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Harnessing motorists' potential demand for hybrid-electric vehicles in Lebanon: Policy options, CO2 emissions reduction and welfare gains

Irani, Alexandra; Chalak, Ali (Elsevier Ltd, 2015)

Air quality degradation is closely linked to the transportation sector in the Arab region. In Lebanon's capital, Beirut, levels of many transport-related pollutants are several times higher than world norms. In this paper, ...
Head Start Parents with or Without Food Insecurity and with Lower Food Resource Management Skills Use Less Positive Feeding Practices in Preschool-Age Children

Na, Muzi; Jomaa, Lamis H.; Eagleton, Sally G.; Savage, Jennifer S. (Oxford University Press, 2021)

Background: Food resource management (FRM), strategies to stretch limited food resource dollars, may mitigate the impact of household food insecurity (HFI) on family members, including young children. However, little is ...
Health and economic impacts of introducing specific excise tax to waterpipe tobacco in Egypt: A simulation model of simple and mixed tax policy approaches

Mostafa, Aya; Chalak, Ali; Nakkash, Rima T.; Abla, Ruba; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.; Salloum, Ramzi George; Jawad, Mohammed (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)

Introduction Waterpipe tobacco is taxed at half the rate of cigarettes in Egypt and, unlike cigarettes, does not have a specific excise component. We aimed to simulate the introduction of a specific excise tax on waterpipe ...
Health-E-PALS: Promoting healthy eating and physical activity in Lebanese school children - Intervention development

Habib-Mourad, Carla; Moore, Helen J.; Zeidan, Maya Nabhani; Hwalla, Nahla C.; Summerbell, Carolyn Dawn (SHEU, Schools Health Education Unit, 2014)
Healthy Eating Index-2010 and Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern Score and the risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma: a case–control study

Nasab, Saeede Jafari; Bahrami, Alireza R.; Rafiei, Pegah; Hekmatdoost, Azita; Ghanavati, Matin; Rashidkhani, Bahram; Sadeghi, Amir; Aghdaei, Hamid Asadzadeh; Naja, Farah A.; Hejazi, Ehsan (Routledge, 2020)

Background: Several studies have examined the relationship between diet quality indices and colorectal cancer (CRC). However, data on the association of these indices and colorectal adenomas (CRA) as a precursor of CRC are ...
Healthy lifestyle behaviors are major predictors of mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic confinement: A study on adult Arabs in higher educational institutions

Kilani, Hashem A.; Bataineh, Mo’ath F.; Al-Nawayseh, Ali; Atiyat, Khaled; Obeid, Omar Ahmad; Abu-Hilal, Maher Mohammad; Mansi, Taiysir; Al-Kilani, Maher A.; Al-Kitani, Mahfoodha; el-Saleh, Majed Saleem; Jaber, Ruba M.; Sweidan, Ahmad; Himsi, Mawaheb; Yousef, Iyad A.; Alzeer, Faten; Nasrallah, Monther; Al-Dhaheri, Ayesha S.; Al-Za’abi, Abdulsalam S.; Allala, Osama; Al-Kilani, Laila; AlHasan, Asma Mahmoud; Ghieda, Mohamed Y.; Najah, Yasir; Alsheekhly, Saad; Alhaifi, Ahmad Rashed; Shukri, Raghda K.; Al-Adwani, Jamal Nasser; Waly, Moustafa Ibrahim; Kilani, Laila; Kilani, Leen H.; Al Shareef, Ahmad S.; Kilani, Areej (Public Library of Science, 2020)

Background: In the past infectious diseases affected the quality of lifestyle during home confinement. The study conducted examines the influence of home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on lifestyle, ...
Heat resistance of Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella sp., and Escherichia coli isolated from frequently consumed foods in the Lebanese market

Hassan, Hussein F.; Iskandar, Christelle F.; Hamzeh, Reem; Malek, Nathalie J.; Khoury, André El; Abiad, Mohamad G. (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2022)

The purpose of this study was to determine the heat resistance of isolated Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella sp., and Escherichia coli bacterial strains obtained from frequently consumed foods (chicken sandwiches, cheese, ...
High incidence rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia

Iyer, Archana P.; Kumosani, Taha Abdullah; Azhar, Esam Ibraheem; Barbour, Elie K.; Harakeh, Steve Mustapha (Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014)

Introduction: Nosocomial infections are normally hospital acquired. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is very common and may be transmitted via a hand-to-nose route. The objective of the present study was ...
Historical Construction of Local Food System Transformations in Lebanon: Implications for the Local Food System

Mukahhal, Walid; Abebe, Gumataw Kifle; Bahn, Rachel A.; Martiniello, Giuliano (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)

