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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, ...
Associations of semen quality with non-essential heavy metals in blood and seminal fluid: data from the Environment and Male Infertility (EMI) study in Lebanon

Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Awwad, Johnny T.; Ghantous, Akram Y.; Zaatari, Ghazi S. (Springer New York LLC, 2018)

Background: Human exposure to environmental pollutants is widespread. It was suggested that exposure to non-essential heavy metals may adversely affect semen development in men. Purpose: To evaluate associations between ...
Bioactivity of indigenous medicinal plants against the cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

Abou-Fakhr Hammad, Efat; Zeaiter, A.; Saliba, Najat A.; Talhouk, S. N. (Library of the University of Arizona, 2014)

Forty-one methanol extracts of 28 indigenous medicinal plant species were tested for their insecticidal bioactivity against cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), adults and second nymphal ...
Bioactivity of indigenous medicinal plants against the cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

Abou-Fakhr Hammad, Efat; Zeaiter, A.; Saliba, Najat A.; Talhouk, S. N. (Library of the University of Arizona, 2014)

Forty-one methanol extracts of 28 indigenous medicinal plant species were tested for their insecticidal bioactivity against cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), adults and second nymphal ...
Effect of Dietary Protein Level on Growth Performance and Blood Parameters of Marbled Spinefoot Siganus rivulatus

Abou-Daoud, Y.; Ghanawi, Joly; Farran, Mohammad Talal; Davis, Donald Allen; Saoud, Imad Patrick (Taylor and Francis Inc., 2014)

The present study evaluated the effect of dietary protein levels on growth performance and blood parameters of juvenile marbled spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus). Five semipurified, isoenergetic (14.2 MJ digestible energy/kg; ...
Effects of ascorbic acid on tax, NF-κB and MMP-9 in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 positive malignant T-lymphocytes

Harakeh, Steve Mustapha; Khalife, Jihane C.; Baydoun, Elias Abdel Hasan; Azar, Rania; Al-Hejin, Ahmed M.; Barbour, Elie K.; Azhar, Esam Ibraheem; Niedzwiecki, Aleksandra; Al-Jaouni, Soad K.; Diab-Assaf, Mona; Kamal, Mohammad Amjad; Rath, Matthias (Bentham Science Publishers B.V., 2018)

Background: HTLV1 is a retrovirus that infects CD4-positive cells and leads to Adult T-cell leukemia by constitutive activation of nuclear factor kappa B. Ascorbic acid (AA) is an essential nutrient that possess ...
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits tax-dependent activation of nuclear factor Kappa B and of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 positive leukemia cells

Harakeh, Steve Mustapha; Diab-Assaf, Mona; Azar, Rania; Hassan, Hani Mutlak A.; Tayeb, Safwan; Abou-El-Ardat, Khalil; Damanhouri, Ghazi Abdullah; Qadri, Mohammad Ishtiaq; Abuzenadah, Adel Mohammad; Chaudhary, Adeel Gulzar Ahmed; Kumosani, Taha Abdullah; Niedzwiecki, Aleksandra; Rath, Matthias; Yacoub, Haitham Ahmed; Azhar, Esam Ibraheem; Barbour, Elie K. (Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, 2014)

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is the most abundant polyphenol molecule from green tea and is known to exhibit antioxidative as well as tumor suppressing activity. In order to examine EGCG tumor invasion and suppressing ...
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 ...
In Vitro Evaluation of Biological and Anticancer Activities Exhibited by Five Varieties of Vitis vinifera L

Darwiche, Linda; Mesmar, Joelle Edward; Baydoun, Elias Abdel Hasan; El Kayal, Walid E. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)

Vitis vinifera commonly known as grapevine is one of the most important fruit crops worldwide. Its cultivation started more than 7000 years ago in the Near East, and over the millennia was followed by the development of ...
Inequalities in Wellbeing in Lebanese Children and Different Refugee Subpopulations: A Multidimensional Child Deprivation Analysis

Jamaluddine, Zeina; Safadi, Gloria; Irani, Alexandra; Salti, Nisreen I.; Chaaban, Jad M.; Abdulrahim, Sawsan; Thomas, Alban; Ghattas, Hala (Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2023)

