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  • Political discourse analysis of news reports. (c2016) 
    Itani, Layla Yussef; MA in Education; SAS; 201100675; Diab, Rula; Nabhani, Mona; Education; Bahous, Rima (Lebanese American University, )
    Politics has proven itself to be a linguistic activity that utilizes emotional appeals that mold people’s beliefs and thoughts. This study is an exploration of the language of politics in two Lebanese newspapers - which ...
  • Cyberstate sovereignty. (c2016) 
    Badran, Zeina; MA in International Affairs; SAS; 201400950; Baroudi, Sami; Tabar, Paul; Social Sciences; Salamey, Imad (Lebanese American University, )
    Globalization has played a pivotal role in the proliferation of cybercrime where the availability of modern technology has facilitated a wide access to information. The open border era has further expedited the procurement ...
  • Representations of space and time in the Labyrinth. (c2016) 
    Jaafar, Serine; MA in Comparative Literature; SAS; 200401055; Aercke, Kristiaan; Behmardi, Vahid; Education; Aghacy, Samira (Lebanese American University, )
    This thesis examines representations of city-labyrinths as they are portrayed in City of Glass by Paul Auster and Biritus madīna taḥta al-arḍ [Biritus a City Underground] by Rabī’ Jābir. Although an ancient structure, the ...
  • Perceptions towards the arabic language and teachers. (c2016) 
    Lina Mahmassani; MA in Education; SAS; 200800624; Nabhani, Mona; Nattout, Mahmoud; Education; Bahous, Rima (Lebanese American University, )
    The Arabic language and dialect is becoming unpopular nowadays among the young generations, if not marginalized. One of the major reasons behind this issue lies within the experience young students have while learning ...
  • Explaining the success of Tunisia's democratic transition. (c2016) 
    Nader, Noura Raghdan; MA in International Affairs; SAS; 201206463; Baroudi, Sami; Skulte-Ouaiss, Jennifer; Social Sciences; Salloukh, Bassel (Lebanese American University, )
    This thesis investigates the democratic transition in Tunisia and the reasons behind its success. It starts by examining the nature of democracy and the different factors that affect democratic transitions. The role of ...
  • Comparative media role during revolutions. (c2016) 
    Hilal, Razan; MA in International Affairs; SAS; 200802220; Baroudi, Sami; Rowayheb, Marwan; Social Sciences; Salamey, Imad (Lebanese American University, )
    The role of social media in contemporary Arab revolutions has been controversial. This thesis examines the role that media has played in the Egyptian uprising of 2011 in comparison to that of the Iranian Revolution of 1978. ...
  • Challenges for establishing a learning support centre in rural areas for students with specific learning disorders. (c2016) 
    Daoud, Rania N.; MA in Education; SAS; 200300703; Natout, Mahmoud; Bahous, Rima; Education; Nabhani, Mona (Lebanese American University, )
    Students with specific learning disorders (SLDs) who live in rural areas in Lebanon may be deprived of support programs that are based on expert assessment; consequently, their education may be compromised. This study ...
  • The emergence of the Syrian conflict and exit strategies. (c2016) 
    Shaheen, Zouha; MA in International Affairs; SAS; 201401247; Baroudi, Sami; Salloukh, Bassel; Social Sciences; Salamey, Imad (Lebanese American University, )
    What are the main drivers for the Syrian conflict and how can they be mitigated? This thesis assesses two different explanatory propositions. The first attributes to the conflict domestic sectarian and communitarian ...
  • Explaining the Discrepancy between Teacher and Principal Perception of Principal Leadership Behavior. (c2015) 
    Noueiri, Dina H.; MA in Education; SAS; 198802560; Nabhani, Mona; Natout, Mahmoud; Education; Kaloustian, Garene (Lebanese American University, )
    The purpose of this study was to determine if there was discrepancy between teacher and principal perception on principal‟s leadership behavior and specifically, which factors contribute to these differences; this was done ...
  • The limits of rentierism & the GCCs' move toward "greater" liberalism. (c2016) 
    Ramadan, Meryam J.; MA in International Affairs; SAS; 201206242; Skulte-Ouaiss, Jennifer; Baroudi, Sami; Social Sciences; Salamey, Imad (Lebanese American University, )
    With radical transformations of the political economies of the Gulf in the past decade, conventional Rentier State Theory (RTS) fails to adequately explain many of the modern aspects of the GCC’s politics. Through a ...
