Submissions from 2018
Detecting Distributed Denial of Service Attacks in Neighbour Discovery Protocol Using Machine Learning Algorithm Based on Streams Representation, Abeer Abdullah Alsadhan, Abir Hussain, Thar Baker, and Omar Alfandi
Intelligent information systems and image processing: A novel pan-sharpening technique based on Multiscale decomposition, Ahmad Al Smadi and Ahed Abugabah
Seasonal impact to air qualities in industrial areas of the arabian gulf region, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Fares M. Howari, Yousef Nazzal, and Ahmad Yousef
E-Healthcare Knowledge Creation Platform Using Action Research, May Al Taei, Eleanna Kafeza, and Omar Alfandi
Arabic authorship attribution: An extensive study on twitter posts, Malik H. Altakrori, Farkhund Iqbal, Benjamin C.M. Fung, Steven H.H. Ding, and Abdallah Tubaishat
A perspective on women’s spatial experiences in higher education: between modernity and tradition, Gergana Alzeer
Types and dynamics of gendered space: a case of Emirati female learners in a single-gender context, Gergana Alzeer
Just-in-time Customer Churn Prediction: With and Without Data Transformation, Adnan Amin, Babar Shah, Asad Masood Khattak, Thar Baker, Hamood Ur Rahman Durani, and Sajid Anwar
Configurable data acquisition for cloud-centric IoT, Muhammad Bilal Amin, Muhammad Sadiq, Wajahat Ali Khan, Asad Masood Khattak, Usman Akhtar, and Sungyoung Lee
Revisiting loss aversion: Evidence from professional tennis, Nejat Anbarci, K. Peren Arin, Torben Kuhlenkasper, and Christina Zenker
Student attitudes towards technology and their preferences for learning tools/devices at two universities in the UAE, Matthew Andrew, Jennifer Taylorson, Donald J. Langille, Aimee Grange, and Norman Williams
Model course syllabus: Management of security issues in wearable technology, Michelle C. Antero
Adenine-thymine tautomerization under the influence of strong homogeneous electric fields, Alya A. Arabi and Chérif F. Matta
Effects of Intense Electric Fields on the Double Proton Transfer in the Watson-Crick Guanine-Cytosine Base Pair, Alya A. Arabi and Chérif F. Matta
Antecedents to Consumer Peer Communication through Social Advertising: A Self-Disclosure Theory Perspective, Yusfi Ardiansyah, Paul Harrigan, Geoffrey N. Soutar, and Timothy M. Daly
The resource curse revisited: A Bayesian model averaging approach, K. Peren Arin and Elias Braunfels
The Prospective Association Between Electronic Device Use Before Bedtime and Academic Attainment in Adolescents, Teresa Arora, Afnan Albahri, Omar M. Omar, Ahmad Sharara, and Shahrad Taheri
The associations among objectively estimated sleep and obesity indicators in elementary schoolchildren, Teresa Arora, Hoda Gad, Omar M. Omar, Sopna Choudhury, Odette Chagoury, Javaid Sheikh, and Shahrad Taheri
Reactions to psychological contract breaches and organizational citizenship behaviours: An experimental manipulation of severity, Theresa P. Atkinson, Russell A. Matthews, Alexandra A. Henderson, and Christiane Spitzmueller
Clonal emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14 co-producing OXA-48-type and NDM carbapenemases with high rate of colistin resistance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Shaimaa F. Mouftah, Tibor Pál, Akela Ghazawi, Dalal H. Halat, Anju Nabi, Mouza A. AlSharhan, Zulfa O. AlDeesi, Christabel C. Peters, Handan Celiloglu, Manjunath Sannegowda, Dolla K. Sarkis, and Ágnes Sonnevend
Long-term integrity and non-repudiation protocol for multiple entities, Mohamad Badra and Rouba Borghol
Impact of document representation on neural ad hoc retrieval, Ebrahim Bagheri, Faezeh Ensan, and Feras Al-Obeidat
Neural word and entity embeddings for ad hoc retrieval, Ebrahim Bagheri, Faezeh Ensan, and Feras Al-Obeidat
Capital Punishment for Apostasy in Islam, Man Baker
Cloud-SEnergy: A bin-packing based multi-cloud service broker for energy efficient composition and execution of data-intensive applications, Thar Baker, Bandar Aldawsari, Muhammad Asim, Hissam Tawfik, Zakaria Maamar, and Rajkumar Buyya
Everything as a resource: Foundations and illustration through Internet-of-things, Thar Baker, Emir Ugljanin, Noura Faci, Mohamed Sellami, Zakaria Maamar, and Ejub Kajan
New model for inorganic pollutants dissipation on the northern part of the romanian black sea coast, A. Barbulescu, L. Barbes, and Y. Nazzal
Statistical analysis and estimation of the regional trend of aerosol size over the Arabian Gulf Region during 2002-2016, Alina Barbulescu, Yousef Nazzal, and Fares Howari
Highlighting the Future of Autonomous Vehicle Technology in 2020-2050, Nedaa Baker Al Barghuthi, Deepa Pavithran, and Huwida E. Said
