Week Ending March 13, 2010
*Denotes non-faculty, or student/resident co-author when the work was produced.

UW-MAC: An underwater sensor network MAC protocol. International Journal of Communication Systems, Vol.23, No.4 (Apr 2010): 485-506. Mohamed K. Watfa, Samir Selman, Hovig Denkilkian.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Deferasirox (Exjade®) significantly improves cardiac T2* in heavily iron-overloaded patients with β-thalassemia major. Annals of Hematology, Vol.89, No.4 (1 Apr 2010): 405-9. Anil Pathare, Ali T. Taher, Ali , Shahina Daar.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology Division, Medical Center.

Parametric design adaptation for competitive products. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2010, Online First™. Ali A. Yassine.
Engineering Management Program, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Stellar nucleosynthesis: s-Process in Massive Stars. AIP Conf. Proc., Vol.1213 (1 Mar 2010): 74-83. 5th European Summer School on Experimental Astrophysics. Mounib El Eid.
Department of Physics, FAS.

Effect of female nargile smoking on in vitro fertilization outcome. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol., 2010 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print]. Antoine Hannoun, Anwar H. Nassar, Ihab M. Usta, Antoine Abu-Musa.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Center.

Gravity with de Sitter and unitary tangent groups. Journal of High Energy Physics, No.3 (2010): 1-18. Ali H. Chamseddine, Viatcheslav Mukhanov.
Department of Physics, FAS.

Spread of OXA-48-encoding plasmid in Turkey and beyond. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Vol.54, No.3 (2010): 1369-1373. A. Carrër, L. Poirel, M. Yilmaz, Ö.A. Akan, C. Feriha, G. Cuzon, Ghassan Matar, P. Honderlick, P. Nordmann.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine.

Enhanced conversion of light at TiO2 photonic crystals to the blue of a stop band and at TiO2 random films sensitized with Q-CdS: Order and disorder. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol.114, No.6 (2010): 2806-2813. Maysaa El Harakeh, Lara Halaoui.
Department of Chemistry, FAS.

Governance, ownership structure, and performance of IPO firms: The impact of different types of private equity investors and institutional environments. Strategic Management Journal, Vol.31, No.5 (May 2010): 491-509. Garry D. Bruton, Igor Filatotchev, Salim Chahine, Mike Wright.
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business.

The divergent opinions of nurses, nurse managers and nurse directors: The case in Lebanon. Journal of Nursing Management, Vol.18, No.2 (Mar 2010): 182-193. Lina Badr, Ursula Rizk, Randa Farha.
Hariri School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine.

Mercury removal from aqueous solutions using silica, polyacrylamide and hybrid silica-polyacrylamide aerogels. Chemical Engineering Journal, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 March 2010. Hiba Ramadan, Aline Ghanem, Houssam El-Rassy.
Department of Chemistry, FAS.

Central line associated bloodstream infection rates in 166 intensive care units of 54 cities in 23 developing countries: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC). International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol.14, Suppl.1 (Mar 2010): e255-e256. V. Rosenthal, C. Álvarez Moreno, A. Mehta, H. Leblebicioglu, E.A. Medeiros, L. Raka, B. Hu, S. Jamulitrat, I.A. Khader, M.G. Miranda Novales, Y. Hussain, R. Fernández Hidalgo, Souha Kanj Shararah, Á. Villacres, J.A. Navoa-Ng, T. Mapp, H. Guanche Garcell, A. Barkat, V. Suljagic, Z. Mitrev, L. Dueñas, L. Cuellar, A. Hamdi.
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Social capital, women's autonomy and smoking among married women in low-income urban neighborhoods of Beirut, Lebanon. Women's Health Issues, Vol.20, No.2 (Mar-Apr 2010): 156-167. Rema A. Afifi, Rima T. Nakkash, Marwan Khawaja.
Department of Health Behavior & Education, FHS.

Letter: 755-nm Alexandrite Laser Epilation as an Adjuvant and Primary Treatment for Pilonidal Sinus Disease. Dermatologic Surgery, Vol.36, No.3 (2 Mar 2010): 430-432. Ossama Abbas, Mustafa Sidani, Nelly Rubeiz, Samer Ghosn, Abdul Ghani Kibbi.
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine.

