Biosolid-sludge of sewage treatment plants was mixed with clean coarse sands to reduce soil permeability and assess the potential of utilizing such mix for several geotechnical applications. One of the applications was to develop a soil mix with low permeability for use in roadway embankments subjected to torrents from sudden heavy rain in desert areas. The main purpose was to address a

As noted by several researchers, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River is expected to have unfavorable consequences for downstream countries like Egypt and Sudan. To limit GERD's negative effects on downstream countries, its operation should be secure, and its upstream water level should be ideal. However, none of the studies carried out the ideal operating scenarios

Arabic is one of the world's richest languages, with a diverse range of dialects based on geographical origin. In this paper, we present a solution to tackle subtask 1 (Country-level dialect identification) of the Nuanced Arabic Dialect Identification (NADI) shared task 2022 achieving third place with an average macro F1 score between the two test sets of 26.44%. In the preprocessing stage, we

Background: The nonlinear interaction between an elastic Euler beam and a tensionless soil foundation is studied. The exact analytical solutions of the nonlinear problem are rather complicated. The main difficulty is imposing compatibility conditions at lift-off points. These points are determined as a part of the solution, although being needed to get the solution itself. In the current work

Skin cancer is the most annoying type of cancer diagnosis according to its fast spread to various body areas, so it was necessary to establish computer-assisted diagnostic support systems. State-of-the-art classifiers based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are used to classify images of skin cancer. This paper tries to get the most accurate model to classify and detect skin cancer types

Plain concrete is used for water canal lining due to its low permeability to reduce water losses due to seepage. However, cement manufacture has a negative environmental impact as it produces large amount of CO2 emissions in addition to high energy consumption. In this study, bio-sludge of sewage plants was used an alternative for cement, mixed with sand and crushed stone, and used as an

The urban scenery that dominated Cairo since the nineteenth century was a spatial superimposition of tradition and modernity, represented in the social and architectural composition of the city. The cinematic medium in Egypt attempted to visualize such overlap through a vivid depiction of spatial transformations occur-ring within the micro and macro urban levels revealing hidden aspects of social

Personal credentials, such as passports and drivers' licenses, can be implemented electronically using multi-show protocols. In this paper, we introduce an IoT Privacy-Oriented selective disclosure credential system, i.e. based on bilinear pairings and multilinear maps. The proposed system consists of three protocols, which allow users to be in control of their personal credentials. The

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are highly toxic and carcinogenic compounds as they are low water solubility, hardly degradable and may persist in the environment for many years. Therefore, this study was directed to PAHs ‘anthracene and naphthalene’ removal using a combination method between adsorption and degradation using sunlight. Three adsorbent materials, iron oxide (Fe) alone

As a case study for our research, COVID-19, that was caused by a unique coronavirus, has substantially affected the globe, not only in terms of healthcare, but also in terms of economics, education, transportation, and politics. Predicting the pandemic's course is critical to combating and tracking its spread. The objective of our study is to evaluate, optimize and fine-Tune state of the art