Integration of Wind Catchers in Modern Residential Buildings in the UAE as a Means of Providing Thermal Comfort by Riza, Raashid

“…An automatic condition profile is imposed on the window and wind tower openings by the software so that they open and function only when these conditions are satisfied. …”
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Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Multivariable Control System with Least Energy Dissipation by Touqan, Basim

“…Applying an appropriate automatic control strategy to achieve improved HVAC system performance associated with least control energy consumption is one of the major research objectives. …”
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The Role of Nanofluids and Renewable Energy in the Development of Sustainable Desalination Systems: A Review by Tejvir Singh (18619219)

“…Nanotechnology can play a vital role to achieve specific energy consumption reduction as nanofluids application increases the overall heat transfer coefficient enabling the production of more water for the same size desalination plant. …”

Assessing Institutional Dynamics of Governance Compliance in Emerging Markets: The GCC Real Estate Sector by Pillai, Rekha

“…This is strongly recommended for increasing the RE presence and its contribution to the GDP of each country.…”
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Analysis of facial emotion expression in eating occasions using deep learning by Elif Yildirim (17725965)

“…In this study, we focus on evaluating the emotional experience of different participants during eating activities and aim to analyze them automatically using deep learning models. …”

An Intelligent and Low-Cost Eye-Tracking System for Motorized Wheelchair Control by Mahmoud Dahmani (18810247)

“…The first three techniques were automatic, employ correlation, and were variants of template matching, whereas the last one uses convolutional neural networks (CNNs). …”

State of the Art in Separation Processes for Alternative Working Fluids in Clean and Efficient Power Generation by Odi Fawwaz Alrebei (18288904)

“…On the other hand, despite those efforts, the high demand for energy produced by fossil-fueled gas turbines in power plants has resulted in dramatic increases in anthropogenic CO₂ and NOx emitted by gas combustors. …”

Fiber-matrix interfacial area reduction in fiber reinforced cements and concretes at moderate to high fiber volume fractions by Karam, Gebran N.

“…Fiber-fiber interaction and overlap of fibers with fibers, voids and aggregates can dramatically decrease the efficiency of the reinforcement by reducing this interfacial area. …”
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Can AI Help in Screening Viral and COVID-19 Pneumonia? by Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury (14150526)

“…The networks were trained to classify two different schemes: i) normal and COVID-19 pneumonia; ii) normal, viral and COVID-19 pneumonia with and without image augmentation. …”

Continuous Arabic Sign Language Recognition in User Dependent Mode by Assaleh, Khaled

“…Previous attempts at automatic visionbased recognition of Arabic Sign Language mainly focused on finger spelling and recognizing isolated gestures. …”
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Earned Height Management: A New Extension to EVM for High-Rise Construction by Khuzam, Shadi Abu

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Demographics and Epidemiology of Hepatitis B in the State of Qatar: A Five-Year Surveillance-Based Incidence Study by Hamad E. Al Romaihi (18112765)

“…Rates of hepatitis B cases declined dramatically in 2014, in both Qataris and non-Qataris, as compared to the previous years.…”

Rapid climate changes and human dynamics during the holocene in the eastern mediterranean (Lower Strymon Valley, northern Greece) by Glais, Arthur

“…The later periods are characterized by dramatic climatic change around 3.2–3 ka cal BP, at the end of Late Bronze Age, and increasing impacts of agro-pastoral activities and forest clearing starting at the beginning of Antiquity, around 2.8 ka cal BP (Thracian period). …”
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Agent Based Modeling to Optimize Supermarkets Spatial Dimensions by NASIF, MAJD

“…We solved this problem by providing an optimal area range for the supermarket where we reduced the crowding levels dramatically, while avoiding unnecessary increase in space dimensions. …”
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Automated quantification of penile curvature using artificial intelligence by Tariq O. Abbas (11247771)

“…The proposed framework of PC angle estimation consisted of three stages: automatic penile area localization, shaft segmentation, and curvature angle estimation. …”

Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on health and well-being in the United Arab Emirates by Dalibalta, Sarah

“…Alarmingly, sedentary behavior dramatically increased with 71% of participants spending an average of 4–8 h per day sitting and over 54% of participants spending more than 4 h watching TV on an average day during lockdown. …”
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Wales’ tourists not a burden for local healthcare by Nature Research (16552612)

“…</p><p>“The number of visitors to southwest Wales has increased dramatically over the last ten years, however the number of presentations to the emergency department has not increased at the same rate,” says Battle. …”

Pleiotropic functions of the tumor- and metastasis-suppressing matrix metalloproteinase-8 in mammary cancer in MMTV-PyMT transgenic mice by Julie Decock (44558)

“…Likewise, lung metastasis dramatically increased in the MMTV-PyMT; Mmp8-null mice. …”

A clustering metaheuristic for large orienteering problems by Almiqdad Elzein (13141038)

“…The metaheuristic aims to dramatically improve the computation time of a given Orienteering Problem algorithm without a significant decrease in the solution quality of that algorithm, especially for large Orienteering Problems. …”

Building A Passive Thermal Management System Using Phase Change Material Embedded In Porous Media by Azzam, Mohammed H. A.

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