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Prevalence of general and abdominal obesity among adolescents attending independent schools in Qatar
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity among adolescents attending independent schools in Qatar.
Design/methodology/approaches: A school-based cross-sectional ...
Two-stage complete allocation sampling
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
An adaptive sample involves modifying the sampling design on the basis of information obtained during the survey while remaining in the probability sampling framework. Complete allocation sampling is an efficient and easily ...
A new forecasting scheme for evaluating long-term prediction performances in supply chain management
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
Supply chain management (SCM) practitioners in inventory sites are often required to predict the future sales of products in order to meet customer demands and reduce inventory costs simultaneously. Although a variety of ...
Energy-aware rate and description allocation optimized video streaming for mobile D2D communications
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
The proliferation problem of video streaming applications and mobile devices has prompted wireless network operators to put more efforts into improving quality of experience (QoE) while saving resources that are needed for ...
Evolution-algorithm-based unmanned aerial vehicles path planning in complex environment
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
With the wide application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in production and life, more and more attention has been paid to the autonomous track planning of UAVs. When UAV path planning algorithm is dealing with flying ...
Energy Harvesting Schemes for UAV based Communications
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents two generic charging and transmission schemes to find the trade-off between the altitude of an Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base station and the acquired harvested energy for maximum coverage area. The ...
Algeria
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Springer International Publishing
, 2018 , Book chapter)
[No abstract available]
Towards a Practical Crowdsensing System for Road Surface Conditions Monitoring
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
The Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure, systems, and applications demonstrate potential in serving smart city development. Crowdsensing approaches for road surface conditions monitoring can benefit smart city road ...
Photoinduced electron transfer interaction of anthraquinones with aniline quenchers: Influence of methyl substitution in aniline donors
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Photoinduced electron transfer between triplet state of 9,10-anthraquinone (AQ) and its two derivatives: 2-chloro-9,10-anthraquinone (CAQ) and sodium anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQS) and ground state ...
A process design approach to manage the uncertainty of industrial flaring during abnormal operations
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Flare management challenges are related to the flaring uncertainty during abnormal situations. In this work, a multi-objective optimization framework is upgraded with multi-period optimization and Monte Carlo simulation ...