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Smart technologies driven approaches to tackle COVID-19 pandemic: a review
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Article Review)The novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is not diminishing without vaccine, but it impinges on human safety and economy can be minimized by adopting smart technology to combat pandemic situation. The implementation of ... -
Smartphone-based Vehicle Telematics for Naturalistic Driving Studies
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference Paper)Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are the eighth leading cause of death worldwide. Globally, there are 1.35 million deaths with 50 million injuries annually. It is important to understand and record how people drive and ... -
Social robots and wearable sensors for mitigating meltdowns in autism - A pilot test
( springer link , 2018 , Conference Paper)Young individuals with ASD may exhibit challenging behaviors. Among these, self-injurious behavior (SIB) is the most devastating for a person’s physical health and inclusion within the community. SIB refers to a class of ... -
Sociorobotics
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Soil-concrete interface properties subjected to temperature changes and cycles using direct shear tests
( American Society of Civil Engineers Library (ASCE Library) , 2017 , Conference Paper)Geothermal foundations (energy piles) combine the structural function of deep foundations with the ground source heat exchangers to transfer geothermal energy to superstructures. The intermittent operation of the geothermal ... -
Solar Energy For More Eco-friendly Mosque In Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)There is mounting evidence that the global warming and, consequently, the climate changes are anthropogenic and attributed to fossil fuel consumption. Therefore, it is mandatory to find alternative solutions that can replace ... -
Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)With the increasing need for cooling and the concerns for pollution due to fossil fuel-based energy use, renewable energy is considered an add-on to cooling technologies. The climatic condition in the Middle East, analyzed ... -
Solidification Of Steel Billets In Continuous Casting
( Qatar University , 1991 , Article)For practical operation, it is necessary to know how the solidification of liquid steel progresses i.e. when and where a strand has completely solidified. Decisions on, the casting speed, the spray water flow rates and ... -
Solution-processed white graphene-reinforced ferroelectric polymer nanocomposites with improved thermal conductivity and dielectric properties for electronic encapsulation
( Springer Netherlands , 2017 , Article)The recent surge in graphene research has stimulated interest in the investigation of various two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, including 2D boron nitride (BN) nanostructures. Among these, hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets ... -
Solving a Bus Routing Problem Arising in Doha
( IEEE Computer Society , 2022 , Conference Paper)The generic variant of the school bus routing problem requires finding a set of routes that cover a predefined set of student pickup locations in order to minimize travel time while satisfying various constraints. In this ... -
Solving a large-scale crew pairing problem
( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Airline companies seek to solve the problem of determining an assignment of crews to a pre-determined flight schedule with minimum total cost, called the Crew Pairing Problem (CPP). Most of the existing studies focus on ... -
Solving a large-scale integrated fleet assignment and crew pairing problem
( Springer New York LLC , 2017 , Article)Airline schedule planning problems are typically decomposed into smaller problems, which are solved in a sequential manner, due to the complexity of the overall problems. This results in suboptimal solutions as well as ... -
Solving the inverse problem of crack identification using fuzzy genetic algorithms
(2010 , Conference Paper)Failure due to low-cycle fatigue initiated cracks in rotating equipment may result in catastrophic scenarios. It is, therefore, important to identify fault parameters, such as crack size and crack location, to avoid such ... -
Spark ignition of a turbulent shear-less fuel-air mixing layer
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)A planar methane-air mixing layer with equal velocity in the two streams has been used to examine the ignition probability and the non-premixed edge flame speed following spark ignition. The mixing layer has approximately ... -
Spatial mapping of cancer tissues by OMICS technologies
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article)Spatial mapping of heterogeneity in gene expression in cancer tissues can improve our understanding of cancers and help in the rapid detection of cancers with high accuracy and reliability. Significant advancements have ... -
Spectral method solutions of a variable aspect ratio duct flow in a uniform transverse magnetic field with two different thermal boundary conditions
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)© 2020 The Author(s) A laminar electrically-conducting flow inside an electrically-insulated rectangular duct in a uniform transverse magnetic field with both uniform surface temperature and uniform heat flux boundary ... -
Spiderweb Honeycombs
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)Small and large deformation in-plane elastic response of a new class of hierarchical fractal-like honeycombs inspired by the topology of the “spiderweb” were investigated through analytical modeling, detailed numerical ... -
Spreading of SARS-CoV-2 via heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems-an overview of energy perspective and potential solutions
( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2021 , Article)The role of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC) in spreading SARSCoV-2 is a complex topic and has not been studied thoroughly. There are some existing strategies and technologies for health and high ... -
Stakeholder's perception of service quality: a case in Qatar
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and report students' perception of service quality in a university by examining the perceptual context of service quality with respect to students' loyalty behavior, ... -
Stakeholders' roles in virtual project environment: A case study
( Elsevier , 2011 , Article)The rising cost of resources within an organization, increasing capability of information technology, the need to conduct project at different places and availability of competent and inexpensive manpower elsewhere have ...