The Cost of KAUST

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, or KAUST, is an ambitious attempt by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to create a leadership role in science and technology.

With an endowment of $20 billion, it attracts academic talent from the U.S.A., China, the U.K. and Canada, as well as from within Saudi Arabia itself.

KAUST is the first mixed-gender university campus in Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities hope the mixed-gender center will help modernize the Kingdom's deeply conservative society.

The KAUST research park allows technology-based businesses to establish office space, laboratory space or R&D and demonstration facilities. Current tenants include Saudi Aramco, Dow Chemical and SABIC.

KAUST focuses on research that applies science and technology to problems of human need, social advancement, and economic development. The main research thrusts are Resources, Energy and Environment; Biosciences and Bioengineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Applied Mathematics and Computational Science.

To support these thrusts, KAUST established multidisciplinary Research Centers focused on catalysis, clean combustion, computational bioscience, geometric modeling and scientific visualization, membranes, desert agriculture, Red Sea science and engineering, solar and alternative energy science and engineering, and water desalination and reuse.

Core Laboratories at KAUST include …
Supercomputing core lab
Visualization: CORNEA, a fully immersive, six-sided virtual reality facility, enables students and researchers to turn data into 3D structures that they can interact with and examine.
Nanofabrication: A clean-room environment equipped with tools to support research in advanced materials, biotechnology, electronics and photonics, and MEMS/NEMS.
The Imaging and Characterization Labs includes a suite of 11 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machines and 10 scanning electron microscopes, seven Titans Super transmission microcopes, and Raman Spectroscopy.
Coastal and Marine Resources: Located next to the Red Sea, the facility builds and deploys oceanographic instrumentation and provides operational services to support research vessels for marine exploration, diving, and sampling.
Analytical Chemistry: focus on spectroscopy, chromatography and mass spectrometry, trace metals analysis, wet chemistry, and surface analysis.
Bioscience: These facilities include cell sorting, genomic and proteomic analysis, protein expression and characterization, cell culture, and high-throughput third generation PacBio technology and next-generation Illumina DNA sequencing platforms to support genomics research projects.

For more details, read the Wikipedia article at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Abdullah_University_of_Science_and_Technology

All of this must cost a huge amount of money. Hence the title of this post. But the long term benefits would seem to be worth the cost. The institution, young as it is, has already generated a long list of highly regarded, peer reviewed research. The list below, which represents the results of just the last month of Google® Scholar searches, illustrates the breadth and depth of KAUST generated research.

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RECENT RESULTS FROM A SERIES OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR email ALERTS

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"King Abdullah University" of Science and Technology

TDZ-Induced Plant Regeneration in Jatropha curcas: A Promising Biofuel Plant
Pronounced Side Chain Effects in Triple Bond-Conjugated Polymers Containing Naphthalene Diimides for n-Channel Organic Field-Effect Transistors
An investigation of the mechanical behavior of initially curved microplates under electrostatic actuation
Highly Flexible and Washable Nonwoven Photothermal Cloth for Efficient and Practical Solar Steam Generation
Acoustic backscatter at a Red Sea whale shark aggregation site
CRISPR/Cas13 as a Tool for RNA Interference
Water-Induced Dimensionality Reduction in Metal-Halide Perovskites
On the Evaporation Kinetics of [60] Fullerene in Aromatic Organic Solvents
2-Methylfuran: A bio-derived octane booster for spark-ignition engines
The combustion kinetics of the lignocellulosic biofuel, ethyl levulinate
Impact of operation conditions, foulant adsorption, and chemical cleaning on the nanomechanical properties of ultrafiltraion hollow fiber membranes
Synthesis of Sub-10 nm Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Thin Film with Sharp Molecular Sieving Nanofiltration
[HTML] Solar Energy Resource Analysis and Evaluation of Photovoltaic System Performance in Various Regions of Saudi Arabia
[PDF] On Truly Block Eigensolvers via Riemannian Optimization
Machine assisted reaction optimization: A self-optimizing reactor system for continuous-flow photochemical reactions



Fine-scale biogeographical boundary delineation and sub-population resolution in the Symbiodinium thermophilum coral symbiont group from the Persian/Arabian …
BCC Hume, C D'Angelo, JA Burt, J Wiedenmann - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
… these terms. * Correspondence: Dr. Benjamin C. Hume, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Benjamin.hume@kaust.edu.sa.
COMMENTARY. ORIGINAL ARTICLE. People also looked at …

A perfect Fresnel acoustic reflector implemented by a Fano-resonant metascreen
M Amin, O Siddiqui, M Farhat, A Khelif - Journal of Applied Physics, 2018
… 1 College of Engineering, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia; 2 Division of
Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; …

A framework for combining seasonal forecasts and climate projections to aid risk management for fisheries and aquaculture
AJ Hobday, CM Spillman, P Eveson, J Hartog, X Zhang… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
… Emergence time, climate variability. Received: 17 Nov 2017; Accepted: 05 Apr 2018.
Edited by: Carlos M. Duarte, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,
Saudi Arabia. Reviewed by: Guillem Chust, Centro tecnológico …

Enhanced canopy growth precedes senescence in 2005 and 2010 Amazonian droughts
YY Liu, AIJM van Dijk, DG Miralles, MF McCabe… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018
… Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium; d Division of Biological and Environmental
Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,
Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; e ARC Centre of Excellence …

[HTML] Anterior versus posterior approach to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy, clinical and radiological results with long period of follow-up
ZA Audat, MD Fawareh, AM Radydeh, MM Obeidat… - SAGE Open Medicine, 2018
Background: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy increases with age, but not all cases are
symptomatic. It is usually diagnosed clinically and radiologically (X-ray ...

