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Sustainability Assessment of Welding Processes
(2017-05)
In today's world, calls for 'sustainability' are increasing in order to preserve our resources and our environment. Many initiatives are being put in motion to make our lives more 'sustainable'. This concept of 'sustainability' ...
A Maturity Model for a Sustainable Construction Industry
(2014-01)
Although the construction industry has provided societies with facilities and infrastructure projects that meet their needs and fulfill their requirements, created up to 7% of the world's job opportunities, accounted for ...
Microbial Desalination Cells Technology: A Review and a Case Study
(Elsevier, 2015-03)
The microbial desalination cell (MDC) is a newly-developed technology which integrates the microbial fuel cell (MFC) process and electrodialysis for wastewater treatment, water desalination and production of renewable ...
Anticipated Discrimination, Choices, and Performance: Experimental evidence
(American University of Sharjah, 2018)
This paper studies experimentally anticipated discrimination across gender, hiring patterns, and performance in tasks with different stereotypes in a labor-market setting. Participants are assigned to a seven-people group ...
Microbial Desalination Cell (MDC) in the Presence of Activated Carbon
(American Scientific Publishers, 2014-10)
This report studies the performance of a Microbial Desalination Cell (MDC) in the presence ofactivated carbon in both the cathode and anode chambers. The large surface area of the activatedcarbon provides surface for ...
Fault Detection of Fuel Systems Using Polynomial Regression Profile Monitoring
(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 ...
Thermo-Economic Analysis of Organic Rankine Power Cycles Using Parabolic Trough Solar Technology
(2018-12)
Diversifying into several renewable energy resources has become the goal for many countries striving for a sustainable future. Solar energy is currently one of the most reliable and abundant renewable resource that can be ...
Sequential batch contactors for removal of chromium (VI) from wastewater using sheep's wool
(2017-05)
The effluent streams of various industries contain heavy metals like chromium. The hexavalent form of it is highly toxic, which needs specific intensive treatment before disposal. Sheep’s wool, as a keratinous adsorbent, ...
Hybrid Power System Design for Autonomous Ground Robots
(2018-11)
The interest in mobile robots has increased rapidly due to the complicated tasks a mobile robot can accomplish. An efficient robot power supply system can increase the robot range of travel. Different power management ...