According to W. Rogers Brubaker, definitions of citizenship are shaped and sustained by distinctive and deeply rooted understandings of nationhood. The latter are supposedly rooted in political and cultural geography and ...
For centuries, Beirut's history has been tied to the destinies of the great empires that succeeded one another in the Middle East. Successively under Egyptian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine rule, it shared ...
One of the main obstacles in creating a unified front to counter terrorism is th e lack of a clearly accepted definition of the term terrorism , which in turn r esults in the absence of an internationally acknowledged ...
Terrorism has come to be one of the most worrying aspects of contemporary life as more and more groups resort to terrorist tactics in the hope of achieving their goals The ETA of Spain and the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka are ...
Inheritance is a process through which an individual may come to the possession of important resources to enhance his-her position in society From this stems the importance of sociological studies of inheritance. The field ...
This thesis develops and tests a valid Potable Water Quality Index (PWQI) to monitor the desirability, acceptability, and safety of distribution water supplies. It also assesses the quality of potable water distribution ...
Economic growth is a goal for each and every country, and countries nowadays are searching for various methods to develop their economies. Energy consumption could be an appropriate instrument; yet at the same time, energy ...
The objective will be to use econometric testing to search for a relation between the two variables energy consumption and economic growth in Lebanon. The thesis will build on the work done by Dagher and Yacoubian (2012), ...
All asset pricing models are necessarily error-ridden. While most of them have f ound supporting evidence, all have inevitably been proven inadequate at some emp irical front. It is from this perspective that all asset ...
Cross-cultural testing, influenced by globalization and the transfer of assessments, faces challenges, such as literal translation and lack of cultural adaptation, risking ineffective practices. A substantial proportion ...
Development frameworks have become essential tools for the rapid construction of web applications. These frameworks usually encompass a set of interacting desig n patterns or paradigms that are used in the instantiation ...
In view of Lebanon's recent trade activity and attempt to accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lebanon has been following less restrictive trade pol icies. This is done via the reduction in import tariff rates ...
Policymakers, healthcare advocates and body image activists have recently obligated media displaying thin-ideal images to include a warning or disclaimer label on them. The labels alert consumers to the digital modifications ...