Mathematics, Statistics & Physics: Recent submissions

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    • Monitoring SEIRD model parameters using MEWMA for the COVID-19 pandemic with application to the state of Qatar 

      Boone, Edward L.; Abdel-Salam, Abdel Salam G.; Sahoo, Indranil; Ghanam, Ryad; Chen, Xi; ... more authors ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2021 , Article)
      During the current COVID-19 pandemic, decision-makers are tasked with implementing and evaluating strategies for both treatment and disease prevention. In order to make effective decisions, they need to simultaneously ...

    • A Note on Parabolic Maximal Operators along Surfaces of Revolution via Extrapolation 

      Ali, Mohammed; Al-Qassem, Hussain ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      Under weak conditions on the kernels, we obtain sharp Lp bounds for rough parabolic maximal integral operators over surfaces of revolution. By virtue of these bounds along with Yano’s extrapolation argument, we confirm the ...

    • Factors affecting university image among graduate alumni: A case study of Qatar university 

      Khalifa A., Haza; Abdel-Salam, Abdel-Salam G.; Mollazehi, Mohammad D.; Mohamed, Radwa Ismail; Hasan, Mahmood A.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Various factors influence the students' perception of universities and university image. This study explores five factors affecting university image among Graduate Alumni. Surveys, administered to 597 graduate alumni were ...

    • A diagnostic tool for family and marriage counseling with Muslim couples 

      Soliman, Abdrabo; Abdel-Salam, Abdel Salam G.; Ahmed, Mervat ( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article)
      This study aimed to describe the development and psychometric properties of a questionnaire for Muslim couples and families based on how couples view and experience marital and family issues. A questionnaire was developed ...

    • EXPLORATION of the NOVEL CORONA VIRUS TRANSITION GRAPHS with PETRINET MODELING 

      Alam, Fatima; Abdel-Salam, Abdel Salam G.; Sohail, Ayesha; Yousaf, M.; Tunç, Sümeyye ( World Scientific Publishing , 2021 , Article)
      Corona virus (CoV) is a group of viruses with non-bifurcated, single-stranded, and positive-sense RNA genomes. Apart from infecting several economically significant vertebrates (such as pigs and chickens), it is reported ...

    • Forecasting the impact of environmental stresses on the frequent waves of COVID19 

      Yu, Zhenhua; Abdel-Salam, Abdel Salam G.; Sohail, Ayesha; Alam, Fatima ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      A novel approach to link the environmental stresses with the COVID-19 cases is adopted during this research. The time-dependent data are extracted from the online repositories that are freely available for knowledge and ...

    • Practitioners guide on parametric, nonparametric, and semiparametric profile monitoring 

      Jones, Chelsea L.; Abdel-Salam, Abdel Salam G.; Mays, D'Arcy ( Wiley , 2021 , Article Review)
      Profile monitoring is one of the methods used in statistical process control ((Formula presented.)) to understand the functional relationship between response and explanatory variables by tracking this relationship and ...

    • Robust profile monitoring for phase II analysis via residuals 

      Nassar, Sara H.; Abdel-Salam, Abdel Salam G. ( Wiley , 2022 , Article)
      Many studies were conducted for fitting models using parametric and non-parametric techniques; in fact, their fits may be biased and have inflated the estimated variances when the model is misspecified, respectively. Thus, ...

    • Evaluating the Online Learning Experience at Higher Education Institutions 

      Abdel-Salam, Abdel Salam G.; Hazaa, Khalifa; Abu-Shanab, Emad Ahmed ( IGI Global , 2022 , Article)
      In light of recent COVID-19 pandemic, universities had to cope by resorting to online learning without previous preparation. This paper tries to investigate student satisfaction with online learning. The literature review ...

    • A novel procedure for constructing invariant subspaces of a set of matrices 

      Al-Dweik, Ahmad Y.; Ghanam, Ryad; Thompson, Gerard; Azad, Hassan ( Springer , 2022 , Article)
      A problem that is frequently encountered in a variety of mathematical contexts is to find the common invariant subspaces of a single or of a set of matrices. A new method is proposed that gives a definitive answer to this ...

