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  • Federated Machine Learning for Multi-Aspect Neuro-developmental Disorders 
    Shamseddine, Hala (Lebanese American University, 2022-08-18)
    Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental syndrome resulting from alterations in the embryological brain pre-birth. This disorder distinguishes its patients by special socially restricted and repetitive ...
  • Recruiting and Retaining STEM Teachers in Rural Areas in Lebanon 
    Zebian, Farah (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-18)
    Educational leaders in rural areas struggle to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers. Compared to schools in urban and suburban areas, educational leaders in rural areas have difficulties staffing their classrooms ...
  • Coordinators’ leadership styles and teachers’ perceived level of job performance and job satisfaction in primary private school in Lebanon 
    Hably, Farah (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-14)
    Leadership style is defined as a leader’ characteristic behaviours when working with a group of people. At school, coordinators might have different leadership styles they use with teachers. An effective leadership style ...
  • Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon 
    Roummani, Diana (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-22)
    Civil war in Syria forced million of its people to be forcibly displaced. Today, after eleven years of its start, Lebanon is currently hosting over one million Syrian refugees residing in formal and informal camps spread ...
  • The Role of the Lebanese Mediterranean Diet on Gut Health, Anxiety, and Depression 
    AbdulGhani, Dana (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-14)
    Objectives: A Mediterranean-style diet (MeDi) that is rich in high proportion of fibers, healthy fats, antioxidants, and polyphenols has been associated with the prevention of several metabolic diseases. Adherence to the ...
  • The Lebanese Cannabis Oil Extract promotes resilience to Chronic Social Defeat in C57BL/6J male mice 
    Mezher, Amar (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-22)
    Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) has become one of the most common mental disorders around the world. Although antidepressants remain the first-line treatment for moderate to major depression, however, numerous limitations ...
  • DG-Means – A Superior Greedy Algorithm for Clustering Distributed Data 
    Assaf, Ali (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-26)
    Clustering is the process of dividing a set of objects into several classes in which each class is composed of similar objects. Traditional centralized clustering algorithms target those objects that are located in the ...
  • A Secure and Scalable Sidechain Model for Fog Computing in Healthcare Systems 
    Amhaz, Ali (Lebanese American University, 2022-08-22)
    With the enormous amount of data produced daily, cloud and fog computing presented efficient and effective models for real-time data exchange. Nevertheless, this technology came with a cost at the security level, where it ...
  • Semi-Discrete Shocks for a Microscopic Pedestrian Model 
    Joumaa, Agatha (Lebanese American University, 2022-06-20)
    In this thesis, we explore in the framework of viscosity solutions the existence and uniqueness of traveling solutions using a pedestrian microscopic model. We consider that the velocity of the pedestrian at position u(y) ...
  • Trajectories and Accommodations of Democracy and Islam 
    Shamas, Adnan (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-22)
    The Middle East has been going through various changes in the last decade with many parties and regimes identifying as Islamic. While the world is shifting focus to the importance of democracy, this thesis aims to better ...
  • A Feminist Informed Investigation 
    Sinno, Hiba (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-25)
    Over the years, traditional migration theory has failed to address and examine gender-specific experiences around migration but has used a gendered-neutral approach in highlighting the circumstances that drive women to ...
  • Under My Vine 
    Sleiman, Hucen (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-04)
    This research is a study of the links that connect habitus, memory, culture to architecture, and the role that plays the latter in constructing and preserving a sense of belonging and identity. The migratory course, from ...
  • MMORPGs, Transnationalism and Alternative Migration 
    Kobeissy, Hussein (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-05)
    Alternative migration, such as migration for love and kinship, is an understudied pattern of migration that has recently gained some attention within the literature. In parallel, the interplay between ICT and transnationalism ...
  • Personalized Politics, Presidentialized Systems, and Migration 
    Malass, Jad (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-26)
    This thesis investigates the relationship between migration policies followed by governments and the characteristics and nature of “personalized politics” at the executive level of government. It focuses mainly on decisions ...
  • The Race to Electric Vehicles 
    Saliba, Jerome (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-22)
    Over the past decade, electric vehicles have been growing in popularity. The number of electric vehicles on the roads increased from a few thousand in 2010 to more than 10 million in 2020.1 Electric vehicles have already ...
  • Migrating for Conflict 
    Oneissi, Joelle (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-21)
    This thesis explores the motivations of foreign fighters involved in the Eastern Ukraine conflict between 2014 and 2021. After examining the literature on foreign fighters and recruitment strategies in general as well as ...
  • Ethiopian Migrant Workers; Strategic Indifference and The Cycle of Inequality 
    Banjarian, Linda (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-22)
    Ethiopian migrant workers have been identified to be one of the most vulnerable populations in Lebanon especially after a series of crises, starting in October 2019 at the onset of popular uprising, to a devastating explosion ...
  • The Iranian Involvement in the Yemeni War 
    Taha, Lynne (Lebanese American University, 2022-07-26)
    The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has been one of the main causes of the conflicts and wars in the Middle East since decades. Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria, were places where the two states competed aggressively to bring ...
  • Modeling Software System Interactions Using Temporal Graphs and Graph Neural Networks 
    Germanos, Manuella (Lebanese American University, 2022-08-05)
    The world is quickly adopting new technologies and evolving to rely on software systems for the simplest tasks. This prompts developers to expand their software systems by adding new product features. However, this expansion ...
  • The Impact of the 2019 Lebanese Multidimensional Crisis on Young Adults’ Political Attitudes and Behavior 
    Issa, Maria (Lebanese American University, 2022-06-07)
    How do economic crises affect individuals’ political attitudes and behavior? The thesis sheds light on the impact of the 2019 Lebanese multidimensional crisis on young adults’ political attitudes and behavior. For more ...

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