A. Hussain

Publication List Details

Period

1900 - 2009

Number

109

Co-Authors

A Unified Robust Algorithm for Detection of Human and Non-human Object in Intelligent Safety Application (2009)

M A Hannan, A. Hussain, S. A. Samad, K. A. Ishak, Senior Member

Abstract—This paper presents a general trainable framework for fast and robust upright human face and non-human object detection and verification in static images. To enhance the performance of the...

Nearest Neighbourhood Classifiers in Biometric Fusion Nearest Neighbourhood Classifiers in Biometric Fusion (2009)

A. Teoh, S. A. Samad, A. Hussain

This paper presents fusion decision technique comparisons based on nearestneighborhood (NN) classifiers family for a bimodal biometric verification system that

Blind Image Deconvolution using a Space-variant Neural Network Approach (2009)

T. A. Cheema, I. M. Qureshi, A. Hussain

A space variant neural network based on an autoregressive moving average (ARMA) process is proposed for blind image deconvolution. An extended cost function motivated by human visual perception is...

Core Optimization Simulation for a Pressurized Water Reactor (2009)

A. Hussain, C. Xinrong

<SUB>8</SUB>). This calculated data were used in diffusion theory code CITATION for the purpose of achieving effective multiplication factor (k<SUB>eff</SUB>) and estimated...

Impact of local circumstances on outcome of renal casualties in major disasters (2009)

VAN DER TOL, ARJAN, Hussain, A, Sever, MS, CLAUS, STEFAAN, Van Biesen, Wim, Hoste, Eric, ...

Background. In the aftermath of earthquakes, the cumulative incidence of crush-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is difficult to predict. Insight into factors determining this risk is indispensable...

Robust Speech Recognition Using Fusion Techniques and Adaptive Filtering (2009)

S.A. Samad, A. Hussain, K.A. Ishak

The study proposes an algorithm for noise cancellation by using recursive least square (RLS) and pattern recognition by using fusion method of Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) and Hidden Markov Model...

Development of the Unified Series-Shunt Compensator for Power Quality Mitigation (2009)

M.A. Hannan, A. Mohamed, A. Hussain, Majid Al Dabbay

This study describes the derivation of an analytical model and simulation for the unified series-shunt compensator (USSC) for investigating power quality in power distribution system. The USSC...

Phase II trial of weekly patupilone in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (2009)

Hussain, A., DiPaola, R. S., Baron, A. D., Higano, C. S., Tchekmedyian, N. S., Johri, A. R.

Background: Drug resistance mechanisms can reduce response rate and duration in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) receiving docetaxel-based therapy. Patupilone (epothilone B), a...

© 2006 Science Publications Development of a Prototype Automated Sorting System for Plastic Recycling (2008)

D. A. Wahab, A. Hussain, E. Scavino, M. M. Mustafa, H. Basri

Abstract: Automated sorting for plastic recyclables has been seen as the way forward in the plastic recycling industry. Automated sorting provides significant improvements in terms of efficiency and...

NONLINEAR SPEECH PROCESSING: OVERVIEW AND APPLICATIONS (2008)

M. Faúndez-zanuy, G. Kubin, W. B. Kleijn, P. Maragos, S. Mclaughlin, A. Esposito, ...

Source-filter models from the foundation of many speech processing applications such as speech coding, speech synthesis, speech recognition, and speaker recognition technology. Usually, the filter is...

Abstract MULTI-SENSOR ADAPTIVE SPEECH ENHANCEMENT USING DIVERSE SUB-BAND PROCESSING (2008)

A. Hussain

A multi-microphone adaptive speech-enhancement scheme has been developed which employs diverse sub-band processing. A computationally-efficient robust metric is presented which is capable of...

Nearest Neighbourhood Classifiers in a Bimodal Biometric Verification System Fusion Decision Scheme (2008)

Andrew Teoh, S. A. Samad, A. Hussain

Identity verification systems that use a mono modal biometrics always have to contend with sensor noise and limitations of feature extractor and matching. However combining information from different...

Food insufficiency in rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (2008)

Leyna, G H, Mnyika, K S, Mmbaga, E J, Hussain, A, Klouman, E, Holm-Hansen, C, ...

No Abstract. East African Medical Journal Vol. 84 (4) 2007: pp. 163-171

Managing race equality in Scottish local councils in the aftermath of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000. (2008)

Hussain, A., Ishaq, M.

