Research Units: Recent submissions

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    • Policy specification and verification for blockchain and smart contracts in 5G networks 

      Unal, Devrim; Hammoudeh, Mohammad; Kiraz, Mehmet Sabir ( Korean Institute of Communications Information Sciences , 2020 , Article)
      Blockchain offers unprecedented opportunities for innovation in financial transactions. A whole new world of opportunities for banking, lending, insurance, money transfer, investments, and stock markets awaits. However, ...

    • Factors Affecting the Performance of Sub-1 GHz IoT Wireless Networks 

      Yang, Z.; Ghubaish, Ali; Unal, Devrim; Jain, Raj ( Hindawi Limited , 2021 , Article)
      Internet of Things (IoT) devices frequently utilize wireless networks operating in the Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) Sub-1 GHz spectrum bands. Compared with higher frequency bands, the Sub-1 GHz band provides ...

    • Recent Advances in the Internet-of-Medical-Things (IoMT) Systems Security 

      Ghubaish, Ali; Salman, Tara; Zolanvari, Maede; Unal, Devrim; Al-Ali, Abdulla; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)
      The rapid evolutions in microcomputing, mini-hardware manufacturing, and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications have enabled novel Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions to reshape many networking applications. Healthcare ...

    • Advanced Deep Learning for Resource Allocation and Security Aware Data Offloading in Industrial Mobile Edge Computing 

      Elgendy, Ibrahim A.; Muthanna, Ammar; Hammoudeh, Mohammad; Shaiba, Hadil; Unal, Devrim; ... more authors ( Mary Ann Liebert Inc. , 2021 , Article)
      The Internet of Things (IoT) is permeating our daily lives through continuous environmental monitoring and data collection. The promise of low latency communication, enhanced security, and efficient bandwidth utilization ...

    • A secure and efficient Internet of Things cloud encryption scheme with forensics investigation compatibility based on identity-based encryption 

      Unal, Devrim; Al-Ali, Abdulla; Catak, Ferhat Ozgur; Hammoudeh, Mohammad ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)
      Data security is a challenge for end-users of cloud services as the users have no control over their data once it is transmitted to the cloud. A potentially corrupt cloud service provider can obtain the end-users’ data. ...

    • Bringing Coordination Languages Back to the Future Using Blockchain Smart Contracts 

      Hammoudeh, Mohammad; Adebisi, Bamidele; Unal, Devrim; Laouid, Abdelkader ( Association for Computing Machinery , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      This paper presents a blockchain extension of the run-time Sensing as a Service SOA (3SOA) approach presented in [5]. 3SOA defines a practical approach for implementing service-oriented Internet of Things (IoT) using ...

    • بيان حكم إلزامية التعليم بشقيه الديني والدنيوي على كلا الجنسين في الإسلام 

      بن لحسن, بدران; محمد زين, إبراهيم ( مجمع الفقه الإسلامي الدولي , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله وسلم على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه، وبعد؛ أحدث الاستعمار الغربي في بلاد المسلمين تحولاً كبيرا في مؤسسات التعليم في العالم الإسلامي، حيث قضى على التعليم التقليدي المتوارث بمضامينه ومناهجه ...

    • Trilayer composite scaffold for urethral reconstruction: in vitro evaluation of mechanical, biological, and angiogenic properties 

      Abbas, Tariq O.; Parangusan, Hemalatha; Yalcin, Huseyin C.; Hassan, Mohamed; Zakrif, Lubna; ... more authors ( IOP Publishing , 2024 , Article)
      Regeneration of damaged urethral tissue remains a major challenge in the field of lower urinary tract reconstruction. To address this issue, various synthetic and natural biodegradable biomaterials are currently being ...

    • In vivo testing of novel nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles for alleviating heart failure using the zebrafish embryo model 

      Maram, Hasan; Zedan, Hadeel T.; Al-Fakhroo, Dana; Elsayed Ibrahim, Hend; Abiib, Sumaya Ibrahim; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Heart failure (HF) is a multifactorial, heterogeneous systemic disease that is considered one of the leading causes of death and morbidity worldwide. It is well-known that endothelial dysfunction (ED) plays an important ...

    • Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Alize J, Ferrari; Santomauro, Damian Francesco; Aali, Amirali; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Background Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury ...

    • Functionalized cellulose nanocrystals extracted from date pits as agricultural waste for the efficient remediation of molybdenum from groundwater: Performance and mechanistic studies 

      Hadeel A., Al-Karablieh; Zouari, Nabil; Shomar, Basem; Al- Ghouti, Mohammad A.; Shomar, Basem ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      The adsorption technique has proven to be an excellent option for treating contaminated water. This work was designed to investigate the efficient remediation of molybdenum (Mo(VI)) from groundwater by using a novel adsorbent ...

    • Groundwater Contamination in Arid Coastal Areas: Qatar as a Case Study. 

      Shomar, Basem; Sankaran, Rajendran ( Wiley , 2024 , Article)
      The Arab region is located in an arid environment and suffers from water scarcity and poor water quality which are expected to become more severe in coming years due to global warming. In this study, the groundwater quality ...

    • Removal of heavy metals from wastewater by aerogel derived from date palm waste 

      Soumya, Gupta; Saud, Asif; Munira, Nazmin; Allal, Ahmed; Preud'homme, Hugues; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Cellulose that has been sourced from date palm leaves as a primary component was utilised. This cellulose served as the foundational material for the development of an aerogel composite. During this process, MXene (Ti3C2Tx) ...

    • Human health risks associated with the consumption of groundwater in the Gaza Strip 

      Basem, Shomar; Rovira, Joaquim ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Groundwater of the Gaza Strip, the main source of drinking water for the Gazans, is highly contaminated by several chemicals of natural and anthropogenic origins. The results of this study confirm the findings of several ...

    • Human health risk assessment associated with the reuse of treated wastewater in arid areas 

      Basem, Shomar; Rovira, Joaquim ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Qatar produces more than 850,000 m3/day of highly treated wastewater. The present study aims at characterizing the effluents coming out of three central wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) of chemical pollutants including ...

    • A Testbed Implementation of a Biometric Identity-Based Encryption for IoMT-enabled Healthcare System 

      Aggarwal, Mahima; Zubair, Mohammed; Unal, Devrim; Al-Ali, Abdulla; Reimann, Thomas; ... more authors ( Association for Computing Machinery , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Historically, health data was stored locally on the hospital's server as patient health records, and we had to rely on the planned check-up during doctor's visits. Now, we can monitor health continuously and in real-time. ...

    • Carbon Nanotubes Dosage Optimization for Strength Enhancement of Cementitious Composites 

      Mohammad R., Irshidat; Al-Nuaimi, Nasser; Salim, Soheb; Rabie, Mohamed ( Elsevier , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      Concrete is the most common used material for construction in Qatar as well as in the world. Exposure to sever environmental conditions causes physical deterioration of concrete structures and significantly affect the ...

    • Industrial waste utilization of carbon dust in sustainable cementitious composites production 

      Irshidat, Mohammad R.; Al-Nuaimi, Nasser ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2020 , Article)
      This paper experimentally investigates the effect of utilization of carbon dust generated as an industrial waste from aluminum factories in cementitious composites production. Carbon dust is collected, characterized, and ...

    • Detection of Botnet Attacks against Industrial IoT Systems by Multilayer Deep Learning Approaches 

      Mudassir, Mohammed; Unal, Devrim; Hammoudeh, Mohammad; Azzedin, Farag ( Hindawi Limited , 2022 , Article)
      Industry 4.0 is the next revolution in manufacturing technology that is going to change the production and distribution of goods and services within the following decade. Powered by different enabling technologies that are ...

    • Machine learning for the security of healthcare systems based on Internet of Things and edge computing 

      Unal, Devrim; Bennbaia, Shada; Catak, Ferhat Ozgur ( Elsevier , 2022 , Book chapter)
      Using the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) for treatment and diagnosis has exponentially grown due to its diverse use cases and efficient planning with defined resources. IoMT in the e-healthcare system enables continuous ...