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  • Rakha, Suzan (2017-04-11)
    This thesis examines the current situation of electricity in Lebanon by highlighting the gaps and shortages from the supply side. It draws an estimation of the growing gap between electricity supply and electricity demand ...
  • Houri, Ahmad (2018-01-16)
    Countries of the south generally have abundant renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. Lebanon is among the few countries that are not endowed with fossil fuels in the Middle East; accordongly, it is imperative that ...
  • Elkhoury, Michel; Kinab, E. (2016-02-17)
    The ability to discover and utilize a reliable source of renewable energy is vital in order to reduce the effects of global warming and to decrease and/or eliminate reliance on fossil fuel. Recently, countries around the ...
  • Saab, Yolande B.; Gard, Paul R.; Yeoman, Mark S.; Mfarref, Bechara; El-Moalen, Bechara (2016-09-26)
    Given the abundance of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS) components in the brain, their importance in behavior and cognition, and the data that implicates them in the etiology and treatment of depression, it is possible ...
  • Andreou, Andreas; Brouquet, Antoine; Abdalla, Eddie; Aloia, Thomas; Curley, Steven; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2015-11-19)
    Background:  The outcome after a repeat hepatectomy for recurrent colorectal liver metastases (CLM) is not well defined. The present study examined the morbidity, mortality and long-term survivals after a repeat hepatectomy ...
  • Almawi, Wassim Y.; Nemr, Rita; Keleshian, Sose H.; Echtay, Akram; Saldanha, Fabiola Lisa; AlDoseri, Fatima A.; Racoubian, Eddie (2019-05-29)
    Aim Recent genome-wide association scans (GWAS) and replication studies have expanded the list of validated type 2 diabetes (T2DM) susceptibility loci. We replicated T2DM association of 19 SNPs from 15 candidate loci in ...
  • Nemr, Rita; Almawi, Ahmad W.; Echtay, Akram; Sater, Mai S.; Daher, Hoda S.; Almawi, Wassim Y. (2019-05-29)
    We investigated the association of CDKAL1 (rs7754840 and rs7756992) and CDKN2A/2B (rs10811661) variants with T2DM. Higher MAF of rs7754840 and rs7756992 were seen in patients, and both were associated with T2DM under ...
  • Chahine, Elias B.; Karaoui, Lamis; Mansour, Hanine (2016-09-30)
    TO THE EDITOR: Chahine, Karaoui, and Mansour1 reviewed the efficacy and safety of bedaquiline in the treatment of adults with pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and generally agree with the comments made ...
  • Aboul Hosn, Rana (Lebanese American University, 2016-01-28)
    Research and experience show that a successful problem-solving teaching and learning model needs to include a construction of visual schematic representations that show spatial relationships between the different components ...
  • Jaafar, Serine (Lebanese American University, 2016-09-27)
    This thesis examines representations of city-labyrinths as they are portrayed in City of Glass by Paul Auster and Biritus madīna taḥta al-arḍ [Biritus a City Underground] by Rabī’ Jābir. Although an ancient structure, the ...
  • Richani, Nadine (Lebanese American University, 2023-03-09)
    The Ayyubid gilded and enameled glass flourished and developed during the thirteenth century in Syria. The Ayyubid beakers were particularly distinctive in their decorative technique of gilding and colored enameling, and ...
  • Salamey, Imad (Routledge, 2024-02-22)
    Lebanon is an exceptional entity. It features a consociational political structure marked by confessionalism, all knit together by regnant tensions, frail institutions, and the shadow of foreign intervention. The trauma ...
  • Moati, Nadia; Otrok, Hadi; Mourad, Azzam; Robert, Jean-Marc (2016-05-13)
    The QOLSR is a multimedia protocol that was designed on top of the optimized link state routing (OLSR) protocol for mobile ad hoc network. It considers the quality of service (QoS) of the nodes during the selection of the ...
  • Moati, Nadia (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-10)
    The QOLSR is a multimedia protocol that was designed on top of the optimized link state routing protocol for mobile ad hoc network. It considers the quality of service (QoS) of nodes in the network when selecting the ...
  • Khoury, Alfred; DeStefano, Kimberly A; Lin, Jung-Tz; Al-Kouatly, Huda; Bronsky, George; Barbara, Nies (2019-04-16)
    OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of outcomes of rescue cerclage at our institution. METHODS: A retrospective study of women who received rescue McDonald cerclage, from January 2002 to December 2004, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. ...
  • Freij, Carla (Lebanese American University, 2011-08-18)
    Creating and implementing after school programs and support services for children who come from low socio-economic backgrounds is quite complex and needs careful planning. This study explores the importance of creating ...
  • Bohsali, Layal Adel (Lebanese American University, 2010-11-09)
    The purpose of the present study is to provide support for teachers to assess grade two students using informal assessment techniques. This project explores the importance of informal assessment techniques and their effects ...