Purpose – More than six years have elapsed since the much-heralded Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (hereafter also referred to as the “Act”) came into force. The Act had been prompted by...

Isolated Malay Digit Recognition Using Pattern Recognition Fusion of Dynamic Time Warping and Hidden Markov Models (2008)

S.A. Samad, A. Hussain, K.A. Ishak

This paper is presents a pattern recognition fusion method for isolated Malay digitrecognition using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) and Hidden Markov Model (HMM). The aim of theproject is to increase the...

Novel Data Fusion Approach for Drowsiness Detection (2008)

A. Hussain, B. Bais, S. A. Samad, S. Farshad Hendi

In this research, a novel method employing the fusion technique of data in and feature out for determining the wake to sleep transition and vice versa is described. Inputs of the process are the...

Human Silhouette Extraction Using Background Modeling and Subtraction Techniques (2008)

S. Sulaiman, A. Hussain, N. Tahir, S.A. Samad, M.M. Mustafa

The main objective of this study is to develop an algorithm that is capable of detecting the presence of human based on motion and background subtraction technique along with post-morphology...

TPMS Data Analysis for Enhancing Intelligent Vehicle Performance (2008)

M.A. Hannan, A. Hussain, A. Mohamed, S.A. Samad

The main objective of the study is to analyze Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) data that contributes significantly towards the enhancement of the intelligent vehicle performance evaluation....

Development of the Unified Series-Shunt Compensator for Power Quality Mitigation (2008)

M.A. Hannan, A. Mohamed, A. Hussain, Majid Al Dabbay

This study describes the derivation of an analytical model and simulation for the unified series-shunt compensator (USSC) for investigating power quality in power distribution system. The USSC...

Designing for Comfort and Reliability in an Intelligent Car Seat (2008)

D.A. Wahab, M.A. Hannan, S. Abdullah, A. Hussain

Today, intelligent safety systems are installed in modern cars in view of minimising road hazards. An intelligent air bag system for example, comprised several subsystems that are integrated to...

Solid phase extraction of pesticide residues in water samples: DDT and its metabolites (2007)

Asi, M. R., Hussain, A., Muhmood, S. T.

Solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridge embedded with octadecyl C18 chain bounded to silica particles were used for the isolation and trace enrichment of pesticides from water samples collected from...

Earthquakes and crush syndrome casualties: lessons learned from the Kashmir disaster (2007)

Vanholder, R, De Smet, M, Hoste, E, Koç, M, Hussain, A, ...

Major earthquakes may provoke a substantial number of crush casualties complicated by acute kidney injury (AKI). After the 1988 Armenian earthquake, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN)...

Heat and mass transfer in tubular ceramic membranes for membrane reactors (2006)

Hussain, A., Seidel-Morgenstern, A., Tsotsas, E.

Six different types of experiments are used in order to identify and validate the heat and mass transfer parameters of a tubular membrane. The respective configuration is similar to that of a...

A nonlinear PID-based multiple controller incorporatinga a multilayered neural network learning submodel (2006)

Hussain, A., Grimble, M.J., Zayed, A.S.

A new nonlinear minimum-variance adaptive proportional integral derivative (PID) based multiple controller, incorporating a multi- layered neural network learning submodel, is presented. The unknown...

A nonlinear PID-based multiple controller incorporatinga a multilayered neural network learning submodel (2006)

Hussain, A., Grimble, M.J., Zayed, A.S.

A new nonlinear minimum-variance adaptive proportional integral derivative (PID) based multiple controller, incorporating a multi- layered neural network learning submodel, is presented. The unknown...

E-MSD: improving data deposition and structure quality (2006)

Tagari, M., Tate, J., Swaminathan, G. J., Newman, R., Naim, A., Vranken, W., ...

The Macromolecular Structure Database (MSD) (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd/) [H. Boutselakis, D. Dimitropoulos, J. Fillon, A. Golovin, K. Henrick, A. Hussain, J. Ionides, M. John, P. A. Keller, E....

Spatial pattern of variation in populations of Acacia nilotica in semi-arid environment (2005)

S. Mahmood, A. Ahmed, A. Hussain, M. Athar

Variability among populations was analyzed in five provenances of Acacia nilotica from spatially variable habitats. Populations of A. nilotica developed in response to their habitat conditions. The...

