Submissions from 2025
Catching them young! A comparative study of teacher retention among beginning teachers in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Ghadah Morshedi, Negmeldin Alsheikh, Bernadette M. Guirguis, Ashraf Mustafa, Enas Mohamed Abdullah, Fatima Alrashdi, and Ahmed El-Laithy
Innovative desalination strategies for the removal of emerging pollutants in aquatic systems, Shamshad Khan, Jibran Iqbal, Cai Deng, Xiang Wenjing, and Hrachuhi Galstyan
Evaluation of Online, Hybrid and Face-to-Face Learning Modes: Undergraduate Students' Perceptions in the UAE, Maryam Al-Ali and Dina Tbaishat
Exploring Reflective Practices in Blended Learning: A Deep Dive into Educators’ In-Action and On-Action Perspectives in Interdisciplinary Courses, Areej ElSayary, Suha Karaki, and Rawia Ahmed
Quadruped Robots and Canine Likeness: The Uncanny Valley Effect, Carolina Velasco, Patrick C.K. Hung, Farkhund Iqbal, Hamda Al Breiki, and Hao An Tseng
Exploring User Intention to Use Generative AI in Music Composition: An SEM-ANN Methodology, Said A. Salloum, Khadija Alhumaid, Rose A. Aljanada, Aseel M. Alfaisal, Afrah Alsharafi, and Raghad Alfaisal
An action research study on AI video vs. written feedback: enhancing undergraduate academic writing and critical thinking, Sandra Baroudi, Nida Mubeen, and Suha Karaki
Building the Belt and Road Initiative in the Arab World: China’s Middle East Math, Jonathan Fulton
Spatio-Temporal EV Task Offloading, Energy, and Traffic Management for 6G Communication-Power-Transportation Coupling Network, Chao Pan, Ziming Li, Haoyu Ci, Haijun Liao, Zhenyu Zhou, Anwer Al-Dulaimi, and Muhammad Tariq
Artificial intelligence and customer-centric marketing in driving sustainable business in the digital age, Arshi Naim, Praveen Kumar Malik, Hesham Magd, Ahmad Yahya Moustafa Shaheen, Mostafa Mohamad, and Raghavan Srinivasan
A Lightweight Deep Learning Model for Retinopathy of Prematurity Classification in eHealth Applications, Neazmul Mowla, Md Najmul Mowla, Khaled Rabie, and Belal Alsinglawi
Message from the IWCMC 2025 Program Chairs, Abderrahmane Lakas, Ouns Bouachir, and Amjad Gawanmeh
A comparative study of machine learning and deep learning models in binary and multiclass classification for intrusion detection systems, Ayesha Alharthi, Meera Alaryani, and Sanaa Kaddoura
Beyond Chatbots: The Emergence of Autonomous AI Agents in Libraries, Nikesh Narayanan
Black magic for concrete: Using biomass and industrial by-products to create innovative sustainable construction materials, Vasilia Al Khaldi and Abdel Hamid I. Mourad
Bridging knowledge gaps in digital forensics using unsupervised explainable AI, Zainab Khalid, Farkhund Iqbal, and Mohd Saqib
Celebrity Politics: Construction and Validation of a Scale to Measure the Political Influence of Celebrities, Azmat Rasul and Donghee Shin
Digital Stress Scale (DSC): Development and Psychometric Validation of a Measure of Stress in the Digital Age, Agathi Argyriadi, Dimitra Katsarou, Athina Patelarou, Kalliopi Megari, Evridiki Patelarou, Stiliani Kotrotsiou, Konstantinos Giakoumidakis, Shabnam Abdoola, Evangelos Mantsos, Efthymia Efthymiou, and Alexandros Argyriadis
Web-based systems in HR: a guide to digital transformation in organizations, Martin Sposato, Eduardo Carlos Dittmar, and Jenny Patricia Vargas Portillo
Positioning regenerative tourism within tourism qualitative research a methodological inquiry, Paolo Mura
Repair Strategies in an English as a Foreign Language Online Educational Setting: A Case Study of Higher Education Studies, Sana Butti Al Maktoum, Basma Abri, and Bernadette M. Guirguis
The Future of Foreign Language Learning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Critical Analysis of Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities, Ahmad Aljanadbah, Rashid Hamad Al Marri, and Hamad Mubarak Almarri
