This thesis examines the published works and the private library of Sa’dallah Wannous, which arrived at AUB in 2015. It does so by bridging the gap between the marginalia and penciled marks in the philosophy books he owned ...
Background: Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are common
pathogenic infections with a high incidence reaching 30% and 90% of the worldwide
population respectively. T. gondii is an obligate ...
Stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by disrupted speech flow characterized by repetition of sounds, syllables, or words; prolongation of sounds; and interruptions in speech known as blocks. Despite its ...
A stateless individual, as described by the United Nations, is a person who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law. While statelessness is a relatively well-represented issue in ...
The increase in antibiotic resistance has jeopardized the use of what is dubbed as last resort antibiotic, Polymyxin E. Specifically, the dissemination of mobile colistin resistance (mcr-1) gene has imperiled the effectiveness ...
Energy has long been used as a tool of foreign policy. It has been progressively interlinked with geopolitical relations being shaped by a multitude of factors such as market competition, geopolitical tensions, and regulatory ...
Rammed earth construction is becoming popular since it successfully integrates eco-friendliness, sustainability, and the possibility of cost-effective construction. Rammed earth is comprised of clay, gravel, sand, silt, ...
In this dissertation, we propose novel motion planning algorithms that solve the motion planning problem for planar snake robots locomoting in various environments: snakes floating in space, snakes swimming in viscous ...
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 ...
A complex system’s emerging behavior is a result of the interactions of its components. A graph-theoretic representation of it is a network of interactions dictating
through differential equations the evolution of the ...
In this research, we study the ability of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neu-
ral networks for forecasting karst spring discharge and compare their performance
against traditional process-based hydrological models. Two ...
Large graphs and networks, referred to as semantic graphs, have become essential
for discovering relationships between entities, objects, or concepts in modern-day
applications across various fields such as medicine, ...
We consider a simple supply chain model constituted of a retailer facing end-
consumers’ demand while being supplied by a large number of suppliers. We model
the retailer as a single server queue while the independent ...
In the realm of medicine and the increasing unethical behaviors happening resulting in different medical crises has made the demand for a better transparent trusted mediator that can achieve the objective. Blockchain has ...
The thesis explores the historical development and long-term impacts of residential tourism on Dhour Abadiyeh, a village in Mount Lebanon. Since the 1950s, large swathes of the village’s agricultural land have been turned ...
Despite more wealth and material extraction than ever before, modernity still consists of widespread poverty and suffering. The widespread continued inequality of today has led the world to suffer. This suffering is related ...
Moringa Oleifera (MO), the “Miracle Tree”, is a dietary staple that originates from India. All edible components of the tree (pods, flowers, seeds, bark, leaves) have been extensively studied and showed a richness in an ...
This paper aims to document the distribution and uses of medicinal plants in the Fertile Crescent region, particularly within the framework of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The study employs a scoping review ...
The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), historically referred to the Levant, faces the triple burden of malnutrition, culinary transition and environmental degradation. Current trends towards sustainable food-based dietary ...
This study aims to dissect the discrepancies within The New York Times coverage of global events which have long standing histories and find themselves on opposing sides of power imbalances, innate to the global order. At ...