Machine assisted reaction optimization: A self-optimizing reactor system for continuous-flow photochemical reactions
K Poscharny, DC Fabry, S Heddrich, E Sugiono… - Tetrahedron, 2018
… b KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955 … An HPLC pump (Knauer K-120), valve
controls (Upchurch Scientific V-1341) and an autosampler (HiTec Zhang …

[PDF] Cooperative Charge Pumping and Enhanced Skyrmion Mobility
A Abbout, J Weston, X Waintal, A Manchon - arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.02460, 2018
Page 1. Cooperative Charge Pumping and Enhanced Skyrmion Mobility Adel Abbout
and Aurélien Manchon King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),
Physical Science and Engineering Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia …

Integration of two-phase solid fluid equations in a catchment model for flashfloods, debris flows and shallow slope failures
B Bout, L Lombardo, CJ van Westen, VG Jetten - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2018
… The Netherlands; b CEMSE Division, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, Thuwal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; c PSE Division, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; d …

[PDF] On Truly Block Eigensolvers via Riemannian Optimization
Z Xu, X Gao - International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and …, 2018
… zhiqiang.xu@kaust.edu.sa xin.gao@kaust.edu.sa Computer, Electrical and
Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology (KAUST) Abstract We study theoretical properties …

[HTML] Solar Energy Resource Analysis and Evaluation of Photovoltaic System Performance in Various Regions of Saudi Arabia
AB Awan, M Zubair, AG Abokhalil - Sustainability, 2018
According to Vision 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) plans to harness
9.5 GW of energy from renewable energy sources, which includes a major
part of solar PV generation. This massive implementation of solar projects …

Synthesis of Sub-10 nm Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Thin Film with Sharp Molecular Sieving Nanofiltration
I Gadwal, G Sheng, RL Thankamony, Y Liu, H Li, Z Lai - ACS applied materials & …, 2018
… Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences
and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal
23955-6900 , Saudi Arabia. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces , Article …

[PDF] A new species of Arachnanthus from the Red Sea (Cnidaria, Ceriantharia). ZooKeys 748: 1–10
SN Stampar, SO El Didi, G Paulay, ML Berumen - 2018
… 0, 2017/50028-0, CNPq 404121/2016-0 and CAPES/CNPQ – PROTAX
II 88882.156878/2016-01 to SNS, as well as the King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology … Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences …

[HTML] A new species of Arachnanthus from the Red Sea (Cnidaria, Ceriantharia)
SN Stampar, SO El Didi, G Paulay, ML Berumen - ZooKeys, 2018
… 0, 2017/50028-0, CNPq 404121/2016-0 and CAPES/CNPQ – PROTAX
II 88882.156878/2016-01 to SNS, as well as the King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology … Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences …

[PDF] High-Performance Flexible Magnetic Tunnel Junctions for Smart Miniaturized Instruments
S Amara, G Sevilla, A Torres, M Hawsawi, Y Mashraei… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018
… A-8700, Leoben, Austria. 3 School of Natural Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University,
690950, Vladivostok, Russia … ACKNOWLEDGMENT Research reported in this publication
was supported by the King Abdullah University of … Science 2012 , 337 , 1640 …

[HTML] An Increase of Abundance and Transcriptional Activity for Acinetobacter junii Post Wastewater Treatment
MR Jumat, MF Haroon, N Al-Jassim, H Cheng… - Water, 2018
… 2.1. Wastewater Sampling. A WWTP located on the campus of King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal … Concentrations of
the extracted DNA and RNA were quantified using the Qubit 2.0 fluorometer …

Impact of operation conditions, foulant adsorption, and chemical cleaning on the nanomechanical properties of ultrafiltraion hollow fiber membranes
L Gutierrez, A Keucken, C Aubry, N Zaouri, B Teychene… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2018
… f Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology, Saudi Arabia; g Institut de Chimie des Milieux … Nevertheless,
the analytical advantages of QNM have not been majorly exploited in the …

[HTML] Emerging investigator series: the rise of nano-enabled photothermal materials for water evaporation and clean water production by sunlight
P Wang - Environmental Science: Nano, 2018
… wang@kaust.edu.sa b KAUST Solar Center (KSC), King Abdullah University
of Science … is currently an associate professor in the Environmental Science
and Engineering … Nanotechnology for sustainable food production: promising …

Particle-in-box nanostructured materials created via spatially confined pyrolysis as high performance bifunctional catalysts for electrochemical overall water splitting
L Zhang, JS Hu, XH Huang, J Song, SY Lu - Nano Energy, 2018
… a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science
and Technology, Huainan, Anhui … the most promising components for future
green energy infrastructure in most developed countries [4]. Among the …

The combustion kinetics of the lignocellulosic biofuel, ethyl levulinate
MK Ghosh, MS Howard, Y Zhang, K Djebbi, G Capriolo… - Combustion and Flame, 2018
… Ireland; b Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland;
c Combustion Chemistry Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway,
Ireland; d Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University …

Optimal Placement of Multi-Sensor System for Threat Detection
SV Pashko - Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, 2018
… 249 1060-0396/18/5402-0249 ©2018 Springer Science+Business Media,
LLC Institute of Software Systems, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine, pashko55@yahoo.com. Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi …

Large Dielectric Constant Enhancement in MXene Percolative Polymer Composites
S Tu, Q Jiang, X Zhang, HN Alshareef - ACS Nano, 2018
… Materials Science and Engineering, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Saudi
Arabia. ACS Nano , Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano …

