Nature of Complex Network of Dengue Epidemic as a Scale-Free Network

Hafiz Abid Mahmood Malik,Faiza Abid,Nadeem Mahmood,Mohamed Ridza Wahiddin,Asif Malik 대한의료정보학회 2019 Healthcare Informatics Research Vol.25 No.3

Objectives: Dengue epidemic is a dynamic and complex phenomenon that has gained considerable attention due to its injurious effects. The focus of this study is to statically analyze the nature of the dengue epidemic network in terms of whether it follows the features of a scale-free network or a random network. Methods: A multifarious network of Aedes aegypti is addressed keeping the viewpoint of a complex system and modelled as a network. The dengue network has been transformed into a one-mode network from a two-mode network by utilizing projection methods. Furthermore, three network features have been analyzed, the power-law, clustering coefficient, and network visualization. In addition, five methods have been applied to calculate the global clustering coefficient. Results: It has been observed that dengue epidemic follows a powerlaw, with the value of its exponent γ = –2.1. The value of the clustering coefficient is high for dengue cases, as weight of links. The minimum method showed the highest value among the methods used to calculate the coefficient. Network visualization showed the main areas. Moreover, the dengue situation did not remain the same throughout the observed period. Conclusions: The results showed that the network topology exhibits the features of a scale-free network instead of a random network. Focal hubs are highlighted and the critical period is found. Outcomes are important for the researchers, health officials, and policy makers who deal with arbovirus epidemic diseases. Zika virus and Chikungunya virus can also be modelled and analyzed in this manner.

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS ON HEALTHCARE PROCESS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (USING OF SEMANTIC WEB PLATFORMS)

Abid Ali Fareedi,Syed Hassan 제어로봇시스템학회 2014 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2014 No.10

The emergence of social media networks in healthcare domain is nowadays comprehensively contributed for the knowledge acquisition and to support various activities in different tasks in healthcare processes. This study emphasizes the usage of social media networks and its impacts on healthcare stakeholders; patient, health practitioners, ICT and define their perspectives. The proposed framework for Social Media supported knowledge management System (SMKMS) incorporates domain knowledge acquisition e.g. healthcare process (Cardiac) and integrates with social media channels e.g. Facebook as inputs for the construction of domain ontology which can be considered as foundation for the development of health information system (HIS)in healthcare business.

Protocol-Aware Radio Frequency Jamming in Wi-Fi and Commercial Wireless Networks

Abid Hussain,Nazar A. Saqib,Usman Qamar,Muhammad Zia,Hassan Mahmood 한국통신학회 2014 Journal of communications and networks Vol.16 No.4

Radio frequency (RF) jamming is a denial of serviceattack targeted at wireless networks. In resource-hungry scenarioswith constant traffic demand, jamming can create connectivityproblems and seriously affect communication. Therefore, the vulnerabilitiesof wireless networks must be studied. In this study, weinvestigate a particular type of RF jamming that exploits the semanticsof physical (PHY) andmedium access control (MAC) layerprotocols. This can be extended to any wireless communication networkwhose protocol characteristics and operating frequencies areknown to the attacker. We propose two efficient jamming techniques:A low-data-rate random jamming and a shot-noise basedprotocol-aware RF jamming. Both techniques use shot-noise pulsesto disrupt ongoing transmission ensuring they are energy efficient,and they significantly reduce the detection probability of the jammer. Further, we derived the tight upper bound on the durationand the number of shot-noise pulses for Wi-Fi, GSM, and WiMaxnetworks. The proposed model takes consider the channel accessmechanism employed at the MAC layer, data transmission rate,PHY/MAC layer modulation and channel coding schemes. Moreover,we analyze the effect of different packet sizes on the proposedjamming methodologies. The proposed jamming attack modelshave been experimentally evaluated for 802.11b networks on an actualtestbed environment by transmitting data packets of varyingsizes. The achieved results clearly demonstrate a considerable increasein the overall jamming efficiency of the proposed protocolawarejammer in terms of packet delivery ratio, energy expenditureand detection probabilities over contemporary jammingmethodsprovided in the literature.

The Semantic Alignment of H-FOAF, DOMAIN and DBLP Ontologies with Link Open Data for a Health Social Network

Abid Ali Fareedi,Syed Hassan 제어로봇시스템학회 2014 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2014 No.10

The aim of this study is to make collaborative networks of practitioners and researchers especially for healthcare community by using semantic web standards such as FOAF, etc. The proposed collaborative ontology modeling helps to resolve semantic alignment between distributed developed vocabularies/ontologies with domain ontology (cardiac-process) by using collaborative methodology. This collaborative ontology mechanism helps to find specific personnel who are involved in certain tasks, activities with assigned roles and involved in some research projects and attached with health-oriented social community. This approach also helps to publish domain factual knowledge with some link open data (LOD) resources, e.g. DBpedia for reusability.

