Submissions from 2023
The Social and Technological Incentives for Cybercriminals to Engage in Ransomware Activities, Yichao Wang, Sophia Roscoe, Budi Arief, Lena Connolly, Hervé Borrion, and Sanaa Kaddoura
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Sewit T. Yohannes, Simar Mansi, and Sanaa Kaddoura
Governance of State-Owned Enterprises, Joshua Jebuntie Zaato
Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Author Age and Gender Identification, Zarah Zainab, Feras Al-Obeidat, Fernando Moreira, Haji Gul, and Adnan Amin
Submissions from 2022
A Machine Learning Approach for a Robust Irrigation Prediction via Regression and Feature Selection, Emna Ben Abdallah, Rima Grati, Malek Fredj, and Khouloud Boukadi
Meta-analysis of AI Research in Journalism: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Research Agenda for Arab Journalism, Maha Abdulmajeed and Nagwa Fahmy
Waqf as a Financing Tool and Its Role in Achieving SDGs and Foreseeing the Future, Eiman Ahmad Mohammad Khaleel Al Hashmi
Integrating Blockchain with Fog and Edge Computing for Micropayment Systems, Jamal Al-Karaki, Deepa Pavithran, and Amjad Gawanmeh
UX in the Arab World - Research Trends and Challenges for a Better Understanding and Collaboration, Ons Al-Shamaileh and Ahmed Seffah
Managerial Conflict Among the Software Development Team, Madnia Ashraf, Abdallah Tubaishat, Feras Al-Obeidat, and Ali Raza
Adolescent Mental Health in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?, Caroline Barakat and Fatme Al Anouti
Adolescent Health in the Middle East and North Africa: Determinants and Distribution, Caroline Barakat, Moatassem Kenaan, Fatme Al Anouti, and Rania Dghaim
Physical Activity and Sport Participation Among Adolescents from MENA, Caroline Barakat, Susan Yousufzai, Samah Mohammed, and Rania Dghaim
Innovative Practices Implemented by Preservice Teachers During Their Field Experience: Lesson Learnt from Face-to-Face and Online Field Placement, Sandra Baroudi and Zeina Hojeij
Nanoparticulate Iron Oxide Minerals for Arsenic Removal from Contaminated Water, Hamna Bashir, Irshad Bibi, Muhammad Mahroz Hussain, Nabeel Khan Niazi, and Jibran Iqbal
Toward a Configurable Thing Composition Language for the SIoT, Soura Boulaares, Salma Sassi, Djamal Benslimane, Zakaria Maamar, and Sami Faiz
Contaminant Removal by Adsorption, Marc Calvo-Schwarzwalder, Abel Valverde, Francesc Font, Maria Aguareles, and Timothy G. Myers
From theory to practice: Ways to implement plurilingual pedagogy in educational institutions in the Arabian Peninsula, Daniela Coelho and Telma Gharibian Steinhagen
Introduction, Daniela Coelho and Telma Gharibian Steinhagen
Achieving the Promise of a First-Rate Education: The UAE’s Attempt at Transforming Education Through the Lens of the Leadership for Learning Theoretical Framework, Frederic E. Conde
Language Assessment Literacy, Christine Coombe and Peter Davidson
Practical Applications of Learning-Oriented Assessment (LOA) in the UAE, Peter Davidson and Christine Coombe
Demographic and Geographic Variations in Respiratory and Allergic Conditions Among Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates, Rania Dghaim, Shatha Muhsineh, Fatma Nasser, and Caroline Barakat
Simulating Blockchain Consensus Protocols in Julia: Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake, Georgios Drakopoulos, Eleanna Kafeza, Ioanna Giannoukou, Phivos Mylonas, and Spyros Sioutas
Perspectives on Reconceptualizing and Recontextualizing Schools’ Inclusive Culture for Students with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Efthymia Efthymiou
Social Semiotics for Social Media Visuals: A Framework for Analysis and Interpretation, Hossam Mohamed Elhamy
A Process for Providing Environmentally Conscious Housing in the UAE, Mohamed Elkaftangui, Basem Eid Mohamed, Rana Zureikat, and Aya Dibaje
New Security Protocols for Offline Point-of-Sale Machines, Nour El Madhoun and Emmanuel (Orange Bertin
Early Language Education in the United Arab Emirates, Kay Gallagher
Real-World Protein Particle Network Reconstruction Based on Advanced Hybrid Features, Haji Gul, Feras Al-Obeidat, Fernando Moreira, Muhammad Tahir, and Adnan Amin
ZAEBUC design and annotation: Guidelines, processes, and insights, Nizar Habash and David M. Palfreyman
