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Identifying the key performance challenges to achieve improved export performance for Qatari SMEs
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Small and medium enterprises in Qatar, similar to their counterparts in other emerging countries, face many challenges by entering international markets. This study aims to identify and analyze the key performance challenges ...
Using pavements to generate electricity
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
As part of developing a safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation infrastructure, health monitoring of pavements and bridges, as well as the monitoring of real-time roadway conditions for safety, have become increasingly ...
Active control of noise in ventilation ducts
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Canadian Acoustical Association
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Ventilation ducts are often lined with passive absorption material for both thermal insulation and noise and vibration reduction. However, the noise reduction performance is not significant at low frequencies. Active Noise ...
Understanding the Scales Formation Inhibition Mechanism on C-Steel in a Sour Media
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The Electrochemical Society
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Corrosion control in sour environments is a severe challenge for the oil and gas industries with respect to sour media. One of the approaches to mitigate such a problem is to use corrosion inhibitors (CI). The selection ...
Overview of the CLEF-2019 CheckThat! Lab: Automatic Identification and Verification of Claims
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
We present an overview of the second edition of the CheckThat! Lab at CLEF 2019. The lab featured two tasks in two different languages: English and Arabic. Task 1 (English) challenged the participating systems to predict ...
Nanoscale evaluation of multi-walled carbon nanotube’s performance on resisting oxidization of asphalt
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Trans Tech Publications Ltd
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Nanotechnology has contributed significantly to different subfields of the construction industry, including asphalt pavement engineering. The improved properties and new functionalities of the nanomaterials have provided ...
Crowdsensing based prompt emergency discovery: A sequential detection approach
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The growth in the number of smart devices has mobilized the rise of CrowdSensing (CS) as an enabler of smart cities, where state-of-the-art technologies are utilized to improve citizens' quality of life. CS is a novel ...
CrowdDelegate: An MCS-based approach for improving retail labor cost-efficiency
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Following the revolutionary changes the Internet of Things (IoT) has introduced to sensor networks, the Mobile Crowd Sensing (MCS) paradigm aims to utilize people and their smartphones as an extended instrument to sense. ...
Arrhythmia classification using DWT-coefficient energy ratios
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Certain features present in electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are used to detect different heart conditions. Hence, by developing a system to extract these features, useful information related to the heart conditions could ...
Carbon Nanotubes Dosage Optimization for Strength Enhancement of Cementitious Composites
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Concrete is the most common used material for construction in Qatar as well as in the world. Exposure to sever environmental conditions causes physical deterioration of concrete structures and significantly affect the ...