• Supporting Local Lebanese Products 

  Issa, Maria

  Lebanon is facing an immense economic crisis and severe actions should be taken to save the country from a total financial collapse. Industries are striving to survive with the US shortage and the new banking rules. One ...
• The Case of Wildlife Trafficking in Lebanon 

  Itani, Rawane; Hreiby, Ghaidaa

  This project is about wildlife trafficking, a problem that is often left unaddressed by the media, citizens and even policy-makers in many countries including Lebanon. Secondary research was conducted to get more information ...
• The Lebanese Youth’s Perception of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon 

  Ali, Ameena

  After the Israeli occupation in 1948, Palestinians found refuge in Lebanon. They have been denied basic human rights because of Lebanese government’s opposition to their permanent residency. A lot of factors such as how ...
• Lebanese Educational System: An Impairment 

  Khafaja, Nour; Zoghby, Kinda; Barakat, Jana

  The main purpose of this project is to shed light on the problems of the Lebanese curriculum, which affect the learning process in public and private schools, specifically when it comes to online learning and special ...
• Use of the portage curriculum to impact child and parent outcome in an early intervention program in Lebanon 

  Sarouphim, Ketty M.; Kassem, Sara

  The purpose of this study, that took place in Lebanon, is to investigate the effectiveness of Portage, a home-based early intervention program for children with special needs. The sample consisted of 16 children (eight ...
• Model-Driven Specification and Design-Level Analysis of XACML Policies 

  Tout, Hanine; Mourad, Azzam; Talhi, Chamseddine; Otrok, Hadi; Yahyaoui, Hamdi

  Throughout the recent years, Web services security has been the target of many researchers. Particularly, by integrating policies and rules to govern the Web services behaviors at runtime, researchers have been able to ...
• The Vitamin E Derivative Gamma Tocotrienol Promotes Anti-Tumor Effects in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cell Lines 

  Ghanem, Paola; Zouein, Annalise; Mohamad, Maya; Hodroj, Mohammad H.; Haykal, Tony; Najem, Sonia Abou; Naim, Hassan Y.; Rizk, Sandra

  Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a blood cancer characterized by the formation of faulty defective myelogenous cells with morphological heterogeneity and cytogenic aberrations leading to a loss of their function. In an ...
• The pro-apoptotic effect of a Terpene-rich Annona cherimola leaf extract on leukemic cell lines 

  Ammoury, Carl; Younes, Maria; El Khoury, Marianne; Hodroj, Mohammad H.; Haykal, Tony; Nasr, Peter; Sily, Marilyne; Taleb, Robin I.; Sarkis, Rita; Khalife, Rana; Rizk, Sandra

  Background The edible fruit Annona cherimola has previously shown many nutritional and medicinal properties. The current study evaluates the anti-cancer and anti-proliferative properties of Annona cherimola ethanolic leaf ...
• Malva pseudolavatera Leaf Extract Promotes ROS Induction Leading to Apoptosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells In Vitro 

  El Khoury, Marianne; Haykal, Tony; Hodroj, Mohammad H.; Abou Najem, Sonia; Sarkis, Rita; Taleb, Robin I.; Rizk, Sandra

  Malva pseudolavatera Webb & Berthel. is a plant from the Malvaceae family that has long been included in the human diet due to its various curative effects. Many plant leaf extracts from the various species of Malva genus ...
• Heat Shock Protein 60 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma 

  Hoter, Abdullah; Rizk, Sandra; Naim, Hassan Y.

  Heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) is a mitochondrial chaperone that is implicated in physiological and pathological processes. For instance, it contributes to protein folding and stability, translocation of mitochondrial ...
• Different Trafficking Phenotypes of Niemann-Pick C1 Gene Mutations Correlate with Various Alterations in Lipid Storage, Membrane Composition and Miglustat Amenability 

  Brogden, Graham; Shammas, Hadeel; Walters, Friederike; Maalouf, Katia; Das, Anibh M.; Naim, Hassan Y.; Rizk, Sandra

  Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease leading to progressive neurodegeneration. Mutations in the NPC1 gene, which accounts for 95% of the cases, lead to a defect in intra-lysosomal ...
• Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Impairment of Protein Trafficking and Alterations in Membrane Composition in Intestinal Caco-2 Cell Line 

  Toutounji, Mohamad; Wanes, Dalanda; El-Harakeh, Mohammad; El-Sabban, Marwan; Rizk, Sandra; Naim, Hassan Y.

  A key morphological feature of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the loss of the barrier function of intestinal epithelial cells. The present study investigates endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in addition to alterations ...
• Beta-Tocotrienol Exhibits More Cytotoxic Effects than Gamma-Tocotrienol on Breast Cancer Cells by Promoting Apoptosis via a P53-Independent PI3-Kinase Dependent Pathway 

  Idriss, Maya; Hodroj, Mohammad Hassan; Fakhoury, Rajaa; Rizk, Sandra

  Studies on tocotrienols have progressively revealed the benefits of these vitamin E isoforms on human health. Beta-tocotrienol (beta-T3) is known to be less available in nature compared to other vitamin E members, which ...
• Adjuvant Epigenetic Therapy of Decitabine and Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid Exerts Anti-Neoplastic Effects in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells 

  Abou Najem, Sonia; Khawaja, Ghada; Hodroj, Mohammad Hassan; Babikian, Patil; Rizk, Sandra

  Atypical epigenetic processes including histone acetylation and DNA methylation have been identified as a fundamental theme in hematologic malignancies. Such mechanisms modify gene expression and prompt, in part at least, ...
• An optimized UAV trajectory planning for localization 

  Sharafeddine, sanaa
• An optimized UAV trajectory planning for localization in disaster scenarios 

  Demiane, Freddy; Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Farhat, Omar

  Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered one of the most promising emerging technologies to support rescue teams in disaster management and relief operations according to UN and Red Cross reports. In this work, we ...
• Optimized flow assignment for applications with strict reliability and latency constraints using path diversity 

  Sweidan, Zahraa; Islambouli, Rania; Sharafeddine, Sanaa

  The unprecedented increase in the number of smart connected devices invoked a plethora of diverse applications with different performance requirements stipulating various network management strategies. Ultra-reliable ...
• An Infrastructure-Assisted Workload Scheduling for Computational Resources Exploitation in the Fog-Enabled Vehicular Network 

  Sorkhoh, Ibrahim; Ebrahimi, Dariush; Assi, Chadi; Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Khabbaz, Maurice

  The Vehicle-as-a-Resource is an emerging concept that allows the exploitation of the vehicles’ computational resources for the purpose of executing tasks offloaded by passengers, vehicles, or even an Internet-of-Things ...
• Modeling and Delay Analysis of Intermittent V2U Communication in Secluded Areas 

  Khabbaz, Maurice; Antoun, Joseph; Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Assi, Chadi

  This paper investigates the data-delivery latency in the context of intermittent vehicle-to-UAV (V2U) communications. Precisely, a V2U communication scenario is considered where vehicles opportunistically establish ...
• Leveraging UAVs for Coverage in Cell-Free Vehicular Networks 

  Samir, Moataz; Ebrahimi, Dariush; Assi, Chadi; Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Ghrayeb, Ali

  The success in transitioning towards smart cities relies on the availability of information and communication technologies that meet the demands of this transformation. The terrestrial infrastructure presents itself as a ...

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