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Land rights in crisis : findings and lessons from Iraq (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-ossmi, L. H., & Ahmed, V. (2016, June). Land rights in crisis : findings and lessons from Iraq. Presented at NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The land administration is considered a key element for achieving economic growth and has a direct impact with respect to land tenure and end-user’s rights on the overall development of a society. This Paper was carried out in Iraq, and was motivated... Read More about Land rights in crisis : findings and lessons from Iraq.

Achieving incremental cost reduction via kaizen costing in the Nigerian construction industry (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Omotayo, T., & Kulatunga, U. (2016, May). Achieving incremental cost reduction via kaizen costing in the Nigerian construction industry. Presented at CIB world building congress 2016, Finland

Nigerian small and medium scale construction firms are facing challenges of cost and time overruns which have led to project abandonment and liquidation of some of these firms. This is also as a result of large scale dissatisfaction of clients. This... Read More about Achieving incremental cost reduction via kaizen costing in the Nigerian construction industry.

Aerogel core CFRP curved sandwich composites with variable cross-section without ply-drop for body protection and rehabilitation (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ammasai Sengodan, G., & Joshi, S. (2016, May). Aerogel core CFRP curved sandwich composites with variable cross-section without ply-drop for body protection and rehabilitation. Presented at SAMPE Long Beach 2016 Conference and Exhibition, Long Beach, United States

A novel method to design and manufacture aerogel core (patented technology) CFRP sandwich composites with variable geometry and mechanical properties without any ply-drop is envisaged, analyzed and demonstrated. Using this method, such composites can... Read More about Aerogel core CFRP curved sandwich composites with variable cross-section without ply-drop for body protection and rehabilitation.

Land, property and user’s rights according to Islamic-Ottoman reforms in Iraq (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-ossmi, L. H., & Ahmed, V. (2016, May). Land, property and user’s rights according to Islamic-Ottoman reforms in Iraq. Presented at International Conference on Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art (Islamic Heritage Architecture 2016), Valencia, Spain

There has been an increasing interest from architects and urban planners in the local /traditional regulations influence particularly for land, Property and user’s rights issues. It is worth noting here that in Islamic countries, land, property and u... Read More about Land, property and user’s rights according to Islamic-Ottoman reforms in Iraq.

Inhibition performance of mild steel corrosion in the presence of Co2, HAc and MEG (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ikeh, L., Enyi, G., & Nasr, G. (2016, May). Inhibition performance of mild steel corrosion in the presence of Co2, HAc and MEG. Presented at SPE International Oilfield Corrosion Conference and Exhibition, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

The formation of hydrate and scale deposition is a major challenge in the petroleum industry.To avoid corrosion and hydrate formation, monoethylene glycol (MEG) is been utilized in the pipeline as an antifreeze and anticorrosion agent. It has been ob... Read More about Inhibition performance of mild steel corrosion in the presence of Co2, HAc and MEG.

An evolutionary approach to modelling effects of chemicals on soils (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ahangar Asr, A., & Javadi, A. (2016, March). An evolutionary approach to modelling effects of chemicals on soils. Presented at ACME-UK 24th Conference on Computational Mechanics, Cardiff

As part of a study undertaken to assess the impact of high-pH fluid circulation on the shear strength behaviour of a compacted soil with different additives and due to the complexity of the existing constitutive theories, a new approach was used, bas... Read More about An evolutionary approach to modelling effects of chemicals on soils.

Geographies of delegation, militarization and urbanism in the U.S. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Shayya, F. (2016, March). Geographies of delegation, militarization and urbanism in the U.S. Presented at The American Association of Geographers 2016 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, United States

With the U.S. recalling about 27,000 MRAP vehicles (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) from the military Theater of Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, news circulated about the domestic redeployment of 13,000 MRAPs to different local police and securi... Read More about Geographies of delegation, militarization and urbanism in the U.S..

Reliable spectrum sharing management for cognitive radio networks (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Fakhrudeen, A., & Alani, O. (2016, March). Reliable spectrum sharing management for cognitive radio networks. Presented at Wireless Innovation Forum Conference on Wireless Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio, Reston, Virginia, USA

Cognitive Radio Network (CRN) is a promising network that aims to improve the utilization of the wireless spectrum by enabling unlicensed (secondary) users to reuse the underutilized bands. CRN utilization of residual spectrum bands of Primary (licen... Read More about Reliable spectrum sharing management for cognitive radio networks.

