Submissions from 2020
Growth of ZnO nanorods on FTO glass substrate, Hamza Slimani, Noureddine Bessous, Sawsan Dagher, Ali Hilal-Alnaqbi, Maisa El Gamal, Boshra Akhozheya, and Mudasir Mohammed
Emirati women’s knowledge about the menopause and menopausal hormone therapy, Linda Smail, Ghufran A. Jassim, and Khawla I. Sharaf
Menopause-specific quality of life among emirati women, Linda Smail, Ghufran Jassim, and Anam Shakil
Direct construction of a bi-hamiltonian structure for cubic hÉnon-heiles systems, Nicola Sottocornola
Silybin B and Cianidanol Inhibit M pro and Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2: Evidence from in Silico Molecular Docking Studies, Rashi Srivastava, Shubham Tripathi, Sreepoorna Unni, Arif Hussain, Shafiul Haque, Nandita Dasgupta, Vineeta Singh, and Bhartendu Nath Mishra
Phytochemicals Induce Apoptosis By Modulation Of Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway In Cervical Cancer Cells, M. K. Sundaram, M. A. Khan, U. Alalami, P. Somvanshi, T. Bhardwaj, S. Pramodh, R. Raina, Z. Shekfeh, S. Haque, and A. Hussain
Complementary feeding practices among infants and young children in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Zainab Taha, Malin Garemo, and Joy Nanda
Assessment of hospital rooming-in practice in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: A cross-sectional multi-center study, Zainab Taha, Ahmed Ali Hassan, Ludmilla Wikkeling-Scott, Ruba Eltoum, and Dimitrios Papandreou
Factors associated with preterm birth and low birth weight in Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates, Zainab Taha, Ahmed Ali Hassan, Ludmilla Wikkeling-Scott, and Dimitrios Papandreou
Risk factors associated with initiation of breastfeeding among mothers with low birth weight babies: A cross-sectional multicenter study in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Zainab Taha, Ahmed Ali Hassan, Ludmilla Wikkeling-Scott, and Dimitrios Papandreou
The impact of herbal infusion consumption on oxidative stress and cancer: The good, the bad, the misunderstood, Wamidh H. Talib, Israa A. AL-Ataby, Asma Ismail Mahmod, Sajidah Jawarneh, Lina T. Al Kury, and Intisar Hadi AL-Yasari
Resveratrol and tumor microenvironment: mechanistic basis and therapeutic targets, Wamidh H. Talib, Ahmad Riyad Alsayed, Faten Farhan, and Lina T. Al Kury
Reconsidering the seawater-density parameter in hydrodynamic flow transport equations for coastal boulders, James P. Terry and Shoaib A. Malik
Of Limestone Coasts and Giant Robber Crabs Rediscovering Niu Island in the Central Pacific Ocean, James P. Terry and Randolph R. Thaman
Is Bangkok at risk of marine flooding? Evidence relating to the historical floods of AD 1785 and 1983, James P. Terry, Nigel Winspear, and James Goff
Exploring cultural variation in the emotional expressivity of online drawings, Justin Thomas, Aamna Al-Shehhi, Ian Grey, and Tai Broach
Compulsive buying and depressive symptoms in the United Arab Emirates: A mixed-methods exploration, Justin Thomas, Damien Arthur, and Claire Sherman
Positive religious coping and mental health among christians and muslims in response to the covid-19 pandemic, Justin Thomas and Mariapaola Barbato
Psychosocial Correlates of Depression and Anxiety in the United Arab Emirates During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Justin Thomas, Mariapaola Barbato, Marina Verlinden, Carl Gaspar, Mona Moussa, Jihane Ghorayeb, Aaina Menon, Maria J. Figueiras, Teresa Arora, and Richard P. Bentall
Mobile eye tracking and academic integrity: A proof-of-concept study in the United Arab Emirates, Justin Thomas and Adam Jeffers
A Finite Element Approach to the Numerical Solutions of Leland's Mode, Dongming Wei, Yogi Erlangga, and Gulzat Zhumakhanova
Evolution of Global Lightning in the Transition From Cold to Warm Phase Preceding Two Super El Niño Events, E. Williams, T. Bozóki, G. Sátori, C. Price, P. Steinbach, A. Guha, Y. Liu, C. D. Beggan, M. Neska, R. Boldi, and M. Atkinson
