Submissions from 2021
Population structure associated with Bioregion and seasonal prey distribution for Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in South Africa, O. Alejandra Vargas‐Fonseca, Paige Yates, Stephan P. Kirkman, Pierre A. Pistorius, Daniel M. Moore, Ada Natoli, Victor Cockcroft, and A. Rus Hoelzel
Gaming Disorder and Well-Being Among Emirati College Women, Marina Verlinden, Justin Thomas, Mahra Hasan Abdulla Ahamed Almansoori, and Shamil Wanigaratne
Contextual cueing is not flexible, Youcai Yang, Mariana V.C. Coutinho, Anthony J. Greene, and Deborah E. Hannula
Melatonin rescues the mice brain against cisplatin-induced neurodegeneration, an insight into antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, Muhammad Zakria, Nasir Ahmad, Lina Al Kury, Abdullah Alattar, Zia Uddin, Sami Siraj, Shakir Ullah, Reem Alshaman, Muhammad Khan, and Fawad Shah
3D Bio-convective nanofluid Bödewadt slip flow comprising gyrotactic microorganisms over a stretched stationary disk with modified Fourier law, Shuang Shuang Zhou, Muhammad Ramzan, Fares Howari, Seifedine Kadry, Yu Ming Chu, and M. Y. Malik
Submissions from 2020
Vitamin d supplementation and blood pressure in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Myriam Abboud
The Health Effects of Vitamin D and Probiotic Co-Supplementation: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Myriam Abboud, Rana Rizk, Fatme AlAnouti, Dimitrios Papandreou, Suzan Haidar, and Nadine Mahboub
Evaluation of Self-Assessed State of Health and Vitamin D Knowledge in Emirati and International Female Students in United Arab Emirates (UAE), Myriam Abboud, Rana Rizk, Dimitrios Papandreou, Rafiq Hijazi, Nada Edris Al Emadi, and Przemyslaw M. Waszak
Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors, Greta Smith Aeby, Emily Howells, Thierry Work, David Abrego, Gareth J. Williams, Lisa M. Wedding, Jamie M. Caldwell, Monica Moritsch, and John A. Burt
A review on myricetin as a potential therapeutic candidate for cancer prevention, Nazia Afroze, Sreepoorna Pramodh, Arif Hussain, Madiha Waleed, and Kajal Vakharia
Controllable phytosynthesis of gold nanoparticles and investigation of their size and morphology-dependent photocatalytic activity under visible light, Tausif Ahmad, Mohamad Azmi Bustam, Muhammad Zulfiqar, Muhammad Moniruzzaman, Alamin Idris, Jibran Iqbal, Hafiz Muhammad Anwaar Asghar, and Sami Ullah
Phytosynthesis of cerium oxide nanoparticles and investigation of their photocatalytic potential for degradation of phenol under visible light, Tausif Ahmad, Jibran Iqbal, Mohamad Azmi Bustam, Muhammad Zulfiqar, Nawshad Muhammad, Buthaina Mohamed Al Hajeri, Muhammad Irfan, Hafiz Muhammad Anwaar Asghar, and Sami Ullah
Computational and Pharmacological Evaluation of Carveol for Antidiabetic Potential, Muhammad Shabir Ahmed, Arif Ullah Khan, Lina Tariq Al Kury, and Fawad Ali Shah
Correlation of blood oxidative stress parameters to indoor radiofrequency radiation: A cross sectional study in Jordan, Yazan Akkam, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Salam Ayasreh, Abeer Almutairi, and Nosaibah Akkam
Effects of vitamin d supplementation on lipid profile in adults with the metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Fatme Alanouti, Myriam Abboud, Dimitrios Papandreou, Nadine Mahboub, Suzan Haidar, and Rana Rizk
Highlights from the Abu Dhabi International Conference on Vitamin D Deficiency and Human Health, “Health Consequences of Vitamin D Deficiency and Treatment”, United Arab Emirates, March 14-15, 2019, Fatme Al Anouti, Pawel Pludowski, and John H. White
