The purposes of this book are to investigate the effectiveness of e-government implementation in Saudi Arabia, explore the underlying factors for the efficient performance of e-government portals, address the gaps and problems that have emerged in e-government portals, examine the impact of the problems found in e-government plan and the needs of i

The mangrove at Cherating river estuary are diverse in species diversity and well distributed along the seven kilometer of the riverine swamp. The study on the mangroves cover are needed for coastal development planning and monitoring. Methodology: Combination of unsupervised and supervised classification of Landsat Satellite imageries were used fo

In this paper, a novel algorithm is proposed for increasing the throughput in cognitive radio networks by forming coalitions among cognitive radio users in AWGN and fading channel environment. Although there have been numerous studies exploring the benefits of coalition formation in cognitive radio networks from the game theory perspective, there a

In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm for improving spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks by forming coalitions among cognitive radio users in a fading channel environment. We use concepts from matching theory, specifically the stable marriage problem, to formulate the interactions among the cogni- tive radio users as a matching game f

We consider the problem of increasing the throughput in cognitive radio networks by forming coalitions among cognitive radio user in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel. For coalition formation using matching theory, we analyze two algorithms, namely Gale-Shapely algorithm and one-sided stable matching algorithm. For the first algorithm fo

Turmeric has been one of the most treasured spices and is well known for having health promoting properties. In this study, PLA fibers were loaded with curcumin at 1, 3 and 5 wt% and were successfully drawn via an in-house built fiber drawing tower. The structure of the fibers was characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.

Background: Several predictive equations (PEs) have been developed for estimation of energy requirement but very few has been validated among mechanically ventilated critically ill patients in Asian population. Objectives: This study aimed at determining the validity of 14 PEs for energy requirement and identifying metabolic determinants that influ

The increase of vehicular traffic in the cities is a major concern for the Traffic Management Systems worldwide. The way traffic flow is regulated in the cities directly or indirectly affects the citizen’s life. Thus there is need to optimize and regulate the flow of the traffic effectively to meet the ever increasing demand. This book takes an i

This research dealt with three problems; First, it is difficult to optimized three factors at same time. Second, there are many researches still trying to find an algorithm that has the highest level of security. Third, there is lack knowledge on key dependent S-box within lightweight algorithms. All these problems solved in three directions. The f

It was the five months Marawi sieged between the Philippine Armed Forces and the ISIS group that brought the masjid and madrasah and other waqf properties into ruins and ashes. The government promised to reconstruct the city, but there is no guarantee that waqf properties will be included in the proposed transformation plan on the ground that these