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An empirical determination of the whole-life cost of FO-based open-loop wastewater reclamation technologies
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Over the past 5–10 years it has become apparent that the significant energy benefit provided by forward osmosis (FO) for desalination arises only when direct recovery of the permeate product from the solution used to ...
Viral-Induced Enhanced Disease Illness
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Frontiers Media
, 2018 , Article)
Understanding immune responses to viral infections is crucial to progress in the quest for effective infection prevention and control. The host immunity involves various mechanisms to combat viral infections. Under certain ...
Exploring Local Governance and E-Services in Qatar
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IGI Global
, 2019 , Article)
Properly implemented, e-government enables improved government efficiency and greater engagement with citizens. The State of Qatar has implemented many e-government initiatives but little has been done to investigate their ...
The impact of government policies on FDI decision of multinational corporations: an application to the Vietnamese service industry
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Inder science Enterprises Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
There has been an upsurge in competition amongst Asian countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) resulting in higher government incentives given by the host countries. Whereas most of the empirical studies ...
Conceptual Process for Designing High- Technology Products: Case Study of a Litter-Collecting Robot
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IGI Global
, 2019 , Book chapter)
In this chapter, a systematic and practical design process and methodology is presented and applied to design a new high- technology product: a litter-collecting robot. Although considerable theoretical and practical models ...
Evaluation of an activated carbon packed bed for the adsorption of phenols from petroleum refinery wastewater
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Springer Verlag
, 2017 , Article)
The performance of an adsorption column packed with granular activated carbon was evaluated for the removal of phenols from refinery wastewater. The effects of phenol feed concentration (80–182 mg/l), feed flow rate (5–20 ...
Special issue (GPS, 2016): The Fifth International Gas Processing Symposium (Qatar)
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Special Issue: The 5th International Gas Processing Symposium, Qatar
Improvement of PVA gel properties for cell immobilization
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Avestia Publishing
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
This study investigates the characterization and the ability of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel to be used in the area of wastewater treatment as biomass immobilization matrix. The PVA matrix was prepared through the ...
Carbon Capture
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2018 , Book chapter)
CO2 is one of the main greenhouse gases that causes global warming, leading to a global detrimental impact on the environment, economy, and society as a whole. Carbon capture is regarded as an important and effective ...
CO2 Capture via Nanofluids
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CRC Press
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Carbon dioxide (CO2), as one of the major greenhouse gas emissions, has attracted much attention in the world. Magnetite Fe3O4 nanoparticles have a tendency to aggregate in solution to reduce their surface energy due to ...