Corrigendum to: “Long-term follow-up on microsurgical free-tissue transfer in foot and ankle reconstruction". Foot and Ankle Surgery, Vol.16, No.1 (Mar 2010): 52 [Foot Ankle Surg. 14 (2008) 82–88]. Moucharafieh, Joseph Wehbe, Ghassan Maalouf, Bishara Atiyeh.
Department of Surgery, Medical Center.

Response to a cardiac event in relation to cardiac knowledge and risk perception in a Lebanese sample: A cross sectional survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol.47, No.3 (Mar 2010): 332-341. Samar Noureddine¹, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, Abla M. Sibai², Habib Dakik³.
¹Rafic Hariri School of Nursing, ²Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, FHS, ³Faculty of Medicine.

“To help the nation to save its soul”: Museum purposes in James's the Princess Casamassima. Victorian Literature and Culture, Vol.38 (2010): 239-254. John Pedro Schwartz.
FAS.

Week Ending March 6, 2010
*Denotes non-faculty, or student/resident co-author when the work was produced.

Asymptomatic papules and nodules on forehead and limbs. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Vol.35, No.3 (Apr 2010): e76-e78. Ossama Abbas, Z. Saleh, M. Kurban, N. Al-Sadoon, Samer Ghosn. sg03@aub.edu.lb
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

Multiple asymptomatic skin-coloured papules over the neck and antecubital areas. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Vol.35, No.3 (Apr 2010): e50-e51. Ossama Abbas, Samer Ghosn, M. Kurban, Salah Salman.
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

Extensive and progressive eruption in a young woman. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Vol.35, No.3 (Apr 2010): e85-e86. Ossama Abbas, Nelly Rubeiz, Samer Ghosn
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

Bilateral auricular pseudocysts as the presenting sign of hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Vol.35, No.3 (Apr 2010): e34-e36. Ossama Abbas, A. Chedraoui, Jasmin Abd-El-Baki, Abdul-Ghani Kibbi, Samer Ghosn.
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

Asymptomatic swelling of the right ear. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Vol.35, No.3 (Apr 2010): e72-e73. Ossama Abbas, Samer Ghosn, Abdul-Ghani Kibbi, Salah Salman.
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

The Lebanese physician: A public's viewpoint. Developing World Bioethics, Vol.10, No.1 (Apr 2010): 22-29. Thalia Arawi.
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

Malignancy and hypercoagulability: a two-way association revisited. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, Online First™, 2010. Elie G. Aoun, Khaled M. Musallam, Mohamad Abou-Ghazal, Ali T. Taher.
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Quality of College Life (QCL) of students: Further validation of a measure of well-being. Social Indicators Research, Online First™, 2010. M. Joseph Sirgy, Dong-Jin Lee, Stephan Grzeskowiak, Grace B. Yu, Dave Webb, Karma El-Hasan, Jose Jesus Garcia Vega, Ahmet Ekici, J. S. Johar and Anjala Krishen, et al.
Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA).

Living with breast cancer, a Lebanese experience. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, Vol.14, No.1 (2010): 42-48. Myrna A.A. Doumit, Naji El Saghir, Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Jane H. Kelley, Nada Nassar.
Hariri School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine.

Statistical representation of distribution system loads using Gaussian mixture model . IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol.25, No.1 (2010): art. no. 5298967, 29-37. Ravindra Singh, Bikash C.Pal, Rabih A Jabr.
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Training trainees, young activists, to conduct awareness campaigns about prevention of substance abuse among Lebanese/Armenian young people. Journal of Interprofessional Care, Vol.24, No.2 (2010):173-182. Mary Arevian.
Hariri School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine

Exploring consumer boycott intelligence using a socio-cognitive approach. Journal of Business Research, Vol.63, No.4 (2010): 347-355. Maya F. Farah, Andrew J. Newman.
Suleiman S. Olayan School of Business.

A cache invalidation strategy for mobile networks. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol.33, No.2 (2010): 168-182. Haidar Safa¹, Hassan Ali Artail², M. Nahhas.
Departments of ¹Computer Science, ²Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Gender differences in determinants of weight-control behaviours among adolescents in Beirut. Public Health Nutrition, Vol.13, No.1 (2010): 71-81. M.N. Kanaan, Rima A. Afifi. ra15@aub.edu.lb
Department of Health Behavior & Education.

