M. Awad

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Do you think the following is a reliable database for crop production in Europe?

The following Web site provide detailed information for more than 26 crop types in Europe. https://map.onesoil.ai/2018?crop=almonds&last=crop#2.84/56.08/9.72 It is expected that this Web will...

10 October 2018 6,285 4 View

Why some literature are cited more than the others?

Although some literature's findings are more important than others, but they are less cited. Is it because of the rank of the journal? or due to other reasons? what are they?

05 May 2018 3,566 26 View

Are there differences between the period length of copyrights for published articles between different countries?

Copyright for a published article is an important issues, but there is still lack of knowledge of several related aspects like: Is the period length of a published article the same for all...

02 February 2018 7,175 0 View

What makes a research paper more appealing for citations than other research papers?

Dear Researchgate members, Some research papers deal with the same topic but using different approaches. What makes a research paper appealing for citation more than the other research...

10 October 2017 4,041 5 View

What is the best open source remote sensing software?

With the fast growing volume and the increasing complexity of the remote sensing images, there is always need for a compatible, reliable and efficient software. However, current commercial...

09 September 2017 4,021 2 View

Are we really experiencing climate change?

We hear a lot of news about ice layers melting in the poles and that their areas are shrinking. In addition, we are experiencing many natural disasters which are related to climate such as...

09 September 2017 9,848 1 View

What is the most robust, efficient and reliable supercomputer in the world?

Supercomputers are needed to perform operations in short time compared to normal computers. Which supercomputer is the best in the world? and for what reasons is used? is it publicly available for...

09 September 2017 1,553 0 View

Which country is the most productive in scientific research?

Nowadays the progress and development of any country is measured by the development and support of scientific research. Which country is contributing with scientific research that improves human...

09 September 2017 5,433 3 View

What are the best criteria to evaluate academic institutes around the world?

Nowadays there are many academic institutes evaluation systems such as Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities. These systems post every year a list of universities ranked according to...

08 August 2017 2,320 0 View

Is it really necessary to patent an invention? Is it enough to publish a research work in a refereed journal to protect the copy right?

Nowadays thousands of research work are published in refereed journals, is this enough to protect the copy right of the authors? What is the best way to invest with new ideas? is a patent...

01 January 2016 8,704 4 View

Call for papers ?

You are cordially invited to make a contribution to a special issue on “Computational Intelligence for Brain Image Processing” in the journal of Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience. The...

12 December 2015 9,100 2 View

Is it possible to select optimal Lotto numbers using Genetic Algorithm? What are the constraints?

I believe most research now are focusing on using ANN to predict lotto numbers. One can create a Web based application asking some questions and generate lotto numbers which increase the...

08 August 2014 6,626 1 View

Is there a way to change the initial parameters of the Fuzzy-C-Mean algorithm in MATLAB?

It is needed to make FCM starts with an initial cluster value. Normally, FCM starts with input data to cluster and the number of clusters.

04 April 2014 5,755 5 View

Is there a way to change the initial parameters of the Fuzzy-C-Mean algorithm in MATLAB?

Do we need some time to make FCM starts with an initial cluster values? Normally, FCM starts with input data to cluster and the number of clusters.

04 April 2014 600 1 View

Where is the best place to patent an application (software) based on a new idea in image processing?

Is is it good to patent a new image processing method?

12 December 2013 3,181 3 View

How to replace shadows in a HR satellite images with useful relevant information?

It is important to reduce shadow effect in thevurban feature extraction process

10 October 2013 7,185 4 View

Scientific research evaluation and relationship to percentage of GDP contribution to research

Is it fair to evaluate scientific researchers from countries with low GDP and low contribution to scientific research to other scientific researchers from countries with high GDP and high...

01 January 1970 7,733 3 View

Do you think that RG should control the topic of the raised questions?

Nowadays we see many questions are raised for discussion. Some of these questions hold no scientific value, others are very hard to understand, and many do not contribute to knowledge.

01 January 1970 1,108 12 View

Why there are only few hyperspectral satellites compared to the multispectral ones?

What is the current innovations in hyperspectral satellite technologies? are there new launched satellites other than the known ones (Hyperion, Chris-Proba)? Are they for civil use? where we can...

01 January 1970 4,859 1 View

What is the fifth dimension?

Some says that love, passion, pain, dreaming, ...etc are the fifth dimension. Do you agree? Or do you have another opinion?

01 January 1970 9,223 26 View

Sports Vs Scientific Research expenditures

According to some statistics major developed countries are spending money on sports programs and activities 10 times more than money spent on academic programs and research. Do you think this...

01 January 1970 5,263 9 View

An interesting project good job. Are you using moisture and temperature sensors/ probes in this project?

Until what depth the moisture variability is measured ?

01 January 1970 9,185 1 View