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Forced Draught Impact on Externally Venting Flames: An Experimental and Numerical Investigation

open access: yesFire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wind can significantly influence fire development and spread in urban and forest environments causing fatal consequences for the public, the first responders, and the environment. Wind‐driven fires can have a significant impact on structural fires as wind can increase the fire's intensity, development, and flame spread.
Anoop Subramania Warrier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Joint power control and user grouping mechanism for efficient uplink non‐orthogonal multiple access‐based 5G communication: Utilising the Lèvy‐flight firefly algorithm

open access: yesIET Networks, EarlyView., 2023
We utilise a metaheuristic optimisation method, inspired by nature, called the Lévy‐flight firefly algorithm (LFA), to tackle the power regulation and user grouping in the NOMA systems. Abstract The non‐orthogonal multiple access strategies have shown promise to boost fifth generation and sixth generation wireless networks' spectral efficiency and ...
Zaid Albataineh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Disaster Resilience within the Emirati Energy Sector through a Comprehensive Strategic Mitigation Plan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Disasters, both natural and man-made, have been occurring with increasing frequency and effect in recent decades in many countries around the world. Such threats have been shown to result in a loss of life, property and income and all of which have an ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi   +2 more
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Machine Learning Approaches to Forecast the Realized Volatility of Crude Oil Prices

open access: yesJournal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an evaluation of the accuracy of machine learning (ML) techniques in forecasting the realized volatility of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices. We compare several ML algorithms, including regularization, regression trees, random forests, and neural networks, to several heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) models ...
Talha Omer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence and Clinicopathological Features of Breast Cancer in the Northern Emirates: Experience from Sharjah Breast Care Center

open access: yesInternational Journal of Women's Health, 2020
Riyad Bendardaf,1,2 Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari,3 Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari,3 Salman Yousuf Guraya,2 Sawsan A AlMadhi,4 Salah Abusnana2,5 1Oncology Unit, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; 2Clinical Sciences Department, College ...
Bendardaf R   +5 more
doaj  

Budget Impact Analysis of Single-Inhaler Fluticasone Furoate/Umeclidinium/Vilanterol in Patients with Asthma in the Dubai Academic Healthcare Corporation

open access: yesClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2023
Mohamed Hamouda,1 Mohamed Farghaly,2 Sara Al Dallal2,3 1Value Access & HEOR, GSK, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2Health Insurance Section, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 3Emirates Health Economics Society, Dubai, United Arab ...
Hamouda M, Farghaly M, Al Dallal S
doaj  

A Comprehensive Review on the Significance, Sources, and Applications of Virtual Water on Global Platform

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
A conceptual framework of virtual water showing its sources, major applications, components of the virtual water footprint, and emerging future directions. The diagram emphasizes the growing role of virtual water in global sustainability and resource planning.
Priti Bhowmik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Modified GHG Intensity Indicator: Toward a Sustainable Global Economy based on a Carbon Border Tax and Emissions Trading

open access: yes, 2013
It will be difficult to gain the agreement of all the actors on any proposal for climate change management, if universality and fairness are not considered.
Cheriet, Mohamed   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Genomic Insights Into Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Acquired Azithromycin Resistance Genes in Salmonella Strains Worldwide

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Azithromycin has been used for clinical invasive infections caused by fluoroquinolone‐ and third‐generation cephalosporin‐resistant Salmonella, and mass drug administration with azithromycin has been used to reduce under‐5 mortality in children in some countries.
Yuhang Pei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trafficking in Women, Forced Labour and Domestic Work: in the context of the Middle East and Gulf Region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Anti-Slavery International
core   +1 more source

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