• From Knowledge Production to Impact: Research as Environmental Activism 

  Ghanem, Salem; Kallab, Antoine; Daou, Alain (Nature Conservation Center, 2024-10-01)

  This discussion marks the third session in AUB-NCC’s 2024 series of roundtables, titled “The New Roadmap to a Green Transition: Exploring Today’s Climate Actors.” The panel entitled “From Knowledge Production to Impact: ...
• Towards a Sustainable Day After : Managing Demolition Rubble in the Aftermath of the 2024 Lebanon Conflict 

  Kallab, Antoine; Kaskas, Aya (Nature Conservation Center, 2024-11-10)

  Reconstruction after destructive events offers countries an opportunity to open markets for national industries across development, humanitarian, and corporate sectors. However, post-disaster recovery in Lebanon faces ...
• Biodiversity conservation in cities: Defining habitat analogues for plant species of conservation interest 

  Itani, Moustapha; Al-Zein, Mohammad Souheil; Nasralla, N.; Talhouk, S. N. (Public Library of Science, 2020)

  Urban green spaces, both unmanaged and managed, include novel ecosystems that may be suitable habitat analogues for native plant species of conservation interest. The objective of this study was to define habitat analogues ...
• Transdisciplinary interventions for environmental sustainability 

  Chammas, Ghina; Kayed, Sammy; Al-Shami, Anwar; Kays, Wassim; Citton, Michele; Kalot, Mohamad A.; Al Marj, Elie; Fakhr, Marwan; Yehya, Nadine A.; Talhouk, S. N.; Al-Hindi, Mahmoud; Zeineldine, Salah M.; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; Lakkis, Issam A.; Abou Najm, Majdi R.; Saliba, Najat A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2020)

  This paper presents a case study of a transdisciplinary research based on an ex-post assessment of the environmental and socio-behavioral contexts of solid waste management in Lebanese peri-urban communities. Lessons learned ...
• Multisource groundwater contamination under data scarcity: The case study of six municipalities in the proximity of the Naameh Landfill, Lebanon 

  Citton, Michele; Croonenberg, Sofie; Shami, Anwar El; Chammas, Ghina; Kayed, Sammy; Saliba, Najat A.; Abou Najm, Majdi R.; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; Zeineldine, Salah M.; Makki, Maha H.; Kalot, Mohamad A.; Lakkis, Issam A.; Al-Hindi, Mahmoud (MDPI AG, 2020)

  Lebanon is affected by a protracted environmental and solid waste crisis that is threatening the water resources and the public health of its communities. This study is part of a public participatory research project that ...
• Lebanese meal management practices and cultural constructions of food waste 

  Chammas, Ghina; Yehya, Nadine A. (Academic Press, 2020)

  Food waste is a global issue with major environmental and socio-economic implications. The problem is even worse in Arab countries where tremendous amounts of food are wasted everyday. In this study, we engaged in an ...
• Using stakeholder preferences to select native tree species for reforestation in Lebanon 

  Sarkissian, Arbi J.; Brook, Robert M.; Talhouk, S. N.; Hockley, Neal J. (Springer Netherlands, 2018)

  Using a diverse assemblage of suitable species for reforestation is necessary to enhance biodiversity and ensure resilient forest ecosystems. However, selection of diverse native species for reforestation is difficult, ...
• Using IUCN protected areas management categories as a tool to assess youth preferences for local management of an Important Plant Area (IPA) in Lebanon 

  Salman, M. M.; Kharroubi, Samer A.; Itani, Moustapha; Talhouk, S. N. (Elsevier Ltd, 2020)

  Important Plant Areas (IPAs) designated for their biodiversity value are not always officially protected and often fall within mixed private-public land ownership schemes. The objective of this study was to develop a ...
• The effect of different ester chain modifications of two guaianolides for inhibition of colorectal cancer cell growth 

  Aaraj, Lamis Al; Hayar, Berthe; Jaber, Zaynab; Saad, Walid S.; Saliba, Najat A.; Darwiche, Nadine D.; Ghaddar, Tarek H. (MDPI, 2021)

  Several sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) have been tested as lead drugs in cancer clinical trials. Salograviolide-A (Sal-A) and salograviolide-B (Sal-B) are two STLs that have been isolated from Centaurea ainetensis, an ...
• The Ecocanvas as a business model canvas for a circular economy 

  Daou, Alain; Mallat, Camille; Chammas, Ghina; Cerantola, Nicola; Kayed, Sammy; Saliba, Najat A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2020)

  Today's linear economic model is increasingly problematic. Creating a closed-loop model in production and consumption is a preferred alternative to address environmental and social damages associated with the linear economy. ...
• Spontaneous ureteral stone passage: A novel and comprehensive nomogram 

