Submissions from 2020
COVID-19 disease, obesity and micronutrients: An updated narrative review of the literature, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, Maria Mantzorou, Desspina Koutridou, Elias Tassoulas, Styliani Sakellaropoulou, Fani Biskanaki, Efthymis Xatziapostolou, and Dimitrios Papandreou
No effect of probiotics on leptin levels. An updated mini review, Dimitrios Papandreou
Predictors of life satisfaction in Australia: A study drawing upon annual data from the Gallup World Poll, Joonha Park, Mohsen Joshanloo, and Heinz Scheifinger
Contextualizing privacy on health-related use of information technology, Yong Jin Park and Donghee Shin
Good Practices Across Two Education Faculties’ Tutor Programs: A Comparative Case Study, Subethra Pather, Lawrence Meda, Najwa Norodien-Fataar, and Hanlie Dippenaar
‘We need to share our stories’: the lives of Pakistanis with intellectual disability and their guardians, M. Patka, J. Wallin-Ruschman, B. A. Al Rahma, A. Zar, H. bin Nauman, J. M. Sharif, S. Ikram, T. Ul Hasan, A. Naeem, G. M. Sharif, N. Mehboob, T. Azim, and Z. Khanam
Women in STEM/SET: gender gap research review of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – a meta-analysis, Louise Patterson, Damodharan Sowmya Varadarajan, and Beena Saji Salim
Perceptions of stopover destinations during long haul air travel: A mixed methods research approach in four countries, Steven Pike and Filareti Kotsi
Been there, done that: quasi-experimental evidence about how, why, and for who, a previous visit might increase stopover destination loyalty, Steven Pike, Filareti Kotsi, Frank Mathmann, and Di Wang
Determining the Importance of Stopover Destination Attributes: Integrating Stated Importance, Choice Experiment, and Eye-Tracking Measures, Steven Pike, Filareti Kotsi, Harmen Oppewal, and Di Wang
Who is unhappy for Brexit? A machine-learning, agent-based study on financial instability, Stathis Polyzos, Aristeidis Samitas, and Marina Selini Katsaiti
Tourism Demand and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An LSTM Approach, Stathis Polyzos, Aristeidis Samitas, and Anastasia Ef Spyridou
Exploration of Lifestyle Choices, Reproductive Health Knowledge, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Among Female Emirati University Students, Sreepoorna Pramodh
The effect of differential quality and differential zealotry in the best-of-n problem, Judhi Prasetyo, Giulia De Masi, Elio Tuci, and Eliseo Ferrante
Personality, trait EI and coping with COVID 19 measures, Catherine Prentice, Susan Zeidan, and Xuequn Wang
Ensuring Reliability and Low Cost When Using a Parallel VNF Processing Approach to Embed Delay-Constrained Slices, Nattakorn Promwongsa, Mohammad Abu-Lebdeh, Somayeh Kianpisheh, Fatna Belqasmi, Roch H. Glitho, Halima Elbiaze, Noel Crespi, and Omar Alfandi
A Comprehensive Survey of the Tactile Internet: State-of-the-art and Research Directions, Nattakorn Promwongsa, Amin Ebrahimzadeh, Diala Naboulsi, Somayeh Kianpisheh, Fatna Belqasmi, Roch Glitho, Noel Crespi, and Omar Alfandi
Age and knowledge of morphosyntax in english as an additional language: Grammatical judgment and error correction, Muhammad Asif Qureshi
Grammaticality judgment task: Reliability and scope, Muhammad Asif Qureshi
Linear and decoupled decoders for dual-polarized antenna-based mimo systems, Sara Shakil Qureshi, Sajid Ali, and Syed Ali Hassan
Ethical leadership in times of change: the role of change commitment and change information for employees’ dysfunctional resistance, H. M.Saidur Rahaman, Jeroen Camps, Stijn Decoster, and Jeroen Stouten
Journalism and environmental issues in the Middle East, Nadia Rahman
Rethinking the role of business school in creating corporate managers, Khurram Parvez Raja and Muhammad Anowar Zahid
Numerical analysis of carbon nanotube-based nanofluid unsteady flow amid two rotating disks with hall current coatings and homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions, Muhammad Ramzan, Saima Riasat, Seifedine Kadry, Pin Kuntha, Yunyoung Nam, and Fares Howari
The Propensity to Use FinTech: Input from Bankers in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Anjum Razzaque, Richard Thomas Cummings, Magdalena Karolak, and Allam Hamdan
An Overview of Innovation in the Arab Gulf States: From Origins and Five-Year Plans to New Cities and Indices, James C. A. Redman
The sovereign yield curve and credit ratings in GIIPS, Yasir Riaz, Choudhry T. Shehzad, and Zaghum Umar
Smart infrastructure technologies: Crowdsourcing future development and benefits for Australian communities, John Rice and Nigel Martin