    • Protection of Omicron sub-lineage infection against reinfection with another Omicron sub-lineage 

      Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Coyle, Peter; Tang, Patrick; Yassine, Hadi M.; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      There is significant genetic distance between SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant BA.1 and BA.2 sub-lineages. This study investigates immune protection of infection with one sub-lineage against reinfection with the other ...

    • Some coupled fixed point theorems on multiplicative metric spaces with an application 

      Hussain, Baqir; Ur Rehman, Saif; Jaradat, Mohammed M.M.; Khan, Sami Ullah; Arshad, Muhammad ( AIMS Press , 2022 , Article)
      This article aims to prove some coupled fixed point (FP) theorems for nonlinear contractive type mapping in multiplicative metric space (MM-space). Our presented work consists of the maximum type and some other expressions ...

    • HIV incidence and impact of interventions among female sex workers and their clients in the Middle East and north Africa: a modelling study 

      Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Omori, Ryosuke; El Feki, Shereen; Hermez, Joumana G.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Background: The incidence of HIV infection among female sex workers and their clients in the Middle East and north Africa is not well known. We aimed to assess HIV incidence, the contribution of heterosexual sex work ...

    • Engineering the band gap of BN and BC2N nanotubes based on T-graphene sheets using a transverse electric field: Density functional theory study 

      Roya, Majidi; Ayesh, Ahmad I. ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      A new class of nanotubes formed by rolling boron nitride (BN) and boron carbonitride (BC2N) sheets in the form of T-graphene is suggested in this work. The structural and electronic properties of these nanotubes, named ...

    • Effects of Previous Infection and Vaccination on Symptomatic Omicron Infections. 

      Altarawneh, Heba N; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H; Tang, Patrick; Hasan, Mohammad R; ... more authors ( Massachusetts Medical Society , 2022 , Article)
      The protection conferred by natural immunity, vaccination, and both against symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection with the BA.1 or BA.2 sublineages of the omicron (B.1.1.529) ...

    • Solving Integral Equations Using Weakly Compatible Mappings via D*-Metric Spaces 

      Butush, Roqia; Mustafa, Zead; Jaradat, M. M.M. ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      We introduce a new pair of mappings (S, T) on D∗-metric spaces called DS∗-W.C. and DR∗S-W.C. Many examples are presented to show the difference between these mappings and other types of mappings in the literature. Moreover, ...

    • Effects of BA.1/BA.2 subvariant, vaccination, and prior infection on infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 omicron infections. 

      Qassim, Suelen H; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H; AlMukdad, Sawsan; Tang, Patrick; ... more authors ( Oxford University Press , 2022 , Article)
      Compared to BA.1, BA.2 was associated with lower RT-qPCR cycle threshold (Ct) value-3.53 fewer cycles (95% CI: 3.46-3.60), signifying higher infectiousness. This may reflect higher viral load and/or longer duration of ...

    • Harmonic image inpainting using the charge simulation method 

      Kalmoun, El Mostafa; Nasser, Mohamed M.S. ( Springer , 2022 , Article)
      It was recently reported that harmonic inpainting or Laplace interpolation when used in the context of image compression can yield impressive reconstruction results if the encoded pixels were carefully selected. Mathematically, ...

    • Simulating local fields in carbon nanotube-reinforced composites for infinite strip with voids 

      Nasser, Mohamed M. S.; Kalmoun, El Mostafa; Mityushev, Vladimir; Rylko, Natalia ( Springer , 2022 , Article)
      A numerical simulation of the thermal properties is conducted for an isotropic and homogeneous infinite strip composite reinforced by carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and containing voids. The CNTs can be uniformly or randomly ...

    • Duration of mRNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants in Qatar. 

      Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H; AlMukdad, Sawsan; Coyle, Peter; Tang, Patrick; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants are genetically divergent. We conducted a matched, test-negative, case-control study to estimate duration of protection of the second and third/booster doses of mRNA COVID-19 ...