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Small data in iot: An mcs perspective
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Springer
, 2019 , Book chapter)
The unprecedented advances in wireless technology have led to the development of the IoT and numerous associated sub-paradigms, such as wireless sensor networks (WSNs), software-defined networks, mobile crowdsensing (MCS), ...
Frequency conversion layers for Si solar cell efficiency improvement
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Springer Nature
, 2017 , Book chapter)
SiNx and SiNx: Tb3+ thin layers deposited by reactive magnetron co-sputtering have been studied with the aim of optimizing the light management in Si solar cells. Those Si-based layers are developed to be compatible with ...
Unruliness through space and time: Reconstructing ‘peoplehood’ in the arab spring
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Taylor and Francis
, 2014 , Book chapter)
This chapter presents a critical account of the phenomenon of the ‘Arab Spring’. This it does via an unorthodox interpretation of why the Arab Spring élan represents a departure point from many 20th-century revolutions. ...
Examining the directors' remuneration reports : The case of Thomas Cook
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Routledge
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Following the collapse of the Thomas Cook Group (TCG) in 2019, this chapter aims to explore the governance role of its Remuneration Committee (RC) in determining the level and composition of Executive Remuneration (ER), ...
Case studies on COVID-19 and environment
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Coronavirus drastically changes people's travel behavior all over the world. This study aims to investigate the effect of people's adaptive travel behavior on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in south Asian countries. We ...
Cultural integration with strategic decision-making process in determining innovation performance: Evidence from an arab country setting
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IGI Global
, 2014 , Book chapter)
This chapter presents an empirical study that examines the co-alignment between the Strategic Decision- Making Process (SDMP) and cultural contextual factors in developing a more completely specified model of innovation ...
An automated robust segmentation method for intravascular ultrasound images
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World Scientific Publishing Co.
, 2014 , Book chapter)
It is widely known that the state of a patient's coronary heart disease can be better assessed using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) than with more conventional angiography. Recent work has shown that segmentation and 3D ...
Sanctions and the Socio-Economic Roots of Iran's Domestic Instability (2010-2020)
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Springer
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Since 2006 (if not before), sanctions imposed by the US and some other countries on Iran were aimed at depriving Tehran of financial sources allowing the country's leadership to buy the loyalty of its population. And, at ...
Pulse-width modulation of power electronic DC-AC converter
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wiley
, 2021 , Book chapter)
The pulse-width modulation (PWM) technique is applied in the inverter (DC-AC converter) to output an AC waveform with variable voltage and variable frequency for use in mostly variable speed motor drives. This chapter ...
Remembering 'The Blockade on Qatar': National Memory and the Assemblage of the Event
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Springer
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Amidst the reinvigoration of the discourse on national identity in Qatar since mid-1990s, the governments of neighboring countries, such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, announced the cessation of ...