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Group Gap Acceptance: A New Method to Analyze Driver Behavior and Estimate the Critical Gap at Multilane Roundabouts
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Hindawi Limited
, 2018 , Article)
The operations of multilane roundabouts, especially three-lane roundabouts, are unique and more complicated than any other type of roundabouts. This study aims to analyze driver behavior and estimate the critical gap at ...
Livability and Urban Quality of the Souq Waqif in Doha (State of Qatar)
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Scholars Middle East Publishers
, 2018 , Article)
Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, has undergone rapid economic
growth and urbanization over the past 20 years. In contrast with developed countries,
where sustainable development has been implemented on a ...
Performance assessment of classical and fractional controllers for transient operation of gas turbine engines
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
The nonlinear behaviour of gas turbine engines has motivated the development of advanced controllers for ensuring their safe and reliable operation. In this paper, the problem of controller design for a two-shaft industrial ...
Performance evaluation of five commercial assays in assessing seroprevalence of HEV antibodies among blood donors
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Microbiology Society
, 2018 , Article)
Although hepatitis E virus (HEV) is mainly transmitted via the faecal-oral route, the rate of HEV transmission via blood donation is on the rise. However, the seroprevalence of HEV among blood donors is not well established ...
Symmetric encryption relying on chaotic henon system for secure hardware-friendly wireless communication of implantable medical systems
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MDPI AG
, 2018 , Article)
Healthcare remote devices are recognized as a promising technology for treating health related issues. Among them are the wireless Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs): These electronic devices are manufactured to treat, ...
Perception of community pharmacy personnel towards patient counseling and continuing pharmacy education programs in Aden, Yemen
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Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
, 2018 , Article)
© 2018, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. All rights reserved. Introduction: Patient counseling is a major component of pharmaceutical care, especially in community pharmacy settings. However, most community ...
The replacement of five consecutive amino acids in the cyt1a protein of bacillus thuringiensis enhances its cytotoxic activity against lung epithelial cancer cells
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MDPI AG
, 2018 , Article)
Cyt1A protein is a cytolytic protein encoded by the cyt gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) as part of the parasporal crystal proteins produced during the sporulation. Cyt1A protein is unique compared ...
A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Neighbourhoods in Al Wakra, State Of Qatar
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Scholars Middle East Publishers
, 2018 , Article)
In the past two decades, sustainability has been a significant concern when
planning cities. As a consequence of development occurring in cities, its essence to
people is discounted. An example of this is Doha, Qatar’s ...
Bidirectional Parallel Capacitive Data Links: Modeling and Experimental Results
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
We present, in this paper, a bidirectional capacitive data link. Enhancement of the spatial pulse position modulation used on the downlink is introduced, and a load-shift keying modulation is implemented for the uplink. ...
Sustainable Neighborhoods: West Bay, Business District of Doha (State of Qatar)
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Scholars Middle East Publishers
, 2018 , Article)
Over the past two decades in Qatar, designers and planners focused on design
merits of high-rise buildings and the impact on the skyline and the city image,
discarding the integration of the buildings with the ground ...