Submissions from 2016
White-Hat Hacking Framework for Promoting Security Awareness, S. Al-Sharif, F. Iqbal, T. Baker, and A. Khattack
Auto-Configuration of ACL Policy in Case of Topology Change in Hybrid SDN, Rashid Amin, Nadir Shah, Babar Shah, and Omar Alfandi
Model course syllabus: Management of security issues in wearable technology, Michelle C. Antero
Evaluating dispersion forces for optimization of van der Waals complexes using a non-empirical functional, Alya A. Arabi
Electrostatic potentials and average electron densities of bioisosteres in methylsquarate and acetic acid, Alya A. Arabi and Chérif F. Matta
Brutality or frequency? An empirical investigation of the effects of terrorism on economic growth in India, K. Peren Arin, Fabio Spagnolo, and Nicola Spagnolo
The ethicality of immersive sponsorship within a children’s edutainment centre, Damien Arthur
Consumer socialisation in a marketer-sponsored edutainment centre, Damien Arthur and Claire Eloise Sherman
A credibility and classification-based approach for opinion analysis in social networks, Lobna Azaza, Fatima Zohra Ennaji, Zakaria Maamar, Abdelaziz El Fazziki, Marinette Savonnet, Mohamed Sadgal, Eric Leclercq, Idir Amine Amarouche, and Djamal Benslimane
Preface, M. Badra
A Lightweight Security Protocol for NFC-based Mobile Payments, Mohamad Badra and Rouba Borghol Badra
An improved privacy solution for the smart grid, Mohamad Badra and Sherali Zeadally
On the mineral characteristics and geochemistry of the Florida phosphate of Four Corners and Hardee County mines, Ashraf R. Baghdady, Fares M. Howari, and Mohamed I. Al-Wakeel
Home literacy as cultural transmission: Parent preferences for shared reading in the United Arab Emirates, Lydia Barza and Antje von Suchodoletz
Monetizing Personal Data: A Two-Sided Market Approach, Ahmed Saleh Bataineh, Rabeb Mizouni, May El Barachi, and Jamal Bentahar
A MOF-based social web services description metamodel, Amel Benna, Zakaria Maamar, and Mohamed Ahmed Nacer
Endogenous, very small embryonic-like stem cells: Critical review, therapeutic potential and a look ahead, Deepa Bhartiya, Ambreen Shaikh, Sandhya Anand, Hiren Patel, Sona Kapoor, Kalpana Sriraman, Seema Parte, and Sreepoorna Unni
Germination response of Salsola schweinfurthii (Chenopodiaceae) to salinity and winged perianth removal, A. Bhatt, F. Pérez-García, M. Mercedes Carón, and D. Gallacher
Influence of aerial seed banks on germination response in three desert plant species, Arvind Bhatt, Prakash Chandra Phondani, Shyam S. Phartyal, Andrea Santo, and David Gallacher
Seed mucilage effect on water uptake and germination in five species from the hyper-arid Arabian desert, Arvind Bhatt, Andrea Santo, and David Gallacher
Sedentary behavior-based user life-log monitoring for wellness services, Hafiz Syed Muhammad Bilal, Asad Masood Khattak, and Sungyoung Lee
Streamlining patient consultations for sleep disorders with a knowledge-based CDSS, Jacqueline N. Blake, Don V. Kerr, and John G. Gammack
A privacy-preserving and power-efficient bicycle tracking scheme for theft mitigation, Arne Bochem, Kevin Freeman, Martin Schwarzmaier, Omar Alfandi, and Dieter Hogrefe
Assessment of online information literacy learning objects for first year community college english composition, Mara Bordignon, Alana Otis, Adele Georgievski, Jennifer Peters, Gail Strachan, Joy Muller, and Rana Tamin
Reconsidering the migrant letter: from the experience of migrants to the language of migrants, Marcelo J. Borges and Sonia Cancian
Technology-supported student interaction in post-secondary education: A meta-analysis of designed versus contextual treatments, Eugene Borokhovski, Robert M. Bernard, Rana M. Tamim, Richard F. Schmid, and Anna Sokolovskaya
PerSaDoR: Personalized social document representation for improving web search, Mohamed Reda Bouadjenek, Hakim Hacid, Mokrane Bouzeghoub, and Athena Vakali
Divorce from Arranged Marriages: An Exploration of Lived Experiences, Nicole F. Bromfield, Sanaa Ashour, and Kennon Rider
Reconsidering the Yokohama “gold rush” of 1859, Simon James Bytheway and Martha Chaiklin
From montreal and venice with love: Migrant letters and romantic intimacy in Italian migration to postwar Canada, Sonia Cancian
‘If it is not too expensive, then you can send me sugar’: money matters among migrants and their families, Sonia Cancian and Simone A. Wegge
Structure of Moves in Research Article Abstracts in Applied Linguistics, Seden Can, Erkan Karabacak, and Jingjing Qin
