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Design and Implementation of Cadastral Geo-spatial IoT Network Gateway Analyzer for Urban Scale Infrastructure Health Monitoring
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Urban and global scale health monitoring systems have gained significance in digital ecosystems. Every stakeholder is striving for efficiency through performance analysis of digital infrastructure health monitoring (IHM) ...
Energy Efficient Real time Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring System
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Outdoor air quality monitoring (OAQM) is of great importance to human health and environment. Engineers and researchers are increasingly focusing their efforts on the design of real-time OAQM systems using wireless sensor ...
Influence of Sinusoidal Drive Speed Modulation on Rotor with Continuous Stator Contact
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Torsional vibrations experienced by drill strings can be detrimental to drilling operations. With a goal of understanding torsional vibrations experienced by drill strings and determining means to attenuate undesired ...
Calibration & Temperature Controlled Setup for Air Quality Sensors
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Indoor air pollution is a major issue affecting public health. Due to hot climate, humidity and lack of natural green spaces, life is mostly confined indoors in many countries of the MENA region. Vulnerable population, ...
High Selenium Intake is Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction: Critical Role for Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Selenium is associated with insulin resistance and may therefore affect endothelial function, increasing type II diabetes risk and associated cardiovascular-disease risk. However the underpinning molecular mechanisms ...
Effects of Drill Mud and Drive Torque Sinusoidal Excitation on Drillstrings Lateral and Torsional StickSlip Vibrations
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Oil and gas drilling companies spend around 20$ billion annually from which 15% is attributed to material and productive time losses. The most prevalent drilling problems are caused by the Bottom-Hole-Assembly failure which ...
Evaluation of Antidiabetic and Antihypertensive Potential of Some Traditional Desert Food Plants of Qatar Using in Vitro Assays
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Numerous studies have shown that food plants, the source of basic nutritional components may also possess an additional bioactive therapeutic properties associated with the prevention of diseases such as type 2 diabetes ...
Occupant's thermal comfort in Qatari offices - Need for the new adaptive standard
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Qatar's per capita energy consumption is one of the highest in the world, consuming 30.184 TWh as of 2012. Buildings contribute significantly (80%) to this, with air-conditioning taking a lion's share. Qatar does not have ...
Environment Degradation and Economic Growth in the Qatar Economy: Evidence from a Markov Switching Equilibrium Correction Model
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Air pollution, global greenhouse gases (GHG), water pollution and water resources degradation are among the most serious environmental concerns that encounter the Qatar country. In nowadays, it is commonly known that the ...
The common ground for sustainable urbanism in the case of Doha
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Doha, like most of the Gulf States' cities, has evolved dramatically to the global city model due to the oil economy, thereby experiencing a massive urban evolution and creating mega urban development projects that are ...