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Changes in the intensive english program at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon

Bahous, Rima (University of Leicester, )

The Curriculum of the Intensive English Program (IEP) established in the mid- twentieth century at the Lebanese American University (LAU) has been reviewed several times. However, since the 1970s, the minor changes that ...

Effect of dietary protein level on gentamicininduced nephrotoxicity in rats and on the circadian rhythms of food ingestion

Zeeni, Nadine (McGill University, )

All aminoglycosides have the potential to cause nephrotoxicity. Previous studies have shown that this toxicity was altered according to the macronutrient composition of dietary regimens offered to female rats. In a first ...

Discussion as a teaching method in remedial English university classes in Lebanon

Vassilenko, Larissa (University of Leicester, )

Israeli coalition governments

Salamey, Imad (Wayne State University, )

This doctoral dissertation identifies key aspects that have contributed to the formation and duration of Israeli coalition governments. Most importantly, it differentiates between two historical periods that have shaped ...

An aspect-oriented framework for systematic security hardening of software

Azzam, Mourad (Concordia University, )

In this thesis, we address the problems related to the security hardening of open source software. Accordingly, we first propose an aspect-oriented and pattern-based approach for systematic security hardening. It is based ...

NMR studies of pi molecular complexes in iron porphyrins

Kabbani, Ahmad T. (California University, )

Proton and carbon-13 NMR shifts and linewidths of a series of synthetic high-spin ferric porphyrin were investigated upon the addition of various aromatic pi acceptors and donors. The interactions are described by the ...

The aminolysis of aryl diphenylphosphinates

Kabbani, Ahmad (Amercian University of Beirut, )

Factors behind the fragmentation of the Lebanese Maronites after the 1975 Civil War

Rowayheb, Marwan George (Amercian University of Beirut, )

This thesis will make an important contribution to the ready political literature on the situation of the Maronites in Lebanon. Since the Maronites are a key group in the Lebanese political equation, no understanding of ...

The drawing of ethnic boundaries

Rowayheb, Marwan George (University of London, )

How do Non-Recognized states Conduct Foreign Policy. (c2017)

Pakradounian, Ashod (Lebanese American University, )

This thesis demonstrated that a non-recognized state can conduct a successful foreign policy with all the challenges it might face. This was done by investigating the case of Nagorno Karabagh. This thesis showed that Nagorno ...

Combinatory effect of diet and exercise on brain derived neurotrophic factor expression, cognitive function and behavioral phenotypes of psychiatric disorders. (c2017)

Abou Haidar, Edwina T. (Lebanese American University, )

Psychiatric diseases are characterized by varying forms of cognitive impairment. Human and mouse Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) levels are altered in psychiatric diseases, and BDNF signaling not only contributes ...

Lactic acid mediates resistance to stress through class I HDAC induction in a chronic social defeat model of depression. (c2017)

Ghandour, Rim Mohamad El (Lebanese American University, )

Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Environmental factors, mainly stress, play an important role in promoting this disorder by inducing changes in gene ...

Tandem Mass Spectrometric Cell Wall Proteome Profiling of a Candida albicans hwp2 Mutant Strain and Fluconazole Resistant Strains. (c2017)

Awad, Andy M. (Lebanese American University, )

Candida albicans, often recognized as a harmless opportunistic yeast, is ordinarily present as part of the normal gut flora and detected in the oral cavities as well as the GI tracts of around forty to sixty percent of ...

Proteomic analyses of the cell walls of candida albicans PGA1 and PIR32 null mutants. (c2017)

Khoury, Pamela Milad El (Lebanese American University, )

Though residing asymptomatically in mammalian tissues and mucosal surfaces, specific environmental cues can induce the opportunistic fungus Candida albicans to become pathogenic resulting in severe systemic and disseminated ...

An illusion of freedom. (c2017)

Hashem, Farrah AL (Lebanese American University, )

This thesis critically discusses the Kafala system, its mechanism and reason behind its existence in Kuwait. Drawing on ethnographic and field-based observations in Kuwait, there is increasing pressure from NGOs and human ...

Pre-production movie rating prediction using machine learning. (c2017)

Gerges, Firas Abdallah (Lebanese American University, )

Movie production is one of the most expensive investment fields and can result in enormous financial profit or loss. It is critical for investors and production companies to decide whether to invest in a certain movie given ...

Design of experiments for data communication and computer networking

Sharafeddine, Sanaa Dib (American University of Beirut, )

In just few years, the Field of data communication and computer networking has matured considerably in terms of theory and application. Almost every university is offering one or more courses in this field but unfortunately ...

Aerobic diphtheroids identification criteria and relative occurrence of different species ... human sources

Na'was, Tarek (Amercian University of Beirut, )

Regrowth of bacteria and their genotypic identification in drinking water in Lebanon

Tokajian, Sima Torros (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, )

Localisation of methyltransferases involved in glucuronoxylan and pectin methylation in the Golgi apparatus in etiolated pea (Pisum sativum) epicotyls

Rizk, Sandra Elias (Amercian University of Beirut, )

Membranes from etiolated pea epicotyls were fractionated by discontinuous sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation into endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and plasma membrane. The Golgi apparatus was further fractionated ...

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