaves 

      Ibrahim, Taleb; Sabri, Muhammad Ashraf; Khamis, Mustafa; Elsayed, Yehya; Sara, Ziad; Hafiz, Baraa (Desalination Publications, 2017-01)
      Olive leaves powder (OLP) was employed as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of hexane extractable crude oil from simulated produced water. The effect of contact time, adsorbent dosage, pH, salinity as well as temperature ...