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  • Qatar and Omnibalancing Escaping the Saudi Regional Hegemony 
    Bitar, Houda (Lebanese American University, 2020-06-01)
    Taking as its backdrop the severing of diplomatic ties and the imposition of economic sanctions on Qatar by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies in June 2017, this thesis examines the sources of the turbulent relationship ...
  • From Sectarian Socialization to Violent Socialization 
    Nooruddin, Fatema (Lebanese American University, 2020-05-23)
    In the last two decades, academic work published on sectarianism in the Middle East has focused on the Sunni-Shi‘a conflict in either states with heterogeneous Muslim populations, such as Lebanon and Iraq, or postwar states, ...
  • On Hughes' Model for Pedestrian Traffic 
    Kaldawi, Fadi J (Lebanese American University, 2020-07-09)
    In this thesis, we explore the modeling and application of the pedestrian fl w model proposed by Roger L. Hughes in 2002, a system of a hyperbolic conservation law to describe crowd densities (ρ) and an Eikonal equation ...
  • Correlation Clustering with Overlaps 
    Fakhereldine, Amin (Lebanese American University, 2020-05-27)
    The Cluster Editing problem asks for transforming a given graph into a disjoint union of cliques by applying a minimal number of edge-editing operations. The allowed operations include addition of non-existing edges and ...
  • Dual Targeting of Matrix Metalloproteases and the MAPK Pathway in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells Using an MMP-activated anthrax lethal toxin (PrAgL1/LF) 
    Al Saneh, Ahmad (Lebanese American University, 2020-05-27)
    Anthrax lethal toxin is a two-component toxin consisting of protective antigen (PrAg), the cell binding and translocation domain, and lethal factor (LF), the catalytic domain, which cleaves all mitogen-activated ...
  • Class Interest and the Kafala System in Lebanon 
    Shalha, Rasha (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-21)
    The Kafala system is a form of sponsorship for migrant workers that wish to work within another country. This system is most prevalent in Arabic countries where a great number of workers are needed for industries like oil ...
  • Helping Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Overcome Academic and Psychosocial Challenges 
    Al Samhoury, Ola (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-04)
    This study explores educational challenges that Syrian refugee children face, and support programs offered to them by an NGO for non-formal early childhood education. It is guided by the theory of care and education in ...
  • Youth Radicalization 
    Saadi, Mona (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-14)
    Many of young Palestinians have been the target of extremists’ appeal. Studies have shown that radicalization gains grounds in poor socioeconomic and lacking human rights environment. Radical groups have been successful ...
  • Asymmetric Warfare Through the Communication of Threats 
    Mendelek, Miguel (Lebanese American University, 2020-11-30)
    For more than thirteen years now, Hezbollah and Israel, against all the odds of asymmetric deterrence, have been maintaining a relatively stable deterrence status quo. After the deployment of Katyusha rockets in 1992, and ...
  • Evaluation of light-activated Ru(II) prodrugs and their photoproducts as potential anti-cancer agents 
    Elias, Maria (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-22)
    Photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) has emerged as a new method for targeted cancer therapy. Strained ruthenium based complexes with octahedral geometry may undergo ligand dissociation once irradiated, forming aquated ...
  • The Impact and Implications of Three (I)NGO Women Empowerment Programs on Displaced Syrian Women in Lebanon 
    Fleifel, Manar (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-19)
    This thesis explores, through a critical post-colonial feminist lens, the impact and implications of three humanitarian and development organizations women empowerment programs on Syrian women’s lives in displacement. The ...
  • Violent Extremism Prevention in the Era of Globalization 
    Safieddine, Line Abbas (Lebanese American University, 2020-11-23)
    Violent extremism is a key challenge to security in most parts of the world. This has become particularly the case as globalization facilitates violent extremism through global media coverages as well as global economic ...
  • The Snowden Files 
    Ishaya Hanna, Jessica (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-14)
    Surveillance in modern western societies has always been a challenge to the foundation of these democratic liberal societies. The line that separates acts of surveillance for the purpose of national security from illegitimate ...
  • Non-State Actors in Middle East Politics 
    Ibhais, Hasan (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-18)
    The role of non-state actors (NSAs) in international relations has gained increased attention over the course of the past decade. This is especially so in the Middle East where armed non-state actors proliferated. This ...
  • Examining the Intersection of UN Policy Dilemmas with Lebanon's Incoherent Policy Landscape 
    Al Fakih, Fidaa B. (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-04)
    The thesis problematizes the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in International Relations and studies how the organization interacts with refugee hosting states facing protracted refugee ...
  • An Optimized Influencer Rating Model using a Joint Event and Theme based Approach 
    Srour, Ali (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-28)
    The continuous development of social media platforms and exponential level of users' engagement are playing a key role in turning social media platforms into a data source that is indispensable for understanding the behavior ...
  • Les perversions sexuelles en milieu professionnel 
    Abi-Habib, Rudy (Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (1970-2019), 2021-01-22)
    Les perversions sexuelles en milieu professionnel : la violence de la pulsion scopique traite du choix des professions, des structures psychiques et de la violence fondamentale. L'hypothèse part de l'idée que le choix des ...
  • 3D deployment of UAVs in wireless networks for traffic offloading and edge computing. (c2019) 
    Islambouli, Rania (Lebanese American University, 2020-11-03)
    Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently emerged as enablers for mul- titude use cases in 5G networks leading to interesting industrial and business applications. 5G networks envision a multi-service network promoting ...
  • LP-SBA-XACML. (c2019) 
    Chehab, Mohamad A. (Lebanese American University, 2020-11-03)
    The wide applicability of Internet of Things (IoT) would truly enable the pervasiveness of smart devices for sensing data. IoT coupled with machine learning would enter us in an era of smart and personalized, services. ...
  • Teachers' perceptions of the effect of leadership on school climate. (c2019) 
    Ibrahim, Zeina Amal (Lebanese American University, 2020-11-03)
    This mixed methods research examines the relationship between principal leadership and school climate. A sample of 63 elementary teachers evaluated their school climate and leadership through the OCDQ-RE and the MLQ-5X and ...

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