Sustainable Cooling with Hybrid Concentrated Photovoltaic Thermal (CPVT) System and Hydrogen Energy Storage
M Burhan, MW Shahzad, KC Ng - International Journal of Computational Physics …, 2018
… Hydrogen Energy Storage. Muhammad Burhan Water Desalination and Reuse Centre
(WDRC), Biological and Environmental Science & Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia; …

Energy Storage & Desalination
MW Shahzad, M Burhan, KC Ng - International Journal of Computational Physics …, 2018
… An Innovative Sustainable Water Solution. Muhammad Wakil Shahzad Water Desalination
and Reuse Centre (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Science & Engineering (BESE),
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia; …

High-Performance solar-blind flexible Deep-UV photodetectors based on quantum dots synthesized by femtosecond-laser ablation
S Mitra, A Aravindh, G Das, Y Pak, I Ajia, K Loganathan… - Nano Energy, 2018
… King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and
Engineering … the breakthrough technology requirements in the UV-C range, wide-bandgap
quantum dot (QD) materials have attracted intense interest of the scientific community …

Parallel trajectory similarity joins in spatial networks
S Shang, L Chen, Z Wei, CS Jensen, K Zheng, P Kalnis - The VLDB Journal, 2018
… 1 CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2 School of Computer and Information Technology … of Computer Science and Engineering
and Big Data Research Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China …

Cover Image, Volume 26, Issue 4
RVK Chavali, S De Wolf, MA Alam - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and …, 2018
… Device physics underlying silicon heterojunction and passivating‐contact solar cells:
A topical review, DOI: 10.1002/pip.2959. Image Credit: Research Publication Services,
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology …

[HTML] A novel method for improved accuracy of transcription factor binding site prediction
AM Khamis, O Motwalli, R Oliva, BR Jankovic… - Nucleic Acids Research, 2018
… 1King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),
Computational Bioscience Research … Division, Thuwal 23955–6900, Saudi
Arabia, 2Department of Sciences and Technologies … Research Centre of …

[PDF] Synthetic biology open language (SBOL) version 2.2. 0
RS Cox, C Madsen, JA McLaughlin, T Nguyen… - Journal of Integrative …, 2018
… Kevin Clancy ThermoFisher Scientific, USA Raik Grünberg King Abdullah University for
Science and Technology, SA Chris Macklin, Michael Bissell Amyris, Inc., USA … 22 scientific
modelers and software developers that are active within the synthetic biology community …

2-Methylfuran: A bio-derived octane booster for spark-ignition engines
E Singh, VSB Shankar, R Tripathi, H Pitsch… - Fuel, 2018
… a Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; b Institute for Combustion Technology,
RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany. Received …

Computational singular perturbation analysis of super-knock in SI engines
M Jaasim, EA Tingas, FEH Pérez, HG Im - Fuel, 2018
… Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, Saudi Arabia. Received 27 January 2018, Revised 19 March 2018,
Accepted 20 March 2018, Available online 2 April 2018. Abstract …

On the Evaporation Kinetics of [60] Fullerene in Aromatic Organic Solvents
MS Amer, W Wang, KN Kollins, H Altalebi - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018
… Schwingenschlogl* *King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
(KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal
23955-6900, Saudi Arabia … in a 60 MHz ultrasonic bath (Fisher Scientific …

Water-Induced Dimensionality Reduction in Metal-Halide Perovskites
B Turedi, K Lee, I Dursun, B Alamer, Z Wu, E Alarousu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018
… 1 Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia … 3 Kaust Solar Center (KSC), King Abdullah University of Science …

Characterisation of insulin analogues therapeutically available to patients.
GG Adams, A Meal, PS Morgan, QE Alzahrani, H Zobel… - PloS one, 2018
… Functional Nanomaterials Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. More … Besong DTM
4 ,. Shahwar I Jiwani. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University …

Highly Chemo-and Stereoselective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes Catalyzed by a Stable, Well-defined Manganese (II) Complex
A Brzozowska, LM Azofra, V Zubar, I Atodiresei… - ACS Catalysis
… Experimental and DFT details (PDF) Crystallographic data (CIF) Optimized geometries
(XYZ) ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT LMA and LC, acknowledge King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for support …

Iridium-Catalyzed Regioselective Borylation of Substituted Biaryls
S Asghar, T Shahzadi, M Alazmi, X Gao, AH Emwas… - Synthesis, 2018
… Meshari Alazmi. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
(KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC),
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering …

CRISPR/Cas13 as a Tool for RNA Interference
Z Ali, A Mahas, M Mahfouz - Trends in Plant Science, 2018
… 1 Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Available online 28 March 2018. Almost all biological processes …

Solvable Model for Dynamic Mass Transport in Disordered Geophysical Media
M Marder, B Eftekhari, TW Patzek - Physical Review Letters, 2018
… Tadeusz W. Patzek Petroleum Engineering Research Center, King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia … BE acknowledges funding
from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology …

DNA aggregation controlled by super-hydrophobic devices: From structural studies to sensing
M Marini, M Allione, E di Fabrizio - Materials Today, 2018
… SMILEs Lab, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King
Abdullah University for Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900,
Saudi Arabia. Available online 31 March 2018 …

Delivery of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor by 3D Biocompatible Polymeric Scaffolds for Neural Tissue Engineering and Neuronal Regeneration
T Limongi, A Rocchi, F Cesca, H Tan, E Miele, A Giugni… - Molecular Neurobiology, 2018
… di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy 3 Analytical
Core Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and … 5 Present address:
Centre for BioImaging Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences …

Direct numerical simulations of reacting flows with detailed chemistry using many-core/GPU acceleration
FEH Pérez, N Mukhadiyev, X Xu, A Sow, BJ Lee… - Computers & Fluids, 2018
… a Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal … b Gwangju Institute of Science and
Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Korea; c Oak … HPC installations and scientific …

[HTML] Lower Levels of Serum Adiponectin and the T Allele of rs1501299 of the ADIPOQ Gene Are Protective against Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Jordan
MA Alfaqih, YS Khader, AN Al-Dwairi, A Alzoubi… - Korean Journal of Family …, 2018
… approval no., 284/2016) affiliated with Jordan University of Science and
Technology … with PCOS were recruited from the gynecology clinics at King
Abdullah University Hospital … was measured spectrophotometrically using …

Acoustic backscatter at a Red Sea whale shark aggregation site
A Hozumi, S Kaartvedt, A Røstad, ML Berumen… - … Studies in Marine Science, 2018
… a Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and
Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955,
Saudi Arabia; b Department of Biosciences, University of …

Zeolite-like Metal-organic Framework (MOF) Encaged Pt (II)-porphyrin for Anion-selective Sensing
D Masih, V Chernikova, O Shekhah, M Eddaoudi… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2018
… bKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Functional
Materials Design … Research Group (FMD3), Advanced Membranes and
Porous Materials Center (AMPMC), Physical Science and Engineering …

Highly Flexible and Washable Nonwoven Photothermal Cloth for Efficient and Practical Solar Steam Generation
Y Jin, J Chang, Y Shi, L Shi, S Hong, P Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018
… Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia,
23955-6900 2. KAUST Solar Center, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 23955-6900 # Both authors …

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"King Abdullah University" of Science and Technology - new results
Nuclear signaling of plant MAPKs
J Bigeard, H Hirt - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
… My frontiers; My Frontiers; Office; 0. Impact Factor 4.298. The 1st most cited
journal in Plant Sciences … Nuclear signaling of plant MAPKs. Jean Bigeard
1 and Heribert Hirt 2*. 1 Université Paris-Sud, France; 2 King Abdullah …
Jean Bigeard1 and Heribert Hirt2*
1Université Paris-Sud, France
2King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are conserved protein kinases in eukaryotes that establish signaling modules where MAPK kinase kinases (MAPKKKs) activate MAPK kinases (MAPKKs) which in turn activate MAPKs. In plants, they are involved in the signaling of multiple environmental stresses and developmental programs. MAPKs phosphorylate their substrates and this post-translational modification (PTM) contributes to the regulation of proteins. PTMs may indeed modify the activity, subcellular localization, stability or trans-interactions of modified proteins. Plant MAPKs usually localize to the cytosol and/or nucleus, and in some instances they may also translocate from the cytosol to the nucleus. Upon the detection of environmental changes at the cell surface, MAPKs participate in the signal transduction to the nucleus, allowing an adequate transcriptional reprogramming. The identification of plant MAPK substrates largely contributed to a better understanding of the underlying signaling mechanisms. In this review, we highlight the nuclear signaling of plant MAPKs. We discuss the activation, regulation and activity of plant MAPKs, as well as their nuclear re-localization. We also describe and discuss known nuclear substrates of plant MAPKs in the context of biotic stress, abiotic stress and development and consider future research directions in the field of plant MAPKs.

Sonification of Animal Tracks as an Alternative Representation of Multi-dimensional Data: A Northern Elephant Seal Example
CM Duarte, P Riker, M Srinivasan, PW Robinson… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
… Correspondence: Prof. Carlos M. Duarte, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, Visualization Core Lab, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, carlos.duarte@kaust.edu.
sa. COMMENTARY. ORIGINAL ARTICLE. People also looked at …
Carlos M. Duarte1*, Paul Riker1, Madhu Srinivasan1, Patrick W. Robinson2,  Juan P. Gallo3 and Daniel P. Costa2
1Visualization Core Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States
3Center for Research in Food and Development (CIAD), Mexico

Understanding movement of marine megafauna across the ocean is largely based on approaches and models based on analysis of tracks of single animals. While this has led to major progress, the possibility of concerted group dynamics has not been sufficiently examined, possibly due to challenges in exploring massive amounts of data required to this end. Here we report a sonification experiment, where the collective movement of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) was explored by coding their group dynamics into sound. Specifically, we converted into sound data derived from a tagging program involving a total of 321 tagged animals tracked over a decade, between 20 February 2004 and 30 May 2014, consisting of an observation period of 90063 hours, composed of 1,027,839 individual positions. The data parameters used to provide the sound are position (longitude) and spread (degree of displacement taken for the active group). These data parameters are mapped to the sonic parameters of frequency (pitch) and amplitude (volume), respectively. Examination of the resulting sound revealed features of motion that translate into specific patterns in space. The serial departure of elephant seals to initiate their trips into waves is clearly reflected in the addition of tonalities, with coherent swimming of the animals conforming a wave reflected in the modulated fluctuations in volume, suggesting coordinated fluctuations in dispersion of the wave. Smooth changes in volume, coordinated with pitch variability, indicate that the animals spread out as they move further away from the colony, with one or a few animals exploring an ocean area away from that explored by the core wave. The shift in volume and pitch also signals at group coordination in initiating the return home. Coordinated initiation of the return to the colony is also clearly revealed by the sonification, as reflected in an increase in volume and pitch of the notes denoting the movement of each animal in a migration wave. This sonification reveals clear patterns of covariation in movement data, which drivers and triggers, whether intrinsic or environental, cannot be elucidated here but allow to formulate a number of non-trivial questions on the synchronized nature of group