Examining the Dimensionality, Reliability, and Invariance of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale–21 (DASS-21) Across Eight Countries, Cristian Zanon, Rachel E. Brenner, Makilim N. Baptista, David L. Vogel, Mark Rubin, Fatima R. Al-Darmaki, Marta Gonçalves, Patrick J. Heath, Hsin Ya Liao, Corey S. Mackenzie, Nursel Topkaya, Nathaniel G. Wade, and Alina Zlati
Submissions from 2019
Effects of vitamin D status and supplements on anthropometric and biochemical indices in a clinical setting: A retrospective study, Myriam Abboud, Xiaoying Liu, Flavia Fayet-Moore, Kaye E. Brock, Dimitrios Papandreou, Tara C. Brennan-Speranza, and Rebecca S. Mason
Gut microbiome, probiotics and bone: An updated mini review, Myriam Abboud and Dimitrios Papandreou
Achievement and self-concept relation: An evidence of the adequacy of the I/E model with a short version of the self-description questionnaire-ii among school students in oman, Maher M. Abu-Hilal, Sulaiman Al-Maamari, Ibrahim S. Al-Harthy, Joana Stocker, and Hilal Z. Al-Nabhani
Traditional, state-of-the-art and renewable thermal building insulation materials: An overview, Basim Abu-Jdayil, Abdel Hamid Mourad, Waseem Hittini, Muzamil Hassan, and Suhaib Hameedi
Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their associations with dietary habits among students from a major university in Palestine: A cross-sectional study, Bassam Abu Shanab and Haleama Al-Sabbah
Effect of gold and iron nanoparticles on photocatalytic behaviour of titanium dioxide towards 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid, Tausif Ahmad, Mohamad Azmi Bustam, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Moniruzzaman, Mohamad Fakhrul Ridhwan Samsudin, Hafiz Muhammad Anwaar Asghar, Nawshad Muhammad, Jibran Iqbal, and Sekhar Bhattacharjee
An insight into the paradigms of osteoporosis: From genetics to biomechanics, Fatme Al Anouti, Zainab Taha, Sadia Shamim, Kinda Khalaf, Leena Al Kaabi, and Habiba Alsafar
0913 Exploring The Relationship Between Sleep And Depersonalization, Eman Alhelali and Teresa Arora
0444 Comparison of Commonly Used Questionnaires to Identify Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pilots, Mohammed Al Houqani and Teresa Arora
Four Ways Technology Has Negatively Changed Education, Khadija Alhumaid
Neuroprotective effects of melatonin and celecoxib against ethanol-induced neurodegeneration: A computational and pharmacological approach, Lina T. Al Kury, Alam Zeb, Zain Ul Abidin, Nadeem Irshad, Imran Malik, Arooj Mohsin Alvi, Atif Ali Khan Khalil, Sareer Ahmad, Muhammad Faheem, Arif Ullah Khan, Fawad Ali Shah, and Shupeng Li
Prevalence of Complications in Type 2 Diabetics in Dubai, UAE: A Cross-sectional Study, Haleama Al Sabbah, Moaza Alketbi, and Rania Dghaim
Major Risk Factors in the Onset of End-Stage Renal Disease, Haleama Al-Sabbah, Kazem Nazme Basheer, Kristina Lu, and Mustafa Younis
Oral health status of athletes with intellectual disabilities: a review, Shahd Omar Al-Shamlan, Mutaz Mohammad, and Dimitrios Papandreou
Arabia Felix 2.0: a cross-linguistic Twitter analysis of happiness patterns in the United Arab Emirates, Aamna Al Shehhi, Justin Thomas, Roy Welsch, Ian Grey, and Zeyar Aung
Assessment of heavy metals in roadside dust along the Abu Dhabi–Al Ain National Highway, UAE, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Yousef Nazzal, and Fares M. Howari
Long-term trends in ambient fine particulate matter from 1980 to 2016 in United Arab Emirates, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Yousef Nazzal, Fares M. Howari, and Ahmad Yousef
From the industrial revolution to globalisation and integrative labour markets, Tareq Al-Tawil, Muath M. Eleswed, and Walaaeldeen Ibraheem
0675 The Association Between Sleep Beliefs And Sleep Behaviour In University Students, Teresa Arora
Sleep Routines in Children, Teresa Arora