A Bio-Inspired Smart Home: AI-Driven Adaptive Energy Management with Edge Computing, Blockchain Security, and Self-Powered IoT Sensors, Ahmed Shuhaiber
Beyond the Like Button: Predicting How Risks Impact Trust on Instagram S-Commerce, Ahmed Shuhaiber
Foreign direct investment and money laundering in the UAE: implications for research and practice, Tareq Na’el Al-Tawil and Nayel AlOmran
LLM-Based Semantic Communication: The Way From Task-Originated To General, Mingkai Chen, Zhende Sun, Xitao He, Lei Wang, and Anwer Al-Dulaimi
Azide-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica SBA-15 for Sustainable Catalysis and Biological Applications, Asma Dahoui Kralfa, Samia Gharbi, Aouicha Benmaati, Bouhadjar Boukoussa, Ismail Issam, Jibran Iqbal, Shashikant P. Patole, Thierry Constantieux, and Hadjira Habib Zahmani
Association of anthropometric indices with rs9939609 FTO gene polymorphism among overweight/obese women with breast cancer: a case-control study, Huma Naqeeb, Bismillah Sehar, Sami Siraj, Ali Madi Almajwal, Bibi Hajira, Moez Al Islam Faris, Sharifa AlBlooshi, Ali Saad R. Alsubaie, Mahpara Safdar, Iftikhar Alam, and Falak Zeb
Relationality and Learning: Insights from Undergraduate Student Research Assistant Experiences, Hana Shahin, Mazna Patka, Mustafa Aydogan, Ayesha Al Ali, Meera Bin Thalith, and Saeed Alhemeiri
Tsunami deposits preserved in coastal karst pockets on Malta (Central Mediterranean Sea), Piero Bellanova, Lisa Feist, Margret Mathes-Schmidt, Aaron Micallef, Derek N. Mottershead, Klaus Reicherter, and James P. Terry
AI-based tutoring systems in education: A systematic literature review on personalized learning, intelligent agents, and learning analytics, Abdulla Sultan Binhareb Almheiri, Humaid Albastaki, and Hanadi Alrashdan
Revolutionizing electric robot charging infrastructure through federated transfer learning and data route optimization, Kadhim Hayawi, Junaid Sajid, Asad Waqar Malik, and Zouheir Trabelsi
Towards deep learning enabled cybersecurity risk assessment for microservice architectures, Majid Abdulsatar, Hussain Ahmad, Diksha Goel, and Faheem Ullah
Deepvoc: a linked open vocabulary for reproducible and reliable deep learning experiments, Laiba Shaheen, Abdallah Tubaishat, Babar Shah, Shynar Mussiraliyeva, Fahad Maqbool, Saad Razzaq, and Sajid Anwar
Navigating law and policy in STM enterprises: Ethical governance, regulation, and innovation strategy, Hewa Majeed Zangana, Jamal Nazzal Al-Karaki, and Marwan Omar
Regulatory Frameworks in Science, Technology, and Medical Innovation, Hewa Majeed Zangana, Marwan Omar, and Jamal N. Al-Karaki
Using AI to support children with neurodevelopmental disorders: A qualitative research, Dimitra V. Katsarou, Evangelos Mantsos, Maria Sofologi, Efthymia Efthymiou, Kalliopi Megari, Soultana Papadopoulou, and Georgios A. Kougioumtzis
A Survey on Immersive Cyber Situational Awareness Systems, Hussain Ahmad, Faheem Ullah, and Rehan Jafri
Does The Cost Of Borrowing Increase For Firms That Are Socially And Environmentally Irresponsible?, Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, Yasser Eliwa, Yasean A. Tahat, Bruce M. Burton, and Sudharshan Reddy Paramati
Strengthening global health education in the UAE: assessing the current landscape and future directions, Ali Artaman, Hillani T. Bekele, and Ross Millar
Virtual Reality’s Impact on Tourist Attitudes in Islamic Religious Tourism: Exploring Emotional Attachment and VR Presence, Eman Alkhalifah, Ramy Hammady, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Alyaa Darwish, Ella Cranmer, Ons Al-Shamaileh, Aikaterini Bourazeri, and Timothy Jung
Uncovering the efficacy of a natural homemade sunscreen in protection from ultraviolet radiation, Furkan Akif Ince, Julianne Clare Nayar, Alicia Lauren Wong, James Andrew McClelland, Andrew J.A. Holland, Harvey Stern, Myriam Abboud, Rebecca Sara Mason, and Katie Marie Dixon
