Afrah Alanazi

Mrs. Afrah Alanazi

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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 July 2023 in International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)
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AAAfrah Alanazi
Afrah Alanazi
ALAlice Li
Alice Li
Ben C. SohBen C. Soh
Ben C. Soh
There is a dearth of research on how mobile learning might help Saudi female students in particular perform better in computer programming courses. This paper aims to measure educational experiences ofSaudi female students using an empirical study, based on aframework related to mobile learning in a computer programming subject. The empirical study sample involved 21 students who used the ViLLE software tool in their quizzes in programming class. This study includes a survey with a mixed-method approach. The study results showed that students were satisfied with their mobile learning experience. The degree of satisfaction demonstrates how mobile learning can enhance learning in a computer programming subject.

25 April 2026 in Sensors
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KKKais Khaldi
Kais Khaldi
AAAfrah Alanazi
Afrah Alanazi
IAInam Alsayed Alanazi
Inam Alsayed Alanazi
SASahar Almenwer
Sahar Almenwer
AMAnis Mohamed
Anis Mohamed
Accurate and interpretable assessment of cognitive workload from EEG remains a central challenge in neuroergonomics and real-time human–machine interaction. To address the limitations of existing Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) and Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise (CEEMDAN) approaches, particularly their instability, limited neuroscientific grounding, and sensitivity to amplitude fluctuations, this paper introduces Scale-Stabilized Relative Intrinsic Mode Energy (SS-RIME), a theoretically motivated and physiologically informed feature extraction framework. SS-RIME integrates instantaneous frequency stabilization to enforce a consistent oscillatory hierarchy across subjects, delta (1–4 Hz) and theta (4–7.5 Hz) spectral weighting based on established frontal-midline activity, and cross-IMF energy normalization to reduce amplitude-driven variability. Applied to 64-channel EEG recorded during N-back tasks, the proposed framework achieved high performance, outperforming both classical machine-learning baselines and deep learning models such as EEGNet, DeepConvNet, and ShallowConvNet. SS-RIME yielded accuracies of 99.12±0.41% (0 vs. 2-back), 97.84±0.63% (0 vs. 3-back), and 92.31±1.12% (2 vs. 3-back), demonstrating strong cross-subject generalization. Theta-dominant IMFs over frontal midline regions emerged as the most discriminative components, supporting the neuroscientific validity of the stabilized and spectrally weighted Hilbert–Huang representation. With an inference time below 20 ms per epoch, SS-RIME is computationally efficient and suitable for real-time neuroergonomics applications, providing a robust, explainable, and physiologically grounded solution for EEG-based cognitive workload decoding while addressing key methodological gaps in prior EMD/CEEMDAN and deep learning approaches.

18 March 2026 in Sensors
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KKKais Khaldi
Kais Khaldi
SASahar Almenwer
Sahar Almenwer
AAAfrah Alanazi
Afrah Alanazi
IAInam Alsayed Alanazi
Inam Alsayed Alanazi
AMAnis Mohamed
Anis Mohamed
This study introduces C-EMDNet, a nonlinear speech denoising approach that combines the adaptive decomposition capabilities of Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise (CEEMDAN) and a deep convolutional architecture operating directly in the time-intrinsic mode function (IMF) domain. Unlike conventional enhancement methods that rely on fixed time–frequency representations, such as the short-time Fourier transform (STFT), the proposed approach interprets CEEMDAN IMFs as a morphological latent space that captures the multi-scale structure of speech. A U-Net-like network was trained to estimate mode-wise masks, enabling selective noise suppression while preserving the harmonic and formant structures. Experiments on standard noisy speech datasets show that C-EMDNet outperforms classical denoising algorithms and competitive deep learning baselines. These results highlight the promise of nonlinear morphological representations for an alternative framework speech enhancement.