Paraspinal extramedullary hematopoiesis in patients with thalassemia intermedia. Eur Spine J. 2010 Mar 5. [Epub ahead of print]. Rashid Haidar¹, Hani Mhaidli, Ali T. Taher².
¹Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology Division, Medical Center.

Bilateral phrenic nerve paralysis as a manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome. Acta Oncol., Vol.49, No.2 (2010): 264-5. Z.K. Otrock, W.M. Barada, R.A. Sawaya, J.F. Saab, A.A. Bazarbachi.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical Center.

Prenatal and neonatal Group B Streptococcus screening and serotyping in Lebanon: incidence and implications. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand., Vol. 89, No. 3 (Mar 2010): 399-403. Muhieddine Seoud¹, Anwar H. Nassar¹, Pierre Zalloua¹, Nansi Boghossian³, Jihad Ezeddine¹, Hassan Fakhoury, Joseph Abboud, Imad Melki, George Araj², Ghinwa Nacouzi³, May Sanyoura³, Khalid Yunis³.
Departments of ¹Obstetrics & Gynecology, ²Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, ³Pediatrics.

Treatment of a severe arch-length deficiency with anteroposterior and transverse expansion: Long-term stability. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop., 2010 Mar;137(3):401-411. Roy Sabri.
Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Center.

Monoclonal antibodies used as prophylactic, therapeutic and diagnostic agents. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol., 2010 Mar 3. [Epub ahead of print]. Marita Chakhtoura, Alexander M. Abdelnoor.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine.

Determinants of change in paternal smoking trends during pregnancy in Lebanon. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand., 2010 Mar 2. [Epub ahead of print]. Ziyad Mahfoud, S. Saad, Pascale Haddad, M. Chaaya. zm15@aub.edu.lb *
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, FHS.

Arytenoid asymmetry in relation to vocal symptoms in singers. Voice, 2010 Feb 25. [Epub ahead of print]. Abdul-Latif Hamdan¹, Sami Tambouzi Husseini, Akaber Halawi*¹, Abla Mehio Sibai².
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Medical Center. Epidemiology & Population Health.

Amiodarone and reperfusion ventricular fibrillation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth., 2010 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]. Chakib M. Ayoub¹, Pierre M. Sfeir², Mohamad F. El-Khatib¹.
Departments of ¹Anesthesiology, ²Surgery, Medical Center.

Daptomycin compared to standard therapy for the treatment of native valve endocarditis. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin., 2010 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]. Zeina Kanafani, Helen Boucher, Vance Fowler, Christopher Cabell, Bruno Hoen, Jose Miro, Tahaniyat Lalani, Gloria Vigliani, Marilyn Campion, Ralph Corey y Donald Levine.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Prophylactic amiodarone versus lidocaine for prevention of reperfusion ventricular fibrillation after release of aortic cross-clamp. Eur J Anaesthesiol., Vol.26, No.12 (Dec 2009): 1056-60. Chakib Maurice Ayoub¹, Pierre M. Sfeir², Pierre Bou-Khalil³, Mireille Azar, Ala's Haddadin, Diala Harfouch*¹, Viviane G. Nasr*¹, Mohamed F. El-Khatib¹.
Departments of ¹Anesthesiology, ²Surgery, ³Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Mental health care in Lebanon: Policy, plans and programmes. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol.15, No.6 (2009): 1596-1612. L.M. Chahine, Z. Chemali.
Faculty of Medicine.

Perceived health and medicinal properties of six species of wild edible plants in north-east lebanon. Public Health Nutrition, Vol.12, No.10 (2009): 1902-1911. Zeinab Jeambey, Timothy Johns, Salma Talhouk, Malek Batal. ntsalma@aub.edu.lb
Department of Landscape Design & Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Week Ending February 27, 2010
*Denotes non-faculty, or student/resident co-author when the work was produced.

Nontransferrin-bound iron in transfused patients with sickle cell disease. International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, Early View, Published Online: 25 Feb 2010. A. Inati, Khaled M. Musallam, M. D. Cappellini, L. Duca, Ali T. Taher.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology Division, Medical Center.

