Submissions from 2018
Impacts of environmental change on agroecosystems and livelihoods in Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, Mohan B. Dangi, Ram P. Chaudhary, Kedar Rijal, Peter D. Stahl, Shashidhar Belbase, Kenneth G. Gerow, Deanna Fernandez, and Binod Pyakurel
Culture and Crisis Communication: Nestle India's Maggi Noodles Case, Ganga S. Dhanesh and Krishnamurthy Sriramesh
Finding innovation and imagination in a bag of loose parts, Anna Dillon
C60 fullerenes disrupt cellular signalling leading to TRPC4 and TRPC6 channels opening by the activation of muscarinic receptors and G-proteins in small intestinal smooth muscles, Dariia O. Dryn, Mariia I. Melnyk, Lina T. Al Kury, Yuriy I. Prylutskyy, Uwe Ritter, and Alexander V. Zholos
The role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and internal CSR communication in predicting employee engagement: Perspectives from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Gaelle Duthler and Ganga S. Dhanesh
Desert plant bacteria reveal host influence and beneficial plant growth properties, Abdul Aziz Eida, Maren Ziegler, Feras F. Lafi, Craig T. Michell, Christian R. Voolstra, Heribert Hirt, and Maged M. Saad
Guest-based hotel equity: scale development and validation, Mohammed Ismail El-Adly and Amjad Abu ELSamen
Dental caries and their association with socioeconomic characteristics, oral hygiene practices and eating habits among preschool children in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - the NOPLAS project, Amal Elamin, Malin Garemo, and Andrew Gardner
Bio-regeneration of activated carbon: A comprehensive review, Maisa El Gamal, Hussein A. Mousa, Muftah H. El-Naas, Renju Zacharia, and Simon Judd
Industrial symbiosis within eco-industrial parks: Sustainable development for Borg El-Arab in Egypt, Suzanna ElMassah
Addressing free riders in collaborative group work: The use of mobile application in higher education, Suzanna Sobhy El Massah
Impact of credibility on opinion analysis in social media, Fatima Zohra Ennaji, Lobna Azaza, Zakaria Maamar, Abdelaziz El Fazziki, Marinette Savonnet, Mohamed Sadgal, Eric Leclercq, Idir Amine Amarouche, and Djamal Benslimane
Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: A pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants, Majid Ezzati, Bin Zhou, James Bentham, Mariachiara Di Cesare, Honor Bixby, Goodarz Danaei, Kaveh Hajifathalian, Cristina Taddei, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Shirin Djalalinia, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Charles Lugero, Niloofar Peykari, Wan Zhu Zhang, James Bennett, Ver Bilano, Gretchen A. Stevens, Melanie J. Cowan, Leanne M. Riley, Zhengming Chen, Ian R. Hambleton, Rod T. Jackson, Andre Pascal Kengne, Young Ho Khang, Avula Laxmaiah, Jing Liu, Reza Malekzadeh, Hannelore K. Neuhauser, Maroje Sorić, and Gregor Starc
Context mining of sedentary behaviour for promoting self-awareness using a smartphone, Muhammad Fahim, Thar Baker, Asad Masood Khattak, Babar Shah, Saiqa Aleem, and Francis Chow
Stopword detection for streaming content, Hossein Fani, Masoud Bashari, Fattane Zarrinkalam, Ebrahim Bagheri, and Feras Al-Obeidat
Can water mitigate the palestinian-israeli conflict? The case for environmental peacemaking, Mona Farag
Entity linking of tweets based on dominant entity candidates, Yue Feng, Fattane Zarrinkalam, Ebrahim Bagheri, Hossein Fani, and Feras Al-Obeidat
Modeling Chinese inbound tourism arrivals into Christchurch, Peter Fieger and John Rice
Investigation of Indecent Images of Children cases: Challenges and suggestions collected from the trenches, Virginia N.L. Franqueira, Joanne Bryce, Noora Al Mutawa, and Andrew Marrington
China's relations with the Arab Gulf monarchies, Jonathan Fulton
External Powers and the Gulf Monarchies, Jonathan Fulton and Li-Chen Sim
The promise and perils of wearable technologies, John Gammack and Andrew Marrington
Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility disclosures: The case of GCC countries, Samy Garas and Suzanna ElMassah
