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A high step-up DC-DC converter based on ASL and VMC for renewable energy applications
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)In this paper, a new high step-up non-isolated DC-DC converter has been proposed and analyzed. The proposed topology provides a high DC output voltage, which is adjustable by two different duty cycles. Moreover, low voltage ... -
A high voltage pulse-generator based on DC-to-DC converters and capacitor-diode voltage multipliers for water treatment applications
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Article)Pulsed electric field (PEF) can be used effectively in water treatment applications by passing infected water through two electrodes excited from a high voltage pulsed power supply which guarantees killing the harmful ... -
A High-Gain, High-Voltage Pulse Generator Using Sequentially Charged Modular Multilevel Converter Submodules, for Water Disinfection Applications
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Article)Modularity, redundancy, and scalability are the key features recently sought in high-voltage (HV) pulse generators (PGs) for electroporation applications. Such features are gained by utilizing modular multilevel converter ... -
A High-Realism and Cost-Effective Training Simulator for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)Medical simulators, employed in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), are burdened with costly equipment and low-fidelity methodologies. This dichotomy necessitated a new approach that eliminates high-costs and ... -
A highly efficient PV power system for DC MicroGrids
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Climate change attracted widespread attention to shift towards environmentally friendly energy sources such as photovoltaics. Considering the facts that there are large numbers of DC loads that are used in today's buildings, ... -
A History of Drug-Induced Torsades de Pointes Is Associated With T-wave Morphological Abnormalities
( Nature Publishing Group , 2018 , Article)The hypothesis of the study is that Torsades de pointes (TdP) history can be better identified using T-wave morphology compared to Fridericia-corrected QT interval (QTcF) at baseline. ECGs were recorded at baseline and ... -
A holistic conceptual framework model to describe medication adherence in and guide interventions in diabetes mellitus
( Elsevier Inc. , 2018 , Article)BACKGROUND: Nonadherence to medications in patients with diabetes, which results in poor treatment outcomes and increased healthcare costs, is commonly reported globally. Factors associated with medication adherence have ... -
A Holistic Education for the 21st Century Engineer Based on Wisdom and Multiplexity
( IOS Press BV , 2022 , Conference Paper)In a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) 21st-century world, there is a great need for drawing upon capacity for holistic thinking and wisdom. We need to leverage multiple transdisciplinary thinking that ... -
A holistic overview of Qatar's (Built) cultural heritage; Towards an integrated sustainable conservation strategy
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Historic urban cores are the backbone of a city's cultural identity. Maintaining and preserving the socio-cultural, environmental and economic characteristics of the built heritage is vital for cultural identity survival. ... -
A HVDC shunt tap based on unidirectional hybrid modular DC-DC converter with simultaneous charging and sequential discharging of capacitors
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)In this paper, a new HVDC shunt tap is proposed. The proposed configuration consists of a unidirectional hybrid modular DC-DC converter followed by a voltage source converter for DC-AC conversion to feed a local AC network ... -
A hybrid active and reactive power control with Quasi Z-source inverter in single-phase grid-connected PV systems
( IEEE Computer Society , 2016 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a hybrid method of active power and reactive power control strategy with Quasi Z-source inverter (QZSI) in single phase grid connected photovoltaic (PV) systems. The maximum power from the PV panel is ... -
A hybrid approach for identifying factors affecting driver reaction time using naturalistic driving data
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) estimates that 80% of the deaths and injuries resulting from rear-end collisions could be prevented by the use of advanced collision avoidance systems. While autonomous or ... -
A hybrid approach using entropy and TOPSIS to select key drivers for a successful and sustainable lean construction implementation
( Public Library of Science , 2020 , Article)Successful implementation of the lean concept as a sustainable approach in the construction industry requires the identification of critical drivers in lean construction. Despite this significance, the number of in-depth ... -
A hybrid boost modular multilevel converter-based bipolar high voltage pulse generator
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Article)Conventional Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) with Half-Bridge Sub-Modules (HB-SMs) can be used effectively as a solid-state high-voltage pulse generator to chop a high-voltage dc input into a bipolar pulsed output voltage ... -
A hybrid DNN-LSTM model for detecting phishing URLs
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Article)Phishing is an attack targeting to imitate the official websites of corporations such as banks, e-commerce, financial institutions, and governmental institutions. Phishing websites aim to access and retrieve users' important ... -
A hybrid electro-coagulation/forward osmosis system for treatment of produced water
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Oil and gas exploration produce large volumes highly contaminated produced water (PW) which exhibits a major environmental challenge. This work investigates the application of a novel hybrid system by combining electro-coagulation ... -
A Hybrid Energy Sharing Framework for Green Cellular Networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)Cellular operators are increasingly turning toward renewable energy (RE) as an alternative to using traditional electricity in order to reduce operational expenditure and carbon footprint. Due to the randomness in both RE ... -
A Hybrid Feature Selection Method for Complex Diseases SNPs
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Article)Machine learning techniques have the potential to revolutionize medical diagnosis. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) are one of the most important sources of human genome variability; thus, they have been implicated ... -
A hybrid forward osmosis/reverse osmosis process for the supply of fertilizing solution from treated wastewater
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This work investigates the application of a hybrid system that combines forward osmosis (FO) and reverse osmosis (RO) processes for the supply of a fertilizing solution that could be used directly for irrigation purposes. ... -
A hybrid LQP alternating direction method for solving variational inequality problems with separable structure
( Natural Sciences Publishing Co. , 2015 , Article)In this paper, we presented a logarithmic-quadratic proximal alternating direction method for structured variational inequalities. The method generates the new iterate by searching the optimal step size along the descent ...
