Submissions from 2018
Short-term CO2 exposure and temperature rise effects on metazoan meiofauna and free-living nematodes in sandy and muddy sediments: Results from a flume experiment, Jeroen Ingels, Giovanni dos Santos, Natalie Hicks, Yirina Valdes Vazquez, Patricia Fernandes Neres, Leticia Pereira Pontes, Mayara Nataly Amorim, Sara Romain, Yongfen Du, Henrik Stahl, Paul J. Somerfield, and Stephen Widdicombe
The role of diet and lifestyle in women with breast cancer: An update review of related research in the Middle East, Zainab Taha and Sakina E. Eltom
Intradialytic Aerobic Exercise in the United Arab Emirates: a Descriptive Study, Nada Salhab, Mirey Karavetian, Jeroen Kooman, and Enrico Fiaccadori
Foreign language learning policy in the United Arab Emirates: Local and global agents of change, Mira Al Hussein and Christina Gitsaki
MemSens: Memristor-Based Radiation Sensor, Heba Abunahla, Baker Mohammad, Lama Mahmoud, Muna Darweesh, Mohammad Alhawari, Maguy Abi Jaoude, and George Wesley Hitt
Almost Hermitian Manifold with Quarter Symmetric Non-Metric Connection, Manisha Kankarej
Conclusions: Where next for wearables?, Don Kerr and John Gammack
Lifestyle modification in long-term management of Chronic diseases, Haleama Al Sabbah
Model course syllabus: Management of security issues in wearable technology, Michelle C. Antero
‘This is my life style, Arabic and English’: students’ attitudes to (trans)languaging in a bilingual university context, David M. Palfreyman and Afaf Al-Bataineh
Types and dynamics of gendered space: a case of Emirati female learners in a single-gender context, Gergana Alzeer
Acculturation, out-group positivity and eating disorders symptoms among Emirati women, Justin Thomas, Lily O’Hara, Susanne Quadflieg, and Sophia Christin Weissgerber
A qualitative study of airborne minerals and associated organic compounds in southeast of Cairo, Egypt, Kamal T. Hindy, Ashraf R. Baghdady, Fares M. Howari, and Ahmed S. Abdelmaksoud
Boardroom Diversity and Innovation in the UAE Banks, Perihan Iren and Kienpin Tee
Cell shortening and calcium dynamics in epicardial and endocardial myocytes from the left ventricle of Goto-Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rats, Manal Smail, Lina Al Kury, Muhammad Anwar Qureshi, Anatoliy Shmygol, Murat Oz, Jaipaul Singh, and Frank Christopher Howarth
Defining Atheism and the Burden of Proof, Shoaib Ahmed Malik
Knowledge-based reasoning and recommendation framework for intelligent decision making, Rahman Ali, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Sadiq, Maqbool Hussain, Taqdir Ali, Sungyoung Lee, and Asad Masood Khattak
Making warnings about misleading advertising and product recalls more effective: An implicit attitude perspective, Olivier Trendel, Marc Mazodier, and Kathleen D. Vohs
P75Shortening and calcium transport in epicardial and endocardial ventricular myocytes from the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat, F C Howarth, L Al Kury, V Sydorenko, MMA Smail, M A Qureshi, A Shmygol, M Oz, and J Singh
The association of physical activity to blood cholesterol levels and blood pressure, Christiana Philippou, Dimitrios Papandreou, Photos Hadjigeorgiou, Evelina Charidemou, Evridiki Georgaki, Costas Andreou, Christoforos Christoforou, Rebecca Kokkinofta, Christos Dioghenous, Antonios Zampelas, and Eleni Andreou
The Cytokinin-Activating LOG-Family Proteins Are Not Lysine Decarboxylases, Muhammad Naseem, Elena Bencurova, and Thomas Dandekar
Book Review: Bayat, Asef. Revolution without Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring, Habibul Haque Khondker
Developing Adaptive Islamic Law Business Processes Models for Islamic Finance and Banking by Text Mining the Holy Qur'an and Hadith, Munir Majdalawieh, Farhi Marir, and Issam Tiemsani
Drone Forensics: Challenges and New Insights, Hana Bouafif, Faouzi Kamoun, Farkhund Iqbal, and Andrew Marrington
Identifying vulnerabilities in APT Attacks: A simulated approach, Mathew Nicho, Adelaiye Oluwasegun, and Faouzi Kamoun
Malware Classification with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks, Mahmoud Kalash, Mrigank Rochan, Noman Mohammed, Neil D.B. Bruce, Yang Wang, and Farkhund Iqbal
Penetration and security of openssh remote secure shell service on raspberry Pi 2, Hesham H. Alsaadi, Monther Aldwairi, May Al Taei, Mansoor Albuainain, and Maktoom Alkubaisi
Remote Data Acquisition Using Raspberry Pi3, Saeed Ibrahim, Nawwaf Al Harmi, Ebrahim Al Naqbi, Farkhund Iqbal, Djedjiga Mouheb, and Omar Alfandi
Flying with Nicole Kidman or Jennifer Aniston? Brand funnel stages’ influence on brand personality, Filareti Kotsi and Natasa Slak Valek
Appraising offsets as a tool for integrated environmental planning and management, Sumit Lodhia, Nigel Martin, and John Rice
