• Cross-linked chitosan-epichlorohydrin/bentonite composite for reactive orange 16 dye removal: Experimental study and molecular dynamic simulation 

  Assia, Benhouria; Zaghouane-Boudiaf, H.; Bourzami, Riadh; Djerboua, Ferhat; Hameed, B.H.; Boutahala, Mokhtar... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)

  Chitosan/bentonite beads (CsB) composites were prepared from chitosan (Cs) and bentonite (B) and cross-linked with epichlorohydrin for removal of reactive orange 16 (RO16) and methylene blue (MB). The adsorption results ...
• Model-free kinetic analysis for co-pyrolysis of mixed plastic polymers with oil palm fiber 

  Gin, Abel Williams; Hassan, Hamizura; Ahmad, Mohd Azmier; Hameed, Bassim Hammadi; Din, Azam Taufik Mohd ( American Institute of Physics Inc. , 2023 , Conference Paper)

  Pure commercial high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) samples from a petrochemical plant in Malaysia have been mixed and non-isothermally co-pyrolyzed with oil palm fiber (OPF) biomass using thermogravimetric ...
• Chitosan and chitosan composites for oil spills treatment: Review of recent literature 

  Hani, Ababneh; Hameed, B.H. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)

  Every year millions of oil barrels enter the water bodies. These oil spills have a devastating impact on the marine environments and their wildlife. Hence, it is necessary to clean-up these oil spills. Chitosan is cheap, ...
• Green hydroxyapatite-zeolite catalyst derived from steel waste as an effective catalyst for the hydrocarbon production via co-catalytic pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse and high-density polyethylene 

  H., Hassan; Hameed, B.H. ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)

  Hydroxyapatite-zeolite (HAP-ZE) catalyst prepared from steel waste was utilised in co-catalytic pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse (SB) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) for bio-oil production. The highest bio-oil yield ...
• Adsorption of Pb2+ by Activated Carbon Produced by Microwave-Assisted K2CO3 Activation of Date Palm Leaf Sheath Fibres 

  Aloud, Saud S.; Hameed, Bassim H.; Yusop, Mohamad F.M.; Alharbi, Hattan A.; Giesy, John P.; Alotaibi, Khaled D.... more authors ... less authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)

  Date palm trees generate large amounts of various types of waste, including leaf sheath fibres, which can be used as a low-cost precursor for the production of biochar, including activated carbon (AC), which can be employed ...
• Genetic Mapping Determining the Key Genomic Loci/QTNs for Stress Resilience via Controlling Antioxidant Defenses in Barley Under Salt Stress 

  Alqudah, Ahmad M.; Elkelish, Amr; Alammari, Badriah Saleh; Alsubeie, Moodi Saham; Hamed, Seham M.; Thabet, Samar G.... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)

  Salinity stress is a major environmental factor impeding barley productivity on a global scale. Enhancing salt tolerance in barley is crucial for maintaining crop yield and agricultural sustainability. This study aimed to ...
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  A Haplotype-Based GWAS Identified Trait-Improving QTL Alleles Controlling Agronomic Traits under Contrasting Nitrogen Fertilization Treatments in the MAGIC Wheat Population WM-800 

  Lisker, Antonia; Maurer, Andreas; Schmutzer, Thomas; Kazman, Ebrahim; Cöster, Hilmar; Holzapfel, Josef; Ebmeyer, Erhard; Alqudah, Ahmad M.; Sannemann, Wiebke; Pillen, Klaus... more authors ... less authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2022 , Article)

  The multi-parent-advanced-generation-intercross (MAGIC) population WM-800 was developed by intercrossing eight modern winter wheat cultivars to enhance the genetic diversity present in breeding populations. We cultivated ...
• Genetic Associations Underpinning the Metabolite-Mediated Salt Stress Tolerance in Barley 

  Thabet, Samar G.; Alqahtani, Mashael Daghash; Jabbour, Alae A.; Alqudah, Ahmad M. ( Springer Link , 2023 , Article)

  Salinity stress is one of the abiotic factors that greatly affect agriculture by limiting plant growth and yield worldwide. A set of 138 barley accessions from different geographical regions was characterized with the aim ...
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  Association mapping unravels the genetics controlling seedling drought stress tolerance in winter wheat 

  Schierenbeck, Matías; Alqudah, Ahmad M.; Thabet, Samar G.; Lohwasser, Ulrike; Simón, María Rosa; Börner, Andreas... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2023 , Article)

