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  • Antimicrobial resistance in relation to virulence determinants and phylogenetic background among uropathogenic escherichia coli in Lebanon 
    Hashwa, F.; Tokajian, S.; Sawma-Aouad, G.; SAS; 199390070; 199736770; Natural Sciences; fhashwa@lau.edu.lb; stokajian@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Escherichia coli is the most common causative agent of recurrent, uncomplicated urinary tract infections. Triplex PCR and the disc diffusion method were used to determine and correlate among the phylogenetic group, virulence ...
  • Molecular characterization of staphylococcus aureus in Lebanon 
    Tokajian, S. T.; Farah, M. J.; Hashwa, F. A.; Abou Khalil, P.; Rizk, M.; Jabbour, D.; Araj, G. F.; SAS; 199736770; 200103699; 199390070; Natural Sciences; stokajian@lau.edu.lb; maya.farah@lau.edu.lb; fhashwa@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen and is a growing public health concern. In this study, 130 S. aureus, 93 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and 37 methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA), clinical ...
  • Effect of phosphorus supplementation on weight gain and waist circumference of overweight/obese adults 
    Bassil, MS; Ayoub, JJ; Samra, MJA; Obeid, OA; SAS; 201102356; Natural Sciences; mbassil@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Background: Phosphorus status is inversely correlated with body weight; however, the effect of phosphorus supplementation on body weight in a controlled design has not been studied. Methods: This is a double-blind, ...
  • Survey and analysis of internal temperatures of Lebanese domestic refrigerators 
    Hassan, Hussein F.; Dimassi, Hani; El Amin, Rafal; SOP; SAS; 201200056; 200603781; N/A; hussein.hassan@lau.edu.lb; hani.dimassi@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    In the light of power crisis that Lebanon is witnessing, temperatures were recorded, using data loggers, in 147 domestic refrigerators in three main cities every 5 min over 3 days. A questionnaire was administered to gather ...
  • Cafeteria diet-fed mice is a pertinent model of obesity-induced organ damage 
    Zeeni, Nadine; Dimassi, Hani; Faour, Wissam H.; Dagher-Hamalian, Carole; SAS; SOP; SOM; 201000400; 200603781; 200904962; N/A; nadine.zeeni@lau.edu.lb; hani.dimassi@lau.edu.lb; wissam.faour@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Objective This study is aimed at evaluating the effects of a cafeteria diet (obesity) mouse model on early multi-organ functional, structural, endocrine and biochemical alterations. Materials and methods Multi-organ ...
  • Food safety and handling knowledge and practices of Lebanese university students 
    Hassan, Hussein F.; Dimassi, Hani; SOP; SAS; 201200056; 200603781; N/A; hussein.hassan@lau.edu.lb; hani.dimassi@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    The aim of this study was to assess the level of food safety handling knowledge and practices among 1172 Lebanese university students (mean age 20.0 ± 1.6 SD) and to explore the association between their knowledge/practices ...
  • Four good reasons to use literature in primary school ELT 
    Ghosn, Irma K.; SAS; 199190180; English; ighosn@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    The teaching of English as a foreign language in primary schools is gaining popularity throughout the world. Many countries are also using English in the upper grades as the vehicular language for all or part of the ...
  • Partnership in education 
    Ghosn, Irma-Kaarina; SAS; 199190180; English; ighosn@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    In recent years, several anti-bullying programs have been developed, for instance in the UK, USA and New Zealand, but how successful these programs might be outside their own cultural context has not been investigated. ...
  • Story as culturally appropriate content and social context for young english language learners 
    Ghosn, Irma-Kaarina; SAS; 199190180; English; ighosn@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    The relationship between second language learning and meaningful interactions is now well recognised in second language acquisition research. While English is a widely taught foreign language around the world, much of the ...
  • Religion, rule of law, or the family honour? moral commitment among Lebanese children 
    Ghosn, Irma-Kaarina; SAS; 199190180; English; ighosn@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    The present study examined the moral development of Lebanese 1st graders. Interviews with sixty-three Lebanese children (28 girls and 35 boys, ages 6–7.5) were analysed for the study. The children (25 Christian and 38 ...
  • Mathematical modelling of atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease 
    El Khatib, N,; Genieys, S.; Kazmierczak, B.; Volpert, V.; SAS; 201105930; Computer Science and Mathematics; Lebanese American University
    Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease. The atherosclerosis process starts when low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) enter the intima of the blood vessel, where they are oxidized (ox-LDLs). The anti-inflammatory response ...