Are Cryptos Safe-Haven Assets during COVID-19? Evidence from Wavelet Coherence Analysis, Ghulame Rubbaniy, Ali Awais Cheema, and Aristeidis Samitas
Skeletal muscle and the maintenance of vitamin d status, Mark S. Rybchyn, Myriam Abboud, David A. Puglisi, Clare Gordon-Thomson, Tara C. Brennan-Speranza, Rebecca S. Mason, and David R. Fraser
From total dependency to corporatisation: The journey of domestic work in the UAE, Rima Sabban
“The Debt of Gratitude”: Mobilizing “Motherhood” in Times of Unrest in the United Arab Emirates, Rima Sabban
The continuous intention to use e-learning, from two different perspectives, Rana Saeed Al-Maroof, Khadija Alhumaid, and Said Salloum
On data-driven curation, learning, and analysis for inferring evolving internet-of-Things (IoT) botnets in the wild, Morteza Safaei Pour, Antonio Mangino, Kurt Friday, Matthias Rathbun, Elias Bou-Harb, Farkhund Iqbal, Sagar Samtani, Jorge Crichigno, and Nasir Ghani
Supporting Organisational Justice through a Legal Framework for Performance Appraisal in the United Arab Emirates: Management Case and Comparison with the French System, Fadi Sakka, Mohammed El Hadi El Maknouzi, and Iyad Mohammad Jadalhaq
Emirati Adults Have a Higher Overall Knowledge on Vitamin D Compared to Tourists, Ahlam Saleh, Jawaher Saeed Alhadhrami, Maei Saeed Al Ramahi, Halima Ali Albloushi, Rafiq Hijazi, Myriam Abboud, and Dimitrios Papandreou
Mitigating the Impact of Congestion Minimization on Vehicles’ Emissions in a Transportation Road Network, S. Salman and S. Alaswad
On the use of elitism to improve convergence of the chemical reaction optimization algorithm in discrete optimization problems, Sinan Salman
Network design using chemical reaction optimization and markov-chain traffic assignment, Sinan Salman and Suzan Alaswad
Vehicles' emissions consideration in transportation network design using Markov chain traffic assignment, Sinan Salman and Suzan Alaswad
Machine learning as an early warning system to predict financial crisis, Aristeidis Samitas, Elias Kampouris, and Dimitris Kenourgios
Spillover effects between greece and cyprus: A DCC model on the interdependence of small economies, Aristeidis Samitas, Elias Kampouris, Stathis Polyzos, and Anastasia Ef Spyridou
Financial contagion in real economy: The key role of policy uncertainty, Aristeidis Samitas, Elias Kampouris, and Zaghum Umar
Exposed to Dubai: education and belonging among young Indian residents in the Gulf, David Sancho
Ubiquitous Health Profile (UHPr): a big data curation platform for supporting health data interoperability, Fahad Ahmed Satti, Taqdir Ali, Jamil Hussain, Wajahat Ali Khan, Asad Masood Khattak, and Sungyoung Lee
Bismuth-Doped Nano Zerovalent Iron: A Novel Catalyst for Chloramphenicol Degradation and Hydrogen Production, Murtaza Sayed, Aamir Khan, Sajid Rauf, Noor S. Shah, Faiza Rehman, Abdullah A. Al-Kahtani, Javed Ali Khan, Jibran Iqbal, Grzegorz Boczkaj, Ikhtiar Gul, and Maleeha Bushra
A Comprehensive Framework for Accurate Classification of Pulmonary Nodules, Ahmed Shaffie, Ahmed Soliman, Hadil Abu Khalifeh, Mohammed Ghazal, Fatma Taher, Adel Elmaghraby, Robert Keynton, and Ayman El-Baz
Guaranteed lifetime protocol for IoT based wireless sensor networks with multiple constraints, Babar Shah, Ali Abbas, Gohar Ali, Farkhund Iqbal, Asad Masood Khattak, Omar Alfandi, and Ki Il Kim
Effects of prebiotic dietary fibers and probiotics on human health: With special focus on recent advancement in their encapsulated formulations, Bakht Ramin Shah, Bin Li, Haleama Al Sabbah, Wei Xu, and Jan Mráz
Access Permissions for Apple Watch Applications: A Study on Users' Perceptions, Muhammad Umair Shah, Umair Rehman, Farkhund Iqbal, Fazli Wahid, Mohammed Hussain, and Ali Arsalan
Nano-zerovalent copper as a Fenton-like catalyst for the degradation of ciprofloxacin in aqueous solution, Noor S. Shah, Javed Ali Khan, Murtaza Sayed, Jibran Iqbal, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Nawshad Muhammad, Kyriaki Polychronopoulou, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Imran, Behzad Murtaza, Muhammad Usman, Issam Ismail, Asma Shafique, Fares Howari, and Yousef Nazzal
Synergistic effects of H2O2 and S2O82− in the gamma radiation induced degradation of congo-red dye: Kinetics and toxicities evaluation, Noor S. Shah, Javed Ali Khan, Murtaza Sayed, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Jibran Iqbal, Sidra Arshad, Muhammad Junaid, and Hasan M. Khan
Nano zerovalent zinc catalyzed peroxymonosulfate based advanced oxidation technologies for treatment of chlorpyrifos in aqueous solution: A semi-pilot scale study, Noor S. Shah, Javed Ali Khan, Murtaza Sayed, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Jibran Iqbal, Muhammad Imran, Behzad Murtaza, Ali Zakir, and Kyriaki Polychronopoulou
