Submissions from 2024
In their own voices: a nationwide study of students’ attitudes towards the implementation of smart learning environments in UAE schools, Maria Efstratopoulou, Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Aizhan Shomotova, Christina Davison, Abdulrafi Jaffarul, and Aalya Mesmar
Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa, Simplice A. Asongu, Peter Agyemang-Mintah, Joseph Nnanna, and Yolande E. Ngoungou
University ‘Pay-for-grades’: the bait and switch search engine optimization strategies of contract cheating websites in the United States, Timothy M. Daly and James C. Ryan
An expert system-based restoration method for energy services, Waqas Ahmad, Babar Shah, Tariq Hussain, Shaker EI-Sappagh, and Farman Ali
On deterministic approximation for nearly critical branching processes with dependent immigration, I. Rahimov and S. O. Sharipov
Influence of eco-friendly agar-derivatives on the electrochemical performance of carbon felts electrodes of vanadium redox flow battery, Abdulmonem Fetyan, Ayoob Alhammadi, Zineb Matouk, Anugrah Andisetiawan, and Ahmed Bahaa
Applying cellular automata to dynamic simulation of a tsunamigenic submarine landslide in the South China Sea, Jose Marie Antonio Miñoza, James P. Terry, Nigel Winspear, James Goff, and Vena Pearl Boñgolan
Molecular crosstalk between polyphenols and gut microbiota in cancer prevention, Falak Zeb, Huma Naqeeb, Tareq Osaili, Moez Allslam Ezzat Faris, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Reyad Shakir Obaid, Farah Naja, Hadia Radwan, Hayder Hasan, Mona Hashim, Sharifa AlBlooshi, and Iftikhar Alam
Return and volatility spillovers among oil price shocks and international green bond markets, Zaghum Umar, Sinda Hadhri, Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah, Muhammad Usman, and Muhammad Umar
Sukuk liquidity and creditworthiness during COVID-19, Mariya Gubareva, Tatiana Sokolova, Zaghum Umar, and Xuan Vinh Vo
Survey and classification of Dos and DDos attack detection and validation approaches for IoT environments, Mohamed Riadh Kadri, Abdelkrim Abdelli, Jalel Ben Othman, and Lynda Mokdad
Introduction: learning, re-learning, and un-learning language(s) in the multilingual family during COVID-19 lockdown, Fatma F. S. Said and Kristin Vold Lexander
Emerging trends in wastewater treatment: Addressing microorganic pollutants and environmental impacts, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Khalid Ali Khan, and Saif A. Alharthy
Evaluating the Reliability of Tests Used in LMS Moodle for E-Learning, Rukiya Deetjen-Ruiz, Jorge Alberto Esponda-Pérez, Ikhfan Haris, Darío Salguero García, José Luis Quispe Osorio, and Roman Tsarev
Implementation of Individual Learning Trajectories in LMS Moodle, Faycal Bensalah, Marjorie P. Daniel, Indrajit Patra, Darío Salguero García, Shokhida Irgasheva, and Roman Tsarev
Realizing Visual Comfort Parameters and Adaptive Thermal Comfort Models for Hot Climates, Boshra Akhozheya, Sawsan Dagher, Maryam Akho-Zahieh, Farhan H. Malik, Ariel Gomez, and Maisa El Gamal
Repurposing of the Industrial Hydrated Lime in Storing Carbon Dioxide and Producing Calcium Carbonate, Maisa El Gamal, Ameera F. Mohammad, and Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed
