249 research outputs found
2023 Award Winner Bahaudin Mujtaba
No full textArts, Business, Humanities, Law, and Social Sciences
Professor Award
Bahaudin Mujtaba, H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, is a Professor of Human Resources and International Management. He is the author and coauthor of books dealing with diversity, ethics, and business management, and his contributions to his field are significant. During the past thirty years, he has worked with managers and human resource professionals in almost 20 countries, and this diverse exposure has provided him with many insights in cross-cultural management from the perspectives of different firms, people groups, and cultures. With an extensive publication record and thousands of citations covering topics such as business, change, culture, ethics, diversity, and others, his work is highly collaborative with over 50 different coauthors drawn from NSU, the United States, and abroad. His books and guidance are sought and frequently used by companies, professors, and the media. He served as a cultural consultant for the movie Kite Runner and in 2018 did pro bono training and development work in Afghanistan on topics of adult learning, leadership, and ethics.https://nsuworks.nova.edu/provost_research_award/1018/thumbnail.jp
Muslim Public Opinion Toward the International Order [electronic resource] : Support for International and Regional Actors /
No full textThis book analyses the attitudes of Muslim citizens toward international and regional actors. In essence, the project examines whether Muslim public opinion is in favor of the current international order and if there is an ideal type of international governance perceived by Muslim citizens. The author connects the analysis to the literature of international public opinion and to the research on social legitimacy of international and global governance. It is ideal for scholarly audiences interested in Islamic, International and Global Governance Studies. Mujtaba Ali Isani is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science at the University of Muenster, Germany.1. Chapter 1 Introduction and Historical Context -- 2. Chapter 2 Literature Review, Theory and Methods -- 3. Chapter 3 Muslim Attitudes Toward the UN -- 4. Chapter 4 The Arab League and the GCC: Failures of Regional Organization in the Muslim World? -- 5. Chapter 5 Support for the Global Caliphate as Alternative -- 6. Chapter 6 Conclusion: ASEAN as a Successful Regional Organization? OIC as an Alternative to the Caliphate? Revisiting the Main Puzzles .This book analyses the attitudes of Muslim citizens toward international and regional actors. In essence, the project examines whether Muslim public opinion is in favor of the current international order and if there is an ideal type of international governance perceived by Muslim citizens. The author connects the analysis to the literature of international public opinion and to the research on social legitimacy of international and global governance. It is ideal for scholarly audiences interested in Islamic, International and Global Governance Studies. Mujtaba Ali Isani is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science at the University of Muenster, Germany
Newly isolated sporopollenin microcages from Platanus orientalis pollens as a vehicle for controlled drug delivery
No full textWOS: 000403381200030PubMed: 28532028Sporopollenin microcages were produced from the pollens of Platanus orientalis. Paracetamol was loaded into the microcages. Pollen, sporopollenin, paracetamol and paracetamol-loaded sporopollenin microcages were characterized with FT-IR, TGA and SEM. The analytical analyses demonstrated that sporopollenin microcages were structurally intact, highly reticulated and thermally stable. The loading efficiency of the sporopollenin microcages was found to be 8.2% using the passive loading technique and 23.7% via evaporating loading technique. In vitro release and kinetics studies were performed to test the suitability of sporopollenin microcages for loading. These studies revealed that sporopollenin from P. orientalis can be suggested as a suitable carrier for drug loading and controlled release studies. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - Graduate Scholarship Programme for International Students [TUBITAK 2215]The first author would like to thank The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey for supporting him during this study under the program number TUBITAK 2215 - Graduate Scholarship Programme for International Students
The Application Of Polymer Particles In Industrial Processes
No full textThe research in this thesis considers novel innovative developments in established
industrial processes that involve the use of recyclable polymeric particles as a
partial replacement for aqueous media and chemicals. The application of the
technology typically leads to water savings of over 80% and chemical savings of
over 25%. These industrial processes may be characterised in that are considered
inefficient and wasteful but nevertheless are considered economically vital. These
diverse industries including laundry cleaning, leather manufacturing, textile
garment processing, effluent treatment and metal beverage can manufacture.
The outcomes of this research have made significant contributions to industrial
best practice in such industries. In terms of academic research, the knowledge
created in this thesis provides the basis for the application of CFD-DEM modelling
to understand complex multi-phase and multi-component systems. In particular,
the thesis advocates the application of the Free Surface Lattice Boltzmann Method
for creating highly accurate simulations of multi-phase flow. In addition, the thesis
offers opportunities for further research in novel plasma micro-reactors and their
applications in diverse fields such as chemical synthesis, chemical engineering and
biotechnology. The nature of the research is multi-disciplinary, and involved
investigations across several fields including applied mathematics, biochemistry,
chemistry, physics, and engineering. The projects also involved scale up from
laboratory, pilot plant and full commercial scale production trials. Primary
objectives were investigated through a series of six published patents. The three
patents relating to the development of novel leather and textile processes were
solely conceived and executed by the author. The patent related to the
development of the plasma micro-reactor for ozone synthesis was conceived and
executed jointly by the author and Professor Will Zimmerman (Sheffield University).
The two patents related to the development of a novel metal cleaning and
treatment process was conceived and executed jointly by the author and Dr.
Robert Bird (Xeros Technology Group Limited)
Protect Against Phishing Scams
No full textAbstract: Phishing is an act of luring unsuspecting recipient of a message into revealing information which can be used against the recipient. Email is the most common medium of creating a Phishing attack against individuals and organizations. Phishing is a type of social engineering attempt, usually via emails, designed to trick the recipient. These attacks often result in malicious software getting deployed, steal user data including credentials or financial data, and victimize the entire infrastructure for ransom etc. First step in preventing this attack is to identify what a Phishing attempt is, to report it, and take similar actions for others. The golden rule of prevention is when you are in doubt, do not open that email, download its attachments or click on any hyperlinks inside.
