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Contemporary issues in Qatar’s food security
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Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
, 2018 , Other)
Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world. However, its domestic food production is so low that over 90 percent of its food supply has to be imported. This article provides some stylised facts on Qatar’s food ...
An Approach for Energy Conservation Management Systems in Buildings
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Making decisions about energy conservation options in buildings can be rather problematic as they involve several tradeoffs between project stakeholders. Furthermore, the level of details required in making a decision by ...
ANN Model for Energy Demand and Supply Forecasting in a Hybrid Energy Supply System
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents short term demand and supply forecasting model for a microgrid supply system used to secure the electricity demands of a commercial building, using one year demand data collected in hourly base. One-year ...
Diversity of benthic macrofauna and physical parameters of sediments in natural mangroves and in afforested mangroves three decades after compensatory planting
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Springer
, 2018 , Article)
Mangroves in the Arabian Gulf are under pressure from land use change, leading to compensatory planting at sites without
natural mangroves. In this study, we examine the potential long-term success of this form of ...
User-Centric Networks Selection with Adaptive Data Compression for Smart Health
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
The increasing demand for intelligent and sustainable healthcare services has prompted the development of smart health systems. Rapid advances in wireless access technologies and in-network data reduction techniques can ...
A Dual Modular Multilevel Converter with High-Frequency Magnetic Links between Submodules for MV Open-End Stator Winding Machine Drives
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
This paper presents a dual modular multilevel converter (MMC) topology that utilizes energy exchange between adjacent-arm submodules (SMs), operating with out-of-phase modulation. The proposed configuration is applicable ...
Not all drugs are created equal: impaired future thinking in opiate, but not alcohol, users
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
Episodic future thinking refers to the ability to travel forward in time to pre-experience an event. Although future thinking has been intimately linked with self and identity, to our knowledge, no prior research has ...
Selected psychiatric problems among college students in two Arab countries: Comparison with the USA
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BioMed Central Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Background: Psychiatric problems among college students on USA campuses are common. Little is known about similar problems in developing countries, particularly the Arab region. The goal of this study was to assess the ...
Quantization of the Szekeres system
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Institute of Physics Publishing
, 2018 , Article)
We study the quantum corrections on the Szekeres system in the context of canonical quantization in the presence of symmetries. We start from an effective point-like Lagrangian with two integrals of motion, one corresponding ...
Embedded Platform for Gas Applications Using Hardware/Software Co-Design and RFID
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
This paper presents the development of a wireless low power reconfigurable self-calibrated multi-sensing platform for gas sensing applications. The proposed electronic nose (EN) system monitors gas temperatures, concentrations, ...