Alaa Ali S Almohanna

Dr. Alaa Ali S Almohanna

Department of Computer Sciences, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia
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29 May 2020 in Journal of Medical Internet Research
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AAAlaa Ali S Almohanna
Alaa Ali S Almohanna
KWKhin Than Win
Khin Than Win
SMShahla Meedya
Shahla Meedya
Background: Supporting women to initiate and continue breastfeeding is a global challenge. A range of breastfeeding interventions employing electronic technologies (e-technologies) are being developed, which offer different delivery modes and features over the internet; however, the impact of internet-based e-technologies on breastfeeding outcomes remains unclear. Objective: This study aimed to identify the characteristics of current internet-based breastfeeding interventions employing e-technologies and investigate the effects of internet-based e-technologies on breastfeeding outcomes. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines in the following databases: Scopus, Web of Science, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, the Association for Computing Machinery, SpringerLink, and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Xplore. Results: This systematic review included 16 studies published between 2007 and 2018, with 4018 women in 8 countries. The characteristics of the interventions were grouped based on (1) mode of delivery (web-based, mobile phone apps, and computer kiosk), (2) purpose of the interventions (education and support), and (3) key strategies (monitoring and breastfeeding tracking, personalization, online discussion forum, web-based consultation, and breastfeeding station locators). Combining educational activities with web-based personalized support through discussion forums appeared to be the most effective way to improve breastfeeding outcomes and long-term exclusive breastfeeding rates. Monitoring and breastfeeding trackers appeared to be the least effective ways. Conclusions: This study demonstrated a variety of internet-based e-technologies that professionals can use to promote, educate, and support breastfeeding women. Future internet-based breastfeeding interventions employing e-technologies might consider improving interaction with mothers and personalizing the content of the proposed interventions.


30 August 2024 in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
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AAAlaa Ali S Almohanna
Alaa Ali S Almohanna
SMShahla Meedya
Shahla Meedya
EVElena Vlahu-Gjorgievska
Elena Vlahu-Gjorgievska
KWKhin Than Win
Khin Than Win

10 December 2024 in Behaviour & Information Technology
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AAAlaa Ali S Almohanna
Alaa Ali S Almohanna
EVElena Vlahu-Gjorgievska
Elena Vlahu-Gjorgievska
SMShahla Meedya
Shahla Meedya
KWKhin Than Win
Khin Than Win


1 November 2026 in Electronics
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AAAlaa Ali S Almohanna
Alaa Ali S Almohanna
AMAlbia Maqbool
Albia Maqbool
The widespread use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices across critical infrastructure sectors has created extensive and heterogeneous attack surfaces that conventional rule-based security frameworks are structurally unable to address. This paper proposes and evaluates a machine learning-based cybersecurity risk assessment framework for IoT networks using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Random Forest, Support Vector Machines (SVM), and Autoencoders. Models were trained and validated on a harmonized pool of two publicly available IoT network datasets, TON_IoT and IoTID20, using stratified 5-fold cross-validation within the training partition and an independent held-out test set reserved for the final risk assessment. Empirical results demonstrate that the CNN model achieved the highest vulnerability detection performance across all evaluated metrics: 96.7% accuracy, 95.8% precision, 96.1% recall, and a 95.9% F1-score, outperforming Random Forest (95.1%), SVM (92.3%), and Autoencoder (89.5%). The proposed four-stage risk assessment pipeline, which comprises Data input module, Anomaly detection module, Risk scoring module, and Alert generation module, identified a total of 177 network anomalies within the held-out test set. Notably, 80.2% of these detections (n = 142) fell into the medium- or high-severity categories under a heuristic prioritization scheme, indicating that most CNN-flagged events in the evaluated data warrant analyst attention. This framework provides a proactive defense mechanism, which offers critical implications for deploying adaptive security protocols in heterogeneous IoT ecosystems.