Lot sizing with a Markov production process and imperfect items scrapped. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.124, No.2 (Apr 2010): 340-347. Bacel Maddah¹, Lama Moussawi², Mohamad Y. Jaber.
¹Engineering Management Program, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture; ²Suliman S. Olayan School of Business.

Effect of religion on the attitude of primiparous women toward genetic testing. Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol.30, No.3 (Mar 2010): 241-246. Ihab M. Usta, Anwar H. Nassar, Antoine A. Abu-Musa, Antoine Hannoun.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Center.

Clinicovirologic analysis of hepatitis C infection in transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia major children. International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, Vol.32, No.2 (Apr 2010): 184-190. L. Ragab, S. Helal, N. Zaghloul, M. El-Raziky, R. Afifi, Khaled M. Musallam, Ali T. Taher.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology–Oncology Division, Medical Center.

International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary for 2003-2008, issued June 2009. American Journal of Infection Control, Vol.38, No.2 (Mar 2010): 95-104.e2. Victor D. Rosenthal, Dennis G. Maki, Silom Jamulitrat, Eduardo A. Medeiros, Subhash Kumar Todi, David Yepes Gomez, Hakan Leblebicioglu, Ilham Abu Khader, María Guadalupe Miranda Novales, Regina Berba, Fernando Martín Ramírez Wong, Amina Barkat, Osiel Requejo Pino, Lourdes Dueñas, Zan Mitrev, Hu Bijie, Vaidotas Gurskis, Souha Kanj Shararah , Trudell Mapp, Rosalía Fernández Hidalgo, Nejla Ben Jaballah, Lul Raka, Achilleas Gikas, Altaf Ahmed, Le Thi Anh Thu, María Eugenia Guzmán Siritt.
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

Dietary exposure to essential and toxic trace elements from a total diet study in an adult Lebanese urban population. Food and Chemical Toxicology, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 February 2010. Lara Nasreddine¹, Osanna Nashalian^*2, Farah Naja¹, Leila Itani*¹, Dominique Parent-Massin, Maya Nabhani-Zeidan¹, Nahla Hwalla¹.
¹Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, ²Environment Core Laboratory (EVL), Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (PLM).

Impaired sustained attention and executive dysfunction: bipolar disorder versus depression-specific markers of affective disorders. Neuropsychologia, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 February 2010. Fadi T. Maalouf, Crystal Klein, Luke Clark, Barbara J. Sahakian, Edmund J. LaBarbara, Amelia Versace, Stefanie Hassel, Jorge R.C. Almeida, Mary L. Phillips.
Department of Psychiatry, Medical Center.

Wireless systems fixed relaying with adaptive antenna arrays for the downlink of multihop cellular networks. European Transactions on Telecommunications, Vol.21, No.2 (Mar 2010): 167-177. Zaher Dawy, Ibrahim Abdel Nabi.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Performance and carcass quality of broiler chickens fed a corn-soybean meal diet containing graded barley levels without or with enzyme. Journal of Poultry Science, Vol.47, No.1 (2010): 34-40. M.T. Farran, G.W. Barbour, N.N. Usayran, A.H. Darwish, H.H. Machlab, M. Hruby, V. Ashkarian.
Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.

Food and feeding habits of the Lessepsian migrants Siganus luridus Rüppell, 1828 and Siganus rivulatus Forsskål, 1775 (Teleostei: Siganidae) in the southern Mediterranean (Libyan coast). Journal of Biological Research, Vol.12 (2009): 115-124. E. Shakman, C. Boedeker, M. Bariche, R. Kinzelbach.
Department of Biology, FAS.

Week Ending February 20, 2010
*Denotes non-faculty, or student/resident co-author when the work was produced.

Alteration of GABAergic and glycinergic mechanisms by lidocaine injection in the rostral ventromedial medulla of neuropathic rats. Pain, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 February 2010. Nayef E. Saadé^1,2, Hassen Al Amin³, Sima Tchachaghian¹, Suhayl J. Jabbur², Samir F. Atweh⁴.
Departments of ¹Human Morphology, ²Physiology, ³Psychiatry, ⁴Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

MNCs and international accountability standards through an institutional lens: Evidence of symbolic conformity or decoupling. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol.92 (2010). Online First. Dima Jamali.
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business.

