CITY BRANDING, SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE RENTIER STATE. HOW DO QATAR, ABU DHABI AND DUBAI PRESENT THEMSELVES IN THE AGE OF POST OIL AND GLOBAL WARMING?

In the past three decades Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have realised a meteoric economic rise.Whereas the former two can be considered ‘rentier states’ heavily depending on oil (and gas) Undercounter Freezer revenues, the latter only leans on oil for a mere 6% of its gross domestic product (GDP).Although the economic rise has brought cons

This study aimed to develop a building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) device and optimal control methods that increase the photovoltaic (PV) efficiency and visual comfort of the indoor space.A louver-type PV-integrated shading device was suggested and an artificial neural networks (ANN) model was developed to predict PV electricity output, work pla

Abstract The belt conveyor (BC) is the main means of horizontal transportation of bulk materials at mining sites.The sudden 1100 fault in BC modules may cause unexpected stops in production lines.With the increasing number of applications of inspection mobile robots in condition monitoring (CM) of industrial infrastructure in hazardous environments