University of Sharjah

When AI Agrees with Me: Disclosure Labels, Confirmation Bias, and the Sharing of AI-Generated Misinformation Among Jordanian Young Adults

This study examines whether AI disclosure labels alter the evaluation and sharing of misinformation when messages align with recipients’ prior beliefs. A randomized mixed-factorial online experiment involved 900 Jordanian young adults who evaluated eight Arabic-language social-me...

Predicting principals’ retention in the principalship through professional development, instructional leadership, and job satisfaction: a cross-national meta-analysis of country-specific structural equation models

This research addressed the global challenge of principal retention by examining associations between principals’ professional development activities and their intention to remain, including indirect associations involving instructional leadership and career and workplace satisfa...

Establishment of local diagnostic reference levels for mammography: optimizing patient radiation dose within Emirates Health Services

Abstract Background Mammography is a key imaging modality for early breast cancer detection, but it involves exposure to ionizing radiation. This study aimed to establish local Diagnostic Reference Levels (LDRLs) for 2D and 3D mammography within Emirates Health Services (EHS) fac...

Three-Dimensional Concrete Printing in the Construction Industry: Landscape, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Abstract The adoption of three-dimensional concrete printing (3DCP) has been transforming the construction industry, offering unique design flexibility and efficiency that conventional methods struggle to match. Despite its potential, a critical lack of research exists for nonmat...

Limited global awareness of invasive alien species and little support for their management

Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the main drivers of global change and can cause a wide range of negative ecological and social impacts. Addressing these impacts requires management actions, which can fail to be effective when not supported by the public. Here, we conducte...

Project governance, inclusive leadership and knowledge integration: an analysis of employee mental health in multi-project environments

Purpose This study aims to examine how project governance and inclusive leadership influence the mental health of project team members engaged in multiple simultaneous projects. It also investigates the mediating role of knowledge integration and the moderating role of project as...

Experimental multi-level calibration of a silicon mini solar cell for low-cost solar irradiance measurement

Abstract Accurate assessment of photovoltaic potential is essential for optimizing system integration at specific sites, requiring precise measurement of ground-level solar irradiance. However, commercially available irradiance sensors are often costly, limited in configurability...

Digital responsibility, skills and environmental awareness for digital sustainability

This study investigates how digital competencies and environmental awareness interact to shape eco-friendly digital practices, contributing to the field of digital sustainability. Drawing on a representative sample of adult internet users in the United Arab Emirates (N = 1016), i...

From transformational leadership to individual and collective teacher innovativeness: the roles of AI competence and learning agility

Purpose This research investigates how learning agility mediates the relationship between transformational leadership (TL) and innovativeness, with artificial intelligence (AI) competence serving as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 417 Turkish teac...

Size Classification for Software Maintenance Projects Through a Simplified Minimalist Machine Learning Algorithm

In the software engineering field, the size of projects is used as explanatory variable for predicting the effort, duration, defects, costs, or risks of a project. Thus, the software project size has been considered the most influential factor. A systematic mapping study on the u...

Mapping the evolution of social life cycle assessment: a bibliometric and text-based SDG analysis (2010–2025)

Purpose Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) has developed as a key methodology for evaluating social impacts across the product life cycle. However, existing bibliometric reviews remain limited in temporal coverage and analytical scope. This study aims to provide a broad, up-to-...

Anxiety and mood disorders are associated with greater healthcare and procedural utilization in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Background and purpose Anxiety and mood disorders (AMD) are common in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), but their association with procedural treatment and healthcare utilization is unclear. We evaluated utilization among patients with AMD documented before or shortly a...

The role of preventive conservation measures in mitigation of deterioration risk in archaeological sites

Purpose This article explores the role of preventive conservation in mitigating the risk of deterioration of archaeological sites. It clarifies the distinction between preventive and curative conservation. It demonstrates that using an integrated preventive conservation framework...

Flooding as a driver of emerging contaminants, pathogens, and microplastics in environmental systems: A systematic review of mechanisms, transport pathways, and exposure risks

Climate change and urbanization are increasing the frequency and impact of flood events and intensifying contaminant transport across environmental systems. Despite growing evidence, the available literature remains fragmented across contaminant groups and environmental pathways,...

AlamViT: A Lightweight Spatiotemporal Facial Expression Model for Automated Pain Recognition

Automated facial pain recognition could support future monitoring tools for patients who cannot reliably self-report pain. Existing approaches either neglect temporal dynamics by processing single frames or employ computationally demanding models. This paper presents AlamViT, a c...

Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom and Traditional Didactic Classroom in Paediatric Dentistry Education—A Systematic Review With Meta‐Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

ABSTRACT Introduction The flipped classroom (FC) is a contemporary teaching strategy that has gained considerable attention in recent years. This model relies on technology‐based resources, including videos and handouts, to deliver illustrative content and core subject material t...

Serum uric acid as an independent associated factor of early-stage renal impairment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a comparative cross-sectional study

To evaluate the cross-sectional association between Serum Uric Acid (SUA) levels and the Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) and to determine if SUA serves as an independent associated factor of Stage 2 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patie...

Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation in Prepubertal Boys: Current Advances, Clinical Feasibility, and Future Directions—A Comprehensive Literature Review

ABSTRACT Background Prepubertal boys cannot use semen cryopreservation because mature spermatozoa are not yet produced. Testicular tissue cryopreservation (TTC) is therefore offered to selected high‐risk patients as an experimental fertility‐preservation procedure that stores spe...

Cognitive performance and dynamic spinopelvic kinematics across walking speeds in healthy young adults

Although gait is often considered highly automated, cognitive performance may be associated with dynamic trunk–pelvis kinematics as locomotor demand increases. How these associations vary across standardized walking speeds remains unclear. This study examines speed-dependent asso...

Pathology-Guided Transcriptomic Profiling of Prostate Cancer Identifies Grade-Associated Proliferative and Immune Signatures in a MENA Cohort

Background: Prostate cancer (PC) is a heterogeneous disease in which the histopathological grade does not always reflect underlying biological behavior. While transcriptomic studies have provided insight into tumor biology, grade-associated molecular changes remain incompletely d...