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An efficient inverse short-time Fourier transform algorithm for improved signal reconstruction by time-frequency synthesis: Optimality and computational issues
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper presents an improved signal reconstruction method based on a new inverse short-time Fourier transform (ISTFT) estimator. The main challenge addressed in this study is to design a more computationally efficient ...
Bioelectricity generation from treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater with simultaneous seawater desalination in microbial desalination cells
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Petroleum refinery wastewater (PRW) contains a high concentration of pollutants and may pose serious environmental risks. Conventional treatment methods of PRW are energy intensive, and thus there is an urgent need to ...
Integrated sensing technologies for detection and location of leaks in water distribution networks
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IWA Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
Water distribution networks (WDNs) are infrastructure systems that have high socioeconomic values, for which efficient operation and management are required to ensure minimal amounts of waste which can be represented in ...
Asymmetric volatility and conditional expected returns: Evidence from emerging market sectors
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose: The risk-return relationship is one of the most widely investigated topics in finance, yet this relationship remains one of the most controversial topics. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the asymmetric ...
Variable Selection-based Multivariate Cumulative Sum Control Chart
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
High-dimensional applications pose a significant challenge to the capability of conventional statistical process control techniques in detecting abnormal changes in process parameters. These techniques fail to recognize ...
Effect of crushable blockouts on a full-scale guardrail system
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Since the performance of the guardrail system depends in part on the compatibility of vehicle-to-roadside hardware, it is important to improve the interaction of the vehicle with the guardrail system by adding more compliance ...
Dynamic risk spillovers between gold, oil prices and conventional, sustainability and Islamic equity aggregates and sectors with portfolio implications
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper investigates the time-varying equicorrelations and risk spillovers between crude oil, gold and the Dow Jones conventional, sustainability and Islamic stock index aggregates and 10 associated disaggregated Islamic ...
An empirical evidence on audit selection and audit rotation: The case of Qatari listed companies
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2017 , Article)
The primary objective of this research is to examine the current state of audit selection and rotation practised by Qatari listed firms. A questionnaire survey has been used. A number of findings have emerged from the ...
PRMT5-PTEN molecular pathway regulates senescence and self-renewal of primary glioblastoma neurosphere cells
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2017 , Article)
Glioblastoma (GBM) represents the most common and aggressive histologic subtype among malignant astrocytoma and is associated with poor outcomes because of heterogeneous tumour cell population including mature non-stem-like ...
Random number of units for K-out-of-n systems
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper takes up the reliability and preventive replacement problems for a K-out-of-n system, where K is a stochastic parameter provided. Firstly, we consider the case when K is predefined as constant numbers as is done ...