The Salvation of Emirati Memory in Nujoom Alghanem's Hamama, Chrysavgi Papagianni
Matching experimental and three dimensional numerical models for structural vibration problems with uncertainties, P. Langer, K. Sepahvand, C. Guist, J. Bär, A. Peplow, and S. Marburg
The relationship between shame and guilt: cultural comparisons between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates, Ian Grey, Rebecca Daly, Justin Thomas, and Walaa Marassas
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
A process model for implementing information systems security governance, Mathew Nicho
Research: The Upsides of Disclosing Your Religion, Sexual Orientation, or Parental Status at Work, Afra Ahmad, Isaac Sabat, and Eden King
1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol (calcitriol) modifies uptake and release of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol in skeletal muscle cells in culture, M. Abboud, M. S. Rybchyn, Y. J. Ning, T. C. Brennan-Speranza, C. M. Girgis, J. E. Gunton, D. R. Fraser, and R. S. Mason
Anomaly-based intrusion detection system through feature selection analysis and building hybrid efficient model, Shadi Aljawarneh, Monther Aldwairi, and Muneer Bani Yassein
Class, identity, and insecurity: Bangladeshi temporary migrants in the United Arab Emirates, Habibul Haque Khondker
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
Curcumin potentiates the function of human α 7 -nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in SH-EP1 cells, Eslam El Nebrisi, Lina T. Al Kury, Keun Hang Susan Yang, Petrilla Jayaprakash, Frank C. Howarth, Nadine Kabbani, and Murat Oz
Empirical analysis of market reactions to the UK's referendum results – How strong will Brexit be?, Aristeidis Samitas and Elias Kampouris
Fuzzy searching and routing in unstructured mobile peer-to-peer networks, Babar Shah, Farkhund Iqbal, Omar Alfandi, Yoonsoo Kim, Seok Yoon Kang, and Ki Il Kim
Groundwater pollution risk mapping using modified DRASTIC model in parts of hail region of Saudi Arabia, Izrar Ahmed, Yousef Nazzal, and Faisal Zaidi
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
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
Patient education for hyperphosphatemia management: Improving outcomes while decreasing costs?, Mirey Karavetian and Rana Rizk
Place branding: Aligning multiple stakeholder perception of visual and auditory communication elements, Filareti Kotsi, Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan, Ian Michael, and Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy
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
Real-time? Reframing temporal consciousness in time-based and interactive media, Andrew Buchanan
Sociodemographic predictors of tobacco smoking among expatriate and national adolescents in the United Arab Emirates, Ayesha Siddiqua, Rania Dghaim, and Caroline Barakat-Haddad
The Adoption of Renewable Energy Policies in a Rentier State: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates, Hessa Murooshid
When and why does belief in a controlling God strengthen goal commitment?, Mark J. Landau, Jamel Khenfer, Lucas A. Keefer, Trevor J. Swanson, and Aaron C. Kay
Why a world state is unnecessary: The continuing debate on world government, W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
Improved label noise identification by exploiting unlabeled data, Hongqiang Wei, Donghai Guan, Qi Zhu, Weiwei Yuan, Asad Masood Khattak, and Francis Chow
Strategies for Promoting Social Justice in the Math Classroom, Ram Krishna Panthi, Bal Chandra Luitel, and Shashidhar Belbase
Teachers' Perception of Social Justice in Mathematics Classrooms, Ram Krishna Panthi, Bal Chandra Luitel, and Shashidhar Belbase
A Perspective of Democratic Teaching through the Lens of Research on the Application of Daoism, David McLachlan Jeffrey
An Analytical Study Towards the UAE Universities Smart Education Innovated Approaches, Shaikha Saleh Mohamed, Nedaa Baker Al Barghuthi, and Huwida Said
Medical images protection and authentication using hybrid DWT-DCT and SHA256-MD5 hash functions, Alavi Kunhu, Hussain Al-Ahmad, and Fatma Taher
A novel framework for software defined wireless sensor networks, Khandakar Ahmed, Nazmus S. Nafi, Waleed Ejaz, Mark A. Gregory, and Asad M. Khattak
Macbeth Arabia: moral threat and cleansing-related construct accessibility in Arab women, Justin Thomas, Ian Grey, and Salama Al-Romaithi
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 overview of real-time quantitative PCR: Principles and formats for environmental microbiology studies, M. A. Khan, A. G. Ganesh, and Naushad Rais
Applications of real-time quantitative PCR for environmental microbiology studies, M. A. Khan, A. G. Ganesh, and Naushad Rais
