DSpace Repository

The Notre Dame University-Louaize Institutional Repository, known as DSpace, is a digital archive of the university's intellectual output accessible to others worldwide over the Internet. The institutional Repository contains a collection of research and publications written by academic authors, students, staff, alumni and research groups that have sufficient quality to be collected and preserved by the Library but which are not controlled by commercial publishers.

Notre Dame University members are eligible to engage in self-archiving of their digitally-born materials within the institutional repository. For self-archiving please review the Guidelines, Thesis Submission and the Submission Guidelines pages.

OR, you can email the publications you would like to add to: specialcollections@ndu.edu.lb

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  • Habchi, Rony (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2025)
    This thesis examines the connection between Lebanese people’s news reading habits during times of ongoing social stress and mental health. In order to examine the effects of various forms of news engagement, both digital and conventional, on psychological well-being markers like anxiety, stress, and sleep quality, the study used a quantitative approach. 102 individuals completed structured questionnaires and provided open-ended answers. Standardized measures including the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Beck Anxiety Inventory were employed. The findings showed that people who spent three ...
  • Khalil, Nazih; Eid, Dory; Kheir, Marie (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2002)
    In this paper, a horizontal fragmentation algorithm and a replication protocol that increases the availability and reliability are proposed and proven for a distributed database system. The first implements a previously proven vertical transaction-based algorithm that yields to an optimal number of fragments. The proposed horizontal algorithm substitutes the concept of attributes in the vertical problem by the predicates. The second algorithm, increases the availability and reliability by using a matrix log replicated at each site. Further, the system is fully maintained even during network ...
  • Azzaz, Rana A. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    This research studies the effect of online advertising on North Lebanese attitudes and determines what internet portals North Lebanese consumers are mostly responsive to. In other words, this thesis measures the extent to which online advertising is effective in North Lebanon. For this purpose, a literature review covers definitions of online advertising and consumer behavior were integrated. North Lebanese consumers’ responses to social media were examined too. The uses and gratifications theory is well suited for studying this subject. This suitability is due to several factors like active ...
  • Khalil, Laila (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2015)
    This study described the effectiveness of engaging learners fully and actively with written corrective feedback (WCF) in the context of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the Lebanese International University. In addition, this study aimed to investigate the role of WCF in the development of EFL learning, focusing on the development of learners’ writing skills and writing strategies. Recent studies have provided empirical evidence to support the positive role of feedback in students’ foreign language (FL) leaning mainly in the areas of writing skills and writing strategies development. In ...
  • Glaser, Lily Columbus (The Lebanese Emigration Research Center (LERC) - Notre Dame University Louaize, 2025)
    This research report examines the seminal publication 'Letters to Uncle Sam' by Ameen Rihani's. The research tracks the political activism and literary activities of Rihani within the Arab diaspora (Mahjar) in the United States and Mexico between 1917-1919. The study works within the framework of the 'transnational activism' approach and analyzes Rihani's strategic efforts to mobilize the Mahjar in support of the Allied cause during World War I, linking their aspirations for independence from the Ottoman Empire with American economic and geopolitical interests. 'Letters to Uncle Sam' was published ...

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