Climate change and what can be done to mitigate it, as well as the sustainable d evelopment are all topics on the top of the World's agenda. One of the mechanism s of the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism is ...
Conflict can be defined as an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and interference from others in achieving their goals . Given the highly ...
This work proposes a client-based cache consistency scheme that is implemented on top of a previously proposed architecture for caching data items in MANETs that caches submitted queries in special nodes, called query ...
Headache disorders are among the most common disorders of the nervous system. They affect people from ages, races and ethnic groups. According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders III (2013), headaches ...
Aim:Organizational restructuring and reform in the health care system have led to uncertainty and susceptibility among clinical nurses and their work environment. As a result, a negative effect on the nurse's role in ...
A Mobile Ad Hoc Network(MANET)is a collection of mobile nodes dynamically formin g a temporary network, where each node has a dual role: a host and a router. The nodes could either communicate with each other directly via ...
The harnessing of sunlight to convert it to electrical energy is the basic idea of a solar cell, and has been a subject of interest to scientists for decades. One of the so-called third generation solar cells, is what is ...
This thesis is concerned with the optimization and performance analysis of a coo peration-based database caching system for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). The heart of the system is the nodes that cache submitted queries. ...
Environmental stresses due to coastal development in Lebanon have led to disruptions of natural processes and threatened the ecological and economic values of the coastal zone. As is the case in most developing countries, ...
This paper assesses the energy performance and occupant comfort of a ceiling mounted coaxial personalized ventilation system in presence of radiation asymmetry due to a large window for different glazing systems. Detailed ...
This research explores the phenomenon of code-switching in Lebanon, and more specifically, between Arabic (and its varieties), English, and French on Lebanese television talk shows. The research employed observations of ...
This study examines the ways in which education and the topic of conversation affect the extent of classicization of speech in Lebanon on the phonemic and lexical levels. It also examines the attitudes of the Lebanese ...