Submissions from 2020
Prosocial Motivation as a Driver of Social Innovation in the UAE, Sophia Soyoung Jeong and Dhia Waddah Talib Ali Alhanaee
The dark side of bright traits: How context cues misdirect facets of conscientiousness, Sophia Soyoung Jeong, M. Audrey Korsgaard, and Daniel Morrell
Softening the Hearts of Business Students: The Role of Emotions in Ethical Decision Making, Sophia S. Jeong, Cong Sun, and Ping Ping Fu
Does size really matter in university preparatory english language classrooms?, Wayne Jones, Kay Gallagher, and Jessica Midraj
A multi-branch separable convolution neural network for pedestrian attribute recognition, Imran N. Junejo and Naveed Ahmed
Developing a green curriculum for introduction to information technology course, Sanaa Kaddoura
A Spam Email Detection Mechanism for English Language Text Emails Using Deep Learning Approach, Sanaa Kaddoura, Omar Alfandi, and Nadia Dahmani
Promoting Teaching Practices in IT Higher Education, Sanaa Kaddoura and Rima Grati
Message from the Conference Chairs, Hany El Kady, Qusay H. Mahmoud, Huwida Said, and Omar AlFandi
Preface, Hany El Kady, Qusay H. Mahmoud, Huwida Said, and Omar AlFandi
Preface, E. Kafeza, B. Benatallah, F. Martinelli, H. Hacid, A. Bouguettaya, and H. Motahari
Legal smart contracts in ethereum block chain: Linking the dots, Eleanna Kafeza, Syed Juned Ali, Irene Kafeza, and Haseena Alkatheeri
T-PCCE: Twitter Personality based Communicative Communities Extraction System for Big Data, Eleanna Kafeza, Andreas Kanavos, Christos Makris, Georgios Pispirigos, and Pantelis Vikatos
Behavioral and Migration Analysis of the Dynamic Customer Relationships on Twitter, Eleanna Kafeza, Christos Makris, Gerasimos Rompolas, and Feras Al-Obeidat
Real-time tracking and mining of users’ actions over social media, Ejub Kajan, Noura Faci, Zakaria Maamar, Mohamed Sellami, Emir Ugljanin, Hamamache Kheddouci, Dragan H. Stojanović, and Djamal Benslimane
A deep learning framework for malware classification, Mahmoud Kalash, Mrigank Rochan, Noman Mohammed, Neil Bruce, Yang Wang, and Farkhund Iqbal
Forecasting with deep learning: S&P 500 index, Firuz Kamalov, Linda Smail, and Ikhlaas Gurrib
Stock price forecast with deep learning, Firuz Kamalov, Linda Smail, and Ikhlaas Gurrib
A geolocation-aware mobile crowdsourcing solution for the emergency supply of oxygen cylinders, Faouzi Kamoun, May El Barachi, Abderrazak Hachani, Fatna Belqasmi, Amir Ben Said, and Imed Amri
AI and machine learning: A mixed blessing for cybersecurity, Faouzi Kamoun, Farkhund Iqbal, Mohamed Amir Esseghir, and Thar Baker
Analysis of the Importance of Systolic Blood Pressure Versus Diastolic Blood Pressure in Diagnosing Hypertension: MRA Study., Heba Kandil, Ahmed Soliman, Fatma Taher, Mohammed Ghazal, Mohiuddin Hadi, Adel Elmaghraby, and Ayman El-Baz
A novel computer-aided diagnosis system for the early detection of hypertension based on cerebrovascular alterations, Heba Kandil, Ahmed Soliman, Fatma Taher, Mohammed Ghazal, Ashraf Khalil, Guruprasad Giridharan, Robert Keynton, J. Richard Jennings, and Ayman El-Baz
The adaptation of anthropomorphism and archetypes for marketing artificial intelligence, Gulnara Z. Karimova and Valerie Priscilla Goby
Linguistic landscape in a city of migrants: a study of Souk Naif area in Dubai, Magdalena Karolak