AI-based Investigation and Mitigation of Rain Effect on Channel Performance with Aid of a Novel 3D Slot Array Antenna Design for High Throughput Satellite System, Ali M. Al-Saegh; Fatma Taher; Taha A. (International Applied and Theoretical Research Center Elwi; , Baghdad Quarter, Iraq , Baghdad Quarter, Iraq; Mohammad Alibakhshikenari; Bal S. Virdee; Osama Abdullah; Salahuddin Khan; Patrizia Livreri; Abdulmajeed Al-Jumaily; Mohamed Fathy Abo Sree; Arkan Mousa Majeed; Lida Kouhalvandi; Zaid A. Abdul Hassain; and Giovanni Pau
The Impact of Crime against a Person on Domestic Investment in Dubai, Hatem Adela and Wadeema Aldhaheri
Extreme Return Connectedness Between DeFi Tokens and Traditional Financial Markets: An Entrepreneurial Perspective, Samet Gunay, Shahnawaz Muhammed, Destan Kirimhan, and Vladimir Dzenopoljac
Features Extraction and Structure Similarities Measurement of Complex Networks, Haji Gul, Feras Al-Obeidat, Munir Majdalawieh, Adnan Amin, and Fernando Moreira
Optimizing Traffic Flow With Reinforcement Learning: A Study on Traffic Light Management, Amal Merbah and Jalel Ben-Othman
Critical Consciousness is an Individual Difference: A Test of Measurement Equivalence in American, Ukrainian, and Iranian Universities, Adam Murry and Mazna Patka
Blood cell image segmentation and classification: a systematic review, Muhammad Shahzad, Farman Ali, Syed Hamad Shirazi, Assad Rasheed, Awais Ahmad, Babar Shah, and Daehan Kwak
Ideologies And Practices Of The Use Of L1 In L2 Vocabulary Tasks, Sultan Altalhab and Fatma F. S. Said
Dataset of Arabic spam and ham tweets, Sanaa Kaddoura and Safaa Henno
Design of a Blockchain-Based Patient Record Tracking System, Huwida E. Said, Nedaa B. Al Barghuthi, Sulafa M. Badi, and Shini Girija
Developing a success model of a social student relationship management system, Wasef Mater, Monther Aldwairi, Nasim Matar, and Waleed Al-Rahmi
Do firms manage their share prices to mitigate investor short-termism?, Ibrahim Bostan, Ji-Chai Lin, and G. Mujtaba Mian
Metabolic responses of plants to Meloidogyne species parasitism: A review on molecular events and functions, Rishil Gupta, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Bekri Xhemali, Amir Khan, Hera Nadeem, and Faheem Ahmad
Editorial: The impact of social media, gaming, and smartphone usage on mental health, King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture Thomas, Justin (Sync, Digital Wellbeing Program; , Dhahran, Saudi Arabia , Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture Al-Beyahi, Fahad (Sync, Digital Wellbeing Program; , Dhahran, Saudi Arabia , Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; and Carl Gaspar
Security Issues in the Deep and Dark Web: What to know?, Abdallah Tubaishat and April Rains Maramara
Exploring teachers’ experiences within the teacher evaluation process: A qualitative multi-case study, Sana Butti Al Maktoum and Ahmed M. Al Kaabi
Influencer advertising: facilitating poor-fitting influencer posts, Matthew A. Hawkins and Fathima Z. Saleem
Knowledge Graph Enhanced Contextualized Attention-Based Network for Responsible User-Specific Recommendation, Ehsan Elahi, Sajid Anwar, Babar Shah, Zahid Halim, Abrar Ullah, Imad Rida, and Muhammad Waqas
Strategic Significance of Joint Committees for Cooperation Between Three Seas Initiative’s Countries and the United Arab Emirates, Adam Krzymowski
Digital, Self-Regulated Vocabulary Learning and Device Control In Out-Of-Class, Higher Education Settings, Michael Bowles
How to Overcome Poverty with Zakat, Eiman Ahmed Khaleel Alhashmi