Germination and seedling growth of corn (Zea mays l.) under varying levels of copper and zinc (2005)

S. Mahmood, A. Hussain, Z. Saeed, M. Athar

The heavy metal tolerance in corn (Zea mays L.) var. ‘Neelum’ was assessed at germination and seedling growth after having subjected it to different concentrations of CuSO4 and ZnSO4. Germination...

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N Qaiser, A Hussain, N Iqbal, N Qaiser

surface control for stabilization

Osteogenic Cells Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells Produced Bone Nodules in Three-Dimensional Scaffolds (2004)

G. R. Chaudhry, D. Yao, A. Smith, A. Hussain

An approach for 3D bone tissue generation from embryonic stem (ES) cells was investigated. The ES cells were induced to differentiate into osteogenic precursors, capable of proliferating and...

E-MSD: an integrated data resource for bioinformatics (2004)

Golovin, A., Oldfield, T. J., Tate, J. G., Velankar, S., Barton, G. J., Boutselakis, H., ...

The Macromolecular Structure Database (MSD) group (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd/) continues to enhance the quality and consistency of macromolecular structure data in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) and to...

Chromatographic Strip Technology: A Pen-side Test for the Rapid Diagnosis of Peste Des Petits Ruminants in Sheep and Goats (2003)

M. Hussain, R. Muneer, M. Jahangir, A.H. Awan, M.A. Khokhar, A.B. Zahur, ...

Outbreaks of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in goats, reported in different parts of the country were investigated. The disease was confirmed at six places using immunocapture ELISA and a pen-side...

E-MSD: the European Bioinformatics Institute Macromolecular Structure Database (2003)

Boutselakis, H., Dimitropoulos, D., Fillon, J., Golovin, A., Henrick, K., Hussain, A., ...

The E-MSD macromolecular structure relational database (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd) is designed to be a single access point for protein and nucleic acid structures and related information. The database...

Higher-order statistics-based non-linear speech analysis (2002)

Soraghan, J.J., Hussain, A., Alkulabi, A., Durrani, T.S.

A fast and robust three-level binary higher order statistics (HOS) based algorithm for simultaneous voiced/unvoiced detection and pitch estimation of speech signals in coloured noise environments...

Higher-order statistics-based non-linear speech analysis (2002)

Soraghan, J.J., Hussain, A., Alkulabi, A., Durrani, T.S.

A fast and robust three-level binary higher order statistics (HOS) based algorithm for simultaneous voiced/unvoiced detection and pitch estimation of speech signals in coloured noise environments...

Higher-order statistics-based non-linear speech analysis (2002)

Soraghan, J.J., Hussain, A., Alkulabi, A., Durrani, T.S.

A fast and robust three-level binary higher order statistics (HOS) based algorithm for simultaneous voiced/unvoiced detection and pitch estimation of speech signals in coloured noise environments...

Misunderstandings and hurt: how Canadians joined worldwide Muslim reactions to Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses (2002)

Hussain, A

This article examines reactions by Muslims across the world, but especially in Canada, to Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses. Beginning with some background information about the novel, I...

Impact of Pesticide Applications in Cotton Agroecosystem and Soil Bioactivity Studies I: Microbial Populations (2001)

Zafar Iqbal, A. Hussain, A. Latif, M. R. Asi, Jamil A. Chaudhary

Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of pesticide applications on soil microbial populations in cotton agroecosystem. The pesticides were applied in test (research plot), treated...

Intelligibility improvements using binaural diverse sub-band processing applied to speech corrupted with automobile noise (2001)

A. Hussain, D. R. Campbell

Intelligibility improvements using binaural diverse sub-band processing applied to speech corrupted with automobile noise A. Hussain and D. R. Campbell Abstract: The paper reports on experiments...

Effect of Body Weight of Ewes on Birth Weight of Lambs In Rambouillet Breed of Sheep (2000)

A. Hussain, M. E. Babar, S. Ali

Data on 1816 dam-lamb pairs of Rambouillet breed of sheep maintained at Livestock Experimental Station, Jaba, District Mansehra (NWFP) during the period 1957-86 were used to study the effect of body...