Humanitarian aid and relief distribution (HARD) game, Suzan Alaswad and Sinan Salman
Optimal conditions for olive mill wastewater treatment using ultrasound and advanced oxidation processes, Abeer Al-Bsoul, Mohammad Al-Shannag, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Walid K. Lafi, Amani Al-Othman, and Mohammad Alsheyab
Efficient removal of phenol compounds from water environment using Ziziphus leaves adsorbent, Abeer Al Bsoul, Mohammad Hailat, Arwa Abdelhay, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Amani Al-Othman, Isra' Nawaf Al-kharabsheh, and Ahmed A. Al-Taani
Psychological climacteric symptoms and attitudes toward menopause among Emirati women, Amira Mohammed Ali, Afaf Hassan Ahmed, and Linda Smail
NF-κB Inhibitors Attenuate MCAO Induced Neurodegeneration and Oxidative Stress—A Reprofiling Approach, Awais Ali, Fawad Ali Shah, Alam Zeb, Imran Malik, Arooj Mohsin Alvi, Lina Tariq Alkury, Sajid Rashid, Ishtiaq Hussain, Najeeb Ullah, Arif Ullah Khan, Phil Ok Koh, and Shupeng Li
A constructive method for decomposing real representations, Sajid Ali, Hassan Azad, Indranil Biswas, and Willem A. de Graaf
Calcium Homeostasis in Ventricular Myocytes of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy, Lina T. Al Kury
Ginkgo biloba Extract Protects against Methotrexate-Induced Hepatotoxicity: A Computational and Pharmacological Approach, Lina Tariq Al Kury, Fazli Dayyan, Fawad Ali Shah, Zulkifal Malik, Atif Ali Khan Khalil, Abdullah Alattar, Reem Alshaman, Amjad Ali, and Zahid Khan
Calcium signaling in endocardial and epicardial ventricular myocytes from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, Lina T. Al Kury, Vadym Sydorenko, Manal M.A. Smail, Muhammad A. Qureshi, Anatoly Shmygol, Dimitrios Papandreou, Jaipaul Singh, and Frank Christopher Howarth
Terfezia boudieri: A Desert Truffle With Anticancer and Immunomodulatory Activities, Maha Farid Al Obaydi, Wafaa M. Hamed, Lina T. Al Kury, and Wamidh H. Talib
Rare Earth Elements Around the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, UAE, Mouza Rashid Al Rashdi, Mohamed El Tokhi, Sulaiman Alaabed, Walid El Mowafi, and Alya A. Arabi
Prevalence of overweight/obesity, anaemia and their associations among female university students in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A cross-sectional study, Haleama Al Sabbah
Evaluation of the gulf of aqaba coastal water, Jordan, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Maen Rashdan, Yousef Nazzal, Fares Howari, Jibran Iqbal, Abdulla Al-Rawabdeh, Abeer Al Bsoul, and Safaa Khashashneh
Explicit determinantal formula for a class of banded matrices, Yerlan Amanbek, Zhibin Du, Yogi Erlangga, Carlos M. Da Fonseca, Bakytzhan Kurmanbek, and António Pereira
Linking FDI topology with COVID-19 Pandemic, Roberto Antonietti, Giulia De Masi, and Giorgio Ricchiuti
Atomic and molecular properties of nonclassical bioisosteric replacements of the carboxylic acid group, Alya A. Arabi
Binding energies of van der Waals complexes at non-equilibrium geometries, Alya A. Arabi
Poor sleep efficiency and daytime napping are risk factors of depersonalization disorder in female university students, Teresa Arora, Eman Alhelali, and Ian Grey
Comparison of commonly used screening tools for determining obstructive sleep apnea amongst aviation employees, Teresa Arora and Mohammed Al-Houqani
Health behaviour changes during COVID-19 and the potential consequences: A mini-review, Teresa Arora and Ian Grey
The prevalence of psychological consequences of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Teresa Arora, Ian Grey, Linda Östlundh, Kin Bong Hubert Lam, Omar M. Omar, and Danilo Arnone