Role of outer membrane permeability, efflux mechanism, and carbapenemases in carbapenem-nonsusceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Dubai hospitals: Results of the first cross-sectional survey, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Dalal Hammoudi Halat, Charbel Akkawi, Anju Nabi, Mouza A. AlSharhan, Zulfa O. AlDeesi, Christabel C. Peters, Handan Celiloglu, and Dolla Karam Sarkis
Data from: Statistical analysis of dust storms in the United Arab Emirates, Alina Barbulescu and Yousef Nazzal
Behind the scenes: teachers’ perspectives on factors affecting the implementation of inquiry-based science instruction, Sandra Baroudi and Marlieke Rodjan Helder
Meanings, Dimensions, and Categories of Mathematics Teacher Beliefs: A Navigation through the Literature, Shashidhar Belbase
Dependence measure for length-biased survival data using copulas, Rachid Bentoumi, Mhamed Mesfioui, and Mayer Alvo
0917 Assessing The Relationship Between Sleep Quality, Anger And Aggression, Fatima Al Beshr and Teresa Arora
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults, Honor Bixby, James Bentham, Bin Zhou, Mariachiara Di Cesare, Christopher J. Paciorek, James E. Bennett, Cristina Taddei, Gretchen A. Stevens, Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Young Ho Khang, Maroje Sorić, Edward W. Gregg, J. Jaime Miranda, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Stefan Savin, Marisa K. Sophiea, Maria L.C. Iurilli, Bethlehem D. Solomon, Melanie J. Cowan, Leanne M. Riley, Goodarz Danaei, Pascal Bovet, Adela Chirita-Emandi, Ian R. Hambleton, Alison J. Hayes, Nayu Ikeda, Andre P. Kengne, Avula Laxmaiah, and Yanping Li
Bioprospecting desert plant Bacillus endophytic strains for their potential to enhance plant stress tolerance, Ameerah Bokhari, Magbubah Essack, Feras F. Lafi, Cristina Andres-Barrao, Rewaa Jalal, Soha Alamoudi, Rozaimi Razali, Hanin Alzubaidy, Kausar H. Shah, Shahid Siddique, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, and Maged M. Saad
A positive Living-in-History effect: the case of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Christin Camia, Christina Menzel, and Annette Bohn
Bootstrapping the empirical distribution of a stationary process with change-point, Farid El Ktaibi and B. Gail Ivanoff
Stages of change, smoking behavior and acceptability of a textmessaging intervention for tobacco cessation among cigarette, dokha and shishasmokers: A qualitative research study, Yusra Elhidaia Elobaid, Andrea Leinberger Jabari, Aisha Al Hamiz, Abdul Rizzak Al Kaddour, Sherif Bakir, Heba Barazi, Elisa Kazim, Scott Sherman, and Raghib Ali
Using mobile learning tools in higher education: A UAE Case, Jenny Eppard, Zeina Hojeij, Pinar Ozdemir-Ayber, Marlieke Rodjan-Helder, and Sandra Baroudi
The Effects of Dietary Mobile Apps on Nutritional Outcomes in Adults with Chronic Diseases : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Cosette Fakih El Khoury, Mirey Karavetian, Ruud J.G. Halfens, Rik Crutzen, Lama Khoja, and Jos M.G.A. Schols
Imaging of hydrothermal altered zones in Wadi Al-Bana, in southern Yemen, using remote sensing techniques and very low frequency–electromagnetic data, Karam S.I. Farag, Fares M. Howari, and Karim W. Abdelmalik
A review of the nutritional guidelines for children at nurseries and schools in Middle Eastern countries, Malin Garemo, Amal Elamin, and Anzelle Van De Venter
Cationic antimicrobial peptides: Alternatives and/or adjuvants to antibiotics active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Regina Geitani, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Lhousseine Touqui, and Dolla Karam Sarkis
Calculation of the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a Euler–Bernoulli beam which has any combination of linear boundary conditions, Paulo J.Paupitz Gonçalves, Michael J. Brennan, Andrew Peplow, and Bin Tang
