Manouba University

Artificial Intelligence, Gender, and the Technological Conversion Gap: A Research and Policy Agenda

The global expansion of artificial intelligence is reshaping organizations, labor markets, and innovation ecosystems at an unprecedented pace. Yet the governance of this transformation remains deeply gendered: women are systematically underrepresented in AI research, excluded fro...

Knowledge, Practice, and Socio‐Behavioral Determinants of Physical Activity Among Tunisian Medical Students: A Cross‐Sectional Study

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Physical inactivity has become a critical public health issue worldwide, contributing to numerous chronic diseases. As future healthcare providers, medical students' understanding and practice of physical activity are essential both for their personal...

Resistance-interval training combined with Chlorella vulgaris supplementation modulates PCSK9, ghrelin, adropin, and MANF in obese men: a randomized controlled trial

Obesity disrupts lipid metabolism, appetite regulation, vascular function, and cellular homeostasis through interconnected pathophysiological mechanisms, increasing cardiometabolic disease risk. This randomized controlled trial examined whether 12 weeks of resistance-interval tra...

Building the next generation of Tunisian scientists

This report documents a capacity-building workshop held on 6 May 2026 at the Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Sidi Thabet (ISBST), University of Manouba, co-animated by three researchers who had previously worked abroad and have returned to Tunisia. The workshop addressed thr...

Building the next generation of Tunisian scientists

This report documents a capacity-building workshop held on 6 May 2026 at the Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Sidi Thabet (ISBST), University of Manouba, co-animated by three researchers who had previously worked abroad and have returned to Tunisia. The workshop addressed thr...

Longitudinal Change and Tracking of Health-Related Physical Fitness in Adolescents Aged 12–16 Years: A Structured Narrative Review

Background/Objectives: The period between 12 and 16 years of age coincides with peak pubertal change, declining habitual physical activity, and the consolidation of lifelong behavioral patterns, making it a critical window for understanding how fitness develops and how stable (or...

Dependence of Extreme Values, VaR, and Contagion During the COVID-19 Period: Analysis Using the Copula-GARCH Approach

The present study investigates extreme co-movements and financial contagion across a broad set of global financial markets, including ten developed and emerging stock market indices, commodities (gold and oil), and cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin), over the period from January 2007 to...

Quantile connectedness between African stock markets, Twitter sentiment index, implied volatilities, financial condition index and economic uncertainty

Purpose This study aims to examine the quantile-based time-frequency spillovers between African stock prices and global uncertainty indicators. Design/methodology/approach The study applies the quantile vector autoregressive connectedness framework to daily data (2012–2023) for n...

Uncaptured Faith: Islamic Jurisprudence, Black Consciousness, and the Ethics of Enslaved Resistance

This study explores the role of Islamic belief in shaping the ideological and spiritual foundations of resistance among enslaved Africans in the Americas, with a particular focus on the antebellum United States. While the dominant historical narratives often marginalize the prese...

Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Six-Minute Walk Distance in Children with Obesity

Background: The six-minute walk test (6MWT) assesses functional exercise capacity, but existing reference equations for children with obesity rely on traditional linear regression, potentially overlooking complex, non-linear relationships between anthropometric characteristics an...

Regime-switching connectedness among European football clubs: a TVP-VAR analysis of volatility states and structural shifts

Purpose This study aims to investigate the dynamic interconnectedness among major publicly listed European football clubs, focusing on how return shocks propagate across club equities and whether these spillovers vary across volatility regimes. Design/methodology/approach Using d...