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P-Y Curves for Rigid Walls Retaining Granular Soil

El Chiti, Imad (9/23/2020)

The mobilization of lateral stresses behind retaining walls constitutes a typical soil structure interaction problem particularly under cyclic loading conditions. There is interest in quantifying the relationship between ...
P18 (SRS35/TgSAG4) Plays a Role in the Invasion and Virulence of Toxoplasma gondii

Hamie, Maguy H.; Tawil, Nadim M.; El Hajj, Rana H.; Najm, Rania; Moodad, Sara; Hleihel, Rita S.; Karam, Martin M.; El Sayyed, Sana; Besteiro, Sébastien; El-Sabban, Marwan E.; Dubremetz, Jean François; Lebrun, Maryse L.; El-Hajj, Hiba Ahmad (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)

Toxoplasmosis is a prevalent parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). Under the control of the host immune system, T. gondii persists as latent bradyzoite cysts. Immunosuppression leads to their reactivation, ...
P22 N peptide recognizes a GNRA-like BoxB RNA loop with binding requirements that overlap with [lambda] N - by Alexis Iskandar Cocozaki

Cocozaki, Alexis Iskandar (2008)

An arginine-rich peptide of the N protein binds to the boxB RNA hairpin in the n ascent transcript to allow transcription past terminators in P22 and lambda phag e. The N-boxB complexes of the two phages share sequence and ...
P2X7R mutation disrupts the NLRP3-mediated Th program and predicts poor cardiac allograft outcomes

D’Addio, Francesca; Vergani, Andrea; Potena, Luciano; Maestroni, Anna Maria; Usuelli, Vera; Ben Nasr, M.; Bassi, Roberto; Tezza, Sara; Dellepiane, Sergio; El Essawy, Basset; Iascone, Maria Rosaria; Iacovoni, Attilio; Borgese, Laura; Liu, Kaifeng; Visner, Gary A.; Dhe-Paganon, Sirano; Corradi, Domenico; Abdi, Reza; Starling, Randall C.; Folli, Franco B.; Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo Vincenzo; Sayegh, Mohamed H.; Heeger, Peter S.; Chandraker, Anil K.; Grigioni, Walter Franco; Fiorina, Paolo (American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2018)

Purinergic receptor-7 (P2X7R) signaling controls Th17 and Th1 generation/differentiation, while NOD-like receptor P3 (NLRP3) acts as a Th2 transcriptional factor. Here, we demonstrated the existence of a P2X7R/NLRP3 pathway ...
p53 restoration in induction and maintenance of senescence: Differential effects in premalignant and malignant tumor cells

Harajly, Mohamad; Zalzali, Hassan; Nawaz, Zafar; Ghayad, Sandra E.; Ghamloush, Farah; Basma, Hussein A.; Zainedin, Samiha; Rabeh, Wissam; Jabbour, Mark N.; Tawil, Ayman N.; BADRO, Danielle A.; Evan, Gérard I.; Saab, Raya H. (American Society for Microbiology, 2016)

The restoration of p53 has been suggested as a therapeutic approach in tumors. However, the timing of p53 restoration in relation to its efficacy during tumor progression still is unclear. We now show that the restoration ...
The pacifism of Mahatma Gandhi

Abu Khadra, Ishak (1952)
Packing cycles faster than Erdos–Posa

Lokshtanov, Daniel; Mouawad, Amer E.; Saurabh, Saket; Zehavi, Meirav (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications, 2019)

The Cycle Packing problem asks whether a given undirected graph G = (V, E) contains k vertex-disjoint cycles. Since the publication of the classic Erdos–Pósa theorem in 1965, this problem received significant attention in ...
Paclitaxel Treatment and Proprotein Convertase 1/3 (PC1/3) Knockdown in Macrophages is a Promising Antiglioma Strategy as Revealed by Proteomics and Cytotoxicity Studies

Duhamel, Marie; Rose, Mélanie; Rodet, Franck; Murgoci, Adriana Natalia; Zografidou, Lea; Régnier-Vigouroux, Anne; Vanden-Abeele, Fabien; Kobeissy, Firas H.; Nataf, Serge; Pays, Laurent; Wisztorski, Maxence; Čí̌zková, Dáša; Fournier, Isabelle; SALZET, Michel (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc., 2018)

