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Role of metal oxide nanofibers in water purification
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Book chapter)
Water treatment through nanomaterials and nanocomposites is a booming research area, since water resources are of prime importance for human sustainability. Having high permeability, optimum pore size, and specific surface ...
SDN Controllers: A Comprehensive Analysis and Performance Evaluation Study
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2021 , Book Review)
Software-defined networks offer flexible and intelligent network operations by splitting a traditional network into a centralized control plane and a programmable data plane. The controller in the control plane is the ...
Novel Ternary Adder and Multiplier Designs without Using Decoders or Encoders
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Article)
Multiple-Valued Logic systems present significant improvements in terms of energy consumption over binary logic systems. This paper proposes new ternary combinational digital circuits that reduce energy consumption in ...
Enhanced power extraction from thermoelectric generators considering non-uniform heat distribution
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
In this paper, a technique to enhance the performances of the thermoelectric generator under non-uniform heat distribution is developed. A large area of heat source is needed when the thermoelectric generator is used for ...
Effects of titanium and carbon nanotubes on nano/micromechanical properties of HA/TNT/CNT nanocomposites
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
In this study, hydroxyapatite/titanium nanotube/carbon nanotube (HA/TNT/CNT) nanocomposites with different CNT contents were fabricated using a combination of hydrothermal and sol–gel methods. The nanocomposite powders ...
Predictive Autoscaling of Microservices Hosted in Fog Microdata Center
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Article)
Fog computing provides microdata center (MDC) facilities closer to the users and applications, which help to overcome the application latency and response time concerns. However, guaranteeing specific service-level objectives ...
Script concordance tests: A call for action in dental education
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2021 , Article)
The Script Concordance Test (SCT) is an educational tool that aims to assess the ability to interpret medical information under conditions of uncertainty. It is widely used and validated in health education, but almost ...
Reinforcement Learning Power Control Algorithm Based on Graph Signal Processing for Ultra-Dense Mobile Networks
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2021 , Article)
Ultra-dense mobile networks (UDMNs) represent a promising technology for improving the network performance and providing the ubiquitous network accessibility in the beyond 5 G (B5G) mobile networks. Heterogenous densely ...
Board gender diversity, governance and Egyptian listed firms' performance
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Emerald
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: The study aimed to examine the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on the performance of Egyptian firms listed in the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) between 2014 and 2016. Design/methodology/approach: We ...
CFD analysis of turbulent flow of power-law fluid in a partially blocked eccentric annulus
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article)
This study focuses on analyzing the turbulent flow of drilling fluid in inclined wells using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique. The analysis is performed considering an annulus with a fixed eccentricity of ...