Submissions from 2022
The influence of trust and commitment on free-to-play gamers co-creation intentions, Saifeddin Alimamy, Donghee Shin, and Waqar Nadeem
The Psychological Impact of Isolation on Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19 Infection in the UAE, Nahida Nayaz Ahmed, Nirmin F. Juber, Reem AlKaabi, Fatema AlShehhi, Mohamed AlObeidli, Ahlam Salem, Alaa Galadari, Shamil Wanigaratne, and Amar Ahmad
The relationship between collaboration, productivity and publications: an empirical analysis in field of family business, Ioannis Kinias, Ilias Kampouris, and Stathis Polyzos
The Translation of Parallelism in Arabic Political Speeches between Loss and Compensation: A Comparative Study, Sana Fadi Shamaileh
The Wolf: The Last Remnants of the age of Sail in Southern Oman, Eric Staples, Norbert Weismann, Piotr Dziamski, Alessandro Ghidoni, Lilli Haar, and Tom Vosmer
To Blow or Not to Blow the Whistle? An Islamic Framework, Dina El-Bassiouny, Amr Kotb, Hany Elbardan, and Noha El-Bassiouny
Tour Guide and Tourist Loyalty Toward Cultural Heritage Sites: A Signaling Theory Perspective, Mohammad M. Alazaizeh, Malek M. Jamaliah, Yahya A. Alzghoul, and John T. Mgonja
Towards building general framework for designing knowledge sharing tool based on actor network theory, S. M.F.D.Syed Mustapha
Towards optimal synchronization in NFV-based environments, Zakaria Alomari, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Moayad Aloqaily, and Ouns Bouachir
Trajectory design for uav-based data collection using clustering model in smart farming, Tariq Qayyum, Zouheir Trabelsi, Asad Malik, and Kadhim Hayawi
Transfer learning for histopathology images: an empirical study, Tayyab Aitazaz, Abdullah Tubaishat, Feras Al-Obeidat, Babar Shah, Tehseen Zia, and Ali Tariq
Understanding user sensemaking in fairness and transparency in algorithms: algorithmic sensemaking in over-the-top platform, Donghee Shin, Joon Soo Lim, Norita Ahmad, and Mohammed Ibahrine
Upregulation of Irisin and Vitamin D-Binding Protein Concentrations by Increasing Maternal 25-Hydrovitamin D Concentrations in Combination with Specific Genotypes of Vitamin D-Binding Protein Polymorphisms, Spyridon N. Karras, Erdinç Dursun, Merve Alaylıoglu, Duygu Gezen-Ak, Fatme Al Anouti, Stefan Pilz, Pawel Pludowski, Edward Jude, and Kalliopi Kotsa
Use of work-space at home under COVID-19 conditions in the UAE, Rund Hiyasat, Marco Sosa, and Lina Ahmad
Using Interactive Technology to Develop Preservice Teachers’ STEAM Competencies in Early Childhood Education Program, Areej ElSayary, Rana Zein, and Lani San Antonio
VeNet: Hybrid Stacked Autoencoder Learning for Cooperative Edge Intelligence in IoV, Venkatraman Balasubramanian, Safa Otoum, and Martin Reisslein
Which social categories matter to people: An experiment, Wifag Adnan, K. Peren Arin, Gary Charness, Juan A. Lacomba, and Francisco Lagos
Why Do People Resist Drone Food Delivery Services? An Innovation Resistance Theory Perspective, Ashraf Khalil, Amit Shankar, Rahul Bodhi, Abhishek Behl, and Alberto Ferraris
Xenophobic Mountains, Landscape Sentience Reconsidered in the Romanian Carpathians, Alexandra Cotofana
Submissions from 2021
Impact of stress and hypertension on the cerebrovasculature, Nada Elsaid, Ahmed Saied, Heba Kandil, Ahmed Soliman, Fatma Taher, Mohiuddin Hadi, Guruprasad Giridharan, Richard Jennings, Manuel Casanova, Robert Keynton, and Ayman El-Baz
