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A cixiid survey for natural potential vectors of ' Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium' in Lebanon and preliminary transmission trials

Tedeschi, Rosemarie; Picciau, Luca; Quaglino, Fabio; Abou-Jawdah, Yusuf A.; Molino Lova, M.; Jawhari, Maan; Casati, Paola; Cominetti, A.; Choueiri, Elia; Abdul-Nour, Hani; Bianco, Piero Attilio; Alma, Alberto (2015)

Almond witches'-broom (AlmWB) disease, associated with 'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium', is an emerging threat with real risk of introduction in Euro-Mediterranean Countries. Its rapid spread over large geographical ...
A global 30-m ET model (HSEB) using harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2, MODIS and VIIRS: Comparison to ECOSTRESS ET and LST

Jaafar, Hadi H.; Mourad, Roya M.; Schull, Mitchell A. (Elsevier Inc., 2022)

Advances in earth observation science in recent years have contributed to improving the quantification of evapotranspiration (ET) at field, regional and global scales. Many studies have stressed the need for a high temporal ...
A Global Implementation of Single- and Dual-Source Surface Energy Balance Models for Estimating Actual Evapotranspiration at 30-m Resolution Using Google Earth Engine

Jaafar, Hadi H.; Mourad, Roya M.; Kustas, William P.; Anderson, Martha C. (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)

Evapotranspiration (ET) provides a robust connection between hydrological cycles and surface energy balance. Accurate and near-daily ET estimation has utility in water resources, agricultural management applications, crop ...
A marketing analysis of the equitability of water/sewage service improvements

Hecht, Jonathan; Reid, Scott; Chalak, Ali (American Water Works Association, 2015)

Advances in choice modeling allow for the approximation of the spread of preferences within a population and the estimation of individual-level preferences. These techniques translate preference estimates into information ...
A Multi-Dimensional Measure of Well-being among Youth: The Case of Palestinian Refugee Youth in Lebanon

Salti, Nisreen I.; Chaaban, Jad M.; Irani, Alexandra; Al-Mokdad, Rima (Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2021)

This paper aims to develop a youth well-being index that builds on the Human Development Index and the human development approach of Amartya Sen and focuses on the well-being of young Palestinian refugees from Lebanon (PRL) ...
A multidimensional measure of wellbeing among youth: a cross-sectional study of the Palestinian refugee youth in Lebanon

Salti, Nisreen I.; Chaaban, Jad M.; Irani, Alexandra; Al-Mokdad, Rima (NLM (Medline), 2021)

BACKGROUND: Increasing refugee populations worldwide highlight the need for development indicators that cover refugees, especially as they tend to be excluded from national statistics. Refugee youth face double exclusion, ...
A propidium monoazide–quantitative PCR method for the detection and quantification of viable Enterococcus faecalis in large-volume samples of marine waters

Salam, Khaled W.; El-Fadel, Mutasem E.; Barbour, Elie K.; Saikaly, Pascal E. (Springer Verlag, 2014)

The development of rapid detection assays of cell viability is essential for monitoring the microbiological quality of water systems. Coupling propidium monoazide with quantitative PCR (PMA-qPCR) has been successfully ...
A review of approaches targeting the replacement of coccidiostat application in poultry production

Barbour, Elie K.; Ayyash, Danielle B.; Iyer, Archana P.; Harakeh, Steve Mustapha; Kumosani, Taha Abdullah (Fundacao APINCO de Ciencia e Tecnologia Avicolas, 2015)

The classical and the most commonly used approach for the prevention of coccidiosis in chickens is the incorporation of synthetic coccidiostats into their feed during the first weeks of their life. This approach has been ...
A sustainable localised air distribution system for enhancing thermal environment and indoor air quality of poultry house for semiarid region

Al-Assaad, Douaa K.; Orabi, Mohamad S.; Ghaddar, Nesreen K.; Ghali, Kamel Abou; Salam, Darine A.; Ouahrani, Djamel; Farran, Mohammad Talal; Habib, Rima R. (Academic Press, 2021)

This work compares the performance of three passive cooling systems in meeting thermal and indoor air quality requirements in a poultry house located in semi-arid climate. The first two systems are a direct evaporative ...
A Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach for conducting trade-off analysis: Morocco's phosphate industry in the Khouribga region

Lee, Sanghyun; Assi, Amjad T.; Daher, Bassel T.; Mengoub, Fatima Ezzahra; Mohtar, Rabi H. (Copernicus GmbH, 2020)