A survey and taxonomy on nonorthogonal multiple-access schemes for 5G networks, Mehak Basharat, Waleed Ejaz, Muhammad Naeem, Asad Masood Khattak, and Alagan Anpalagan
Energy efficient resource allocation for NOMA in cellular IoT with energy harvesting, Mehak Basharat, Waleed Ejaz, Muhammad Naeem, Asad Masood Khattak, Alagan Anpalagan, and Omar Alfandi
An understanding of consumption trends of smart phones on university campus: A comparison study, Emad Bataineh and Sara Alamodi
Visual attention toward socially rich context information for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and normal developing children: An eye tracking study, Emad Bataineh, Mohamed Basel Almourad, Farhi Marir, and Joana Stocker
Usability analysis on Dubai e-government portal using eye tracking methodology, Emad Bataineh, Basel Al Mourad, and Fazouzi Kammoun
Preface, Fatna Belqasmi, Hamid Harroud, and Max Agueh
An analytical study on the holy Quran based on the order of words in Arabic and conjunction, Rahima Bentrcia, Samir Zidat, and Farhi Marir
Extracting semantic relations from the Quranic Arabic based on Arabic conjunctive patterns, Rahima Bentrcia, Samir Zidat, and Farhi Marir
Multi-classifier system for authorship verification task using word embeddings, Nacer Eddine Benzebouchi, Nabiha Azizi, Monther Aldwairi, and Nadir Farah
Leveraging brand touchpoints: A literature review and research agenda, Lars Bergkvist and Marc Mazodier
Online Conference Report: 2018 Annual Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L), Austin, Texas, March 4–7, 2018, Mary Jean Bernabe
The state of research on distance, online, and blended learning: Meta-analyses and qualitative systematic reviews, Robert M. Bernard, Eugene Borokhovski, and Rana M. Tamim
Determination of the Global-Average Charge Moment of a Lightning Flash Using Schumann Resonances and the LIS/OTD Lightning Data, Robert Boldi, Earle Williams, and Anirban Guha
Financing innovation through minority acquisitions, Ibrahim Bostan and Mariana Spatareanu
Drone Forensics: Challenges and New Insights, Hana Bouafif, Faouzi Kamoun, Farkhund Iqbal, and Andrew Marrington
TiO2-based hybrid nanocomposites modified by phosphonate molecules as selective PAH adsorbents, Nadine Bou Orm, Quoc An Trieu, and Stephane Daniele
Security and privacy challenges in smart cities, Trevor Braun, Benjamin C.M. Fung, Farkhund Iqbal, and Babar Shah
Real-time? Reframing temporal consciousness in time-based and interactive media, Andrew Buchanan
News, Fake News, and Critical Authority, John M. Budd and Kristine N. Stewart
Estimating meteorological visibility range under foggy weather conditions: A deep learning approach, Hazar Chaabani, Naoufel Werghi, Faouzi Kamoun, Bilal Taha, Fatma Outay, and Ansar Ul Haque Yasar
Population change of Trillium govanianum (Melanthiaceae) amid altered indigenous harvesting practices in the Indian Himalayas, Harsh K. Chauhan, Anil K. Bisht, Indra D. Bhatt, Arvind Bhatt, David Gallacher, and Andrea Santo
Formal specification and verification of cloud resource allocation using timed petri-nets, Saoussen Cheikhrouhou, Nesrine Chabouh, Slim Kallel, and Zakaria Maamar
A novel feature selection-based sequential ensemble learning method for class noise detection in high-dimensional data, Kai Chen, Donghai Guan, Weiwei Yuan, Bohan Li, Asad Masood Khattak, and Omar Alfandi
The impact of trauma exposure characteristics on post-traumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity among Syrian refugees, Man Cheung Chung, Nowf AlQarni, Mariam AlMazrouei, Shamsa Al Muhairi, Mudar Shakra, Britt Mitchell, Sara Al Mazrouei, and Shurooq Al Hashimi
Business Groups and Corporate Social Responsibility, Jongmoo Jay Choi, Hoje Jo, Jimi Kim, and Moo Sung Kim
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Psychiatric Co-morbidity among Syrian Refugees of Different Ages: the Role of Trauma Centrality, Man Cheung Chung, Nowf AlQarni, Mariam AlMazrouei, Shamsa Al Muhairi, Mudar Shakra, Britt Mitchell, Sara Al Mazrouei, and Shurooq Al Hashimi
Posttraumatic Stress Among Syrian Refugees: Trauma Exposure Characteristics, Trauma Centrality, and Emotional Suppression, Man Cheung Chung, Mudar Shakra, Nowf AlQarni, Mariam AlMazrouei, Sara Al Mazrouei, and Shurooq Al Hashimi
The dark side of dialog, Justin J. Couchman, Gwenievere A. Birster, and Mariana V.C. Coutinho
Media narratives of gender in the contentious conservative age of Trump, Pam Creedon
Empowering Graduates for Knowledge Economies in Developing Countries, Maurice Danaher, Kevin Shoepp, Ashley Ater Kranov, and Julie Bauld Wallace
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