The Weimar Triangle: France, Germany, Poland in the Middle East. United Arab Emirates Perspective, Adam Krzymowski
Social media influencers’ visual framing of Iran on YouTube, Pooya Saeidi Motahar, Rokhshad Tavakoli, and Paolo Mura
Acetyl-L-Carnitine protects against LPS induced depression via PPAR-γ induced inhibition of NF-κB/NLRP3 pathway, Amna Samin, Lina Tariq Al Kury, Muhammad Imran Khan, Shabir Hussain, Abdullah Alattar, Reem Alshaman, Fawad Ali Shah, Muhammad Aamir, and Shupeng Li
Covid-19 pandemic and spillover effects in stock markets: A financial network approach, Aristeidis Samitas, Elias Kampouris, and Stathis Polyzos
Towards A Smarter Energy Metering System For A Smarter City: A Regression-Based Model From Users’ Perspective, Ahmed Shuhaiber, Nabil Adam, and Mohammad Sh.Daoud
Bactericidal effects and stability of LL-37 and CAMA in the presence of human lung epithelial cells, Regina Geitani, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Floriane Costes, Léa Marti, Gabrielle Dupuis, Dolla Karam Sarkis, and Lhousseine Touqui
IoTVT Model: A Model Mapping IoT Sensors to IoT Vulnerabilities and Threats, Mathew Nicho and Shini Girija
Knowledge Engineering in the Social Era, Ejub Kajan and Zakaria Maamar
A Hybrid Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Students’ Performance in Virtual Learning Environment, Edmund Evangelista
Detecting Arabic Fake News Using Machine Learning, Ashwaq Khalil, Moath Jarrah, Monther Aldwairi, and Yaser Jararweh
Catalytic behavior and antibacterial/antifungal activities of new MNPs/zeolite@alginate composite beads, Amel Mekki, Mohammed Hachemaoui, Adel Mokhtar, Ismail Issam, Farid Bennabi, Jibran Iqbal, Khaled Rahmani, Abdelkader Bengueddach, and Bouhadjar Boukoussa
Approximate High Dimensional Graph Mining With Matrix Polar Factorization: A Twitter Application, Georgios Drakopoulos, Eleanna Kafeza, Phivos Mylonas, and Spyros Sioutas
Application of Consumptive Metrics to Measure Internship Alignment, Mathew Nicho, Emad Bataineh, and Tarannum Parkar
Fandet Semantic Model: An OWL Ontology for Context-Based Fake News Detection on Social Media, Anoud Bani-Hani, Oluwasegun Adedugbe, Elhadj Benkhelifa, and Munir Majdalawieh
Parenting, young children's behavioral self‐regulation and the quality of their peer relationships, Ank P. Ringoot, Pauline W. Jansen, Rianne Kok, Marinus H. IJzendoorn, Marina Verlinden, Frank C. Verhulst, Marian Bakermans‐Kranenburg, and Henning Tiemeier
A Novel Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Approach for Task-offloading in Vehicular Networks, S. M. Ahsan Kazmi, Safa Otoum, Rasheed Hussain, and Hussein T. Mouftah
Blockchain and FL-based Network Resource Management for Interactive Immersive Services, Moayad Aloqaily, Ouns Bouachir, and Ismaeel Al Ridhawi
Efficient In-Network Caching in NDN-based Connected Vehicles, Hasan Ali Khattak, Farkhanda Zafar Raja, Moayad Aloqaily, and Ouns Bouachir
A digital maturity model for the education enterprise, Maytha AL-Ali and Adam Marks
ANTi-Vax: A Novel Twitter Dataset for COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Detection, Kadhim Hayawi, Sakib Shahriar, Mohamed Adel Serhani, Ikbal Taleb, and Sujith Samuel Mathew
Strategies to Counter Zinc Deficiency, Current Status and Future Directions, Shams Tabrez Khan and Munawwar Ali Khan
Super-Node Topology In Collaborative Learning: Concrete Examples And Benefits, Loubna Mekouar, Fatna Belqasmi, and Muna Bader