Student performance on computer-based tests versus paper-based tests in introductory financial accounting: UAE evidence, Samy Garas and Mostafa Hassan
Weight status and food habits of preschool children in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: NOPLAS project, Malin Garemo, Amal Elamin, and Andrew Gardner
Children's meals at restaurants in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, have poor nutritional quality, Malin Garemo and Afnan Al Naimi
National citizenship as a mediator of organizational innovation, Valerie Priscilla Goby and Abdelrahman Alhadhrami
Exact expressions for numerical evaluation of high order modes of vibration in uniform Euler-Bernoulli beams, Paulo J.Paupitz Gonçalves, Andrew Peplow, and Michael J. Brennan
Forensic psychology and Islamic jurisprudence, Ian Grey, Amraim AlMazrouei, Justin Thomas, and Patrick Randall
The relationship between shame and guilt: cultural comparisons between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates, Ian Grey, Rebecca Daly, Justin Thomas, and Walaa Marassas
An evaluation of positive behavioural support for children with challenging behaviour in community settings, Ian Grey, Maryann Mesbur, Helena Lydon, Olive Healy, and Justin Thomas
Authoritarian leadership and employee creativity: The moderating role of psychological capital and the mediating role of fear and defensive silence, Liang Guo, Stijn Decoster, Mayowa T. Babalola, Leander De Schutter, Omale A. Garba, and Katrin Riisla
Rumor Detection in Business Reviews Using Supervised Machine Learning, Ammara Habib, Saima Akbar, Muhammad Zubair Asghar, Asad Masood Khattak, Rahman Ali, and Ulfat Batool
Preface, Hakim Hacid, Wojciech Cellary, Hua Wang, Hye Young Paik, and Rui Zhou
An SLA-Aware Cloud Coalition Formation Approach for Virtualized Networks, Souad Hadjres, Nadjia Kara, May El Barachi, and Fatna Belqasmi
The freshman weight gain phenomenon: Does it apply to Lebanese students?, Suzan A. Haidar, Nanne K. de Vries, Dimitrios Papandreou, Rana Rizk, and Mirey Karavetian
Vitamin D status among the juvenile population: A retrospective study, Afrozul Haq, Jitka Svobodová, Nighat Y. Sofi, Andrea Jindrová, Bohumil Kába, Jaishen Rajah, Fatme Al Anouti, Laila Abdel-Wareth, Sunil J. Wimalawansa, and Mohammed S. Razzaque
Clinical practice guidelines for vitamin D in the United Arab Emirates, Afrozul Haq, Sunil J. Wimalawansa, Pawel Pludowski, and Fatme Al Anouti
How can arts-based educational research be emancipatory? Insights from three research projects, Majed Harb
Metabolic syndrome among adolescents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is attributable to the high prevalence of low HDL levels: A cross-sectional study, Dalia Haroun, Rola Mechli, Razan Sahuri, Safa Alkhatib, Omar Obeid, Carla El Mallah, Lesley Wood, and Khulood Alsuwaidi
Customer engagement and the relationship between involvement, engagement, self-brand connection and brand usage intent, Paul Harrigan, Uwana Evers, Morgan P. Miles, and Tim Daly
Assessment of initiation of breastfeeding practice in Kassala, Eastern Sudan: A community-based study, Ahmed A. Hassan, Zainab Taha, Mohammed Ahmed A. Ahmed, Abdel Aziem A. Ali, and Ishag Adam
Action research as professional development: Its role in education reform in the United Arab Emirates, Conley Hathorn and Anna Marie Dillon
A qualitative study of airborne minerals and associated organic compounds in southeast of Cairo, Egypt, Kamal T. Hindy, Ashraf R. Baghdady, Fares M. Howari, and Ahmed S. Abdelmaksoud
Student perceptions on peer feedback training using a blended method: A UAE case, Zeina Hojeij and Sandra Baroudi
Collection assessment for a Middle Eastern, English curriculum university library, Lilly Hoi Sze Ho
Estimating downside risk in stock returns under structural breaks, Matthew Hood and Farooq Malik
Creative hybridity over linguistic purity: the status of English in the United Arab Emirates, Sarah Hopkyns, Wafa Zoghbor, and Peter John Hassall
Hapke-based computational method to enable unmixing of hyperspectral data of common salts, Fares M. Howari, Gheorge Acbas, Yousef Nazzal, and Fatima AlAydaroos