Diskitis in toddlers revisited. Clin Pediatr., Vol.49, No.3 (Apr 2010): 290-292. Rashid Haidar¹, Samar A. Muwakkit², S. Saad, Ghassan S. Dbaibo².
Departments of ¹Surgery, ²Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine.

Using team-based learning to teach pharmacology to second year medical students improves student performance. Med Teach., Vol.32, No.2 (2010): 130-135. Nathalie Khoueiry-Zgheib, Joseph A. Simaan, Ramzi Sabra.
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine.

Comparison of carcinogen, carbon monoxide, and ultrafine particle emissions from narghile waterpipe and cigarette smoking: Sidestream smoke measurements and assessment of second-hand smoke emission factors. Atmos Environ., Vol.44, No.1 (Jan 2010): 8-14. Nancy Daher¹, Rawad Saleh¹, Ezzat Jaroudi¹, Hiba Sheheitli¹, Thérèse Badr¹, Elizabeth Sepetdjian², Mariam Al Rashidi², Najat Saliba², Alan Shihadeh¹.
¹Aerosol Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture; ²Department of Chemistry, FAS.

Analytical theory of finite-size effects in mechanical desorption of a polymer chain. J Chem Phys., Vol.132, No.6 (Feb 2010): 064110 (15 pages). A.M. Skvortsov, L.I. Klushin, G.J. Fleer, F.A. Leermakers.
Department of Physics, FAS.

Environmental management system (ISO 14001) certification in developing countries: Challenges and implementation strategies (1). Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Feb 12. May A. Massoud¹, Rabih Fayad², Rabih Kamleh¹ , Mutasem El-Fadel².
¹Department of Environmental Health, FHS, ²Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Celiac disease, Behçet, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in siblings of a patient with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler., Vol.15, No.11 (Nov 2009): 1368-1371. Bassem Yamout¹, Jinan Usta², Salam Itani¹, Shadi Yaghi¹.
Departments of ¹Internal Medicine, ²Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

Week Ending February 13, 2010
*Denotes non-faculty, or student/resident co-author when the work was produced.

Further evidence of plasmid-encoded bla-(CTX-M-15) and bla-(TEM-1) genes in Lebanese isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium that produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamase. Ann Trop Med Parasitol., Vol.104, No.1 (Jan 2010): 91-4. Ghassan M. Matar, Marie-Thérèse Khairallah, Israa Dandache*, Ahmad Sabra, J. Mokhbat. gmatar@aub.edu.lb
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine.

Quality assessment of various bottled waters marketed in Lebanon. Environ Monit Assess. 2010 Feb 11. [Epub ahead of print]. Lucy Semerjian.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Correlation between Group B Streptococcal Genotypes, Their Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles, and Virulence Genes among Pregnant Women in Lebanon. Int J Microbiol., Epub 2010 Feb 2. Antoine Hannoun¹, Marwa Shehab², Marie-Therese Khairallah², Ahmad Sabra², Roland Abi-Rached², Tony Bazi¹, Khalid A. Yunis³, George F. Araj⁴, Ghassan M. Matar².
Departments of ¹Obstetrics and Gynecology, ²Microbiology and Immunology, ³Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, ⁴Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Faculty of Medicine.

Effect of age, gender and calciotropic hormones on the relationship between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and bone mineral density. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Advance online publication, February 10, 2010. Asma Arabi¹, Ziyad Mahfoud², L. Zahed, Lina El-Onsi³, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan¹. aa22@aub.edu.lb
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; ²Epidemiology & Population Health; ³Office of Vice President for Medical Affairs

Magnetic resonance evaluation of hepatic and myocardial iron deposition in transfu sion-independent thalassemia intermedia compared to regularly transfused thalassemia major patients. Am J Hematol. 2009 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print]. Ali T. Taher, Khaled M. Musallam, J.C. Wood, M.D. Cappellini.
Hematology-Oncology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Coping with breast cancer: A phenomenological study. Cancer Nurs. 2010 Feb 5. [Epub ahead of print]. M.A. Doumit¹, H.A. Huijer¹, Kelley JH, N. El Saghir², N. Nassar².
¹Hariri School of Nursing, ²Faculty of Medicine.