  Drought is a major constraint in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain yield. The present work aimed to identify quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs)/ candidate genes influencing drought tolerance-related traits at the ...
• Stochastic optimization of the repair shops location problem using particle swarm optimization algorithm 

  Sharafi, Masoud; Afshari, Hamid; ElMekkawy, Tarek Y.; Sleptchenko, Andrei V.; Peng, Qingjin ( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2015 , Conference Paper)

  The optimization of facility location decisions is critical for the success of a supply chain in a market since it can contribute to long-Term performance of the supply chain. In the last two decades, the number of research ...
• Stochastic optimization of hybrid renewable energy systems 

  Sharafi, Masoud; ElMekkawy, Tarek Y. ( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2015 , Conference Paper)

  The stochastic nature of energy demand and renewable energy (RE) resources make the design of hybrid renewable energy systems as a complex problem. In this paper, an innovative stochastic optimization approach is proposed ...
• Generic themes and roadmap of continuous improvement projects with a lean approach: The case of CancerCare Manitoba 

  Samarghandi, Hamed; ElMekkawy, Tarek; Jardine, Carolyn; Bates, Sue ( Institute of Industrial Engineers , 2014 , Conference Paper)

  CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB) is a specialized healthcare organization in Manitoba, Canada that is designated to provide diagnosis, remedial and palliative care services to cancer patients not only from Manitoba, but also ...
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  Stochastic optimization of hybrid renewable energy systems using sampling average method 

  Sharafi, Masoud; ElMekkawy, Tarek Y. ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article Review)

  The stochastic attribute of renewable energy sources and the variability of energy load is a preeminent barrier to design hybrid renewable energy systems. In this paper, a new methodology is advanced to incorporate the ...
• Distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem with total completion time objective 

  Ali, Arshad; Gajpal, Yuvraj; Elmekkawy, Tarek Y. ( Springer , 2021 , Article)

  This paper considers the distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem (DPFSP) which is an extension of permutation flowshop scheduling problem (PFSP). In DPFSP, there are multiple parallel factories instead of one ...
• Bi-criteria appointment scheduling of patients with heterogeneous service sequences 

  Alireza, Saremi; Jula, Payman; ElMekkawy, Tarek; Wang, Gary G. ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)

  This article addresses the challenges of scheduling patients with stochastic service times and heterogeneous service sequences in multi-stage facilities, while considering the availability and compatibility of resources ...
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  Hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithm for solving the clustered vehicle routing problem 

  Islam, Md. Anisul; Gajpal, Yuvraj; ElMekkawy, Tarek Y. ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)

  This paper considers a variant of the classical capacitated vehicle routing problem called clustered vehicle routing problem (CluVRP). In CluVRP, customers are grouped into different clusters. A vehicle visiting a cluster ...
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  Distribution-service network design: An agent-based approach 

  Afshari, Hamid; McLeod, Robert D.; ElMekkawy, Tarek; Peng, Qingjin ( Elsevier , 2014 , Conference Paper)

  Decisions to locate facilities within product-service network should satisfy all stakeholders' objective in supply chains. To provide solutions for such strategic decisions, many method and approaches have been applied ...
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  Robust metaheuristics for scheduling cellular flowshop with family sequence-dependent setup times 

  Ibrahem, Al-mehdi; Elmekkawy, Tarek; Peng, Qingjin ( Elsevier , 2014 , Conference Paper)

  In manufacturing systems, minimization of the total flow time has a great impact on the production time, the productivity and the profitability of a firm. This paper considers a cellular flowshop scheduling problem with ...
• New genetic insights into improving barley cope with salt stress via regulating mineral accumulation, cellular ion homeostasis, and membrane trafficking 

  Samar G., Thabet; Alqudah, Ahmad M. ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)

  Plant biologists aim for the genetic improvement of barley adaptation to salinity stress. This study was designed to explore the natural variation of responsive physiological and agronomic traits in a diverse spring barley ...
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  Nutritional Genomic Approach for Improving Grain Protein Content in Wheat 

  Kartseva, Tania; Alqudah, Ahmad M.; Aleksandrov, Vladimir; Alomari, Dalia Z.; Doneva, Dilyana; Arif, Mian Abdur Rehman; Börner, Andreas; Misheva, Svetlana... more authors ... less authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)

  Grain protein content (GPC) is a key aspect of grain quality, a major determinant of the flour functional properties and grain nutritional value of bread wheat. Exploiting diverse germplasms to identify genes for improving ...

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