Research List

It is important to develop a suitable model to calculate electricity demand forecasting requested by decision makers. The present study deals with the electrical long-term peak load demand forecasting using a developed Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) methods. The MLR model is formulated as a [...]

Rapid economic and industrial developments and population growth in Bahrain are associated with increases in energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process has been adopted in the country to address environmental aspects within energy intensive projects such as oil and petrochemical industries. The quality of [...]

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the associations between audit firm attributes (i.e. audit firm size, non-audit services, auditor industry specialization and auditor-client tenure) and specific indicators of audit quality. It also aims to test whether these relationships are moderated by a set of other factors like legal system and [...]

Nanocomposite powders of anatase TiO 2 doped with Ni ions (TiO 2 :Ni) were synthesized by facile thermal co-decomposition of a mixture of metals complexes. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses using the Rietveld method confirm the formation of almost single nanocrystalline anatase structure. Anatase TiO 2 incorporated with Ni ions [...]

One of the major factors in planning, design, operation and maintenance of the power system is the reliability. The electric power planning concentrates on the load forecast for the future. The future expectation of electric load needs the load history to data. The present study concentrates on one of the [...]

Bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) nanocomposite powders doped with nickel ions were synthesized by sol–gel route using bismuth carbonate. The study focused on the determination the essential conditions required to create stable room-temperature ferromagnetic (RT-FM) properties in host BiOCl crystalline medium by means of doping with Ni 2+ ions (BiOCl:Ni). This work [...]

The paper starts with a question about the industrial revolution: is there a new model of the industrial revolution in front of us? If yes, what is the effect on architecture and architectural design. New construction methods, associated with new building materials, have been innovated and used in the architecture [...]

Oxide spinels (OSs) have been identified as perspective functional materials in various fields of applications including water treatment, degradation of dyes, hyperthermia, and drug delivery and as antibacterial agent. In recent years, extensive researches are devoted to the synthesis and properties of spinel nanooxide systems to fulfill the essential requirement [...]

Due to their magnificent efficiency to the degradation of hazardous organic pollutants, nanomaterials possessing visible light-driven photocatalytic activity have drawn considerable attention. Herein, Ag decorated Zn 0.95 Cu 0.05 O photocomposites have been synthesized via a sol–gel method and characterized as potential photocatalysts for the degradation of malachite green (MG). [...]

Copper-doped zinc sulfide quantum dots embedded in silica films (ZnS:Cu/SiO2) have been synthesized by sol-gel dip-coating with subsequent thermal annealing. The considered Cu/Zn molar ratios ranged from 0.2% to 2%. Atomic force microscopy analysis shows mostly a granular nanostructure of the deposited films with a roughness less than 30 nm [...]