Social media in democratic transitions and consolidations: what can we learn from the case of Tunisia?, Magdalena Karolak
Saudi Women as Decision Makers: Analyzing the Media Portrayal of Female Political Participation in Saudi Arabia, Magdalena Karolak and Hala Guta
Vitamin D receptor Fokl polymorphism is a determinant of both maternal and neonatal vitamin D concentrations at birth, Spyridon N. Karras, Theocharis Koufakis, Vasiliki Antonopoulou, Dimitrios G. Goulis, Merve Alaylıoğlu, Erdinc Dursun, Duygu Gezen-Ak, Cedric Annweiler, Stefan Pilz, Hana Fakhoury, Fatme Al Anouti, Vikentia Harizopoulou, Declan P. Naughton, Pantelis Zebekakis, and Kalliopi Kotsa
Development of new organic-inorganic, hybrid bionanocomposite from cellulose and clay for enhanced removal of Drimarine Yellow HF-3GL dye, Abida Kausar, Ramsha Shahzad, Jibran Iqbal, Nawshad Muhammad, Sobhy M. Ibrahim, and Munawar Iqbal
On the Significance of Students’ Appraisals of Their Language Learning Experiences at University: A Phenomenological Approach, Amir Kaviani
On the effect of credit rating announcements on sovereign bonds: International evidence, Dimitrios Kenourgios, Zaghum Umar, and Paraskevi Lemonidi
Changing systems and challenging inequalities: The ford foundation's mission and programs, Riham Ahmed Khafagy
IoT-Enabled flood severity prediction via ensemble machine learning models, Mohammed Khalaf, Haya Alaskar, Abir Jaafar Hussain, Thar Baker, Zakaria Maamar, Rajkumar Buyya, Panos Liatsis, Wasiq Khan, Hissam Tawfik, and Dhiya Al-Jumeily
An Assortment of Evolutionary Computation Techniques (AECT) in gaming, Maham Khalid, Feras Al-Obeidat, Abdallah Tubaishat, Babar Shah, Saad Razzaq, Fahad Maqbool, and Muhammad Ilyas
Gender stereotypes in television advertising in the Middle East: Time for marketers and advertisers to step up, Ali Khalil and Ganga S. Dhanesh
Social media and connective action: The case of the Saudi women’s movement for the right to drive, Ali Khalil and Leysan Khakimova Storie
Investigating Bias in Facial Analysis Systems: A Systematic Review, Ashraf Khalil, Soha Glal Ahmed, Asad Masood Khattak, and Nabeel Al-Qirim
On the optimality of route selection in grid wireless sensor networks: Theory and applications, Yaser Khamayseh, Wail Mardini, Monther Aldwairi, and Hussein Mouftah
Dynamic framework to mining Internet of Things for multimedia services, Yaser Khamayseh, Wail Mardini, J. William Atwood, and Monther Aldwairi
Towards a Novel Intrusion Detection Architecture using Artificial Intelligence, Salam Khanji and Asad Khattak
Microbial communities and their predictive functional profiles in the arid soil of Saudi Arabia, Munawwar A. Khan and Shams T. Khan
Occurrence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase gram-negative bacteria from non-clinical sources in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Munawwar A. Khan, Nicola E. Thurgood, Sultan M. Faheem, Naushad Rais, Mohammad Z. Ansari, Sultan M. Kaleem, and Shams T. Khan
Epidemiology of brain tumors in the United Arab Emirates: A National Registry Cross-sectional Study, Sarah Khan, Mona El Kouatly Kambris, and Eman T. Alshamsi
Biomedical and photocatalytic applications of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles: Ecotoxicology study of brilliant green dye and its mechanistic degradation pathways, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Noor Samad Shah, Jibran Iqbal, Arif Ullah Khan, Muhammad Imran, Saad M. Alshehri, Nawshad Muhammad, Murtaza Sayed, Naveed Ahmad, Amina Kousar, Munazza Ashfaq, Fares Howari, and Kamran Tahir