Hydroxyl and sulfate radical-based degradation of ciprofloxacin using UV-C and/or Fe2+-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate: Effects of process parameters and toxicity evaluation, Jibran Iqbal, Noor S. Shah, Javed Ali Khan, Kifayatullah Khan, Muhammad Wakeel, Heba Taha M. Abdelghani, Zia Ul Haq Khan, and Grzegorz Boczkaj
Illegitimate Tasks, Negative Affectivity, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Private School Teachers: A Mediated–Moderated Model, Nessrin Shaya, Laila Mohebi, Rekha Pillai, and Rawan Abukhait
Impact of aerobic and resistance training on fatigue, quality of life, and physical activity in prostate cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis., Simon Nader, Amr Massoud, Feras Al-Obeidat, Waleed Farouk Mohamed, Wael Hafez, Asrar Rashid, Omar A E Yousef, Muneir Gador, Sabah Ahmed, Mohan Jose, Ahmed Abdelrahman, Mahmoud Abdelshakour, Sherihan Fathey, María F Osorio, Karla Robles-Velasco, and Iván Cherrez-Ojeda
Understanding Trust Drivers of S-commerce, Mousa Al-kfairy, Ahmed Shuhaiber, Ayman Wael Al-khatib, Saed Alrabaee, and Souheil Khaddaj
Sustainability challenges of critical minerals for clean energy technologies: copper and rare earths, Evan K Paleologos, Abdel-Mohsen O Mohamed, Devendra N Singh, Brendan C O’Kelly, Maisa El Gamal, Ameera Mohammad, Prithvendra Singh, Venkata SNS Goli, António J Roque, J A Oke, H Abuel-Naga, and Eng-Choon Leong
Emergence of highly resistant Candida auris in the United Arab Emirates: a retrospective analysis of evolving national trends, Jens Thomsen; Emirates Health Services Establishment Abdulrazzaq, Najiba M. (Al Kuwait Hospital Dubai; , Dubai, United Arab Emirates , Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Abderrahim Oulhaj; Peter S. Nyasulu; Adnan Alatoom; David W. Denning; Fatima Al Dhaheri; the UAE AMR Surveillance Consortium; Godfred Antony Menezes; Carole Ayoub Moubareck; Abiola Senok; and Dean B. Everett
Role of vitamins A, C, D, E in cancer prevention and therapy: therapeutic potentials and mechanisms of action, Wamidh H. Talib, Dima Abdulraheem Ahmed Jum’AH, Zeena Shamil Attallah, Mohanned Sami Jallad, Lina T. Al Kury, Rawan Wamidh Hadi, and Asma Ismail Mahmod
Healthcare Robots with Islamic Practices, Patrick C. K. Hung, Farkhund Iqbal, and Inon Wiratsin
Smart Toys, Patrick C. K. Hung, Farkhund Iqbal, and Benjamin Yankson
Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance trends of Acinetobacter species in the United Arab Emirates: a retrospective analysis of 12 years of national AMR surveillance data, Jens Thomsen, Najiba M. Abdulrazzaq, Hussain AlRand, The UAE AMR Surveillance Consortium, Abiola Senok, Adnan Alatoom, Agnes-Sonnevend-Pal ( Agnes-Sonnevend-Pal (, Ahmed Abdulkareem Al Hammadi, Ahmed Elhag Ahmed, Ahmed F. Yousef, Alaa MM Enshasy, Amal Mubarak Madhi, Amna AlBlooshi, Andreas Podbielski, Anju Nabi, Anup Shashikant Poddar, Arun Kumar Jha, Ayesha Abdulla Al Marzooqi, Bashir Aden, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Dean Everett, Deeba Jafri, Duckjin Hong, Emmanuel Fru Nsutebu, Farah Ibrahim Al-Marzooq, Fatima Al Dhaheri, Fouzia Jabeen, Francis Amirtharaj Selvaraj, Ghada Abdel Wahab, and Ghalia Abdul Khader Khoder
Exploring the complexities of 1C metabolism: implications in aging and neurodegenerative diseases, Ayman Bou Ghanem, Yaman Hussayni, Raghid Kadbey, Yara Ratel, Shereen Yehya, Lara Khouzami, Hilda E. Ghadieh, Amjad Kanaan, Sami Azar, and Frederic Harb
Environmental awareness and firm creation, K. Peren Arin, Alessandro De Iudicibus, Nagham Sayour, and Nicola Spagnolo
