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  • Branched-chain amino acids mediate resilience to chronic social defeat stress by activating BDNF/TRKB signaling 
    Nasrallah, Patrick; Abou Haidar, Edwina; Stephan, Joseph S.; El Hayek, Lauretta; Karnib, Nabil; Khalifeh, Mohamad; Barmo, Nour; Jabre, Vanessa; Houbeika, Rouba; Ghanem, Anthony; Nasser, Jason; Zeeni, Nadine; Bassil, Maya; F. Sleiman, Sama (2019-10-11)
    How individuals respond to chronic stress varies. Susceptible individuals ultimately develop depression; whereas resilient individuals live normally. In this study, our objective was to examine the effect of branched-chain ...
  • Brand addiction 
    Chi Cui, Charles; Mrad, Mona; Hogg, Margaret K. (2020-01-16)
    Brand addiction is one of the most important ways that consumers engage with brands. Other types of consumer-brand relationships include brand attachment, brand love, brand loyalty, brand passion and brand trust. This study ...
  • Brand addiction 
    Mrad, Mona; Chi Cui, Charles (2020-01-16)
    Purpose: This paper aims to develop a definition of brand addiction and a valid brand addiction scale (BASCALE). Design/methodology/approach The authors used focus-group results to define brand addiction and generate ...
  • Brand–brand relational moments 
    Ramadan, Zahy B. (2020-01-16)
    Marketing has evolved from being mainly transactional based to relationship driven. As social media platforms facilitated a two-way communication channel between brands and consumers, they also made it possible for brands ...
  • Brayton cycles as waste heat recovery systems on series hybrid electric vehicles 
    Bou Nader, Wissam; Mansour, Charbel; Dumand, Clément; Nemer, Maroun (2020-09-22)
    In the global attempt to increase the powertrain overall efficiency of hybrid vehicles while reducing the battery size, engine waste heat recovery (WHR) systems are nowadays promising technologies. This is in particular ...
  • Breakdown of perineal laceration repair after vaginal delivery 
    JAllad, Karl; Steele, Sarah E.; Barber, Matthew D. (2019-05-28)
    Objective The aim of the study was to estimate risk factors associated with breakdown of perineal laceration repair after vaginal delivery. Methods This is a case-control study of women who sustained a breakdown of ...
  • Breaking the silence 
    King, Gretchen (2023-02-22)
    This article reviews the challenges and opportunities for communicating about Palestine with the goal of promoting civil society actions that centre Palestinian human rights.
  • Breast cancer cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells 
    Faour, Wissam H.; Najar, Mehdi; Fayyad-Kazan, Hussein; Badran, Bassam; Journe, Fabrice; Lagneaux, Laurence (2019-04-25)
    Objective The role of direct cell–cell interactions mediating selective bone metastasis by breast cancer cells (BCCs) niche is still mostly unknown. Materials and methods Conditioned medium and direct cell–cell contacts ...
  • Breast Disease-Related Educational Outcomes at the University of Florida 
    Abdalla, Eddie; Lind, Scott; Flynn, Timothy; Tepas, Joseph; Copeland III, Edward (2015-11-10)
    The purpose of this study was to assess resident knowledge related to breast disease at the University of Florida. In addition, we surveyed graduates of our surgery program regarding the importance of breast disease in ...
  • Breathing frequency (fR) is no longer under chemoreflex control during REM sleep 
    Burke, Peter; Kanbar, Roy; Basrting, Tyler; Viar, Kenneth; Stornetta, Ruth; Guyenet, Patrice (2016-10-11)
    Objective: To define the contribution of central chemoreception in general and the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) in particular to the regulation of breathing in REM sleep. Methods: EEG, neck EMG, blood pressure, fR and tidal ...
  • Breathing regulation and blood gas homeostasis after near complete lesions of the retrotrapezoid nucleus in adult rats 
    Souza, George M.P.; Kanbar, Roy; Stornetta, Daniel S.; Abbott, Stephen B.G.; Stornetta, Ruth L.; Guyenet, Patrice G. (2019-10-17)
    The retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) is one of several CNS nuclei that contribute, in various capacities (e.g. CO2 detection, neuronal modulation) to the central respiratory chemoreflex (CRC). Here we test how important the ...
  • Bremsstrahlung spectrum from low-energy-electron bombardment of rare-gas atoms 
    Semaan, Mars; Quarles, Carroll (2016-04-18)
    Results are presented for the atomic-field bremsstrahlung photon spectrum at 90° from the bombardment of atoms of neon, argon, krypton, and xenon by 6-10-keV electrons. The experimental data are found to agree well with ...
  • The bridges and divides between politics and international law. (c2011) 
    Jeanbart, Christian J. (Lebanese American University, 2011-06-14)
    The present thesis analyzes the circumstances and fate of Kosovo‟s February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence, as an experimental case for the assertion of the relationship between politics and international ...
  • Bridging the gap between KG2 and grade one activity kit. (c2010) 
    Hammoud, Maya (Lebanese American University, 2011-03-22)
    Learning activities are recommended in all grade levels to facilitate the learning and teaching process. Children in the preschool and elementary stages learn most through activities where all their senses are engaged. ...
  • Brief clinical report and review 
    Deeb, Mary E.; Jaatoul, Nadia Y.; Haddad, Nadra E.; Khoury, Leila A.; Afifi, Adel K.; Bahuth, Nadia B.; Mikati, Mohammad A.; Der Kaloustian, Vazken M. (2016-11-23)
    We have studied a sibship with one confirmed and three probable cases of the Marden-Walker syndrome (MWS). Our patient had the major manifestations of blepharophimosis and squint; narrowly arched palate with micrognathia; ...
  • Bringing a maker-centered classroom into the elementary school. (c2018) 
    Shaikh, Nathalie Hanna (Lebanese American University, 2019-04-15)
    At its basic level, a Makerspace is viewed as a learning space equipped with tools and materials with which people of all ages can produce useful and meaningful products through social interactions and problem solving. ...
  • Bringing up an eco-child 
    Ghosn, Irma (2018-10-03)
  • BUC algorithm for iceberg cubes 
    Nasr, George E.; Badr, Celine (2017-12-07)
    The Iceberg-Cube problem restricts the computation of the data cube to only those group-by partitions satisfying a minimum threshold condition defined on a specified measure. In this paper, we implement the Bottom-Up ...
  • Buccal Cell DNA Extraction 
    Saab, Yolande B.; Kabbara, Wissam; Chebib, Christiane; Gard, Paul Richard (2016-09-26)
    Simple and cost-effective methods are needed to extract DNA in order to use it in large-scale studies. Blood is an excellent DNA source; however, it is costly and invasive thus an alternative is needed. Several kits and ...
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in polycythemia vera 
    Mahfoud, Daniel; Akoum, Riad; Ghaoui, Albert; Haddad, nadine; Mahfoud, Nathalie; Farrhat, Hussein; Khoury, Joe (2019-04-09)
    Polycythemia vera (PV) is a common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT). The postpartum period is a precipitating cofactor. An additional heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis (HIT/T) ...