• Reinforcement R-learning model for time scheduling of on-demand fog placement 

  Farhat, Peter; Sami, Hani; Mourad, Azzam (2021-04-08)

  On the fly deployment of fog nodes near users provides the flexibility of pushing services anywhere and whenever needed. Nevertheless, taking a real-life scenario, the cloud might limit the number of fogs to place for ...
• Vehicular-OBUs-As-On-Demand-Fogs 

  Sami, Hani; Mourad, Azzam; El-Hajj, Wassim (2021-04-08)

  Observing the headway in vehicular industry, new applications are developed demanding more resources. For instance, real-time vehicular applications require fast processing of the vast amount of generated data by vehicles ...
• 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 ...
• Test Anxiety, Self-esteem, and Procrastination among Lebanese University Students 

  El Masri, Mira (2021-03-08)

  The purpose of study is to examine the correlations between procrastination, test anxiety, and self-esteem. In this aim, 117 university students in Lebanon, aged 18-35 completed a questionnaire that consisted of Lay’s ...
• Why Intelligence Fails: Intelligence before the Invasion of Iraq in 2003 

  Abi Akar, Murielle (2021-03-08)

  This Senior Study questions the credibility and function of the national intelligence and examines how failures occur inside these communities. It stresses the work of the U.S. Intelligence Community and its relationship ...
• Market Study on E-Laundry Services in Lebanon 

  Abdel Nour, Corinne (2021-02-23)

  This audience research aimed to collect consumer data in order to understand whether launching a Lebanese online laundry application is feasible, and the type of demand for it in the market. A survey methodology using ...
• Confessions of a Wallflower: An Autobiographical and Theoretical Account of Trauma Recovery and Sibling Suicide 

  Barakat, Abir (2021-02-23)

  This study examines a coming-of-age story relaying a traumatic incident that occurred in the author’s life. The purpose of the study is to answer three research questions pertaining to young adults who have experienced ...
• Analyzing the Myanmar Conflict in order to find a Solution 

  Nadia, Annous (2021-02-23)

  The Myanmar conflict is an ongoing sectarian conflict that defies human rights and human dignity. It also thrives on discrimination against minorities such as the Rohingya community in particular and the UN Secretary-General ...
• Les perversions sexuelles en milieu professionnel 

  Abi-Habib, Rudy (Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (1970-2019), 2021-01-22)

  Les perversions sexuelles en milieu professionnel : la violence de la pulsion scopique traite du choix des professions, des structures psychiques et de la violence fondamentale. L'hypothèse part de l'idée que le choix des ...
• “Did You Lose Weight? Love Your Shirt!” Cultural Differences Predict Approval of Selfie-Commenting on Body Shape vs. Trendiness 

  Obeid, Rita; Schwartz, Anna; Shane-Simpsona, Christina; Abi-Habib, Rudy (2021-01-21)
• I love my selfie! An investigation of overt and covert narcissism to understand selfie-posting behaviors within three geographic communities 

  Shane-Simpsona, Christina; Schwartz, Anna M.; Abi-Habib, Rudy; Tohme, Pia; Obeid, Rita (2021-01-21)

  What motivates selfie-posting on social media? Although several studies suggest that narcissistic traits predict online behaviors, different types of narcissism may influence specific online behaviors. In the existing ...
• The role of perceived social support on depression and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Grey, Ian; Arora, Teresa; Thomas, Justin; Saneh, Ahmad; Tohme, Pia; Abi-Habib, Rudy (2021-01-21)

  The aim of the present study was to examine the role of perceived social support pertaining to a range of psychological health outcomes amongst individuals undergoing social isolation and social distancing during COVID-19. ...
• Preferred therapist characteristics of Muslim college women in the United Arab Emirates 

  Grey, Ian; Tohme, Pia; Thomas, Justin; Al Mazrouie, Mariam; Abi-Habib, Rudy (2021-01-21)

  Therapeutic alliance and psychotherapeutic outcomes can be influenced by therapist characteristics. While research has explored preferred therapist characteristics in Western secular contexts, few studies have examined ...
• The Mental States Task (MST) 

  Tohme, Pia; Grey, Ian; Abi-Habib, Rudy (2021-01-21)

  Mentalizing is defined as one’s capacity to think in terms of mental states underlying one’s own and others’ behaviors. It has been posited to develop within the context of a secure attachment relationship and has been ...
• Do Prisoners Mentalize Differently? Investigating Attachment and Reflective Functioning in a Sample of Incarcerated Lebanese Men 

  Abi-Habib, Rudy; Wehbe, Nourhane; Badr, Karim; Tohme, Pia (2021-01-21)

  Insecure attachment and deficits in mentalizing have been consistently found to be correlated with increased delinquency, conduct disorder and antisocial behaviors. This has been explained by a distancing from the other’s ...
• Factors underlying cross-cultural differences in stigma toward autism among college students in Lebanon and the United States 

  Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen; Daou, Nidal; Sanchez-Ruiz, Maria-Jose; Kapp, Steven K.; Obeid, Rita; Brooks, Patricia J.; Someki, Fumio; Silton, Nava; Abi-Habib, Rudy (2021-01-21)

  Although stigma negatively impacts autistic people globally, the degree of stigma varies across cultures. Prior research suggests that stigma may be higher in cultures with more collectivistic orientations. This study aimed ...
• Resilience in Light of Economic Hardship in Lebanon 

  Mazboudi, Tia (2021-01-19)

  The proposed research is designed to establish an association between resilience and economic hardship, alongside examining the various levels and psychological outcomes such as depression, anxiety, religiosity, and sleep ...
• EU Grand Strategy vs. NSS approaches: An Analysis on Immigration Policies. 

  El Hajaly, Joy (2021-01-19)

  My senior study explores the immigration policies of the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) through the analysis of their regional strategies, the EU Global Strategy (EUGS) and the U.S. National Security ...
• The Politics of Economic Development: How the U.S. Constrains the Work of International Financial Institutions in Egypt and Jordan 

  Kadissi, Dalia (2021-01-11)

  This Senior Study examines the political aspect of the international assistance provided by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The Marxist argument is presented to explain the hierarchical nature of these ...
• The Relationship Between a State’s Domestic Factors and Its Implementation of Economic Sanctions: A Study of the Obama Administration’s Economic Sanctions On Iran, 2009-2012 

  Abi Akl, Chana (2021-01-11)

  Coercive diplomacy is one of the foreign policy strategies used by states to solve problems peacefully. Negative economic sanctions are a policy within coercive diplomacy that has been newly used by states to impair the ...

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