Epidemiology of typhoid fever in Gombe metropolitan area of Gombe State, Nigeria by Tawfiq, Umar Abdullahi

“…Hence the aim of the research was the epidemiology of typhoid in Gombe metropolitan area of Gombe State, while the specific objectives included determination of incidence and recurrence, hostassociated risk factors, effect of weather on incidence, and overall counts of typhoid occurrences based on gender, age, and location. …”
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Current Status And Problems Of The Sawmilling Industry In Thailand A Case Study In Bangkok Metropolitan Area by Dumrongthai, Pralong

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Analysis and modelling of urban sprawl process and its spatiotemporal patterns in tripoli metropolitan area, Libya by Abdulhadi, Abubakr Albashir

“…Finally, this research provided a comprehensive spatiotemporal analysis and simulation of urban sprawl from different aspects in Tripoli metropolitan area, Libya. The techniques used and their outcomes provide a good understanding of urban sprawl in Tripoli and will enrich the literature on spatial urban studies as well as urban sprawl modeling and analysis. …”
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A discrete event modeling and simulation of wave division multiplexing unidirectional slotted ring metropolitan area network by Fua'ad, H. A., K. Subramaniam, Shamala, Mohamed, Othman, Ahmad Zukarnain, Zuriati

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Concentration of heavy metals in street dust and surface soils in urban and peri-urban regions in the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area by Ismail, Ahmad, Hanapiah, Munirah, Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir, Omar, Hishamuddin, Kamarudin, Nur Amiera

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Prediction and multi-criteria-based schemes for seamless handover mechanism in mobile WiMAX networks by Mubarak, Mohammed Awadh Ahmed Ben

Subjects: “…Wireless metropolitan area networks…”
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A collocated multi-mobile collaborative system with hover connectivity initiation and seamless multi-touch interactivity by Teo, Rhun Ming

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A survey on wireless mesh networks: architecture, specifications and challenges by Eslami, Mohammad, Karimi, Omidreza, Khodadadi, Touraj

“…Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is an emerging and practical wireless solution for metropolitan area networks to provide community broadband Internet access services by organizing and configuring nodes in the network efficiently and dynamically. …”
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Scalable rekeying algorithm in IEEE 802.16e by Sadeghi, Mohammad Mehdi Gilanian, Mohd Ali, Borhanuddin, Ma, Maode, Ab Manan, Jamalul-lail, Noordin, Nor Kamariah, Khatun, Sabira

“…IEEE 802.16e standard provides wide coverage and high bandwidth for subscribers in a metropolitan area network. It introduces Multicast and Broadcast Rekeying Algorithm (MBRA) which is a multicasting scheme to communicate with many users concurrently. …”
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Identifying affordable quality housing components for developing a smart growth model by Bakhtiar, Bardia, Ibrahim, Rahinah

“…Smart growth development entails retracting the city, hence attempting to house low-income residents at new affordable housing facilities within a metropolitan area. This paper introduces the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) as an alternative funding source for developing affordable housing projects. …”
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Contrasting global imagery to local realities in the postcolonial waterfronts of Malaysia's capital cities by Stevens, Quentin, Kozlowski, Marek, Ujang, Norsidah

“…This article analyses three major recent waterfront projects within the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area: Kuala Lumpur City Centre, the River of Life, and Lake Putrajaya. …”
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Centralized scheduling, routing tree in WiMAX mesh networks by Al-Hemyari, Ali, Noordin, Nor Kamariah, Ismail, Alyani, Khatun, Sabira, Al-Hasan, Yaseen Hasan Tahir, Qassem, Y. A.

“…In the last few years, demand for high speed internet access service has increased greatly so the IEEE 802.16 working group on broadband wireless access (BWA) is developing the worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) standard for wireless metropolitan area networks (MANs) which aims to provide broadband wireless last mile access, easy deployment, and high speed data rate for large spanning area. …”
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Quantitative analysis of urban sprawl in Tripoli using Pearson's chi-square statistics and urban expansion intensity index by Al-sharif, Abubakr A. A., Pradhan, Biswajeet, Mohd Shafri, Helmi Zulhaidi, Mansor, Shattri

“…The main goal of this work is identification and analyzes the urban sprawl of Tripoli metropolitan area. Urban expansion intensity index (UEII) and degree of freedom test were used to analyze and assess urban expansions in the area of study. …”
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Determination of wear elements in steyr ursus tractor lubricating oil using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) by Ahmad, Habib Imam, Suleiman, M. L., Ahmad, Desa, Yusuf, D. D.

“…Ten tractors engaged in refuse collection and disposal within Kano metropolitan area were selected and their engine oils samples collected over a period of three months at intervals of one week. …”
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Contrasting global imagery to local realities in the postcolonial waterfronts of Malaysia’s capital cities by Stevens, Quentin, Kozlowski, Marek, Ujang, Norsidah

“…This article analyses three major recent waterfront projects within the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area: Kuala Lumpur City Centre, the River of Life, and Lake Putrajaya. …”
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Monitoring and predicting land use change in Tripoli Metropolitan City using an integrated Markov chain and cellular automata models in GIS by Al-sharif, Abubakr A. A., Pradhan, Biswajeet

“…In this research, an integrated model of Markov chain and cellular automata models was applied to simulate urban land use changes and to predict their spatial patterns in Tripoli metropolitan area, Libya. It is worth mentioning that there is not much research has been done about land use/cover change in Libyan cities. …”

Spatio-temporal prediction of urban expansion using bivariate statistical models: assessment of the efficacy of evidential belief functions and frequency ratio models by Al-sharif, Abubakr A. A., Pradhan, Biswajeet

“…In this research, probability-based Evidential Belief Functions (EBF) and Frequency Ratio (FR) models were employed to simulate and to predict the urban expansion probability map of the metropolitan area in Tripoli, Libya. These methods have not been used before in the urban development simulations of cities. …”
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Design and Development of Variable Fiber Optic Coupler by Hanafi, Marsyita

“…With the widely increasing deployment of metropolitan area network, fiberto- the-home (FTTH) and cable TV networks, the market potential for the fiber couplers is becoming larger. …”
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Urban expansion assessment by using remotely sensed data and the relative Shannon entropy model in GIS: a case study of Tripoli, Libya by A. A. Al Sharif, Abubakr, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Mansor, Shattri, Mohd Shafri, Helmi

“…Results show that the Tripoli metropolitan area has a high level of sprawl along its urban expansion history. …”
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An adaptive rate allocation system to mitigate fairness issues in Wi-Fi mesh networks by Torshizi, Seyed Dawood Sajjadi

“…In addition to being widely used in the traditional applications of ad-hoc networks, WMNs are under-going rapid commercialization in many other scenarios such as broadband home and community networking, high-speed metropolitan area networks, and enter-prise networking. …”
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