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  • Curvature-based multistep quasi-Newton method for unconstrained optimization 
    Obeid, Samir; Moghrabi, I.A.R. (2016-02-02)
    Multi-step methods derived in [1–3] have proven to be serious contenders in practice by outperforming traditional quasi-Newton methods based on the linear Secant Equation. Minimum curvature methods that aim at tuning the ...
  • Customer information systems in Lebanese organizations. (c1994) 
    Assaf, Mona H. (2011-04-11)
    Customer Information System (CIS) is an issue of great importance at the present time. The time that is witnessing fundamental changes in the economic climate including tough competition, high standards of living, and ...
  • Customer record management. (c2000) 
    Tebecharany, Souleyma (Lebanese American University, 2017-02-03)
    Organizations have recognized that Customer Record Management (CRM) is an issue of great importance at the present time. Today's environment is characterized by fundamental changes in the global and international market. ...
  • Customer satisfaction measurement techniques in major Lebanese banks. (c1996) 
    Mahfouz, Lina A. R. (2011-03-31)
    The concept of measuring customer satisfaction and establishing measurement techniques has received quite a high concern from the part of managers in different companies. All the things managers do to achieve quality and ...
  • Customers' need for uniqueness theory versus brand congruence theory 
    Abosag, Ibrahim; Ramadan, Zahy B.; Baker, Tom; Zhongqi, Jin (2019-09-24)
    Social media brands may experience a lack of competitiveness and attraction due to the silent negative increase of customers' need for uniqueness (NFU). This is the result of a tension between the theory of brand congruence, ...
  • Cutaneous vascular disorders associated with internal malignancy 
    Tannous, Zeina; Doukas, Apostolos G.; Sakamoto, Fernanda H.; Farinelli, William A.; Smith, Nicholas A.; Zurakowski, David; Anderson, Rox R. (2017-11-10)
    This article provides a detailed review of the vascular manifestations affecting the skin in relationship to internal malignancies. Vascular abnormalities heralding internal malignancies can be divided into three main ...
  • Cyber law in lebanon. (c2019) 
    Soueid, Fatima Ali (Lebanese American University, 2019-11-25)
    The last decade has seen a profuse growth in electronic financial transactions obliging banks to globalize and to constantly keep up with the latest technological developments while imperiling greater online exposure. As ...
  • Cyberstate sovereignty. (c2016) 
    Badran, Zeina (Lebanese American University, 2016-09-27)
    Globalization has played a pivotal role in the proliferation of cybercrime where the availability of modern technology has facilitated a wide access to information. The open border era has further expedited the procurement ...
  • Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases in health and disease 
    Beavo, Joseph A.; Francis, Sharron H.; Houslay, Miles D. (CRC Press, 2018-12-18)
  • Cycling and regeneration of adsorbed natural gas in microporous materials 
    Romanos, Jimmy; Rash, Tyler; Abou Dargham, Sara; Prosniewski, Matthew; Barakat, Fatima; Pfeifer, Peter (2019-10-10)
    Adsorbed natural gas (ANG) technology is an energy-efficient method for storing natural gas at room temperature and low pressure. The search for high-storage-performance natural gas sorbents for gaseous fuels is currently ...
  • Cyclosporine lymphocyte maximum level 
    Kilani, Halal E.; Karam, Albert S.; Masri, Marwan A.; Stephan, Antoine G.; Mourad, Nina; El Ghoul, Bassam (2019-04-09)
    Objectives: To determine the relationship between clinical outcome, lymphocyte count (LC), and cyclosporine (CsA) lymphocyte maximum level (LTmL) in kidney transplant recipients. Materials and Methods: CsA LTmL was ...
  • Cyclosporine Lymphocyte Versus Whole Blood Pharmacokinetic Monitoring 
    Mokhbat, J.; Kilani, H.; Barbari, A.; Masri, M. A.; Stephan, A.; Rizk, S.; Kamel, G.; Joubran, N. (2017-02-27)
    Cyclosporine (CyA) blood trough level (BTL), CyA dose pharmacokinetics, area under the curve (AUC), blood Cyclophylin (CyP) binding, and exposure index (EI) are often used as indicators of CyA efficacy and dose adjustment,1; ...
  • Cytochrome P450 2D6 polymorphism in Lebanon. (c2003) 
    Saade, Sarita Georges (2012-12-05)
  • Cytochrome P450 2D6 polymorphism in white Lebanese population 
    Saade, Sarita; Mroueh, Mohamad; Saab, Yolande (2016-09-26)
    Objective: Genetic, environmental, physiological and pathophysiological factors contribute to the interindividual variability in drug metabolism and response. Among the different cytochromes responsible for drug disposition, ...
  • Cytosolic Phospholipase A2-Mediated ICAM-1 Expression Is Calcium Dependent 
    Abdalla, Eddie; Carlton, Barnett; Moore, Ernest; Silliman, Christopher; David, Patrick; Curley, Steven (2015-11-10)
    Background. Some human malignancies such as virus-related hepatocellular cancer arise in a setting of chronic inflammation. Upregulation of ICAM-1 is a seminal late event in malignant transformation following chronic ...
  • Cytotoxic effect of wild carrot oil fractions on human epidermal keratinocytes 
    Mroueh, M.; Shebaby, W.; El Sibai, M.; Daher, J.; Daher, CF; Taleb, RI (2018-04-19)
    Wild carrot has been used in traditional medicine in Lebanon to treat several diseases. Recently, Daucus carota oil extract and its fractions, F1 (pentane; 100%), F2 (pentane-diethyl ether; 50:50), F3 (diethyl ether; 100%) ...
  • Cytotoxicity modulation of ruthenium(II) tris-bathophenanthroline complexes with systematically varied charge 
    Audi, Hassib; Azar, Daniel F.; Mahjoub, Farah; Farhat, Stephanie; El Masri, Zeinab; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Abi-Habib, Ralph J.; Khnayzer, Rony S. (2019-10-02)
    A series of four ruthenium(II) complexes Ru(bp)n(bps)3-n (n = 0-3; bp = 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline or bathophenanthroline; and bps = disulfonated 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline or bathophenanthroline disulfonate) ...
  • Cytotoxicity of [HuArgI (co)-PEG5000]-induced arginine deprivation to ovarian Cancer cells is autophagy dependent 
    Nasreddine, Ghenwa; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Abi-Habib, Ralph J. (2020-02-27)
    In this study, we assess arginine auxotrophy in ovarian cancer cells and attempt to target them using arginine deprivation induced by a pegylated recombinant human Arginase I cobalt [HuArgI (Co)-PEG5000]. Ovarian cancer ...
  • Cytotoxicity of Anthrax Lethal Toxin to Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells Is Nonapoptotic and Dependent on Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Activity 
    Abi-Habib, Ralph J.; Kassab, Elias; Timsah, Zahra; Liu, Shihui; Leppla, Stephen H.; Frankel, Arthur; Darwish, Manal (2015-12-01)
    In this study, we attempt to target the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells using a recombinant anthrax lethal toxin (LeTx). LeTx consists of protective antigen (PrAg) and ...
  • Cytotoxicity of Arginine Deprivation to AML Cells is Mediated by Autophagy 
    Taki, Fatima (Lebanese American University, 2020-05-12)
    In this study, we assess the activation of autophagy in AML cells following arginine deprivation, the mechanism of its activation, and its impact on cell cytotoxicity. Arginine deprivation was induced using a pegylated ...