Social work is strongly presented to support and decrease the suffering of people living in a crisis. The call intervene professionally such cases highly demanded by government institutions, non-governmental organizations, international United Nations agencies, main umbrella that enfolded practitioner social workers Lebanon. Although Lebanon has experienced successive crises for more than forty...

Breast cancer is commonest cancer in women worldwide. Elucidation of underlying biology and molecular pathways is necessary for improving therapeutic options and clinical outcomes. Molecular alterations in breast cancer are complex and involve cross-talk between multiple signaling pathways. The aim of this study is to extract a unique mRNA fingerprint of breast cancer in Lebanese women using mi...

Aim. Lebanon exhibits one of the highest prevalences of factor V-Leiden (FVL) in the world (14.4%). The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of FVL mutation among Lebanese patients with lower extremity venous thrombosis. Material and Methods. From January 2003 to January 2011, 283 consecutive Lebanese patients, diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) by duplex scan, were retrospec...

Social insurance reforms that have been instituted in rapid succession in recent years have established a common orientation of reduced benefits instead of rising insurance premiums. For example, in medical system reforms carried out over the past two years, insurance benefit expenses were practically reduced by, for example, an increase in insured copayments and a higher eligibility age for El...

This study aimed to examine the proportion and socio-demographic correlates of Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity (MHOv/O) among Lebanese adults and to investigate the independent effect of previously identified dietary patterns on odds of MHOv/O. Data were drawn from the National Nutrition and Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Survey (Lebanon 2008-2009). Out of the 337 adult parti...

Electrostatic charging of particles in enclosed spaces has been shown to be an effective means of reducing airborne dust. Dust generated during the hatching process has been strongly implicated in Salmonella transmission, which complicates the cleaning and disinfecting processes for hatchers. Following two preliminary trials in which dust reduction was measured, four trials were conducted to ev...

The objective of this study was to evaluate both condensing (wet) and non-condensing (dry) vaporous hydrogen peroxide (VHP) technologies for decontaminating a worst-case scenario Class II biosafety cabinet. A 23-year-old Class II, type A2 biosafety cabinet equipped with loaded HEPA filters and an inoperable blower was used for this study. Biological indicators were placed at various locations w...

Background and Objective. In forensic investigations, mandibular canines provide excellent materials to identify gender since they are more likely to survive disasters. The objective of this study was to investigate gender dimorphism by comparing the mesiodistal width of mandibular permanent canines and intercanine distance in a group of Lebanese population. Methods. Participants consisted of u...

The crisis of public opinion is a major challenge faced by the government in Internet era, and governance has always been focus attention academic community. In opinion, subject relatively single, often departments are situation fighting alone. From perspective cooperative governance, this paper discusses following two issues: "Is it possible for individuals to participate governance?", "What a...