Advancing sepsis clinical research: harnessing transcriptomics for an omics-based strategy - a comprehensive scoping review, Asrar Rashid, Feras Al-Obeidat, Hari Krishnan Kanthimathinathan, Govind Benakatti, Wael Hafez, Raghu Ramaiah, Joe Brierley, Benjamin Hanisch, Praveen Khilnani, Christos Koutentis, Berit S. Brusletto, Mohammed Toufiq, Zain Hussain, Harish Vyas, Zainab A Malik, Maike Schumacher, Rayaz A Malik, Shriprasad Deshpande, Nasir Quraishi, Raziya Kadwa, Amrita Sarpal, M. Guftar Shaikh, Javed Sharief, Syed Ahmed Zaki, Rajesh Phatak, Akash Deep, Ahmed Al-Dubai, and Amir Hussain
Advancing the Understanding of Clinical Sepsis Using Gene Expression–driven Machine Learning to Improve Patient Outcomes, Asrar Rashid, Feras Al-Obeidat, Wael Hafez, Govind Benakatti, Rayaz A. Malik, Christos Koutentis, Javed Sharief, Joe Brierley, Nasir Quraishi, Zainab A. Malik, Arif Anwary, Hoda Alkhzaimi, Syed Ahmed Zaki, Praveen Khilnani, Raziya Kadwa, Rajesh Phatak, Maike Schumacher, M. Guftar Shaikh, Ahmed Al-Dubai, and Amir Hussain
Air temperature and sovereign bond returns, Renatas Kizys, Wael Rouatbi, Zaghum Umar, and Adam Zaremba
Algorithmic amplification and polarization in social media, Donghee Shin and Emily Y. Shin
Analysis of SIR Model With Optimal Control Strategy for a Simple Traffic Congestion Process, Ratna Herdiana, Zani Anjani Rafsanjani, R. Heru Tjahjana, Yogi Ahmad Erlangga, and Moch Fandi Ansori
Assessment of Heavy Metals in Greenhouse Cultivated Soils, Northern Jordan, Abeer A. Al-Hamad, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Habes Ghrefat, Mohammad Khawajah, and Abeer Zoubi
Boruta-AttLSTM: A Novel Deep Learning Architecture for Soil Moisture Prediction, Bamory Ahmed Toru Koné, Bassem Bouaziz, Rima Grati, and Khouloud Boukadi
Can information save lives? Effect of a victim-focused police intervention on intimate partner homicides, Vijetha Koppa
Cimex (bedbug) infestations in France: A call for action, Wael Hafez, Waleed Farouk Mohamed, Feras Al-Obeidat, Sarya Swed, Hidar Alibrahim, Haidara Bohsas, Bisher Sawaf, Asrar Rashid, and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Connectedness between (un)conventional monetary policy and islamic and advanced equity markets: A returns and volatility spillover analysis, Sun-Yong Choi, Andrew Phiri, Tamara Teplova, and Zaghum Umar
Country Digitalization, Trade Openness, and Innovation, Oualid Abidi, Vladimir Dzenopoljac, and Aleksandra Dzenopoljac
Desirable candidates for high-performance lead-free organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells, Sajid Sajid, Salem Alzahmi, Imen Ben Salem, Nouar Tabet, Yousef Haik, and Ihab M. Obaidat
Dietary Knowledge and Eating Habits among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Lebanon, Myriam Abboud, Cyrille Nacouzi, Zeina Chahine, Angelica Atallah, and Mira Hleyhel
Dynamic spillover between oil price shocks and technology stock indices: A country level analysis, ZAGHUM UMAR; KHALED MOKNI; YOUSSEF (Center for Economic and Social Studies and Research MANEL; , Ecovis KDH Partners, Tunisia, 71 Av. Alain Savary, Tunis 1003 , Ecovis KDH Partners, Tunisia, 71 Av. Alain Savary, Tunis 1003; and MARIYA GUBAREVA
EnhancedBERT: A feature-rich ensemble model for Arabic word sense disambiguation with statistical analysis and optimized data collection, Sanaa Kaddoura and Reem Nassar
Exploring Students’ and Faculty’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Towards ChatGPT: A Cross-Sectional Empirical Study, Faouzi Kamoun, Walid El Ayeb, Ibtissem Jabri, Sami Sifi, and Farkhund Iqbal
