A case study of sedimentation problems of Wadi Arbaat's dams reservoirs

Taha, Abubakr Taha Bakheit,Aldrees, Ali Techno-Press 2021 Advances in nano research Vol.11 No.5

The proper management of reservoir sedimentation is of critical importance for the sustainable development of surface water resources. Dams' reservoirs are losing their ability storage due to sedimentation processes worldwide. These losses vary from one reservoir to another depending on the characteristics of the watershed and water streams. Therefore, the performance of reservoirs is incredibly vulnerable. The area surrounding Red Sea State is under arid and semi-arid condition, and immensely suffering from a shortage of safe and reliable drinking water supplies. Wadi Arbaat is the primary source of water supply in Port Sudan city. Valleys mostly surround the Red Sea State and Wadi Arbaat suffer from a severe decline with the steep slope of 6-10 m/km. Therefore, the Wadi carries large quantities of sediments, which deposit in dams' reservoirs during the flood periods. The siltation strongly influences these dams and their reservoirs suffer from serious problems represented by increasing silting level and shortage in storage capacities. Consequently, this study aims to investigate the current situation and problems of the three existing dams and make a proper decision with a comprehensive and specific vision in the future. The main problems caused by reservoir sedimentation in the Red Sea Mountains are described as a reduction in the storage capacities, and entry of sediments into control structures such as sluice gates. The problems are further exacerbated as there is no guidance on the decision supports tool that is needed to underpin silting in the flood period and water resources management in these steep slope areas. The sedimentation processes, problems and changes of dam operation are discussed in this paper.

Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Properties of Core-Shell Ni/CuSiO3 Nanocomposite

Taha Latif,Rambabu Kuchi,Jong-Ryul Jeong 한국자기학회 2020 한국자기학회 학술연구발표회 논문개요집 Vol.30 No.1

Impact of irregular marital cohabitation on quality of life and sexual dysfunction in infertile men from upper Egypt

Taha, Emad Abdelrhim,Sabry, Mohamed,Abdelrahman, Islam Fathy Soliman,Elktatny, Hossam,Hosny, Ahmed The Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine 2020 Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine Vol.47 No.1

Objective: Irregular patterns of marital cohabitation are a common problem in upper Egypt due to employment conditions. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of irregular marital cohabitation on the quality of life and sexual function of infertile men. Methods: In total, 208 infertile men were included and divided into two groups. The first group included 134 infertile men with an irregular pattern of marital cohabitation and the second group included 74 infertile men with a regular pattern of marital cohabitation. All subjects were assessed through a clinical evaluation, conventional semen analysis, the fertility quality of life (FertiQoL) questionnaire, the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) score, and the premature ejaculation diagnostic tool (PMEDT). Results: The two groups were compared in terms of conventional semen parameters, FertiQoL, IIEF-5 score, and PMEDT. Infertile men with an irregular pattern of marital cohabitation had significantly lower subscale and total FertiQoL and IIEF-5 scores. Additionally, they had significantly higher PMEDT scores. Erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation were more common in them than in infertile men with a regular pattern of marital cohabitation. Conclusion: Irregular patterns of marital cohabitation had an adverse effect on quality of life and sexual function in infertile men.

Structural control of hydrogeological aquifers in the Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Taha Rabeh,Said Bedair,Mohamed Abdel Zaher 한국지질과학협의회 2018 Geosciences Journal Vol.22 No.1

This work addresses the detection of aquifers and the delineation of subsurface structures predominant in the basement rocks and their relations with these aquifers at the Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt, and the relationship between the subsurface structures and the aquifers. In this respect, land geomagnetic and geoelectric-reconnaissance surveys were carried out over the oasis. Additionally, wells and bore-hole logs were used to verify the results and to explore the distributions of the subsurface reservoirs and the geological sequences. The results illustrate that the main groundwater aquifers in the fractured limestone ranges from 40 m to 90 m in depth and in the saturated Nubian sandstone from 800 m to 1200 m in depth. The thickness of the Carbonate reservoir varies from 90 m to 160 m. The Nubian sandstone formation that unconformably overlies the basement rocks has a thickness of approximately 250 m. In general, the depth to the basement rocks ranges from 1.2 km and 2.9 km in certain local areas according to the magnetic data. The structure trend analyses show that the dominant tectonic trends are northeastward and northwestward. These structures play an important role in controlling the aquifer depths and most probably supply water from the deeper Nubian aquifer to the shallower Carbonate aquifer.

Comparison of cyclic fatigue life of nickel-titanium files: an examination using high-speed camera

Taha Özyürek,Neslihan Büşra Keskin,Fatma Furuncuoğlu,Uğur İnan 대한치과보존학회 2017 Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics Vol.42 No.3

