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  • State strength, permeability, and foreign policy behavior 
    Salloukh, Bassel; SAS; 200603436; Social Sciences; bassel.salloukh@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-06)
  • Studying Arab Politics 
    Salloukh, Bassel; SAS; 200603436; Social Sciences; bassel.salloukh@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-05)
  • Syria and Lebanon 
    Salloukh, Bassel; SAS; 200603436; Social Sciences; bassel.salloukh@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-05)
  • The limits of electoral engineering in divided societies 
    Salloukh, Bassel; SAS; 200603436; Social Sciences; bassel.salloukh@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-05)
    Electoral engineering determines prospects for centripetal politics in postconflict societies. Lebanon's postwar elections have been contested by interethnic electoral alliances in multi-ethnic electoral districts. Interethnic ...
  • Struggles under authoritarianism 
    Salloukh, Bassel F.; Moore, Pete W.; SAS; 200603436; Social Sciences; bassel.salloukh@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-05)
    The failure of social science expectations that several Arab states would democratize in the 1980s and 1990s forced a reappraisal. The belief that chronic fiscal crisis and waning popular support would lead regimes to ...
  • The Arab Uprisings and the Geopolitics of the Middle East 
    Salloukh, Bassel; SAS; 200603436; Social Sciences; bassel.salloukh@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-05)
    The contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran played out in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, postwar Iraq and, to a lesser extent, Yemen and Bahrain, has shaped the geopolitics of the region since the 2003 US invasion ...
  • Elite Strategies, Civil Society, and Sectarian Identities in Postwar Lebanon 
    Salloukh, Bassel; Clark, Janine; SAS; 200603436; Social Sciences; bassel.salloukh@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-05)
    This article explains the endurance of sectarian identities and modes of political mobilization in Lebanon after the civil war. This is done by examining three case studies that demonstrate a recursive relation between ...
  • RhoA/ROCK-mediated switching between Cdc42- and Rac1-dependent protrusion in MTLn3 carcinoma cells 
    El-Sibai, Mirvat; Pertz, Olivier; Pang, Huan; Yip, Shu-Chin; Lorenz, Mike; Symons, Marc; Condeelis, John S.; Hahn, Klaus M.; Backer, Jonathan M.; SAS; 200703859; Natural Sciences; mirvat.elsibai@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    Rho GTPases are versatile regulators of cell shape that act on the actin cytoskeleton. Studies using Rho GTPase mutants have shown that, in some cells, Rac1 and Cdc42 regulate the formation of lamellipodia and filopodia, ...
  • Geographical Structure of the Y-chromosomal Genetic Landscape of the Levant 
    El-Sibai, Mirvat; Harmanani, Haidar; Hashwa, Fuad; Zalloua, Pierre A.; Youhanna, Sonia C.; Wells, R. Spencer; Izaabel, Hassan; Sanyoura, May F.; Platt, Daniel E.; Bonab, Maziar Ashrafian; Behbehani, Jaafar; Haber, Marc; Tyler-Smith, Chris; Xue, Yali; The Genographic Consortium; SAS; 200703859; 199490170; 199390070; 200300001; Natural Sciences; mirvat.elsibai@lau.edu.lb; haidar.harmanani@lau.edu.lb; fhashwa@lau.edu.lb; pierre.zalloua@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    We have examined the male-specific phylogeography of the Levant and its surroundings by analyzing Y-chromosomal haplogroup distributions using 5874 samples (885 new) from 23 countries. The diversity within some of these ...
  • Discourse and Multicultural Social Activity in Postwar Lebanon 
    Bahous, Rima; Khalaf, Roseanne Saad; SAS; 197902770; Education; rbahous@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    Some multilingual/multicultural research has debated whether people from diverse backgrounds can go beyond their differences and communicate openly about issues that seem to divide them, and, remain ‘friends’. To explore ...
