Cooperation with third states constitutes an important pillar of the EU’s migration policy. This study analyses to which extent the cooperation between the EU and its neighbouring countries had an impact on the protection of the rights of migrants and refugees in the respective countries. It gives a general overview of the state of the art of national migration policies and legislations in the Eastern and Western European neighbourhood and the Western Balkan states. .Three case studies on Georgia, Kosovo and Lebanon illustrate further the country specific situation of migrants and refugees ...

Fusarium mycotoxins are natural contaminants of various commodities representing significant problem worldwide. Since beauvericin (BEA), one of the fusarium toxins, represents a major concern because of its potential toxicity in humans and animal health, and its high presence in feed and food commodities, the present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of BEA on cell viability, proliferation, morphology and gene expression using spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs). First, SSCs were isolated from fresh sheep testis under aseptic technique. Isolated SSCs were cultured for 36 hours at 5% CO2. ...

The Global financial markets have witnessed great traumas due to several events such as the 2000 US stock market crash, the attack of September I Ph 2001, the Afghani war December 2001, and recently the Iraqi war February 2003, the repercussions of which are being felt till today. These events caused immense turbulence in the stability of the stock market and a collapse of investor confidence. One product of accounting evolution is the use of ratios for analyzing financial statements. Originally developed as short-term credit analysis devices, ratios can be traced as far back as the late ...

Money transferred by Lebanese immigrants represents a significant percentage of total deposits at banks of GDP. There is therefore a need to study the effect of these remittances. The aim of the thesis is to assess the effect and contribution of the international Lebanese Diaspora on the Lebanese economy. Primary and secondary data were analyzed to back up the argument that there is misuse of remittances, and that corrective actions are required. The study found that the highest relation is between remittances flow and private sector deposits and the weakest relation is between remittances and ...

This research is conducted to explain the effect of IDA and IBRD loans on HDI given political risk and bank lending factors. In order to reach his objective, the researcher analyzed data for 22 developing countries that is available on Euromoney 94 and World bank 93 annual report. The developing countries are divided into four categories as follows: The Latin American countries category is composed of Bolivia Honduras, Paraguay, El Selvador, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Ecuador. It is characterized by having the highest HDI94 average score amounting to 0.64 compared to an average score ...

Does your Appraisal System Work? Can Appraisal System work as a method of retaining human power and work as a strategy for building culture? Each year, employees and their immediate bosses enter into an elaborate gaming exercise called the annual performance appraisal. Most of it is form filling, and yet every company goes through the ritual. It's time to reappraise appraisal systems. Appraisal systems require constant rejuvenation and renewal. If appraisal systems have to serve development purposes without creating any insecurity or defensiveness we need to learn to treat employees with a shade ...

The effects of e-games on children’s communications skills or social interactions as seen by their mothers has been rarely researched and investigated due to the novelty of the subject. Violence in games was the leader in research over the last few decades, until the invention of touchscreens. Many theories were discussed in order to describe the relationship between children and touchscreens (the Social Learning Theory, the Catharsis Theory, and the Cultivation theory). According to previous research and relevant theories, two research questions were raised. The first question sheds the light ...

Reading is the basis of all activities students do in all school subjects and this skill has been given more attention than any other feature in education. Knowing how to read at school is an important accomplishment in itself for any student's language growth and is the source of success whether in academic years or later in life (DeStefano, 1982, p.388). Since to "read" is to decipher and understand the meaning of letters and symbols (Merriam Webster Online, p.!), comprehension is a key element in this skill. ESL/EFL students find reading in English difficult because they do not understand a ...

After many years of civil war, which completely paralyzed the Lebanese economy and demolished the local businesses, it was not before the early 90's that Lebanon started the process of reconstructing the local economy. It has succeeded into fostering one of the most advanced commercial banking sectors in the region. For the poor in need of funds, banks were not the best answer to where they could resolve, thus the microfinance movement emerged to become the great innovation in financial intermediation that reduces the costs and risks of lending to poor house-holds. We will tackle the MFI program ...

Purpose - The purpose of this study was to understand the effects that a food and beverage FOH or BOH applicants’ physical appearance characteristics have on recruiters and hiring decisions in Lebanon. Hiring managers should be aware of physical appearance stereotypes and unethical hiring practices especially when physical appearance isn’t a job requirement. Design/methodology/approach - A questionnaire was distributed to employers and HR managers from several F&B organizations in Lebanon. The responses of 240 participants were analyzed using SPSS. In order to investigate the study’s ...