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The Association between Overprotective Parenting, Parental Perceptions of Child Vulnerability and the growth and Development of Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Avedissian, Tamar (2024-05-07)

Background: Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is the most prevalent childhood birth defect, leading to health concerns in growth and development post-surgery. Parents mostly shoulder the responsibility for post-hospitalization ...
Context Relevance and Community Policing in Lebanon

Abou Chakra, Alaa (2024-05-07)

This project tackles the implementation of the community policing model. It focuses on the importance of relevance to the social context in implementing this model. The project takes the Lebanese state security institutions ...
Screening for Pesticide Residues in Red Chili Peppers Before and After Pickling by Small Food Businesses in Lebanon: Investigating the Impact of pH and Salt on Residue Stability

Kondrahjian, Yervand (2024-05-07)

Pesticide use is a common practice in Lebanon's agriculture industry, aiming to enhance crop yields and protect plants against pests. However, improper overuse, handling, storage, and disposal of pesticides can lead to ...
Consumers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Fresh Produce Safety in Lebanon

Atwi, Fadel (2024-05-07)

Within Lebanese cuisine, the incorporation of raw food, including fresh fruits and vegetables, is considered integral. However, raw fresh produce poses a public health concern, especially in a country such as Lebanon, which ...
Opportunities and Challenges to Develop and Implement Climate Change Policies: The Lebanon Case

Kambriss, Tala (2024-05-07)

Climate change poses significant challenges to various sectors in Lebanon, particularly the water sector, where the absence of climate change considerations in policies and strategies leaves the sector vulnerable to ...
Curcumin-Loaded Aluminum and Magnesium Metal-Organic Frameworks: Exploring their Stability and Applications

Al Kazzi, Pamela (2024-05-07)

Curcumin is known to be “the wonderful drug of life” since it was proved to be an excellent candidate for many therapeutic applications such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-cancer activities. However, despite ...
The Impact of Phosphorus on Carbohydrate Metabolism and Core Body Temperature

Aywazian, Hasmig Lily Raffi (2024-05-07)

The increasing prevalence of obesity has coincided with a shift towards diets high in refined, nutrient-poor carbohydrates that are low in Phosphorus (P). Previous studies demonstrated that P attenuates postprandial glycemia ...
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards Poultry Handling and Salmonella Risk Among Households in Beirut, Lebanon

Ataya, Dana (2024-05-07)

Food poisoning or food-borne disease (FBD) is defined as an illness that results from consuming foods contaminated with bacteria, their toxins, viruses, or parasites. Food poisoning due to improper food handling is a major ...
Measuring Fiscal Sustainability in the MENA Region Using a Time-Varying Fiscal Reaction Function

Shams Eddine, Majd

Over the past few decades, countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have faced several economic and political challenges such as plummeting oil prices, currency devaluations, political instability, and ...
Perceived Racial Discrimination and Health Outcomes in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2022 US Study

Zaatar, Macy (2024-05-07)

Background: Research has highlighted significant health disparities between Black Americans and their White counterparts in the U.S., attributing to racism and racial discrimination a variety of adverse health outcomes. ...
Examining Associations Between Caregiver Burden and Caregiver Mental Health in Three Governorates in Lebanon

Charbaji, Suzanne (2024-05-07)

Background and Objective: There is a global aging trend and the share of older adults is expected to double by 2050. This trend will be accompanied by a higher demand for caregivers who need to be around older adults to ...
How to Research Inaccessible and Under-Studied Areas: The Case of Hawija, Iraq

Liu, Yuanyi (2024-05-07)

What are the alternative methods the scholars have utilized amid field inaccessibility due to conflict and post-conflict contexts? What methodological and ethical challenges researchers should be cognizant of when adopting ...
Discovery of Novel Anti-Biofilm Agents from Soil Dwelling Bacteria

Khazaal, Jana (2024-05-02)

Background: ESKAPE pathogens, as classified by the World Health Organization, pose a significant threat to global healthcare due to their resistance to antimicrobial agents. Among these pathogens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...
Unraveling the Mechanism of Action of a Novel Anti-Epstein-Barr Virus Compound Extracted from Soil-Dwelling Bacteria

Mohsen, Zahraa (2024-05-02)

Introduction: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is a member of the herpesvirus family that is also known as Human herpes virus 4 (HHV-4). EBV infects around 90% of the world population. It establishes latency, and hence indefinite ...
Unraveling the Impact of Epstein-Barr virus on Behavior and Circadian Rhythm: Insights from Drosophila melanogaster as a Model Organism

Naim, Georges (2024-05-02)

Introduction: The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been extensively studied for its association with autoimmune diseases and various malignancies. Research has demonstrated that EBV is capable of infecting neurons directly ...
Federated Machine Learning and TinyML Inference for Crop Disease and Pest Classification on Smartphones

Hasan, Hadi (2024-05-02)

As the agricultural industry undergoes a technological revolution, the integration of machine learning (ML) and mobile technologies emerges as a promising solution to address crop disease management efficiently. In this ...
Economic Feasibility of Alternative Green Technologies Deployed to Achieve the 2030 UNSDG Target

Bakri, Mirna (2024-05-02)

In the twenty-first century, the world is experiencing an essential increase in energy consumption. Factors contributing to this significant crisis are a rise in population, advancement of technology, and economic development. ...
Macroeconomic Effects of Food Price Shocks in the MENA Region

Ismail, Tia

The global food market is complex and places several challenges for policymakers specifically the issue of sudden changes in food prices. These shifts in prices not only challenge policymakers but also propose severe ...
Deciphering Nature's Secret: Genome Mining in Natural Product Drug Discovery.

Hanna, Aya (2024-05-02)

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stands as a threat against global health, rendering once-effective antibiotics impotent against bacterial infections. Various factors contribute to the emergence of AMR, including ...
Learning Branching Strategies for Parameterized Vertex Cover

Hoteit, Rami (2024-04-30)

The Parameterized Vertex Cover (PVC) problem is a central problem on graphs, where given a graph G and a positive integer k the goal is to decide whether the graph contains a set of at most k vertices whose deletion destroys ...

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