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High Brightness and High Voltage Dimmable LED Driver for Advanced Lighting System
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
In energy efficient system designs, LED lighting leads to reduction in global energy demand. This paper proposes a high brightness, high efficiency, dimmable LED driver based on linear current regulator technology for DC ...
Comparative analysis of computer-vision and BLE technology based indoor navigation systems for people with visual impairments
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BioMed Central Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Background: Considerable number of indoor navigation systems has been proposed to augment people with visual impairments (VI) about their surroundings. These systems leverage several technologies, such as computer-vision, ...
The influence of CSR on perceived value, social media and loyalty in the hotel industry
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: This study aims to examine how perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities (i.e. environment, society and stakeholders) enhance perceived value, social media engagement to win customer loyalty ...
Services marketing practices in diverse cultures: Canada compared to Qatar
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose
The service marketing literature has traditionally argued that the marketing practices of service firms that operate in diverse cultures should also differ. This paper aims to investigate this argument by examining ...
In-vitro application of a qatari burkholderia cepacia strain (QBC03) in the biocontrol of mycotoxigenic fungi and in the reduction of ochratoxin a biosynthesis by aspergillus carbonarius
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by certain filamentous fungi, causing human and animal health issues upon the ingestion of contaminated food and feed. Among the safest approaches to the control of mycotoxigenic ...
Electron-impact ionization of W5+
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American Physical Society
, 2019 , Article)
Electron-impact single-ionization cross sections for the W5+ ion have been studied experimentally and theoretically. Measurements of a detailed ionization spectrum and of absolute cross sections were performed employing ...
Deep-Gap: A deep learning framework for forecasting crowdsourcing supply-demand gap based on imaging time series and residual learning
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Mobile crowdsourcing has become easier thanks to the widespread of smartphones capable of seamlessly collecting and pushing the desired data to cloud services. However, the success of mobile crowdsourcing relies on balancing ...
A Distributed Approach for Networked Flying Platform Association with Small Cells in 5G+ Networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
The densification of small cell base stations in a 5G architecture is a promising approach to enhance the coverage area and facilitate the ever increasing capacity demand of end users. However, the bottleneck is an intelligent ...
Metformin Induces Different Responses in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Caki Cell Lines.
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MDPI
, 2019 , Article)
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common and lethal form of urological cancer diagnosed globally. Mutations of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor-suppressor gene and the resultant overexpression of hypoxia-inducible ...
Adsorptive removal of mercury from water by adsorbents derived from date pits
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2019 , Article)
The current work presented here focuses on the remediation of mercury from water using modified low-cost materials. Modified date pits, low cost, minimal pretreatment steps and locally abundant agricultural waste materials ...