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Burden of diabetes mellitus attributable to demographic levels in Qatar: An emerging public health problem
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
Diabetes is one of the main contributors to ill health and premature mortality worldwide and its prevalence has been rising during the last decades. Aim The aim of the present study was to quantify the burden of disease ...
A general multicompartment lung mechanics model with nonlinear resistance and compliance respiratory parameters
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IEEE
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, we develop a nonlinear multicompartment lung mechanics model that accounts for nonlinearities in both the airway resistances and the lung compliances. Many models assume that the airway resistances for a ...
Structure of alkylcarbonate + n-alkane mixed fluids
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American Chemical Society
, 2014 , Article)
The properties of dialkylcarbonate + n-alkane mixed fluids were studied both from macroscopic and from microscopic viewpoints using thermophysical measurements combined with classic molecular dynamics simulations and DFT ...
Production of Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies Against the Bacillus thuringiensis Vegetative Insecticidal Protein Vip3Aa16
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Springer International Publishing AG
, 2014 , Article)
The aim of this study is to establish a quantitative determination of the vegetative insecticidal protein Vip3A from the culture supernatant of Bacillus thuringiensis either by ELISA or by the conventional quantification ...
Design and numerical study of the integration of omnidirectional shroud with vertical axis wind turbine
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
The integration of a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with the novel omni-directional shroud is proposed. It consists of the upper wall, lower wall and an array of 5 guide-vanes. Wind from all directions is collected ...
Insights from quantum chemistry into piperazine-based ionic liquids and their behavior with regard to CO2
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Springer Verlag
, 2014 , Article)
The short-range properties of alkylpiperazine ionic liquids paired with propionate and lactate anions were analyzed and their affinity for CO 2 molecules studied using density functional theory. Anion-cation interactions ...
The current assessment of foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North African region
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2014 , Article)
This research aims to assess the growth and the current status of foreign direct investment (FDI) in a sample of 16 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1984-2011. Our goal is to give some insight ...
Comfort-based fuzzy control optimization for energy conservation in HVAC systems
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
The work presented herein illustrates the use of computational intelligence and optimization approaches for improving the fuzzy controller's performance in architectural heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system ...
Hybrid underlay/overlay cognitive radio system with hierarchical modulation in the presence of channel estimation error
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IEEE
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, we study the performance of hybrid cognitive radio (CR) system in the presence of channel estimation error (CER) in terms of bit-error-probability (BEP) and outage probability. We assume simultaneous switching ...
Open and closed-loop motor control system with incipient broken rotor bar fault detection using current signature
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IEEE
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Motor drive system is considered the most important asset in industrial applications. Detection of broken rotor bars has long been important but difficult job in detection area of incipient motor faults. The need for highly ...