Proposed Modifications to the Egyptian Concrete Code Based on a Comprehensive Sustainability Assessment of Portland Cement Alternatives for Climate Change Mitigation by ElHakim, Yasmin

“…The economic analysis considered market prices and hazard repair costs to reflect long-term financial implications. …”
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Determinants of healthcare-associated infection among hospitalized children by Dramowski, Angela

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On digital forensic readiness for information privacy incidents

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Designing a mobile application interface to support mid-career professionals in creating better financial futures by Pentz, Audrey

“…Gathering users' qualitative design feedback, ahead of usability evaluation, can have a substantial impact on downstream development costs. The researcher used design as a tool for thinking (imagining new possibilities) and communicating (sharing ideas). …”
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A proof of concept investigating the support of densification through the planning and implementation of road infrastructure in the South African context by Govender, Kerisha

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Resources Based Planning Framework for Infrastructure Maintenance and Rehabilitation Projects by Gad, Heba

“…To address this need, this research presents a resources-based planning framework for infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation scattered projects with the objective of enhancing resources utilization achieving time and cost savings associated with the economy of scale of these projects. …”
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Genetic characterization of smallholder sheep flocks in the Western Cape, South Africa by Venter, Gabriella

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A Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Fabrication Hours for Industrial Steel Structure Projects by Ibrahim, Dalia

“…Construction projects are considered high risk projects especially due to their required large capital making them require extreme attention in estimation as overestimating a project will lead to losing bids and underestimating them will lead to incurring more costs than budgeted resulting in losses. However, estimators are often faced with very tight timelines to finish their estimates leading them to primarily rely on their experience disregarding some crucial factors resulting in inaccurate estimates. …”
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The impact of intellectual property rights from publicly financed research and development on governance mode decisions for research alliances

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A Techno-Economic Evaluation of Green Hydrogen Production in Egypt by Elsaeed, Helmy

“…Sensitivity analysis demonstrates that CAPEX uncertainty and system utilization closely associated with renewable capacity factors and electrolyzer operating hours are the primary drivers of hydrogen cost variability, while electricity prices and financing assumptions exert secondary but still substantial influence. …”
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Fair Fault-Tolerant Approach for Access Point Failures in Networked Control System Greenhouses by Ba Humaish, Mohammed Ali Yaslam

“…However, designing and operating a greenhouse in the context of NCS could be challenging due to the need for highly available and cost-efficient systems. This thesis presents a design methodology for greenhouse NCS that addresses these challenges, offering a framework to optimize crop productivity, minimize costs, and improve system availability and reliability. …”
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Harvesting of invasive woody vegetation (Eucalyptus lehmanii, Leptospermum laevigatum, Acacia cyclops) as energy feedstock in the Cape Agulhas Plain of South Africa by Kitenge, Emile Museu

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Efficient energy resource management for water quality sensor networks

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Hierarchical model predictive control of a venlo-type greenhouse

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Optimum design of RC affordable housing by Fathy, Amr Mostafa Hussein

“…The research was able to optimize the cost for a given area or increase the area for a given cost. …”
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An initial solution heuristic for the vehicle routing and scheduling problem.

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An interactive construction deployment planning model for the SKA project by Rens, Johannes Petrus

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Reinforcement learning for power scheduling in a grid-tied pv-battery electric vehicles charging station by Arwa, Erick Odhiambo

“…The two algorithms were tested using a 24-hour load, generation and utility grid tariff profiles under static optimization conditions. …”
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