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  Timely Estimation Using Coded Quantized Samples

  Ahmed Arafa, Karim Banawan, Karim G. Seddik, and H. Vincent Poor

  [abstract not available]

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  Load Balancing in Cellular Networks: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

  Kareem Attiah, Karim Banawan, Ayman Gaber, Ayman Elezabi, Karim Seddik, Yasser Gadallah, and Kareem Abdullah

  [abstract not available]

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  Insight-Driven Sales Management

  Hesham O. Dinana

  In the new VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world that we live in, there are new rules that will reshape many of the components of sales management, from prospecting, to lead qualification, to closing and relationship management. This chapter will explore the impact of technology, data proliferation, and omni-channel customer touch points on how organizations will manage their sales process and the sales teams in the integrated online and offline worlds (O2O sales). The digital-age consumer and the digital-age sales team will have different communication needs and tools that need to be addressed by sales leaders to ensure their organizations’ success and competitiveness in this new landscape. Customer insights is the new name of the game and it needs to be developed using techniques such as content management, user experience management, performance analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Effectively and efficiently managing the sales process and the sales practices in the digital age will be the new challenge that organizations need to face as some types of sales jobs might disappear (order takers) and new jobs will need to be developed (sales analysts and data scientists). Todays sales managers need to put science into the art of selling.

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  Optical biosensor based on ultrathin SOI waveguides

  Mohamed Elsayed, Sherif Mohamed, Amina Aljaber, and Mohamed Swillam

  [abstract not available]

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  Suspended silicon waveguide for mid-infrared gas sensing

  Raghi S. El Shamy, Mohamed A. Swillam, and Diaa A. Khalil

  [abstract not available]

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  Waveguides sensitivity analysis for mid-infrared gas sensing

  Raghi S. El Shamy, Mohamed A. Swillam, and Diaa A. Khalil

  [abstract not available]

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  Optimized 3D Drone Placement and Resource Allocation for LTE-Based M2M Communications

  Ahmed Fahim and Yasser Gadallah

  [abstract not available]

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  The Vehicle Routing Problem with Split Delivery and Heterogeneous Trucks and Commodities: A Case Study

  Sherif A. Fahmy

  [no abstract provided]

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  Effect of cfrp strips bonding location on flexural capacity and ductility of reinforced concrete beams

  Mina Iskander, Mina Melad, Mourad Yasser, Waleed Abdel Rahim, and Amr Mosa

  [abstract not available]

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  Realistic Wireless Smart-Meter Network Optimization Using Composite RPL Metric

  Amr Salah Kassab, Karim G. Seddik, Ayman Elezabi, and Ahmed Soltan

  [abstract not available]

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  Learning Visualizing Genomic Signatures of Cancer Tumors using Deep Neural Networks

  Tarek Khorshed, Mohamed N. Moustafa, and Ahmed Rafea

  [abstract not available]

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  Multi-Tissue Cancer Classification of Gene Expressions using Deep Learning

  Tarek Khorshed, Mohamed N. Moustafa, and Ahmed Rafea

  [abstract not available]

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  Study of the Substrate Materials and Thin Film Sensing Layer on the SAW Sensor Behaviour for VOCs

  Ghaylen Laouini, Tariq Al Zoubi, and Mohamed Moustafa

  [abstract not available]

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  Integral Equation Formulation for Planar Plasmonic Nano Structures in Layered Media

  Esraa M. Mahdy, Alaa K. Abdelmageed, and Ezzeldin A. Soliman

  [abstract not available]

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  Economic Design for a Reliable Prosthetic Arm

  Mayar M. Medhat, Gehad I. Alkady, Ramez M. Daoud, Hany M. Elsayed, and Mustafa Arafa

  [abstract not available]

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  Work-in-Progress: A Novel Fault Tolerant Scheme for a Wireless Modular Prosthetic Limb

  Mayar M. Medhat, Ramez M. Daoud, and Hassanein H. Amer

  [abstract not available]

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  Maintenance Strategy Selection Using AHP: A Case Study in the Oil and Gas Industry

  Mohamed F. Mostafa and Sherif A. Fahmy

  [abstract not available]

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  Pick and Place Robot Using Visual Feedback Control and Transfer Learning-Based CNN

  Fusaomi Nagata, Kohei Miki, Akimasa Otsuka, Kazushi Yoshida, and Keigo Watanabe

  [abstract not available]

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  Toward High Performance Computing Education

  Rajendra K. Raj, Carol J. Romanowski, Sherif G. Aly, Brett A. Becker, and Juan Chen