Objectives: To determine the actual revolutions per minute (rpm) values and compare the cyclic fatigue life of Reciproc (RPC, VDW GmbH), WaveOne (WO, Dentsply Maillefer), and TF Adaptive (TFA, Axis/SybronEndo) nickel-titanium (NiTi) file systems using high-speed camera. Materials and Methods: Twenty RPC R25 (25/0.08), 20 WO Primary (25/0.08), and 20 TFA ML 1 (25/0.08) files were employed in the present study. The cyclic fatigue tests were performed using a dynamic cyclic fatigue testing device, which has an artificial stainless steel canal with a 60° angle of curvature and a 5-mm radius of curvature. The files were divided into 3 groups (group 1, RPC R25 [RPC]; group 2, WO Primary [WO]; group 3, TF Adaptive ML 1 [TFA]). All the instruments were rotated until fracture during the cyclic fatigue test and slow-motion videos were captured using high-speed camera. The number of cycles to failure (NCF) was calculated. The data were analyzed statistically using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA, p < 0.05). Results: The slow-motion videos were indicated that rpm values of the RPC, WO, and TFA groups were 180, 210, and 425, respectively. RPC (3,464.45 ± 487.58) and WO (3,257.63 ± 556.39) groups had significantly longer cyclic fatigue life compared with TFA (1,634.46 ± 300.03) group (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the mean length of the fractured fragments. Conclusions: Within the limitation of the present study, RPC and WO NiTi files showed significantly longer cyclic fatigue life than TFA NiTi file.

Users Involvement in New Product Development Process: A Designers' Perspectives

Taha, Zahari,Alli, Hassan,Rashid, Salwa Hanim Abdul Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers 2011 Industrial Engineeering & Management Systems Vol.10 No.3

The purpose of this paper is to study user's involvement in new product development (NPD). It seeks to identify the factors involving user and design practices in the design process of new product development. A survey was conducted on 20 respondents consisting of designers involved in product development from various industries. The study focused on the early activities of the product design process which is called product specification. The analysis performed considers the importance of involving users in design decision. The outcome of this research is the significance of involving users and its effect on product development activities. The research also provides a model for an integrated user, designer and product knowledge activity in the product development process.

Tardive Dyskinesia Associated with Bupropion

Taha Can Tuman,Uğur Çakır,Osman Yı ıd ldı ır rı ı m,Mehmet Akif Camkurt 대한정신약물학회 2017 CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE Vol.15 No.2

Present report describes a 46 year old male patient with a diagnosis of major depression who developed tardive dyskinesia during bupropion therapy. Our patient had no history of neuroleptic use and his laboratory and neurologic examinations were normal. He had no family history of neurologic diseases. Although bupropion induced dyskinesia has been previously reported in the literature, it is rare and our case is the first case regarding tardive dyskinesia.

Digital Transformation Requirements at Saudi Universities from Faculty Members' Perspectives

Taha Mansor Khawaji International Journal of Computer ScienceNetwork S 2023 International journal of computer science and netw Vol.23 No.11

The current study aims to determine digital transformation (organizational, technical, and human resources) requirements at Saudi universities from Umm Al-Qura University faculty members' perspectives. The researcher used a quantitative approach based on the descriptive analytical design. To answer the questions of the study, the researcher used the questionnaire as a data collection tool. The questionnaire was sent electronically to faculty members working in colleges and institutes affiliated with Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire consisted of the three dimensions of digital transformation: organizational; technical; and human resources requirements. The results showed that requirements related to human resources came first with an average of 2.25 then the organizational requirements with an average of 1.95, and in the last, technical requirements came with an average of 1.64. In addition, some suggestions were given by the participants (faculty members) related to the mechanism that could contribute to implementing digital transformation at Saudi universities. Likewise, at the end of the study, the researcher has given some suggestions related to the implementation of digital transformation requirements at Saudi universities.

Sphingosine Kinase: Biochemical and Cellular Regulation and Role in Disease

Taha, Tarek Assad,Hannun, Yusuf Awni,Obeid, Lina Marie Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biol 2006 Journal of biochemistry and molecular biology Vol.39 No.2

Sphingolipids have emerged as molecules whose metabolism is regulated leading to generation of bioactive products including ceramide, sphingosine, and sphingosine-1-phosphate. The balance between cellular levels of these bioactive products is increasingly recognized to be critical to cell regulation; whereby, ceramide and sphingosine cause apoptosis and growth arrest phenotypes, and sphingosine-1-phosphate mediates proliferative and angiogenic responses. Sphingosine kinase is a key enzyme in modulating the levels of these lipids and is emerging as an important and regulated enzyme. This review is geared at mechanisms of regulation of sphingosine kinase and the coming to light of its role in disease.

Predicting the excess pressure drop incurred by LPTT fluids in flow through a planar constricted channel

Taha Rezaee,Mostafa Esmaeili,Solmaz Bazargan,Kayvan Sadeghy 한국유변학회 2019 Korea-Australia rheology journal Vol.31 No.3

Laminar flow of a viscoelastic fluid obeying the linear simplified Phan-Thien/Tanner model (LPTT) is numerically studied in a planar channel partially obstructed by a cosinusoidal constriction. Based on published data (Tammadon-Jahromi et al., 2011) there is no excess pressure drop for this particular fluid when flowing through an orifice-plate. Numerical results obtained using OpenFoam software at a typically low Reynolds number suggest that there exists a strong competition between the fluid’s strain-hardening/shearthinning behavior on the one side with its first normal-stress difference in extension, on the other side, in controlling the pressure drop caused by the presence of the constriction. It is shown that, an excess-pressuredrop (epd) can correctly be predicted provided that use is made of a proper (inelastic) baseline in the definition of the “epd”. At moderate Reynolds numbers a flow-reversal is predicted to occur at the lee side of the constriction ruling out this technique as an extensional rheometer. It is argued that such vortices can be very useful in high-throughput microfluidic systems for mixing enhancement. To reduce the excessive pressure drop experienced by the fluid when working at high Reynolds numbers, it is shown that the Deborah number of the flow should be increased.