Bridging the Gap Between Informal Learning Pedagogy and Multimodal Learning Analytics, Rawad Hammad, Mohammed Bahja, and Mohammad Amin Kuhail
A Global Conversation on Native-Speakerism: Toward Promoting Diversity in English Language Teaching, Sarah Hopkyns
Snapshot of Research Issues in Service Robots, Patrick C. K. Hung, Farkhund Iqbal, Saiqa Aleem, and Laura Rafferty
Current discussions on plurilingual pedagogy: Language learning implications in the Arabian Peninsula, Nadine Jaafarawi
The Journey of Task-Based Learning and TPACK in Higher Education in the UAE, Nadine Jaafarawi
A Comparative Study of Autoregressive and Neural Network Models: Forecasting the GARCH Process, Firuz Kamalov, Ikhlaas Gurrib, Sherif Moussa, and Amril Nazir
Ten Years On: Assessing the Outcomes of The Arab Spring for Bahraini Women, Magdalena Karolak
Predictive Modeling for Obesity and Overweight in Adolescents, Current Status and Application to the MENA Region, Kinda Khalaf, Dhanya Menoth Mohan, Nour El Asswad, and Fatme Al Anouti
Forensic Analysis of Microsoft Teams: Investigating Memory, Disk and Network, Zainab Khalid, Farkhund Iqbal, Khalil Al-Hussaeni, Aine MacDermott, and Mohammed Hussain
Stopover, Filareti Kotsi and Steven Pike
Social Media Analytics for Non-Governmental Organizations, Shanghao Li, Dickson K. W. Chiu, Eleanna Kafeza, and Kevin K. W. Ho
An Approach for Mitigating Disruptions on Resources’ Consumption Cycles, Zakaria Maamar, Fatma Masmoudi, and Ejub Kajan
Digital Transformation in Higher Education: A Framework for Maturity Assessment, Adam Marks and Maytha AL-Ali
Smart Online Exam Proctoring Assist for Cheating Detection, Mohammad M. Masud, Kadhim Hayawi, Sujith Samuel Mathew, Temesgen Michael, and Mai El Barachi
An Intelligent Information System and Application for the Diagnosis and Analysis of COVID-19, Atif Mehmood, Ahed Abugabah, Ahmad A. L. Smadi, and Reyad Alkhawaldeh
A General Framework of Particle Swarm Optimization, Loc Nguyen, Ali A. Amer, and Hassan I. Abdalla
Replacing Human Input in Spam Email Detection Using Deep Learning, Mathew Nicho, Farzan Majdani, and Christopher D. McDermott
Teaching Business English in the UAE to Undergraduate Learners: A Learner-Centred Approach, Catherine Nickerson
Reader Response to Text Adaptation: A Study of Female Emirati Undergraduate Students, Larysa Nikolayeva
Reverse-Engineering Malware, Marwan Omar, Luís Borges Gouveia, Jamal Al-Karaki, and Derek Mohammed
Why a bilingual writer corpus? Motivations and approaches, David M. Palfreyman
"Social media has invaded our homes, our lives, even our dining tables": Metaphor in bilingual writers' discourse about social media, David M. Palfreyman and Omnia Amin
Object-Oriented Software Testing: A Review, Ali Raza, Babar Shah, Madnia Ashraf, and Muhammad Ilyas
Teacher Development Through Outreach Programs, Naziha Ali Raza, Christine Coombe, and Peter Davidson
Diffusing IT Competence with Business Analytics Enables Data-Driven Culture for Achieving Evidence-Based Managerial Decisions for Assuring Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Literature Survey, Anjum Razzaque, Magdalena Karolak, Frank Lorne, and Sekhar Amba
Written to be Erased: Paper Rights and the Visibility of Migrant Domestic Workers, Rima Sabban and Hannah Kasak-Gliboff
Lexical collocations in Arabic-English bilinguals' writing across two proficiency levels, Ali Kamel Al Sharef and Michael Bowles
A Job Killer or a Job Creator? The Adoption of AI in Organizations, Ahmed Shuhaiber
Developing and Validating a Model of Intention to Use a Smart Energy Metering System, Ahmed Shuhaiber and Nabil (Transpower Adam
Conclusion, Telma Gharibian Steinhagen
Rethinking learning and teaching using plurilingual pedagogy in the UAE: Challenges and success stories, Telma Gharibian Steinhagen
Arabic language teacher training in the Arabian peninsula: Great teachers don't grow on trees, Hanada Taha Thomure
Acintyabhedābheda, Leena Taneja
Reflections on English-Medium Instruction in Turkish Higher Education Institutions, Educational Quality and Insights from International Experience, Burcu Tezcan-Ünal and Diane Schmitt
Football in Egypt: Between Joy and Politics, Hala Thabet
Dual Learning Model for Multiclass Brain Tumor Classification, Rohit Thanki and Sanaa Kaddoura
There Is No Health Without Mental Health: The Middle East and North Africa, Justin Thomas and Alaa Galadari