The Mineral Composition of Date Palm Fruits (Phoenix dactylifera L.) under Low to High Salinity Irrigation, Rania Dghaim, Zied Hammami, Rola Al Ghali, Linda Smail, and Dalia Haroun
Cyclicality of capital adequacy ratios in heterogeneous environment: A nonlinear panel smooth transition regression explanation, Ghulame Rubbaniy, Ali Awais Khalid, Stathis Polyzos, and Balqees Naser Almessabi
Inflection Points, Kinks, and Jumps: A Statistical Approach to Detecting Nonlinearities, Peren Arin, Maria Minniti, Samuele Murtinu, and Nicola Spagnolo
Remote internal crisis communication (RICC) – role of internal communication in predicting employee engagement during remote work in a crisis, Ganga Sasidharan Dhanesh and Gaelle Picherit-Duthler
Accelerometer measured physical activity patterns of children during segmented school day in Abu Dhabi, Rahma Ajja, Ludmilla F. Wikkeling-Scott, Keith Brazendale, Rafiq Hijazi, and Abdishakur Abdulle
An Adaptive UAV Positioning Model for Sustainable Smart Transportation, Moayad Aloqaily, Ouns Bouachir, Ismaeel Al Ridhawi, and Anthony Tzes
Application of response surface methodology on the nanofluid flow over a rotating disk with autocatalytic chemical reaction and entropy generation optimization, Tahir Mehmood, Muhammad Ramzan, Fares Howari, Seifedine Kadry, and Yu Ming Chu
Cardiovascular Segmentation Methods Based on Weak or no Prior, Fatma Taher and Neema Prakash
Characterizing individuals accessing mental health services in the UAE: a focus on youth living in Dubai, Mariapaola Barbato, Shaikha Al Hemeiri, Shorouk Nafie, Baraa A. Dhuhair, and Nadia T. Dabbagh
Comparative analysis of activation functions in neural networks, Firuz Kamalov, Amril Nazir, Murodbek Safaraliev, Aswani Kumar Cherukuri, and Rita Zgheib
Determinants of dental caries in children in the Middle East and North Africa region: a systematic review based on literature published from 2000 to 2019, Amal Elamin, Malin Garemo, and Anzelle Mulder
Dynamic spillovers between the term structure of interest rates, bitcoin, and safe-haven currencies, David Y. Aharon, Zaghum Umar, and Xuan Vinh Vo
Economics of Artificial Intelligence in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, Mamduh M. Hanafi, Nir Kshetri, and Ravi Sharma
Effect of Ketogenic Diet on Quality of Life in Adults with Chronic Disease: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Myriam Abboud, Fatme Alanouti, Evridiki Georgaki, and Dimitrios Papandreou
Emerging contaminants of high concern for the environment: Current trends and future research, Shamshad Khan, Mu Naushad, Muthusamy Govarthanan, Jibran Iqbal, and Sulaiman M. Alfadul
Enabling Trustworthiness in Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Through Blockchain and AI-Assisted Solutions, Safa Otoum and Hussein T. Mouftah
Estimation and Interpretation of Machine Learning Models with Customized Surrogate Model, Mudabbir Ali, Asad Masood Khattak, Zain Ali, Bashir Hayat, Muhammad Idrees, Zeeshan Pervez, Kashif Rizwan, Tae Eung Sung, and Ki Il Kim
Examining the Association between Bank Competition, Regulatory Capital, and Bank Risk-Taking, Rana Shahin, Helmy Sallam, and Heba Abou-El-Sood
Exercise and nutrition impact on osteoporosis and sarcopenia—the incidence of osteosarcopenia: A narrative review, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Gavriela Voulgaridou, Evridiki Georgaki, Eudoxia Tsotidou, Olga Zantidou, and Dimitrios Papandreou