Intravarietal Variability in Rice (NR-I) with Respect to Salt Stress (1998)

M. A. Naeem, R. H. Qureshi, M. Aslam, R. Ahmad, N. Ahmad, A. Hussain, ...

In order to determine genetic diversity of NRI against NaCl salinity, a study in hydropnic system was carried out with 60 plants of NRI at 70 ml m-3 NaCl salinity. Plants were grown up to maturity...

Intravarietal Variability in Rice (NR-I) with Respect to Salt Stress (1998)

M. A. Naeem, R. H. Qureshi, M. Aslam, R. Ahmad, N. Ahmad, A. Hussain, ...

In order to determine genetic diversity of NRI against NaCl salinity, a study in hydropnic system was carried out with 60 plants of NRI at 70 ml m<SUP>-3</SUP> NaCl salinity. Plants were...

A new and efficient method for the chemoselective reduction of azidoarenes and aroylazides: Use of zinc-cobalt chloride (1997)

Hussain, A, Prajapati, D, Sandhu, JS

Reduction of azidoarenes and aroylazides to the parent primary amines or amides respectively occurs in excellent yields upon treatment with a novel reduction system consisting of Zn-CoCl2 ....

Sequence variations in EBNA-1 may dictate restriction of tissue distribution of Epstein-Barr virus in normal and tumour cells (1997)

Gutierrez, MI, Raj, A, Spangler, G, Sharma, A, Hussain, A, Judde, JG, ...

In seropositive individuals Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) establishes a virus reservoir in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs). Transmission from one individual to another occurs via saliva due to a lytic...

Geology and Geochemistry of the Sidarah Granitic Complex جيولوجية وجيوكيميائية معقد سدارة الجرانيتي (1990)

GHAZI DAIRI, F. MARZOUKI, A. HUSSAIN

The Sidarah granitic Pluton (Latitude 24°IO'N and Longitude 39°12'E) is a mass of monzogranite. biotite monzogranite. syenogranite and granodiorite. It is intruded into a country rock made up...

The cloning and nucleotide sequence of cDNA for an amplified glutamine synthetase gene from the Chinese hamster (1986)

Hayward, B.E., Hussain, A., Wilson, R.H., Lyons, A., Woodcock, V., McIntosh, B., ...

The nucleotide sequence for a glutamine synthetase (GS) mRNA from gene-amplified Chinese hamster (CHO) cells was determined from recombinant cDNA clones obtained from both pBR322 and λgt10 libraries...

Gene amplification and transcriptional upregulation of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ transport ATPase in thapsigargin-resistant hamster smooth muscle cells.

Rishi, A K, Yu, M, Tsai-Wu, J J, Belani, C P, Fontana, J A, Baker, D L, ...

We have selected a series of cell lines from the parental Syrian hamster smooth muscle cell line DDT1-MF2that are resistant to thapsigargin (TG), a specific inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic...

E-MSD: the European Bioinformatics Institute Macromolecular Structure Database

Boutselakis, H., Dimitropoulos, D., Fillon, J., Golovin, A., Henrick, K., Hussain, A., ...

The E-MSD macromolecular structure relational database (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd) is designed to be a single access point for protein and nucleic acid structures and related information. The database...

E-MSD: an integrated data resource for bioinformatics

Golovin, A., Oldfield, T. J., Tate, J. G., Velankar, S., Barton, G. J., Boutselakis, H., ...

The Macromolecular Structure Database (MSD) group (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd/) continues to enhance the quality and consistency of macromolecular structure data in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) and to...

An adherent subline of a unique small-cell lung cancer cell line downregulates antigens of the neural cell adhesion molecule.

Doyle, L A, Borges, M, Hussain, A, Elias, A, Tomiyasu, T

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) lines are distinguished from non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) lines by their growth in floating aggregates, in contrast to the adherent monolayers formed by NSCLC...

Cloning and characterization of a gene from Rhizobium melilotii 2011 coding for ribosomal protein S1.

Schnier, J, Thamm, S, Lurz, R, Hussain, A, Faist, G, Dobrinski, B

A 7 kb chromosomal DNA fragment from R. melilotii was cloned, which complemented temperature-sensitivity of an E. coli amber mutant in rpsA, the gene for ribosomal protein S1 (ES1). From...

The cloning and nucleotide sequence of cDNA for an amplified glutamine synthetase gene from the Chinese hamster.

Hayward, B E, Hussain, A, Wilson, R H, Lyons, A, Woodcock, V, McIntosh, B, ...

