This study sought to explore the sex and cultural differences in satisfaction with life between undergraduate men and women recruited from four Arab countries, i.e., Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Qatar (N = 1,322); ages ranged from 18 to 27 years. The participants responded to the Arabic version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Egyptian and Lebanese women obtained significantly higher mean sc...

We report here the site-specific introduction of functional groups into phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs). ODNs containing both 5-( N-aminohexyl)-carbamoyl-2'-deoxyuridine (H), which serves as a tether for the further conjugation of functional groups, and 5-(N,N-dimethylaminohexyl)carbamoyl-2'-deoxyuridine (D), which contributes to the thermal stability of the duplex and to the resist...

This paper takes Lebanon as a case study to examine the relationship between human development and immigration. It examines this issue from both ends: the sending and the receiving countries. The author suggests that by developing the concept of a diasporic civil society and a diasporic public sphere, a significant aspect of the relationship between human development and immigration is illumina...

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To estimate the overall nutritional quality of traditional Lebanese dishes by calculating their nutrient profile. METHODS Fifty traditional Lebanese composite dishes (LD) were compared with 50 composite dishes consumed in France (FD), based on the SAIN (score of nutritional adequacy of individual foods) and LIM (score of nutrients to be limited) nutrient profiling system. Ea...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the odds of being exposed to pesticides in asthmatic adults. DESIGN A case-control study was performed in Lebanon. SETTING People were approached when consulting physicians as outpatients. PATIENTS Asthmatic patients and non-asthmatic controls in several Lebanese hospitals were interviewed. MAIN RESULTS The study included 407 subjects from 10 medical centres....

This article offers new insights into nostalgia and nationalism in the Syrian/Lebanese diaspora through literary, artistic, philanthropic work of Eveline Bustros (1878–1971). It relies on her underexplored published works as well a rare collection Bustros’ personal correspondence, journals, photographs, speeches compiled by family. After World War I, French partitioned Bilad al-Sham multiple po...

Lebanon is the country with highest density of refugees in world, raising question whether host and refugee populations can cooperate harmoniously. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment studying intra- inter-group behavior Syrian Lebanese nationals repeated public goods game without punishment. randomly assign participants to Lebanese-only, Syrian-only, or mixed sessions. find that formed pa...