Published in PLoS computational biology
Understanding the relationships between biological processes is paramount to unravel pathophysiological mechanisms. These relationships can be modeled with Transfer Functions (TFs), with no need of a priori hypotheses as to the shape of the transfer function. Here we present Iliski, a software dedicated to TFs computation between two signals. It in...
Published in Sensing and Imaging
The choice of a convolutional neural network architecture and its parameters to extract optical character recognition is very difficult and tedious. The main objective of this work is to build a very robust and very fast architecture for the recognition of the handwritten characters of the Amazigh language written in Tifinagh character. This work h...
Distribution of high-quality entanglement over long distances is a key step for the development of a future quantum internet. Exponential photon loss related to distance in optical fibres makes it impractical to connect two nodes directly. Furthermore, the impossibility of copying general quantum states forbids using the same solutions as in classi...
The development of efficient emulsion is essential and requires a good understanding of the parameters that govern the formation and stability of the emulsion. The droplet size significantly affects the stability of the emulsion. In this study, the stability of pomegranate oil-in-water emulsions (0.5 to 7.0% v/v) was investigated using various emul...
Published in Biotechnology for Biofuels
The overwhelming concerns due to over exploitation of fossil resources necessitate the utilization of alternative energy resources. Biodiesel has been considered as one of the most adaptable alternative to fossil-derived diesel with similar properties and numerous environmental benefits. Although there are various approaches for biodiesel productio...
Mobility of Internet of Things (IoT) objects is a key characteristic of IoT environments. It brings dynamicity, uncertainty and raises many challenges when it is associated with computation and network resources management for IoT applications. The resources management problem under objects mobility consideration is even more sensitive if we consid...
Published in Astrophysics and Space Science
The distant retrograde orbits (DROs) can serve as the parking orbits for a long-term cis-lunar space station. This paper gives a comprehensive study on the transfer problem from DROs to Earth orbits, including low Earth orbits (LEOs), medium Earth orbits (MEOs), and geosynchronous orbits (GSOs), in the bicircular restricted four-body problem (BR4BP...
Published in International urogynecology journal
To assess the critical threshold to optimize operating room (OR) time for each surgical team member in robotically assisted sacrocolpopexy (RASCP) and to evaluate the most efficient team compositions. All women who underwent RASCP for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) were prospectively entered in a database. Patients having unrelated concomitant surgery...
Modeling Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) vehicles enables the understanding of the impact of these vehicles on traffic flow. In this work, two online methods are used to provide real time system identification of ACC enabled vehicles. The first technique is a recursive least squares (RLS) approach, while the second method solves a nonlinear joint sta...
Published in Arabian Journal of Geosciences
This research aims at determining an optimal routing of household waste collection in El Bousten district in Sfax Tunisia using Geographical Information System (GIS) technology. The Network Analyst tool in ArcGIS-based model was applied to improve collection efficiency through collection bin reallocation and vehicle tour optimization in terms of di...
