Search Results - "Khanafer, M."

The effect of Ag+ cations on the micropore properties of clinoptilolite and related adsorption separation of CH4 and N2 gases by Kennedy, D.A., Khanafer, M., Tezel, F.H.

“…In this study, we report on the effects of Ag+ cations exchange within clinoptilolite zeolite in relation to both the physicochemical and the gas adsorption…”
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Ability of the So-Called Obligate Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria to Utilize Nonhydrocarbon Substrates Thus Enhancing Their Activities Despite their Misleading Name by Radwan, Samir S, Khanafer, Majida M, Al-Awadhi, Husain A

“…The group of the so-called obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (OHCB) are marine microorganisms affiliated with the genera Alcanivorax, Cycloclasticus,…”
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Plant-based oil-sorbents harbor native microbial communities effective in spilled oil-bioremediation under nitrogen starvation and heavy metal-stresses by Dashti, N., Ali, N., Khanafer, M., Radwan, S.S.

“…Cultivation on selective media revealed that the oil-sorbents, wheat straw, corncobs and sugarcane bagasse harbor hydrocarbonoclastic, diazotrophic and heavy…”
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Indigenous hydrocarbon-utilizing bacterioflora in oil-polluted habitats in Kuwait, two decades after the greatest man-made oil spill by Al-Awadhi, H., Al-Mailem, D., Dashti, N., Khanafer, M., Radwan, S.

“…Kuwaiti habitats with two-decade history of oil pollution were surveyed for their inhabitant oil-utilizing bacterioflora. Seawater samples from six sites along…”
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Automated Diagnosis for UMTS Networks Using Bayesian Network Approach by Khanafer, R.M., Solana, B., Triola, J., Barco, R., Moltsen, L., Altman, Z., Lazaro, P.

“…This paper presents an automated diagnosis in troubleshooting (TS) for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks using a Bayesian network (BN)…”
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The potential of oil-utilizing bacterial consortia associated with legume root nodules for cleaning oily soils by Dashti, N., Khanafer, M., El-Nemr, I., Sorkhoh, N., Ali, N., Radwan, S.

“…The surfaces of root nodules of Vicia faba and Lupinus albus (legume crops), were colonized with bacterial consortia which utilized oil and fixed nitrogen…”
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Biofilms constructed for the removal of hydrocarbon pollutants from hypersaline liquids by Al-Mailem, D. M., Eliyas, M., Khanafer, M., Radwan, S. S.

“…Hydrocarbonoclastic biofilms were established on sterile glass plates vertically submerged for 1 month in a hypersaline soil/water suspension containing 0.3 %…”
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Turbulence Significantly Increases Pressure and Fluid Shear Stress in an Aortic Aneurysm Model under Resting and Exercise Flow Conditions by Khanafer, Khalil M., PhD, Bull, Joseph L., PhD, Upchurch, Gilbert R., MD, Berguer, Ramon, MD, PhD

“…The numerical models of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in use do not take into account the non-Newtonian behavior of blood and the development of local…”
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Mixed convection flow in a lid-driven enclosure filled with a fluid-saturated porous medium by Khanafer, Khalil M., Chamkha, Ali J.

“…Volume averaged equations governing unsteady, laminar, mixed convection flow in an enclosure filled with a Darcian fluid-saturated uniform porous medium in the…”
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Bioremediation of Atmospheric Hydrocarbons via Bacteria Naturally Associated with Leaves of Higher Plants by Ali, N, Al-Awadhi, H, Dashti, N, Khanafer, M, El-Nemr, I, Sorkhoh, N, Radwan, S. S

“…Bacteria associated with leaves of sixteen cultivated and wild plant species from all over Kuwait were analyzed by a culture-independent approach. This…”
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Potential of hexadecane-utilizing soil-microorganisms for growth on hexadecanol, hexadecanal and hexadecanoic acid as sole sources of carbon and energy by Dashti, N., Al-Awadhi, H., Khanafer, M., Abdelghany, S., Radwan, S.

“…Bacteria and fungi in pristine and oily desert soil samples were counted on inorganic medium aliquots containing 0.5% hexadecane, hexadecanol, hexadecanal or…”
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Enrichment of rhizospheres of crop plants raised in oily sand with hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria capable of hydrocarbon consumption in nitrogen free media by Sorkhoh, N.A., Ali, N., Salamah, S., Eliyas, M., Khanafer, M., Radwan, S.S.

“…The rhizospheres of the three legume crops, peas, beans and peanuts and the three nonlegume crops, sunflower, tomato and mallow raised in pristine sand were…”
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Agarolytic bacteria with hydrocarbon-utilization potential in fouling material from the Arabian Gulf coast by Sorkhoh, N.A., Al-Awadhi, H., Al-Mailem, D.M., Kansour, M.K., Khanafer, M., Radwan, S.S.

“…Fouling material adhering to a neglected navigation vehicle half-sinking in the coastal water of the Arabian Gulf harbored two agarolytic bacterial species,…”
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Numerical simulation of double-diffusive mixed convection within a rotating horizontal annulus by Al-Amiri, Abdalla M., Khanafer, Khalil M.

“…A numerical investigation of double-diffusive mixed convection within a two-dimensional, horizontal annulus has been carried out. The outer cylinder was made…”
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Oil-consuming microbial consortia floating in the Arabian Gulf by Radwan, S.S., Al-Hasan, R.H., Ali, N., Salamah, S., Khanafer, M.

“…Picocyanobacteria floating on the surface of the water body in the Arabian Gulf were found associated with heterotrophic bacteria. Haemocytometer counting of…”
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Numerical simulation of combined thermal and mass transport in a square lid-driven cavity by Al-Amiri, Abdalla M., Khanafer, Khalil M., Pop, Ioan

“…The aim of this study was to investigate steady mixed convection in a square lid-driven cavity under the combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass…”
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Timeliness and outcomes of carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid artery stenosis: a single centre audit by Lim, Eric T. A., Laws, Peter E., Beresford, Timothy P., Khanafer, Adib M. A., Roake, Justin A.

“…Background For patients presenting with symptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis, carotid endarterectomy (CEA) surgery is recommended to be performed…”
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Numerical simulation of unsteady mixed convection in a driven cavity using an externally excited sliding lid by Khanafer, Khalil M., Al-Amiri, Abdalla M., Pop, Ioan

“…A numerical investigation of unsteady laminar mixed convection heat transfer in a lid driven cavity is executed. The forced convective flow inside the cavity…”
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HYDROMAGNETIC NATURAL CONVECTION FROM AN INCLINED POROUS SQUARE ENCLOSURE WITH HEAT GENERATION by Khanafer, Khalil M., Chamkha, Ali J.

“…The problem of unsteady, laminar, two-dimensional hydromagnetic natural convection heat transfer in an inclined square enclosure filled with a fluid-saturated…”
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Fluid–structure interaction of turbulent pulsatile flow within a flexible wall axisymmetric aortic aneurysm model by Khanafer, Khalil M., Bull, Joseph L., Berguer, Ramon

“…Pulsatile turbulent flow characteristics in an axisymmetric aortic aneurysm (AA) model were analyzed numerically using a simulated physiological waveform. The…”
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