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  • S-convexity: the variable radius case 
    Nour, Chadi; Takche, Jean (2023-05-23)
    We generalize, to the variable radius case, the main results contained in a recent paper of the authors [A new class of sets regularity, J. Convex Analysis 25/4 (2018) 1059--1074], where a new regularity class, called ...
  • Salmonella 
    Na'was, Tarek; Banna, Hanin (2018-11-29)
    Samples of the popular chicken shawarma sandwiches from ten reputed restaurants in the Hamra region of Ras Beirut, were tested for contamination with Salmonella. The sandwiches tested were those regularly offered to ...
  • Salvia libanotica improves glycemia and serum lipid profile in rats fed a high fat diet 
    Bassil, Maya; Daher, Costantine F.; Mroueh, Mohammad; Zeeni, Nadine (2016-04-21)
    Background Salvia libanotica (S. Libanotica) is a commonly used herb in folk medicine in Lebanon and the Middle East. The present study aimed to assess the scientific basis for the therapeutic use of S. libanotica in ...
  • Salvia officinalis water extract: a potential hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic and anti-ulcerogenic remedy 
    Alayan, I.; Mroueh, M.; Daher, C. (2018-04-18)
    Herbal medicine, an aspect of folk medicine, is nowadays practiced extensively in the community and most often without control when it comes to third world countries. Sage (Salvia officinalis L., Lamiaceae), widely used ...
  • Samarcande, 1400-1500 
    Fourniau, Vincent (Editions Autrement, 2019-04-04)
  • Same but Different 
    Badran, Dany; Rapanta, Chrysi (2015-12-08)
    In a region characterized by internal socio-political differences and instabilities, such as the Middle East, the need to study and understand interpersonal arguing is becoming more and more critical. Our focus is on the ...
  • Sands of Imprisonment, Subjugation, and Empowerment 
    Marroum, Marianne (2016-01-18)
    88 Marianne MarrouM Sands of Imprisonment, Subjugation, and Empowerment Reading Foucault in Kobo Abe?s The Woman in the Dunes Any reader who is familiar with the fiction of the Japanese modernist writer and critic Kobo Abe ...
  • Satisfaction with living arrangements of older adults with intellectual disability 
    Grey, Ian M.; Rourke, Anne O.; Fuller, Ray; McClean, Brian (2019-03-14)
    Living arrangements for older adults with intellectual disability are an important aspect of service provision. However, relatively little work has examined service users’ satisfaction and dissatisfaction with where they ...
  • SBA-XACML 
    Mourad, Azzam; Jebbaoui, Hussein (2015-11-24)
    Policy-based computing is taking an increasing role in providing real-time decisions and governing the systematic interaction among distributed Web services. XACML (eXtensible Access Control Markup Language) has been known ...
  • Scalable Multimedia Streaming in Wireless Networks with Device-to-Device Cooperation 
    Jahed, Karim; Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Moussawi, Abdallah; Abou Daya, Abbas; Dbouk, Hassan; Kassir, Saadallah; Dawy, Zaher (Association for Computing Machinery, 2018-06-29)
    We present a scalable mobile multimedia streaming system with device-to-device cooperation that enables common content distribution in dense wireless networking environments. This is particularly applicable to use cases ...
  • Scalable parallel algorithms for difficult combinatorial problems 
    Abu-Khzam, Faisal N.; Langston, Micheal A.; Shanbhag, Pushkar (2018-04-24)
    A novel combination of emergent algorithmic methods, powerful computational platforms and supporting infrastructure is described. These complementary tools and technologies are used to launch systematic attacks on combinatorial ...
  • Scalable Parallel Algorithms for FPT Problems 
    Abu-Khzam, Faisal N.; Langston, Micheal; Shanbhag, Pushkar; Symons, Christopher (2015-12-07)
    Algorithmic methods based on the theory of fixed-parameter tractability are combined with powerful computational platforms to launch systematic attacks on combinatorial problems of significance. As a case study, optimal ...
  • Scaramutza in Germany 
    Aercke, Kristiaan P. (2016-11-04)
  • Scatter Search algorithm for Protein Structure Prediction 
    Mansour, Nashat; Kehyayan, Christine; Khachfe, Hassan (2016-01-27)
    In this paper, we present a Scatter Search (SS) algorithm for predicting 3D structures of proteins based on torsion angles representation. Given the protein's sequence of Amino Acids (AAs), our algorithm produces a 3D ...
  • Scatter search for homology modeling 
    Mansour, Nashat; Stamboulian, Mouses (Springer, 2018-05-17)
    Homology modeling is an effective technique in protein structure prediction (PSP). However this technique suffers from poor initial target-template alignments. To improve homology based PSP, we propose a scatter search ...
  • Scatter search technique for exam timetabling 
    Mansour, Nashat; Isahakian, Vatche; Ghalayini, Iman (2016-01-26)
    At universities where students enjoy flexibility in selecting courses, the Registrar’s office aims to generate an appropriate exam timetable for numerous courses and large number of students. An appropriate, real-world ...
  • A scatternet formation algorithm for Bluetooth networks with a non-uniform distribution of devices 
    Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Al-Kassem, Ibrahim; Dawy, Zaher (2016-03-02)
    We address the problem of scatternet formation for network scenarios with a non-uniform distribution of Bluetooth devices. The assumption of having a non-uniform distribution of devices in a given area of interest is ...
  • School Counseling in Lebanon 
    Ayyash-Abdo, Huda; Alamuddin, Rayane; Mukallid, Samar (2015-11-27)
    This article examines the status of school counseling in Lebanon. An overview that points out some weakness in the educational system, such as high dropout and repetition rates, is presented. Calls for counseling have been ...
  • School culture, leadership, effectiveness and improvement, and student success in higher education 
    Baroud-Nabhani, Mona (University of Leicester, 2018-05-11)
    The purpose of this study was to identify school factors that promoted students' academic and personal development and enhanced their success in higher education. The underlying assumption was that effective decentralised ...
  • School-based professional development in one Lebanese school 
    Nabhani, Mona; Bahous, Rima; Hamdan, Zeina (2015-11-04)
    This case study examines the attitudes of the secondary and middle school teachers at one school in Lebanon regarding the effect of the school’s professional development (PD) programs on the quality of their teaching ...

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