A survey on sentiment analysis in Urdu: A resource-poor language, Asad Khattak, Muhammad Zubair Asghar, Anam Saeed, Ibrahim A. Hameed, Syed Asif Hassan, and Shakeel Ahmad
Applying deep neural networks for user intention identification, Asad Khattak, Anam Habib, Muhammad Zubair Asghar, Fazli Subhan, Imran Razzak, and Ammara Habib
Tweets classification and sentiment analysis for personalized tweets recommendation, Asad Masood Khattak, Rabia Batool, Fahad Ahmed Satti, Jamil Hussain, Wajahat Ali Khan, Adil Mehmood Khan, and Bashir Hayat
Fine-grained sentiment analysis for measuring customer satisfaction using an extended set of fuzzy linguistic hedges, Asad Khattak, Waqas Tariq Paracha, Muhammad Zubair Asghar, Nosheen Jillani, Umair Younis, Furqan Khan Saddozai, and Ibrahim A. Hameed
Brand preference in the face of control loss and service failure: The role of the sound of brands, Jamel Khenfer and Caroline Cuny
Customer empowerment in the face of perceived Incompetence: Effect on preference for anthropomorphized brands, Jamel Khenfer, Steven Shepherd, and Olivier Trendel
Enabling Secure Trustworthiness Assessment and Privacy Protection in Integrating Data for Trading Person-Specific Information, Rashid Hussain Khokhar, Farkhund Iqbal, Benjamin C.M. Fung, and Jamal Bentahar
Eurasian globalization: past and present, Habibul Haque Khondker
A dietary mobile app for patients undergoing hemodialysis: Prospective pilot study to improve dietary intakes, Cosette Fakih El Khoury, Rik Crutzen, Jos M.G.A. Schols, Ruud J.G. Halfens, and Mirey Karavetian
Negotiating the boundaries of the medical model: Experiences of people with epilepsy, Stephanie Kılınç, Carol Campbell, Alison Guy, and Anna van Wersch
Adaptive real-time routing protocol for (M,k)-firm in industrial wireless multimedia sensor networks, Beom Su Kim, Sangdae Kim, Kyong Hoon Kim, Tae Eung Sung, Babar Shah, and Ki Il Kim
Frequent CEO Turnover and Firm Performance: The Resilience Effect of Workforce Diversity, Youngsang Kim, Sophia Soyoung Jeong, Daphne W. Yiu, and Jinhee Moon
Mapping of internal audit research: a post-Enron structured literature review, Amr Kotb, Hany Elbardan, and Hussein Halabi
Destination Brand Positioning Theme Development Based on Consumers’ Personal Values, Filareti Kotsi and Steven Pike
The european union and the united arab emirates as civilian and soft powers engaged in sustainable development goals, Adam Krzymowski
The importance of Ukraine's political and economic relationship with the United Arab Emirates for the Lublin Triangle, Adam Krzymowski
The Significance of the Black Sea Countries of the Three Seas Initiative Relations With the United Arab Emirates, Adam Krzymowski
Uvis: A Formula-Based End-User Tool for Data Visualization, Mohammad Amin Amin Kuhail and Soren Lauesen
Constructing Z-scheme LaTiO2N/g-C3N4@Fe3O4 magnetic nano heterojunctions with promoted charge separation for visible and solar removal of indomethacin, Anu Kumari, Amit Kumar, Gaurav Sharma, Jibran Iqbal, Mu Naushad, and Florian J. Stadler
Labor, Health, and Marginalization: A Culture-Centered Analysis of the Challenges of Male Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in the Middle East, Rati Kumar and Raihan Jamil