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS
A Aboulhassan, M Hadwiger - US Patent App. 15/551,976, 2018
Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium are provided for
modeling of materials and visualization of properties of the materials. An example
method includes receiving data describing a set of properties of a material, and …

RF-TO-DC POWER CONVERTERS FOR WIRELESS POWERING
MH Ouda, KN Salama - US Patent App. 15/556,118, 2018
Abstract: Various examples are provided related to radio frequency (RF) to direct
current (DC) power conversion. In one example, a RF-to-DC converter includes a
fully cross-coupled rectification circuit including a pair of forward rectifying transistors …

High Performance self-injection locked 524 nm green laser diode for high bitrate visible light communications
MHM Shamim, MA Shemis, C Shen, HM Oubei, TK Ng… - Optical Fiber …, 2018
… of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran
31261, Saudi Arabia 2Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering
(CEMSE) division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST …
1Optoelectronic Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
2Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding author: zahedmk@kfupm.edu.sa

Effect of support on hydro-metathesis of propene: A comparative study of W (CH 3) 6 anchored to silica vs. silica-alumina
M Tretiakov, MK Samantaray, A Saidi, JM Basset - Journal of Organometallic …, 2018
… King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST
Catalysis Center (KCC … Argon and Hydrogen cylinders were connected to
Thermo Scientific Triple filters (Oxygen, Moisture, Hydrocarbons) prior the …
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Hydr-metathesis of propene was carried out by using well-defined W(CH3)6 supported on silica and silica-alumina. It was observed that W(CH3)6 supported silica-alumina catalyst is much better (TON 4577) than the silica supported catalyst (TON 2104). We demonstrated that the present catalysts are much better than the previously reported (tantalum hydride/KCC-1, TON 786) catalyst. For the first time, we observed the formation of n-decane from propene, which enables us to think of using cheaper raw materials and converting them to petroleum range alkanes using hydro-metathesis reaction.

P-type Oxide Semiconductors for Transparent & Energy Efficient Electronics
Z Wang - 2018
… dc.type, Dissertation, en. dc.contributor.department, Physical Sciences and Engineering
(PSE) Division, en. thesis.degree.grantor, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, en. dc.contributor.committeemember, Di Fabrizio, Enzo M. en …
Dissertation
http://repository.kaust.edu.sa/kaust/bitstream/10754/627379/1/Zhenwei+Wang+-+Dissertation+-+Final+Draft.pdf

Iron ore catalysts for methane decomposition to make COx free hydrogen and carbon nano material
L Zhou, LR Enakonda, S Li, D Gary, P Del-Gallo… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2018
… c Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi … d AIR LIQUIDE R&D, Paris-Saclay Research
Center, Materials Science Group, 1 … Humic acids and micro pollutants were …
a KAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
b Guangzhou Institute of Advance Technology, Chinese Academic of Science, Haibin Road 1121, Guangzhou, China
c Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
d AIR LIQUIDE R&D, Paris-Saclay Research Center, Materials Science Group, 1 chemin de la Porte des Loges, BP126, Les Loges-en-Josas, 78354 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex FRANCE
e AIR LIQUIDE Forschung und Entwicklung GmbH, Gwinnerstraße 27-33, 60388 Frankfurt, Germany

An investigation of the mechanical behavior of initially curved microplates under electrostatic actuation
S Saghir, MI Younis - Acta Mechanica, 2018
… S. Saghir · MI Younis (B) 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia E-mail:
mohammad.younis@kaust.edu.sa S. Saghir University of Management …
1. 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2. University of Management and Technology (UMT), Sialkot, Pakistan
In this article, we investigate the mechanical behavior of initially curved microplates under electrostatic actuation. Microplates are essential components of many Micro-Electro-Mechanical System devices; however, they commonly undergo an initial curvature imperfection, due to the microfabrication process. Initial curvature imperfection significantly affects the mechanical behavior of microplates. In this work, we derive a dynamic analogue of the von Kármán governing equation for such plates. These equations are then used to develop a reduced order model based on the Galerkin procedure to simulate the static and dynamic behavior of the microplate. Two profiles of initial curvature commonly encountered in microfabricated structures are considered, where one assumes a variation in shape along one dimension of the plate only (cylindrical bending shape) while the other assumes a variation in shape along both dimensions of the plate. Their effects on both the static and dynamic responses of the microplates are examined and compared. We validate the reduced order model by comparing the calculated static behavior and the fundamental natural frequency with those computed by a finite element model over a range of the initial plate rise. The static behavior of the microplate is investigated when varying the DC voltage. Then, the dynamic behavior of the microplate is examined under the application of a harmonic AC voltage superimposed to a DC voltage.

[HTML] Stabilizing local boundary conditions for two-dimensional shallow water equations
BM Dia, J Oppelstrup - Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2018
In this article, we present a sub-critical two-dimensional shallow water flow regulation.
From the energy estimate of a set of one-dimensional boundary stabiliz...
miR-126-5p by direct targeting of JNK-interacting protein-2 (JIP-2) plays a key role in Theileria-infected macrophage virulence.
M Haidar, Z Rchiad, HR Ansari, F Ben-Rached, S Tajeri… - PLoS pathogens, 2018
… Malak Haidar. Pathogen Genomics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Sciences
and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. More …
Ben Mansour Dia1, 2,  Jesper Oppelstrup3
1CIPR, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
2Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
3Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Corresponding Author: Ben Mansour Dia, CIPR, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1687814017726953