The study objective was to develop and use the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Phosphate (WEF-P) Tool to evaluate the impact of Morocco's phosphate industry on water, energy, and food sectors of Khouribga, which is the representative ...
Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A in Tea Sold in Lebanon: Effects of Type, Packaging, and Origin

Hassan, Hussein F.; Tashani, Hadeel; Ballouk, Farah; Daou, Rouaa; Khoury, André El; Abiad, Mohamad G.; AlKhatib, Ali; Hassan, Mahdi; El Khatib, Sami; Dimassi, Hani I. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)

Tea is among the oldest and most-known beverages around the world, and it has many flavors and types. Tea can be easily contaminated in any of its production steps, especially with mycotoxins that are produced particularly ...
Agrarian Movements in the Neoliberal Era: : The Case of MVIWATA in Tanzania

Martiniello, Giuliano; Nyamsenda, Sabatho (SAGE Publications Inc., 2018)

This article explores the emergence and growing significance of the National Network of Small-scale Farmers Groups in Tanzania (Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania, MVIWATA), a national peasant organization established ...
Agrarian politics and land struggles in northern Uganda

Martiniello, Giuliano (Oxford University Press, 2017)

Since 2004, we have observed a significant resurgence of public protests and social mobilizations, both urban and rural, across the African continent. Though the multiplicity of agrarian struggles have gone largely unnoticed ...
Agriculture as a funding source of ISIS: A GIS and remote sensing analysis

Jaafar, Hadi H.; Woertz, Eckart (Elsevier Ltd, 2016)

Agriculture is an important source of income for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), which currently rules over large parts of the breadbaskets of the two countries. It has received limited attention compared to ...
AgSAT: A Smart Irrigation Application for Field-Scale Daily Crop ET and Water Requirements Using Satellite Imagery

Jaafar, Hadi H.; Mourad, Roya M.; Hazimeh, Rim; Sujud, Lara (MDPI, 2022)

With the foreseen increase in population and the reliance on water as a key input for agricultural production, greater demand will be placed on freshwater supplies. The objective of this work was to present the newly ...
Ajwa Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) extract inhibits human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF7) cells in vitro by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest

Khan, Fazal; Ahmed, Farid; Pushparaj, Peter Natesan; Abuzenadah, Adel Mohammad; Kumosani, Taha Abdullah; Barbour, Elie K.; Al-Qahtani, Mohammed Hussain; Gauthaman, Kalamegam (Public Library of Science, 2016)

Introduction Phoenix dactylifera L (Date palm) is a native plant of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and other Middle Eastern countries. Ajwa date has been described in the traditional and alternative medicine to provide ...
Ambient air concentrations and risk assessment of selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) across five Middle Eastern countries

Gevao, Bondi; Kurt-Karakus, Perihan Binnur; Birgul, Askin; Martínez-Guijarro, Karell; Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Krishnan, Divya; Rajagopalan, Smitha; Hajeyah, Mariam; Bahloul, Majed; Alshemmari, Hassan; Orif, Mohammed Ibrahim (OAE Publishing Inc., 2022)

This paper presents data obtained from concurrently deployed polyurethane foam disk passive samplers in Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Oman between January and October 2018. The study’s main goal was to initiate ...
An analysis of the water-energy-food-land requirements and CO2 emissions for food security of rice in Japan

Lee, Sanghyun; Taniguchi, Makoto; Mohtar, Rabi H.; Choi, Jinyong Young; Yoo, Seung-hwan (MDPI, 2018)

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of rice-based food security on water, energy, land, and CO2 emissions from a holistic point of view using the Nexus approach, which analyzes tradeoffs between water, energy, ...
An overview of Conservation Agriculture in the dry Mediterranean environments with a special focus on Syria and Lebanon

Bashour, Issam I.; Al-Ouda, Ayman Shehada; Kassam, Amir H.; Bachour, Roula; Jouni, K.; Hansmann, B.; Estephan, C. (AIMS Press, 2016)

Conservation Agriculture (CA), comprising minimum or no mechanical soil disturbance through no-till seeding, organic soil mulch cover, and crop diversification is now practiced on some 157 million ha worldwide, corresponding ...
Analysis of food retail patterns in urban, peri-urban and rural settings: A case study from Lebanon

Bahn, Rachel A.; Abebe, Gumataw Kifle (Elsevier Ltd, 2017)

Existing evidence on food retail expansion in developing countries is largely based on cross-country studies. This may be excellent to provide general pictures but less relevant for development planners to tailor ...

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