Analysis of symbolic models of biometric data and their use for action and user identification, James Alexander Hughes, Joseph Alexander Brown, Adil Mehmood Khan, Asad Masood Khattak, and Mark Daley
Smart TV face monitoring for children privacy, P. C. K. Hung, K. Kanev, S.-C. Huang, F. Iqbal, and B. C. M. Fung
A secure and decentralised SIP for mobile ad hoc networks, Mohammed Hussain and Dhafer Ben Khedher
Why do self-initiated expatriates quit their jobs: The role of job embeddedness and shocks in explaining turnover intentions, Taiba Hussain and Stephen Deery
Remote Data Acquisition Using Raspberry Pi3, Saeed Ibrahim, Nawwaf Al Harmi, Ebrahim Al Naqbi, Farkhund Iqbal, Djedjiga Mouheb, and Omar Alfandi
Short-term CO2 exposure and temperature rise effects on metazoan meiofauna and free-living nematodes in sandy and muddy sediments: Results from a flume experiment, Jeroen Ingels, Giovanni dos Santos, Natalie Hicks, Yirina Valdes Vazquez, Patricia Fernandes Neres, Leticia Pereira Pontes, Mayara Nataly Amorim, Sara Romain, Yongfen Du, Henrik Stahl, Paul J. Somerfield, and Stephen Widdicombe
Ionic liquid as a potential solvent for preparation of collagen-alginate-hydroxyapatite beads as bone filler, Bushra Iqbal, Zenab Sarfaraz, Nawshad Muhammad, Pervaiz Ahmad, Jibran Iqbal, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Girma Gonfa, Farasat Iqbal, Arshad Jamal, and Abdur Rahim
A glance at research-driven university's technology transfer office in the UAE, Farkhund Iqbal, Patrick C.K. Hung, Fazli Wahid, and Suaad Mohammed Qayed Ahmed Mohammed
A study of detecting child pornography on smart phone, Farkhund Iqbal, Andrew Marrington, Patrick C.K. Hung, Jing Jie Lin, Guan Pu Pan, Shih Chia Huang, and Benjamin Yankson
Hydrochemical processes determining the groundwater quality for irrigation use in an arid environment: The case of Liwa Aquifer, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jibran Iqbal, Yousef Nazzal, Fares Howari, Cijo Xavier, and Ahmad Yousef
Boardroom Diversity and Innovation in the UAE Banks, Perihan Iren and Kienpin Tee
Preterm infants with necrotising enterocolitis demonstrate an unbalanced gut microbiota, Tarek Itani, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Imad Melki, Clotilde Rousseau, Irène Mangin, Marie José Butel, and Dolla Karam-Sarkis
Cloud Digital Forensics Evaluation and Crimes Detection, Raja Jabir and Omar Alfandi
Fabrication and Evaluation of Cellulose-Alginate-Hydroxyapatite Beads for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions, Anum Jamshaid, Jibran Iqbal, Almas Hamid, Moinuddin Ghauri, Nawshad Muhammad, Asma Nasrullah, Sikander Rafiq, and Noor Samad Shah
Hollywood’s transnational imaginaries: colonial agency and vision from Indiana Jones to World War Z*, Lena Jayyusi
Farming the desert: Agriculture in the oil frontier, the case of the United Arab Emirates, 1940s to 1990s, Sabrina Joseph
Malware Classification with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks, Mahmoud Kalash, Mrigank Rochan, Noman Mohammed, Neil D.B. Bruce, Yang Wang, and Farkhund Iqbal
A new perspective on the swiss cheese model applied to understanding the anatomy of healthcare data breaches, Faouzi Kamoun and Mathew Nicho
Patient education for hyperphosphatemia management: Improving outcomes while decreasing costs?, Mirey Karavetian and Rana Rizk
An investigation into the urban water cycle in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Rashed Karkain, Moetaz El Sergany, and Evan Diamadopoulos
Cruise tourism in the Middle East, Magdalena Karolak
Impact of IoT device saturation on home WiFi networks, Dylan Kauling, May AlTaei, and Qusay H. Mahmoud
Global crises and contagion: Does the capitalization size matter?, Dimitris Kenourgios, Dimitrios Dimitriou, and Aristeidis Samitas
Conclusions: Where next for wearables?, Don Kerr and John Gammack
Proximity to urban fringe recreational facilities increases native biodiversity in an arid rangeland, Tamer Khafaga, Greg Simkins, and David Gallacher
