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  • Lean manufacturing : implementation and assessment case of “Algorithm Pharmaceutical Manufacturers” s.a.l. 
    Khlat, Marianne (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2013)
    Lebanese industries are growing so fast and expanding their businesses. They should know how to manage their time, inventory, labor, quality and all the other production factors in order to increase productivity and output while reducing different types of wastes. For that, lean manufacturing was adopted by many companies across the globe in order to try to reduce the wastes as much as possible. Lean is a manufacturing strategy aiming to reduce the inventory and to gain more profits while getting a better quality of the goods delivered to the customers. “Algorithm Pharmaceutical Manufacturers” ...
  • Learning subject pronouns using personalized worksheets 
    El-Hage, Emilie (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)
    There are many language mistakes known as common mistakes, which have become part of everyday language use, in native speakers' language use as well as non-native speakers'. One of the most common mistakes in the use of object pronouns in the place of subject pronouns. As EFL teachers come across the frequent occurrences of such common mistakes in learners' oral and written language, appropriate grammar teaching techniques should be implemented. Hence, this study focuses on an innovative technique that will motivate learners to engage in the learners to engage in the learning task, by personalizing ...
  • The Lebanese business case for green economy and corporate social responsibility and a CSR decision making model 
    El Haddad, Pierre (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    Purpose - This paper has two purposes; attempting to identify a CSR decision making model and exploring the perception of Lebanese business leaders on Green Economy, CSR and their inter-relationships. Design/methodology/approach - Qualitative and Deductive in nature, this paper uses 14 semi-structured and the thematic analysis framework to describe the perception of Lebanese business leaders in the exploratory study, and to test the developed proposition of the CSR decision making model in the conceptual research. Findings - The findings provide evidence to confirm the CSR decision ...
  • The Lebanese copyright law, its implementation and its conformity with international conventions 
    Hanna, Zeina M. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2004)
    Political instability in Lebanon, caused by the tragic war that lasted over 25 years, inhibited and delayed all economic development. A new area of political stability conducive to development emerged soon after 1990. During this era, Lebanon commenced a completely new national economic recovery, a process that witnessed new construction in various infrastructural sectors, to including the courts, telecommunication, electric installations, airports, roads, etc. 1 As part of the Lebanese economic policy, the Lebanese government invites investors and tries to create for them an ...
  • Lebanese exposure to heavy metals via consumption of pitta bread 
    Tahtouh, Rawane (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)
    Recently, high levels of heavy metals in several Lebanese foods were reported, which has raised the issue that today, many Lebanese products could be contaminated with heavy metals and toxins. Knowing that no regulations, effective control or corrective actions from the Lebanese government are present, there is a need to assess the exposure of the Lebanese to those contaminants through its consumption. The objective of this study was to assess the exposure of the Lebanese population to heavy metals through the consumption of white pitta bread and to evaluate the health risks of its consumption ...
  • Lebanese fiscal policy and evolution of its budget deficit through 1993-1999 
    Azzi, Ramzi (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2000)
  • The Lebanese mobile banking applications and customer satisfaction : investigating service quality variables in North Lebanon 
    Faek, Joudi Jamil (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)
    Purpose - This study was conducted in order to investigate and analyze the underlying impact that mobile banking applications’ service quality has on customer satisfaction within the Lebanese context, specifically North Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach - Deduction was the reasoning approach embraced in this study. Using an online distributed questionnaire, there was a collection of 157 usable responses. Data was analyzed using SPSS. Moreover, correlations along with regression and other tests were used to test the considered hypotheses. Findings – The hypotheses considered in this study were ...
  • Lebanese non-profit organizations: evaluation and cases 
    El Helou, Johnny (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
  • Lebanese prisons conditions : comparative study with the French regulations 
    Rizk, Jessy (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)
    A growing number of Lebanese inmates are incarcerated in congested and poorly maintained prisons. Poor imprisonment conditions and ill-treatment of inmates are key factors catalyzing further social delinquencies and mental health deterioration among prisoners and released detainees. Away from being a rehabilitation period, the prison sentence is a chance for reform and correction, a time where inmates are granted the education, mental and emotional support to come out as self-conscious and socially responsible individuals, ready to contribute to their surrounding communities. In this scope, the ...
