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  • The Sound and the fury and ma Tabaqqa la-kum. (c2011) 
    Yaacoub, Faten (Lebanese American University, 2012-02-15)
    This study focuses mainly on the significance of free readership as juxtaposed against authorial intent through examining the linguistic elements of the narrative discourse shaping the fictional worlds of William Faulkner’s ...
  • The securitization of European Union immigration policy. (c2011) 
    Enlund, Veera Eleonoora (Lebanese American University, 2012-02-15)
    This thesis examines the phenomenon of securitization in European Union immigration and asylum policy. It seeks to analyze the nature and origins of the externalization of threat in the context of safeguarding Europe’s ...
  • Iraqi federalism. (c2011) 
    Mneimneh, Mirna (Lebanese American University, 2012-02-15)
    This thesis analyzes democratization models for deeply divided society undergoing political transition. It takes the federalization and consociationalization strategies as implemented in Iraq as a case study. A comparative ...
  • Compatibility between democracy, Islam and the Arab culture. (c2008) 
    Bejjani, Celine (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-30)
    Compatibility between Islam, the Arab culture and democracy is a topic I insisted to observe since people around me have been advocating their incompatibility. I have been intrigued to find the sources of these assumptions. ...
  • The Effect of teacher empowerment on job satisfaction. (c2006) 
    Tamim, Maya J. (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-30)
    The growing number of research in school leadership is calling for a move from autocratic top-down leadership to a more democratic leadership style based on shared responsibility, increased teacher autonomy, and higher ...
  • New susceptibility loci associated with type 2 diabetes. (c2011) 
    Mastouri, Nadine A. (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-18)
    Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a complex multifactorial disease, characterized by insulin resistance and a progressive pancreatic β cell failure, leading to an increase in fasting plasma glucose level. Up to date and despite ...
  • Database design patterns. (c2011) 
    Stephan, Georges Boutros (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-18)
    Design Patterns (DPs), recently took over software development by storm. Object oriented development, workflows and distributed computing are a few of the disciplines where DP made a significant difference in the delivery ...
  • Proteome analysis of Candida albicans cell wall mutants. (c2011) 
    Koussa, Joseph Wissam (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-18)
    The fungal pathogen Candida albicans is a leading causative agent of death in immuno-compromised individuals. This pathogenicity involves, among other, morphological switching from yeast to hyphal form. When filamentation ...
  • Investigation of the coherence of the science instructional program at elementary grade levels. (c2011) 
    Rawas, Ruwa (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-18)
    An important feature of an instructional program is the alignment of curricular objectives with instructional practices, materials, assessment practices, professional development opportunities, and the role of good ...
  • Turkey's foreign policy and realism (2002-2010). (c2011) 
    Alban, Rima Fakhry (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-18)
    Turkey has always played a prominent role in drawing the history of the Middle East. However, with the rise of the secular Turkish Republic under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923, Turkey chose to turn to ...
  • New media in the Arab world. (c2011) 
    Barakat, Rabie (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-18)
    This thesis highlights the role of new media in shaping public discourse and redesigning geopolitical realities in the Arab World. It examines the interrelation between media and politics as revealed by the Arab popular ...
  • Molecular typing and biofilm characterization of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical samples in Lebanon. (c2011) 
    Timani, Rola J. (Lebanese American University, 2012-01-18)
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative rod that can cause severe infections which are associated with high mortality rates in immunocompromised patients. It is a frequent cause of nosocomial infections where the spread ...
  • Syria's foreign policy under Bashar Al-Assad. (c2011) 
    Makdessi, Joelle Hanna (Lebanese American University, 2011-12-13)
    Analysts predicted a shift in Syria‘s foreign and domestic politics after the death of Hafiz el-Assad in 2000. Expectations were high that Bashar will initiate political, social and economic reforms. These expectations ...
  • Hardening the ElGamal cryptosystem in the setting of the second group of units. (c2011) 
    Fanous, Suzan Mohamad (Lebanese American University, 2011-12-13)
    The purpose of this thesis is to give up to date discussion of the principles, techniques and algorithms of interest in cryptographic practice. We choose to emphasize on the most practical and applied cryptographic system, ...
  • Ramadan's Leaves through Dali's mirror of Narcissus. (c2011) 
    Abdulsater, Zoha (Lebanese American University, 2011-12-13)
    This research carries out an interdisciplinary approach to comparative analysis which not only transcends historical, linguistic, and cultural boundaries, but also explores distinct art forms—namely Salvador Dalí‘s painting ...
  • Anticancer and antioxidant effects of tragopogon porrifolius extract. (c2011) 
    Tenkerian, Clara A. (Lebanese American University, 2011-12-07)
    In recent years, the medicinal properties of plant-derived products have come under extensive investigation, and plants with antioxidant properties are considered as potential therapeutic tools against cancer and other ...
  • Textisms. (c2011) 
    Kawas, Sarah Al (Lebanese American University, 2011-12-01)
    The 21st century has brought with it many new and efficient technological advances in the area of communications; most notable are the Internet (CMC) and mobile telephones (SMS). The youth of this generation has advanced ...
  • The literature of travelling to Lebanon. (c2011) 
    Itani, Suha Mustapha (Lebanese American University, 2011-12-01)
    Travel writing is an ancient and broad genre of literature, and an important subject in the humanities and social sciences. It has provided cultural, historical, religious, philosophical, political, even environmental ...
  • Implementing Dynamic Geometry Software-based Constructivist Approach (DGS-CA) in teaching Thales' theorem. (c2011) 
    Abi Saab, Mirna (Lebanese American University, 2011-12-01)
    Teaching mathematics is no longer the act of teaching already-made mathematics, but rather starting from real-life problem situations, modeling, exploring, analyzing and hypothesizing. This study develops and pilots an ...
  • The effectiveness of trained peer response on ESL students' writing quality and revision types. (c2011) 
    Shatila, Safaa Abdul-Salam (Lebanese American University, 2011-12-01)
    This action research investigates the effectiveness of trained peer response on ESL students’ revision types and writing quality. Eighteen female eighth graders in a Lebanese school participated in the study. Tools used ...

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