  [abstract not available]

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  Couple Relationships in the Arab Region: Changes and Renegotiations

  Hoda Rashad, Zeinab Khadr, and Eman Mostafa

  This chapter investigates the potential impact of two competing forces on the positioning and dynamics of marriage in the Arab region. It also investigates the level of satisfaction and the possible emergence of a new framework of conscious choice. The first type of forces support individual control. They foster informal unions and equitable dynamics. The expectations are that these relationships are governed by individual choices and are characterized by more closeness and romantic emotions. The second type of forces include the centrality of marriage, as well as a traditional division of gender roles. These forces sustain the institution of marriage, as well as a patriarchal separation of roles. The expectations are that these latter relationships lend themselves to pressured or even forced marriages and are characterized by uneven power relationships and less closeness and romantic ideals. This chapter demonstrates that couple relationships, particularly among the young generations, are caught between two opposing forces. Transformations are occurring, but the speed and degree of change vary widely among countries, as well as between males and females. The role of love and intimacy in shaping couple relationships is also shifting. The current evidence depicts a level of practicality in partner selection, as well as a degree of tension within marriage. It suggests that power relationships remain dominant. It also points to a transitional phase where women are more assertive in claiming their rights and exercising them in different formats.

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  Couple Relationships in the Arab Region: Changes and Renegotiations

  Hoda Rashad, Zeinab Khadr, and Eman Mostafa

  This chapter investigates the potential impact of two competing forces on the positioning and dynamics of marriage in the Arab region. It also investigates the level of satisfaction and the possible emergence of a new framework of conscious choice. The first type of forces support individual control. They foster informal unions and equitable dynamics. The expectations are that these relationships are governed by individual choices and are characterized by more closeness and romantic emotions. The second type of forces include the centrality of marriage, as well as a traditional division of gender roles. These forces sustain the institution of marriage, as well as a patriarchal separation of roles. The expectations are that these latter relationships lend themselves to pressured or even forced marriages and are characterized by uneven power relationships and less closeness and romantic ideals. This chapter demonstrates that couple relationships, particularly among the young generations, are caught between two opposing forces. Transformations are occurring, but the speed and degree of change vary widely among countries, as well as between males and females. The role of love and intimacy in shaping couple relationships is also shifting. The current evidence depicts a level of practicality in partner selection, as well as a degree of tension within marriage. It suggests that power relationships remain dominant. It also points to a transitional phase where women are more assertive in claiming their rights and exercising them in different formats.

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  On-Chip Micromachined Dielectric Resonator Antennas Loaded with Parasitic Circular/Crescent Patch for mm-Wave Applications

  Mai Sallam, Mohamed Serry, Sherif Sedky, Atif Shamim, and Guy A.E. Vandenbosch

  [abstract not available]

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  Work-in-Progress: Triple Event Upset Tolerant Area-Efficient FPGA-Based System for Space Applications and Nuclear Plants

  Beatrice Shokry, Dina G. Mahmoud, Hassanein H. Amer, Maha Shatta, and Gehad I. Alkady

  [abstract not available]

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  Fuzzy multivariate outliers with application on BACON Algorithm

  Huda Mohammed Touny, Ahmed Shawky Moussa, and Ali S. Hadi

  [abstract not available]

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  Partnering for Egyptian Heritage Oral History: Internal and External Collaborations Pursued by the Archives

  Stephen Urgola

  The story of Egypt and its people is a long one, written literally in stone at ancient monuments throughout the country. But perhaps the best way to tell the story of its contemporary period is through its inhabitants’ voices, by means of recorded oral history interviews. Oral history has become a major means of historical documentation for the Archives within the Rare Books and Special Collections Library of the American University in Cairo (AUC), one of the founding members of the AMICAL Consortium of American international liberal arts universities. A variety of collaborations and partnerships have enhanced the Archives’ efforts to document Egypt and AUC through oral history, thus producing rich primary resources for researchers, faculty, and students. This paper examines the progress of the Archives’ oral history program at AUC in its early stages, the experience of the University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution project after 2011, the effort to interview displaced locals of the Qurna village area in southern Egypt in 2016, and more recent initiatives. The focus will be on the collaborations fostered with faculty at AUC and especially with individuals outside AUC closely tied to and knowledgeable about local communities (most notably in the case of the Qurna Hillside Oral History Project), within an intercultural context. The chapter will include discussion of how these collaborations emerged, were mutually beneficial, and combined the oral history experience and resources of the Archives with the documentary passion, local contacts, and expertise of its partners. It concludes by suggesting paths other institutions can follow.