A proof of Anđelić-Fonseca conjectures on the determinant of some Toeplitz matrices and their generalization, Bakytzhan Kurmanbek, Yerlan Amanbek, and Yogi Erlangga
Analysing the effect of membership and perceived trust on sport events electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) intention, Mei Ying Lai, Anestis K. Fotiadis, Amjad Abu-ElSamen, and Park Beede
Perceived Risk and Protection From Infection and Depressive Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers in Mainland China and Hong Kong During COVID-19, Simon Ching Lam, Teresa Arora, Ian Grey, Lorna Kwai Ping Suen, Emma Yun zhi Huang, Daofan Li, and Kin Bong Hubert Lam
Cultural Mediation in International Exchange Programs: Personalization, Translation, and Coproduction in Exchange Participant Blogs, Kyung Sun Lee and Diana Ingenhoff
Carbon on the Northwest European Shelf: Contemporary Budget and Future Influences, Oliver Legge, Martin Johnson, Natalie Hicks, Tim Jickells, Markus Diesing, John Aldridge, Julian Andrews, Yuri Artioli, Dorothee C.E. Bakker, Michael T. Burrows, Nealy Carr, Gemma Cripps, Stacey L. Felgate, Liam Fernand, Naomi Greenwood, Susan Hartman, Silke Kröger, Gennadi Lessin, Claire Mahaffey, Daniel J. Mayor, Ruth Parker, Ana M. Queirós, Jamie D. Shutler, Tiago Silva, Henrik Stahl, Jonathan Tinker, Graham J.C. Underwood, Johan Van Der Molen, Sarah Wakelin, and Keith Weston
Stigmatisation and resilience in inflammatory bowel disease, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Sara Cococcia, Jihane Ghorayeb, Antonio Di Sabatino, and Christian P. Selinger
Interpretable and Generalizable Person Re-identification with Query-Adaptive Convolution and Temporal Lifting, Shengcai Liao and Ling Shao
Making Inside the Augment: Augmented Reality and Art/Design Education, Patrick Lichty
Rapid determination of fumonisin (FB1) by syringe SPE coupled with solid-phase fluorescence spectrometry, Long Li, Wanchao Chen, Hui Li, Jibran Iqbal, Ying Zhu, Ting Wu, and Yiping Du
Chitosan/Al2O3-HA nanocomposite beads for efficient removal of estradiol and chrysoidin from aqueous solution, Long Li, Jibran Iqbal, Ying Zhu, Fang Wang, Feiyu Zhang, Wanchao Chen, Ting Wu, and Yiping Du
Rapid detection of sulfamethoxazole in plasma and food samples with in-syringe membrane SPE coupled with solid-phase fluorescence spectrometry, Long Li, Ying Zhu, Feiyu Zhang, Hui Li, Jibran Iqbal, Ting Wu, and Yiping Du
Sleep duration is associated with vitamin D deficiency in older women living in Macao, China: A pilot cross-sectional study, Xiaoying Liu, Liang Ke, Jacky Ho, Myriam Abboud, Elias Mpofu, Tara C. Brennan-Speranza, Rebecca S. Mason, and Kaye E. Brock
Interpretable Neural Network Decoupling, Yuchao Li, Rongrong Ji, Shaohui Lin, Baochang Zhang, Chenqian Yan, Yongjian Wu, Feiyue Huang, and Ling Shao
Regulatory pluralism: positing priority actions in waste and recycling management, Sumit Lodhia, Nigel Martin, and John Rice
Considering students’ abilities in the academic advising process, Samia Loucif, Laila Gassoumi, and Joao Negreiros
Towards a Quality-of-Thing based approach for assigning things to federations, Zakaria Maamar, Muhammad Asim, Khouloud Boukadi, Thar Baker, Saad Saeed, Ikbel Guidara, Fadwa Yahya, Emir Ugljanin, and Djamal Benslimane
Thingsourcing to Enable IoT Collaboration, Zakaria Maamar, Khouloud Boukadi, Bamory Koné, Muhammad Asim, Djamal Benslimane, and Said Elnaffar