Pronounced Side Chain Effects in Triple Bond-Conjugated Polymers Containing Naphthalene Diimides for n-Channel Organic Field-Effect Transistors
S Nam, SG Hahm, D Khim, H Kim, T Sajoto, M Ree… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2018
… Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea ⊗Division of Physical Sciences and
Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal
23955, Saudi Arabia ¶Departments of Engineering Science, Division of …
Three triple bond-conjugated naphthalene diimide (NDI) copolymers, poly[[N,N′-bis(2-R1)-naphthalene-1,4,5,8-bis(dicarboximide)-2,6-diyl]-alt-[(2,5-bis(2-R2)-1,4-phenylene)bis(ethyn-2,1-diyl]} (PNDIR1-R2), were synthesized via Sonogashira coupling polymerization with varying alkyl side chains at the nitrogen-atoms of the imide ring and 2,5-positions of the 1,4-diethynylbenzene moiety. Considering their identical polymer backbone structures, the side chains were found to have a strong influence on the surface morphology/nanostructure, thus playing a critical role in charge-transporting properties of the three NDI-based copolymers. Among the polymers, the one with an octyldodecyl (OD) chain at the nitrogen-atoms of imide ring and hexadecyloxy (HO) chain at the 2,5-positions of 1,4-diethynylbenzene, P(NDIOD-HO), exhibited the highest electron mobility of 0.016 cm2V–1s–1, as compared to NDI-based copolymers with an ethylhexyl (EH) chain at the 2,5-positions of 1,4-diethynylbenzene. The enhanced charge mobility in the P(NDIOD-HO) layers is attributed to the well-aligned nanofiber-like surface morphology and highly ordered packing structure with a dominant edge-on orientation, thus enabling efficient in-plane charge transport. Our results on the molecular structure-charge transport property relationship in these materials may provide an insight into novel design of n-type conjugated polymers for applications in the organic electronics of the future

TDZ-Induced Plant Regeneration in Jatropha curcas: A Promising Biofuel Plant
N Kumar, VD Bhatt, SG Mastan, MP Reddy - … : From Urea Derivative to Plant Growth …, 2018
… author; Vacha D. Bhatt: 2. Shaik G. Mastan: 3. Muppala P. Reddy: 4. 1.Centre
for Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)Central … UniversityPuneIndia; 3.Aditya
Degree and PG CollegeKakinadaIndia; 4.Center for Desert AgricultureKing …
1. Centre for Biological Sciences (Biotechnology), Central University of South Bihar, Patna, India
2. Department of Botany, SavitribaiPhule Pune University, Pune, India
3. Aditya Degree and PG College, Kakinada, India
4. Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
In recent years, Jatropha curcas has pronounced attention due to its capacity of production of biodiesel. Uniform large-scale propagation of J. curcas is one of the significant keys that will eventually decide victory. Direct regeneration is one of the methods which help in the production of uniform and homogenous plant, and TDZ plays an important role in the production of plantlets by direct organogenesis in several number of plant species including J. curcas. Measuring the economical importance of J. curcas and the role of TDZ in shoot regeneration, the present book chapter briefly reviews the impact of TDZ on shoot bud induction from various explants of J. curcas.

[HTML] Lube Products: Molecular Characterization of Base Oils
AGA Jameel, SM Sarathy - Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry
… King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
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University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Search for …

[PDF] The Global Catalogue of Microorganisms 10K type strain sequencing project: closing the genomic gaps for the validly published prokaryotic and fungi species
L Wu, K McCluskey, P Desmeth, S Liu, S Hideaki, Y Yin… - GigaScience, 2018
… It will also embrace several satellite projects on specific scientific targets.
GCM 2.0 is coordinated by a … 2016YFC0901702), the 13th Five-year
Informatization Plan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant number …

Nitrosospira sp. govern nitrous oxide emissions in a tropical soil amended with residues of bioenergy crop
KS Lourenco, NA Cassman, A Pijl, JA van Veen… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
… Reviewed by: Xuesong Luo, Huazhong Agricultural University, China Muhammad Ali,
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Copyright: © 2018
Lourenco, Cassman, Pijl, van Veen, Cantarella and Kuramae …
Kesia S. Lourenco1, 2, 3, Noriko A. Cassman1, 3,  Agata Pijl1,  Johannes A. van Veen1,  Heitor Cantarella2 and  Eiko E. Kuramae1*
1Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Netherlands
2Soils and Environmental Resources Center, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC), Brazil
3Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Netherlands
Organic vinasse, a residue produced during bioethanol production, increases nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions when applied with inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer in soil. The present study investigated the role of the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) community on the N2O emissions in soils amended with organic vinasse (CV: concentrated and V: non-concentrated) plus inorganic N fertilizer. Soil samples and N2O emissions were evaluated at 11, 19 and 45 days after fertilizer application, and the bacterial and archaea gene (amoA) encoding the ammonia monooxygenase enzyme, bacterial denitrifier (nirK, nirS and nosZ) genes and total bacteria were quantified by real time PCR. We also employed a deep amoA amplicon sequencing approach to evaluate the effect of treatment on the community structure and diversity of the soil AOB community. Both vinasse types applied with inorganic N application increased the total N2O emissions and the abundance of AOB. Nitrosospira sp. was the dominant AOB in the soil and was correlated with N2O emissions. However, the diversity and the community structure of AOB did not changed with vinasse and inorganic N fertilizer amendment. The results highlight the importance of residues and fertilizer management in sustainable agriculture and can be used as a reference and an input tool to determine good management practices for organic fertilization.

