Submissions from 2016
Editor's Introduction, David M. Palfreyman
Endogenous, very small embryonic-like stem cells: Critical review, therapeutic potential and a look ahead, Deepa Bhartiya, Ambreen Shaikh, Sandhya Anand, Hiren Patel, Sona Kapoor, Kalpana Sriraman, Seema Parte, and Sreepoorna Unni
English Language Learners' Cognitive Load and Conceptual Understanding of Probability Distributions after Using an Animated Simulation Program, Jase Moussa-Inaty and Mark Causapin
Evaluation of metals that are potentially toxic to agricultural surface soils, using statistical analysis, in northwestern Saudi Arabia, Yousef Nazzal, Faisal K. Zaidi, Bassam A. Abuamarah, Izrar Ahmed, Fares M. Howari, Muhammad Naeem, Nassir S.N. Al-Arifi, Muhammad Kamran Jafri, and Khaled M. Al-Kahtany
Forecasting Internal Temperature in a Home with a Sensor Network, Bruce Spencer and Omar Alfandi
Forensic investigation of cyberstalking cases using Behavioural Evidence Analysis, Noora Al Mutawa, Joanne Bryce, Virginia N.L. Franqueira, and Andrew Marrington
From montreal and venice with love: Migrant letters and romantic intimacy in Italian migration to postwar Canada, Sonia Cancian
From philanthropy to broader social engagement: Muslim consumers’ response to corporate social marketing strategies in Dubai, Catherine Nickerson and Valerie Priscilla Goby
From Their Perspective: Parental Involvement In The UAE, Jase Moussa-Inaty and Esperanza De la Vega
Germination response of Salsola schweinfurthii (Chenopodiaceae) to salinity and winged perianth removal, A. Bhatt, F. Pérez-García, M. Mercedes Carón, and D. Gallacher
Governance and Reporting in a Complex Global Environment, Claire Richards, Mary Ann Reynolds, and Jesse Dillard
Help-Seeking Attitudes of United Arab Emirates Students, Patrick J. Heath, David L. Vogel, and Fatima R. Al-Darmaki
Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema edited by Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman, Alia Yunis
IELTS and academic success in higher education: A UAE perspective, Kevin Schoepp and Dawn Garinger
Impact of piracy on Somalia: Society, economy, and state building, Afyare A. Elmi, Said Mohamed, and Ladan Affi
Impact of Vitamin D on cardiovascular disease-mini review, Dimitrios Papandreou
Influence of aerial seed banks on germination response in three desert plant species, Arvind Bhatt, Prakash Chandra Phondani, Shyam S. Phartyal, Andrea Santo, and David Gallacher
Information quality of enterprise systems in healthcare: An empirical study, Ahed Abugabah
Innovation and Insider Trading, Ibrahim Bostan
Instructional videos as part of a 'flipped' approach in academic writing, Marion Engin and Senem Donanci
Integrating Content and English-Language Learning in a Middle Eastern Information Technology College: Investigating Faculty Perceptions, Practices and Capabilities, Norman Williams, John Beachboard, and Robert Bohning
Integrating Ethics Training into an Undergraduate Research Program: Applying the Triplex Model, Shurooq al Hashimi, Mercedes Sheen, Jessica Essary, and Majeda Humeidan
Interference aware real-time flows scheduling in cluster based wireless sensor networks, Gohar Ali, Kyong Hoon Kim, Ki Il Kim, and Monther Aldwairi
International financial reporting standards compliance and information asymmetries: The role of enforcement authority and audit quality, Abiot Tessema and Jagadish Dandu
Internet of Things: IoT Infrastructures: Second international summit, IoT 360°, Benny Mandler, Johann M. Marquez-Barja, Miguel Elias M. Campista, Dagmar Caganova, Hakima Chaouchi, Sherali Zeadally, Mohamad Badra, Stefano Giordano, Maria Fazio, Andrey Somov, and Radu-Laurentiu Vieriu
"Islamic State" and the Transformation of Islamic Discourse in the Middle East, Hamdy A. Hassan
Learning Management Systems: A Shift Toward Learning and Academic Analytics, Adam Marks, Maytha AL-Ali, and Kees Rietsema
Lightweight context-aware activity recognition, Byung Gill Go, Asad Masood Khattak, Babar Shah, and Adil Mehmood Khan
Local consequences of global recognition: The “value” of world heritage status for Zanzibar Stone Town, Akbar Keshodkar
Local Sustainable Development: Local Agenda 21 for Egypt and the Arab Countries, Suzanna El Massah
Macromorphology and recruitment of Prosopis cineraria in the United Arab Emirates, David J. Gallacher and All El-Keblawy