Interannual rainfall variability and ECMWF‐Sys4‐based predictability over the Arabian Peninsula winter monsoon region

Abid, Muhammad Adnan,Kucharski, Fred,Almazroui, Mansour,Kang, In‐,Sik John WileySons, Ltd 2016 Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Soci Vol.142 No.694

<P>Interannual winter rainfall variability and its predictability are analysed over the Arabian Peninsula region by using observed and hindcast datasets from the state-of-the-art European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) seasonal prediction System 4 for the period 1981-2010. An Arabian winter monsoon index (AWMI) is defined to highlight the Arabian Peninsula as the most representative region for the Northern Hemispheric winter dominating the summer rainfall. The observations show that the rainfall variability is relatively large over the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula. The correlation coefficient between the Nino3.4 index and rainfall in this region is 0.33, statistically significant at the 90% level, suggesting potentially some modest predictability, and indicating that El Nino increases and La Nina decreases the rainfall. Regression analysis shows that upper-level cyclonic circulation anomalies that are forced by El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are responsible for the winter rainfall anomalies over the Arabian region. The stronger (weaker) mean transient-eddy activity related to the upper-level trough induced by the warm (cold) sea-surface temperatures during El Nino (La Nina) tends to increase (decrease) the rainfall in the region. The model hindcast dataset reproduces the ENSO-rainfall connection. The seasonal mean predictability of the northeast Arabian rainfall index is 0.35, statistically significant at the 95% level. It is shown that the noise variance is larger than the signal over the Arabian Peninsula region, which tends to limit the prediction skill. The potential predictability is generally increased in ENSO years and is, in particular, larger during La Nina compared to El Nino years in the region. Furthermore, central Pacific ENSO events and ENSO events with weak signals in the Indian Ocean tend to increase predictability over the Arabian region.</P>

Arsenic(V) biosorption by charred orange peel in aqueous environments

Abid, Muhammad,Niazi, Nabeel Khan,Bibi, Irshad,Farooqi, Abida,Ok, Yong Sik,Kunhikrishnan, Anitha,Ali, Fawad,Ali, Shafaqat,Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani,Arshad, Muhammad Taylor Francis 2016 International journal of phytoremediation Vol.18 No.5

Security Issues and Challenges of Mobile Cloud Computing

Abid Shahzad,Mureed Hussain 보안공학연구지원센터(IJGDC) 2013 International Journal of Grid and Distributed Comp Vol.6 No.6

AJFCode: An Approach for Full Aspect-Oriented Code Generation from Reusable Aspect Models

Abid Mehmood,Dayang N. A. Jawawi 한국인터넷정보학회 2022 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.16 No.6

Model-driven engineering (MDE) and aspect-oriented software development (AOSD) contribute to the common goal of development of high-quality code in reduced time. To complement each approach with the benefits of the other, various methods of integration of the two approaches were proposed in the past. Aspect-oriented code generation, which targets obtaining aspect-oriented code directly from aspect models, offers some unique advantages over the other integration approaches. However, the existing aspect-oriented code generation approaches do not comprehensively address all aspects of a model-driven code generation system, such as a textual representation of graphical models, conceptual mapping, and incorporation of behavioral diagrams. These problems limit the worth of generated code, especially in practical use. Here, we propose AJFCode, an approach for aspect-oriented model-driven code generation, which comprehensively addresses the various aspects including the graphical models and their text-based representation, mapping between visual model elements and code, and the behavioral code generation. Experiments are conducted to compare the maintainability and reusability characteristics of the aspect-oriented code generated using the AJFCode with the most comprehensive object-oriented code generation approach. AJFCode performs well in terms of all metrics related to maintainability and reusability of code. However, the most significant improvement is noticed in the separation of concerns, coupling, and cohesion. For instance, AJFCode yields significant improvement in concern diffusion over operations (19 vs 51), coupling between components (0 vs 6), and lack of cohesion in operations (5 vs 9) for one of the experimented concerns.

Seismic site conditions in Gangneung, Korea, based on Rayleigh-wave dispersion curves and topographic data

Abid Ali,Ki Young Kim 한국지질과학협의회 2016 Geosciences Journal Vol.20 No.6

To determine the near-surface shear wave velocities (Vs) and characterize seismic site conditions in Gangneung, on the east coast of South Korea, passive and active surface waves were recorded at 136 sites. Dispersion images of the Rayleigh waves were obtained by the spatial autocorrelation method and inverted to Vs models. From these one-dimensional Vs models, the depth to the soft bedrock, average Vs at the top of the bedrock, average Vs of the overburden layer, average Vs in the top 30-m interval (Vs30), and average resonance frequency were estimated to be 16 ± 1 m, 481 ± 14 m/s, 254 ± 5 m/s, 374 ± 16 m/s, and 5.5 ± 0.3 Hz, respectively. A lower estimate for Vs30 and a relatively thick overburden layer make the downtown and agricultural areas in the region more prone to significant ground amplifications. Multiple regression analysis of Vs30 yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.79 with respect to the variables of elevation and topographic slope. Using this proxy-based empirical relationship, Vs30 values were computed at 13,583 sites covering the entire city. A microzonation map, constructed based on the Vs30 data, indicates that the ground in Gangneung is categorized mainly into B (44%), C (39%), and D (15%) National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program site classes, with minor constituents assigned to the A and E classes.

The effect of bolt tightening methods and sequence on the performance of gasketed bolted flange joint assembly

Abid, Muhammad,Khan, Yasir Mehmood Techno-Press 2013 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.46 No.6

This paper presents results of the effect of different bolt tightening sequences and methods on the performance of gasketed bolted flange joint using nonlinear finite element analysis. Bolt preload scatter due to elastic interactions, flange stress variation and bolt bending due to flange rotation and gasket contact stress variation is difficult to eliminate in torque control method i.e. tightening one bolt at a time. Although stretch control method (tightening more than one bolt at time) eradicates the bolt preload scatter, flange stress variation is relatively high. Flange joint's performance is compared to establish relative merits and demerits of both the methods and different bolt tightening sequences.