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Image Local Features Description through Polynomial Approximation
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
This work introduces a novel local patch descriptor that remains invariant under varying conditions of orientation, viewpoint, scale, and illumination. The proposed descriptor incorporate polynomials of various degrees to ...
Livability and Urban Quality of the Souq Waqif in Doha (State of Qatar)
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Scholars Middle East Publishers
, 2018 , Article)
Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, has undergone rapid economic
growth and urbanization over the past 20 years. In contrast with developed countries,
where sustainable development has been implemented on a ...
Performance assessment of classical and fractional controllers for transient operation of gas turbine engines
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
The nonlinear behaviour of gas turbine engines has motivated the development of advanced controllers for ensuring their safe and reliable operation. In this paper, the problem of controller design for a two-shaft industrial ...
Sensing and monitoring for stadium structures: A review of recent advances and a forward look
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2017 , Article Review)
Stadiums like those used for sporting or concert events are distinct from other civil engineering structures due to several different characteristics. Some challenges mainly originate from the interaction with the human ...
Modeling travel behavior based on household characteristics
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EDP Sciences
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents the relationship between travel behaviour based on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households in the City of Jericho, within the context of trips generation. The significance of this ...
Development of a mobile application for manual traffic counts
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EDP Sciences
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
The use of technology in performing traffic counts has become widely used by many transportation agencies and private sectors. Different technologies have been employed to perform such counts, such as inductive loops, image ...
Industrial effluent treatment with immersed MBRs: Treatability and cost
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IWA Publishing
, 2019 , Article)
A comprehensive OPEX analysis for both municipal and industrial wastewaters has been conducted encompassing energy, critical component (membrane) replacement, chemicals consumption, waste disposal and labour. The analysis ...
The everyday urban environment of migrant labourers in Gulf Cities: the case of the old centre of Doha, Qatar
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Springer
, 2017 , Article)
Preventing the complete social restructuring and the relocation of migrant communities from traditional cores in Gulf cities to newly urbanized areas is a rising urban and social challenge. The Al Asmakh district in the ...
Series-connected multi-half-bridge modules converter for integrating multi-megawatt wind multi-phase permanent magnet synchronous generator with dc grid
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2017 , Article)
In this study, a new transformerless wind energy conversion system to integrate high-power multi-phase permanent magnet wind generators to medium-voltage local grids is presented. The proposed converter topology consists ...
Achievable Rates of Buffer-Aided Full-Duplex Gaussian Relay Channels
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
We derive closed-form expressions for the achievable rates of a buffer-aided full-duplex (FD) multiple-input multiple-output Gaussian relay channel. The FD relay still suffers from residual self-interference (RSI) after ...