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  • Differential diagnosis of bile duct injury and ductopenia 
    West, A.B.; Chatila, R. (2019-05-30)
    Injury and loss of intrahepatic bile ducts are relatively common manifestations of liver disease in both adults and children. They occur in a wide variety of conditions ranging from developmental abnormalities and errors ...
  • Differential GPS performance: ground versus geostationary satellite 
    Saab, Samer S.; Charbachy, Dany S. (IEEE, 2019-08-21)
    When GPS measurements are made by two users within the same GPS satellite transmission sight, the associated errors are mainly similar. Consequently, knowing the exact location of the receiver with respect to GPS satellites ...
  • The differential impact of IFRS adoption on aspects of seasoned equity offerings in the UK and France 
    Harakeh, Mostafa; Lee, Edward; Walker, Martin (2020-01-10)
    We examine the potential for IFRS to influence the market for SEOs in the UK and France. The divergence between the UK domestic accounting standards and IFRS is minor (low-divergence firms) whereas domestic accounting ...
  • Differential SOAP multicasting 
    Tekli, Joe; Damiani, Ernesto; Chbeir, Richard (IEEE, 2017-07-04)
    SOAP has been widely adopted as a simple, robust and extensible XML-based protocol for the exchange of messages among web services. Unfortunately, SOAP communications have two major performance-related drawbacks: i) ...
  • Differential space-time ultra-wideband communications 
    Abou-Rjeily, C.; Daniele, N.; Belfiore, J.-C. (IEEE, 2017-06-07)
    In this paper, we present two space-time schemes for exploiting diversity in multi-antenna impulse radio ultra wide-band (IR-UWB) systems when neither the transmitter nor the receiver has access to channel state information. ...
  • Differential water quality in confined and free-flowing water bodies, Lebanon 
    Korfali, Samira Ibrahim; Jurdi, Mey (2015-11-07)
    Integrated management of water resources is a major critical issue to be addressed in combating water stress in developing countries, such as Lebanon. At present, surface water is not properly used in Lebanon. This emphasises ...
  • Differentiating Acute Cellular Rejection vs. Biliary Tract Pathology After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation 
    Azar, Riad R.; Seetharam, Anil B.; Iskander, John M.; Merrill, Joseph T.; Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa S.; Crippin, Jeffrey (2016-09-19)
  • Difficult biliary cannulation 
    Azar, Riad; Cote, Gregory A.; Ansstas, Michael; Pawa, Rishi; Edmundowicz, Steven A.; Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa (2016-06-21)
    Background Successful cannulation of the common bile duct (CBD) remains the benchmark for ERCP. Use of a pancreatic duct (PD) stent to facilitate biliary cannulation has been described, although the majority of patients ...
  • The Difficult Conceptualisation of Circular Migration between the EU and the MENA Region 
    Fakhoury, Tamirace (2016-03-22)
    . This article examines the extent to which circular migration (CM) can be framed first as a useful migration typology and second as an efficient migration strategy in the MENA region and between the latter and the EU. ...
  • Difficulties of construction and formulating geometric proofs by Lebanese middle school students learning math in English. (c2013) 
    Al Masri, Hanan Moukhtar (Lebanese American University, 2013-10-01)
    Developing geometric proofs is an important aspect of the Lebanese mathematics curriculum. Accordingly, exploration of the difficulties that the Lebanese middle school students who learn mathematics using their non-native ...
  • Difficulty in learning and effectiveness of teaching transitional words 
    Bacha, Nola S.; Hanania, Edith A. S.; Lombardo, Maria (2016-12-01)
    The diagnosis of language proficiency for grouping limited English-speaking dents in bilingual education programs has been a problem for three reasons: consistent identification of language proficiency skills for functioning ...
  • Digital activism 
    Melki, Jad; Mallat, Sarah (2017-10-24)
    This article explores digital activism among Lebanese social movement organizations (SMOs) using a social movements theoretical framework. . It highlights the commonly used digital and social media tools for activism, ...
  • Digital health literacy and online information-seeking behavior of Lebanese university students in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and infodemic 
    Bouclaous, Carmel; Al Kamand, Areej; Daher, Ralph; Alrazim, Ayman; Kaedbey, Hassan Daniel (2023-04-11)
    This cross-sectional study evaluated digital health literacy (DHL) and web-based information-seeking behavior of Lebanese university students. A total of 602 students (60.1% female), 21.5 years (±4.1), participated in ...
  • Digital health literacy and online information-seeking behaviour of Lebanese university students 
    Bouclaous, C.; Al Kamand, A.; Daher, R.; AlRazim, A.; Haddad, I.; Kaedbey, H. D. (2021-10-20)
    Background This cross-sectional study evaluates digital health literacy (DHL) and web-based information-seeking behaviour of Lebanese university students in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the ‘infodemic'. Methods 18 ...
  • Digital technology management and educational innovation 
    Beyrouti, Nouri (2018-03-16)
    Universities have discovered that learning need not dwell inside the confines of the four traditional classroom walls. The internet provides a vital link to information like never before. As the number of internet users ...
  • Digital transformation framework 
    Tarhini, Abbas; Tarhini, K. (2019-09-16)
    Today, with increased global awareness to protect natural resources and secure private assets, digital transformation is becoming an obligation in large public enterprises such as modern utility firms and armed forces that ...
  • Diglossic needs of illiterate adult women in Egypt 
    Khachan, Victor A. (2016-03-22)
    In light of the rarity and unavailability of academic publications on literacy/illiteracy in the Arab world, this study attempts to determine the linguistic needs of illiterate adult women in Egypt in the context of informal ...
  • The Dilemma of Anti-Corruption Policies in a Power Sharing System 
    Charara, Samar (Lebanese American University, 2020-03-11)
    Given the alarming concerns about corruption in Lebanon, this research delves into the issue of corruption in the public sector over the past decade to demonstrate whether power sharing system is directly responsible for ...
  • The Dilemma of the Syrian Refugees 
    Al Khomassy, Maha (Lebanese American University, 2021-05-12)
    Syrian refugees are often perceived as threats to the Lebanese state and the Lebanese population’s welfare and security. This research argues that Syrian refugees have both positive and negative impacts on Lebanon. Moreover, ...
  • A Dimensioning Strategy for Almost Guaranteed Quality of Service in Voice over IP Networks 
    Riedl, Anton; Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Totzke, Jurgen (Springer, 2018-06-27)
    Providing hard quality of service guarantees for Voice over IP traffic in multi-service IP networks is quite costly in terms of network resources. However, if one is willing to slightly soften the guarantees and to accept ...