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Investigator
Michel Bariche
The opening of the Suez Canal permitted the dramatic invasion of the Mediterranean by marine organisms coming from the Red Sea. These organisms threaten native biodiversity, degrade habitats, affect t ...
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Biology | 29 Jul 2019 |
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Investigator
Leila Dagher
This paper investigates the dynamic causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Lebanon over the period 1980–2009. Within a bivariate framework, imposed on us due to data lim ...
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Economics | 29 Jul 2019 |
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Investigator
Leila Dagher
Previous studies provide strong evidence that energy demand elasticities vary across regions and states, arguing in favor of conducting energy demand studies at the smallest unit of observation for wh ...
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Economics | 29 Jul 2019 |
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Shaping research for health in the Arab World: A systems and network approach to advance knowledge, ..
Investigator
Iman Nuwayhid
This initiative at the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) aimed to strengthen systems and institutions for research and education in public health and facilitate opportunities for interdisciplinary coll ...
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Public Health | 14 Dec 2019 |
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Investigator
Iman Nuwayhid
Significant neuroanatomical and neuromaturation changes take place during adolescence and are reflected n the maturation of abstract reasoning, affect, and cognition. Hence, exposure of millions of ad ...
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Public Health | 14 Dec 2019 |
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Iman Nuwayhid
In the town of Bebnine (population approximately 16,000) in northern Lebanon, a team of researchers from the American University of Beirut and local residents worked together on a community-based rese ...
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Public Health | 14 Dec 2019 |
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Performance-based contracting for hospitals: a mixed methods analysis of impacts on patient outcomes ..
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Fadi El Jardali
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) contracts with 135 public and private hospitals to provide hospitalization services to 52% of Lebanon's citizens. Since 2001 the MoPH has used a three-tier reimbur ...
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Public Health | 15 Jan 2020 |
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An institutional approach to support the conduct and use of health policy and systems research: The Nodal Institute in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Investigator
Fadi El Jardali
Background
The use of health policy and systems research (HPSR) to support decision making in health systems is limited in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). This is partly due to the lack of ef ...
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Public Health | 15 Jan 2020 |
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A qualitative study exploring child marriage practices among Syrian conflict-affected populations in Lebanon
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Jocelyn DeJong
Background
Recent reports have suggested that child marriage among Syrians may be increasing as a result of displacement and conflict. This study sought to gather qualitative data about the factors t ...
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Public Health | 15 Jan 2020 |
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Investigator
Rima Habib
In late 2015, the Child Labor Unit at the Lebanese Ministry of Labor in coordination with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICE ...
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Agriculture | 15 Jan 2020 |