• Secrecy Performance Analysis of Multi-Antenna NOMA System with AF/DF relaying under External and Internal Eavesdropping Scenarios 

  Zaghdoud, Nesrine; Mnaouer, Adel Ben; Alouane, Wided Hadj; Boujemaa, Hatem; Touati, Farid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020-06)

  Due to the successive interference cancellation (SIC) technique, Non orthogonal multiple Access (NOMA) users have the capability of decoding the other paired users sharing the same resource bloc. As a result, NOMA technique ...
• Predicting phishing websites based on self-structuring neural network 

  Mohammad, Rami M.; Thabtah, Fadi; McCluskey, Lee (Springer London, 2014)

  Internet has become an essential component of our everyday social and financial activities. Nevertheless, internet users may be vulnerable to different types of web threats, which may cause financial damages, identity ...
• Using the PERMA Model in the United Arab Emirates 

  D'raven, L. Lambert; Pasha-Zaidi, N. (Springer Netherlands, 2016-02-01)

  Well-being theory, also known as the PERMA model (Seligman in Flourish: a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being, Free Press, New York, 2011), proposes five pathways by which individuals can pursue happiness. ...
• Audio steganalysis based on lossless data-compression techniques 

  Djebbar, Fatiha; Ayad, Beghdad (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2012)

  In this paper, we introduce a new blind steganalysis method that can reliably detect modifications in audio signals due to steganography. Lossless data-compression ratios are computed from the testing signals and their ...
• LPC-based narrowband speech steganography 

  Guerchi, Driss; Mohamed, Emad Eldin (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2012)

  This paper proposes a new speech steganography system for secure sound massages sharing. This system exploits the advancements in speech processing to hide efficiently secret speech in narrowband cover speech. Linear ...
• Encoding spectral parameters using cache codebook 

  Guerchi, Driss; Rekik, Siwar (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2012)

  A new efficient approach to quantize the spectral line frequencies (LSF) in a coder is proposed. The use of the full search algorithm in the spectral parameters quantization causes high complexity and large hardware storage. ...
• Leaker identification in multicast communication 

  Mohamed, Emad Eldin; Guerchi, Driss (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2012)

  Multicast is a communication mode in which data is exchanged among multiple end systems. An important concern in multicast communications is the protection of copyrights. While preventing copyright violations seems very ...
• Digital image steganography : an FFT Approach 

  Rabie, Tamer (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2012)

  This work describes a framework for image hiding that exploits spatial domain color properties of natural images combined with spectral properties of the Fourier magnitude and phase of these images. The theory is that as ...
• Secure Performance Analysis for Full-Duplex Cooperative NOMA System in the Presence of Multiple Eavesdroppers 

  Zaghdoud, Nesrine; Mnaouer, Adel Ben; Alouane, Wided Hadj; Boujemaa, Hatem; Touati, Farid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020-06)

  This paper investigates the physical layer security of a full-duplex (FD) Decode-and-Forward (DF) NOMA network assumed to undergo independent and identically distributed Nakagami-m fading. Herein, we provide a secrecy ...
• Secrecy Performance Analysis of Cooperative NOMA system with multiple DF Relays 

  Zaghdoud, Nesrine; Mnaouer, Adel Ben; Boujemaa, Hatem; Touati, Farid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020-06)

  In this paper, we derive the Secrecy Outage Probability (SOP) and Strictly Positive Secrecy Capacity (SPSC) of cooperative Non Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) in the presence of K Decode and Forward (DF) relays and ...
• An Autonomous Multi-Variable Outdoor Air Quality Mapping Wireless Sensors IoT Node for Qatar 

  Tariq, Hasan; Abdaoui, Abderrazak; Touati, Farid; Al-Hitmi, Mohammed Abdulla E; Crescini, Damiano; Mnaouer, Adel Ben (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020-06)

  In all outdoor long haul air quality monitoring and mapping applications, sensing accuracy, the sustainability of telemetry, and resilience in node systems and operation are major challenges. The severity of these challenges ...
• Study of Nature Inspired Power-aware Wake-Up Scheduling Mechanisms in WSN 

  Fourati, Lamia; El-Kaffel, Sarrah; Mnaouer, Adel Ben; Touati, Farid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020-06)

  The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potentialities to advance the concretisation of the smart world through a wide interaction between the human society with its physical environment. This interaction is enabled by Wireless ...
• Energy Efficient Real time Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring System 

  Abdaoui, Abderrazak; Ahmad, Sabbir H.M.; Tariq, Hasan; Touati, Farid; Mnaouer, Adel Ben; Al-Hitmi, Mohammed (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020-06)

