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

Concrete industry is challenged by sustainability and technical concerns. Sustainability includes minimization of raw material usage, energy consumption, and emission of greenhouse gases, while technical concerns comprise the enhancement of mechanical properties and durability such as compressive strength, resistance to chloride, acids, and elevated temperatures. Therefore, recycling of industrial

Electric vehicles (EVs) can only provide lower carbon emissions than conventional, internal combustion-powered vehicles if they are charged using green energy. They also have the drawback of long charging times to 'refuel' them. To combat these two problems, a solar-powered battery charging and swapping station was developed using centered-human design and systems engineering. The design focuses

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

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

This paper presents the system developed by the NGU_CNLP team for addressing the shared task on Propaganda Detection in Arabic at WANLP 2022. The team participated in the shared tasks' two sub-tasks which are: 1) Propaganda technique identification in text and 2) Propaganda technique span identification. In the first sub-task the goal is to detect all employed propaganda techniques in some given

The Immune Checkpoint Blockade has transformed cancer treatment. Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Associated Protein 4 (CTLA4), Programmed death-1 (PD-1) are antibodies that block immune checkpoint proteins that have been FDA approved for treating a variety of cancers including melanoma, renal carcinoma, and non-small cell lung cancer. Immunotherapy tend to stimulate the immune system of patients to detect

Omnidirectional mobile robots are considered for many research applications due to their maneuverability in tight spaces and smoothness of motion. This paper presents a novel design of a T-model mecanum wheeled mobile robot (3-MWMR), the derivation of the inverse and forward kinematics model of the proposed robot, the physical body design of the proposed T-model shape, the simulation of the system

mobile robots play an enormous role in different fields of daily life applications including military, safety, and logistic multi-tasking capabilities. A new approach is introduced to the market which is the 3 Mecanum wheeled mobile robot (3-MWMR) is being tested and validated. The main goal of the proposed design is to achieve all the desired directions of motion and to improve the performance of

Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a complex chronic illness that affects around 90% of diabetic patients worldwide. Prediabetes is an elementary phase for T2D that is recommended to be early diagnosed to prevent its progression. In this study, we used 16S rRNA data from the gut and nasal cavity of prediabetic and control patients to identify common and exclusive diabetic pathways for each body site