Exploring the concept and the communication principles of negotiation among Islamic corporate organizations, Abbas Ramdani, Ridwan Raji, and Mohd Khairie Ahmad
Gender Depictions in TV Advertising in the Gulf: Any Sign of Change?, Ali Khalil
Holding on to your memories: Factors influencing social media hoarding behaviour, Nivin Vinoi, Amit Shankar, Ashraf Khalil, Ankit Mehrotra, and Jitender Kumar
How entrepreneurial team informational and social category faultlines affect new venture performance: A conservation of resources perspective, Feng Wei, Yongjun Mo, Yi Zhang, and Yi Yang
Impact of prolonged exposure to occasional and regular waterpipe smoke on cardiac injury, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in male mice, Naserddine Hamadi, Suhail Al-Salam, Sumaya Beegam, Nur Elena Zaaba, Ozaz Elzaki, and Abderrahim Nemmar
Informing the State of Process Modeling and Automation of Blood Banking and Transfusion Services Through a Systematic Mapping Study, Shaima' Abdallah Elhaj, Yousra Odeh, Dina Tbaishat, Anwar Rjoop, Asem Mansour, and Mohammed Odeh
Interactive frames: user responses to the framing of COVID-19 in the Instagram account of an Emarati news agency, Azmat Rasul and Muna AlSuwaidi
Internal crisis communication practices and job performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating effects of internal crisis communication satisfaction, Haseena Al Katheeri, Asma AlHammadi, Khadija Ibrahim Salim Al Hammadi, Prerna Kumari, and Fauzia Jabeen
Investigating the impact of adsorbent particle size on column adsorption kinetics through a mathematical model, Abel Valverde, Alba Cabrera-Codony, Marc Calvo-Schwarzwalder, and Timothy G. Myers
Out-of-this-world returns: How did the market value India's successful moon mission?, Wajahat Azmi, Shujaat Naeem Azmi, Haitham Nobanee, and Philip Anthony Hamil
Preparation of activated carbon-metal nanoparticle composite materials for the catalytic reduction of organic pollutants, Bouhadjar Boukoussa; Khoukha Rachida Cherdouane; Rajaa Zegai; Adel Mokhtar; Mohammed Hachemaoui; Ismail Issam; Jibran Iqbal; Shashikant P. Patole; Algeria; Center de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques Zeggai, Fatima Zohra (Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact and Applied Sciences, University Oran1 Ahmed Ben Bella, BP 1524 El M'Naouar, Oran 31000; , BP 38Bou-Ismail-RP, Tipaza 42004, Algeria , BP 38Bou-Ismail-RP, Tipaza 42004, Algeria; Rachida Hamacha; and Mohamed Abboud
Promoting Student Success with Neutrosophic Sets: Artificial Intelligence and Student Engagement in Higher Education Context, Nahla Moussa, Rachid Bentoumi, and Tariq Saali
Quantifying endogenous and exogenous shocks to financial sector systemic risk: A comparison of GFC and COVID-19, Muhammad Usman, Zaghum Umar, Sun-Yong Choi, and Tamara Teplova
Quantile connectedness of oil price shocks with socially responsible investments, Farooq Malik and Zaghum Umar
Recognition of Sleep Disorders using IoT-Based Wearables and Neutrosophic Data Analytics, Fatma Taher
Reconfigurable UAV-Aided 3D Sustainable Surveillance in Classified Air-Spaces, Minsoo Kim, Jalel Ben-Othman, and Hyunbum Kim
The Effective Use of Virtual Communication in an Online Professional Development Program: Investigating Teachers’ Attitudes, Areej ELSAYARY, Lawrence MEDA, Suha KARAKI, and Laila MOHEBI
The era of Generative AI: Transforming Academic Libraries, Education, and Research, Nikesh Narayanan
