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Alternating Direction Implicit Method for the Electro-Cardiology Models
(2017-05)
Electrophysiology is an area of science that led to innovative experimentations between clinicians and scientists. Studying and understanding cardiac dynamics plays a key role in designing therapies, preoperative planning, ...
Recognizing Plastic Threats in Baggage X-Rays Using Deep Networks
(2019-12)
Transportation authorities are faced with the challenge of detecting contraband items, particularly firearms. In most cases, security personnel can reliably perform this task. However, these tasks require strong focus, ...
Evaluation of an Integrated PTSC/Thermal Energy Storage System Using Nano-Fluid Particles
(2016-01)
Daily increase in the use of electricity and fossil fuels in the world raises the need for a renewable source of energy to accommodate the needs and power requirements for different sectors. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) ...
A Framework for Benchmarking Energy Retrofit Systems through Building Information Modeling (BIM)
(2015-06)
The rapid increase in worldwide energy consumption has raised a global concern about the future of energy use and its impact on the surrounding environment. Such impact is causing resource degradation, increased carbon ...
Personalizing Group Instruction Using Knowledge Space Theory and Clustering Techniques
(2016-05)
In the competitive market today, availability of appropriate skills and competencies that are aligned with an organization's objectives and that contribute to the organization's long-term success and survival is not always ...
Oil Removal From Produced Water Using Natural Materials
(2014-06)
The oil and gas industry has had to deal with a massive amount of waste water as a bi-product of the exploration of oil and gas. This waste water referred to as produced water (PW) and the amount of PW increases with the ...
Intercultural Communication Gaps in the Translation of the Kite Runner
(2015-01)
Culture, nationality/ethnicity, upbringing and individual experiences are all vital contributors to the substantial differences between people. These differences affect the way people view the world, as well as their ...
Translating Emirati Folklore
(2015-12)
As a genre in its own right, folklore is an important element in any culture. In the United Arab Emirates, folktales are known as kharareef (sing. khrairifa), which form a type of sung folklore. The translation of folktales ...
Solving The 2D Biharmonic Equation: A Numerical Approach Based On Spline Collocation
(2016-07)
In this thesis, several numerical methods, that are based on spline basis functions, are suggested for the solution of a general class of fourth order boundary value problems. In particular, The two-dimensional biharmonic ...