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  • The Jordan and Litani rivers in the Middle East. (c1996) 
    Rizk, Edgar (Lebanese American University, 2011-04-14)
    The shortage of water in the Middle East is currently not acute, but it is expected to be more acute in the following twenty years, as water resources are limited, compared to the projected number of population. Consequently, ...
  • The Jordanian experience with political liberalization. (c2009) 
    Jaber, Carmen (Lebanese American University, 2011-10-05)
    This thesis examines the political liberalization process in Jordan since 1989. It first analyzes the steps undertaken by the late king Hussein, who responded to the riots of 1989 by measured dozes of political liberalization ...
  • Journalism and media studies in Lebanon 
    Melki, Jad (2017-10-24)
    This study uses mixed-methods to map out the field of journalism and media studies in Lebanese universities and deploys a Q-technique to capture faculties’ opinions. The Q-analysis of 29 instructors revealed three groups ...
  • Joy to the world 
    Harb, Guitta (2018-11-28)
    Christmas concert performed by Ms. Guitta Harb and LAU students.
  • Judgment of land ownership by young refugee Palestinian and U.S. children 
    Zebian, Samar; Rochat, Philippe (2016-04-13)
    Children’s sense and reasoning about territory and land ownership may develop differently in contexts of poverty and where narratives of dispossession are a part of daily life and are of political and historical significance, ...
  • Julinda Abu Nasr 
    Aghacy, Samira (2016-11-14)
    When asked by the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World to write a tribute to Julinda Abu Nasr on the occasion of her retirement in October, 1997, my mind went back to the short period of time I worked with her ...
  • The July war and its effects on Lebanon’s power-sharing 
    Fakhoury, Tamirace (2016-03-22)
    This paper examines Lebanon’s fragile politics of accommodation in the wake of the Hezbollah-Israeli war in July 2006. After drawing attention to the dangerous emergence of a bipolar and unstable power-sharing model ...
  • Juvenile-onset diabetes and congenital cataract 
    Lenfant, Caroline; Baz, Patrick; Degavre, Anne; Phillippi, Anne; Senne, Valerie; Vandiedonck, Claire; Derbois, Celine; Nicolino, Marc; Zalloua, Pierre; Julier, Cecile (2019-07-25)
    Monogenic forms of diabetes may account for 1–5% of all cases of diabetes, and may occur in the context of syndromic presentations. We investigated the case of a girl affected by insulin-dependent diabetes, diagnosed at 6 ...
  • (k, l)-Clustering for Transactional Data Streams Anonymization 
    Tekli, Jimmy; Al Bouna, Bechara; Issa, Youssef Bou; Kamradt, Marc; Haraty, Ramzi (Springer, 2019-03-18)
    In this paper, we address the correlation problem in the anonymization of transactional data streams. We propose a bucketization-based technique, entitled (k, l)-clustering to prevent such privacy breaches by ensuring that ...
  • K.L.M Cargo. (c1996) 
    Nader, Khansa (2011-10-13)
    This research will study a recent experience in the airfreight industry, i.e. a fresh and courageous venture undertaken by the Dutch carrier KIM whereby the two major divisions in the airline will be split and each one ...
  • The Kafala System: A Replica of Lebanon's Violent Sectarian System? 
    Pamaranglas, Macy Janine (2021-05-11)
    Although the relation between the sectarian system and the kafala system is not always made, this study will allow us to understand how the violence of the kafala system against women replicates that of the sectarian system. ...
  • A Kaleckian model of business cycle synchronization 
    Dibeh, Ghassan (2016-05-17)
    A non-linear, two-country Kaleckian model of the business cycle was developed for investigating business cycle synchronization. The model includes three components: a country-specific business cycle-generating equation, a ...
  • A Kaleckian nonlinear dynamical model of the business cycle 
    Dibeh, Ghassan Labib (University of Texas at Austin, 2017-09-05)
  • Kalila wa Dimna 
    Marroum, Marianne (2016-01-18)
    In this article I argue that René Girard’s modern anthropological theory of mimetic desire that he put forth in Deceit, Desire, and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure and developed in his subsequent books is ...
  • Kamal Jumblatt. (c2013) 
    Mroueh, Wassim (Lebanese American University, 2013-11-18)
    Although there is a plethora of work examining Kamal Jumblatt‟s political career, none explains a major puzzle in this career: namely, the radical change in his stance vis-à-vis the Lebanese political system and prospects ...
  • Karl Lagerfeld to Erdem 
    Mrad, Mona; Farah, Maya F.; Haddad, Stephanie (2022-09-23)
    Numerous designer luxury brands have been interested in creating co-branding partnerships with the fast-fashion retailer H&M. Despite the recognition by some researchers of the value of examining whether consumer reactions ...
  • KB-HYDRO 
    Haraty, R.; Perrizo, W.; Ram, P.; Panda, B.; Kodali, P.; Goli, V.; Kaliappan, S. (2017-02-01)
    In this paper we describe a heterogeneous knowledge base management system which is being designed and developed at North Dakota State University with support from IBM Rochester, MN. The system is called KB-HYDRO. It will ...
  • Kebabs, kids, cops and crime 
    Unknown author (Pluto Press, 2018-07-30)
  • Kefir exhibits anti‑proliferative and pro‑apoptotic effects on colon adenocarcinoma cells with no significant effects on cell migration and invasion 
    Khoury, Nathalie; El-Hayek, Stephany; Tarras, Omayr; El Sabban, Marwan; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Rizk, Sandra (2015-12-18)
    Kefir, a fermented milk product, exhibits anti‑tumoral activity in vivo; yet its mechanism of action remains elusive. Recent studies have focused on the mechanism of action of kefir on cancer cells in vitro. The current ...
  • Kefir induces cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in HTLV-1-negative malignant T-lymphocytes 
    Rizk, Sandra; Maalouf, Katia; Baydoun, Elias (2016-05-09)
    Background: Adult lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a malignancy that occurs in white blood cells. The overall cure rate in children is 85%, whereas it is only 40% in adults. Kefir is an important probiotic that contains ...