Food system transformations occur in a complex political, economic, social, and territorial landscape. The study provides a historical construction of global food regime changes and the adaptiveness, transformability, and ...
Holistic water-energy-food nexus for guiding water resources planning: Matagorda County, Texas case

Kulat, Muhammed Imran; Mohtar, Rabi H.; Olivera, Francisco (Frontiers Media S.A., 2019)

Nations, particularly those with well-established infrastructure, have started to look for new, innovative solutions to address the expected, inevitable high demand for primary resources. The WEF (water-energy-food) Nexus ...
Host defense mechanisms during fungal pathogenesis and how these are overcome in susceptible plants: A review

Aoun, Mirella (Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2017)

The interaction between plants and fungal pathogens comprises a range of mechanisms that determine the outcome of the interaction, i.e., compatible leading to susceptibility or incompatible leading to resistance. Several ...
Household food insecurity is associated with a higher burden of obesity and risk of dietary inadequacies among mothers in Beirut, Lebanon

Jomaa, Lamis H.; Naja, Farah A.; Cheaib, Ruba; Hwalla, Nahla C. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)

Background: Mixed evidence exists with respect to the association between household food insecurity (HFIS) and obesity in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs), particularly among women. This study aimed to measure ...
Household food waste generation during COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented economic crisis: The case of Lebanon

Hassan, Hussein F.; Rizk, Yara; Chalak, Ali; Abiad, Mohamad G.; Mattar, Lama E. (Elsevier B.V., 2023)

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted economies and food systems globally, leading to substantial consequences on food waste, which is also influenced by political and economic factors. To date, information on ...
Households' Food Insecurity and Its Association with Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors in Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

El Bilbeisi, Abdel Hamid; Al-Jawadleh, Ayoub; Albelbeisi, Ali H.; Abuzerr, Samer S.; Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Nasreddine, Lara M. (NLM (Medline), 2022)

Background: This sudy aimed to identify the prevalence of household's food insecurity and its association with demographic and socioeconomic factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2021 among ...
Households' Food Insecurity and Their Association With Dietary Intakes, Nutrition-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Under-five Children in Gaza Strip, Palestine

El Bilbeisi, Abdel Hamid; Al-Jawadleh, Ayoub; Albelbeisi, Ali H.; Abuzerr, Samer S.; Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Nasreddine, Lara M. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)

The present study aimed to determine the households' food insecurity and their association with dietary intakes, nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) among under-five children in the Gaza Strip, ...
Human milk oligosaccharide, phospholipid, and ganglioside concentrations in breast milk from united arab emirates mothers: Results from the MISC cohort

McJarrow, Paul; Radwan, Hadia M.; Ma, Lin; MacGibbon, Alastair K.H.; Hashim, Mona S.; Hasan, Hayder A.; Obaid, Reyad Shaker; Naja, Farah A.; Mohamed, Hamid Jan; Al Ghazal, Hessa; Fong, Bertram Y. (MDPI AG, 2019)

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), phospholipids (PLs), and gangliosides (GAs) are components of human breast milk that play important roles in the development of the rapidly growing infant. The differences in these ...
Hydrogel Banding Improves Plant Growth, Survival, and Water Use Efficiency in Two Calcareous Soils

El-Asmar, Jessica; Jaafar, Hadi H.; Bashour, Issam I.; Farran, Mohammad Talal; Saoud, Imad Patrick (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2017)

Improving water use efficiency in the agricultural sector, particularly in arid regions, is becoming increasingly important in response to increasing global population and concomitant demand for food, water, and land. The ...
Hydrostructural pedology, culmination of the systemic approach of the natural environment

Braudeau, Erik F.; Mohtar, Rabi H. (MDPI AG, 2021)

The subject of this article is the dynamics of water in a soil pedostructure sample whose internal environment is subjected to a potential gradient created by the departure of water through surface evaporation. This work ...
Identification of dietary patterns associated with elevated blood pressure among Lebanese men: A comparison of principal component analysis with reduced rank regression and partial least square methods

Naja, Farah A.; Itani, Leila; Hwalla, Nahla C.; Mehio-Sibai, Abla Mehio; Kharroubi, Samer A. (Public Library of Science, 2019)

Background To examine the associations of dietary patterns with odds of elevated Blood Pressure (BP) among Lebanese adult males using principal component analysis (PCA), and compare the results to two other data reduction ...
If it does not taste good, don't eat it! Food acceptability affects ghrelin and insulin levels in healthy male subjects. A pilot study

Olabi, Ammar A.; Hwalla, Nahla C.; Daroub, Hamza; Obeid, Omar Ahmad; Cordahi, Christelle (Elsevier Inc., 2018)

The obesity prevalence worldwide is reaching epidemic proportions, which makes the understanding of the mechanisms that regulate appetite of paramount importance. This study assessed whether the hedonic characteristics of ...

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