The impact of behavioural skills training on the knowledge, skills and well-being of front line staff in the intellectual disability sector: a clustered randomised control trial, L. Gormley, O. Healy, B. O'Sullivan, D. O'Regan, I. Grey, and M. Bracken
Variations in 25-hydroxyvitamin d in countries from the middle east and europe: The roles of uvb exposure and diet, William B. Grant, Hana M.A. Fakhoury, Spyridon N. Karras, Fatme Al Anouti, and Harjit P. Bhattoa
Parental satisfaction with early intensive behavioral intervention, Ian Grey, Barry Coughlan, Helena Lydon, Olive Healy, and Justin Thomas
National Identity, Implicit In-Group Evaluation, and Psychological Well-Being Among Emirati Women, Ian Grey and Justin Thomas
Neutrosophic cubic Heronian mean operators with applications in multiple attribute group decision-making using cosine similarity functions, Muhammad Gulistan, Mutaz Mohammad, Faruk Karaaslan, Seifedine Kadry, Salma Khan, and Hafiz Abdul Wahab
Association between β-amino-isobutyric acid (BAIBA) and cardiometabolic risk factors, Suzan A. Haidar, Nanne K. De Vries, Mirey Karavetian, Alessandro Laviano, and Mohammad Rached
University Lebanese students are not immune to the metabolic syndrome, Suzan A. Haidar, Mirey Karavetian, Hadia Radwan, and Nanne K.De Vries
Assessment of Bottle-Feeding Practices in Kassala, Eastern Sudan: A Community-Based Study, Ahmed A. Hassan, Zainab Taha, Mohamed A. Abdulla, Abdel Aziem A. Ali, and Ishag Adam
Are there paternal components in human milk?, Ahmed Hassan, Zainab Taha, Abdullah Nafeesah, and Ishag Adam
The Use of Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviours to Establish Inhibitory Stimulus Control for the Management of Vocal Stereotypy in Children with Autism, Olive Healy, Sinéad Lydon, Thérèse Brady, Mandy Rispoli, Jennifer Holloway, Leslie Neely, and Ian Grey
Orthographic and root frequency effects in Arabic: Evidence from eye movements and lexical decision, Ehab W. Hermena, Simon P. Liversedge, Sana Bouamama, and Denis Drieghe
Hyperspectroscopic and microtopographic analyses of salt crust forms on arid, silty clay loam desert soils, Fares M. Howari, Fatima Al Aydaroos, Yousef Nazzal, Jibran Iqbal, and Nadine Bou Orm
Environmental service-learning in the United Arab Emirates: Is it mediated by the effects of biographical and demographical variables?, Fares Howari, Nida Qafisheh, and Yousef Nazzal
Ecosystems as Commodity Frontiers - Challenges Faced by Land Set Aside as Protected Areas (PAs) in the Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Brigitte Howarth, Tamer Khafaga, Greg Simkins, and Sabrina Joseph
Contraction and Intracellular Calcium Transport in Epicardial and Endocardial Ventricular Myocytes from Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rat, Frank Christopher Howarth, Manal M. A. Smail, Muhammad Anwar Qureshi, Anatoliy Shmygol, Jaipaul Singh, and Lina Al Kury
Development and validation of a prediction model for fat mass in children and adolescents: Meta-analysis using individual participant data, Mohammed T. Hudda, Mary S. Fewtrell, Dalia Haroun, Sooky Lum, Jane E. Williams, Jonathan C.K. Wells, Richard D. Riley, Christopher G. Owen, Derek G. Cook, Alicja R. Rudnicka, Peter H. Whincup, and Claire M. Nightingale
Clinical and Demographic Predictors of Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program Treatment Response, Kelly L. Huffman, Darcy Mandell, Jennifer K. Lehmann, Xavier F. Jimenez, and Brittany R. Lapin
COSMO-RS predictions, hydrogen bond basicity values and experimental evaluation of amino acid-based ionic liquids for lignocellulosic biomass dissolution, Jibran Iqbal, Nawshad Muhammad, Abdur Rahim, Amir Sada Khan, Zahoor Ullah, Girma Gonfa, and Pervaiz Ahmad
Synergistic effects of activated carbon and nano-zerovalent copper on the performance of hydroxyapatite-alginate beads for the removal of As3+ from aqueous solution, Jibran Iqbal, Noor S. Shah, Murtaza Sayed, Muhammad Imran, Nawshad Muhammad, Fares M. Howari, Sara A. Alkhoori, Javed Ali Khan, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Amit Bhatnagar, Kyriaki Polychronopoulou, Issam Ismail, and Mohammad Abu Haija