A pre–post study evaluating an online CBT-based intervention to improve academic performance in students with low mood, Suheir Awadalla, E. Bethan Davies, and Cris Glazebrook
Decoding Readiness for Clinical Practicum: Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perspectives, Clinical Evaluations, and Comparative Curriculum Variations, Imad Maalouf and Wafaa El Zaatari
Performance of Islamic Banks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis and Comparison with Conventional Banking, Umar Butt and Trevor Chamberlain
Why Would I Befriend a Bot? Assessing Factors Influencing the Usage of Social Chatbots for Digital Natives, Mohammad Amin Kuhail, Jihene Mrabet, Rafiq Hijazi, and Justin Thomas
Fine-Tuned Large Language Models for Enhanced Automated Academic Advising, Heba Ismail
Harnessing Multi-Agent LLMs for Complex Engineering Problem-Solving: A Framework for Senior Design Projects, Abdullah Mushtaq, Rafay Naeem, Ibrahim Ghaznavi, Imran Taj, Imran Hashmi, and Junaid Qadir
Level of Service Criteria for Urban Arterials with Heterogeneous and Undisciplined Traffic Streams, Afzal Ahmed, Farah Khan, Syed Faraz Abbas Rizvi, Fatma Outay, Muhammad Faiq Ahmed, and Muhammad Adnan
Towards Inclusive Educational AI: Auditing Frontier LLMs for Cultural Biases through a Multiplexity Lens, Abdullah Mushtaq, Rafay Naeem, Imran Taj, Ibrahim Ghaznavi, and Junaid Qadir
"AI doesn't have a soul." Exploring Gen Z's Perceptions of Social Chatbots, Mohammad Amin Kuhail, Jihene Mrabet, Rafiq Hijazi, and Justin Thomas
An Empirical Analysis of Security and Privacy Issues Associated with Selling and Purchasing of Secondhand Storage Devices, Mahra Mohammed Alnaqbi, Shaikha Tareq Alblooshi, Elyazia Abdulla Alshamsi, Niyat Seghid, and Farkhund Iqbal
An Integrated Framework for Video-Based Deepfake Forensic Analysis, Bashaer Mohamed Alsalami and Richard Ikuesan
Blockchain-Based Enhanced Secure Data Storage Model: A Framework for the Internet of Vehicle Networks, Muhammad Umar Majigi, Richard A. Ikuesan, Ismaila Idris, and Shafi'i Muhammad Abdulhamid
Forensic Investigations in the Age of AI: Identifying and Analyzing Artifacts from AI-Assisted Crimes, Amina Alnaqbi, Meera Alblooshi, Hessa Ali Nasser, Niyat Habtom, and Farkhund Iqbal
Memory Sharing On Social Media In The Arabic Context, Christin Camia and Qi Wang
Securitising Health In The Occupied Palestinian Territories: The Covid-19 Pandemic Response And Future Implications, Suzanne Morrison, Yara Asi, and Mohammed Alkhaldi
Adapting teaching and learning with existing generative AI by higher education Students: Comparative study of Zayed University and King Abdulaziz University, Dina Tbaishat, Ghada Amoudi, and Maha Elfadel
Advancing fake news detection with graph neural network and deep learning, Haji Gul, Feras Al-Obeidat, Muhammad Wasim, Adnan Amin, and Fernando Moreira
A novel fractional order model for analyzing counterterrorism operations and mitigating extremism, Mutaz Mohammad, Isa Abdullahi Baba, Evren Hincal, and Fathalla A. Rihan
A stacking ensemble model for food demand forecasting: A preventative approach to food waste reduction, Asmaa Seyam, Sujith Samuel Mathew, Bo Du, May El Barachi, and Jun Shen
Asymmetric relationship between diversification and liquidity creation: Empirical evidence from GCC, Shoaib Ali, Ghulame Rubbaniy, Costas Syriopoulos, and Kienpin Tee
Enhancing data classification using locally informed weighted k-nearest neighbor algorithm, Hassan I. Abdalla and Ali A. Amer
Enhancing energy consumption forecasting for electric vehicle charging stations with Time Series Dense Encoder (TiDE), Amril Nazir, Abdul Khalique Shaikh, Aftab Ahmed Khan, Abdul Salam Shah, and Nadia Khalique