Salutogenesis Post-Graduate Education: Experience From the European Perspective on the ETC-PHHP Health Promotion Summer Schools (1991–2020), Lenneke Vaandrager, Anna Bonmatí-Tomàs, Arnd Hofmeister, Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, Paolo Contu, Maria Koelen, Gaby Ortiz-Barreda, Giuseppe Masanotti, Gwendolijn Boonekamp, Lynne Kennedy, Giancarlo Pocetta, Dolors Juvinya Canal, Patrizia Garista, Bengt Lindström, and Magdalena Wrzesińska
The Application of Salutogenesis in Communities and Neighborhoods, Lenneke Vaandrager and Lynne Kennedy
Teacher Training in Inclusive Education: Project Collaboration Between Al Jalila Foundation - Ta’alouf Program and Zayed University, Beth Wiens, Suha Karaki, and Laila Mohebi
Submissions from 2021
Towards a Modular Ontology for Cloud Consumer Review Mining, Emna Ben Abdallah, Khouloud Boukadi, and Rima Grati
2 Left ventricle segmentation for cine MR using deep learning, Hisham Abdeltawab, Fahmi Khalifa, Fatma Taher, Mohammed Ghazal, Ali H. Mahmoud, Ayman El-Baz, and Jasjit S. Suri
Implementing Blended Learning in Classrooms: Educators' Perspectives, Ilhaam Abrahams, Lawrence Meda, and Eunice N. Ivala
Palm Tree Detection in Drone Images Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks: Investigating the Effective Use of YOLO V3, R. Y. Aburasain, E. A. Edirisinghe, and Ali Albatay
Conclusion: Emerging Insights on Islamic Education Curriculum Renewal, Mariam Alhashmi
The Changing Dynamics in the UAE–Syria Relationship, Khalid Almezaini
Chapter 21 Artificial intelligence and data analytics for geosciences and remote sensing theory and application, Feras Al-Obeidat, Farhi Marir, Fares M. Howari, Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed, and Neil Banerjee
Some Socio-demographic Usage Patterns in Ephemeral Content Sharing Social Networks: The Case of Snapchat, Ons Al-Shamaileh, Anas Aloudat, Amal Alrayes, and Hakim Hacid
Chapter 12 Groundwater scarcity in the Middle East, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Yousef Nazzal, and Fares M. Howari
Circulating Things, Circulating Stereotypes: Representations of Arabia in Eighteenth-Century Imagination, Ileana Baird
Introduction: Complex Legacies: Materiality, Memory, and Myth in the Arabian Peninsula, Ileana Baird
Introduction: “Speaking to the Eyes”—Reassessing the Enlightenment in the Digital Age, Ileana Baird
Outliers, Connectors, and Textual Periphery: John Dennis’s Social Network in The Dunciad in Four Books, Ileana Baird
From Cradle to Grave: A Life Story in Jewelry, Marie-Claire Bakker and Kara McKeown
Fandet Semantic Model: An OWL Ontology for Context-Based Fake News Detection on Social Media, Anoud Bani-Hani, Oluwasegun Adedugbe, Elhadj Benkhelifa, and Munir Majdalawieh
Construct Confusion in Advertising Research, Lars Bergkvist and Tobias Langner
Afghan Refugees in Greece: Overcoming Traumatic Events and Post-Traumatic Growth, Melissa Kerr Chiovenda
Religion and Transitional Justice in the Czech Republic, Frank Cibulka
Solving the Multi-objective 2-Dimensional Vector Packing Problem Using ϵ-constraint Method, Nadia Dahmani, Saoussen Krichen, El-Ghazali Talbi, and Sanaa Kaddoura
Beyond Internal Corporate Social Responsibility Communication (ICSRC): Creating a Purposeful Organization, Ganga S. Dhanesh
Corporate Social Responsibility in Egypt, Noha El-Bassiouny, Dina El-Bassiouny, Salma Karem Kolkailah, Nada Zahran, and Sara Moharram
3 Computational methods for identifying left ventricle heart pathologies, Ahmed Elnakib, Mohammed Ghazal, Fatma Taher, Ali H. Mahmoud, and Ayman El-Baz
CropWaterNeed: A Machine Learning Approach for Smart Agriculture, Malek Fredj, Rima Grati, and Khouloud Boukadi
Ethnicity, Insecurity and Geostrategic Transformation in the Horn of Africa, Hamdy A. Hassan
Multilingualism and linguistic hybridity in Dubai, Sarah Hopkyns
Chapter 4 Geographic information system spatial data structures, models, and case studies, Fares M. Howari and Habes Ghrefat
Freya Stark’s Tales of Travel on the Coast of Incense, Zoe Hurley
Perennial Forage Grass Production on the Marginal Arabian Peninsula Land, M. Iftikhar Hussain, Nosheen Akhtar, Asad Sarwar Qureshi, and David Gallacher
Efficacy of Group Work in the Online Platform: An Exploration of Multicultural Undergraduates’ Attitudes in Online Academic Writing Classes, Ajrina Hysaj, Doaa Hamam, and Sandra Baroudi