Browsing Faculty Contributions by Publisher "Academic Press"
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1D convolutional neural networks and applications: A survey
( Academic Press , 2021 , Article)During the last decade, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have become the de facto standard for various Computer Vision and Machine Learning operations. CNNs are feed-forward Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) with ... -
A review of vibration-based damage detection in civil structures: From traditional methods to Machine Learning and Deep Learning applications
( Academic Press , 2021 , Article Review)Monitoring structural damage is extremely important for sustaining and preserving the service life of civil structures. While successful monitoring provides resolute and staunch information on the health, serviceability, ... -
A semi-analytical beam model for the vibration of railway tracks
( Academic Press , 2017 , Article)The high frequency dynamic behaviour of railway tracks, in both vertical and lateral directions, strongly affects the generation of rolling noise as well as other phenomena such as rail corrugation. An improved semi-analytical ... -
A survey on service function chaining
( Academic Press , 2016 , Article)Cloud computing is gaining significant attention and virtualized datacenters are becoming popular as a cost-effective infrastructure. The network services are transitioning from a host-centric to a data-centric model moving ... -
Active vibration control of flexible cantilever plates using piezoelectric materials and artificial neural networks
( Academic Press , 2016 , Article)The study presented in this paper introduces a new intelligent methodology to mitigate the vibration response of flexible cantilever plates. The use of the piezoelectric sensor/actuator pairs for active control of plates ... -
Adsorptive batch and biological treatments of produced water: Recent progresses, challenges, and potentials
( Academic Press , 2021 , Article)Produced water is responsible for the largest contribution in terms of waste stream volume associated with the production of oil and gas. Characterization of produced water is very crucial for the determination of its main ... -
Advances in nasal drug delivery systems
( Academic Press , 2020 , Book chapter)Nasal drug delivery has been around for centuries and employed both leisure and recreations and also for the treatment of various conditions such as migraine, decongestion, sinusitis, rhinitis, and in emergency. The route ... -
An overview of brine management: Emerging desalination technologies, life cycle assessment, and metal recovery methodologies
( Academic Press , 2021 , Article)This study examines which management methods are the most recent and advanced in managing rejected brine generated from desalination plants. It also provides up-to-date information regarding the most adequate technologies ... -
An overview on trace CO2 removal by advanced physisorbent materials
( Academic Press , 2020 , Article)This review paper focuses on various gas processing technologies and materials that efficiently capture trace levels of carbon dioxide (CO2). Fundamental separation mechanisms such as absorption, adsorption, and distillation ... -
Application of MALDI-TOF MS for identification of environmental bacteria: A review
( Academic Press , 2022 , Article)Bacteria play a variety of roles in the environment. They maintain the balance in the ecosystem and provide different ecosystem services such as in biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, biodegradation of toxic pollutants, ... -
Assessment and modeling of microalgae growth considering the effects OF CO2, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon and solar irradiation
( Academic Press , 2019 , Article)The present study assesses and models the growth of microalgae during the combined processes of concurrent eliminations of CO2 from off-gas and nutrients from wastewater. The growth of single (Spirulina platensis, SP.PL) ... -
Bacillus thuringiensis strain QBT220 pBtoxis plasmid structural instability enhances δ-endotoxins synthesis and bioinsecticidal activity
( 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 ... -
Band gap characteristics of periodic gyroscopic systems
( 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 ... -
Biophysical model of coral population connectivity in the Arabian/Persian Gulf
( Academic Press , 2020 , Book chapter)The coral reef ecosystems of the Arabian/Persian Gulf (the Gulf) are facing profound pressure from climate change (extreme temperatures) and anthropogenic (land-use and population-related) stressors. Increasing degradation ... -
Carbon nanotubes drug delivery system for cancer treatment
( Academic Press , 2020 , Book chapter)There has been a predominant interest in using nanotechnology for drug delivery applications, especially for cite-specific targeting. Recently, interest in the potential of carbon nanotubes (CNT) to deliver bio-molecules ... -
Caught basking in the winter sun: Preliminary data on winter thermoregulation in the Ethiopian hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus, in Qatar
( Academic Press , 2016 , Article)Biologists focus on thermoregulation of desert mammals in terms of how they minimize heat gain, and put less effort on how they maximize heat gain during the cooler months. Heat gain may contribute to significant energy ... -
Characterization of cochleate nanoparticles for delivery of the anti-asthma drug beclomethasone dipropionate
( Academic Press , 2020 , Book chapter)Cochleates are an exciting new class of nanocarriers derived from multilamellar liposomes. They have a “cigerette like” structures in which the phospholipid bilayers are joined together by calcium ion bridges making them ... -
Co-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbon based gas sensor for sensitive detection of H2S: DFT study
( Academic Press , 2021 , Article)In this work, we present a highly sensitive gas sensor for the detection of poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S) based on copper and zinc co-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbon (Cu/Zn-ZGNR). The electronic properties as well ... -
CO<inf>2</inf> solubility in aqueous potassium lysinate solutions at absorber conditions
( Academic Press , 2017 , Article)In this work, CO2 solubility in aqueous potassium lysinate solutions has been measured for the concentrations of (1.25–3.28) mol·kg−1 and at temperatures of (313–343) K. The vapour-liquid equilibrium data were correlated ... -
Collaborative hierarchical caching and transcoding in edge network with CE-D2D communication
( Academic Press , 2020 , Article)To support multimedia applications, Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) servers offer storage and computing capacities to handle videos close to end-users. However, the high load in peak hours consumes the limited available bandwidth ...
