The flower-head infesting tephritid, Tephritomyia lauta, is a specialist on globe thistle, Echinops species. The fly emerges from May to October at different elevations in Lebanon. The fly is closely associated with the ...
In Lebanon, eighteen different species of tephritid flies have been observed to infest the flower heads of thistles belonging to Asteraceae. Of these fly species, Terellia serratulae (Linnaeus 1758) is found at various ...
Previous work has shown that the fruit fly Terellia fuscicornis (Tephritidae: Di ptera) which was known to infest only the artichoke Cynara scolymus and Cynara s yriaca could also infest the thistle Silybum marianum. In ...
A nematode species, tentatively identified as Heterodera rosii Duggan and Bernnan, was isolated in Syria from chickpoa fc icor arietinum L.). Four experiments were carried on to study the biology of this nematode. ...
Humanoid robots are among the most recognizable robotic systems in exploration, industrial applications, and personal assistance. However, like all bipedal systems, the main challenge that faces humanoid locomotion is ...
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the unique microvasculature of the brain that regulates the flow of molecules between the circulating blood and the brain by tightly controlled mechanisms. Disruption of the BBB has been ...
Contamination of marine sediments with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) poses a significant concern due to the contaminants toxicity and resistance to biodegradation. Current bioremediation studies suggest that ...
The heavy oil tanker traffic and planned oil and gas activities off the Mediterranean Sea shorelines have increased the risks of oil spills and the subsequent contamination of the marine environment with crude oil and tar ...
Developing correct and reliable distributed systems is challenging mainly because of the complex structures of the interactions between distributed processes. Interactions can be modeled using either low-level primitives ...
The use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in packaging material has grown extensively over the past 50 years despite concerns of its migration into packaged foods and beverages, resulting in human exposure. Many studies have reported ...
This case study about BLC Bank’s quest for women empowerment seeks to elucidate a financial institution’s endeavor for adopting corporate social responsibility (CSR) and incorporating it within the bank’s core values and ...
The thesis explores the planning process in the Lebanese public sector from a strategic management perspective. The calls to revitalize the Ministry of General Planning in Lebanon and, hence, terminate the councils and ...
Supply chain managers are being pushed today by changing customer demands and environmental factors, such as the pandemic, to improve their supply chain management capabilities so they can maintain a competitive advantage. ...
In this master’s thesis, two of the main Blockchain development platforms Ethereum and EOS.IO were compared. In the aim of helping developers choose between the platforms as the backend Blockchain for their apps, a ...