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  • 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 (2024-03-04)
    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 ...
  • Water tariffs in Lebanon 
    Chatila, Jean G. (2016-05-13)
    Lebanon is increasingly suffering from shortage and mismanagement of water, which is becoming a commodity of considerable value owing to the inadequacy of supply to meet the needs of potential users. Water authorities and ...
  • Water. (c2004) 
    Rizk, Rita (Lebanese American University, 2011-10-21)
  • Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Nicotine Mediates Resilience to Chronic Stress by Activating BDNF Signaling 
    Khalifeh, Mohamad Rabieh (Lebanese American University, 2020-03-18)
    The purpose of this study was to investigate how nicotine in the context of waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) affects depression and anxiety-like behaviors associated with chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) in a male C57BL/6J ...
  • Ways and means to keep employees motivated, productive, and loyal 
    Armache, Jalal (2017-11-24)
    This article discusses the ways and methods that keep employees motivated and productive. Several studies have shown great positive corrolation between employees's motivational level and organizational productivity. This ...
  • Ways forward for Syria 
    Salamey, Imad; Rizk, Samuel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018-08-29)
    Salamey and Rizk consider that almost every pan-Arab nationalist republic has experienced a similar course of rising political contestation and growing rifts between identity groups. Common to all is a half-century project ...
  • We are more than stereotypes 
    Halila, Salaam (2021-03-09)
    Stereotypes are over-generalized ideas people have on different cultures. Some stereotypes tend to be true, however, it becomes problematic when a specific stereotype is the only way a culture is being viewed, while in ...