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  • Blogging in Times of War: The July 2006 War in Lebanon and Mazen Kerbaj Imaging the Unimaginable 
    Taan, Yasmine Nachabe (Rutgers University Press, 2019-12-31)
    “The word/image problem is ‘inside’ the problem of the image, and vice versa … the word as image, image as word; the word as limit for the image, and vice versa.”¹ According to W. J. T. Mitchell, during situations of trauma, ...
  • Blood cholesterol profile of the Lebanese population 
    Hirbli, K.; Barakat el-Khoury, W.; Abi-Saab, M.; Najem, R. (2019-05-02)
    During survey of a representative sample of the lebanese population, serum cholesterol level was determined on 913 persons. Mean cholesterol level was found to be 225.6 mg%. After mean adjustment for age, mean cholesterol ...
  • Blood Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Survival in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases Treated with Systemic Chemotherapy 
    Kishi, Yoji; Kopetz, Scott; Chun, Yun Shin; Palavecino, Martin; Abdalla, Eddie K.; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2009)
    Background Whether neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) predicts survival of patients with colorectal liver metastases (CLM) treated with systemic chemotherapy remains unclear. Methods Clinicopathologic data were reviewed ...
  • Blood pressure and arterial wall mechanics in cardiovascular diseases 
    Safar, Michel E.; O'Rourke, Michael F.; Frohlich, Edward D. (Springer, 2019-02-26)
  • BlueHRT 
    Al-Kassem, Ibrahim; Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Dawy, Zaher (IEEE, 2018-06-22)
    Bluetooth wireless technology is being installed in almost any electronic or information device for ad-hoc connectivity among them. Up to eight Bluetooth devices can form a network called a piconet. Interconnecting multiple ...
  • Board changes and CEO turnover 
    Dah, Mustafa A.; Frye, Melissa B.; Hurst, Matthew (2016-05-26)
    The board independence requirements enacted in conjunction with the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) provided motivation for firms that were already compliant with the regulations to alter their board structure. We consider ...
  • Board composition, CEO turnover and firm value 
    Dah, Mustafa A.; Hurst, Matthew (2017-02-28)
    This paper tests the effect of an exogenous shock, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002, on the structure of corporate boards and their efficiency as a monitoring mechanism. The results suggest an increase in the participation ...
  • Board gender diversity and firms' social engagement in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries 
    Jizi, Mohammad; Nehme, Rabih; Melhem, Cynthia (2021-11-30)
    Purpose The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries form a unique socioeconomic environment that makes the conclusions of the prior literature not likely to be applicable. GCC countries have huge oil reserves, yet they ...
  • Board gender diversity and firms’ equity risk 
    Jizi, Mohammad Issam; Nehme, Rabih (2020-12-03)
    Purpose There is a growing attention toward the importance of women’s participation on corporate boards in enhancing board governance and decision-making quality. The literature lacks sufficient empirical evidence on the ...
  • Board independance and the efficiency of internal capital markets 
    Dah, Mustafa A.; Al Dah, Bilal; Zantout, Mohammad Hani (2018-03-16)
    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and exchange listing requirements led to an increase in the percentage of independent members on company boards. The literature offers mixed evidence on the effect of board independence on ...
  • Board independence and managerial authority 
    Dah, Mustafa; Jizi, Mohammad; Sbeity, Sadim (2018-03-16)
    Purpose The imposition of the Sarbanes Oxley Act and the NYSE/NASDAQ regulations boosted the proportion of independent directors serving on corporate boards. For certain firms, increasing the number of independent directors ...
  • Board independence and the efficacy of social reporting 
    Dah, Mustafa A.; Jizi, Mohammad I. (2018-07-30)
    The recent decade of scandals, financial crisis, and loss in moral values questioned the soundness of firms' governance structure and held them more accountable to their societies. This put corporate boards under increased ...
  • Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015) 
    Zantout, Mohammad Hani (2016-03-30)
    This paper focuses on the effect of increased board independence on the efficiency of internal capital markets in diversified firms. We find that the increase in board independence post-SOX may have moved firms away from ...
  • Board monitoring and audit fees 
    Jizi, Mohammad; Nehme, Rabih (2020-12-03)
    Purpose This paper aims to examine whether CEO/chair dual roles influence board monitoring-audit fees nexus. The impact of corporate governance on audit fees literature is lacking in the banking sector, which is subject ...
  • Body image, self-esteem and academic achievement of 8th and 11th grades Male and female Lebanese students (c2011) 
    Itani, Diala (Lebanese American University, 2011-11-29)
    The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between body image, self-esteem and academic achievements of 8th and 11th grades male and female Lebanese students. A survey was administered on a sample of 120 ...
  • Body shop flexibility 
    El-Khalil, Raed; Taraman, K.; Taraman, S. (2018-03-26)
  • Body surface area and body weight predict total liver volume in Western adults 
    Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas; Abdalla, Eddie K.; Doherty, Dorota A.; Gertsch, Philippe; Fenstermacher, Marc J.; Loyer, Evelyne M.; Leurt, Jan; Materne, Roland; Wang, Xuemei; Encarnacion, Arthur; Herron, Delise; Mathey, Christian; Ferrari, Giovanni; Charnsangavej, Chusilp; Do, Kim-Anh; Denys, Alban (2002-03)
    Computed tomography (CT) is used increasingly to measure liver volume in patients undergoing evaluation for transplantation or resection. This study is designed to determine a formula predicting total liver volume (TLV) ...
  • Boise, Idaho 
    Lebanese American University. School of Arts & Sciences. Department of Communication Arts (Lebanese American University, 2015)
  • Bone-targeted therapies in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer 
    El-Amm, Joelle; Freeman, Ashley; Patel, Nihar; Aragon-Ching, Jeanny B. (2017-09-22)
    Majority of patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) develop bone metastases which results in significant morbidity and mortality as a result of skeletal-related events (SREs). Several bone-targeted ...
  • Boosting customized and personalized interactive livestreaming experiences. Is Amazon Explore competing or complementing the hospitality industry? 
    Ramadan, Zahy; Farah, Maya; Al Rahbany, Norma (2023-11-01)
    Purpose Following the changes in consumer behavior in the hospitality industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon launched “Explore”, an interactive livestreaming customized service that connects users with hosts ...