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How New Media Empower Yemeni People To Reveal War Stories
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Taylor’s Press
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Yemen was amongst Arab countries that underwent the so-called “Arab spring” in a bid to oust former president Ali Abdullah Saleh from power. In its aftermath, the country entered a national dialogue period that continued ...
Career success in the MIS academy
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Association for Information Systems
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Like other academicians, MIS researchers have boundary-less careers that rely more on personal drive than affiliated institution to develop career competencies and achieve career success. Unlike other fields, maintaining ...
Strength, shrinkage, and permeability performance of seawater concrete
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ISEC Press
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Given the increasing global concern of freshwater scarcity, the use of seawater in concrete mixtures appears to be a way forward towards achieving sustainable concrete, especially in the case of non-reinforced concrete ...
Urban transformations: From restricted random aggregation to designed cultural intent in Middle Eastern Cities
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Beijing JiaoTong University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
It is difficult to describe Middle Eastern settlements due to several geographical, physical, functional, cultural, and temporal factors. Despite this, it seems apparent that spatio-formal processes characterise their ...
Effect of pH on dissolution of iron sulfide scales using THPS
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Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Iron Sulfides scale has been a critical problem for oil and gas wells for several decades. One of the best candidates to remove these scales is tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate (THPS). Most studies on the dissolution ...
Multi-person head segmentation in low resolution crowd scenes using convolutional encoder-decoder framework
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Person head detection in crowded scenes becomes a challenging task if facial features are absent, resolution is low and viewing angles are unfavorable. Motion and out-of-focus blur along with headwear of varying shapes ...
CMOS compatible silicon slot ring resonator sensor
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SPIE
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
We propose a fully CMOS compatible optical sensor based on the ring resonator mechanism. The waveguide structure of the sensor utilizes the silicon on insulator slot waveguide configuration. The analyte fills the slot and ...
Questionnaire development process to measure the SMEs' continuous use behavior towards cloud computing services
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
In the business world, cloud computing (CC) technologies are emerging computing platforms used to improve the deployment of ICT services with the aim of improving performance and competitive advantage. However, enough ...
Structural Changes in Global Oil Markets and Implications for Middle East Resource-Rich Countries
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The purpose of this paper is to identify the major shifts in global oil supply and
demand dynamics and assess the implications for resource-rich Middle East
countries with special focus on GCC. It is argued that ...
Towards adaptive multimedia system for assisting children with Arabic learning difficulties
(2019 , Conference Paper)
Children with learning difficulties (LD) are increasing dramatically in the Arab world. Such children require quick intervention especially during the early childhood years. This paper presents a dynamic multimedia system ...