Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport

Silhouette Parallax Occlusion Mapping in Modern Video Games: From Height-Field Ray Marching to Carved Real-Time Relief

Parallax occlusion mapping (POM) is the standard way modern games add centimetre-scale relief to surfaces without the memory and vertex cost of tessellated geometry. Yet classical POM only shifts texture coordinates inside a mesh whose outline, depth and shadows remain flat, and...

Assessing the impact of layer selection on CAM-based explainability for YOLOv8: a study on hand-sketched digital logic circuits

Abstract Class activation mapping (CAM) techniques improve the interpretability of deep neural networks by highlighting image regions that contribute to model predictions. However, the quality of CAM explanations can vary considerably according to the selected target layer. This...

Joint planning–control optimization of EV charging stations, battery energy storage, and DSTATCOMs in distribution networks

Abstract The increasing penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) is placing growing planning and operational demands on distribution networks due to the spatially concentrated and time-varying nature of charging loads. Although previous studies have investigated the coordinated pla...

The Effect of Earnings Management on Environmental, Social, and Governance ( ESG ) Performance in the MENAT Region: The Moderating Role of Corporate Governance

ABSTRACT This study investigates how earnings management (EM) influences ESG performance and whether corporate governance mechanisms shape this relationship. Drawing on agency and stakeholder perspectives, the study examines how managerial incentives and governance effectiveness...

A Unified Climate-Adaptive Sustainability Benchmarking Framework for Interoperable Assessment of Building Rating Systems

Background The evolution of sustainability assessment methods has become increasingly important for improving environmental performance of the built environment and sustainable urban development. In recent years, various international and regional Green Building Rating Systems (G...

Investigating the Overburden Correction Factor (Kσ) in silty sand using centrifuge modeling

This study involves a comprehensive series of four centrifuge experiments, designed to closely simulate a 5-m-thick layer of silty sand subjected to a range of drainage conditions—both single and double—and exposed to effective overburden pressures of approximately 100 and 600 kP...

Frankenstein architecture: an interpretive framework for reading adaptive reuse through the Vitruvian lens

Adaptive reuse architecture increasingly confronts a critical tension: when does the grafting of contemporary elements onto historic structures produce an innovative synthesis, and when does it create what critics term “Frankenstein architecture” buildings perceived as fragmented...

Translating Complexity into Credible Evidence: Quantum Expert Witnesses in Construction Disputes Arena

Abstract In construction disputes, resolution often hinges not only on the strength of legal arguments but also on the persuasive power of numbers, figures that are frequently complex, contested, and highly consequential. Within this landscape, quantum expert witnesses—independen...

Modeling and experimental validation of an indirect active hybrid solar dryer for mint leaves: Coupled thermal and moisture-transfer analysis

A mathematical model was developed and experimentally validated to predict the thermal performance and drying behavior of an indirect active solar dryer (IAHSD) for mint leaves. The distinctive contribution of the proposed approach is its integration of solar-energy input, auxili...