  • Software metrics for green mobile applications. (c2015) 
    Bitar, Georges; MS in Computer Science; SAS; 200903806; Habre, Samer; Kassar, Abdul Nasser; Computer Science and Mathematics; Haraty, Ramzi (2016-04-18)
    “Going Green” includes all the aspects that can enhance the way we live in order to protect the environment. Today, we are in an urge to “Go Green” in many facets in our life, such as reducing the consumption of energy and ...
  • Achieving a systematic service integration program for children with challenging behaviors in school setting in Lebanon. (c2015) 
    Mahmoud, Hadeel; MA in Education; SAS; 200800214; Tayara, Rana; Sarouphim, Ketty; Education; Nabhani, Mona (2016-04-18)
    Students with behavioral problems display deficits in social skills, such as deficits initiating social interactions, lack of orientation towards a stimulus, and other social issues. Research showed that school based ...
  • Speech acts of apologies. (c2016) 
    Zeaiter, Lana Fouad; MA in Education; SAS; 200903318; Nabhani, Mona; Natout, Mahmoud; Education; Bahous, Rima; rbahous@lau.edu.lb; mnabhani@lau.edu.lb (2016-04-18)
    Many cross-cultural studies investigate the language of apology, also called speech act of apology. These studies among others uncover differences and similarities in different societies in the use of the language of ...
  • Potency and selectivity of a urokinase activated recombinant anthrax toxin to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. (c2015) 
    Darwich, Manal El.; MS in Molecular Biology; SAS; 200500528; El Sibai, Mirvat; Rizk, Sandra; Natural Sciences; Abi Habib, Ralph (2016-04-18)
    Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a disorder characterized by uncontrolled mitogenetic activation and proliferation of hematopoietic precursor cells. Up to 30 % of adult patients with AML do not achieve complete remission ...
  • A low degree vertex elimination with high degree vertex selection heuristic for strongly connected dominating and absorbent sets in wireless Ad-Hoc networks. (c2011) 
    Markarian, Christine Hovsep; MS in Computer Science; SAS; 200401710; Mourad, Azzam; Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Computer Science and Mathematics; Abu-Khzam, Faisal (2016-04-18)
    In the Strongly Connected Dominating-Absorbent Set problem (SCDAS), we are given a directed graph and asked to find a subset D of vertices such that the subgraph induced by D is strongly connected and every vertex not in ...
  • Social competence intervention in autistic spectum disorders (ASDs). (c2011) 
    Amin, Noor A.; MA in Education; SAS; 200803300; Amin, Tamer; El-Zein, Hiyam; Education; Oueini, Ahmad (2016-04-18)
    The purpose of this case study was to determine the effectiveness of a combined intervention in remediating the social skills in a first-grader with a disorder from the autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The researcher also ...
  • Western' pop culture in Lebanese universities. 
    hewson, amelia; MA in Education; SAS; 200603035; nabhani, mona; harmoush, layla; Education; bahous, rima (2016-04-15)
    This thesis seeks to explore the extent to which modern western educational ideology influences, or even determines, educational development in the Middle East, and in particular in Lebanon. In the last decade, new ...
  • The anticancer effect of β-2 himachalen-6-ol from Lebanese wild carrot on human acute myeloid leukemia cells. (c2016) 
    Boulos, Joelle C.; MS in Molecular Biology; SAS; 200900278; Mroueh, Mohamad; Abi Habib, Ralph; Natural Sciences; Daher, Costantine (2016-04-06)
    Almost all adult leukemia patients suffer from acute myeloid leukemia with around 20,830 new cases and 10,460 deaths expected in the United States in 2015 due to poor prognosis. Daucus carota L. ssp. carota (Apiacea) is a ...
  • Counter Revolutions via Extremists Groups. (c2016) 
    Masri, Lamia; MA in International Affairs; SAS; 200500452; Baroudi, Sami; Rowwayheb, Marwan; Social Sciences; Salamey, Imad (2016-04-06)
    The end of the year 2010 incorporated a highly significant set of events in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region. Islamic radical groups have capitalized on the anarchy and have managed to spread terror in more ...
  • Targeting acute myeloid leukemia cells with novel photosensitive ruthenium-based metal-organic compounds. (c2015) 
    Azar, Daniel Fadi; MS in Molecular Biology; SAS; 200603481; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Khnayzer, Rony; Natural Sciences; Abi-Habib, Ralph (2016-04-06)
    Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a class of hematopoietic malignancies that is characterized by the accumulation of abnormally differentiated myeloid cells and their infiltration into the bone marrow, blood and other tissues. ...

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