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Environmental impact assessment of new district developments
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WITPress
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Over the last decade, the term "sustainability" has figured prominently in city planning discussions aiming to create comfortable places to live, work, learn and relax. In an accelerated world, the need to set standards ...
Computational study on the nanotubes formation between olsalazine and β-cyclodextrin
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Avestia Publishing
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
Interests in cyclodextrin-derived nano-assembled supramolecular systems have recently grown notably [1,2].
Cyclodextrins are a family of oligosaccharides that possess very characteristic features of conical shape with ...
Integration of Captivate and JOOMLA: Online demonstration and assessment elearning resources
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE)
, 2010 , Conference Paper)
The system uses Adobe Captivate [1] to create and generate the learning and assessments materials in PDF format to allow students to access the learning materials and to do the assessment interactively. Each assessment is ...
Potential of geothermal energy for electricity generation in Qatar
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
There is general acceptance that climate change, which is the most important challenge facing humanity, is anthropogenic and attributed to fossil fuel consumption. Therefore, improving the performance of our existing energy ...
Recycling low grade waste heat to electricity
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Most mining and metallurgical industries produce relatively large quantities of low grade waste heat which they vent, for the most part, to the environment. To date, little is being done to recover some of this heat and ...
Engaging Engineering Students in Active Learning and Critical Thinking through Class Debates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Within the program of engineering, typically there are courses that are heavily dependent on mathematics and derivations of fundamental concepts. A lot of active learning can be done in these classes by using the engineering ...