In situ immobilization of CuO on SiO2/graphite matrix, modified with benzimidazolium-1-acatate ionic liquid: Application as catechol sensor, Bilal Khalid, Abdur Rahim, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Nawshad Muhammad, Abdur Rehman Younus, Sobia Tabassum, Jibran Iqbal, and Abdulrahman I. Alharthi
An overview of real-time quantitative PCR: Principles and formats for environmental microbiology studies, M. A. Khan, A. G. Ganesh, and Naushad Rais
Applications of real-time quantitative PCR for environmental microbiology studies, M. A. Khan, A. G. Ganesh, and Naushad Rais
Assessing methanogenic archaeal community in full scale anaerobic sludge digester systems in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Munawwar A. Khan, Poojabahen G. Patel, Arpitha G. Ganesh, Naushad Rais, Sultan M. Faheem, and Shams T. Khan
Class, identity, and insecurity: Bangladeshi temporary migrants in the United Arab Emirates, Habibul Haque Khondker
Glocalization, Habibul Haque Khondker
Making sociology universal: Revisiting the contributions of Syed Hussein Alatas, Habibul Haque Khondker
Glocalization, consumption, and cricket: The Indian Premier League, Habibul Haque Khondker and Roland Robertson
Epilepsy, identity, and the experience of the body, Stephanie Kılınç, Carol Campbell, Alison Guy, and Anna van Wersch
An Enhanced Temperature Aware Routing Protocol in Wireless Body Area Networks, Beom Su Kim, Ki Il Kim, and Babar Shah
Mobility and Temperature Aware QoS Routing Protocol in Wireless Body Area Networks, Beom Su Kim, Kyong Hoon Kim, Babar Shah, and Ki Il Kim
An enhanced mobility and temperature aware routing protocol through multi-criteria decision making method in wireless body area networks, Beom Su Kim, Babar Shah, Feras Al-Obediat, Sana Ullah, Kyong Hoon Kim, and Ki Il Kim
Genomic and transcriptomic signals of thermal tolerance in heat-tolerant corals (Platygyra daedalea) of the Arabian/Persian Gulf, Nathan L. Kirk, Emily J. Howells, David Abrego, John A. Burt, and Eli Meyer
Trade asymmetries in the Mediterranean basin, Konstantinos Konstantaras, Dionisis Philippas, and Costas Siriopoulos
Why a world state is unnecessary: The continuing debate on world government, W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
The auditor-to-client revolving door: A structured literature review, Amr Kotb, Hussein Halabi, and Hany Elbardan
Place branding: Aligning multiple stakeholder perception of visual and auditory communication elements, Filareti Kotsi, Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan, Ian Michael, and Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy
Consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) in the context of an international stopover destination: Perceptions of Dubai in France and Australia, Filareti Kotsi, Steven Pike, and Udo Gottlieb
Flying with Nicole Kidman or Jennifer Aniston? Brand funnel stages’ influence on brand personality, Filareti Kotsi and Natasa Slak Valek
Medical images protection and authentication using hybrid DWT-DCT and SHA256-MD5 hash functions, Alavi Kunhu, Hussain Al-Ahmad, and Fatma Taher
When and why does belief in a controlling God strengthen goal commitment?, Mark J. Landau, Jamel Khenfer, Lucas A. Keefer, Trevor J. Swanson, and Aaron C. Kay
Matching experimental and three dimensional numerical models for structural vibration problems with uncertainties, P. Langer, K. Sepahvand, C. Guist, J. Bär, A. Peplow, and S. Marburg
Boulder emplacement and remobilisation by cyclone and submarine landslide tsunami waves near Suva City, Fiji, A. Y.Annie Lau, James P. Terry, Alan Ziegler, Arti Pratap, and Daniel Harris
Short-selling and credit default swap spreads—Where do informed traders trade?, Steven Lecce, Andrew Lepone, Michael D. McKenzie, Jin Boon Wong, and Jin Young Yang
Real-Time Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks, Jeongcheol Lee, Babar Shah, Giovanni Pau, Javier Prieto, and Ki Il Kim
Message traffic restrictions and relative pricing efficiency: Evidence from index futures contracts and exchange-traded funds, Andrew Lepone, Jun Wen, and Jin Young Yang