Managing and Leading a Diverse Workforce: One of the Main Challenges in Management, Aya Shaban
Measuring attainment of foundation skills in general education at a public university in the United Arab Emirates, Anthony Rhodes, Maurice M. Danaher, Ashley Ater Kranov, and Lisa Isaacson
Metadiscursive strategies in dialogue: Legitimising confrontational rhetoric, Cornelia Ilie
Microbial quality of treated wastewater used for irrigation of public parks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Munawwar Khan and Rania Dghaim
Mining the Web and Literature to Discover New Knowledge about Diabetes, Farhi Marir, Huwida Said, and Feras Al-Obeidat
Monetizing Personal Data: A Two-Sided Market Approach, Ahmed Saleh Bataineh, Rabeb Mizouni, May El Barachi, and Jamal Bentahar
Nationalism and the 'politics of national identity', Habibul Haque Khondker
Predicting students' performance using mutli-criteria classification: A case study, Feras Al-Obeidat and Abdallah Tubasihat
Regional effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on shortening and calcium transport in epicardial and endocardial myocytes from rat left ventricle, Manal M.A. Smaill, Muhammad A. Qureshi, Anatoliy Shmygol, Murat Oz, Jaipaul Singh, Vadym Sydorenko, Alya Arabi, Frank C. Howarth, and Lina Al Kury
Relationship between Knowledge Management and Academic Integrity in a Middle Eastern University, Judith Mavodza
Review of three books on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, James Toth
Revisiting Software Engineering in the Social Era, Vanilson Burégio, Ejub Kajan, Mohamed Sellami, Noura Faci, Zakaria Maamar, and Djamal Benslimane
Sedentary behavior-based user life-log monitoring for wellness services, Hafiz Syed Muhammad Bilal, Asad Masood Khattak, and Sungyoung Lee
Social media and the Arab spring in Bahrain: From mobilization to confrontation, Magdalena Karolak
Social networks and information retrieval, how are they converging? A survey, a taxonomy and an analysis of social information retrieval approaches and platforms, Mohamed Reda Bouadjenek, Hakim Hacid, and Mokrane Bouzeghoub
Social web services management, Zakaria Maamar, Noura Faci, Ejub Kajan, and Emir Ugljanin
Teaching gender in other classrooms: A view from the outside, Jyoti Grewal
Temperature Forecasts with Stable Accuracy in a Smart Home, Bruce Spencer and Feras Al-Obeidat
The distribution of blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval lengths and its implications for estimating post mortem intervals, Colin Moffatt, Viv Heaton, and Dorine De Haan
The effects of Culture on Emirati Tourist motivation and destination choice, Noela Michael, Charlotte Wien, and Depaa Kumar
The ethicality of immersive sponsorship within a children’s edutainment centre, Damien Arthur
The influence of media implemented into the event-tourist career model: Triyas Triathlon, Abu Dhabi, Nataša Slak Valek and Al Anood Al Buainain
The Long Shadow Of S-21: Letter From Phnom Penh, Christopher Thornton
The Next Generation of Technology: Mobile Apps in the English Language Classroom, Jenny Eppard, Omaima Nasser, and Preeya Reddy
The Political Consequences of Ethnic Tension: Theory and Evidence, Kemal KKvann Akkz, K. Peren Arin, and Christina Zenker
The role of proficiency, speaking habits and error-tolerance in the self-repair behaviour of Emirati EFL learners, Effrosyni S. Georgiadou
The Western Understanding to the Meaning of the Prophethood, Bashir AbulQaraya
Towards a Typology of Business Models for NFC-Based Mobile Payment Services, Faouzi Kamoun
Towards Conflict-Free Virtual Enterprises, Ejub Kajan, Nanjangud C. Narendra, and Zakaria Maamar
Towards on Demand Road Condition Monitoring Using Mobile Phone Sensing as a Service, Wael Alrahal AlOrabi, Sawsan Abdul Rahman, May El Barachi, and Azzam Mourad
Uses and Gratifications of Social Media in the Production of Political Information during the 2015 Egyptian Parliamentary Election, Hamza Saad Mohamed
Using Theory-Based Research in Supporting Creative Learning Environment for Young Children, Amanda J. Muhammad, Gloysis Mayers, and Deborah G. Wooldridge
Wireless sensor network virtualization: A survey, Imran Khan, Fatna Belqasmi, Roch Glitho, Noel Crespi, Monique Morrow, and Paul Polakos
Woman's Place In The Field Of Public Relations In Turkey: Perspectives Of Academics, Practitioners, And Representatives Of Professional Organizations On It, Burcu Oksuz and Serra Gorpe
