The application of electromagnetic radio frequency waves extends beyond the purpose of communication, to reach out to medical implementations in different forms. Such implementations vary from sensing to treatment. For ...
The high vocal center (HVC) is the avian analogue of the premotor cortex in the songbird brain. It represents a central component of an interconnected circuit of brain nuclei known as ‘the song system’ and constitutes a ...
Environmental and cost-saving advantages derived from the use of composites attract the aerospace and automotive industries as these materials offer significant structural and aerodynamic advantages over traditional metal ...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a form of acquired brain injury that poses a significant threat to
public health. Mild to severe TBI is rapidly being classified as a chronic disease, given that
evidence indicates that ...
This is a thesis about housing in Beirut: It inquires specifically about the characteristics of the housing stock produced in Municipal Beirut during the post-civil war era, and how these characteristics were influenced ...
Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut has for more than 30 years been subject to speculative investments in land, where housing’s value has been severely tipped to acting as an asset, rather than a stable unit of dwelling for ...
Open public spaces are a valuable asset for cities as research has shown they improve people’s quality of life through social, economic, health, and ecological benefits. Increased financialization, densification, and ...
Since the military phase of the Lebanese civil war ended, no collective memory has been established, only sectarian narratives. This lack of a proper representation of the atrocities of the war left the victims with no ...
With the advent of deep learning technology, Natural Language Processing (NLP) has made remarkable progress. Deep learning models have improved the performance of many NLP tasks such as text summarization, translation, and ...
The rapid urban growth is reshaping the Lebanese coastal cities and their surrounding hinterlands, by, introducing major challenges for the preservation and conservation of open/green landscapes. Besides, "Political ...
This thesis is a qualitative study of the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music (LNHCM) and the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) where key stakeholders of the LNHCM and LPO were interviewed in order to ...
Remote controlling robots without any automated help is difficult due to various limitations. Autocomplete enhances teleoperation by recognizing operator intentions from the input of the user and automating motions when ...
Proximity detection systems have witnessed a remarkable growth in interest in the past years. In fact, particularly with the COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing in public areas and workplaces has become a norm, and human ...
In November 2017, WFP and UNHCR constructed an assistance scheme called the Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance, targeting the most economically vulnerable Syrian refugee households, in an attempt to alleviate burdens and help ...
Background: Depression has been recognized as a common comorbidity in heart failure (HF). The significant presence of depression has been associated with increased mortality among patients with HF (Fan et al., 2014). ...
Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency is a common disorder worldwide. It has many risk factors and impacts on the human body. Interestingly, this hypovitaminosis is prevalent in pregnant women, and the majority of them are ...
Chronic Cigarette Smoking (CS), a well-known risk factor for numerous diseases, has been shown to play a significant influence in renal disorders in both females and males. The progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) ...
Cigarette smoking (CS) is a predominant risk factor for cardiovascular disease progression worldwide. There is ample evidence of gender-based disparities in CVDs, with premenopausal females being less susceptible to the ...