A longitudinal cohort study to explore the relationship between depression, anxiety and academic performance among Emirati university students, Suheir Awadalla, E. Bethan Davies, and Cris Glazebrook
Convergence analysis of a highly accurate Nyström scheme for Fredholm integral equations, Fadi Awawdeh and Linda Smail
Naked-eye lead(II) capturing from contaminated water using innovative large-pore facial composite materials, Md Rabiul Awual, Md Munjur Hasan, Jibran Iqbal, Aminul Islam, Md Aminul Islam, Abdullah M. Asiri, and Mohammed M. Rahman
Ligand based sustainable composite material for sensitive nickel(II) capturing in aqueous media, Md Rabiul Awual, Md Munjur Hasan, Jibran Iqbal, Md Aminul Islam, Aminul Islam, Shahjalal Khandaker, Abdullah M. Asiri, and Mohammed M. Rahman
Polymyxins and bacterial membranes: A review of antibacterial activity and mechanisms of resistance, Carole Ayoub Moubareck
Insights into Acinetobacter baumannii: A review of microbiological, virulence, and resistance traits in a threatening nosocomial pathogen, Carole Ayoub Moubareck and Dalal Hammoudi Halat
Assessment of the performance of CHROMagar KPC and Xpert Carba-R assay for the detection of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in rectal swabs: First comparative study from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Dalal Hammoudi Halat, Mohammad Sartawi, Karen Lawlor, Dolla Karam Sarkis, and Adnan Alatoom
Profiles of human milk oligosaccharides and their relations to the milk microbiota of breastfeeding mothers in Dubai, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Maryam Lootah, Muna Tahlak, and Koen Venema
Modified biochar from Moringa seed powder for the removal of diclofenac from aqueous solution, Afrouz Bagheri, Emmanuel Abu-Danso, Jibran Iqbal, and Amit Bhatnagar
T31. TIME TO TALK MENTAL HEALTH IN DUBAI: DESCRIBING A SAMPLE OF ADOLESCENT HELP-SEEKERS ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, Mariapaola Barbato, Shaikha AlHumairi, Shorouk Nafie, Baraa A Dhuhair, and Nadia T Dabbagh
The Effect of Trust on Gaze-Mediated Attentional Orienting, Mariapaola Barbato, Aisha A. Almulla, and Andrea Marotta
Far from the eyes, close to the heart: Psychological Impact of COVID-19 in a Sample of Italian foreign workers, Mariapaola Barbato and Justin Thomas
Statistical analysis of dust storms in the United Arab Emirates, Alina Barbulescu and Yousef Nazzal
Assessing the groundwater quality in the liwa area, the united arab emirates, Alina Barbulescu, Yousef Nazzal, and Fares Howari
Water quality assessment of lower Jhelum canal in Pakistan by using geographic information system (GIS), Nusrat Bashir, Rashid Saeed, Muhammad Afzaal, Ashfaq Ahmad, Nawshad Muhammad, Jibran Iqbal, Abdullah Khan, Yusra Maqbool, and Saman Hameed
Advantages of first-derivative reflectance spectroscopy in the VNIR-SWIR for the quantification of olivine and hematite, Nadine Bou-Orm, Amna Abdulrahman AlRomaithi, Mariam Elrmeithi, Fatima Mohammad Ali, Yousef Nazzal, Fares M. Howari, and Fatima Al Aydaroos
Exploring autobiographical memory specificity and narrative emotional processing in alexithymia, Christin Camia, Olivier Desmedt, and Olivier Luminet
Explaining change in content of life narratives over time, Christin Camia and Tilmann Habermas
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus endemicity in United Arab Emirates, 2019, Jeremy V. Camp, Dafalla O. Kannan, Babiker Mohammed Osman, Moayyed Sher Shah, Brigitte Howarth, Tamer Khafaga, Pia Weidinger, Noushad Karuvantevida, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Hessa Mazrooei, Nadine Wolf, Tom Loney, and Norbert Nowotny
