The entire world has been dealing with strange events, problems, and situations. Unfortunately, the state of education is quickly impacted by external events. The way education is delivered, and schools are run has changed as a result of these instances. Because of the political, health, and economic crises, Lebanon has been going through a very difficult time, which has made the educational sector more and more unstable. The financial status of most Lebanese families has been impacted by the Lebanese pound's loss of more than 90% of its value without a rise in wages. As a result, many people, ...

Introduction: Eating disorders (ED) are one of the most common psychiatric illnesses that may lead to physical and psychosocial morbidity in children and young adolescents. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of eating disorders symptoms and its associated risk factors among children and young adolescents in Lebanese schools. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study including 253 students aged between 8-13 years old, living in Lebanon. Participants were recruited from private schools located in Mount Lebanon. Each student were interviewed to collect information related ...

Internet banking is somehow a new technology used by banks to interact with their customers providing them with a wide range of services available online. These services can be classified into 5 categories: informational, administrative, transactional, portal and others. However with these come new challenges, risks and threats when adapting internet banking that are either inherited from the internet or that are specific to the open banking environment. Therefore, specific security requirements to the internet banking environment should be adopted aiming to control these risks and manage ...

With the rise of the Internet, recommender systems are becoming a used solution to solve the information overload problem. These systems are like any other system, subject to noise: malicious noise that is caused by attacks and natural noise that is due to the human error. Many detection algorithms solve the noise problem. However, since natural noise and serendipity overlap in their definition, removing noise results in removing serendipity. Serendipity that is the happy surprise of finding something relevant unexpectedly is important for the issue of over personalization caused by the recommender ...

Students tend to take a grade and rarely reflect on their performance. Did I do well? What was the main mistake? Is there anything I need help with? How can I improve that grade next time? That same grade that students get either motivates or demotivates them. If students get the chance to set their own goals based on their weakness, and work on an action plan to reach that goal, their view of the grade changes. They will take a grade as an indicator to help them know how well they have acquired a concept or even reached their goal. Based on that reflection, they will be able to know what the ...

The purpose of this study is to prove that social media posts and groups and their usage have a direct effect on men Basketball athletes in Lebanon such as affecting the performance of a player, ruining the image of a player, and bringing to public personal problems and issues so on and so forth. The social media communication will be studied in the perspective of the Uses and Gratification theory in understanding the reasons why people use these platforms. Also, these particular platforms will be investigated in relation to the concept of a Public Sphere theory, since most Lebanese ...

Background: Mediterranean diet (MD) is a traditional dietary pattern mainly followed in the Mediterranean regions and is shown to have positive health impacts, decreasing morbidity and mortality of major chronic diseases. A global shifting from the MD was documented especially in the Mediterranean regions, including Lebanon. Multiple individual and environmental factors were found to impact adherence to MD. In Lebanon, there is a shortage of recent information about adherence to the MD and its associated factors. Objective: The objectives of this study are to 1) evaluate the level of adherence ...

The central subject in the South China Sea is over who has power and rule over the islands and their adjacent waters as well as independent right and influence in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf determined from the islands, low-tide elevations, the exclusive economic zone, the continental shelf, maritime boundary delimitation and dispute settlement are all valid and support in resolving and highlighting the issue of the South China Sea. The ASEAN claimants, mostly since 2009, have gone through several procedures and modifications in their demands to clarify their claims trying ...

Purpose - The concept of 'virtual' work relates to a world of information technology and communication advancements and improvements. This study aims to find out whether applying this international concept in Lebanese companies is a possibility and what criteria should be applied. Research has proven the importance of virtual work, as well; many multinational companies have proven the success of telecommuting. This study emphasizes the difference between workers' perception regarding virtual employment. As well, it researches telecommuting in Lebanon and whether Lebanese workers are ...

The purpose of this thesis is to highlight and increase the importance of using a new model known as "the intrinsic value" model in the valuation of stocks; while decreasing the dependence of the price earning ratio concept in determining the true worth of the stock. A concise summary is first given about the US stock market, how it functions, the types of stocks offered, its exchanges, and its players. The price earnings ratio concept with its pros and cons will be presented in "Chapter Three". Moreover, the macroeconomic and microeconomic factors affecting the price and earnings (two essential ...