Evaluating gene expression patterns for NF-κB1, TNF, and VEGF A& VEGF B in a mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection, Wael Hafez, Asrar Rashid, Feras Al-Obeidat, Nouran Hamza, Muneir Gador, Antesh Yadav, Mahmoud Abdelshakour, Sondos A.H. Thuminat, Tesfalidet Emoshe, Samuel Tesfaye Tefera, Seema Iqbal, Mohammad Alkammar, Alaaldeen Mohamed, Farah El-Sadaany, Daniel Simancas-Racines, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Evaluation of Legitimacy of IoT Devices Based on an Energy-Efficient Trust Management Scheme in Information-Centric Networking, Sachin Sharma, Mohammad Yahya, Anupriya Jain, Ahmed I Alutaibi, Abdullah Baihan, Papiya Dutta, and Ahed Abugabah
Leveraging industry 4.0 and circular open innovation for digital sustainability: The role of circular ambidexterity, Noor Ul Hadi, Balqees Almessabi, and Muhammad Imran Khan
Modeling retailer adoption of VR shopping using Monte Carlo simulation: A conceptual approach, Mousa Al-Kfairy
Reading achievements among students in the United Arab Emirates: A multilevel analysis of PIRLS 2021, Hanada Taha Thomure, Cherry Zin Oo, and Myint Swe Khine
Revolutionizing electrochemical sensing: Ultra-sensitive non-enzymatic detection of 4-aminophenol with a novel cu-PANI nanocomposite, Muhammad Tayyab, Abdur Rahim, Muhammad Tariq, Zia Ul Haq Khan, Sana Sabahat, Jibran Iqbal, Dalia Fouad, Abdul Qadeer, Farid S. Ataya, and Lubna Sherin
Scientific basis of dietary inflammatory index (DII): A dietary tool to metabolic syndrome risk, Falak Zeb, Tareq Osaili, Huma Naqeeb, Moez Allslam Ezzat Faris, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Reyad Shakir Obaid, Farah Naja, Hadia Radwan, Hayder Hasan, Mona Hashim, Dimitrios Papandreou, Ioannis Savvaidis, Sharifa AlBlooshi, and Iftikhar Alam
Too much stress? The moderating effect of role-stress on the nexus of internal auditor competence and internal audit effectiveness, Unggul Purwohedi, Adam Zakaria, Maqsood Memon, and Muhammad Kaleem Zahir-Ul-Hassan
Triclosan promotes neurotoxicity in diabetic conditions: an in vivo molecular assessment using zebrafish model, Sankar Dakshitha, Rym Ghimouz, Raghul Murugan, Vanitha Marunganathan, Raghunandhakumar Subramanian, Anitha Roy, Ajay Guru, and Jesu Arockiaraj
Ultrasound-Assisted Dispersion of Metal Nanoparticles on Clay for Reduction of Organic Pollutants and Antimicrobial Activities, Mohammed Hachemaoui, Bouhadjar Boukoussa, Adel Mokhtar, Fadila Benali, Carmen B Molina, Kheira Chinoune, Fatima Zohra Zeggai, Adel Kessouri, Shashikant P Patol, Jibran Iqbal, Issam Ismail, and Mohamed Abboud
Unlocking the Future of Farming: A Review of Metaverse Integration in Agriculture, Hanan Almessabi and Mousa Al-Kfairy
Freedom of Expression and Criminal Liability for Journalists Under Jordanian Legislation, Nayel Musa Alomran, Ashraf Al-Rai, and Noor Issa Alhendi
Characterizing Genetic, Epigenetic, Nutritional, And Clinico-Biochemical Profile Of Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Case-Control Study, Woroud M. Majd Chaker, Raghda Mohammed Adi, Mohamed Madkour, Nada Farhat, Dana N. Abdelrahim, Maha Saber-Ayad, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, Ghada Mohammed, Noha Ahmed Mousa, Ameenah Saadi, Arathy Lakshmi, Mai Kazim, Nagla Elhadi Abdalla, Nariman Awad, Fatme Al Anouti, and MoezALIslam E. Faris
Photojournalism in the Age of Deepfakes: The Role of Media Literacy and Ethical Standards in Restoring Trust in Visual Reporting, Ionnnis Kontos, Katerina Chryssanthopoulou, and Ioannis Galanopoulos-Papavasileiou
Closing the Loop on Speech to Music Translation: Automatically Generating Synthetic Percussive Sequences on the Mridangam from Konnakol, Gopika Krishnan, Julia Drabek, Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli, and Carlos Guedes