[HTML] Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) in Jordan: Prevalence of Urovirulence Genes and Antibiotic Resistance
MAK Shakhatreh, SF Swedan, A Ma'en, OF Khabour - … King Saud University-Science, 2018
… Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University … approved
by the institutional review board of Jordan University of Science and
Technology … Samples were collected from King Abdullah University Hospital …
Journal of King Saud University - Science
Available online 21 March 2018
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Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) in Jordan: Prevalence of urovirulence genes and antibiotic resistance
Author links open overlay panel Muhamad Ali K. Shakhatreh, Samer F. Swedan, Ma'en A. Al-Odat, Omar F. KhabourDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan
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Status of coral reefs of Upolu (Independent State of Samoa) in the South West Pacific and recommendations to promote resilience and recovery of coastal ecosystems
M Ziegler, G Quéré, JF Ghiglione, G Iwankow, V Barbe… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2018
… a Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental
Science and Engineering (BESE), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology … Scientific literature and reports (“grey literature”) provided …
Maren Zieglera, , ,
Gaëlle Quéréb, c,
Jean-François Ghiglioned,
Guillaume Iwankowb, c,
Valérie Barbee,
Emilie Boissinb, c,
Patrick Winckere, f, g,
Serge Planesb, c,
Christian R. Voolstraa
a Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 23955-6900 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
b EPHE, PSL Research University, UPVD, CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP 1013, 98729 Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia
c Laboratoire d′Excellence ′CORAIL′, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia
d UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d′Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique, Sorbonne Universités, 66650 Banyuls/mer, France
e Commissariat à l′Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Genoscope, Institut de biologie François-Jacob, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91000 Evry, France
f CNRS UMR 8030, Evry, France
g Univ. Evry, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
Coral reef ecosystems worldwide are immediately threatened by the impacts of climate change. Here we report on the condition of coral reefs over 83 km of coastline at the island of Upolu, Samoa in the remote South West Pacific in 2016 during the Tara Pacific Expedition. Despite the distance to large urban centers, coral cover was extremely low (<1 10="" 78="" a="" acanthurus="" action="" and="" anthropogenic="" approximately="" areas="" as="" at="" be="" below="" br="" cautionary="" coral="" cornutus="" cover="" ecosystem="" ecosystems="" fish="" for="" global="" half="" health="" higher="" immediately="" impacts.="" impacts="" importantly="" in="" indicating="" interpreted="" islands.="" local="" locations="" management="" marine="" may="" need="" neighboring="" of="" on="" planet="" protected="" reduce="" reef="" reinforcing="" remains="" remote="" resilience="" scale.="" sign="" sites.="" sites="" smaller="" species="" study="" support="" than="" that="" the="" this="" to="" tool="" triostegus="" two="" upolu="" useful="" was="" were="" within="" zanclus="">
Talar Neck Fracture with Dislocation Combined with Bimalleolar Ankle Fracture: A Case Report.
AM Radaideh, ZA Audat, AA Saleh - The American journal of case reports, 2018
… Author information: (1)Department of Orthopedics, King Abdullah University
Hospital, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
BACKGROUND Fractures of the talus are uncommon injuries that usually …
1Department of Orthopedics, King Abdullah University Hospital, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND Fractures of the talus are uncommon injuries that usually involve the talar neck, rather than the talar body. This report is of a rare case of combined left talar neck fracture and adjacent joint dislocation with an ipsilateral bimalleolar ankle fracture. CASE REPORT A 37-year-old man presented with an injury to his left foot following a motor vehicle accident. When he presented to the hospital emergency department, his left foot and ankle were swollen, the overlying skin was intact but badly contused, and there was no neurovascular deficit. Radiographs of the left ankle showed a fracture of the talar neck and bimalleolar fracture. An initial closed reduction under anesthesia failed. Therefore, open reduction and rigid stabilization of all fractures were achieved surgically, followed by the application of an external fixator spanning the ankle and the subtalar joints. The external fixator was removed at six weeks, range of motion (ROM) exercises were commenced, and a non-weight-bearing mobilization protocol was continued for 12 weeks. At four-year follow-up, radiographs confirmed solid union of all fractures, and although avascular necrosis (AVN) of the talus and secondary ankle arthritis developed, the functional outcome was satisfactory. CONCLUSIONS The immediate management of talar neck fracture with dislocation combined with a bimalleolar fracture is important to prevent soft tissue complications and to improve the functional ROM of the ankle. However, AVN and post-traumatic osteoarthritis at both the ankle and the subtalar joints are still common sequelae of talus fracture.

Two-Way Multiuser Mixed RF/FSO Relaying: Performance Analysis and Power Allocation
YF Al-Eryani, AM Salhab, SA Zummo, MS Alouini - Journal of Optical Communications …, 2018
… M.-S. Alouini is with the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering
Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah Province,
Saudi Arabia. 396 J. OPT. COMMUN. NETW./VOL. 10, NO. 4/APRIL 2018 …
Yasser F. Al-Eryani,1 Anas M. Salhab,2 Salam A. Zummo,2 and Mohamed-Slim Alouini3
1Y. F. Al-Eryani (eryani1987@gmail.com) is with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2A. M. Salhab and S. A. Zummo (e-mail: zummo@kfupm.edu.sa) are with the Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
3M.-S. Alouini is with the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia.
In this paper, the performance of two-way multiuser mixed radio frequency/free space optical (RF/FSO) relay networks with opportunistic user scheduling and asymmetric channel fading is studied. RF links are used to conduct data transmission between users and relay node, while a FSO link is used to conduct data transmission on the last-mile communication link between the relay node and base station. The RF links are assumed to follow a Rayleigh fading model, while the FSO links are assumed to follow a unified Gamma–Gamma atmospheric turbulence fading model with pointing error. First, closed-form expressions for the exact outage probability, asymptotic (high signal-to-noise ratio) outage probability, average symbol error rate, and average ergodic channel capacity are derived assuming a heterodyne detection scheme. The asymptotic results are used to conduct a power optimization algorithm where expressions for optimal transmission power values for the transmitting nodes are provided. Additionally, performance comparisons between the considered two-way-relaying (TWR) network and the one-way-relaying (OWR) network are provided and discussed. Also, the impact of several system parameters, including number of users, pointing errors, atmospheric turbulence conditions, and outage probability threshold on the overall network performance are investigated. All the theoretical results are validated by Monte Carlo simulations. The results show that the TWR scheme almost doubles the network ergodic capacity compared to that of the OWR scheme with the same outage performance. Additionally, it is shown that under weak-to-moderate weather turbulence conditions and small pointing error, the outage probability is dominated by the RF downlink with a neglected effect for the user selection process at the RF uplink transmission. However, for severe pointing error, the outage probability is dominated by the FSO uplink/downlink transmission.