The imitation game: Detecting human and AI-generated texts in the era of ChatGPT and BARD, Kadhim Hayawi, Sakib Shahriar, and Sujith Samuel Mathew
The Metaverse, Religious Practice and Wellbeing: A Narrative Review, Justin Thomas, Mohammad Amin Kuhail, and Fahad AlBeyahi
The relationship between emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and clinical decision-making among critical care nurses in Jordan, Mohammed R. AL Btoush, Malakeh Z. Malak, Shaher H. Hamaideh, and Ahmed H. Shuhaiber
The right information for the right career selection: can it assist Japan to achieve agricultural sustainability?, Muhammad Usman, Jeffry Joseph Gayman, Akinori Sawaya, Kenichi Horiguchi, Mari Igarashi, and Abdul Malik
The societal context of professional practice: Examining the impact of politics and economics on journalistic role performance across 37 countries, Claudia Mellado, Daniel C. Hallin, Nicole Blanchett, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Daniel Jackson, Agnieszka Stępińska, Terje Skjerdal, Marju Himma, Karen McIntyre, Lutz M. Hagen, Pauline Amiel, Yasser Abuali, Nagwa Fahmy, Sandrine Boudana, Yi Ning Katherine Chen, Sergey Davidov, Mariana De Maio, Maximiliano Frías Vázquez, Miguel Garcés, María Luisa Humanes, Petra Herczeg, Misook Lee, Christi I.Hsuan Lin, Jad Melki, Jacques Mick, Roberto Mincigrucci, Danka Ninković Slavnić, and David Nolan
The term structure of yield curve and connectedness among ESG investments, Najaf Iqbal, Zaghum Umar, Asif M. Ruman, and Shaohua Jiang
Towards environmental sustainability: the nexus between green supply chain management, total quality management, and environmental management practices, Luay Jum’a, Ziad Alkalha, and Maher Alaraj
Volleyball serves impact sound intensity and frequency spectrum affect the predictions of the future ball’s landing point according to the level of auditory-motor experience, Ivan Camponogara, Mauro Murgia, Geremia D’Orso, and Fabrizio Sors
Submissions from 2023
An investigation of teachers' perceptions of using ChatGPT as a supporting tool for teaching and learning in the digital era, Areej ElSayary
Incorporating Feature Penalty in Reinforcement Learning for Ludo Game, A. Tubaishat, S. Anwar, F. Al-Obeidat, B. Shah, and S. Razzaq
Predicting heart disease risk in patients using various kinds of analytical models, Fatma Mohamed Al-Ali, Feras Al-Obeidat, and Hanan Saleh Al-Messabi
Quran Wordnet: A Framework for Semantic and Sentiment Search, Abdallah Tubaishat, Saad Razzaq, Fahad Maqbool, Muhammad Ilyas, and Muhammad Shahrose Khan
Abdominal volume index, waist-to-height ratio, and waist circumference are optimal predictors of cardiometabolic abnormalities in a sample of Lebanese adults: A cross-sectional study, Myriam Abboud; Suzan Haidar; Nadine Mahboub; Dimitrios Papandreou; et de Toxicologie Rizk, Rana (Lebanese American University; Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Epidémiologie Clinique; and , Beirut, Lebanon , Beirut, Lebanon
Combination of Thymoquinone and Intermittent Fasting as a Treatment for Breast Cancer Implanted in Mice, Shatha Khaled Haif, Lina T. Al Kury, and Wamidh H. Talib
ICSOC 2020 special issue on service-oriented computing, Boualem Benatallah, Hakim Hacid, Eleana Kafeza, Fabio Martinelli, and Athman Bouguettaya
An Intelligent Application of Real Time Speed Estimation: An Enhanced Detection and Tracking Approach Towards Vehicle Speed Estimation, Ala Alsanabani, Ahed Abugabah, and Licheng Jiao