Painted Churches of Medieval Lebanon: an Overview

An Overview Of E-Government Strategy In Lebanon

IAn Overview of Road Safety in Lebanon

A ccording to estimations by the World Bank, 350,000 people are killed in automobile accidents in the developing world each year. Two-thirds of these accidents involve pedestrians, most of whom are children, and occur in cities or surrounding areas. As a result of the population surge in urban areas and the rise in vehicle ownership, the figures are still mounting. In fact, road accidents repre...

An Overview of Candiduria

Candida microorganisms frequently exist as saprophytes on the external genitalia or urethra, however, yeast in measurable quantities are found in <1% of clean voided urine specimens. The overall frequency of Candida infections in hospitals has increased by 200% to 300% in the last decade, such that in a general hospital 5% of urine cultures may yield Candida species, and in tertiary-care center...

An Overview of Novel Anticoagulants

Arterial and venous thromboembolism is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. For almost seventy years, heparin, low molecular weight heparin, and vitamin K antagonists have been widely used in the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disorders. However, many of the limitations of these traditional anticoagulants have led to the search for and attempts to introduce better drug ...

Distribution of testicular tumors in Lebanon: a single institution overview.

BACKGROUND Testicular tumors constitute a rare type of cancer affecting adolescents and young adults with recent reports confirming an increase in incidence worldwide. The purpose of this study was to estimate the epidemiological characteristics and histological subtypes of testicular tumors in the Lebanese population according to the WHO classification of testicular and paratesticular tumors. ...