SipMask: Spatial Information Preservation for Fast Image and Video Instance Segmentation., Jiale Cao, Rao Muhammad Anwer, Hisham Cholakkal, Fahad Shahbaz Khan, Yanwei Pang, and Ling Shao
Assessment of Eating Habits and Lifestyle during Coronavirus Pandemic in the MENA region: A Cross-Sectional Study, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Tareq M. Osaili, Maysm N. Mohamad, Amina Al Marzouqi, Amjad H. Jarrar, Antonis Zampelas, Carla Habib-Mourad, Dima Omar Abu Jamous, Habiba I. Ali, Haleama Al Sabbah, Hayder Hasan, Latifa Mohammed Rashid Almarzooqi, Lily Stojanovska, Mona Hashim, Reyad R.Shaker Obaid, Samar Elfeky, Sheima T. Saleh, Zahieh A.M. Shawar, and Ayesha S. Al Dhaheri
Posttraumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity among Syrian refugees: the role of trauma exposure, trauma centrality, self-efficacy and emotional suppression, Man Cheung Chung, Nowf AlQarni, Mariam AlMazrouei, Shamsa Al Muhairi, Mudar Shakra, Britt Mitchell, Sara Al Mazrouei, and Shurooq Al Hashimi
Arabic version of the personality inventory for the dsm-5 (Pid-5) in a community sample of United Arab Emirates nationals, Olga Coelho, Rute Pires, Ana Sousa Ferreira, Bruno Gonçalves, Maryam Aljassmi, and Joana Stocker
The Arabic Version of the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5) in a Clinical Sample of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Nationals, Olga Coelho, Rute Pires, Ana Sousa Ferreira, Bruno Gonçalves, Samia A. Alkhoori, Mohamed A. Sayed, Amany ElRasheed, Sara Belhoul, Maryam AlJassmi, and Joana Stocker
Metacognitive monitoring in test-taking situations: A cross-cultural comparison of college students, Mariana V.C. Coutinho, Elena Papanastasiou, Stylianou Agni, John M. Vasko, and Justin J. Couchman
The Dunning-Kruger effect in Emirati college students: Evidence for Generalizability across cultures, Mariana V.C. Coutinho, Justin Thomas, Imani Fredricks-Lowman, and Marina Verlinden Bondaruk
Definition and Characteristics of Behavioral Medicine, and Main Tasks and Goals of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine—an International Delphi Study, Joost Dekker, Marie Amitami, Anne H. Berman, Helen Brown, Bryan Cleal, Maria João Figueiras, Lila J. Finney Rutten, Egil A. Fors, Konstadina Griva, Jing Gu, Chris Keyworth, Maria Kleinstäuber, Claas Lahmann, Joseph T.F. Lau, Bernd Leplow, Li Li, Hanna Malmberg Gavelin, Ricarda Mewes, Phoenix K.H. Mo, Barbara Mullan, Frank J. Penedo, Judith Prins, Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Sharon A. Simpson, Adrienne Stauder, Martti T. Tuomisto, Deborah Jones Weiss, and Urs M. Nater
From FDI network topology to macroeconomic instability, Giulia De Masi and Giorgio Ricchiuti
Poor sleep quality and physical performance in older adults, Hayley J. Denison, Karen A. Jameson, Avan A. Sayer, Harnish P. Patel, Mark H. Edwards, Teresa Arora, Elaine M. Dennison, Cyrus Cooper, and Janis Baird
Protection from ultraviolet damage and photocarcinogenesis by vitamin d compounds, Warusavithana Gunawardena Manori De Silva, Myriam Abboud, Chen Yang, Katie M. Dixon, Mark S. Rybchyn, and Rebecca S. Mason
How safe are school and bus environments? Parents’ perception of risks and hazards in the emirate of Dubai, Rania Dghaim, Mona El Kouatly Kambris, and Caroline Barakat
Treatment of Industrial Alkaline Solid Wastes Using Carbon Dioxide, Maisa El Gamal, Abdel Mohsen Mohamed, and Suhaib Hameedi
