Al Ain University

Digital Media Literacy in the Age of AI: Exploring the Comfort–Competence Gap Among University Students in the United Arab Emirates

Artificial intelligence increasingly mediates how citizens access information, making digital media literacy a condition for informed participation. This exploratory study conceptualizes a comfort–competence gap, whereby students report confidence and ease in using AI tools but a...

Dynamic and state-dependent rental-growth connectedness across Australian capital cities

Purpose This study aims to examine the degree, direction, time variation and state dependence of rental-growth connectedness among Australia’s eight capital cities. Design/methodology/approach Advertised asking rents for three-bedroom houses are observed four times monthly from A...

Transitional High-Al to Intermediate-Cr Podiform Chromitites from Wadi Zikt (Khor Fakkan Block, United Arab Emirates): Evidence for Reactive Melt Percolation during Nascent Forearc Evolution

Abstract Podiform chromitites at Wadi Zikt in the Khor Fakkan Block of the United Arab Emirates constitute a previously undescribed occurrence within the mantle section of the Semail ophiolite. We combine field relations, electron-probe microanalysis, in situ LA–ICP–MS mineral an...

Dose Optimization of Cefazolin for Pediatric Patients with Renal Impairment Using Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling (PBPK) in GastroPlus

Background/Objectives: Cefazolin is a first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic widely used for the treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial infections in both adult and pediatric populations. It is predominantly eliminated unchanged by the kidneys. Impaired renal function can redu...

Can Digital Finance Drive Green Growth and Sustainable Development? Evidence From 118 Countries Across Development Status and Crisis Contexts

ABSTRACT This study investigates whether and under what conditions digital finance advances green growth (GG) and broader sustainable development (SD) objectives in a financially volatile, climate‐constrained, and developmentally unequal world. Using annual data for 118 developed...

Current Evidence on Gene-Based and Epigenetic Therapeutic, Diagnostic, and Prognostic Strategies in Epithelial-Derived Carcinomas: A Scoping Review

Background: Epithelial-derived carcinomas exhibit genomic instability due to genetic mutation and epigenetic dysregulation. Mechanisms such as DNA methylation, histone modifications, and noncoding RNA regulation may lead to tumor progression, immune evasion, and treatment resista...

Technological dynamism and labor investment efficiency: exploring strategic resilience

This study contributes to the literature by exploring the impact of technological dynamism (TD) on labor investment efficiency, analyzing non-financial U.S. firms listed on the S&P 500 index from 1993 to 2023. Employing a novel TD measure based on industry-level R&D intensity, we...

Determinants of community pharmacists’ intention to provide pharmacist-driven vaccination services in selected Arabic-speaking countries: a theory of planned behaviour-based structural equation modelling study

Background Community pharmacists are increasingly recognised as accessible healthcare providers who can contribute to immunisation programmes and improve vaccine coverage. However, pharmacist-driven vaccination services remain underutilised in many Arabic-speaking countries, and...

Maternal RSV vaccination: clinical efficacy, safety, and global policy considerations: a systematic review

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is among the leading causes of lower respiratory tract illness in newborns worldwide. This study reviews evidence on the efficacy and safety of maternal RSV vaccination.Methods PROSPERO registered this PRISMA-compliant systematic revie...

Mixed-Precision Quantization for Language Models: Techniques and Prospects

The rapid scaling of Language Models (LMs) has resulted in unprecedented computational, memory, and energy requirements, making their training and deployment increasingly unsustainable. Quantization has emerged as a crucial compression technique for reducing model size, alleviati...

From Hunger to Hospitality: Food, Memory, and Collective Identity in Mohammed Dib’s La Grande Maison and Diana Abu-Jaber’s Crescent

Background This study explored food memory in Mohammed Dib’s La Grande Maison and Diana Abu-Jaber’s Crescent. Recent scholarship conceptualizes food as a symbolic and cultural medium that shapes memory, identity, exile, trauma, and belonging rather than merely satisfying physical...

Humanity, Nature, and Survival in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake: An Ecocritical Comparative Study

Addressing the growing global urgency of environmental crises in contemporary Anglophone literature, this study examines the relationship between humanity, nature, and survival in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake through an ecocritical Anthropocene fr...

Oxygen-vacancy mediated charge dynamics in nano-engineered Ba/Co-doped MTiO₃ electron transport layers for enhanced organic solar cells

Engineering oxide electron-transport layers (ETLs) through defect and interfacial electronic-state control is an effective strategy for reducing charge-collection losses in inverted organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, a hierarchical TiO₂/CoTiO₃ (CTO) bilayer ETL was developed by...

MSSARN - multi-layer spectral-spatial attention based residual network for HSI classification

Abstract Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) presents several challenges in remote sensing, particularly in classification tasks. One significant challenge is the high dimensionality of HSI data, which includes hundreds of spectral bands. Another challenge is the spectral-spaatial comple...

Macro-level predictors and temporal persistence of global mental health burden: a machine-learning panel study, 1990–2023

Mental disorders contribute substantially to global disability and economic burden, yet relatively little is known about how macro-level national indicators relate to cross-country differences in mental health burden. We constructed a country–year panel for 183 countries from 199...

Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening Barriers Among Female University Students of Pakistan

Breast cancer is a leading public health concern among low- and middle-income countries, primarily due to inadequate knowledge and lack of early detection practices. This study aimed to assess knowledge about the signs and symptoms, risk factors, and screening procedures for brea...

Digital Transformation in Institutional Communication: A Systematic Review of Transparency, Trust, and Organizational Culture

This study aims to analyze digital transformation in institutions as a structural shift that reshapes the logic of communication, patterns of power, and mechanisms of trust building within organizations. This study is grounded in the assumption that digitalization is no longer li...

Does vitamin D supplementation modulate metabolic risk factors of cardiovascular disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Vitamin D has been proposed to influence several cardiometabolic risk factors; however, evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and recent meta-analyses remains inconsistent regarding the magnitude of these effects. This meta-analysis evaluate...

The Abu Dhabi Coastal Sabkha: A Literature Review on Its Scientific Value, Environmental Vulnerability, and Sustainable Conservation as a UNESCO Tentative List Geoheritage Site

Abu Dhabi Sabkha, located along the southern margin of the Arabian Gulf, is among the most scientifically significant arid coastal systems on Earth. Submitted by the United Arab Emirates to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2018 under natural heritage criterion (viii),...