Spatiotemporal mapping of groundwater salinity in Al-Batinah, Oman by Ammar, Abulibdeh

“…A salinity map was created to track the changes in groundwater salinity over time in the study area. The results show that water salinity increases over time due to the increase in urbanization and over-pumping of water from these wells. …”
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Maximum-Service Channel Assignment in Vehicular Radar-Communication by Kafafy, Mai

“…A heuristic solution that is based on ordered sequential channel assignment (OSCA) is proposed and is shown to achieve at least 92% of the solution obtained from branch-and-cut based techniques with much less computational complexity and run-time; at most 2% of the run-time of branch-and-cut.…”
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A Parallel Algorithm for Inverse Halftoning and its Hardware Implementation by Siddiqi, Umair F.

“…The parallelization can increase the speed of inverse halftoning by up-to 4 times while the total entries in all smaller Look-Up Tables (sLUTs) remains equal to the entries in the single LUT of LUT method for inverse halftoning. …”
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Transport demand management - Impacts on congestion alleviation and road safety enhancement in urban areas by Kim Jraiw (19807236)

“…Essential as the movements of people and goods are to the economic and social aspects of urban life, they present people and their surrounding with the ever-increasing problems. As a consequence, world's cities face traffic congestion associated with imbalance of the available road space and operation vehicles, slow traffic flow, poor access to main activity centers, high transport cost, waste of time, psychological effects, decline productivity and increase discomfort. …”

Board composition, CEO turnover and firm value by Dah, Mustafa A.

“…The results suggest an increase in the participation of independent directors at the expense of insiders. …”
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Cryptocurrency comovements and crypto exchange movement: The relocation of Binance by Mustafa Disli (17307716)

“…Using multivariate regression analysis, our results show that Binance experienced a significant decline in comovement with its origin market after moving to Malta. The results are less evident for the destination market; however, an increase in comovement immediately after the relocation of Binance is notable.…”

Using integrated control methodology to optimize energy performance for the guest rooms in UAE hospitality sector by AlFaris, Fadi

“…This research was conducted to measure, evaluate and increase the energy efficiency in 4 and 5 star luxury hotels in UAE. …”
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Using integrated control methodology to optimize energy performance for the guest rooms in UAE hospitality sector by AlFaris, Fadi

“…This research was conducted to measure, evaluate and increase the energy efficiency in 4 and 5 star luxury hotels in UAE. …”
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Spatiotemporal mapping of groundwater salinity in Al-Batinah, Oman by Ammar Abulibdeh (15785928)

“…A salinity map was created to track the changes in groundwater salinity over time in the study area. The results show that water salinity increases over time due to the increase in urbanization and over-pumping of water from these wells. …”

What drives cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes: Coin versus market factors? by Lanouar Charfeddine (10705000)

“…Furthermore, the study employs count time-series models to examine market-based factors. …”

The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus infections with today's treatment paradigm – volume 3 by Mokhbat, J. E.

“…The total number, morbidity and mortality attributed to viraemic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections change over time making it difficult to compare reported estimates from different years. …”
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INTEGRATING REFINING AND PETROCHEMICALS FEEDSTOCKS THROUGH A NOVEL FCC PROCESS by Ma’adhah, A.

“…KFUPM has piloted a novel high-severity fluid catalytic cracking (HS-FCC) process that can increase the yield of light olefins to 40wt% of the product, versus the normal 10wt%. …”
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How does varying the number of personas affect user perceptions and behavior? Challenging the ‘small personas’ hypothesis! by Joni Salminen (7434770)

“…Using the interactive persona system, users adjusted their information processing style by spending less time on each persona when presented with fifteen personas, while still absorbing a similar amount of information than with five personas, implying that more efficient information processing strategies are applied with more personas. …”

Parallel algorithm for hardware implementation of inverse halftoning by Siddiqi, U.F.

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IMPROVING BER PERFORMANCE OF LDPC CODES BASED ON INTERMEDIATE DECODING RESULTS by Alghonaim, Esa

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Image coding using entropy-constrained reflected residual vector quantization by Khan, M.A.U.

“…Since the RVQ scheme is able to implement very large dimensional vector quantization designs like 16/spl times/16 and 32/spl times/32 VQs, it is found highly successful in extracting linear and non-linear correlation among image pixels. …”
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Road deaths and injuries in India: Action required on the five pillars of road safety by Gopalakrishna Gururaj (19807233)

“…In 2014, 141,000 persons died and 4,77,731 persons were injured as per official reports (1). …”

The Effect of Daylight on Visual Comfort: The Case of the Dome as a Classical Architectural Element. by Oussadou, Nesrine

“…Visual comfort is a subjective response to the amount and light quality within the workplace at a certain time. The idea behind visual comfort revolves around person’s capability to regulate the light levels surrounding him. …”
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Roadside observational surveys of restraint use by young children in Qatar: Initial results and recommendations by Shahnaz Malik (19774584)

“…This is the first observational study in Qatar that measures child restraint rates in children younger than 5. Less than half of these children are traveling safely. …”

A review on the solid–liquid–vapor phase equilibria of acid gases in methane by Hani Ababneh (9218272)

“…<p></p><div> <p>In spite of the increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and their impact on the environment, the demand for natural/biogas will increase significantly in the coming few decades. …”