Background and Objectives: This study constitutes the first attempt to describe the overlapping deprivations faced by Lebanese children (Lebanese) and that of the three sub-populations of refugees living in Lebanon: ...
Koch's postulate in reproduction of broiler coccidiosis by co-infection with eight most common Eimeria spp.: A model for future evaluation of new biologics

Barbour, Elie K.; Ayyash, Danielle B.; Shaib, Houssam A.; Bragg, Robert Richard; Azhar, Esam Ibraheem; Iyer, Archana P.; Harakeh, Steve Mustapha; Kambris, Zakaria; Kumosani, Taha Abdullah (Veterinary Solutions LLC, 2014)

The purpose of this research is to establish a model of Koch's postulate for reproducing coccidiosis in broilers by co-infection with eight most common Eimeria spp. involved in this economic disease, in an attempt to use ...
Lignocellulose improves protein and amino acid digestibility in roosters and egg hatchability in broiler breeders

Farran, Mohammad Talal; Akilian, Harout A.; Hamoud, Ali M.; Barbour, George W.; Saoud, Imad Patrick (Japan Poultry Science Association, 2017)

The present work assessed the effect of supplementation of 0.8% dietary Arbocel® RC Fine, a readily available commercial lignocellulose, to poultry feed. In a complete randomized design using 36 individually caged mature ...
School and community drivers of child diets in two Arab cities: The SCALE protocol and innovative tools to assess children's food environments

Ghattas, Hala; Jamaluddine, Zeina; Semaan, Aline T.; El-Helou, Nehmat; Safadi, Gloria; Elghossain, Tatiana; Akl, Christelle; Elbassuoni, Shady; Chalak, Ali; El Atti, Jalila (Public Library of Science, 2022)

Background In the context of the rapid nutrition transition experienced by middle-income countries of the Arab region, children and adolescent's food choices and dietary behaviors are early risk factors for the development ...
Surveying alcohol outlet density in four neighborhoods of beirut Lebanon: Implications for future research and national policy

Nakkash, Rima T.; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Anouti, Sirine; Nicolas, Jessica; Chalak, Ali; Yassin, Nasser; Afifi, Rima A. (MDPI, 2018)

Underage drinking among youth in Lebanon is increasing. Regulating availability is one of the best buy policies recommended by the World Health Organization. To quantitatively document the current status of alcohol ...
The economics of tobacco in Lebanon: An estimation of the social costs of tobacco consumption

Salti, Nisreen I.; Chaaban, Jad M.; Naamani, Nadia (Informa Healthcare, 2014)

Objectives: Assess the socioeconomic costs of smoking in Lebanon and understand the tobacco market and identify the winners and losers from the Lebanese tobacco trade. Methods: We take a close look at the market for tobacco ...
The effect of taxation on tobacco consumption and public revenues in Lebanon

Salti, Nisreen I.; Chaaban, Jad M.; Nakkash, Rima T.; Alaouie, Hala (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)

Background: Tobacco consumption rates in Lebanon are among the highest worldwide. The country ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2005. A law was passed in 2011 which regulates smoking in closed public ...
The impact of cash transfers on Syrian refugee children in Lebanon

Moussa, Wael S.; Irani, Alexandra; Salti, Nisreen I.; Mokdad, Rima Al; Jamaluddine, Zeina; Chaaban, Jad M.; Ghattas, Hala (Elsevier Ltd, 2022)

This paper evaluates the impact of multi-purpose cash assistance on Syrian refugee children living in Lebanon. Using a sharp multidimensional regression discontinuity design, we estimate the program impact of varying cash ...
The impact of cash transfers on Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Evidence from a multidimensional regression discontinuity design

Salti, Nisreen I.; Chaaban, Jad M.; Moussa, Wael S.; Irani, Alexandra; Al-Mokdad, Rima; Jamaluddine, Zeina; Ghattas, Hala (Elsevier B.V., 2022)

This paper evaluates the impact of multipurpose cash assistance on refugee households, by relying on an original sampling design that allows tracing these impacts over multiple periods. Using two waves of household survey ...
Willingness to pay for energy efficient appliances: The case of Lebanese consumers

Harajli, Hassan A.; Chalak, Ali (MDPI, 2019)

A contingent valuation study was conducted to elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) of Lebanese citizens for five types of energy-efficient home appliances: washing machines, air conditioners, televisions, light bulbs, and ...

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