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The Impact of Labor Migration on Couple and Family Relationships and Dynamics

Arab, Nabila (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-17)

The migration phenomenon has been a fundamental aspect of human history, significantly shaping societies, cultures, and familial structures across the globe. Due to globalization, inflation, conflicts, and climate change, ...

The Effect of a Digital Storytelling Intervention on Middle School Students’ Perceptions about Intellectual Stereotypes and their Interests in STEM Fields

Chaabi, Maya El (Lebanese American University, 2024-04-08)

The purpose of this research study was to explore the impact of digital storytelling on the STEM interest and intellectual stereotypes perceptions of Lebanese middle school students. Employing a quasi-experimental design, ...

The Policy Challenges of Refugee Accommodation in Pluralist Societies

Ghosn, Mariella (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-17)

This thesis focuses on investigating the political consequences of refugee hosting approaches in divided societies. It does this by conducting a comparative analysis of the hosting strategies used in Lebanon, Syria, and ...

The Impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon Post Covid-19

Nassar, Marie-José Elie (Lebanese American University, 2024-03-19)

This thesis looks to explore the different impacts of gender-based violence on Syrian refugee women’s health and wellbeing especially during and post-Covid-19 between 2020 and 2022. It aims to highlight the importance of ...

Detecting protein complexes in protein interaction networks using Mapper and Graph Convolution Networks

Daou, Leonardo (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-15)

Protein complexes are groups of interacting proteins that are central to multiple biological processes. Studying protein complexes as well as their constituents can enhance our understanding of cellular functions and ...

Gender Perceptions in Lebanon

Bitar, Khuloud (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-14)

This thesis examines people’s perceptions of gender in Lebanon across three university campuses and the factors that shaped these perceptions through an intersectional lens. Utilizing Foucault’s theories on knowledge and ...

A Neo-Classical Realist Analysis of Turkish Foreign Policy Towards the Caucasus

Yacoubian, Kevork Armen (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-22)

Turkish foreign policy has been at the forefront of diplomatic and geopolitical alterations as Ankara has established itself as a regional power over the past decades. Perhaps changes within the foreign policy behavior and ...

Visualizing Refugees

Monzer, Karem (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-17)

The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the major issues affecting Lebanon in the past decade. The media played a huge role in shaping public perception and faced challenges to balance political ownership and objective reporting. ...

Unraveling the Genetic Diversity of Enterobacter and Klebsiella spp.

Chalhoub, Ghiwa Fady (Lebanese American University, 2024-04-26)

Enterobacter and Klebsiella spp. are widespread gram-negative opportunistic pathogens linked to nosocomial infections and posing public health concerns. E. hormaechei, K. aerogenes, and K pneumoniae are among the most ...

“I consider this as my responsibility.”

AlMokaddem, Fatima (Lebanese American University, 2024-12-13)

This case study investigates the experiences of unpaid labor and paid employment among a group of female teachers in contemporary Sidon. Universally, women spend more time on unpaid labor than men, which makes them ...

China’s Political Influence in the Arab Gulf through Economic and Technological Channels

Zgheib, Fady (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-16)

China’s economic rise has become an unavoidable discussion in the sector of international affairs. By achieving incredible feats of developments, China made its presence known in the global geopolitical sphere. In doing ...

Mechanisms of Cytotoxicity of Wild-Type Anthrax Lethal Toxin (PrAg/LF) to Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells

Sarout, Diamo (Lebanese American University, 2024-01-14)

Anthrax lethal toxin (PrAg/LF) is a binary toxin composed of protective antigen PrAg and lethal toxin LF utilized as a potential targeted therapeutic against cancers including acute myeloid leukemia (AML). To understand ...

An Adapted Load-Balancing implementation for Sharded Blockchains

Daou, David Halim (Lebanese American University, 2024-03-11)

The emergence of blockchains as a way to organize and protect user data across the internet has come with some concerns, mainly how to deal with the issue of scalability while still maintaining the security standards as ...

In Their Own Words

El Sammak, Dana (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-17)

In the field of language and sexuality, research has predominantly focused on heterosexual language, overlooking the nuances of queer language. The limited research that does exist on homosexual women perpetuates a Eurocentric ...

On Queer Exclusions in Beirut

Fares, Assil (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-17)

Queer spaces are not uniform in their infrastructure. These spaces replicate the social fabric of the society they are built in. However, scholarship in Middle Eastern Queer Studies has overlooked the subject of aggression ...

Unveiling the Chemotherapeutic Potential of Novel Platinum II and Platinum IV Complexes in Skin and Breast Cancers

Slika, Amjad (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-14)

Platinum-based drugs, like cisplatin, have been extensively utilized in cancer chemotherapy. However, their clinical application is limited due to the development of off target toxicity and drug resistance. Despite these ...

Secure and Robust Deep Learning Using Homomorphic Encryption and Adversarial Approach for Image Classification

Abbass, Ali (Lebanese American University, 2024-01-15)

The field of deep learning is facing some complex challenges when it comes to balancing sensitive data with privacy and security. With the emergence of quantum computers, encryption vulnerabilities have become a major ...

Teacher Leadership

Maanna, Abbas Hussein (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-15)

In the current ever-changing teaching and learning environments in schools, teachers – who directly influence students’ achievement – are seeking more chances for leadership inside class, collegiality with their peers and ...

The Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Shaheen, Taghreed (Lebanese American University, 2023-12-06)

Turkey's geographical location and historical ties with both Russia and Ukraine have shaped its unique position as a potential mediator in the Russia-Ukraine war. As a NATO member and an aspiring regional power, Turkey ...

Characterization of the Potency and Mechanism of Action of a Novel Dual-Selective Intermolecularly Complemented Version of Anthrax Lethal Toxin (PAU2R200A- PAL1I207R/FP59) in Breast Cancer

Basala, Sobhiya (Lebanese American University, 2023-12-20)

Wild type Anthrax Lethal toxin is a binary toxin comprised of a protective antigen (PrAg), the cell binding moiety and a lethal factor (LF), the catalytic moiety. Following cell entry, LF cleaves all mitogen- activated ...

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