Since the end of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), the “Green Line” in Beirut (as the dividing line between the two warring sections of the city has been known) has evolved spatially and physically. To begin with, although ...
This paper examines religious expression within the Maronite community by analyzing the shifts in religiosity since the period of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1991). This is explored through a collection of qualitative ...
This thesis explores how safety in Anthropology is often focused around issues of institutional safety, such as the practices of aviation safety, agricultural safety or workplace safety culture. The anthropology of safety ...
This research delves into the diverse manifestations of shocks and their subsequent reactions within varying socio-political models. The focus is on comparing nations where legitimacy stems from formal institutional ...
Hypoxia is a severe problem in neonates and the major cause of death early in li fe. Acute hypoxia at postnatal day (P) 10 in rats, best mimics the hypoxic insul ts that occur in the preterm and term infants. It induces ...
Despite the recent research on the durability of natural fibers, the durability performance of natural-fiber strengthened structures is not yet widely investigated. In this research, short-term durability tests on hemp-fiber ...
The financial crisis in Argentina is due to various economic and non economic factors, the most significant of which are external to the country, such as the impact of the 1997- 1998 East Asian Crisis, the 1998 Russian ...
Gap junctions (GJs) play essential roles in maintenance of cellular homeostasis, as well as in development and differentiation of various tissues, including the mammary gland. Deregulation of connexins (Cxs), the protein ...
This is a thesis about Sidon during the Ottoman period, namely the late 16m to the--late 18tn centuries. A history of the city and its public monuments, sarays, hems ami hammams will be presented in this study.--Chapter ...
For any positive integer n, we introduce the symplectic group, a subgroup of GL( 2n,Z), denoted by Sp(2n,Z). This group induces a group action on Hn, the set of n x n symmetric complex matrices whose imaginary part is ...