Deteriorating environmental conditions and depleting resource supplies have given rise to a critical need for optimal resource allocation that maximizes resource efficiency and minimizes resource waste. The water, energy, ...
I would like to extend my appreciation and gratitude to everyone involved in this
project. Special thanks to Dr. Karim Makdisi for having been there throughout my
entire stay at AUB and special thanks to Dr. Joseph ...
Human Object Interaction (HOI) detection provides valuable insights into the meaning
and interpretation of a painting, as the interactions between humans and object
reveal information about the scene, characters, and ...
Social cues modulate all sorts of communication in a wide range of species, and these modulatory changes make communication signals more salient. The songbird vocal system has emerged as thebest-developed model for the ...
Self-organization is the spontaneous process whereby some form of overall spatiotem poral order arises from synergies between parts of an initially disordered system. It occurs in open systems driven away from thermal ...
The dataset consisted of students' socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle practices (cigarette and shisha smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity, sleeping hours, internet usage, follow a healthy diet, and overall ...
A humidity pump is proposed to extract latent load directly from the indoor space using a rotating desiccant-coated belt integrated in the building façade formed of an airgap and a breathable insulation. The system dries ...
Restoring the landscape is a project that aims to restore and reconnect the landscape of Nahr El Kalb back together.
Through a series of activation processes and restoration strategies, the three different
layers of ...
Cryptocurrency is an emerging topic and bitcoin is witnessing a rising popularity throughout the world. Unfortunately, cryptocurrency presents a major downside from an environmental standpoint. Lebanon, in common to all ...
This study examines the labor market crisis in Lebanon, rooted in historical policymaking failures and exacerbated by the recent economic collapse. It explores the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), particularly ...
Since the outbreak of widespread violence in Syria, Kurdish militias have claimed a large
territory of north Syria which they govern as Kurdistan. Regardless, Kurds make up a
significant portion of millions of diverse ...
Eating is one of the most basic activities observed in sentient animals, a behavior so natural that humans often eating without giving the activity a second thought. Unfortunately, this often leads to consuming more calories ...
A general idea is that an eco-citizen is only a citizen of action. Not ideology. Although identifying as an eco-citizen is common, an eco-citizen is defined by depth and extent of action. Depth of action relies on knowledge, ...
Biological systems, particularly animals, are a hotspot of highly sophisticated and non-trivial dynamics. They consist of a myriad of motile self-driven and simultaneously interacting entities. Understanding animal ...
Ecosystem services have gained attention as a potential tool for promoting sustainable development and natural resource management. Despite this, development agencies often overlook ecosystem services in their policies and ...
هذا البحث هو ثمرة ما يزيد على سنتين من استقراءات ومقارانات في مصنّفات الصغانيّ المعجميّة، وقراءاتٍ في الدراسات التي جاءت عليها. فيه إجابات عن أسئلة شغلت بعضَ الباحثين في تلك المصنّفات. وتدور قضيّته الكبرى حول منهج الترتيب ...