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    • b2 -Metric spaces and some fixed point theorems 

      Mustafa, Zead; Parvaneh, Vahid; Roshan, Jamal Rezaei; Kadelburg, Zoran ( Springer International Publishing , 2014 , Article)
      The aim of this paper is to establish the structure of [InlineEquation not available: see fulltext.]-metric spaces, as a generalization of 2-metric spaces. Some fixed point results for various contractive-type mappings in ...
    • B2B service innovation and global industrial service management 

      Dayan, Mumin; Ndubisib, Nelson Oly ( Elsevier Inc. , 2019 , Other)
      This special edition of IMM aims to develop knowledge and generate new insights and applications of service innovation in B2B context, and global industrial services management relevant to scholars and managers. This article ...
    • B5G: Predictive Container Auto-Scaling for Cellular Evolved Packet Core 

      Bello Y.; Allahham M.S.; Refaey A.; Erbad A.; Mohamed A.; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      The increase in mobile traffic which is accompanied by a random workload, variations necessitate an upgrade of mobile network infrastructure to maintain acceptable network performance. Scaling the mobile core network ...
    • B5G: Predictive Container Auto-Scaling for Cellular Evolved Packet Core 

      Bello Y.; Abdellatif A.A.; Allahham M.S.; Hussein A.R.; Erbad A.; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)
      In order to maintain a satisfactory performance in the midst of rapid growth of mobile traffic, the mobile network infrastructure needs to be scaled. Thus there has been significant interest in scalability of mobile core ...
    • Bacillus thuringiensis strain QBT220 pBtoxis plasmid structural instability enhances δ-endotoxins synthesis and bioinsecticidal activity 

      Nair, K.; Nair, Kavita; Al-Thani, Roda; Jaoua, Samir ( Academic Press , 2021 , Article)
      Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) spherical parasporal crystal contains several insecticidal proteins used as environmentally safe alternative to toxic chemical pesticides. The exploration of a Bti strain ...
    • Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome 

      Barrio, Isabel C.; Lindén, Elin; Te Beest, Mariska; Olofsson, Johan; Rocha, Adrian; ... more authors ( Springer Verlag , 2017 , Article)
      Chronic, low intensity herbivory by invertebrates, termed background herbivory, has been understudied in tundra, yet its impacts are likely to increase in a warmer Arctic. The magnitude of these changes is however hard to ...
    • Background-Foreground Modeling Based on Spatiotemporal Sparse Subspace Clustering 

      Javed, Sajid; Mahmood, Arif; Bouwmans, Thierry; Jung, Soon Ki ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      Background estimation and foreground segmentation are important steps in many high-level vision tasks. Many existing methods estimate background as a low-rank component and foreground as a sparse matrix without incorporating ...
    • Backscatter-Enabled Efficient V2X Communication with Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access 

      Khan, Wali Ullah; Jameel, Furqan; Kumar, Neeraj; Jantti, Riku; Guizani, Mohsen ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)
      Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and backscatter communications are considered to be promising technologies for beyond the fifth-generation (5G) due to their applications in large-scale Internet-of-things networks for ...
    • Backyard Urban Agriculture in Qatar: Challenges & Recommendations 

      Patel, Shikha; Karanisa, Theodora; Abdel Khalek, Mona ( Global Waste Cleaning Network , 2021 , Article)
      The last decade witnessed a return to traditional ways of farming that were, for decades, braced by technological advancement. Along with many countries around the world, Qatar manifests an interest in urban farming, ...
    • Bacteremia and septicemia in Qatar 

      Al-Thani, Asma ( Ministry of Defence And Aviation , 1999 , Article)
      Objectives: The aims of the study are to define the pattern of bacteremia and septicemia in Hamad Medical Corporation in relation to the susceptibility of the implicated microbes to various antimicrobial agents. Methods: ...
    • Balanced leadership from an Islamic perspective: Between philosophy and practice 

      Farrag, Dalia Abdelrahman; Sobh, Rana ( De Gruyter , 2023 , Book chapter)
      Research about balanced leadership has received increasing attention among academics and practitioners in an attempt to guide the practice of effective leadership. However, the concept of balanced leadership from an Islamic ...
    • Balanced scorecard in the hospitality and tourism industry: Past, present and future 

      Tahniyath, Fatima; Elbanna, Saïd ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2020 , Article)
      After its introduction in 1992, the balanced scorecard (BSC) has attracted considerable interest from both scholars and practitioners. This is evidenced by the increasing number of publications addressing BSC and the large ...
    • Balancing Digital-By-Default with Inclusion: A Study of the Factors Influencing E-Inclusion in the UK 

      Al-Muwil, Ahlam; Weerakkody, Vishanth; El-haddadeh, Ramzi; Dwivedi, Yogesh ( Springer New York LLC , 2019 , Article)
      Digital inclusion research has been critically important in drawing an understanding of how policies, society, organisations, and information technologies can all come together within a national environment that aspires ...
    • Band allocation for cognitive radios with buffered primary and secondary users 

      El Shafie A.; Sultan A.; Khattab T. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      In this paper, we study band allocation of Ms buffered secondary users (SUs) to Mp orthogonal primary licensed bands, where each primary band is assigned to one primary user (PU). Each SU is assigned to one of the available ...
    • Band gap and dispersion characteristics of structures with viscoelastically damped resonant periodic inserts 

      Alsupie, H.; Sassi, S.; Baz, A. ( Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics, Faculty of Mechanical, TU Wien , 2017 , Conference Paper)
      [No abstract available]
    • Band Gap Characteristics of Nonrotating Passive Periodic Drill String 

      Alsaffar Y.; Sassi S.; Baz A. ( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2018 , Article)
      A new class of drill strings is investigated whereby strategically designed and placed periodic inserts are utilized to filter out the vibration transmission along the drill strings. Such mechanical filtering capabilities ...
    • Band gap characteristics of periodic gyroscopic systems 

      Alsaffar Y.; Sassi S.; Baz A. ( Academic Press , 2018 , Article)
      The stop and pass bands (i.e. the band gaps) characteristics are determined for gyroscopic systems by developing an approach which is compatible with such class of systems which is based on the concept of Bloch wave ...
    • Bandwidth Enhancement and Frequency Scanning Array Antenna Using Novel UWB Filter Integration Technique for OFDM UWB Radar Applications in Wireless Vital Signs Monitoring. 

      Rahman, MuhibUr; NaghshvarianJahromi, Mahdi; Mirjavadi, Seyed Sajad; Hamouda, Abdel Magid ( MDPI , 2018 , Article)
      This paper presents the bandwidth enhancement and frequency scanning for fan beam array antenna utilizing novel technique of band-pass filter integration for wireless vital signs monitoring and vehicle navigation sensors. ...
    • Bangla Sign Language (BdSL) Alphabets and Numerals Classification Using a Deep Learning Model 

      Podder, Kanchon K.; Chowdhury, Muhammad E. H.; Tahir, Anas M.; Mahbub, Zaid B.; Khandakar, Amith; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      A real-time Bangla Sign Language interpreter can enable more than 200 k hearing and speech-impaired people to the mainstream workforce in Bangladesh. Bangla Sign Language (BdSL) recognition and detection is a challenging ...
    • Bank Characteristics and Liquidity Transformation: The Case of GCC Banks 

      Al-Khouri, Ritab ( Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) , 2012 , Article)
      This paper uses a simple measure of liquidity creation to examines empirically the effect of bank capital and other micro and macro-characteristics on liquidity creation. We apply the analysis to data from a sample of ...