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Privacy-Preserving Fog Aggregation of Smart Grid Data Using Dynamic Differentially-Private Data Perturbation
Published 2022“…Our experimental results show a possible decrease in data perturbation error by 51.7% and 61.2% for smart meters and fog-computing data aggregators perturbed data, respectively, compared to the commonly used Gaussian mechanism.…”
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Testing and Evaluation of a Smart Irrigation System Towards Smart Landscaping in UAE
Published 2019“…The results observed from the experiment were that the use of smart irrigation system (SIS) has environmental advantages in the long term especially in terms of water consumption and irrigation management. …”
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Testing and Evaluation of a Smart Irrigation System towards Smart landscaping in UAE
Published 2017“…The results observed from the experiment were that the use of smart irrigation system (SIS) have an environmental advantages in the long term especially in terms of water consumption and irrigation management. …”
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Deep learning-based modeling of land use/land cover changes impact on land surface temperature in Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan (1980–2030)
Published 2024“…This study aimed to model past, present, and future LULCC on Land Surface Temperatures in the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) in Jordan between 1980 and 2030. …”
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Assessment of tropospheric NO<sub>2</sub> concentrations over greater Doha using Sentinel-5 TROPOspheric monitoring instrument (TROPOMI) satellite data: Temporal analysis, 2018–202...
Published 2024“…<p dir="ltr">This study presents a temporal evaluation of the tropospheric NO<sub>2</sub> column densities over Greater Doha using TROPOMI satellite data from May 2018 to December 2023, and an assessment of the impact of the preparations and hosting of the FIFA Football World Cup Qatar 2022, on NO<sub>2</sub> levels before, during and after the tournament over Greater Doha. …”
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Utilizing Blockchain Technology in the UAE’s Construction Industry: Contract Administration and Management of Disputes and Claims
Published 2023“…Self-execution and enforcement of blockchain based smart contracts ensures compliance with contract provisions, claim process, procedure, and dispute mechanism. …”
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Operation optimization of propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant LNG Process: A novel integration of knowledge-based and constrained Bayesian optimization approaches
Published 2024“…At large-scale LNG production (10,000 tons per day), the reduction in the SEC is translated into an 18 MW decrease in compression power, saving approximately 4.7 million $ per year for each C3MR train. …”
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1787 evaluation of transperineal prostatic administration of a PSA-activasted protoxin (PRX302) in men with luts secondary to BPH
Published 2010“…The mean Qmax increased from 10.6±3.3 mL/sec at screening to 13.6±6.7 mL/sec at 12-months following treatment. …”
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Visitors off the trail: Impacts on the dominant plant, bryophyte and lichen species in alpine heath vegetation in sub-arctic Sweden
Published 2021“…With a greater decrease in taller forbs and shrubs than in graminoids and prostrate plants, a greater decrease in lichen than in bryophyte species, and a change in vegetation composition. …”
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SynergyGrids: blockchain-supported distributed microgrid energy trading
Published 2022“…The trading system shows 17.8% decrease in energy cost for consumers and 76.4% decrease in load over utility grids when compared with its counterparts.…”
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Solar water heating in Lebanon
Published 2006“…Simplified initial estimates indicate a payback period of 4–5 years while advanced mathematical models (RETScreen) indicate that the most advanced evacuated tube technology has a payback period of less than 9 years at current market prices. With decreasing cost per square meter of installed collectors, payback periods are expected to rapidly decrease. …”
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Is board compensation excessive?
Published 2017“…Based on this, we then calculate whether directors of corporate boards are over- or undercompensated. On average, we find greater evidence of over- rather than undercompensation. …”
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Do high energy-efficient buildings increase overheating risk in cold climates? Causes and mitigation measures required under recent and future climates
Published 2022“…While without adequate ventilation, the overheating risk in high-energy-efficient buildings can be higher than old buildings, where decreasing wall and window U-values and infiltration rate has a greater contribution to the increase of indoor temperature, while decreasing window SHGC has a lower contribution to the decrease in indoor temperature compared to the case with adequate ventilation. …”
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Dynamic stretching alone can impair slower velocity isokinetic performance of young male handball players for at least 24 hours
Published 2019“…Tests included (i) two 4s maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVC) at 60° of knee flexion with 2-min rest, (ii) two maximal isokinetic contractions each at 60°/sec and 300°/sec with 1-min rest, and (iii) two drop jumps with 30-sec rest. …”