Yakuglas’ legacy: The art and times of Charlie James, Ronald W. Hawker
Submissions from 2015
Postmodern Exhibition Discourse: Anthropological Study of an Art Display Case., Marta Wieczorek
Towards HSS as a virtualized service for 5G networks, Hanieh Alipour, Fatna Belqasmi, Mohammad Abu-Lebdeh, and Roch Glitho
Security Awarness Program for Customers Using Online Banking, Khulood Al Zaabi and Abdallah Tubaishat
An RFID solution for the monitoring of storage time and localization of perishable food in a distribution center, Faouzi Kamoun, Omar Alfandi, and Sami Miniaoui
Association of neck circumference with obesity in female college students, Dimitrios Papandreou, Zujaja Tul Noor, Maitha Rashed, and Hadeel Al Jaberi
Adaptation to local thermal regimes by crustose coralline algae does not affect rates of recruitment in coral larvae, Nachshon Siboni, David Abrego, Christian Evenhuis, Murray Logan, and Cherie A. Motti
An open virtual multi-services networking architecture for the future internet, May El Barachi, Nadjia Kara, Sleiman Rabah, and Mathieu Forgues
Frequency of rs731236 (Taql), rs2228570 (Fok1) of Vitamin-D Receptor (VDR) gene in Emirati healthy population, Enas Osman, Fatme Al Anouti, Gehad El ghazali, Afrozul Haq, Rajaa Mirgani, and Habiba Al Safar
Ghost words: Nightwood's cryptic imperatives, Lheisa Dustin
Grief experiences among female American and Arab undergraduate college students, Mary Alice Varga, Tricia M. McClam, and Sofoh Hassane
Incorporating iPad technology: Creating more effective language classrooms, Khawlah Ahmed and Omaima Nasser
Investigating the need for transparent disclosures of political campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures by U.S. private prison corporations, Winifred D. Scott
A green energy-aware hybrid virtual network embedding approach, Nizar Triki, Nadjia Kara, May El Barachi, and Souad Hadjres
Coastal vulnerability to typhoon inundation in the Bay of Bangkok, Thailand? Evidence from carbonate boulder deposits on Ko Larn island, James P. Terry, Kruawun Jankaew, and Kieran Dunne
'Controlling' Web 2.0 Applications in the Workplace, Zakaria Maamar, Vanilson Buregio, Noura Faci, Djamal Benslimane, and Quan Z. Sheng
Characterization of L-type calcium channel activity in atrioventricular nodal myocytes from rats with streptozotocin-induced Diabetes mellitus, Kathryn H. Yuill, Lina T. Al Kury, and Frank Christopher Howarth
Stock markets and industrial production in north and south of Euro-zone: Asymmetric effects via threshold cointegration approach, Athanasios Tsagkanos and Costas Siriopoulos
Representative Bureaucracy and Youth Violence in Juvenile Detention Facilities, Ginger Silvera
Seeing inscriptions on the Shroud of Turin: The role of psychological influences in the perception of writing, Timothy R. Jordan, Mercedes Sheen, Lily Abedipour, and Kevin B. Paterson
Effects of word length on eye movement control: The evidence from Arabic, Kevin B. Paterson, Abubaker A.A. Almabruk, Victoria A. McGowan, Sarah J. White, and Timothy R. Jordan
Creativity and Dissidence in Jordanian Women’s Literature, Omnia Amin
Perspectives on cervical cancer screening among educated Muslim women in Dubai (the UAE): A qualitative study, Sarah Khan and Gillian Woolhead
Behavioural evidence analysis applied to digital forensics: An empirical analysis of child pornography cases using P2P networks, Noora Al Mutawa, Joanne Bryce, Virginia N.L. Franqueira, and Andrew Marrington
Corporate Governance in the GCC: An Analysis of Selected Listed Companies in the UAE, Sherine Farouk Abdel Al and Sanjoy Bose
Teaching ethics: a case study-based, interdisciplinary framework, Lydia Barza and Marc Cohen
Techniques, Taxonomy, and Challenges of Privacy Protection in the Smart Grid, Suleyman Uludag, Sherali Zeadally, and Mohamad Badra
Sandboxing: Aid in digital forensic research, Asif Iqbal, Hanan Alobaidli, Mario Guimaraes, and Oliver Popov
Impact of Sybil attacks on Web services trust assessment, Zohra Saoud, Noura Faci, Zakaria Maamar, and Djamal Benslimane
Online Service Quality and Brand Equity: The Mediational Roles of Perceived Value and Customer Satisfaction, Amjad A. Abu ELSamen
Financialization and Outsourcing in a Different Guise: The Ethical Chaos of Workforce Localization in the United Arab Emirates, Valerie Priscilla Goby