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A twice boost nine-level switched-capacitor multilevel (2B-9L-SCMLI) inverter with self-voltage balancing capability
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2021 , Article)The research on the multilevel inverter structures has been focused on reducing the number of voltage sources and the components while obtaining voltage boosting in the output voltage. A lesser number of components would ... -
A two-level optimization approach for robust aircraft routing and retiming
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)We investigate the Robust Aircraft Routing and Retiming Problem that is defined as follows. Given a set of flight legs to be served by a set of aircraft fleets, together with a tentative schedule, the problem requires ... -
A two-stage solar collector using a non-tracking conical concentrator and a glass lens for PV-TEG hybrid system
( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)In this paper, a newly designed two-stage solar collector using a non-tracking conical concentrator and a glass lens has been demonstrated for the application in hybrid photo-thermo-electric system (HPTES). The revealed ... -
A unified approach for calculating the outage performance of two-way af relaying over fading channels
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Article)Amplify-and-forward-based two-way relaying (TWR-AF) promises significant benefits in wireless networks. In this paper, we aim to obtain unified expressions to determine the outage probability of TWR-AF, regardless of ... -
A unified damping controller for non-stationary forced oscillation
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Forced disturbances (FDs) with non-stationary frequencies can sequentially resonate from electromechanical modes (EMs) to sub/super synchronous modes (SSMs) and thus lead to non-stationary forced oscillations (FOs). Previous ... -
A Unified Framework for Differentiated Services in Intelligent Healthcare Systems
( IEEE , 2022 , Article)The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak continues to significantly expose the vulnerabilities of healthcare systems around the world. These unprecedented circumstances create an opportunity for improving healthcare ... -
A Unipolar/Bipolar High-Voltage Pulse Generator Based on Positive and Negative Buck-Boost DC-DC Converters Operating in Discontinuous Conduction Mode
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Article)This paper presents a new high-voltage pulse generator, which is based on positive and negative buck-boost (BB) converters fed from a relatively low voltage dc supply. The proposed generator is able to generate unipolar ... -
A user-centric evaluation of e-government services in the GCC region: Case of state of Qatar
( IGI Global , 2016 , Article)Evaluating users' satisfaction of e-Government services has been addressed by numerous studies. These mainly looked at e-Government users as citizens who are nationals and comply with the local culture of the governments ... -
A USRP-based experimental testbed for OFDM systems impaired by I/Q imbalance
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)In this paper, an experimental testbed for packet based OFDM systems is proposed using USRP RF front-ends. I/Q imbalance estimation and compensation algorithms are implemented at the receiver by manually injecting I/Q ... -
A Validated and Applicable Direct Injection LC/MS/MS Method of Fourteen Drugs of Abuse in Urine Samples to Avoid the False Positive/Negative Results of Immunoassay Techniques in Forensic Cases
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Many false positive and false negative results have been detected in immunoassay analyses of drugs of abuse in urine samples. A method of direct injection of diluted urine into LC/MS/MS was developed and validated for ... -
A validated design methodology for a closed-loop subsonic wind tunnel
( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)A systematic investigation into the design and simulation of flow parameters in a closed-loop wind tunnel was carried out using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The analytical model for estimating pressure losses were ... -
A vector quantization based k-NN approach for large-scale image classification
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)The k-nearest-neighbour classifiers (k-NN) have been one of the simplest yet most effective approaches to instance based learning problem for image classification. However, with the growth of the size of image datasets and ... -
A versatile in situ etching-growth strategy for synthesis of yolk–shell structured periodic mesoporous organosilica nanocomposites
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)This paper describes a versatile in situ etching-growth strategy for the preparation of periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) composites with yolk-shell structure, which can generate the void space and construct the outer ... -
A virtual milling machine model to generate machine-monitoring data for predictive analytics
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Conference Paper)Real data from manufacturing processes are essential to create useful insights for decision-making. However, acquiring real manufacturing data can be expensive and time consuming. To address this issue, we implement a ... -
A Virtual Reality Nutrition Awareness Learning System for Children
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)Taking daily breakfast with healthy food is highly important for children to provide their body with indispensable nutritional elements after a lengthy rest. Skipping the morning breakfast, makes the majority of them feel ... -
A vision-based zebra crossing detection method for people with visual impairments
( IEEE , 2020 , Conference Paper)Safe navigation for visually impaired is challenging without assistive technology. This paper proposes a pedestrian crossing detection approach to help visually impaired people. We introduce the use of multiple convolutional ... -
A visual processing advantage for young-adolescent deaf observers: Evidence from face and object matching tasks
( Nature Publishing Group , 2017 , Article)It is unresolved whether the permanent auditory deprivation that deaf people experience leads to the enhanced visual processing of faces. The current study explored this question with a matching task in which observers ... -
A Visualization Training Tool for Optimum Cutting Range During Urethral Dissection in Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A deep learning approach
(2021 , Master Thesis)Surgical training and skills assessment is one of the methodologies used by clinical practitioners to master their skills in a fault-tolerant, safe and risk-free environment. Software training tools is one of them. Narrowing ... -
A voltage-behind-reactance model of five-phase induction machines considering the effect of magnetic saturation
( IEEE , 2013 , Article)Five-phase induction machines are generally modeled using multiple dq planes or using a phase variable model. This paper considers modeling five-phase induction machines using a voltage-behind-reactance (VBR) configuration. ... -
A vortex-induced vibration-based self-tunable airfoil-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester for remote sensing applications in water
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)With growing innovations on the Internet of Things capabilities, automated monitoring and remote sensing applications have become important in the modern world. However, with thousands of distributed sensors and wireless ...