Elephants and the making of early modern India, Martha Chaiklin
Fusion: Privacy-preserving distributed protocol for high-dimensional data mashup, Gaby G. Dagher, Farkhund Iqbal, Mahtab Arafati, and Benjamin C.M. Fung
Constructs for quality in on-line learning, Maurice M. Danaher
A new approach for assessing ABET's professional skills in computing, Maurice Danaher, Kevin Schoepp, and Ashley Ater Kranov
Dynamic and efficient brokering of energy suppliers and consumers in a smart grid, Waltenegus Dargie, Omar Alfandi, and Mohamad Badra
Assessing variations in foreign direct investments under international financial reporting standards (IFRS) adoption, macro-socioeconomic developments and credit ratings, Evangelos Daskalopoulos, Anastasios Evgenidis, Athanasios Tsagkanos, and Costas Siriopoulos
Picture This: Developing a Model for the Analysis of Visual Metadiscourse, Elizabeth De Groot, Catherine Nickerson, Hubert Korzilius, and Marinel Gerritsen
An exploration of linguistic Neo-Colonialism through educational language Policy-An Irish perspective, Anna Marie Dillon
The application of item response theory in developing and validating a shortened version of the Emirate Marital Satisfaction Scale, Hamzeh Dodeen and Fatima Al-Darmaki
Change-point detection in the marginal distribution of a linear process, Farid El Ktaibi and B. Gail Ivanoff
Local Sustainable Development: Local Agenda 21 for Egypt and the Arab Countries, Suzanna El Massah
Impact of piracy on Somalia: Society, economy, and state building, Afyare A. Elmi, Said Mohamed, and Ladan Affi
Undergraduate employability training and employment: A UAE study, Osama El-Temtamy, K. Kathleen O'Neill, and Sadiq Midraj
Assessing IT disaster recovery plans the case of publicly listed firms on Abu Dhabi/UAE security exchange, Osama El-Temtamy, Munir Majdalawieh, and Lela Pumphrey
Instructional videos as part of a 'flipped' approach in academic writing, Marion Engin and Senem Donanci
The Next Generation of Technology: Mobile Apps in the English Language Classroom, Jenny Eppard, Omaima Nasser, and Preeya Reddy
An explanation of spread’s ability to predict economic activity: A regime switching model, Anastasios Evgenidis and Costas Siriopoulos
Volatility spillovers between oil prices and the stock market under structural breaks, Bradley T. Ewing and Farooq Malik
Micro-context recognition of sedentary behaviour using smartphone, Muhammad Fahim, Asad Masood Khattak, Thar Baker, Francis Chow, and Babar Shah
Tracking the sedentary lifestyle using smartphone: A pilot study, Muhammad Fahim, Asad Masood Khattak, Francis Chow, and Babar Shah
Combining Weights of Evidence Analysis with Feature Extraction - A Case Study from the Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand, Leonardo Feltrin, João Gabriel Motta, Feras Al-Obeidat, Farhi Marir, and Martina Bertelli
Drones to manage the urban environment: Risks, rewards, alternatives, David Gallacher
Macromorphology and recruitment of Prosopis cineraria in the United Arab Emirates, David J. Gallacher and All El-Keblawy
The role of proficiency, speaking habits and error-tolerance in the self-repair behaviour of Emirati EFL learners, Effrosyni S. Georgiadou
The risk in capital controls, Konstantinos Gkillas (Gillas), Athanasios Tsagkanos, and Costas Siriopoulos
Benthic Carbon Mineralization and Nutrient Turnover in a Scottish Sea Loch: An Integrative In Situ Study, Ronnie N. Glud, Peter Berg, Henrik Stahl, Andrew Hume, Morten Larsen, Bradley D. Eyre, and Perran L.M. Cook
Lightweight context-aware activity recognition, Byung Gill Go, Asad Masood Khattak, Babar Shah, and Adil Mehmood Khan
Conceptualization of CSR Among Muslim Consumers in Dubai: Evolving from Philanthropy to Ethical and Economic Orientations, Valerie Priscilla Goby and Catherine Nickerson
Defining tsunamis: Yoda strikes back?, James Goff, Yuichi Ebina, Kazuhisa Goto, and James Terry
Anthropogenic disruption to the seismic driving of beach ridge formation: The Sendai coast, Japan, James Goff, Jasper Knight, Daisuke Sugawara, and James P. Terry
Tsunamigenic slope failures: the Pacific Islands ‘blind spot’?, James Goff and James P. Terry
Teaching gender in other classrooms: A view from the outside, Jyoti Grewal
Social-based semantic framework for cloud resource management in business processes, Emna Hachicha, Walid Gaaloul, and Zakaria Maamar