  • On entropy weak solutions of Hughes’ model for pedestrian motion 
    El-Khatib, Nader; Goatin, Paola; Rosini, Massimiliano D.; SAS; 201105930; Computer Science and Mathematics; nader.elkhatib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    We consider a generalized version of Hughes’ macroscopic model for crowd motion in the one-dimensional case. It consists in a scalar conservation law accounting for the conservation of the number of pedestrians, coupled ...
  • Computer-based laboratory for data communications and computer networking 
    Kayssi, Ayman; Sharafeddine, Sanaa; Karaki, Houda; SAS; 200502746; Computer Science and Mathematics; sanaa.sharafeddine@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Data communications and computer networking (DCCN) has established itself as an essential part of most computer science and engineering curricula, usually in the form of courses and/or laboratories. For reliable training ...
  • A Novel Olive Oil Degrading Thermoactinomyces Species with a High Extremely Thermostable Lipase Activity 
    Hashwa, F.; Mroueh, M.; Al-Khudary, R.; SAS; SOP; 199390070; 199590020; Natural Sciences; fhashwa@lau.edu.lb; mmroueh@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    A filamentous, Gram-positive, spore forming aerobic bacterium was isolated from olive oil contaminated soil (Al Koura, Lebanon) on rhodamine agar plates at 60 °C. The isolate, HRK-1 produced large quantities of an extracellular ...
  • Targeting the MAP kinase pathway in astrocytoma cells using a recombinant anthrax lethal toxin as a way to inhibit cell motility and invasion 
    Abi-Habib, Ralph; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Al-Dimassi, Saleh; Salloum, Gilbert; Saykali, Bechara; Khoury, Oula; Liu, Shihui; Leppla, Stephen H.; SAS; 200901419; 200703859; Natural Sciences; ralph.abihabib@lau.edu.lb; mirvat.elsibai@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Malignant astrocytomas are highly invasive into adjacent and distant regions of the normal brain. Understanding and targeting cancer cell invasion is an important therapeutic approach. Cell invasion is a complex process ...
  • Greatest common divisor and least common multiple matrices on factor closed sets in a principal ideal domain 
    El-Kassar, A. N.; Habre, S. S.; Awad, Y. A.; SOB; 199529190; 199329050; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); abdulnassar.kassar@lau.edu.lb; shabre@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Let T be a set of n distinct positive integers, x1, x2, ..., xn. The n×n matrix [T] having (xi , xj), the greatest common divisor of xi and xj , as its (i,j)-entry is called the greatest common divisor (GCD) matrix ...
  • Financial burden of cancer drug treatment in lebanon 
    Zalloua, Pierre; Elias, Fadia; Khuri, Fadlo R.; Adib, Salim M.; Karam, Rita; Harb, Hilda; Awar, May; Ammar, Walid; SOM; 200300001; N/A; pierre.zalloua@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Elias, F., Khuri, F. R., Adib, S. M., Karam, R., Harb, H., Awar, M., ... & Ammar, W. (2016). Financial Burden of Cancer Drug Treatment in Lebanon. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(7), 3173-3177.
  • Lateral extension induces columnar mesomorphism in crucifix shaped quinoxalinophenanthrophenazines 
    Wex, Brigitte; El-Ballouli, Alaa O.; Kayal, Himadri; Zeidan, Tarek A.; Raad, Farah S.; Leng, Siwei; Cheng, Stephen Z.D.; Eichchorn, Holger; Kaafarani, Bilal R.; SAS; 200603698; Natural Sciences; brigitte.wex@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Reported here is the columnar mesomorphism of board shaped dyes based on quinoxalino[2′,3′:9,10]phenanthro[4,5-abc]phenazine (TQPP) derivatives that was induced by an increase in lateral bulk. TQPP derivatives with protons, ...
  • A fluid-structure interaction model of the cell membrane deformation 
    El Khatib, N.; SAS; 201104930; Computer Science and Mathematics; nader.elkhatib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    In this paper we present a fluid-structure interaction model of neuron’s membrane deformation. The membrane-actin is considered as an elastic solid layer, while the cytoplasm is considered as a viscous fluid one. The ...
  • Modeling circadian clock–cell cycle interaction effects on cell population growth rates 
    El Khatib, N.; El Cheikh, R.; Bernard, S.; SAS; 201104930; Computer Science and Mathematics; nader.elkhatib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    The circadian clock and the cell cycle are two tightly coupled oscillators. Recent analytical studies have shown counter-intuitive effects of circadian gating of the cell cycle on growth rates of proliferating cells which ...

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