Abstract: Polylactic acid (PLA) based polymer composites containing titanium dioxide (TiO2), synthetic hydroxy apatite (HA) and natural hydroxy apatite (nHA) have been developed for biomedical applications. These extruded composite materials were printed using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM). 3D printing...     Read More

Abstract: River Engineering preserves environment while protecting the rivers against advanced human activities and flooding. Natural rivers and alluvial channels are shaped by interactions of sediment transport and flow rate. Because of sediment-transport processes the cross section and alignment of all...     Read More

Abstract: A public-private partnership (PPP) approach is essential to make the municipal solid waste management in Palestine more effective, efficient, and environmentally friendly. Presently more than 73% of joint service councils (JSCs) for solid waste management are conducting PPP. However, the curren...     Read More

Abstract: Nowadays, intelligent parking spot availability management is a must for smart cities, because nobody enjoys wasting time in traffic looking for a parking space. In this paper we propose a method to identify the free parking spots in a large parking lot by analyzing the information from the surv...     Read More

Abstract: A two-dimensional model based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is established to study the performance of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). A single phase multicomponent model is used to describe mass transport in the porous electrodes and fuel/air channels. Our results are compared with those...     Read More

Abstract: The history of acupuncture and moxibustion can be traced back to more than two thousand years. The number of current acupoints is 361. However, 1800 years ago, 349 acupoints were listed and used. This means that in the past 1800 years, only 12 acupoints have been added to the commonly used acupoi...     Read More

Abstract: The rise of acupuncture and moxibustion can be traced back to more than two thousand years ago. Usually the knowledge of both medical skills has been accumulated and handed down to later generations by four ways. The first way is family heritage. The second way is disciple heritage. The third way...     Read More

Abstract: Roller compacted concretes are generally applied in layers. These layers are known as the weakest part of the structures. One of the most important factors affecting the exact interlocking of the layers is the prolongation of the placement time between the layers. In this study, the effect of de...     Read More

Abstract: Image denoising is considered as an effective initial processing step in different sophisticated imaging applications. Over the years, numerous studies have been conducted filtering of different kinds of noise. The Block Matching with 3D filtering added a new dimension to the study of denoising ...     Read More

Abstract: In this work the geometry of a virtual pine tree was developed. This geometry, applying mesh generation, is used to evaluate the view factors, used to calculate the heat exchanges by radiation, between the virtual pine tree and a fire front. The virtual pine tree geometry, developed using a thre...     Read More