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Browsing by Subject "Lebanese American University--Dissertations"

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Browsing by Subject "Lebanese American University--Dissertations"

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  • The Role of Media Literacy in Countering Misinformation 
    Hamzeh, Dana (Lebanese American University, 2023-07-21)
    The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a major online misinformation problem and a discourse on conspiracy theories that have influenced youths’ attitudes towards vaccination. This thesis aims to examine the role of media literacy ...
  • The Role of Politics in the Failure to Address Financial Distress 
    Melhem, Romy (Lebanese American University, 2023-12-22)
    This study examines the political dynamics responsible for the banking collapse in Lebanon and the obstacles encountered in implementing an effective crisis resolution strategy. Despite a historically successful banking ...
  • Sino-Saudi Relations 
    El Fiky, Mohamed (Lebanese American University, 2023-12-20)
    This study delves into the buoyant relations between a rising great power (People’s Republic of China) and a prominent regional state (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). From a classical realist perspective, the thesis first explores ...
  • Social Media Activism 
    Mugharbil, Raghda (Lebanese American University, 2023-10-25)
    This study examines Lebanese youth online activism and offline mobilization, highlighting the impact political sectarian divisions and Western imperialist narratives have on university students’ online engagement. The study ...
  • Well-balanced central schemes for the One-dimensional shallow water equations 
    Malaeb, Elissa (Lebanese American University, 2023-11-24)
    This thesis presents and contrasts two unique Unstaggered Central Scheme (UCS)’s for hyperbolic systems, specifically Shallow Water Equations (SWE): an Unstaggered Central Scheme with the Subraction Method (UCS-Sub) and ...
  • Whole-genome Sequences of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli 
    Khodor, Ragheed R. (Lebanese American University, 2023-11-23)
    Escherichia coli is a common opportunistic Gram-negative organism and a member of the intestinal microflora. Its pathogenicity is associated with several disorders, such as urinary tract infections (UTI), pulmonary, ...
  • Yemeni Diaspora 
    Al-Shahary, Doaa (Lebanese American University, 2023-12-27)
    This research investigates how migrant Yemeni populations, in the MENA region, view and respond to the political events in Yemen during the ongoing conflict that erupted in 2015. Employing Himadri Lahiri’s framework of ...