  • Regulation of Class IA PI 3-kinases 
    El-Sibai, Mirvat; Wu, Haiyan; Shekar, S. Chandra; Flinn, Rory J.; Jaiswal, Bijay S.; Sen, K Ilker; Janakiraman, Vasantharajan; Seshagiri, Somasekar; Gerfen, Gary J.; Girvin, Mark E.; Backer, Jonathan M.; SAS; 200703859; Natural Sciences; mirvat.elsibai@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    We previously proposed a model of Class IA PI3K regulation in which p85 inhibition of p110α requires (i) an inhibitory contact between the p85 nSH2 domain and the p110α helical domain, and (ii) a contact between the p85 ...
  • School-based professional development in one Lebanese school 
    Nabhani, Mona; Bahous, Rima; Hamdan, Zeina; SAS; 198129610; 197902770; Education; mnabhani@lau.edu.lb; rbahous@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    This case study examines the attitudes of the secondary and middle school teachers at one school in Lebanon regarding the effect of the school’s professional development (PD) programs on the quality of their teaching ...
  • Assessing education program learning outcomes 
    Bahous, Rima; Nabhani, Mona; SAS; 197902770; 198129610; Education; rbahous@lau.edu.lb; mnabhani@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    Teacher education programs help teachers gain knowledge and skills, develop ‘new’ attitudes, and impact their beliefs about teaching, thereby favorably affecting teaching outcomes. In the absence of national standards and ...
  • Editorial Introduction 
    Bahous, Rima; Thonhauser, Ingo; SAS; 197902770; Education; rbahous@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    Introduces a special issue on the complex relationship between multilingualism and education in the Mediterranean region. Articles examine Maltese bilingual education; teaching English in Algeria; shifts in environmental ...
  • The antioxidant and anticancer effects of Wild Carrot oil extract 
    El-Sibai, Mirvat; Mroueh, Mohamad; Daher, Costantine F.; Shebaby, Wassim Nasri; Bodman-Smith, Kikki; Karam, Marc Christoph; SAS; SOP; 200703859; 199590020; 199190130; Natural Sciences; mirvat.elsibai@lau.edu.lb; mmroueh@lau.edu.lb; cdaher@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    Daucus carota L. ssp. carota (Apiacea) is used in traditional medicine in Lebanon and in different regions throughout the world. The present study investigates the in vitro anticancer activities of Daucus carota oil extract ...
  • Rho GTPases in primary brain tumor malignancy and invasion 
    El-Sibai, Mirvat; Khalil, Bassem D.; SAS; 200703859; Natural Sciences; mirvat.elsibai@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    Gliomas are the most common type of malignant primary brain tumor in humans, accounting for 80 % of malignant cases. Expression and activity of Rho GTPases, which coordinate several cellular processes including ...
  • DLC2/StarD13 plays a role of a tumor suppressor in astrocytoma 
    El-Sibai, Mirvat; El-Sitt, Sally; Khalil, Bassem D.; Hanna, Samer; El-Sabban, Marwan; Fakhreddine, Najla; SAS; 200703859; Natural Sciences; mirvat.elsibai@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    Astrocytomas are tumors occurring in young adult-hood. Astrocytic tumors can be classified into four grades according to histologic features: grades I, II, III and grade IV. Malignant tumors, those of grades III and IV, ...
  • Gender Bias in Lebanese Language Classes 
    Bahous, Rima; Mougharbel, Ghada; SAS; Education (2015-11-04)
    Gender bias, though often implicit and unnoticed, exists in many forms and in different situations. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether gender bias exists in Lebanese language classrooms. Semi-structured ...
  • " I Am in Grade One and I Can Read!" The Readers' Workshop 
    Bahous, Rima; Mounla, Ghina; Nabhani, Mona; SAS; 197902770; 198129610; Education; rbahous@lau.edu.lb; mnabhani@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    This study analyzed the effects of the implementation of the readers' workshop on students' reading levels and comprehension skills in a first-grade, mixed-ability classroom in Lebanon. The instruments used at the beginning ...
  • Cultures of engagement in challenging circumstances 
    Bahous, Rima; Nabhani, Mona; Busher, Hugh; SAS; 197902770; 198129610; Education; rbahous@lau.edu.lb; mnabhani@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-04)
    This study of four private primary schools in Beirut, Lebanon, investigated why the children in the schools appeared to out-perform their peers in other schools. The study investigated the cultures that teachers and ...

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