14 November 2025 in Diagnostics
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MEMurtada Khalafallah Elbashir
Murtada Khalafallah Elbashir
AAAfrah Alanazi
Afrah Alanazi
MMMahmood Mahmood
Mahmood Mahmood
Background/Objectives: Lower-grade gliomas (LGGs) are a biologically and clinically heterogeneous group of brain tumors, for which molecular stratification plays essential role in diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic decision-making. Conventional unimodal classifiers do not necessarily describe cross-layer regulatory dynamics which entail the heterogeneity of glioma. Methods: This paper presents a protein–protein interaction (PPI)-informed hybrid model that combines multi-omics profiles, including RNA expression, DNA methylation, and microRNA expression, with a Graph Attention Network (GAT), Random Forest (RF), and logistic stacking ensemble learning. The proposed model utilizes ElasticNet-based feature selection to obtain the most informative biomarkers across omics layers, and the GAT module learns the biologically significant topological representations in the PPI network. The Synthetic Minority Over-Sampling Technique (SMOTE) was used to mitigate the class imbalance, and the model performance was assessed using a repeated five-fold stratified cross-validation approach using the following performance metrics: accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, ROC-AUC, and AUPRC. Results: The findings illustrate that a combination of multi-omics data increases subtype classification rates (up to 0.984 ± 0.012) more than single-omics methods, and DNA methylation proves to be the most discriminative modality. In addition, analysis of interpretability using attention revealed the major subtype-specific biomarkers, including UBA2, LRRC41, ANKRD53, and WDR77, that show great biological relevance and could be used as diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Conclusions: The proposed multi-omics based on a biological and explainable framework provides a solid computational approach to molecular stratification and biomarker identification in lower-grade glioma, bridging between predictive power, biological clarification, and clinical benefits.

8 January 2026 in Diagnostics
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KGkarim gasmi
karim gasmi
AAAfrah Alanazi
Afrah Alanazi
Najib Ben AounNajib Ben Aoun
Najib Ben Aoun
MAMohamed O. Altaieb
Mohamed O. Altaieb
AAAlameen Eltoum Mohamed Abdalrahman
Alameen Eltoum Mohamed Abdalrahman
MMManel Mrabet
Manel Mrabet
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant global health issue, particularly in resource-limited regions where radiological expertise is constrained. This project aims to develop a scalable deep learning system that safeguards privacy and achieves high accuracy in the early identification of tuberculosis using chest X-ray images. The objective is to implement federated learning with an adaptive-weighted ensemble optimised by a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to address the challenges of centralised training and single-model approaches. Method: We developed an ensemble learning method that combines multiple locally trained models to improve diagnostic consistency and reduce individual-model bias. An optimisation system that autonomously selected the optimal ensemble weights determined each model’s contribution to the final decision. A controlled augmentation process was employed to enhance the model’s robustness and reduce the likelihood of overfitting by introducing realistic alterations to appearance, geometry, and acquisition conditions. Federated learning facilitated collaboration among universities for training while ensuring data privacy was maintained during the establishment of the optimal ensemble at each location. In this system, just model parameters were transmitted, excluding patient photographs. This enabled the secure amalgamation of global data without revealing sensitive clinical information. Standard diagnostic metrics, including accuracy, sensitivity, precision, F1 score, AUC, and confusion matrices, were employed to evaluate the model’s performance. Results: The proposed federated, GA-optimized ensemble demonstrated superior performance compared with individual models and fixed-weight ensembles. The system achieved 98% accuracy, 97% F1 score, and 0.999 AUC, indicating highly reliable discrimination between TB-positive and typical cases. Federated learning preserved model robustness across heterogeneous data sources, while ensuring complete patient privacy. Conclusions: The proposed federated, GA-optimized ensemble achieves highly accurate and robust early tuberculosis detection while preserving patient privacy across distributed clinical sites. This scalable framework demonstrates strong potential for reliable AI-assisted TB screening in resource-limited healthcare settings.

30 April 2026 in Mathematics
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EAEssia Ben Alaia
Essia Ben Alaia
Slim DhahriSlim Dhahri
Slim Dhahri
AAAfrah Alanazi
Afrah Alanazi
SASahar Almenwer
Sahar Almenwer
ONOmar Naifar
Omar Naifar
This paper addresses active-mode detection for switched discrete-time Takagi–Sugeno systems from noisy input–output data under candidate-dependent input correction and uncertainty in data-driven observability subspaces. A lifted input–output formulation is developed in which each candidate mode is associated with a mode-dependent forced-response correction and a nominal observability subspace identified offline from representative data. Based on this construction, a practical residual criterion is introduced together with an ideal residual criterion defined by the exact residual projector. An online verifiable sufficient condition is then derived to guarantee consistency between the practical and ideal residual orderings, yielding a conservative but theorem-consistent certification mechanism. To quantify the effect of measurement uncertainty, a component-wise noise-to-signal ratio (NSR) analysis is established, leading to explicit conservative NSR bounds when signal-floor conditions are available offline. These results motivate an adaptive observation-window strategy driven by an explicit online NSR estimate. In addition, an uncertainty-corrected discernibility index based on principal angles between estimated observability subspaces is introduced to assess offline mode separability. Simulations on a switched T–S benchmark show high practical detection accuracy, sound but conservative certification, informative NSR bounds, and stable adaptive-window regulation, including under reviewer-motivated switching stress tests and baseline comparison experiments.