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Recycling of Local Qatar’s Steel Slag and Gravel Deposits in Road Construction
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OMICS International
, 2014 , Article)
Every year, the State of Qatar generates about 400,000 tons of steel slag and another 500,000 tons of gravel as a result of steel manufacturing and washing sand, respectively. The two materials (by-products) are not fully ...
A Hands-Free Interface for Controlling Virtual Electric-Powered Wheelchairs
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SAGE publications
, 2016 , Article)
This paper focuses on how to provide mobility to people with motor impairments with the integration of robotics and wearable computing systems. The burden of learning to control powered mobility devices should not fall ...
Network Coding versus Replication Based Resilient Techniques to Mitigate Insider Attacks for Smart Metering
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SAGE publications
, 2015 , Article)
The main focus of this paper is the resilience of communication protocols for data gathering in distributed, large scale, and dense networks. In our previous work, we have proposed the resilient methods based on random ...
The Effect of Aluminium Dross on Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Concrete
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OMICS International
, 2014 , Article)
It is the objective of this project is to investigate the mechanical and chemical behaviour of new concrete type obtained by adding aluminium dross which is an impure aluminium mixture that results from metals melting and ...
Dubai: An Urbanism Shaped for Global Tourism
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OMICS International
, 2015 , Article)
The urban transformation experience of Dubai presents an interesting model of dealing with globalization and benefiting from its flows of people, capital, and transformation. Although that city does not have rich urban ...
Built Form and Cultural Meanings of the Homes of Veneto Post WWII Italian Migrants in Australia
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Scholars Middle East Publishers
, 2017 , Article)
This study investigates the domestic dwellings built in Brisbane by twenty first-generation migrants, natives of the Veneto region in Italy, who migrated to Australia in the post WWII period and built their houses in the ...
Light rail transit and land use in Qatar: An integrated planning strategy for Al-Qassar's TOD
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ArchNet
, 2016 , Article)
The State of Qatar is presently facing the development of major transport infrastructure, to be finalized (A) by 2022 for the planned FIFA World Cup and (B) by 2030, as envisioned by the comprehensive national development ...
Construction safety risk assessment with introduced control levels
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
, 2018 , Article)
It is of great importance to facilitate the risk assessment process in construction projects because risk assessment is a requirement in most legislation and safety standards. A great majority of construction SMEs (Small ...
Assessment of abnormally low tenders: a multinomial logistic regression approach
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
This study was performed in order to reveal factors affecting abnormally low tenders (ALTs) and to minimize negative effects of them. A thorough literature review was carried out to observe past research about the reasons ...
Sparse Equalizers for OFDM Signals with Insufficient Cyclic Prefix
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article)
The cyclic prefix (CP) is appended in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals to combat inter-symbol interference (ISI) and inter-carrier interference (ICI) induced by the communication channel, which ...