Myasthenia gravis developing in a patient with CNS lymphoma. Int J Hematol. 2010 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]. R. Masroujeh, Zaher K. Otrock¹, Bassem Yamout², Mark Jabbour¹, Ali Bazarbachi². zo04@aub.edu.lb
Departments of ¹Pathology, ²Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

First report on HLA-DPB1 gene allelic distribution in the general Lebanese population. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers, Vol.14, No.2 (2010): 1-3. [Epub ahead of print]. Dina Shammaa¹, Sara Khansa¹, Ghazi Zaatari², Rami A.R. Mahfouz².
¹Faculty of Medicine; ²Department of Pathology, Medical Center.

Asymptomatic brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in splenectomized adults with thalassemia intermedia. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Vol.8, No.1 (Jan 2010): 54-59. Ali T. Taher¹, K.M. Musallam¹, W. Nasreddine, R. Hourani², Adlette Inati¹, A. Beydoun³.
¹Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, ²Department of Diagnostic Radiology, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Neurology.

Arguments for a left lateral predisposition of endometrioma. Fertility and Sterility, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 5 February 2010. Khalil N. Abi-Nader, Antoine Hannoun¹, Tony Bazi, Muhieddine A. Seoud², Tony G. Zreik.
Departments of ¹Surgery, ²Obstetrics & Gynecology

Validation of the Arabic Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale in a Lebanese community sample. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Vol.26, No.1 (2010): 68-73. Shahe S. Kazarian, Dana Taher.
Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, FAS.

Generation self-scheduling with partial information on the probability distribution of prices. IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., Vol.4, No.2 (Feb 2010): 138–149. R.A. Jabr.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Cranial nerve VI palsy as a rare initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus: case report and review of the literature. Lupus, Vol.19, No.2 (2010): 201-205. Zeinab Saleh¹, J. Menassa¹, Ossama Abbas,² Samir Atweh¹, Thurayya Arayssi¹.
Departments of ¹Internal Medicine, ²Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine.

Week Ending February 6, 2010
*Denotes non-faculty, or student/resident co-author when the work was produced.

The uncanny precision of the spectral action. Communications in Mathematical Physics, Vol.293, No.3 (2010): 867-897. Ali H. Chamseddine, Alain Connes.
Department of Physics, FAS.

Successful treatment of severe retro-peritoneal bleeding with recombinant factor VIIa in women with placenta percreta invading into the left broad ligament: Unusual repeated ante-partum intra-abdominal bleeding. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, Vol.36, No.1 (Feb 2010): 183-186. Muhieddine Seoud¹, Samer Cheaib¹, Ghina Birjawi², Ayman Tawil³, Faek Jamali⁴.
Departments of ¹Obstetrics and Gynecology, ²Radiology, ³Pathology and ⁴Surgery, Medical Center.

Investigating the mechanism of clofibric acid removal in Fe0/H2O systems. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol.176, No.1-3 (2010): 48-55. Antoine Ghauch, Hala Abou Assi*, Almuthanna Tuqan*.
Department of Chemistry, FAS.

Mobile networks uplink scheduling in LTE systems using distributed base stations. European Transactions on Telecommunications, Early View (Articles online in advance of print). Published Online: 1 Feb 2010. Elias Yaacoub, Zaher Dawy.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Robust network dimensioning for realtime services over IP networks with traffic deviation. Computer Communications, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 February 2010. Sanaa Sharafeddine, Zaher Dawy.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Order overlapping: A practical approach for preventing shortages during screening. Computers & Industrial Engineering, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 February 2010. Bacel Maddah, Moueen K. Salameh*, Lama Moussawi.
Engineering Management Program, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business.

Foreign ceramic tradition, local clays: The handmade burnished ware of Tell Kazel (Syria). Journal of Archaeological Science, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 January 2010. Marie-Claude Boileau, Leila Badre, Emmanuelle Capet, Reinhard Jung, Hans Mommsen.
Archeological Museum.

Is combining or alternating antipyretic therapy more beneficial than monotherapy for febrile children? BMJ, Vol.340, No.7737 (9 Jan 2010): 92-93. Mona Nabulsi.
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

Determination of visual detection thresholds of selected iron fortificants and formulation of iron-fortified pocket-type flat bread . Journal of Cereal Science, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 January 2010. Nour El Ouyoun Najm¹, Ammar Olabi¹, Sawsan Kreyydieh², Imad Toufeili¹.
¹Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences; ²Department of Biology, FAS.