The nucleotide sequence for a glutamine synthetase (GS) mRNA from gene-amplified Chinese hamster (CHO) cells was determined from recombinant cDNA clones obtained from both pBR322 and lambda gt10...

Sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) gene silencing and remodeling of the Ca2+ signaling mechanism in cardiac myocytes

Seth, M., Sumbilla, C., Mullen, S. P., Lewis, D., Klein, M. G., Hussain, A., ...

Transient elevations of cytosolic Ca2+ are a common mechanism of cellular signaling. In striated muscle, the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) plays an important role in terminating...

Osteogenic Cells Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells Produced Bone Nodules in Three-Dimensional Scaffolds

Chaudhry, G. R., Yao, D., Smith, A., Hussain, A.

An approach for 3D bone tissue generation from embryonic stem (ES) cells was investigated. The ES cells were induced to differentiate into osteogenic precursors, capable of proliferating and...

Deficiencies in current childhood immunization indicators.

Bolton, P, Hussain, A, Hadpawat, A, Holt, E, Hughart, N, Guyer, B

OBJECTIVE: To investigate "up-to-date" and "age-appropriate" indicators of preschool vaccination status and their implications for vaccination policy. METHODS: The authors analyzed medical records...

E-MSD: improving data deposition and structure quality

Tagari, M., Tate, J., Swaminathan, G. J., Newman, R., Naim, A., Vranken, W., ...

The Macromolecular Structure Database (MSD) () [H. Boutselakis, D. Dimitropoulos, J. Fillon, A. Golovin, K. Henrick, A. Hussain, J. Ionides, M. John, P. A. Keller, E. Krissinel et al. (2003) E-MSD:...

Pulmonary infection with Nocardia caviae in a patient with diabetes mellitus and liver cirrhosis.

Salh, B, Fegan, C, Hussain, A, Jaulim, A, Whale, K, Webb, A

The first reported case of pulmonary infection with Nocardia caviae in Britain occurred in a 67 year old woman, in whom diabetes mellitus and liver cirrhosis probably contributed to impaired cell...

Eosinophilic endomyocardial disease due to high grade chest wall sarcoma.

Hussain, A, Brown, P J, Thwaites, B C, Hastings, A G

Eosinophilic endomyocardial disease is characterised by persisting blood eosinophilia and acute endocardial lesions which progress to endomyocardial fibrosis. In most cases the cause is unknown but...

Care of the elderly in north and west Belfast.

Hussain, A., Gilmore, D. H., Beringer, T. R., Crawford, V., Grant, D., Montgomery, A.

A survey of all elderly people aged 65 years and over from North and West Belfast receiving long-term care in residential and nursing homes, and in psycho-geriatric and geriatric care was undertaken....

Gastrostomy complications in infants and children.

Kutiyanawala, M. A., Hussain, A., Johnstone, J. M., Everson, N. W., Nour, S.

Thirty children have had percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) inserted for feeding purposes. During a follow-up period of 5-45 months (mean 24 months), complications were recorded in 13...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.

Hussain, A., Woolfrey, S., Massey, J., Geddes, A., Cox, J.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is now the technique of choice for patients requiring long-term enteral feeding. It is a good method for feeding patients with neurological dysphagia and can...

Diagnosis of night blindness and serum vitamin A level: a population-based study.

Hussain, A., Kvåle, G., Odland, M.

In a cross-sectional survey of 5420 children in northern Bangladesh, 124 were reported to have night blindness by their parents. Of these, 105 cases along with controls matched for age, sex, and...

HLA-associated susceptibility to childhood B-cell precursor ALL: definition and role of HLA-DPB1 supertypes

Taylor, G M, Hussain, A, Lightfoot, T J, Birch, J M, Eden, T O B, Greaves, M F

Childhood B-cell precursor (BCP) ALL is thought to be caused by a delayed immune response to an unidentified postnatal infection. An association between BCP ALL and HLA class II (DR, DQ, DP) alleles...

New germline mutations in the hypervariable minisatellite CEB1 in the parents of children with leukaemia

Davies, B G, Hussain, A, Ring, S M, Birch, J M, Eden, T O B, Reeves, M, ...

Gardner and co-workers advanced the hypothesis that the Seascale leukaemia cluster could have been caused by new mutations in germ cells, induced by paternal preconceptional irradiation (PPI)...