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Towards an Environmental Economics of Islam
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Zayed University
, 2015 , Article)
In Islam, ecology and economics are two systems that are part of
the divine cosmic order. The role of humans is purely to discover,
and use, these systems for the betterment of life in all its forms. This
article examines ...
Pharmaceutical pricing policies in Qatar
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Springer International Publishing
, 2015 , Book chapter)
Qatar is the world’s highest per capita income non-OECD country. The country has established the National Health Strategy 2011–2016 (NHS), which is aligned with the Qatar National Vision 2030 that will advance Qatar’s ...
Energy in smart grid: Strategies and technologies for efficiency enhancement
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Incorporating advanced software and hardware technologies, to create a two way electricity and information flow, is forming the concept of the smart grid (SG). In an SG the energy delivery and control not only autonomous ...
Optimum power and rate allocation in cluster based video sensor networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
In a wireless video sensor network (WVSN), each video sensor node consumes a significant amount of power on video compression in addition to the required power for communication. Therefore, the power optimization is a more ...
A kernelized sparsity-based approach for best spectral bands selection for face recognition
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Springer Verlag
, 2015 , Article)
We study face recognition in unconstrained illumination conditions. A twofold contribution is proposed: First, the robustness of four state-of-the-art algorithms, namely Multi-block Local Binary Pattern (MBLBP), Histogram ...
Teaching "design-for-corrosion" to engineering undergraduates: A case study of novel Ni-B coatings for high wear and corrosive applications
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IGI Global
, 2015 , Book chapter)
This chapter briefly describes the challenges and developments in the field of corrosion focusing on the subject of materials science. A brief introduction was provided on corrosion damage and the importance of its prevention. ...
The electrolytic treatment of synthetic urine using DSA electrodes
(
Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
In this work, the electrochemical treatment of synthetic urine by anodic oxidation using dimensionally stable anode (DSA) was studied. The influence of current density and temperature on the kinetics and efficiency of ...
An IV-SVM-based approach for identification of state-space LPV models under generic noise conditions
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents a nonparametric identification method for state-space linear parameter-varying (LPV) models using a modified support vector machine (SVM) approach. While most LPV identification schemes in the state-space ...
ACPN: A novel authentication framework with conditional privacy-preservation and non-repudiation for VANETs
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2015 , Article)
In Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs), authentication is a crucial security service for both inter-vehicle and vehicle-roadside communications. On the other hand, vehicles have to be protected from the misuse of their ...
Mobile application security: Malware threats and defenses
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
Due to the quantum leap in functionality, the rate of upgrading traditional mobile phones to smartphones is tremendous. One of the most attractive features of smartphones is the availability of a large number of apps for ...