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  • Genome-wide analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes associated with pharyngitis and skin infections. (c2015) 
    Ibrahim, Joe P. (Lebanese American University, 2016-01-29)
    Streptococcus pyogenes is a very important human pathogen, commonly isolated from the skin or throat of individuals. Belonging to the Group A Streptococcus (GAS), S. pyogenes is responsible for a myriad of infections ...
  • Genome-wide antibiotic resistance and virulence profiling of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa isolated from clinical samples in Lebanon. (c2017) 
    Harb, Cynthia P. (Lebanese American University, 2017-11-08)
    Extensively drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (XDR) are a great worldwide public health concern. P. aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen associated with a broad range of infections. It causes acute skin, ...
  • Genome-Wide Association Study in a Lebanese Cohort Confirms PHACTR1 as a Major Determinant of Coronary Artery Stenosis 
    Hager, Jorg; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Cazier, Jean-Baptiste; Youhanna, Sonia; Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michella; Platt, Daniel E.; Abchee, Antoine B.; Romanos, Jihane; Khazen, Georges; Othman, Raed; Badro, Danielle A.; Haber, Marc; Salloum, Angelique K.; Zalloua, Pierre A. (2016-03-17)
    The manifestation of coronary artery disease (CAD) follows a well-choreographed series of events that includes damage of arterial endothelial cells and deposition of lipids in the sub-endothelial layers. Genome-wide ...
  • Genomic ancestry of North Africans supports back-to-Africa migrations 
    Henn, Brenna M.; Botigue, Laura R.; Gravel, Simon; Wang, Wei; Brisbin, Abra; Byrnes, Abra; Bymes, Jake K.; Fadhlaoui-Zid, Karina; Zalloua, Pierre A.; Moreno-Estrada, Andres; Bertranpetit, Jaume; Bustamante, Carlos D.; Comas, David (2019-07-19)
    North African populations are distinct from sub-Saharan Africans based on cultural, linguistic, and phenotypic attributes; however, the time and the extent of genetic divergence between populations north and south of the ...
  • Genomic attributes of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from patients in Lebanon 
    Tokajian, Sima; Salloum, Tamara; Eisen, Jonathan E.; Jospin, Guillaume; Farra, Anna; Mokhbat, Jacques E.; Coil, David A. (2018-06-25)
    Aim: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing (ESBL) Escherichia coli are a public threat worldwide. This study aimed at analyzing the genomic and functional attributes of nine ESBLs taken from rectal swabs. Materials & ...
  • Genomic bacterial diversity and quality of bottled drinking water in Lebanon. (c2007) 
    Merheb, Jimmy (Lebanese American University, 2011-10-31)
    Lebanon is a country on the Mediterranean Sea with a mild Mediterranean climate, and abundance of fresh water falling on its mountains. Several problems face the water sector in Lebanon, with natural and human causes leading ...
  • Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Candida albicans Lebanese hospital isolates resistant and sensitive to caspofungin 
    Toutounji, Maggie; Tokajian, Sima; Khalaf, Roy A. (2019-12-03)
    The fungus Candida albicans is both a commensal and an opportunistic human pathogen, present as part of the normal human microflora causing serious mucosal, and systemic life threatening infections. The antifungal drug ...
  • Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of candida albicans Lebanese hospital isolates resistant and sensitive to caspofungin. (c2018) 
    Toutounji, Maggie Nazih (Lebanese American University, 2018-10-15)
    Candida albicans is both a commensal and a significant opportunistic fungal human pathogen, present in the digestive tract and the mouth as a part of the normal human microflora. Overgrowth of C. albicans can cause oral ...
