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A combined computational and experimental study of high pressure and supercritical CO2 adsorption on Basolite MOFs
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2013 , Article)
Metal organic frameworks (such as commercial Basolite®) display significant promise for CO2 capture and storage. Here, in order to monitor CO2 capture of Basolite®, we combined high pressure CO2 adsorption with high-pressure ...
Industrial case studies in the petrochemical and gas industry in Qatar for the utilization of industrial waste heat for the production of fresh water by membrane desalination
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Taylor and Francis Inc.
, 2013 , Article)
An investigation into the potential of using industrial low-grade waste heat in desalination using membrane distillation (MD) has been carried out. This investigation highlighted the need to work on fresh water production ...
In situ XAS and FTIR studies of a multi-component Ni/Fe/Cu catalyst for hydrogen production from ethanol
(2013 , Article)
Multicomponent catalysts containing Ni, Fe, Cu active for ethanol reforming reactions, prepared by solution combustion synthesis are characterized by multiple techniques such as ex situ XRD, XPS, and in situ XAFS and FTIR. ...
A fuzzy logic based irrigation system enhanced with wireless data logging applied to the state of Qatar
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2013 , Article)
In arid regions, developing environment and crop-specific irrigation scheduling that reduces water lost via evapotranspiration is a key to a sustainable and better managed irrigation. This paper presents a practical solution ...
Integration of temperature and dust effects in siting large PV power plant in hot arid area
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
Recently, solar PV technologies witnessed a commercial vigor due to their tremendously decreasing prices. However, these technologies are vulnerable to dust and temperature which can significantly degrade their efficiency. ...
Impact of channel estimation error on bidirectional MABC-AF relaying with asymmetric traffic requirements
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2013 , Article)
Channel estimation error results in severe performance deterioration in wireless networks. In this paper, we study the impact of imperfect channel estimation (ICE) on the outage performance of bidirectional relaying where ...
Determination of the main factors contributing to increases in medicine expenditures for the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
To assess the main factors that contributed to the increase in medicine expenditure of the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan in the period 2006–2010. A time-series decomposition analysis was adopted for pharmaceutical ...
Factors affecting patients' compliance to anti-tuberculosis treatment in Yemen
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
Objectives
To identify the risk factors associated with patient non-compliance to anti-tuberculosis treatment among Yemini tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Methods
A prospective nested case-control study was conducted. ...
Corrosion of inhibitor treated mild steel immersed in distilled water and a simulated salt solution
(2013 , Article)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the performances of three inhibitors in controlling corrosion of local mild steel products in distilled water and a simulated salt solution. Corrosion inhibition of mild steel ...
Effect of filler size on thermophysical and electrical behavior of nanocomposites based on expanded graphite nanoparticles filled in low-density polyethylene matrix
(2013 , Article)
Various aspects of electrical and thermophysical properties of nanocomposites based on low-density polyethylene matrix filled with nanostructuralized expanded graphite (EG) and standard, microsized graphite are presented ...