  • Lebanon's public debt 
    Nahas Matta, Roula (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2000)
  • Lebesgue integration : a new proof of the fundamental theorem of calculus and a new lebesgue integrable function 
    Fayad, Rawan (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2021-12)
    In this thesis, we present a new proof of the fundamental theorem of calculus of the Lebesgue Integral [1] and we explore the properties of a new and interesting Lebesgue integrable function [2]. In this thesis, we reveal the main connection between “absolute continuity” and “Lebesgue Integration” that is established from the fundamental theorem of calculus for the Lebesgue integral. And a function which is Lebesgue integrable but not Riemann integrable. In chapter 1, an elementary and simple proof of the fundamental theorem calculus for the Lebesgue integral is given. The proof is based on the ...
  • The Leftist political song in Lebanese broadcast media during the 1975-1990 Civil War: a lasting ideological phenomenon? 
    Awky, Zoya Jabra (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    The Lebanese leftist political song is an expression of a position and a belief, at times political and at others cultural. This study explores the reasons behind the emergence of the leftist political song. It analyzes more specifically the role of the Lebanese communist party and other leftist parties in supporting the artists that produced this type of songs and their role in using this particular genre as a motivator and a communication tool to mobilize their public. The study therefore examines the relationship between the political engagement of the artists and the existence of this song ...
  • Life cycle cost analysis : a decision tool for public procurement award 
    Medawar, Yara (Notre Dame University-Louaize., 2020-05)
    Sustainable development has been tackled for the last four decades in various fields from education, management, climate change to politics all over the world. One of the major challenges faced by humanity nowadays is achieving the economic sustainability of our infrastructure facilities. To fulfill it, an economic tool called Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), which takes into account all costs of an asset during its lifetime, is being used. In some countries, this technique is being incorporated in the procurement. It is used as a decisive factor in the procurement of their infrastructure ...
  • Like the seagulls 
    Saba, Doris (Notre Dame University-LouaizeBeirut Film Society, 2021)
    According to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the office of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the impact of the deep economic and financial crisis hitting Lebanon, the Covid 19 Pandemic and most recently the Beirut Blast are affecting migrant workers on all aspects and pushing many to the brink. Therefore, we are witnessig illegal immigration through many ways, resulting high and dangerous risks on the migrants’ lives. With the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and as a responsible filmmaker who believes that ...
  • The limitations of the United Nations' peace keeping operation mechanism : the case of UNIFIL 
    Abouarab, Jessy (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    The concept of Collective security was created to oversee that human rights and global peace are maintained in this ongoing struggled for power. As an organization, the United Nations was created to manage collective security in order to prevent global conflict. The notion of peace keeping was created as one of the counter solutions to any threat to global peace. Peace keeping operations constitute a compromise between peaceful settlement and joint imposition. Knowing the theoretical context and framework of the United Nations' Chapter Six and Chapter Seven is a must for a better knowledge of ...
  • Living with a sibling with autism/PDD : building the bridge 
    Margossian, Maria K. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2012)
    This research deals with the effects that living with a sibling with Autism has. The aim of the research was to investigate the effect of living with a sibling with Autism/PDD by using play therapy methods. In order to achieve this goal the researcher undertook a literature study to provide a better insight into the dimensions and complexities of defining autism and its related conditions, as in-depth look at the triad of impairments and the influence this has on the functioning of siblings of children with Autism/PDD. The second objective was to undertake an empirical study with regardsto the ...
  • Local vs. western television shows preferences among Lebanese audiences : uses and gratification, cultivation and spectatorship theories 
    Mouranieh, Tara (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)
    It was impossible to imagine a world without television, but it is not that hard anymore. Many of the young adults in Lebanon are shifting their preferences when it comes to television. Lebanese TV stations are facing new competitors: cable television and online streaming services. This study examines motives behind viewing local and Western series and programs using a quantitative survey research design. Using the Uses and Gratifications theory along with Cultivation and Spectatorship theories, this research studied the Lebanese youth and the reason behind watching television. The findings ...
  • Long run economic growth in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt 
    Abdul-Khalek, Eyad (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2005)
  • Looking for a city with foundations: intentional urban communities as a Christian response to justice and power 
    Sensenig, Eugene (2019-01-21)
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  • Looking for a city with foundations: intentional urban communities as a Christian response to violence, oppression, and injustice. 
    Sensenig, Eugene (2017-05-11)
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