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  • Abu Khadra, Inaam; Arts and Sciences; Miss Irene Teagarden (2012-05-28)
  • Adham, Afaf; Arts and Sciences (2012-05-28)
  • Abu Hamdeh, Nawal; Ali, Maysoon; Husseini, Rayya; Dr. Raja T Nasr (2012-05-28)
  • Antonian, Araxi B; Arts and Sciences; Dr. Raja Nasr (2012-05-23)
  • Khayat, Karma; Arts and Sciences; 1983-01-07; 200100116; Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi; Dr. Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss; MA in International Affairs; Dr. Bassel F. Salloukh (2012-04-23)
    This thesis examines the path and prospects of Leftist movements in Lebanon. It points out their main successes and flaws, and examines their future possibilities. The research attempts to go beyond historical personal ...
  • Zantout, Rouba Samir; Arts and Sciences; 1979-02-20; 200600448; Dr. Mirvat El-Sibai; Dr. Faisal Abu Khzam; MS in Computer Science; Dr. Nashaat Mansour (2012-04-23)
    Breast cancer is an ominous disease that affects many women; it is ranked as the fifth cause of death and the second common cancer worldwide. Analyzing breast cancer gene expression profiles for understanding genetic ...
  • Saab, Linda; Arts and Sciences; 1985-09-26; 200300913; Dr. Sandra Rizk; MA in Education; Dr. Ahmad Oueini (2012-03-28)
    Nutritional management as related to ADHD is one aspect that has been neglected in Lebanon. This project investigates the influence of diet, without medication or behavior alteration, on children with ADHD. A case study ...
  • Karamanoukian, Davigh; Arts and Sciences; 1987-03-16; 200500907; Dr. Sami Baroudi; Dr. Paul Tabar; MA in International Affairs; Dr. Imad Salamey (2012-03-28)
    Youth political participation is a fundamental factor in the formation and sustainability of democracy. In a country like Lebanon where politics is characterized by political hegemony of its sectarian elites, it is deemed ...
  • Daoud, Mona; Arts and Sciences; 1988-07-19; 200601866; Dr. Sami Baroudi; MA in International Affairs; Dr. Imad Salamey (2012-03-28)
    This thesis examines how the discourse of two political leaders in Lebanon, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Hizbullah, a Shiite based party and Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces, a Marnoite ...
  • Dagher, Josiane Tanos; Arts and Sciences; 1985-03-04; 200201127; Dr. Rima Bahous; MA in Education; Dr. Mona Nabhani (2012-03-28)
    The following research project is a qualitative case study conducted in one of the schools in Mount Lebanon, JHS. The aim of this study was to develop a new set of recommendations to amend an existing practice in school. ...
  • Rahhal, Mahasin; Arts and Sciences; 1978-03-21; 199710220; Dr. Sami Baroudi; Dr. Hassan Hammoud; MA in International Affairs; Dr. Imad Salamey (2012-03-28)
    This thesis examines the role of privatization in the reformation of the Lebanese confessional and clientelistic system. It provides a detailed assessment of the outcome of privatization reforms and its politics within ...
  • Mahmassani, Natalie; Arts and Sciences; 1984-07-13; 200200091; Dr. Vahid Behmardi; Dr. Nada Saab; MA in Comparative Literature; Dr. Kristiaan Aercke (2012-03-09)
    Dreaming is a form of sleeping experience that simulates waking experience: it occupies the whole field of consciousness and is extended in the dimensions of space and time; but it has a number of characteristics that ...
  • Bazzy, Anissa; Arts and Sciences; 1970-10-17; 199209440; Dr. Samar Zebian; Dr. Rima Bahous; MA in Education; Dr. Ketty Sarouphim (2012-03-09)
    The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of bullying-themed literature, namely picture books that address the problem of bullying on reducing bullying incidents and changing students‟ attitudes towards bullying ...
  • Zeitunlian, Hratch Michel; Arts and Sciences; 1980-08-19; 200402622; Dr. Sanaa Sharafeddine; Dr. Abbas Tarhini; MS in Computer Science; Dr. Nashat Mansour (2012-03-09)
    This thesis presents a new web application testing technique that addresses the complexity of WEB 2.0 Applications. Although significant work has been reported on state-based testing, not much of this work has addressed ...
  • Yaacoub, Faten; Arts and Sciences; 1984-11-20; 200700766; Dr. Latif Zeitouni; Dr. Cheryl Toman; MA in Comparative Literature; Dr. Ibrahim El-Hussari (2012-02-15)
    This study focuses mainly on the significance of free readership as juxtaposed against authorial intent through examining the linguistic elements of the narrative discourse shaping the fictional worlds of William Faulkner’s ...
  • Enlund, Veera Eleonoora; Arts and Sciences; 1984-11-26; 200903554; Dr. Sami Baroudi; Dr. Bassel Salloukh; MA in International Affairs; Dr. Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss (2012-02-15)
    This thesis examines the phenomenon of securitization in European Union immigration and asylum policy. It seeks to analyze the nature and origins of the externalization of threat in the context of safeguarding Europe’s ...
  • Mneimneh, Mirna; Arts and Sciences; 1983-11-09; 200502712; Dr. Sami Baroudi; Dr. Paul Tabar; MA in International Affairs; Dr. Imad Salamey (2012-02-15)
    This thesis analyzes democratization models for deeply divided society undergoing political transition. It takes the federalization and consociationalization strategies as implemented in Iraq as a case study. A comparative ...
  • Bejjani, Celine; Arts and Sciences; 1980-12-09; 200400101; Dr. Bassel Salloukh; MA in International Affairs; Dr. Paul Tabar (2012-01-30)
    Compatibility between Islam, the Arab culture and democracy is a topic I insisted to observe since people around me have been advocating their incompatibility. I have been intrigued to find the sources of these assumptions. ...
  • Tamim, Maya J.; Arts and Sciences; 1974-09-09; 199304250; Dr. Rima Bahous; MA in Education; Dr. Leila Harmoush (2012-01-30)
    The growing number of research in school leadership is calling for a move from autocratic top-down leadership to a more democratic leadership style based on shared responsibility, increased teacher autonomy, and higher ...
  • Mastouri, Nadine A.; Arts and Sciences; 1981-07-08; 200802838; Dr. Sima Tokajian; Dr. Ralph Abi Habib; MS in Molecular Biology; Dr. Pierre Zalloua (2012-01-18)
    Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a complex multifactorial disease, characterized by insulin resistance and a progressive pancreatic β cell failure, leading to an increase in fasting plasma glucose level. Up to date and despite ...

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