  Abou Heidar, Nassib F.; Labban, Muhieddine Saadeddine; Najdi, Jad A.; Alshami, Anwar; Nasrallah, Oussama Ghassan; Nasr, Rami Wajih (Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2022)

  BACKGROUND: Ureteral stones pose a high economic and medical burden among Emergency Department (ED) admissions. Management strategies vary from expectant therapy to surgical interventions. Since predictors of ureteral ...
• Weaponised uranium and adverse health outcomes in iraq: A systematic review 

  Surdyk, Shelby; Itani, Moustapha; Al-Lobaidy, Mais; Kahale, Lara A.; Farha, A. A.; Dewachi, Omar; Akl, Elie A.; Habib, Rima R. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)

  Background The US military first deployed depleted uranium (DU) weapons in Iraq during the Gulf War in 1990 and in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Research into the health impacts of DU has been mired in debate and controversy. ...
• Anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory activities of the sea cucumber Holothuria polii aqueous extract 

  Kareh, Mike; El Nahas, Rana; Al-Aaraj, Lamis; Al-Ghadban, Sara I.; Naser Al Deen, Nataly; Saliba, Najat A.; El-Sabban, Marwan E.; Talhouk, Rabih S. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018)

  Objective: Sea cucumbers are considered among the most important functional foods. Following bioassay guided fractionation, we assessed the anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory activities of Holothuria polii (H. polii) ...
• Anti-inflammatory and cytostatic activities of a parthenolide-like sesquiterpene lactone from Cota palaestina subsp. syriaca 

  Talhouk, Rabih S.; Nasr, Bilal N.; Fares, Mohamed Bilal; Ajeeb, Bushra; Nahhas, Rana; Al-Aaraj, Lamis; Talhouk, S. N.; Ghaddar, Tarek H.; Saliba, Najat A. (Hindawi Limited, 2015)

  A sesquiterpene lactone 1-β,10-Epoxy-6-hydroxy-1,10H-inunolide (K100) was isolated through bioassay-guided fractionation from Cota palaestina subsp. syriaca, an Eastern Mediterranean endemic plant. K100 inhibited endotoxin- ...
• Cell death mechanisms of plant-derived anticancer drugs: Beyond apoptosis 

  Gali-Muhtasib, Hala Uthman; Hmadi, Raed A.; Kareh, Mike; Tohme, Rita; Darwiche, Nadine D. (Springer New York LLC, 2015)

  Despite remarkable progress in the discovery and development of novel cancer therapeutics, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the world. For many years, compounds derived from plants have been at the ...
• Wild almonds gone wild: revisiting Darwin’s statement on the origin of peaches 

  Yazbek, Mariana M.; Al-Zein, Mohammad Souheil (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2014)

  There is a general consensus that cultivated almond was domesticated in western Asia while cultivated peach was domesticated in China; however, the lack of a comprehensive phylogeny of cultivated peaches and almonds and ...
• Closing the Loop: Innovations in Circular Business Models for Climate-Friendly E-Waste Solutions 

  Daou, Alain; Kallab, Antoine; Ghanem, Salem; Von Toggenburg, Johanna (Nature Conservation Center, 2024-09)

  This discussion is the second of AUB-NCC’s 2024 series of roundtables, titled “The New Roadmap to A Green Transition: Exploring Today’s Climate Actors”. The panel entitled " Closing the loop: innovations in circular business ...
• الدليل الوطني لإدارة المشاتل: أشجار وشجيرات محلية 

  سليم، خالد; تلحوق، سلمى; بوعزة، كرمى (مركز حماية الطبيعة, 2018)

  يحدد هذا الدليل المعايير الأولية لإنتاج شتلات الأشجار المحلية في لبنان لتعزيز تنفيذ مشاريع الاستعادة البيئية الوطنية. وقد أُعدّ استناداً إلى سنوات من التجارب، والأبحاث الميدانية، ومشاركة المجتمعات المحلية. يأخذ الدليل ...
• دليل إدارة النفايات المنزلية الصلبة 

  مسعود، مي; مرعبي، فاروق (مركز حماية الطبيعة, 2016)

  يتناول هذا الدليل الحاجة الماسة لممارسات إدارة النفايات المستدامة في لبنان، لا سيما في سياق أزمة النفايات المتصاعدة في البلاد. ويقدم نظرة عامة متعمقة للإدارة المتكاملة للنفايات الصلبة (ISWM)، بما في ذلك تقليل النفايات، ...
• دليل المدارس للنشاطات البيئية اللاصفية 

  قيس، وسيم; تلحوق، سلمى نشابة (مركز حماية الطبيعة, 2014)

  هذا الدليل موجه إلى تلامذة الحلقة الثالثة من مرحلة التعليم الاساسي للقيام بأنشطة بيئية لاصفية محورها الطبيعة وهدفها الحفاظ على ّ التنوع البيولوجي.

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