Improving the Productivity of Monodisperse Polyhedral Cages by Rational Design of Kinetic Self-assembly Pathways
X Zeng, Z Li, X Zheng, L Zhu, ZY Sun, ZY Lu, X Huang - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2018
… This work was supported by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council
(16305817, 16304215, F-HKUST605/15, and AoE/P- 705/16), King Abdullah
University of Science and … 797. 2013: Springer Science & Business Media …

Direct Observation of Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy Tuning Magnetization Configurations in Uniaxial Magnetic Nanomaterials
S Zhu, J Fu, H Li, L Zhu, Y Hu, W Xia, X Zhang, Y Peng… - ACS nano, 2018
… Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Ningbo 315201, PR China. 3Division of Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 239955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia …

A pathway for sustainable conversion of sunlight to hydrogen using proposed compact CPV system
M Burhan, MW Shahzad, SJ Oh, KC Ng - Energy Conversion and Management, 2018
… Water Desalination and Reuse Centre, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology,
Saudi Arabia. Received 10 December 2017, Revised 19 February 2018, Accepted 10
March 2018, Available online 22 March 2018. Highlights. • …

[PDF] Liquid-solid surface phase transformation of fluorinated fullerene on monolayer tungsten diselenide
Z Song, Q Wang, MY Li, LJ Li, YJ Zheng, Z Wang, T Lin… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018
… Singapore 3Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617,
Taiwan 4Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia 5Centre …

[HTML] A minimalist functional group (MFG) approach for surrogate fuel formulation
A Jameel, A Gani, N Naser, G Issayev, J Touitou… - Combustion and Flame, 2018
… College Dublin is supported by competitive research funding from King
Abdullah University of Science and … dc.relation.url, https://www.sciencedirect.
com/science/article/pii/S0010218018300403, en … dc.contributor.department …

Ethylene induced plant stress tolerance by Enterobacter sp. SA187 is mediated by 2-keto-4-methylthiobutyric acid production.
A de Zélicourt, L Synek, MM Saad, H Alzubaidy, R Jalal… - PLoS genetics, 2018
… Author information: (1)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Division
of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. (2)Institut of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2 …

Accelerated Cyclic Reduction
G Chvez, G Turkiyyah, S Zampini, H Ltaief, D Keyes - Parallel Computing, 2018
… David Keyes, Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC), King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology (KAUST … Volume 74 Issue C, May 2018
Pages 65-83 Elsevier Science Publishers BV … bib0023. M. Izadi, , Max Planck …

Boron evaporation in thermally-driven seawater desalination: Effect of temperature and operating conditions.
A Alpatova, A Alsaadi, N Ghaffour - Journal of hazardous materials, 2018
… Author information: (1)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),
Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Science
and Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia …

Aqueous protocol for allylic arylation of cinnamyl acetates with sodium tetraphenylborate using Bedford-type palladacycle catalyst
SA Ghorpade, DN Sawant, D Renn, A Zernickel, W Du… - New Journal of Chemistry, 2018
… This work was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology (KAUST baseline funding and GCR grant FIC/2010/07). Authors
are gratefully acknowledging support from King Abdullah University of …

Worst-case residual clipping noise power model for bit loading in LACO-OFDM
Z Zhang, A Chaaban, C Shen, H Elgala, TK Ng, BS Ooi… - LIFI Congress (GLC), 2018 …, 2018
… CEMSE division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal
23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Email: zhenyu.zhang@kaust.edu.sa † School
of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada …

A marine heatwave drives massive losses from the world's largest seagrass carbon stocks
A Arias-Ortiz, O Serrano, P Masqué, PS Lavery… - Nature Climate Change, 2018
Article.

Naphtha vs. dieseline–The effect of fuel properties on combustion homogeneity in transition from CI combustion towards HCCI
R Vallinayagam, Y An, S Vedharaj, J Sim, J Chang… - Fuel, 2018
… King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Clean Combustion
Research Center, Thuwal 23900, Saudi Arabia. Received 31 December 2017, Revised
16 March 2018, Accepted 17 March 2018, Available online 20 March 2018. Abstract …

[PDF] Ultraviolet-A LED Based on Quantum-disks-in-AlGaN-nanowires-Optimization and Device Reliability
B Janjua, D Priante, A Prabaswara, LM Alanazi… - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2018
… This work was partially supported by the King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology … III-nitride-based deep UV light-emitting diode technology,"
Semiconductor Science and Technology … the fundamental bottleneck of deep …

A new player in race-specific resistance
B Keller, SG Krattinger - Nature Plants, 2018
… Zurich, Switzerland. Beat Keller. Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering
Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Simon G. Krattinger. Authors. Search for Beat Keller in …

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