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Degradation of hydroxychloroquine by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)In this work, the degradation of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) drug in aqueous solution by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes including electrochemical oxidation (EO) using boron doped diamond (BDD) and its combination ... -
Degradation of Organic Methyl Orange (MO) Dye Using a Photocatalyzed Non-Ferrous Fenton Reaction
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Removal of recalcitrant organic pollutants by degradation or mineralization from industrial waste streams is continuously being explored to find viable options to apply on the commercial scale. Herein, we propose a ... -
Degradation-fragmentation of marine plastic waste and their environmental implications: A critical review
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article Review)This review critically evaluates the plastic accumulation challenges and their environmental (primarily) and human (secondarily) impacts. It also emphasizes on their degradation and fragmentation phenomena under marine ... -
Degrees of Freedom of the Full-Duplex Asymmetric MIMO Three-Way Channel with Unicast and Broadcast Messages
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we characterize the total degrees of freedom (DoFs) of the full-duplex asymmetric multiple-input multiple- output (MIMO) three-way channel. Each node has a separate-antenna full-duplex MIMO transceiver with ... -
Delay Damages: The Application of Qatari National to Article 8(8) of the 2017 Red Book
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2020 , Article)This article addresses a common conundrum when a government is a party to a Red Book contract, that is governed by Qatari national law: the inter-relationship between national law and the voluntarily agreed-upon contractual ... -
Delay minimization through joint routing and resource allocation in cognitive radio-based mesh networks
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)We consider wireless mesh networks in which the nodes are utilizing cognitive radios and try to opportunistically gain access to spectrum resources. In such networks, the timely delivery of the traffic is a challenging ... -
Delay or travel time information? The impact of advanced traveler information systems on drivers’ behavior before freeway work zones
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Peak travel times contribute to congestion formation at freeway work zones. Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) can inform drivers in real-time about the delays and travel times en-route and can provide information ... -
Delay-Aware Flow Scheduling in Low Latency Enterprise Datacenter Networks: Modeling and Performance Analysis
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Article)Real-time interactive application workloads (e.g., Web search, social networking, and so on) appear in the form of a large number of mini requests and responses flowing over the datacenters' networks. They end up being ... -
Delay-Aware Scheduling and Resource Optimization with Network Function Virtualization
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)To accelerate the implementation of network functions/middle boxes and reduce the deployment cost, recently, the concept of network function virtualization (NFV) has emerged and become a topic of much interest attracting ... -
Delays in radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer and survival outcomes.
( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)A recent publication in your journal, involving 619 Canadian patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP), suggests increased delays to time of surgery may be associated with higher rates of biochemical recurrence(BCR)1 ... -
Deletion of potD, encoding a putative spermidine-binding protein, results in a complex phenotype in Legionella pneumophila
( Elsevier GmbH , 2014 , Article)L. pneumophila is an intracellular pathogen that replicates in a membrane-bound compartment known as the Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV). We previously observed that the polyamine spermidine, produced by host cells or ... -
Delicate Structural Control of Si-SiOx-C Composite via High-Speed Spray Pyrolysis for Li-Ion Battery Anodes
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Despite the high theoretical capacity, silicon (Si) anodes in lithium-ion batteries have difficulty in meeting the commercial standards in various aspects. In particular, the huge volume change of Si makes it very challenging ... -
“DELIVER AMAZING”: Qatar as a branded architectural discourse in World Cup 2022
( Routledge , 2020 , Book chapter)Qatar brands itself as a projected-in-the-future proud cosmopolitan and progressive country ready to host World Cup 2022. The branding practices, whereby this projection takes place, are the focus of Irene Theodoropoulou’s ... -
Delivering Tobacco Cessation Content in the Middle East Through Interprofessional Learning
( American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy , 2017 , Article)Objective. To explore the attitudes of pharmacy, pharmacy technician, medical, and public health students before and after an IPE activity that focused on smoking cessation in the Middle East. Methods. A pre-post intervention ... -
Delivery of anticancer molecules using carbon nanotubes
( Springer International Publishing , 2016 , Book chapter)Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as material structures with numerous potential applications with a number of products already in the market place. An exciting application, which is ... -
A Delphi consensus study introducing a Problem And attRibutes‐bAsed DIabetes self‐manaGeMent (PARADIGM) intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)AimEncouraging patients to improve their self-management behavior based on a strict definition of the intervention is important for a standardized delivery but, until recently, there was no consensus on the core attributes ... -
Demand for audit quality in newly privatized firms in MENA region: Role of internal corporate governance mechanisms audit
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)This paper examines whether post- privatization internal governance mechanisms act in a complementary or substitutable fashion in determining auditor choice of newly privatized firms in the Middle East and North Africa ... -
Demand Response in HEMSs Using DRL and the Impact of Its Various Configurations and Environmental Changes
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)With smart grid advances, enormous amounts of data are made available, enabling the training of machine learning algorithms such as deep reinforcement learning (DRL). Recent research has utilized DRL to obtain optimal ... -
A Demand-Driven Incremental Deployment Strategy for Edge Computing in IoT Network
( IEEE Computer Society , 2022 , Article)Edge Computing brings great opportunities to enable the Internet of Things (IoT) vision. But the physical edge server deployment problem still poses a major challenge, which dramatically affects the service ability and ... -
DEMATEL-ANP risk assessment in oil and gas construction projects
( MDPI AG , 2017 , Article)Oil and gas construction projects are complex and risky because of their dynamic environment. Furthermore, rising global energy demand has increased the need for trustworthy risk assessment models for such projects that ...