The wrath of Mother Nature is by no means new, but the understanding of its economic implications is still in its early stages. Natural disasters have grown in numbers over the past 30 years all over the world. Contrasting ...
This study explored the educational status of street children in Lebanon from the perspective of law, ministries, non-governmental organizations and street study participants. The study had a two-fold purpose: (a) to ...
The science curricula of the 21st century focus on providing students with the opportunity to become scientifically literate, to be able to engage in scientific explanations built on evidence, and to be able to apply their ...
Background and Aims: Promising results were obtained when bovine cartilage was used to treat several malignancies. However, only a few in vitro and in vivo studies were conducted to assess its mechanism of action. Additionally, ...
Phosphorus is the second most abundant mineral in the body making up 1percent of the total human body weight. In addition to its main function in bone and teeth formation, phosphorous is an essential element used by proteins ...
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), which accounts for 15–20percent of all breast cancers, are extremely aggressive and have a poor prognosis due to the high tendency for metastatic progression and absence of specific ...
Hostilities, conflicts and wars have been synonymous with the Middle East where enmity has historically prevailed between Israel and Arab states. The discovery of large hydrocarbons reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean ...
Introduction: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) establishes latency following a primary infection mainly in B-lymphocytes and is capable of reactivating at any time potentially shedding its viral DNA. A previous study at the ...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although the risk factors of this disease are common to males and females, the prevalence of CVD is gender dependent. This suggests ...
This study examines the effect of exchange rate on stock market in China. We employ daily data on SSE composite index as proxy for Shanghai stock exchange and on USD-CNY exchange rate for the 10 years period between January ...
The colon plays an important role in sodium absorption which is driven by the sodium electro-chemical gradient established by the Na+-K+ ATPase present on the basolateral side. Water follows then by osmosis. Any change in ...
It is important to promote scientific literacy among students, since they are the future citizens of a society that relies on the rapidly growing advances of science and technology. That is why one of the aims of science ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a musical training program based on interactive music therapy sessions enhanced the behavioral profile and the social skills of young children affected by mild autism. ...
Mutations in the LMNA gene, which encodes for lamins A and C (lamin A-C) of the nuclear lamina, cause a wide array of tissue-specific pathologies, mostly affecting cardiac and skeletal muscle tissues. How mutations in a ...
Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is notorious for its biofilm forming capacity, which reduces the accessibility of antibacterial agents and renders the host defenses ineffective in clearing such infections. 1,3-β-D-glucan ...
This paper investigates the effect of the minimum wage on the labor market outcomes of foreign-born workers, natives and non-Europeans. We test this impact by using panel data on 20 European countries from 2002 to 2013, ...
There has been an increasing bulk of literature addressing the effect of varying levels of dietary protein intake on weight changes, body composition, and disease risk. More recent studies showed the epigenetic effect of ...