Carbapenem-Resistant, Gram-Negative Bacilli: The State of the Art. The State of the Art, D. H. Halat, D. K. Sarkis, and Carole Ayoub Moubareck
An updated mini review of Vitamin D and obesity: Adipogenesis and inflammation state, Zujaja Tul Noor Hamid Mehmood and Dimitrios Papandreou
A cyber forensics needs analysis survey: Revisiting the domain's needs a decade later, Vikram S. Harichandran, Frank Breitinger, Ibrahim Baggili, and Andrew Marrington
Assessing knowledge of, and attitudes to, HIV/AIDS among university students in the United Arab Emirates, Dalia Haroun, Ola El Saleh, Lesley Wood, Rola Mechli, Nada Al Marzouqi, and Samir Anouti
Yakuglas’ legacy: The art and times of Charlie James, Ronald W. Hawker
Help-Seeking Attitudes of United Arab Emirates Students, Patrick J. Heath, David L. Vogel, and Fatima R. Al-Darmaki
Towards strategic information & communication technology (ICT) framework for smart cities decision-makers, Mahmoud El Hendy, Sami Miniaoui, and Hussein Fakhry
Emirati cultural identity in the age of 'Englishisation': Voices from an Abu Dhabi university, Sarah Hopkyns
Metallogenic evolution of uranium deposits in the Middle East and North Africa deposits, Fares Howari, Philip Goodell, and Abdulaty Salman
Gravity investigations of recent sinkholes and karst pits of Dahal Al-Hamam, State of Qatar, Fares M. Howari, Raed Aldouri, and Abdulali Sadiq
Host adaptation and unexpected symbiont partners enable reef-building corals to tolerate extreme temperatures, Emily J. Howells, David Abrego, Eli Meyer, Nathan L. Kirk, and John A. Burt
A glance of child’s play privacy in smart toys, Patrick C.K. Hung, Farkhund Iqbal, Shih Chia Huang, Mohammed Melaisi, and Kevin Pang
A crowdsource model for quality assurance in cloud computing, Mohammed Hussain and Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad
Collect, scope, and verify big data - A framework for institution accreditation, Mohammed Hussain, Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad, and Sujith Samuel Mathew
Parliament and parliamentarism: A comparative history of a European concept, Pasi Ihalainen, Cornelia Ilie, and Kari Palonen
Parliament as a conceptual nexus, Pasi Ihalainen, Cornelia Ilie, and Kari Palonen
Metadiscursive strategies in dialogue: Legitimising confrontational rhetoric, Cornelia Ilie
Parliamentary discourse and deliberative rhetoric, Cornelia Ilie
Central and Eastern European parliamentary rhetoric since the nineteenth century: The case of Romania and Poland, Cornelia Ilie and Cezar M. Ornatowski
Interdiscursive strategies of metaphor-driven rhetoric in Romanian discourses on a political crisis, Cornelia Ilie and Ariadna ŞtefǍnescu
Gender diversity of boardrooms and firm financial performance, Perihan Iren
The use of Google apps to support teaching and learning: A UAE case study, Fawzi Fayez Ishtaiwa-Dweikat and Ibtehal M. Aburezeq
Analysis of cloud computing attacks and countermeasures, Raja Mohamed Jabir, Salam Ismail Rasheed Khanji, Liza Abdallah Ahmad, Omar Alfandi, and Huwida Said
Effects of spatial frequencies on word identification by fast and slow readers: Evidence from eye movements, Timothy R. Jordan, Jasmine Dixon, Victoria A. McGowan, Stoyan Kurtev, and Kevin B. Paterson
Fast and slow readers and the effectiveness of the spatial frequency content of text: Evidence from reading times and eye movements, Timothy R. Jordan, Jasmine Dixon, Victoria A. McGowan, Stoyan Kurtev, and Kevin B. Paterson
A further look at postview effects in reading: An eye-movements study of influences from the left of fixation, Timothy R. Jordan, Victoria A. McGowan, Stoyan Kurtev, and Kevin B. Paterson
A survey on network simulators in three-dimensional wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, Seokyoon Kang, Monther Aldwairi, and Ki Il Kim
Development and evaluation of continuing education course in renal nutrition, Mirey Karavetian and Rana Rizk
Social media and the Arab spring in Bahrain: From mobilization to confrontation, Magdalena Karolak
Conclusions: Where next for wearables?, Don Kerr and John Gammack
Local consequences of global recognition: The “value” of world heritage status for Zanzibar Stone Town, Akbar Keshodkar
Wireless sensor network virtualization: A survey, Imran Khan, Fatna Belqasmi, Roch Glitho, Noel Crespi, Monique Morrow, and Paul Polakos
Database auditing and forensics: Exploration and evaluation, Salam Ismail Rasheed Khanji, Asad Masood Khattak, and Hakim Hacid