Implication of genetic variants in overweight and obesity susceptibility among the young Arab population of the United Arab Emirates, Sarah El Hajj Chehadeh, Wael Osman, Suna Nazar, Laila Jerman, Ameera Alghafri, Ali Sajwani, Mohamed Alawlaqi, Mohamed AlObeidli, Herbert F. Jelinek, Fatme AlAnouti, Kinda Khalaf, and Habiba Alsafar
Spatiotemporal Mapping and Monitoring of Mangrove Forests Changes From 1990 to 2019 in the Northern Emirates, UAE Using Random Forest, Kernel Logistic Regression and Naive Bayes Tree Models, Samy I. Elmahdy, Tarig A. Ali, Mohamed M. Mohamed, Fares M. Howari, Mohamed Abouleish, and Daniel Simonet
Polyphenols are potential nutritional adjuvants for targeting COVID-19, Mohamed A. El-Missiry, Ahmed Fekri, Lakshmi A. Kesar, and Azza I. Othman
Vitamin D and intestinal homeostasis: Barrier, microbiota, and immune modulation, Hana M.A. Fakhoury, Peter R. Kvietys, Wael AlKattan, Fatme Al Anouti, Muhammad Affan Elahi, Spyridon N. Karras, and William B. Grant
From Known to the Unknown: Transferring Knowledge to Answer Questions about Novel Visual and Semantic Concepts, Moshiur R. Farazi, Salman H. Khan, and Nick Barnes
Home packed food for nursery children in United Arab Emirates provides suboptimal quality, Malin Garemo, Amal Elamin, and Andrew Gardner
Expression and Roles of Antimicrobial Peptides in Innate Defense of Airway Mucosa: Potential Implication in Cystic Fibrosis, Regina Geitani, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Zhengzhong Xu, Dolla Karam Sarkis, and Lhousseine Touqui
Palaeotsunamis in the Sino-Pacific region, James Goff, Rob Witter, James Terry, and Michaela Spiske
Prescribing laughter to ameliorate mental health, sleep, and wellbeing in university students: A protocol for a feasibility study of a randomised controlled trial, Freda N. Gonot-Schoupinsky, Gulcan Garip, David Sheffield, Omar M. Omar, and Teresa Arora
Staff Training in Intellectual and Developmental Disability Settings: a Scoping Review, Laura Gormley, Olive Healy, Amanda Doherty, Darragh O’Regan, and Ian Grey
Targeted 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration measurements and vitamin D3 supplementation can have important patient and public health benefits, William B. Grant, Fatme Al Anouti, and Meis Moukayed
The role of perceived social support on depression and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ian Grey, Teresa Arora, Justin Thomas, Ahmad Saneh, Pia Tomhe, and Rudy Abi-Habib
Preferred therapist characteristics of Muslim college women in the United Arab Emirates: implications for psychotherapy, Ian Grey, Pia Tohme, Justin Thomas, Mariam Al Mazrouie, and Rudy Abi-Habib
Solar light responsive bismuth doped titania with Ti3+ for efficient photocatalytic degradation of flumequine: Synergistic role of peroxymonosulfate, Ikhtiar Gul, Murtaza Sayed, Noor S. Shah, Javed Ali Khan, Kyriaki Polychronopoulou, Jibran Iqbal, and Faiza Rehman
Gender differences in waterpipe tobacco smoking among university students in four eastern mediterranean countries, Randah R. Hamadeh, Juhan Lee, Niveen M.E. Abu-Rmeileh, Muhammad Darawad, Aya Mostafa, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Justin Thomas, Mohamed Salama, Rima Nakkash, and Ramzi G. Salloum
The current burden of carbapenemases: Review of significant properties and dissemination among gram-negative bacteria, Dalal Hammoudi Halat and Carole Ayoub Moubareck
Causes and risk factors of hospitalization among under-five children in kassala, eastern sudan, Ahmed A. Hassan, Zainab Taha, Mohammed A. Abdulla, Abdelaziem A. Ali, and Ishag Adam
Insights from the study of Arabic reading, Ehab W. Hermena and Erik D. Reichle
