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Optimization models for a single-plant District Cooling System
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)A District Cooling System (DCS) is an interconnected system encompassing a centralized chiller plant, a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) unit, a piping network, and clusters of consumers' buildings. The main function of a DCS ... -
Optimization Models For Multiple Resource Planning
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Multiple resource planning is a very crucial undertaking for most organizations. Apart from reducing operational complexity, multiple resource planning facilitates efficient allocation of resources, which reduces costs by ... -
Optimization models in emergency logistics: A literature review
( Elsevier , 2012 , Article Review)Optimization modeling has become a powerful tool to tackle emergency logistics problems since its first adoption in maritime disaster situations in the 1970s. Using techniques of content analysis, this paper reviews ... -
Optimization of design and operation of solar assisted district cooling systems
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The demand for air conditioning and cooling services is rapidly increasing worldwide. As cooling demand has high coincidence to occur in countries with high solar irradiation, the combination of solar thermal energy and ... -
Optimization of energy pile conductance using finite element and fractional factorial design of experiment
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Book chapter)In Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP), Energy Piles pose as heat exchangers that transfer the heat from the buildings to the shallow ground lower temperature in order to decrease the energy consumption whilst cooling the ... -
Optimization of energy pile conductance using finite element and fractional factorial design of experiment
( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2018 , Conference Paper)In Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP), Energy Piles pose as heat exchangers that transfer the heat from the buildings to the shallow ground lower temperature in order to decrease the energy consumption whilst cooling the ... -
Optimization of physicochemical and dielectric features in the conductive copolymers of aniline and 2-aminophenol
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)The current exploration emphasizes improving the solubility and thermal characteristics of the homopolymers–polyaniline and poly-2-aminophenol via copolymerization technique with simultaneous optimization of conductivity ... -
Optimization of piezoelectric sensor-actuator for plate vibration control using evolutionary computation: Modeling, simulation and experimentation
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)The development of lightweight, stronger, and more flexible structures has received the utmost interest from many researchers. For this reason, piezoelectric materials, with their inherent electromechanical coupling, have ... -
Optimization of reliability and maintenance of liquefaction system on FLNG terminals using Markov modelling
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2014 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to optimize system redundancy and maintenance intervals of a propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant (C3MR) liquefaction process on floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) export platforms. ... -
Optimization of Viscoelastic Metamaterials for Vibration Attenuation Properties
( World Scientific , 2020 , Article)Metamaterials (MMs) are composites that are artificially engineered to have unconventional mechanical properties that stem from their microstructural geometry rather than from their chemical composition. Several studies ... -
Optimization-based very large-scale neighborhood search for generalized assignment problems with location/allocation considerations
( INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences , 2016 , Article)This paper introduces a novel class of generalized assignment problems with location/allocation considerations that arises in several applications including retail shelf space allocation. We consider a set of items where ... -
An optimized CT-dense agent perfusion and micro-CT imaging protocol for chick embryo developmental stages.
( BMC , 2024 , Article)Compared to classical techniques of morphological analysis, micro-CT (μ-CT) has become an effective approach allowing rapid screening of morphological changes. In the present work, we aimed to provide an optimized micro-CT ... -
Optimized intake manifold designs and their effects on the operation and emissions of a gas-to-liquid diesel engine
( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2020 , Conference Paper)Two simultaneous strategies have been used in this work to reduce the diesel engine emissions. First, using novel manifold designs to generate strong turbulence and improve the fuel-air mixing inside the cylinder. The ... -
Optimized statistical parameters of acoustic emission signals for monitoring of rolling element bearings
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2016 , Article)Acoustic emission (AE) signal generated from artificial defects in rolling element bearings are investigated using experimental measurements in this paper. Rolling element bearings are crucial parts of many machines and ... -
Optimizing multi-objective dynamic facility location decisions within green distribution network design
( Elsevier , 2014 , Conference Paper)Despite the surge of sustainable economic development which inspires corporations to optimize investment on environmental-friendly infrastructural facilities, limited pragmatic evidences are observed in product-service ... -
Optimizing national resource usage through the integration of University shuttle service with the public rail: The case study in Qatar University
( IEOM Society , 2018 , Conference Paper)Qatar University is the largest public educational institution in the State of Qatar. The university community has diverse committed faculty who not only teaching but also conducting research studies contributing actively ... -
Optimizing university campus shuttle bus congestion focusing on system effectiveness and reliability: A combined modeling based-routing approach
( IEOM Society , 2021 , Conference Paper)Increased vehicular queuing inside universities has amounted to pressing concerns for staff and students, distorting their time schedules to reach classes and office buildings on time. This paper attempts to alter the ... -
Osteopontin: A Promising Therapeutic Target in Cardiac Fibrosis
( NLM (Medline) , 2019 , Article)Osteopontin (OPN) is recognized for its significant roles in both physiological and pathological processes. Initially, OPN was recognized as a cytokine with pro-inflammatory actions. More recently, OPN has emerged as a ... -
Oxygen generating polymeric nano fibers that stimulate angiogenesis and show efficient wound healing in a diabetic wound model
( Dove Medical Press Ltd. , 2020 , Article)Introduction: Diabetic wounds are challenging to treat due to a wide range of pathophysiological changes. Hypoxia is one of the predominant contributing factors of poor vascularization and chronicity in diabetic wounds. ... -
p53 signaling in cancer progression and therapy
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2021 , Article)The p53 protein is a transcription factor known as the "guardian of the genome" because of its critical function in preserving genomic integrity. The TP53 gene is mutated in approximately half of all human malignancies, ...