The present thesis is examining the forced vibrations of a circular cylinder in the low Reynolds number flow of 200. A numerical study is performed that employs an already existing algorithm developed by (Breuer 1998) and enhanced with the characteristic of the cylinder’s motion&#x...

This research work presents a novel strategy to enhance the recovery performance of any positive displacement expander technology which aims at the maximization of the power output rather than the sole efficiency. The approach is based on an auxiliary injection of fluid at&#...

PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) system is one of the most prominent energy sources, producing electricity directly from sunlight. In additionally, it is easy to install and is supported financially by many governments as part of their strategy to reduce CO2 gas emissions, and to achieve their&#x...

The high penetration level of distributed generation (DG) units may lead to various problems and operational limit violations in electric power distribution systems if it exceeds a particular limit known as the system’s hosting capacity (HC). In this paper, the problem of selecting ...

In this paper, a new nonlinear filter based on sparse-grid quadrature method has been proposed. The proposed filter is named as adaptive sparse-grid Gauss–Hermite filter (ASGHF). Ordinary sparse-grid technique treats all the dimensions equally, whereas the ASGHF assigns a fewer number of...

In 2016, the New Scientist announced the birth and good health of the world’s first baby conceived using spindle nuclear transfer (SNT). The story was immediately circulated worldwide. In this article, we analyze 39 articles published within the first 48 hours of the announcement,&...

This study explores the credibility criteria and brand personality of celebrities’ Instagram accounts within the context of Kuwait. In order to explore this issue, this study adopts Ohanian’s (1990) model and Aakar’s (1997) model for studying credibility criteria and brand personality; respe...

We investigate the impact of economic, institutional, and ethical pressures on African managers' corporate social and environmental attitude based on a survey involving 377 Nigerian executives in the extractive industry. We find that environmental orientation and behavior are mostly induced b...

Parkinson’s is a neurological condition in which parts of the brain responsible for movements becomes incapacitated over time due to the abnormal dopamine equilibrium. Freezing of Gait (FOG) is one of the main Parkinson’s Disease (PD) symptoms that affects patients not only physically&#...