Investigating Temporal Convolutional Networks for Automated Stroke Transcription in the Mridangam, Gopika Krishnan, Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli, and Carlos Guedes
Discovery of drug transporter inhibitors tied to long noncoding RNA in resistant cancer cells; a computational model -in silico- study, Mohanad Diab, Amel Hamdi, Feras Al-Obeidat, Wael Hafez, Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Muneir Gador, Gowhar Rashid, Sana F. Elkhazin, Mahmad Anwar Ibrahim, Tarek Farag Ismail, and Samar Sami Alkafaas
Leveraging evolutionary algorithms with a dynamic weighted search space approach for fraud detection in healthcare insurance claims, Mohammad Tubishat, Dina Tbaishat, Ala’ M. Al-Zoubi, Abed Elalim Hraiz, and Maria Habib
The AI-powered future of digital transformation: enhancing organizations and leadership development, Martin Sposato and Eduardo Carlos Dittmar
Early Stage Detection of Colorectal Cancer using Segmentation of Polyps, Syed Muhammad Usman, Yaqoob Ali, and Imran Taj
Impact of Social Engineering on Social Media Users, Amir Abdulhameed Alameeri and Mohamed Basel Almourad
Systematic Literature Review of Adopting AI Robots in the UAE Judicial System, Nawal Albanna, Sondos Alshamsi, and Mohamed Basel Almourad
Multi-Criteria Optimization of Scientific Workflow Schedules for Improved Energy Efficiency in Cloud Infrastructures, Nadia Dahmani, Hatem Aziza, Hajer Ben Romdhane, and Saoussen Krichen
Data privacy and security standards in AI-powered scientific research, Hewa Majeed Zangana, Marwan Omar, and Jamal N. Al-Karaki
Introducing AI to qualitative research: Theoretical and practical implications, Martin Sposato
Machine learning - driven solar forecasting in dust-prone regions for sustainable energy systems, Kadhim Hayawi, Husna Maliakkal, Neethu Venugopal, Thanveer Musthafa Hussain, and Gomathi Bhavani Rajagopalan
Examining the association between genetic polymorphisms and osteoporosis among post-menopausal women: a systematic review, Zainab Alhalwachi, Mira Mousa, Salsabeel Juneidi, Gabriela Restrepo-Rodas, Spyridon Karras, Habiba Alsafar, and Fatme Al Anouti
Integrating digital and narrative medicine in modern healthcare: a systematic review, Efthymia Efthymiou
Mapping the key players in Kawasaki disease; role of inflammatory genes and protein-protein interactions, Wael Hafez, Feras Al-Obeidat, Asrar Rashid, Afsheen Raza, Nouran Hamza, Nesma Ahmed, Marwa M. Abdeljawad, Raziya Kadwa, Abdelhameed Elmesery, Muneir Gador, Dina Khair, Gihan Zina, fatema Abdulaal, Mina Wassef Girgiss, Maha Abdelhadi, Ahmed Abdelrahman, Mahmad Anwar Ibrahim, and Mohamed El Sherbiny
Nation brand distance and trade flows: A structural gravity model approach, Huda AlBesher, Abdelmounaim Lahrech, Katariina Juusola, and Kevin Sylwester
Fmri Study Of Brain Activation Associated With Earnings Management Techniques In Proximity To Debt Covenant Violations, Hassan R. Hassabelnaby, Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud, Amal Said, Andrew S. Cotton, Ashley Y. Wang, and Haitham Elsamaloty
A comprehensive review of carbon sequestration and its assessment techniques using remote sensing and geospatial methods, Imen Ben Salem
Bridging the Education-Employment Gap: Barriers to Employment and Well-Being Among Unemployed Individuals in Abu Dhabi, Masood Badri, Mugheer Alkhaili, Hamad Aldhaheri, Guang Yang, Muna Albahar, Asma Alrashdi, Saad Yaaqeib, and Alanoud Alsawai
Circularity Within Service-Dominant Logic: The Role of Perceived Ethics on Co-Creation in Sharing Economy Platforms, Saifeddin Alimamy and Waqar Nadeem
Inclusivity of virtual tourism destinations: An immersive netnographic study of Indonesian wheelchair users in virtual nature-based destinations, Rosliyana Perangin-Angin, Rokhshad Tavakoli, Camelia Kusumo, and Paolo Mura