Keywords: Phishing, Spam, Email, Malware, Social Engineering.
Title: Protect Against Phishing Scams
Author: Junaid Jan, Mohammed Mujtaba, Qasim T. Zaidi, Zaki S. Ahmed
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
Vol. 10, Issue 2, April 2022 - June 2022
Page No: 82-86
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 07-June-2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6616588
Paper Download Link (Source)
https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/protect-against-phishing-scamsInternational Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research, (IJCSITR), ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online), Research Publish Journals (Publisher), Website: www.researchpublish.co
Exploring Value Change in Sustainable Energy Systems: An Agent-Based Exploratory Modelling Approach to Study the Change in Importance of Values
No full textThe climate change around the globe driven by Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG) is fueling the growth of Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) at a faster pace. However, the lack of acceptance of these systems by society has stifled its successful deployment. Societal values play a key role in evaluating the social acceptance and the broader consequences of SES. However, there exists a complexity of change in the values of people. Alternatively known as value change, although SES may embody values permanently during its design, the values that people hold important may change during the lifetime of SES. Value change may often be driven by various exogenous factors as well as due to the complex, emergent, and dynamic characteristics of SES. Consequently, this has led to high uncertainty in the future acceptance of SES. Exploring the uncertain scenarios of value change is crucial for social acceptance of SES as it can facilitate better consideration of values in evaluating social acceptance of SES, ultimately contributing to the future acceptability of SES by society. However, current approaches to explore value change in ethics of technology literature are scarce. Few have proposed to explore value change, but lack in dealing with value change after it has occurred, or they consider values in a static manner. Alternatively, simulation models show better prospects in exploring complex societal dynamics of which a human mind cannot picture. Simulation models such as Agent-Based Models are seen as a suitable solution to capture the underlying mechanisms that drive the value change considering the complex and dynamic characteristics of SES. The objective of this research is to gain an understanding of the mechanisms that drive the value change in SES, by formulating a modelling approach that integrates agent heterogeneity, common pool resource & dynamic behavior, transformative experience & bounded rationality, and social interaction, to explore value change under various policy and uncertainty scenarios of SES. To this end, this study combined Agent-Based Modelling and Exploratory Modelling approaches to explore the change in importance of values in SES.Engineering and Policy Analysi
Imamate and leadership: lessons on Islamic doctrine (book four)
No full textThe author wrote subjects proving the reader Imam Ali bin Abu Thalib (karamallahu wajhah) as a family member of the Prophet Muhammad is a proved immediate successor of caliphate after the Prophet Muhammad passed away. The author convinced reader with Sunni sources. The author argued that before his death, the Prophet transfer the Imamate to another by an explicit designation with the guidance of God
Aggregation with fragment retransmission for very high-speed WLANs
No full textAbstract—In upcoming very high-speed wireless LANs (WLANs), the physical (PHY) layer rate may reach 600 Mbps. To achieve high efficiency at the medium access control (MAC) layer, we identify fundamental properties that must be satisfied by any CSMA-/CA-based MAC layers and develop a novel scheme called aggregation with fragment retransmission (AFR) that exhibits these properties. In the AFR scheme, multiple packets are aggregated into and transmitted in a single large frame. If errors happen during the transmission, only the corrupted fragments of the large frame are retransmitted. An analytic model is developed to evaluate the throughput and delay performance of AFR over noisy channels and to compare AFR with similar schemes in the literature. Optimal frame and fragment sizes are calculated using this model. Transmission delays are minimized by using a zero-waiting mechanism where frames are transmitted immediately once the MAC wins a transmission opportunity. We prove that zero-waiting can achieve maximum throughput. As a complement to the theoretical analysis, we investigate the impact of AFR on the performance of realistic application traffic with diverse requirements by simulations. We have implemented the AFR scheme in the NS-2 simulator and present detailed results for TCP, VoIP, and HDTV traffic. The AFR scheme described was developed as part of the IEEE 802.11n working group work. The analysis presented here is general enough to be extended to proposed schemes in the upcoming 802.11n standard. Trends indicated in this paper should extend to any well-designed aggregation schemes
Transesterification kinetics and process optimisation for biodiesel synthesis. An experimental & theoretical study
No full textLAUREA MAGISTRALEIn questo lavoro di tesi, si studia la reazione di produzione di biodiesel. Sono analizzati due aspetti: la cinetica della transesterificazione e il cambiamento di viscosità durante la reazione. L’esperimento è stato condotto usando un misuratore di pH per monitorare la conversione e un sistema di rilevazione di ultrasuoni per valutare la velocità di propagazione: Il meccanismo di reazione è noto ma le costanti di velocità cinetica presenti in letteratura non descrivono in maniera appropriata il processo. La stima delle nuove costanti cinetiche e l’ottimizzazione del processo sono effettuate con il software gPROMS. Allo stesso tempo, è stata trovata la relazione tra la conversione e il numero di capillarità.The present work investigates the reaction to produce biodiesel from sunflower oil. Two aspects are analyzed: the kinetics of the transesterification and the viscosity dynamics during the reaction. The experiment is carried out using pH measurements to monitor the conversion and ultrasound equipment to record the velocity of propagation. The kinetic mechanism is well known but the kinetic rate constants present in the literature do not describe properly the process. An estimation of the kinetic rate constants and an optimization of the process are run, using gPROMS modelling software. A correlation between the conversion and the capillary number is also proposed
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