Boulder emplacement and remobilisation by cyclone and submarine landslide tsunami waves near Suva City, Fiji, A. Y.Annie Lau, James P. Terry, Alan Ziegler, Arti Pratap, and Daniel Harris
Gibbs phenomenon in tight framelet expansions, Mutaz Mohammad and En Bing Lin
Holy anorexia: Eating disorders symptomatology and religiosity among Muslim women in the United Arab Emirates, Justin Thomas, Lily O'Hara, Sabrina Tahboub-Schulte, Ian Grey, and Nayeefa Chowdhury
In situ immobilization of CuO on SiO2/graphite matrix, modified with benzimidazolium-1-acatate ionic liquid: Application as catechol sensor, Bilal Khalid, Abdur Rahim, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Nawshad Muhammad, Abdur Rehman Younus, Sobia Tabassum, Jibran Iqbal, and Abdulrahman I. Alharthi
Magnitudes of nearshore waves generated by tropical cyclone Winston, the strongest landfalling cyclone in South Pacific records. Unprecedented or unremarkable?, James P. Terry and A. Y.Annie Lau
Performance Management of a Government Organization: Abu Dhabi's Experience, Arshad Ashfaque Malik, Muhammd Kaleem Zahir-ul-Hassan, and Abdelrahman Zaid Alhadhrami
The resource curse revisited: A Bayesian model averaging approach, K. Peren Arin and Elias Braunfels
Why do self-initiated expatriates quit their jobs: The role of job embeddedness and shocks in explaining turnover intentions, Taiba Hussain and Stephen Deery
Re-engineering of Smart City's Business Processes Based on Social Networks and Internet of Things, Emir Ugljanin, Dragan Stojanović, Ejub Kajan, and Zakaria Maamar
Developing Information Literacy in Interdisciplinary Classrooms: Engaging with Diverse Literacies, Kristen M. Schuster and Kristine N. Stewart
Benefits of Language Assessment, Christina Gitsaki and Matthew A. Robby
Building Student Background for Specific Academic Vocabulary, Muhammad Asif Qureshi
Ethics in Testing and Assessment, Christina Gitsaki and Matthew A. Robby
Objectively Scored Test Items, Christine Coombe, Beth Wiens, and Linda Marshall
Outcome‐Based Education (OBE), Sadiq Midraj
Reliability, Matthew A. Robby and Christina Gitsaki
Student‐Generated Assessment, David M. Palfreyman
Teaching High‐Frequency Vocabulary, Muhammad Asif Qureshi
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
A Cloud-Based Architecture for Multimedia Conferencing Service Provisioning, Abbas Soltanian, Fatna Belqasmi, Sami Yangui, Mohammad A. Salahuddin, Roch Glitho, and Halima Elbiaze
Achieving Sustainable Industrialisation in Egypt: Assessment of the Potential for EIPs, Suzanna Sobhy ElMassah
Temporary labour migration to United Arab Emirates: a complex story, Zan Strabac, Marko Valenta, and Mouawiya Al Awad
Usability analysis on Dubai e-government portal using eye tracking methodology, Emad Bataineh, Basel Al Mourad, and Fazouzi Kammoun
A case-based meta-learning and reasoning framework for classifiers selection, Rahman Ali, Aasad Masood Khatak, Francis Chow, and Sungyoung Lee
Configurable data acquisition for cloud-centric IoT, Muhammad Bilal Amin, Muhammad Sadiq, Wajahat Ali Khan, Asad Masood Khattak, Usman Akhtar, and Sungyoung Lee
Initiating and tracking social actions to adapt and improve smart city's business processes, Emir Ugljanin, Dragan H. Stojanović, Ejub Kajan, and Zakaria Maamar
The UAE healthy future study: a pilot for a prospective cohort study of 20,000 United Arab Emirates nationals, Abdishakur Abdulle, Abdullah Alnaeemi, Abdullah Aljunaibi, Abdulrahman Al Ali, Khaled Al Saedi, Eiman Al Zaabi, Naima Oumeziane, Marina Al Bastaki, Mohammed Al-Houqani, Fatma Al Maskari, Ayesha Al Dhaheri, Syed M. Shah, Tom Loney, Mohamed El-Sadig, Abderrahim Oulhaj, Leila Abdel Wareth, Wael Al Mahmeed, Habiba Alsafar, Benjamin Hirsch, Fatme Al Anouti, Jamila Yaaqoub, Claire K. Inman, Aisha Al Hamiz, Ayesha Al Hosani, Muna Haji, Teeb Alsharid, Thekra Al Zaabi, Fatima Al Maisary, Divya Galani, and Tim Sprosen
Software agents meet internet of things, Zakaria Maamar, Noura Faci, Slim Kallel, Mohamed Sellami, and Emir Ugljanin
Antecedents to Consumer Peer Communication through Social Advertising: A Self-Disclosure Theory Perspective, Yusfi Ardiansyah, Paul Harrigan, Geoffrey N. Soutar, and Timothy M. Daly
Blended Learning for Learner Empowerment: Voices from the Middle East, Rana M. Tamim
Finding innovation and imagination in a bag of loose parts, Anna Dillon
Forensic psychology and Islamic jurisprudence, Ian Grey, Amraim AlMazrouei, Justin Thomas, and Patrick Randall
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
A case study of developing leadership and creativity skills in Higher education (He) students, Noela Michael, Mustafeed Zaman, and T. Serra Gorpe
Action research as professional development: Its role in education reform in the United Arab Emirates, Conley Hathorn and Anna Marie Dillon