Thumb movement and touch-based interaction heuristics in smart devices: Advances in human and smart device interaction, Don Donghee Shin, Park Beede, Mohammed Ibahrine, and Bouziane Zaid
How do users interact with algorithm recommender systems? The interaction of users, algorithms, and performance, Donghee Shin
In Blockchain We Trust: Does Blockchain Itself Generate Trust?, Donghee Shin and William T. Bianco
The effects of security and traceability of blockchain on digital affordance, Donghee Shin and Yujong Hwang
The socio-technical assemblages of blockchain system: how blockchains are framed and how the framing reflects societal contexts, Donghee Shin and Mohammed Ibahrine
Algorithm Appreciation: Algorithmic Performance, Developmental Processes, and User Interactions, Donghee Shin, Bouziane Zaid, and Mohammed Ibahrine
Beyond user experience: What constitutes algorithmic experiences?, Donghee Shin, Bu Zhong, and Frank A. Biocca
The relationship between sleep duration and mood in adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Michelle A. Short, Stephen A. Booth, Omar Omar, Linda Ostlundh, and Teresa Arora
A predictive model of users’ behavior and values of smart energy meters using PLS-SEM, Ahmed Shuhaiber
Trust in smart energy meters: The role of perceived values, Ahmed Shuhaiber
Residents' perceptions of smart energy metres, Ahmed Haitham Shuhaiber
Implications of a regional order in flux: Chinese and Russian relations with the United Arab Emirates, Li Chen Sim and Jonathan Fulton
Drawing a destination logo from memory and its influence on the destination perception, Nataša Slak Valek
Word-of-art: contribution of artists-in-residence to a creative tourism destination, Nataša Slak Valek
Pushing for Gender Equality in Advertising: Gender Role Stereotypes in the United Arab Emirates, Natasa Slak Valek and Gaelle Picherit-Duthler
Picturing arab youth and societies at the turn of the twenty-first century: Ali Chamseddine, an illustrator from Lebanon, Tina Sleiman
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
Conflict in the workplace: a 10-year review of toxic leadership in higher education, Natesha Smith and Imani Fredricks-Lowman
Attitudes towards entrepreneurship among the students of Thailand: an entrepreneurial attitude orientation approach, Bahadur Ali Soomro, Maqsood Memon, and Naimatullah Shah
Paternalistic leadership style, employee voice and creativity among entrepreneurs: empirical evidence from SMEs of a developing country, Bahadur Ali Soomro, Maqsood Memon, and Naimatullah Shah
Direct construction of a bi-hamiltonian structure for cubic hÉnon-heiles systems, Nicola Sottocornola
Inside-Out Interviews: Cross-Cultural Research in China, Martin Sposato and Heather L. Jeffrey
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
Innovations in Early Maritime Technology in Mesopotamia and the Arabian Gulf, Eric Staples
Is there an illiquidity premium in frontier markets?, Szymon Stereńczak, Adam Zaremba, and Zaghum Umar
Arabic children’s literature: Glitzy production, disciplinary content, Hanada Taha Thomure, Shereen Kreidieh, and Sandra Baroudi
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
Accurate Segmentation of Cerebrovasculature from TOF-MRA Images Using Appearance Descriptors, Fatma Taher, Ahmed Soliman, Heba Kandil, Ali Mahmoud, Ahmed Shalaby, Georgy Gimel'Farb, and Ayman El-Baz
Precise Cerebrovascular Segmentation, F. Taher, A. Soliman, H. Kandil, A. Mahmoud, A. Shalaby, G. Gimel'farb, and A. El-Baz
A novel binary chaotic genetic algorithm for feature selection and its utility in affective computing and healthcare, Madiha Tahir, Abdallah Tubaishat, Feras Al-Obeidat, Babar Shah, Zahid Halim, and Muhammad Waqas
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
Improving the impact of power efficiency in mobile cloud applications using cloudlet model, Lo'ai Tawalbeh, Mohammad A. Tawalbeh, and Monther Aldwairi
Reconsidering the seawater-density parameter in hydrodynamic flow transport equations for coastal boulders, James P. Terry and Shoaib A. Malik
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
Audit quality, political connections and information asymmetry: evidence from banks in gulf co-operation council countries, Abiot Tessema
Designing of bentonite based nanocomposite hydrogel for the adsorptive removal and controlled release of ampicillin, Bharti Thakur, Gaurav Sharma, Amit Kumar, Shweta Sharma, Mu Naushad, Jibran Iqbal, and Florian J. Stadler
Exploring cultural variation in the emotional expressivity of online drawings, Justin Thomas, Aamna Al-Shehhi, Ian Grey, and Tai Broach