Hybrid feature selection approach to identify optimal features of profile metadata to detect social bots in Twitter, Eiman Alothali, Kadhim Hayawi, and Hany Alashwal
Irreversibility minimization analysis of ferromagnetic Oldroyd-B nanofluid flow under the influence of a magnetic dipole, Muhammad Ramzan, Fares Howari, Jae Dong Chung, Seifedine Kadry, and Yu Ming Chu
Maternal investment, life-history trajectory of the off-spring and cardiovascular disease risk in Emirati females in the United Arab Emirates, Rola Al Ghali, Linda Smail, Maryam Muqbel, and Dalia Haroun
Modelling customers credit card behaviour using bidirectional LSTM neural networks, Maher Ala’raj, Maysam F. Abbod, and Munir Majdalawieh
Multiomic analysis of the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) kidney reveals a role for cholesterol in water conservation, Fernando Alvira-Iraizoz, Benjamin T. Gillard, Panjiao Lin, Alex Paterson, Audrys G. Pauža, Mahmoud A. Ali, Ammar H. Alabsi, Pamela A. Burger, Naserddine Hamadi, Abdu Adem, David Murphy, and Michael P. Greenwood
Partners in learning: ‘An exploration of multi-cultural faculty and Emirati students' perspectives of university learning experiences’, Herveen Singh, Fatima Bailey, Jenny Eppard, and Kara McKeown
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Inhibit TRPC4-Mediated Muscarinic Cation Current in Mouse Ileal Myocytes, Lina T. Al Kury, Dimitrios Papandreou, Vasyl V. Hurmach, Dariia O. Dryn, Mariia I. Melnyk, Maxim O. Platonov, Yuriy I. Prylutskyy, Uwe Ritter, Peter Scharff, and Alexander V. Zholos
State and COVID-19 Response in the Asian Tiger Economies Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, Habibul Haque Khondker
The dynamics of COVID-19 in the UAE based on fractional derivative modeling using Riesz wavelets simulation, Mutaz Mohammad, Alexander Trounev, and Carlo Cattani
The effectiveness of online platforms after the pandemic: Will face-to-face classes affect students’ perception of their behavioural intention (BIU) to use online platforms?, Rana Saeed Al-Maroof, Noha Alnazzawi, Iman A. Akour, Kevin Ayoubi, Khadija Alhumaid, Nafla Mahdi Alahbabi, Maryam Alnnaimi, Sarah Thabit, Raghad Alfaisal, Ahmad Aburayya, and Said Salloum
The effect of different methods to identify, and scenarios used to address energy intake misestimation on dietary patterns derived by cluster analysis, Geraldine Lo Siou, Alianu K. Akawung, Nathan M. Solbak, Kathryn L. McDonald, Ala Al Rajabi, Heather K. Whelan, and Sharon I. Kirkpatrick
The interrelationship and accumulation of cardiometabolic risk factors amongst young adults in the United Arab Emirates: The UAE Healthy Future Study, Fatima Mezhal, Abderrahim Oulhaj, Abdishakur Abdulle, Abdulla AlJunaibi, Abdulla Alnaeemi, Amar Ahmad, Andrea Leinberger-Jabari, Ayesha S. Al Dhaheri, E. Murat Tuzcu, Eiman AlZaabi, Fatma Al-Maskari, Fatme Alanouti, Fayza Alameri, Habiba Alsafar, Hamad Alblooshi, Juma Alkaabi, Laila Abdel Wareth, Mai Aljaber, and Marina Kazim
Theoretical Models of Integration of Interactive Learning Technologies into Teaching: A Systematic Literature Review, Laila Mohebi
The use of mobile payment systems in post-COVID-19 economic recovery: Primary research on an emerging market for experience goods, Maiya M. Suyunchaliyeva, Raghav Nautiyal, Aijaz A. Shaikh, and Ravishankar Sharma