OWL-T for a Semantic Description of IoT, Zakaria Maamar, Noura Faci, Ejub Kajan, Muhammad Asim, and Ayesha Qamar
Bridging the gap between business processes and IoT, Zakaria Maamar, Ejub Kajan, Ikbel Guidara, Leyla Moctar-M'baba, and Mohamed Sellami
Atomicity in the Internet of Transactional Things (Io2T), Zakaria Maamar, Mohamed Sellami, Thar Baker, Said Elnaffar, and Maj Alshibly
Towards an Approach for Validating the Internet-of-Transactional-Things, Zakaria Maamar, Mohamed Sellami, Nanjangud C. Narendra, Ikbel Guidara, Emir Ugljanin, and Bita Banihashemi
The internet of things: Challenges and considerations for cybercrime investigations and digital forensics, Áine MacDermott, Thar Baker, Paul Buck, Farkhund Iqbal, and Qi Shi
Tuning tetracycline removal from aqueous solution onto activated 2:1 layered clay mineral: Characterization, sorption and mechanistic studies, Ali Maged, Jibran Iqbal, Sherif Kharbish, Ismael Sayed Ismael, and Amit Bhatnagar
Single image super-resolution algorithm using PSNR in the wavelet domain, A. Mahmou, F. Taher, A. Kunhu, and H. Al-Ahmad
Students’ assessment of electronic waste environmental management and sustainability at an emirati federal institution, Lama Mahmoud, Maisa El Gamal, and Wafa Zoghbor
Performance Evaluation of Data Dissemination Protocols for Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Fehda Malik Malik, Hasan Ali Khattak, Ahmad Almogren, Ouns Bouachir, Ikram Ud Din, and Aymen Altameem
Does Belief in Human Evolution Entail Kufr (Disbelief)? Evaluating the Concerns of a Muslim Theologian, Shoaib Ahmed Malik and Elvira Kulieva
Can bioelectrical impedance analysis and BMI be a prognostic tool in head and neck cancer patients? A review of the evidence, Maria Mantzorou, Maria Tolia, Antigoni Poultsidi, Eleni Pavlidou, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, Dimitrios Papandreou, and Constantinos Giaginis
Pink Ocean Strategy: Democratizing Business Knowledge for Social Growth and Innovation, Evangelos Markopoulos, Maria Barbara Ramonda, Lisa Marie Carolin Winter, Haseena Al Katheeri, and Hannu Vanharanta
Digital transformation in higher education: a framework for maturity assessment, Adam Marks, Maytha AL-Ali, Reem Atassi, Abedallah Zaid Abualkishik, and Yacine Rezgui
Advancing social media derived information messaging and management: A multi-mode development perspective, Nigel Martin, John Rice, and Damien Arthur
Factors influencing the acceptance of smart homes in Jordan, Ibrahim Mashal, Ahmed Shuhaiber, and Mohammad Daoud
A Guiding Framework for Vetting the Internet of Things, Fatma Masmoudi, Zakaria Maamar, Mohamed Sellami, Ali Ismail Awad, and Vanilson Burégio
Effective Patient Similarity Computation for Clinical Decision Support Using Time Series and Static Data, Mohammad M. Masud, Kadhim Hayawi, Sujith Samuel Mathew, Ahmed Dirir, and Muhsin Cheratta
Co-consumption of vegetables and fruit, whole grains, and fiber reduces the cancer risk of red and processed meat in a large prospective cohort of adults from Alberta’s tomorrow project, Katerina Maximova, Elham Khodayari Moez, Julia Dabravolskaj, Alexa R. Ferdinands, Irina Dinu, Geraldine Lo Siou, Ala Al Rajabi, and Paul J. Veugelers
Can donations be too little or too much?, Marc Mazodier, Francois Anthony Carrillat, Claire Sherman, and Carolin Plewa