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  • 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 ...
  • Borderline behavior for 2 x 2 iterative systems 
    Habre, Samer S.; McDill, Jean-Marie (2016-05-16)
    The study of 2 × 2 linear iterative systems leads naturally to an analysis of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the corresponding system matrix. The phase portraits for such systems have been previously examined and ...
  • Boron-neutron capture on activated carbon for hydrogen storage 
    Romanos, Jimmy; Beckner, Matthew; Prosniewski, Matthew; Rash, Tyler; LEe, Mark; Robertson, J.David; Firlej, Lucyna; Kutcha, Bogdan; Pfeifer, Peter (2019-10-10)
    This work investigates the effects of neutron irradiation on nitrogen and hydrogen adsorption in boron-doped activated carbon. Boron-neutron capture generates an energetic lithium nucleus, helium nucleus, and gamma photons, ...
  • Botnet detection 
    Al Ebri, Noura; Otrok, Hadi; Mourad, Azzam; Al-Hammadi, Yousof (IEEE, 2017-03-10)
    In this paper, we address the problem of botnet detection by correlating information from trusted hosts and network. Botnets are groups of compromised computers controlled by a botmaster through a command and control (C&C) ...
  • A bottom-up outcome-based learning assessment process for accrediting computing programs 
    Harmanani, Haidar M. (Proquest, 2018-04-27)
    The push for a culture of evidence that guides improvement in higher-education has made outcome-based assessment a necessity. Furthermore, the recent move by ABET's CAC into more rigorous assessment has caused anxiety among ...
  • The boundary dispute between Kuwait and Iraq. (c2011) 
    Alkenaee, Maha (Lebanese American University, 2011-11-29)
    This thesis attempts three related tasks. First, it surveys the historic record which provides uncontestable evidence that Kuwait was never part of the Ottoman Empire and thus never formed a single administrative or political ...
  • A bounded search tree algorithm for parameterized 
    Abu-Khzam, Faisal N.; Fernau, Henning; Langston, Micheal A. (2015-12-07)
    The parameterized complexity of the face cover problem is considered. The input to this problem is a plane graph G with n vertices. The question asked is whether, for a given parameter value k, there exists a set of k or ...
  • Bourdieu in Beirut 
    Tabar, Paul; Egan, Martyn (2016-12-06)
    This article uses Pierre Bourdieu’s theory to analyze the relation between the Lebanese state and the reproduction of unequal power relations, in particular through the phenomenon of wasta (an Arabic word referring to the ...
  • A BPEL-based framework for the enforcement of web services security. (c2012) 
    Ayoubi, Sara Nabil El- (Lebanese American University, 2012-07-04)
    In this this thesis, we address the problem related to security in a composition of web services, mainly in a BPEL process. This problem emerges due to the monopolization of security at the web service side which causes ...
  • BRAF status and mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase 1/2 activity indicate sensitivity of melanoma cells to anthrax lethal toxin 
    Abi-Habib, Ralph J.; Urieto, Jeffrey O.; Leppla, Stephen H.; Duesbery, Nicholas S.; Frankel, Arthur E. (2015-11-30)
    Anthrax lethal toxin, composed of protective antigen and lethal factor, was tested for cytotoxicity to human melanoma cell lines and normal human cells. Eleven of 18 melanoma cell lines were sensitive to anthrax lethal ...
  • Breaking the silence 
    King, Gretchen (2023-02-22)
    This article reviews the challenges and opportunities for communicating about Palestine with the goal of promoting civil society actions that centre Palestinian human rights.
  • Bremsstrahlung spectrum from low-energy-electron bombardment of rare-gas atoms 
    Semaan, Mars; Quarles, Carroll (2016-04-18)
    Results are presented for the atomic-field bremsstrahlung photon spectrum at 90° from the bombardment of atoms of neon, argon, krypton, and xenon by 6-10-keV electrons. The experimental data are found to agree well with ...
  • The bridges and divides between politics and international law. (c2011) 
    Jeanbart, Christian J. (Lebanese American University, 2011-06-14)
    The present thesis analyzes the circumstances and fate of Kosovo‟s February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence, as an experimental case for the assertion of the relationship between politics and international ...
  • Bridging the gap between KG2 and grade one activity kit. (c2010) 
    Hammoud, Maya (Lebanese American University, 2011-03-22)
    Learning activities are recommended in all grade levels to facilitate the learning and teaching process. Children in the preschool and elementary stages learn most through activities where all their senses are engaged. ...
  • Bringing a maker-centered classroom into the elementary school. (c2018) 
    Shaikh, Nathalie Hanna (Lebanese American University, 2019-04-15)
    At its basic level, a Makerspace is viewed as a learning space equipped with tools and materials with which people of all ages can produce useful and meaningful products through social interactions and problem solving. ...
  • Bringing up an eco-child 
    Ghosn, Irma (2018-10-03)
  • The buffered work-pool approach for search-tree based optimization algorithms 
    Abu-Khzam, Faisal N.; Rizk, Mohamad A.; Abdallah, Deema A.; Samatova, Nagiza F. (Springer, 2017-03-17)
    Recent advances in algorithm design have shown a growing interest in seeking exact solutions to many hard problems. This new trend has been motivated by hardness of approximation results that appeared in the last decade, ...
  • Building clusters with lower-bounded sizes 
    Abu-Khzam, Faisal; Casel, Katrin; Fernau, Henning; Bagzan, Cristina (2018-04-23)
    Classical clustering problems search for a partition of objects into a fixed number of clusters. In many scenarios however the number of clusters is not known or necessarily fixed. Further, clusters are sometimes only ...
  • The Bush administration and Iraq. (c2003) 
    Khalil, Reem (Lebanese American University, 2011-09-16)
    The Middle East is a vital oil region and remains critical to future energy supplies. Iraq alone possesses 11 % of the world's known oil reserves. Moreover it possesses promising untapped hydrocarbon potential. These fields ...
  • Business associations and the representation of business interests in post‐war Lebanon 
    Baroudi, Sami E. (2016-05-09)

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