Due to a huge number of mobile devices expected to be connected to 5G wireless networks and their expected demand for high data-rate multimedia services, the core network and backhaul links are expected to carry enormous ...

Healthcare sector has advanced tremendously in the past few years. With the advancement in technology, many image diagnostic techniques have been introduced to help doctors in identifying diseases and abnormalities inside ...

Traditional distribution systems are designed with a radial structure. As a result, their protection systems are designed and set based on one utility source feeding the whole system. Nowadays, Distributed Generators (DG) ...

Teaching English modals to young adult and adult learners of English as a foreign language (EFL learners) is pedagogically a challenging task because some ESL/EFL tertiary textbooks do not present modals and their uses ...

Underactuated mechanical systems are systems with fewer control inputs (actuators) than degrees of freedom. They arise in many applications such as underwater robots, mobile robots and manipulators with passive joints. ...

Despite the recent research efforts and developments, many building codes and standards, e.g. ACI 440.1R-15 and CSA S806-12, recommend ignoring Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) reinforcement in design for compression. This ...

Vibration suppression, cancellation or absorption is an expansive field of research, which has been the focus of numerous studies performed by scientists and engineers for decades. Metamaterials are a new class of semi-active ...

Membrane biological reactor (MBR) is an emerging technology adopted for domestic and industrial wastewater treatment. The high selectivity of the semi permeable membrane to water results in membrane fouling. Fouling is a ...