Land policy and administrations in Iraq : administrative experience (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-ossmi, L. H., & Ahmed, V. (2016, March). Land policy and administrations in Iraq : administrative experience. Presented at Rural Development Conference 2016, Bangkok, Thailand

Iraq is a Middle Eastern country with especial conditions. As a multi-cultural society and post war country, administration of Land Tenure security (LTS) in Iraq has suffered a vital impact under influence of the state insecurity and inter-communal v... Read More about Land policy and administrations in Iraq : administrative experience.

Experimental investigation of ventilation efficiency in a dentistry surgical room (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Oladokun, M., Maisarah, A., Bahrin Osman, S., Samsuddin, N., & Hamzah, H. (2016, March). Experimental investigation of ventilation efficiency in a dentistry surgical room. Presented at The 4th International Building Control Conference 2016 (IBCC 2016), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

As a response to the need to provide an acceptable thermal comfort and air quality in indoor environments, various ventilation performance indicators were developed over the years. These metrics are mainly geared towards air distribution, heat and po... Read More about Experimental investigation of ventilation efficiency in a dentistry surgical room.

Moisture condensation on building envelopes in differential ventilated spaces in the tropics: quantitative assessment of influencing factors (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ali, M., Oladokun, M., Bahrin Osman, S., Samsuddin, N., & Hamzah, H. (2016, March). Moisture condensation on building envelopes in differential ventilated spaces in the tropics: quantitative assessment of influencing factors. Presented at The 4th International Building Control Conference 2016 (IBCC 2016), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ventilation systems play a significant role in maintaining the indoor thermal and hygric balance. Nevertheless, the systems had been implicated to result in many problems. In the tropical climate, especially for energy efficiency purposes, building s... Read More about Moisture condensation on building envelopes in differential ventilated spaces in the tropics: quantitative assessment of influencing factors.

Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hasan, A., Meziane, F., & Khadim, M. (2016, February). Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans. Presented at the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Rome, Italy

The research reported in this paper concerns the development of a novel automated algorithm to identify and segment brain tumours in MRI scans. The input is the patient's scan slices and the output is a subset of the slices that includes the tumour... Read More about Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans.

Effects of culture and religion on the use of ICT in the Saudi education system (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Albugami, S., & Ahmed, V. (2016, January). Effects of culture and religion on the use of ICT in the Saudi education system. Presented at The IRES -13th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning (IC4E) -, Istanbul, Turkey

Information Communication and Technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing and advancing areas in our modern time. It has gained a great deal of attention in recent decades and become a cornerstone for development in the 21st century. In Saudi Arab... Read More about Effects of culture and religion on the use of ICT in the Saudi education system.

Excavating Engels : the archaeological investigations of workers' housing in Manchester and Salford, 2001 to 2017 (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Nevell, M. (2016, January). Excavating Engels : the archaeological investigations of workers' housing in Manchester and Salford, 2001 to 2017. Presented at Excavating Engels: exploring the archaeology of Manchester’s industrial housing, Royal Northern College of Music

Since 2001, archaeological work ahead of redevelopment within the city of Manchester, and central Salford, has been targeting the excavation of workers’ housing from the 18th and 19th centuries. Over 20 sites have been looked at and the remains of se... Read More about Excavating Engels : the archaeological investigations of workers' housing in Manchester and Salford, 2001 to 2017.

A load-balancing approach based on modified K-ELM and NSGA-II in a heterogeneous cloud environment (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Jin, D., & Linge, N. (2016, January). A load-balancing approach based on modified K-ELM and NSGA-II in a heterogeneous cloud environment. Presented at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV, USA

MapReduce is a popular programming model widely used in distributed systems. With regard to large-scale applications, e.g. home energy management in a city, online social community etc., load-balancing becomes critical affecting the performance of di... Read More about A load-balancing approach based on modified K-ELM and NSGA-II in a heterogeneous cloud environment.

Iraqi land tenure administrations (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-ossmi, L. H., & Ahmed, V. (2016, January). Iraqi land tenure administrations. Poster presented at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC), Salford, Media City

As an Islamic country, Iraqi land ownership is ruled and managed according to a set of permit forms controlled by the specific religious authorities. In practice, the important relationships between people as land users and their land-use rights can... Read More about Iraqi land tenure administrations.