  • Geographical Structure of the Y-chromosomal Genetic Landscape of the Levant 
    El-Sibai, Mirvat; Platt, Daniel E.; Haber, Marc; Xue, Yali; Youhanna, Sonia C.; Wells, R. Spencer; Izaabel, Hassan; Sanyoura, May F.; Harmanani, Haidar; Bonab, Maziar Ashrafian; Behbehani, Jaafar; Hashwa, Fuad; Tyler-Smith, Chris; Zalloua, Pierre A.; The Genographic Consortium (2015-11-04)
    We have examined the male-specific phylogeography of the Levant and its surroundings by analyzing Y-chromosomal haplogroup distributions using 5874 samples (885 new) from 23 countries. The diversity within some of these ...
  • Geometric Conjectures in a Dynamic Geometry Software Environment 
    Habre, Samer (2017-07-27)
    The use of technology is now widespread at the school as well as college levels. Instructors, however, continuously debate the usefulness of hardware/software in enhancing the learners' knowledge and their understanding ...
  • Geometric Control and Nonsmooth Analysis 
    Ancona, Fabio; Bressan, Alberto; Cannarsa, Piermarco; Clarke, Francis; Wolenski, Peter R. (World Scientific, 2020-03-13)
    We characterize the state constrained bilateral minimal time function as the unique proximal solution of a partial Hamilton-Jacobi equations with certain boundary conditions. This generalizes [13, Theorem 3.4] where Stern ...
  • Geotechnical Performance of Dredged Material—Steel Slag Fines Blends 
    Malasavage, Nicholas; Jagupilla, Santhi; Grubb, Dennis; Wazne, Mahmoud; Coon, William (2016-02-29)
    This paper contains the results of a combined laboratory and field demonstration project exploring the use of dredged material (DM) blended with steel slag fines [SSF; 9.5 mm () minus] as synthetic fill materials. The ...
  • Getting to the (square) root of the problem 
    Haefele, Alexandre; Blumhoff, Jorg; Khnayzer, Rony S.; Castellano, Felix N. (2017-11-03)
    We present experimental data illustrating that photochemical upconversion based on sensitized triplet–triplet annihilation can exhibit anti-Stokes emissions whose intensities with respect to the excitation power can vary ...
  • Ghrelin modulates intracellular signalling pathways that are critical for podocyte survival 
    El Zein, Nabil; Abdallah, Maya S.; Daher, Costantine F.; Mroueh, Mohammad; Stephan, Joseph; Bahous, Sola Aoun; Eid, Assaad; Faour, Wissam H. (2019-06-27)
    Damage to podocytes is a key event in glomerulopathies. While energy dense food can contribute to kidney damage, the role of the orixegenic hormone “ghrelin” in podocyte biology is still unknown. In the present study, we ...
  • The giant mutant. (c2017) 
    Issa, Patricia I. (Lebanese American University, 2017-11-02)
    As the Arab Spring was sweeping away one regime after the other in the Arab World during the years 2010-2011; the eyes of the world were centered on the modern media outlets that were carrying and reporting the news. ...
  • Giant serpentine aneurysms 
    Mawad, Michel E.; Klucznick, Richard P. (2019-07-08)
    PURPOSE To describe the characteristic CT, MR, and angiographic features of giant serpentine aneurysms and discuss their endovascular treatment. METHODS Thirteen patients with giant serpentine aneurysms were studied at ...
  • Gifted and Non-Gifted Lebanese Adolescents 
    Sarouphim, Ketty M. (2016-04-20)
    The purpose of this study was to investigate gender differences in self-concept, self-esteem, and depression among gifted (n=68) and non-gifted (n=174) adolescents in Lebanon. Participants were 242 adolescents (110 males ...
  • Gijsbrecht van Amstel 
    Unknown author (Dovehouse Editions, 2019-04-12)
  • GISMO - A Geographical Information System for a Municipality Office 
    Haraty, Ramzi A.; Kaddoura, Yousef O. (2018-02-13)
  • GISMO. (c2001) 
    Kaddoura, Yousef O. (Lebanese American University, 2011-09-14)
    The purpose of this thesis is to highlight the importance of introducing digital mapping and providing Geographic Information System eGIS) for municipalities, in this case the municipality of Kab-Elias. One of the major ...