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  • Volatility links between US industries 
    Ben Sita, Bernard (2016-12-15)
    This article investigates volatility linkages across 30 US industries in terms of volatility leadership impact and interdependence dynamics. The volatility spillover index of Diebold and Yilmaz (2009 Diebold, F. X. and ...
  • Volatility patterns of the constituents of FTSE100 in the aftermath of the U.K. Brexit referendum 
    Ben Sita, Bernard (2017-07-20)
    I investigate how sentiment contributed to the build-up of volatility of the constituents of the FTSE100 in the aftermath of the ”yes” to the UK Brexit referendum of Thursday June 23, 2016. Sentiment is estimated as the ...
  • Volatility spillovers 
    Ben Sita, Bernard; Abosedra, Salah (2016-12-15)
    This paper provides evidence on the lead, the contemporaneous and the lagged transmission mechanism of extreme shocks across energy products. Our findings reveal a weak leadership of crude oil in guiding hedgers against ...
  • Voluntary disclosure of intellectual assets and intellectual liabilities 
    Manassian, Armond; Majdalany, George (ProquestAcademic Publishing International,, 2017-11-01)
    The economical shift into knowledge and information management can explain the increased importance of intellectual capital as a research and business topic. Research on intellectual capital has been mainly centred on ...
  • Voluntary vs. compulsory student evaluation of clerkships 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Salameh, Pascale; Salameh, Wael; Park, Yoon Soo; Tekian, Ara (2019-02-27)
    Background Students evaluations of their learning experiences can provide a useful source of information about clerkship effectiveness in undergraduate medical education. However, low response rates in clerkship evaluation ...
  • Vosaroxin for acute myeloid leukemia 
    El-Amm, Joelle; Tabbara, Imad A. (2017-09-25)
    The treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults has not significantly changed in the past five decades. Despite the availability of effective induction chemotherapy, most patients eventually relapse. Relapsed ...
  • Wage discrimination in Lebanon as related to experience and education 
    Fahed-Sreih, Josiane; Sharifi, Hazar (2016-12-21)
    This paper explores the existence of a wage gap between the two genders using a sample of 6081 individuals and tests the effect of experience and educational backgrounds on widening or narrowing this gap. The findings ...
  • Wait! What’s my job? Role ambiguity and role conflict as predictors of commitment among faculty 
    Homayed, Aseel; Karkoulian, Silva; Srour, F. Jordan (2024-03-22)
    Purpose: Faculty play a unique role in universities performing duties along the three fronts of teaching, research, and service. While it might be teaching that contributes most to the bottom line of a small university, ...
  • Walid Jumblat and Political Alliances 
    Rowayheb, Marwan (2016-01-18)
  • War in white sheets 
    Azzi, Reine (2016-10-27)
    Abstract: The dichotomy between the "angel in the house' and the "devil in the flesh" used to symbolize the restrictions facing women in 19th century literature. With the advance of the different stages of feminism, this ...
  • Warm carbon coat reduces friction 
    Bjorling, Marcus; Habchi, Wassim; Bair, Scott; Larsson, Roland (2018-01-03)
    A coating material made of carbon reduces friction not just by providing a slippery surface, but also by keeping the points of contact warm. Marcus Björling at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden and his team coated ...
  • The Washington manual of gastroenterology subspecialty consult 
    Gyawali, C. Prakash (2019-05-09)
  • WASP family members and formin proteins coordinate regulation of cell protrusions in carcinoma cells 
    Sarmiento, Corina; Wang, Weigang; Dovas, Athanassios; Yamaguchi, Hideki; Sidani, Mazen; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Desmarais, Vera; Holman, Holly A.; Kitchen, Susan; Backer, Jonathan M.; Alberts, Art; Condeelis, John (2017-02-08)
    We examined the role of the actin nucleation promoters neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP) and WAVE2 in cell protrusion in response to epidermal growth factor (EGF), a key regulator in carcinoma cell invasion. ...
  • Waste heat recovery from engine coolant on mild hybrid vehicle using organic Rankine cycle 
    Mansour, Charbel; Bou Nader, Wissam; Dumand, Clément; Nemer, Maroun (2020-09-25)
    Considerable efforts have been invested in the automotive industry on electrified powertrains in order to reduce passenger cars’ dependence on fossil fuels. Powertrains electrification resulted in a wide range of mass-production ...
  • Water and Sand 
    Marroum, Marianne (2016-01-18)
    This study interprets Japanese novelist Kobo Abe’s The Woman in the Dunes in terms of the interplay of water and sand, taken now as a dialectic of disorder and order, entropy and negative entropy (negentropy). The protagonist ...
  • Water basins in the Middle East 
    Zgheib, Philippe W. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018-03-20)
    In Middle Eastern factional scheming for power, water is viewed as a strategic resource. The distribution of surface waters constitutes the basis for water geopolitics, thus representing the way to national security. In ...
  • Water in the Middle East and in North Africa 
    Zereini, Fathi; Jaeschke, Wolfgang (Springer, 2018-04-25)
  • Water quality assessment of Lebanese coastal rivers during dry season and pollution load into the Mediterranean Sea 
    Houri, Ahmad; El Jeblawi, Saadieh W. (2016-03-08)
    The chemical and microbiological properties of Lebanese perennial coastal rivers were studied during the dry season extending from July to September 2004. The results indicate significant levels of pollution in all eight ...
  • Water quality problems associated with intermittent water supply 
    Tokajian, Sima; Hashwa, Fuad (2016-04-01)
    A controlled study was conducted in Lebanon over a period of 12 months to determine bacterial regrowth in a small network supplying the Beirut suburb of Naccache that had a population of about 3,000. The residential area, ...
  • Water scarcity as a window of opportunity for a peacful settlement in the Middle East. (c2011) 
    Hammoud, Rayan Amine (Lebanese American University, 2011-03-08)
    Water shortage and the deterioration of water quality in the Middle Eastern region are alarming. The question of water shortage is becoming a salient issue and a prominent potential source of conflict. This thesis examines ...