Individual variations in intestinal microbiota were higher in preterm infants with necrotising enterocolitis than healthy controls, Tarek Itani, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Irène Mangin, Marie José Butel, and Dolla Karam Sarkis
Perceptions of Health and Safety among Workers in the Automotive Repair Industry in Dubai (United Arab Emirates): A Cross-sectional Exploratory Study, Mona El Kouatly Kambris, Sarah Khan, and Shatha Nabil Al Falasi
SP414EXPLORING THE CONCORDANCE OF MALNUTRITION ASSESSMENT TOOLS WITH THE GLIM CRITERIA AMONG HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY, Mirey Karavetian
Malnutrition-inflammation score VS phase angle in the era of GLIM criteria: A cross-sectional study among hemodialysis patients in UAE, Mirey Karavetian, Nada Salhab, Rana Rizk, and Kalliopi Anna Poulia
Bacterial community structure in anaerobic digesters of a full scale municipal wastewater treatment plant - Case study of dubai, united arab emirates, Munawwar A. Khan, Noorun N. Ashar, Arpitha G. Ganesh, Naushad Rais, Sultan M. Faheem, and Shams T. Khan
Online assessments: Exploring perspectives of university students, Sarah Khan and Rashid Azim Khan
Mitigating risks in managing cloud-based IT controls, Shafaq Khan
Calculating three thermal coefficients from one data set, A. Kharab, F. M. Howari, and R. B. Guenther
Dietary application for the management of patients with hemodialysis: A formative development study, Cosette Fakih El Khoury, Mirey Karavetian, Ruud J.G. Halfens, Rik Crutzen, Dayana El Chaar, and Jos M.G.A. Schols
A Phenomenographic Exploration of Female Arab Second Language Writers’ Experiences with Information in an EAP Writing Course, Mehtap Kocatepe
On-chip solid phase extraction and in situ optical detection, Long Li, Jibran Iqbal, Hui Li, Yuan Zhang, Lin Sun, Ying Zhu, Wanchao Chen, Yongqing Xi, Ting Wu, and Yiping Du
Consecutive dual-vortex interactions between quadruple Typhoons Noru, Kulap, Nesat and Haitang during the 2017 North Pacific Typhoon season, Yuei An Liou, Ji Chyun Liu, Chung Chih Liu, Chun Hsu Chen, Kim Anh Nguyen, and James P. Terry
Learning human anatomy using ARA mobile application, Samia Loucif, Murad Al-Rajab, Reem Salem, Abdullah Hesham, Doaa Mahely, and Mhd Alaa Ajlouni
MHD boundary layer flow of Carreau fluid over a convectively heated bidirectional sheet with non-fourier heat flux and variable thermal conductivity, Dianchen Lu, Mutaz Mohammad, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Bilal, Fares Howari, and Muhammad Suleman
A thin film flow of nanofluid comprising carbon nanotubes influenced by Cattaneo-Christov heat flux and entropy generation, Dianchen Lu, Muhammad Ramzan, Mutaz Mohammad, Fares Howari, and Jae Dong Chung
Solving Galbrun’s Equation with a Discontinuous galerkin Finite Element Method, Marcus Maeder, Andrew Peplow, Maximilian Meindl, and Steffen Marburg
God, information and the world: The metaphysics of william Dembski and al-ghazālī, Shoaib Ahmed Malik
A trial sequential meta-analysis of TNF-α –308G>A (rs800629) gene polymorphism and susceptibility to colorectal cancer, Raju K. Mandal, Munawwar Ali Khan, Arif Hussain, Naseem Akhter, Arshad Jawed, Sajad A. Dar, Mohd Wahid, Aditya K. Panda, Mohtashim Lohani, Bhartendu N. Mishra, and Shafiul Haque
Association of MBL2 gene polymorphisms with pulmonary tuberculosis susceptibility: Trial sequence meta-analysis as evidence, Raju K. Mandal, Munawwar Ali Khan, Arif Hussain, Sajad A. Dar, Sultan Aloufi, Arshad Jawed, Mohd Wahid, Aditya K. Panda, Mohtashim Lohani, Naseem Akhter, Saif Khan, Bhartendu Nath Mishra, and Shafiul Haque
Fragmentation of production: New challenges for big data–a complex network approach, Giulia De Masi and Giorgio Ricchiuti