Reforming Undergraduate Statistics Education in the Arab World in the Era of Information, Rafiq Hijazi and Ibrahim Alfaki
Baseline marine investigation and impact of fish farming on the marine environment in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Fares M. Howari, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, and Yousef Nazzal
Delineation of Copper Mineralization Zones at Wadi Ham, Northern Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates Using Multispectral Landsat 8 (OLI) Data, Fares M. Howari, Habes Ghrefat, Yousef Nazzal, Mahmoud A. Galmed, Osman Abdelghany, Abdel Rahman Fowler, Manish Sharma, Fatima AlAydaroos, and Cijo M. Xavier
Effects of prolactin on ventricular myocyte shortening and calcium transport in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat, Frank C. Howarth, Gunnar Norstedt, Oleksiy I. Boldyriev, Muhammad A. Qureshi, Ozaz Mohamed, Khatija Parekh, Balaji Venkataraman, Sandeep Subramanya, Anatoliy Shmygol, and Lina T. Al Kury
Annual outbreaks of coral disease coincide with extreme seasonal warming, E. J. Howells, G. O. Vaughan, T. M. Work, J. A. Burt, and D. Abrego
Plant-Associated Microbes Alter Root Growth by Modulating Root Apical Meristem, Anwar Hussain
Green Production and Structural Evaluation of Maize Starch–Fatty Acid Complexes Through High Speed Homogenization, Ijaz, Misbah Uddin, Nasir Mehmood Khan, Farman Ali, Zia Ullah Khan, Nawshad Muhammad, Jibran Iqbal, Noor Rehman, Abdul Khaliq Jan, and Shujaat Ahmad
Benzimidazole containing acetamide derivatives attenuate neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in ethanol-induced neurodegeneration, Muhammad Imran, Lina Tariq Al Kury, Humaira Nadeem, Fawad Ali Shah, Muzaffar Abbas, Shagufta Naz, Arif Ullah Khan, and Shupeng Li
Potential of siltstone and its composites with biochar and magnetite nanoparticles for the removal of cadmium from contaminated aqueous solutions: Batch and column scale studies, Muhammad Imran, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Jibran Iqbal, Noor Samad Shah, Saima Muzammil, Shafaqat Ali, Nawshad Muhammad, Arwa Aziz, Behzad Murtaza, Muhammad Asif Naeem, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Shahid, Ali Zakir, and Muhammad Rizwan
Effect of biochar modified with magnetite nanoparticles and HNO3 for efficient removal of Cr(VI) from contaminated water: A batch and column scale study, Muhammad Imran, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal, Jibran Iqbal, Noor Samad Shah, Saba Munawar, Shafaqat Ali, Behzad Murtaza, Muhammad Asif Naeem, and Muhammad Rizwan
Synthesis of nitrogen-doped Ceria nanoparticles in deep eutectic solvent for the degradation of sulfamethaxazole under solar irradiation and additional antibacterial activities, Jibran Iqbal, Noor S. Shah, Murtaza Sayed, Javed Ali Khan, Nawshad Muhammad, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Saif-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Naseem, Fares M. Howari, Yousef Nazzal, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Aseel Hussein, and Kyriaki Polychronopoulou
Deep eutectic solvent-mediated synthesis of ceria nanoparticles with the enhanced yield for photocatalytic degradation of flumequine under UV-C, Jibran Iqbal, Noor S. Shah, Murtaza Sayed, Nawshad Muhammad, Saif ur Rehman, Javed Ali Khan, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Fares M. Howari, Yousef Nazzal, Cijo Xavier, Sidra Arshad, Aseel Hussein, and Kyriaki Polychronopoulou
Comparison of vibration and acoustic responses in a rotary machine balancing process, Javad Isavand, Afshar Kasaei, Andrew Peplow, Babak Afzali, and Ebrahim Shirzadi