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From Sojourners to Settlers: A Qualitative Study of the Homes of Italian Migrants in Brisbane (Australia)
( Juniper Publishing Group , 2017 , Article)This research study focuses on the architecture of the domestic dwellings built by a group of twenty first-generation migrants, natives of the Veneto region in Italy. This group migrated to Australia after WWII and built ... -
From spheres to ellipsoids: Speeding up considerably the morphological modeling of pore space and water retention in soils
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)In recent years, technological advances have stimulated researchers to try to unravel the extremely complex microscale processes that control the activity of microorganisms in soils. In particular, significant work has ... -
From sustainability assessment to sustainability management for policy development: The case for electric vehicles
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)In this research, a hybrid life cycle sustainability assessment and multi-objective decision making are jointly applied to highlight how sustainability assessment results can be used for sustainable management and further ... -
From Waste to Watts: Updates on Key Applications of Microbial Fuel Cells in Wastewater Treatment and Energy Production
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Due to fossil fuel depletion and the rapid growth of industry, it is critical to develop environmentally friendly and long-term alternative energy technologies. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a powerful platform for ... -
From Zirconium Nanograins to Zirconia Nanoneedles
( Nature Publishing Group , 2016 , Article)Combinations of three simple techniques were utilized to gradually form zirconia nanoneedles from zirconium nanograins. First, a physical vapor deposition magnetron sputtering technique was used to deposit pure zirconium ... -
A Frontier Based Eco-Efficiency Assessment of Electric Vehicles: The Case of European Union Countries Using Mixed and Renewable Sources of Energy
( IEOM Society , 2021 , Conference Paper)Electric vehicles (EVs) are seen as a promising solution for creating more efficient and sustainable transportation systems. European Union (EU) members show a strong interest in implementing EVs, and the governments support ... -
Frosting mechanism and behaviors on surfaces with simple geometries: A state-of-the-art literature review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)Frosting causes negative impacts in many technical and engineering fields, such as refrigeration, air source heat pump, aircraft, wind power generation, and power grids. To alleviate the negative impacts of frosting, studies ... -
Frosting mechanism and behaviors on surfaces with simple geometries: A state-of-the-art literature review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Frosting causes negative impacts in many technical and engineering fields, such as refrigeration, air source heat pump, aircraft, wind power generation, and power grids. To alleviate the negative impacts of frosting, studies ... -
FRP/stirrups interaction of shear-strengthened beams
( Kluwer Academic Publishers , 2017 , Article)This work includes experimental testing and finite element analysis of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) shear-strengthened reinforced concrete (RC) beams. The strengthening techniques used for the beam strengthening are ... -
FSC-Set: Counting, Localization of Football Supporters Crowd in the Stadiums
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Article)Counting the number of people in a crowd has gained attention in the last decade. Due to its benefit to many applications such as crowd behavior analysis, crowd management, and video surveillance systems, etc. Counting ... -
Fuel consumption at signalized intersections: Investigating the impact of different signal indication settings
( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)The fuel consumption of vehicles depends on various factors including vehicle design, driving style, traffic management, and road design. Many manufacturers have been developing efficient and smart vehicles, which contributes ... -
Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Relaying under I/Q Imbalance
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Article)A major performance limiter in amplify-and-forward (AF) full-duplex (FD) relaying is the high level of residual self-interference (SI) due to the imperfect estimation of the effective self-interfering channel. One primary ... -
Full-Duplex Jamming and Interception Analysis of UAV-Based Intrusion Links
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Article)This letter addresses the evaluation of the performance of a full-duplex (FD) jammer and intercepting node, where the FD node attempts to disrupt the communication link of an intruding unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The ... -
Full-Duplex Quadrature Spatial Modulation for Multi-Antenna Systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)Devices with full-duplex (FD) radios are able to transmit and receive at the same time without requiring orthogonal resources, thereby creating strong self-interference (SI) that results from their own transmissions. Spatial ... -
Full-duplex relay selection in cognitive underlay networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Article)We analyze the outage and throughput performance of full-duplex relay selection (FDRS) in underlay cognitive networks. Contrary to half-duplex relaying, full-duplex relaying (FDR) enables simultaneous listening/forwarding ... -
Full-Scale Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant Simulator
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Conference Paper)Reverse Osmosis (RO) is an evolving membrane-based technology for water desalination that started to gain increased popularity in the light of the increased global water demand due its high efficiency and low carbon ... -
Full-Scale Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant Simulator
( Elsevier , 2020 , Conference Paper)Reverse Osmosis (RO) is an evolving membrane-based technology for water desalination that started to gain increased popularity in the light of the increased global water demand due its high efficiency and low carbon ... -
Fully automated 2D and 3D convolutional neural networks pipeline for video segmentation and myocardial infarction detection in echocardiography
( Springer , 2022 , Article)Myocardial infarction (MI) is a life-threatening disorder that occurs due to a prolonged limitation of blood supply to the heart muscles, and which requires an immediate diagnosis to prevent death. To detect MI, cardiologists ... -
Fully Softened and Residual Shear Strengths of Midra Shale
( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a comparison of the fully softened shear strengths measured using the triaxial and torsional ring shear devices for a shale that possesses noticeably high plasticity and induration. The residual shear ... -
Fumed SiO2 nanoparticle reinforced biopolymer blend nanocomposites with high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss for flexible organic electronics
( John Wiley and Sons Inc. , 2017 , Article)In the present study, fumed silica (SiO2) nanoparticle reinforced poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) blend nanocomposite films were prepared via a simple solution‐blending technique. Fourier transform ...