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RISKS EMANATING FROM THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FORMATION PROCESS

Saleh Mousawi, Rayan (2020-09-23)

The construction process is normally commenced based on a contract that defines the relation between the Employer and Contractor, or Contractor and subcontractor. However, it is common in the construction industry that ...
P-Y Curves for Rigid Walls Retaining Granular Soil

El Chiti, Imad (2020-09-23)

The mobilization of lateral stresses behind retaining walls constitutes a typical soil structure interaction problem particularly under cyclic loading conditions. There is interest in quantifying the relationship between ...
An Opportunistic Vehicle Based Computing for IoT Offloading

Sarieddine, Khaled (2020-09-23)

IoT is one of the most prolific origins of data that is collected from sensory inputs. However, IoTs are characterized by low computational power, thus motivating the data-offloading scheme, a promising technique that ...
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AASHTO MECHANISTIC EMPIRICAL PAVEMENT DESIGN GUIDE (AASHTOWare PAVEMENT-ME DESIGN) FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS – THE CASE OF UGANDA

Mukunde, Ronald (2020-09-23)

For decades, the AASHTO 1993 method was relied on for pavement design in the U.S and is still being used in some U.S states, and in countries outside the U.S, including Uganda. In 2008, AASHTO published the Mechanistic-Empirical ...
mHEALTH System for Dermatology Diseases in Refugee Settlements Using Multi-Modal Classification

Baly, Fady (2020-09-23)

While conflicts and wars are continuously erupting throughout the world, the dispersion of refugees from their war-afflicted countries to neighboring states is continuously increasing to an extent that these hosting states ...
PREVALENCE OF WOLBACHIA IN WILD INSECTS AND ITS EFFECT ON MOSQUITO HOST

karaki, aline (2020-09-23)

Mosquito-borne diseases are a considerable threat to human and animal health. In order to limit their spread, several methods have been developed. However, the control of these diseases is still difficult and novel means ...
Synergized Anticancer Activity of Honeybee Royal Jelly and Thymoquinone Against Aggressive Human Breast Cancer

Moubarak, Maya (2020-09-23)

Thymoquinone, the main constituent of Nigella sativa seeds and royal jelly (RJ), the honeybee secretion fed to queens, are effective against cancer. The anticancer activity of the combination of TQ and RJ against breast ...
A Nationwide Assessment On The Occurrence Of Plasmid-Borne Mobile Colistin-Resistance Gene, mcr-1, In Escherichia Coli Isolated From Lebanese River Water

Hassan, Jouman (2020-09-23)

Colistin, a last resort antibiotic, is used to treat multidrug and extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative infections. However, colistin’s excessive use has led to the emergence of the plasmid-borne mobile colistin-resistance ...
Alternative Project Delivery Methods: Design Dynamics and Implications

Kalach, Mayssa (2020-09-23)

Time is a major constraint in today’s competitive market. Alternative project delivery methods (APDMs) allow for a faster project completion due the earlier involvement of the builder and the concurrency of the design and ...
Method for Deriving the Complex Infrared Dielectric Function of Amorphous Thin Films from Infrared Reflectivity Spectroscopy

Dakik, Marwa (2020-09-23)

Although advanced nonlinear optical techniques have demonstrated high potential for examining elementary excitations in semiconductors, infrared reflectivity analysis remains the most quantitative technique because simple ...
Quantifying and Mapping Saltwater Intrusion in a Complex Urban Environment: A Universal Kriging Approach

Korbane, Karim (2020-09-23)

Unsustainable groundwater exploitation in coastal aquifers has resulted in significant drops in freshwater heads and the promotion of seawater intrusion (SWI) into affected coastal aquifers. With nearly two-thirds of the ...
Impact of Kallikrein Kinin System Components on Macrophages' Inflammatory Response under Normal and Hyperglycemic Conditions

Saber, Lama Jr (2020-09-23)

Background: Inflammation is greatly associated with the development of chronic diseases such as diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of death in the world since it can lead to many macrovascular and microvascular ...
Controlling Cyanobacterial Blooms by Ultrasonic Irradiation – Lessons Learned from a Real-World Application in a Hypereutrophic Reservoir

Hamzeh, Dania (2020-09-23)

Excessive nutrient loading and climatic changes have increased the frequency and intensity of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in freshwater systems globally. These blooms are responsible for the impairment of many water bodies. ...
ANTITUMOR EFFECT AND MECHANISM OF ACTION OF THE ATYPICAL SYNTHETIC RETINOID ST1926 ANALOGUE ON ADULT T-CELL LEUKEMIA/LYMPHOMA AND T LYMPHOMA

Nouaihed, Sahar Nazem (2020-09-23)

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a severe and rare T-cell malignancy caused by an aggressive human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infection. ATL has a dismal prognosis and is highly resistant to chemotherapy, ...
Information Extraction from Arabic Social Media Content

Dankar, Rayan (2020-09-23)

Stakeholders such as advertisers, celebrities and politicians are showing high interest in information extraction from social media content. Social media content includes posts and interactions in local dialects. Arabic ...
Power approximation for pricing American Options

El Hassan, Noura (2020-09-23)

Abstract - American options are one of the most traded instruments in the financial markets. However, pricing such options is challenging since there is the possibility of early exercise of the option. We propose a robust ...
Potential Value of Circulating microRNA as Diagnostic Biomarkers for Breast Cancer in Lebanese Women

Itani, Maha (2020-09-23)

Breast cancer (BC) is the most predominant type of cancer among women. Lebanon is one of the countries in which the incidence of breast cancer is increasing tremendously. The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health recommends ...
An Application of Neural Networks to Forecast Building Occupant Complaints

Assaf, Sena (2020-09-23)

Occupant complaints are a reflection of poor building performance and an unsatisfactory indoor environment. One way to mitigate those complaints and to ensure occupants’ satisfaction with regards to building performance ...
Administrative Activities and Roles for Minimizing the Encountering of Defects in Construction Contract Documents

Ezzeddine, Farah (2020-09-23)

The construction contract documents clarify the scope of the intended work and serve to legally bind the parties to their defined or implied responsibilities, rights, duties, and liabilities in respect of the executed ...
Influence of Loading Rates on Single Shear-Bolted Lap Joints in Fire

Chahrour, Rayan (2020-09-23)

The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of loading rates or implicit creep on the strength and deformation capacities of single shear-bolted lap joints and shear tab connections at elevated temperatures. ...

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