Troubleshooting in animal models of colitis: The use of a novel electrocautery model. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 January 2010. Fadi H. Mourad^1,2, Kassem A. Barada^1,2, Bakiza Noutsi³, Nayef E. Saade^1,2.
Departments of ¹Internal Medicine, ²Physiology, ³Human Morphology, Faculty of Medicine.

Absence of cardiac siderosis despite hepatic iron overload in Italian patients with thalassemia intermedia: an MRI T2* study. Annals of Hematology. Online First. Alberto Roghi, Maria Domenica Cappellini, John C. Wood, Khaled M. Musallam, Pedrotti Patrizia, Maria Rosaria Fasulo, Claudia Cesaretti and Ali T. Taher.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology–Oncology Division, Medical Center.

Fabrication and sub-band-gap absorption of single-crystal Si supersaturated with Se by pulsed laser mixing. Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, Vol.98, No.3 (2010): 589-594. Malek Tabbal, Taegon Kim, David N. Woolf, Byungha Shin, Michael J. Aziz.
Department of Physics, FAS.

Reactive oxygen species mediate thymoquinone-induced apoptosis and activate ERK and JNK signaling. Apoptosis, Vol.15, No.2 (2010): 183-195. Nahed El-Najjar, Manal Chatila, Hiba Moukadem, Heikki Vuorela and Matthias Ocker, Muktheshwar Gandesiri, Regine Schneider-Stock, Hala Gali-Muhtasib.
Department of Biology, FAS.

Role of glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues on insulin receptor regulation in diabetic rat hearts. Can J Physiol Pharmacol., Vol.88, No.1 (Jan 2010): 54-63. Christine M. Hantouche, Khalil M. Bitar¹, Georges M. Nemer², Mounir Y. Obeid³, Lina N. Kadi*, Asdghig H. Der-Boghossian, Anwar B. Bikhazi⁴.
¹Department of Physics, FAS; ²Departments of Biochemistry, ³Surgery, ⁴Physiology, Faculty of Medicine.

Compacting SQL queries for saving resources in mobile ad hoc and sensor networks. International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems, Vol.3, No.4 (Dec 2009): 440-460. Hassan Ali Artail, Haidar Safa, Anas Idris*.
Departments of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Week Ending January 30, 2010
*Denotes non-faculty, or student/resident co-author when the work was produced.

An Oxazolo[3,2-b]indazole Route to 1H-Indazolones. Org. Lett., Vol.11, No.13 (2009): 2760-2763. James S. Oakdale, Danielle M. Solano, James C. Fettinger, Makhluf J. Haddadin, Mark J. Kurth.
Department of Chemistry, FAS.

Cyclopenta[b]pyrroles from triazines: Synthetic and mechanistic studies. Organic Letters, Vol.12, No.1 (1 Jan 2010): 164-167. L. Ye, Makhluf J. Haddadin, D.J. Tantillo, M.J. Kurth.
Department of Chemistry, FAS.

Investigating the mechanism of clofibric acid removal in Fe⁰/H₂O systems. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol.176, No.1-3 (15 Apr 2010): 48-55. Antoine Ghauch, Hala Abou Assi, Almuthanna Tuqan.
Department of Chemistry, FAS.

A missense mutation in the P2RY5 gene leading to autosomal recessive woolly hair in a Syrian patient. Journal of Dermatological Science, Vol.57, No.2 (Feb 2010): 132-134. M. Kurban, S. Ghosn, O. Abbas, Y. Shimomura, A. Christiano.
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine.

Pancreatic anastomosis disruption seven years post pancreaticoduodenectomy. Journal of Surgical Research, Vol.158, No.2 (Feb 2010): 384-385. W. Faraj, Z. Abou Zaher, M. Khalifeh.
Department of Surgery, Medical Center.

Reaction–diffusion based co-synthesis of stable α- and β-cobalt hydroxide in bio-organic gels. Journal of Crystal Growth, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 December 2009. Mazen Al-Ghoul^1,2, Houssam El-Rassy¹, Thibaud Coradin, Tharwat Mokalled¹.
¹Department of Chemistry, FAS, ²Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences, FAS.