High grade gliomas are the most common brain tumors in adult. These tumors are characterized by a high infiltration in microglial cells and macrophages. The immunosuppressive tumor environment is known to orient immune ...
Paediatric injury in Beirut: a multicentre retrospective chart review study

Al-Hajj, Samar; Ariss, Abdel Badih; Bachir, Rana H.; Helou, Mariana; Zaghrini, Elie R.; Fatouh, Fathalla; Rahme, Rachid; El Sayed, Mazen J. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)

Objective This study aims to assess the epidemiology of paediatric injury in Beirut, giving insights into their characteristics, contributing risk factors and outcomes. Design and setting A retrospective study was conducted ...
Paediatric oncology providers' perspectives on early integration of paediatric palliative care

Saad, Rima; Kurdahi, Lina Badr; Dumit, Nuhad Yazbik; Irani, Christelle; Muwakkit, Samar A. (MA Healthcare Ltd, 2020)

Background: Healthcare providers' perceptions of palliative care in children with cancer influence care management, specifically that of its early integration. Thus, it is crucial to understand the perspectives of the ...
Paediatric to adult transition care for patients with sickle cell disease: a global perspective

Inusa, Baba Psalm Duniya; Stewart, Claire Elizabeth; Mathurin-Charles, Shamarah; Porter, Jerlym S.; Hsu, Lewis Li Yen; Atoyebi, Wale; de Montalembert, Marianne; Diaku-Akinwumi, Ijeoma Nnenna; Akinola, Norah Olubunmi; Andemariam, Biree; Abboud, Miguel Raul; Treadwell, Marsha J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2020)

Sickle cell disease is a life-threatening inherited condition designated as a public health priority by WHO. Increased longevity of patients with sickle cell disease in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries ...
Pain and its Impact on the Functional Ability in Children Treated at the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon

Madi, Dina; Clinton, Michael E. (W.B. Saunders, 2018)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of pain in children under treatment at the Children Cancer Centre of Lebanon at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre. Design and Methods A ...
Pain catastrophizing and its relationship with pain-related outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Makhoul, Melissa Antoine (2019)

Despite advancements in treatment, patients with rheumatoid arthritis still rate pain as one of their highest priority for seeking rheumatologic care. A critical psychological factor known as pain catastrophizing has been ...
Pain Catastrophizing and Pain Resilience as Predictors of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Individuals with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Makhoul, Melissa (2023-09-12)

Background. Extensive research has focused on vulnerability factors related to the maintenance and exacerbation of pain; however, less is known about how positive psychological factors influence pain and functioning. ...
Pain control in neonatal male circumcision: A best evidence review

Labban, Muhieddine Saadeddine; Menhem, Zahraa; Bandali, Tarek; Hneiny, Layal; Zaghal, Ahmad M. (Elsevier Ltd, 2021)

Objective: Routine male infant circumcision (RMIC) is a common procedure that inadvertently causes significant but preventable pain. In this best evidence review, we examine the available pain management options and their ...
Painful and prolonged muscle cramps following insulin injections in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Revisiting the 1992 Duke case

Ballout, Rami A.; Arabi, Asma (Frontiers Media S.A., 2017)

A 56-year-old middle-eastern male with a long-standing history of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to us complaining of severely painful bilateral upper and lower extremity cramps occurring shortly after ...
Pakistan and the sterling area

Wadhawan, Abdul Aziz (1964)
Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the late Miocene palaeolake at Zahle (Bekaa Valley, Lebanon)

Sanjuan, Josep; Alqudah, Mohammad; Neubauer, Thomas A.; Holmes, Jonathan A.; Khairallah, Catherina (Elsevier B.V., 2019)

Neogene non-marine sedimentary rocks of the Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) are microfossil rich and show minimal lateral facies changes and post-depositional diagenetic alteration across continuous exposures. In this paper, we ...
Palatal Rugae in 3D Superimposition Technique

Aybout, Josephine Nehme (2/6/2023)

Background: Superimposition of three-dimensional (3D) digital models on reportedly stable palatal rugae (PR) facilitates the assessment of tooth movement during growth and orthodontic treatment. Available techniques using ...
Palatal rugae morphology in an adult mediterranean population

Saadeh, Maria E.; Ghafari, Joseph George; Haddad, Ramzi V.; Ayoub, Fouad (International Organisation for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology, 2017)

Background: The use of the palatal rugae in forensic odontology is based on their unique and individual characteristics. Few studies have assessed the palatal rugae in Mediterranean populations and none in the Lebanese ...

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