Jitneys, locally known servees, are the principal providers of public transport services in Beirut. Currently, there are about 32,000 jitneys throughout Lebanon . The local jitney system is a well-established sector that ...
The efficient and effective provision of public services is among the most pressing challenges that the Lebanese government faces. The inadequate capabilities of the Lebanese government to provide public services and to ...
The concept of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) is drowned in a muddle of “conceptual ambiguities”. PPPs have for so long been viewed as a form of privatization. However, in the modern literature, they are treated as a ...
Traditional media is a direct one-way conversation, addressed by a company to consumers or to the public, whereas Social Media allows for a real, fair and unconstrained two-way conversation between the company and… the ...
We have developed a finite-volume MUSCL MATLAB code for the solution of 1D Euler fluid equations, and correspondingly the 1D two-fluid plasma equations with the intention of applying them to the expansion of laser induced ...
This thesis investigates the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films on silicon (100) substrates, following up on previous work performed in our department on the growth of ZnO on sapphire and glass ...
Silicon Carbide (SiC), in its crystalline form, in a wide band-gap semiconductor that has attracted much interest as a potential replacement of Si silicon in high power / high temperature devices with a wide range of modern ...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic bacterial pathogen that infects various organisms and causes acute and chronic infections in humans including chronic infections in cystic fibrosis patients (CF) and ...
The thesis presents the synthesis and characterization of a series of pyrene-based organic materials that can be utilized in different aspects of organic electronics including anion sensing, organic light-emitting diodes ...
Plastic waste is an increasing economic and environmental problem as such there is a great need to process this waste and reduce its environmental impact. In this research the pyrolysis of high density polyethylene (HDPE) ...
In this expanding pharmaceutical market, the issue of drug pollution constitutes a significant concern that needs to be widely addressed because of its global relevance. Sustainable waste management requires that industries ...
Plastic waste is an ever growing problem due to the fact that it does not degrade easily unlike organic materials. Pyrolysis is one effective method to transform waste (biomass, municipal waste, plastic waste among others) ...
Fiber lasers have evolved rapidly during the past several years. They were first introduced in 1996 with a 10 watts single mode lasers and now they are availabl e with powers exceeding 20 kilowatts. They are well accepted ...
QAEM /or “The Uprising”/ is a poster series addressing the rise of righteousness against falsehood, the uprisal of the deprived and the oppressed. The messages are conveyed through a predominantly typographic treatment ...