This study examines the media discourse on non-normative subgroups in Lebanon, and how their social construction as folk devils can lead to a moral panic. Lebanese media’s juxtaposition of metal music, drugs, and demon ...
There is a global shortage of nurses and nursing faculty, which impacts healthcare quality. Saudi Arabia faces similar challenges, with a high need for qualified nurses and clinical instructors. Clinical instructors are ...
The crash of the Saudi stock market of the year 2006 was clearly examined by eco nomists, market watchers and legislators as well. In fact, due to the representa tive size of the Saudi economy in the GCC in specific and ...
Sawiyan is a mobile application targeting Lebanese college students going through mental conditions mainly anxiety, depression and eating disorders. The app was created to form a community among college students in an ...
Sayniq River is located at the southern outskirt of the Saida municipality in the South of Lebanon. The river is part of the natural heritage of the city but it is the most neglected and least investigated waterscape of ...
The vital role Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems play in controlling the modern infrastructure, along with the rapid evolution of these systems have turned them into one of the most desired targets ...
Multi-task reinforcement learning (MTRL) suffers from scalability issues when the number of tasks or trajectories per task grows-large. One of the main reasons behind this limitation is the reliance on centralized solutions. ...
Given the accelerated growth in tablet devices, smartphones, and netbooks, designers are faced with serious challenges to meet the needs of mobility in terms of battery life and form factor. It is vital to exploit the ...
This case focuses on documenting the key issues faced by FOO—a key SME player in the ICT sector—and more specifically on how it tackled those issues during its growth process over the prior six years. Based in Beirut, ...
Scaling educational innovations has gained attention, but the conceptual framework remains unclear and key factors are underexplored, leading to a reactive rather than proactive approach. This study examines factors affecting ...
Many not-for-profit organizations attempt to scale-up but face problems of financial sustainability. In developing countries, not-for-profit organizations encounter additional legal, economic, and social restrictions that ...
From the beginning, foreigners played a critical role in aiding the Islamic State’s meteoric rise. Between 2013 and 2019, tens of thousands of individuals traveled from at least 80 different countries to join the swelling ...
The IEEE 802.16 standard defines a Broadband Wireless Access network technology called WiMax. One of the advantages introduced by WiMax is its support for Quali ty of Service (QoS) at the link layer. Although the standard ...