  Outdoor air quality monitoring (OAQM) is of great importance to human health and environment. Engineers and researchers are increasingly focusing their efforts on the design of real-time OAQM systems using wireless sensor ...
• Mitigating the Impact of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic on Neuroscience and Music Research Protocols in Clinical Populations 

  Papatzikis, Efthymios; Zeba, Fathima; Särkämö, Teppo; Ramirez, Rafael; Grau-Sánchez, Jennifer; Tervaniemi, Mari; Loewy, Joanne (Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-08-28)

  The COVID-19 disease and the systemic responses to it has impacted lives, routines and procedures at an unprecedented level. While medical care and emergency response present immediate needs, the implications of this ...
• Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insight from the ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study 

  Ammar, Achraf; Trabelsi, Khaled; Brach, Michael; Chtourou, Hamdi; Boukhris, Omar; Masmoudi, Liwa; Bouaziz, Bassem; Bentlage, Ellen; How, Daniella; Ahmed, Mona; Mueller, Patrick; Mueller, Notger; Hammouda, Omar; Paineiras-Domingos, Laisa Liane; Braakman-jansen, Annemarie; Wrede, Christian; Bastoni, Sophia; Pernambuco, Carlos Soares; Mataruna, Leonardo; Taheri, Morteza; Irandoust, Khadijeh; Khacharem, Aïmen; Bragazzi, Nicola L; Strahler, Jana; Adrian, Jad; Andreeva, Albina; Glenn, Jordan M; Bott, Nicholas T; Gargouri, Faiez; Chaari, Lotfi; Batatia, Hadj; khoshnami, Samira C; Samara, Evangelia; Zisi, Vasiliki; Sankar, Parasanth; Ahmed, Waseem N; Ali, Gamal Mohamed; Abdelkarim, Osama; Jarraya, Mohamed; Abed, Kais El; Moalla, Wassim; Romdhani, Mohamed; Aloui, Asma; Souissi, Nizar; GemertPijnen, Lisette Van; Riemann, Bryan L; Riemann, Laurel; Delhey, Jan; Gómez-Raja, Jonathan; Epstein, Monique; Sanderman, Robbert; Schulz, Sebastian; Jerg, Achim; Al-Horani, Ramzi; Mansi, Taysir; Jmail, Mohamed; Barbosa, Fernando; Ferreira-Santos, Fernando; Šimunič, Boštjan; Pišot, Rado; Pišot, Saša; Gaggioli, Andrea; Zmijewski, Piotr; Bailey, Stephen J; Steinacker, Jürgen; Chamari, Karim; Driss, Tarak; Hoekelmann, Anita (Institute of Sport, 2021)

  Although recognised as effective measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing and self-isolation have been suggested to generate a burden throughout the population. To provide scientific data to ...
• COVID-19: Virus or Viral Conspiracy Theories? 

  Abaido, Ghada M.; Takshe, Aseel A. (BiomedGrid LLC, 2020-03-16)

  A novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV2 has attracted considerable attention in the past three months, unlike its sisters the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and the disease ...
• Determinants of cargo and eco-efficiencies of global container shipping companies 

  Kuo, Kuo-Cheng; Lu, Wen-Min; Kweh, Qian Long; Le, Minh-Hieu (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2020)

  Purpose: This study aims to evaluate cargo and eco-efficiency of global container shipping companies (CSCs) and explore the determinants of the CSCs' efficiencies. While the former is derived from the CSCs' operational ...
• Nonlinear impacts of board independence on debt financing: Contingent on the shareholdings of the largest shareholder 

  Kweh, Qian Long; Ting, Irene Wei Kiong; Le, Hanh Thi My; Nourani, Mohammad (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  Shareholder interest is unprotected until and unless precise financial decision making is in place. Although literature supports the independent directors' monitoring function in a decision-making process, for a controversial ...
• A clustering approach for autistic trait classification 

  Baadel, Said; Thabtah, Fadi; Lu, Joan (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2020-07-02)

  Machine learning (ML) techniques can be utilized by physicians, clinicians, as well as other users, to discover Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) symptoms based on historical cases and controls to enhance autism screening ...
• Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescents 

  Ahmed, Md. Dilsad; Ho, Walter King Yan; Al-Haramlah, Ahmed; Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo Jose (Cogent OA, 2020-01)

  India’s increasing sedentary behavior among children and youth is becoming a national concern. Hence, developing an environment supportive of physical activity and sports would be a major means to increase the participation ...

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