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Performance analysis of M2M communication networks for QoS-differentiated smart grid applications
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
We study the performance of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications in Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) networks. The proposed analysis is applied to the random access procedure within LTE-A for the calculation of the ...
Framework for development of cognitive technology for children with hearing impairments
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IEEE
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
The main aim of this study is to investigate the needs of people with HI in the Arab world, and propose a system design that would help alleviate the challenges they face. The system design is centered on Arabic-based ...
Canavan disease: an Arab scenario.
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
The autosomal recessive Canavan disease (CD) is a neurological disorder that begins in infancy. CD is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the ASPA enzyme. It has been reported with high frequency in patients with ...
Effect of vortex order on helical-phased donut mode launch in multimode fiber
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American Scientific Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
Optical fiber sensors based on mode division multiplexing (MDM) play an increasingly vital role for real-time multi-parameter measurements. For multimode fibers, the central core region typically has defects in the refractive ...
An intelligent sensing system tor healthcare applications using real-time EMG and gaze fusion
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
This paper propose and discuss a solution of an intelligent visualization/sensing system for people who suffer from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) which is a disorder that gradually makes the person paralyzed. The solution ...
The effects of a culturally gender-specifying peripheral cue (headscarf) on the categorization of faces by gender
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
Faces convey a wealth of cues that influence social categorizations and subsequent cognition and behavior. This study examined the effects of wearing a headscarf on face categorization by gender using Egyptian observers ...
Problem-based learning environments in Moodle: Implementation approches
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Problem-based learning (PBL) educators resorted to developing their own environments even with existence of comprehensive Learning Management Systems (LMS). They realized that both commercial and open source systems were ...
A Survey on Demand Response Programs in Smart Grids: Pricing Methods and Optimization Algorithms
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
The smart grid concept continues to evolve and various methods have been developed to enhance the energy efficiency of the electricity infrastructure. Demand Response (DR) is considered as the most cost-effective and ...
Corporate financial reporting in Qatar: a study of individual investors' assessment of annual reports
(2015 , Article)
In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate a particular group of investors - namely individual investors' perceptions of corporate annual reports in Qatar. A total of 400 surveys were distributed to individual investors ...
LocationSpark: A distributed in-memory data management system for big spatial data
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VLDB Endowment
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
We present LocationSpark, a spatial data processing system built on top of Apache Spark, a widely used distributed data processing system. LocationSpark offers a rich set of spatial query operators, e.g., range search, ...