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Submerged versus side-stream osmotic membrane bioreactors using an outer-selective hollow fiber osmotic membrane for desalination
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study investigated the comparative performances, fouling mitigation efficiencies, and operational costs of side-stream and submerged osmotic membrane bioreactors (OMBR) systems using an outer-selective hollow fiber ... -
Suboptimal control reconfiguration in switched multi-agent networked systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)In this work, the control recovery problem in a directed network of switched multi-agent systems is studied. A distributed cooperative control strategy is proposed which ensures that the agents reach a consensus while the ... -
Subsidies vs. deposits and cost inefficiency in microfinance
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Lending tiny loans to poor clients lacking credit history and enough collateral is an expensive business for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Minimizing cost inefficiency is important if MFIs are to meet their dual mission ... -
Subsidy Reduction and Trends among Lower Income Qatari Households
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)The reduction of economic subsidies (e.g., on vehicle fuel and electricity) can bring important financial and environmental benefits to Qatar, but such changes also have the potential to impact negatively the poorest Qatari ... -
Subspace based network community detection using sparse linear coding
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Information mining from networks by identifying communities is an important problem across a number of research fields including social science, biology, physics, and medicine. Most existing community detection algorithms ... -
Substances Secreted by Starved Human Dermal Fibroblasts Enhancing the Wound Healing Process in Rat without Scar: A Potential Acellular System for Wound Healing
( Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press , 2016 , Conference Paper)Background Despite being a major cellular component of various engineered skin substituent, underlying mechanism of successful fibroblast transplantation in wound healing is not clear. Here we show that substances derived ... -
Substantial cell apoptosis provoked by naked PAMAM dendrimers in HER2-positive human breast cancer via JNK and ERK1/ERK2 signalling pathways
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)HER2-positive breast cancer is one of its most challenging subtypes, forming around 15–25% of the total cases. It is characterized by aggressive behavior and treatment resistance. On the other hand, poly (amidoamine) (PAMAM) ... -
Substantial toxic effect of water-pipe smoking on the early stage of embryonic development
( Oxford University Press , 2017 , Article)Water-pipe smoking (WPS) is the most widespread tobacco use in the Middle-East, and is rapidly spreading globally. Smoke from WP contains most of the compounds present in cigarette smoke, although in different proportions. ... -
Substantiation of propitious “Enzybiotic” from two novel bacteriophages isolated from a wastewater treatment plant in Qatar
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article)Lysin of bacteriophages isolated from a particular ecosystem could be inducted as a bio-controlling tool against the inhabiting pathogenic bacterial strains. Our study aims at both experimental and computational characterization ... -
Substation expansion deferral by multi-objective battery storage scheduling ensuring minimum cost
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)Ever-increasing consumption of the electricity in the distribution networks encounters network planners with new challenges in terms of expansion requirements. Expanding substations is a technical concern considering various ... -
Substituted 2-aminobenzothiazoles salicylidenes synthesis and characterization as cyanide sensors in aqueous medium
( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article)(E)-2-((benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylimino)methyl)-4-nitrophenol 1 and (E)-2-(((6-methoxybenzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)imino)methyl)-4-nitrophenol 2 were synthesized efficiently under microwave conditions. The structures were confirmed using ... -
Substituted phenols as corrosion inhibitors for copper in nitric acid
( WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH , 1988 , Article)The dissolution of copper in nitric acid solution in the presence of resorcinol, o, p-aminophenols, catechol, o-cresol and salicylaldehyde as corrosion inhibitors has been studied by galvanostatic polarization and weight ... -
Substitution impact of highly conserved arginine residue at position 75 in GJB1 gene in association with X-linked Charcot-Marie-tooth disease: A computational study.
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1 X (CMTX1) disease is a subtype of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), which is mainly caused by mutations in the GJB1 gene. It is also known as connexin 32 (Cx32) that leads to Schwann cell ... -
Substring search over encrypted data
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)Our data, be it personal or professional, is increasingly outsourced. This results from the development of cloud computing in the past ten years, a paradigm that shifts computing to a utility. Even without realizing it, ... -
Subsurface Exploration for Construction of Lightning Protection System Using the Geophysical Methods, Alexandria, Egypt (A Case Study)
( Qatar University , 1997 , Article)Both electrical resitivity and total intensity magnetic measurements are combined together in an integrated manner to explore the subsurface layer and behavior of magnetic field in an area, where lightning protection ... -
Subsurface geothermal investigation in the nile delta, egypt.
( Qatar University , 1983 , Article)The Nile Delta area is geothermally studied to define the behaviour of geothermal gradient in different wells and to determine the distribution of heat in some interesting rock formations. The geothermal investigation of ... -
Subsurface Geothermal Study In The Central Part Of The Northern Western Desert, Egypt
( Qatar University , 1983 , Article)Geothennal investigation of the studied area was carried out using the bottom hole temperatures recorded in deep wells drilled for petroleum exploration. The study revealed interesting data regarding the geothennal gradient ... -
Successes and challenges of Arabic sentiment analysis research: a literature review
( Springer-Verlag Wien , 2017 , Article Review)The analysis of sentiment in text has mainly been focused on the English language. The complexity of the Arabic language and its linguistic features that oppose those found in English resulted in the inability to adapt ... -
Successful Development of Green Building Projects
( CRC Press , 2023 , Book)Focusing on office buildings, this book explores how Green Building (GB) development can be managed to achieve successful project outcomes. The book starts by highlighting the special requirements of GBs which distinguish ... -
Successful implementation of radar monitoring system and increased intelligence capacity on Congo River
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)Inland water ways are significant component of the nation's marine transportation systems. Congo River Basin plays an active role in the economy of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other surrounding countries such ...