Trustworthy Cooperative UAV-Based Data Management in Densely Crowded Environments, Moayad Aloqaily, Yaser Jararweh, and Ouns Bouachir
Utility and Professional Attitudes toward Assistive Technology in UAE Special Needs Centers, Mohammad Fteiha, Deena Elsori, Ashraf Khalil, and Ghanem AlBustami
Utilization of the UAE date palm leaf biochar in carbon dioxide capture and sequestration processes, Imen Ben Salem, Maisa El Gamal, Manish Sharma, Suhaib Hameedi, and Fares M. Howari
Vitamin D status and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a systematic review of observational studies, Myriam Abboud, Fatme Al Anouti, Dimitrios Papandreou, Rana Rizk, Nadine Mahboub, and Suzan Haidar
Water as a Weapon of War in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin, Adam Krzymowski
Water Diplomacy and Its Strategic Significance for Sustainable Development Goals and Global Security Architecture, Adam Krzymowski
Zinc in soil-plant-human system: A data-analysis review, Natasha Natasha, Muhammad Shahid, Irshad Bibi, Jibran Iqbal, Sana Khalid, Behzad Murtaza, Hafiz Faiq Bakhat, Abu Bakr Umer Farooq (COMSATS University Islamabad Abu Bakr Umer Farooq (COMSATS University Islamabad, Muhammad Amjad, Hafiz Mohkum Hammad, Nabeel Khan Niazi, and Muhammad Arshad
Bitcoin Price Forecasting: Linear Discriminant Analysis with Sentiment Evaluation, Ikhlaas Gurrib, Firuz Kamalov, and Linda Smail
A comprehensive review on the removal of noxious pollutants using carrageenan based advanced adsorbents, Gaurav Sharma, Atul Khosla, Amit Kumar, Nikhil Kaushal, Shweta Sharma, Mu Naushad, Dai-Viet N Vo, Jibran Iqbal, and Florian J Stadler
Clustered, Stacked and Imbricated Large Coastal Rock Clasts on Ludao Island, Southeast Taiwan, and Their Application to Palaeotyphoon Intensity Assessment, James P. Terry, A.Y. Annie Lau, Kim Anh Nguyen, Yuei-An Liou, and Adam D. Switzer
IoT Protocols – MQTT versus CoAP, Alyaziya Almheiri and Zakaria Maamar
EdTech Culturation: Integrating A Culturally Relevant Pedagogy into Educational Technology, Jenny Eppard, Amir Kaviani, Michael Bowles, and Jason Johnson
The Three Seas Initiative and the Graz Triangle Relations Towards the United Arab Emirates, Adam Krzymowski
Afterword: All Things Collected, Hülya Yağcıoğlu
All Things Arabia: Arabian Identity and Material Culture, Ileana Baird and Hülya Yağcıoğlu
Cine-Things: The Revival of the Emirati Past in Nojoom Alghanem’s Cinemascape, Chrysavgi Papagianni
Circulating Things, Circulating Stereotypes: Representations of Arabia in Eighteenth-Century Imagination, Ileana Baird
From Cradle to Grave: A Life Story in Jewelry, Marie-Claire Bakker and Kara McKeown
Introduction: Complex Legacies: Materiality, Memory, and Myth in the Arabian Peninsula, Ileana Baird
Written in Silver: Protective Medallions from Inner Oman, James Redman
Capturing Value in Digital Health Eco-Systems: Validating Strategies for Stakeholders, Felix Lena Stephanie and Ravi S. Sharma
Influential factors in physician burnout in the United Arab Emirates, Sarah Siddiqui and Martin Sposato
Scalable Edge Computing for IoT and Multimedia Applications Using Machine Learning, Mohammad Babar, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Usman Habib, Babar Shah, Farman Ali, and Dongho Song
AI-based Energy Model for Adaptive Duty Cycle Scheduling in Wireless Networks, Nadia Charef, Adel Ben Mnaouer, and Ouns Bouachir