Choledochal anomalies in adults: A Middle East experience. Journal of Surgical Research, Vol.158, No.2 (Feb 2010): 385. W. Faraj, H. Ayoub, M. Khalifeh.
Department of Surgery, Medical Center.

Nonepileptic paroxysmal events in a pediatric population. Epilepsy & Behavior, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 25 January 2010. Ekrem Kutluay, Linda Selwa, Daniela Minecan, Jonathan Edwards, Ahmad Beydoun.
Department of Neurology, Medical Center.

Effectiveness of wastewater management in rural areas of developing countries: A case of Al-Chouf Caza in Lebanon. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol.161, No.1-4 (Feb 2010): 61-69. May A. Massoud, Jawaria Tareen, Akram Tarhini, Joumana Nasr, Mey Jurdi.
Department of Environmental Health, FHS.

The impact of zoledronic acid on regenerate and native bone after consolidation and removal of the external fixator: An animal model study. Bone, Vol.46, No.2 (Feb 2010): 363-368. Said Saghieh¹, Nabil J. Khoury², Ayman Tawil³, Karim Z. Masrouha¹, Khaled M. Musallam⁴, Kinda Khalaf⁵, Laura Dosh⁶, Rosemarie Reich Jaouhari⁶, Ghina Birjawi², Ghada El-Hajj-Fuleihan⁷.
Departments of ¹Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, ²Diagnostic Radiology, ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, ⁴Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology, Medical Center; ⁵Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture; ⁶Animal Care Facility; ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Medical Center.

A novel method for the synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted-(NH)-1,2,4-triazoles from 3,6-diaryl-1,2,4,5-tetrazines. Tetrahedron Letters, Vol.51, No.13 (2010): 1654-1656. Makhluf J. Haddadin, Ebrahim H. Ghazvini Zadeh*.
Department of Chemistry, FAS.

An efficient online-battery aware geographic routing algorithm for wireless sensor networks. International Journal of Communication Systems, Vol.23, No.1 (Jan 2010): 41-61. Mohamed Watfa, Linda Yaghi.
Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering & Architecture.

Facility-based audit of maternal mortality in Lebanon: a feasibility study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand., Vol.88, No.12 (2009): 1338-44. Hibah Osman¹, Oona MR Campbell, Dima Sinno²,  Rana Zarwi², Anwar H. Nassar³.
¹Department of Health Behaviour and Education, FHS, and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, ²Centre for Research in Population and Health, FHS; ³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine.

Morvan syndrome following B-cell lymphoma. J Child Neurol., 2010 Jan 28. [Epub ahead of print]. Mohamad K. El-Bitar¹, Samar A. Muwakkit¹, Miguel R. Abboud, Raja A. Sawaya², Rose-Mary Boustany¹.
¹Division of Pediatric Neurology/Pediatric Epilepsy Program, ²Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Concomitant occurrence of kimura disease and mycosis fungoides in a lebanese woman: Significance and response to rituximab. American Journal of Dermatopathology, Vol.31, No.8 (Dec 2009): 814-818. Samer Ghosn¹, Ruba Bahhady*¹, Rami Mahfouz², Rami Ossama Abbas*¹, Abdul Ghani Kibbi¹, Rana Saad, Ali Taher³.
Departments of ¹Dermatology, ²Pathology, ³Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

PETRA: A secure and energy-efficient software update protocol for severely-constrained network devices. Q2SWinet'09 - Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (2009): 37-43. W. Itani, A. Kayssi, A. Chehab.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

The Prosecutorial Interpretation of the Complementarity Principle: Does It Really Contribute to Ending Impunity on the National Level? International Criminal Law Review, Vol.10, No.1 (2010): 73-96. Nidal Nabil Jurdi.
Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Middle East Office Lecturer, International Law and Organizations.

Week Ending January 23, 2010
*Denotes non-faculty, or student/resident co-author.

Addition of sphingosine-1-phosphate to human oocyte culture medium decreases embryo fragmentation. Reprod Biomed Online,, In Press Corrected Proof , Available online 21 January 2010. Antoine Hannoun, Ghina Ghaziri, Antoine Abu-Musa, Tony G. Zreik, Fatiha Hajameh, Johnny Awwad.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Center.

Correspondence between subjective and linear measurements of the palatal airway on lateral cephalometric radiograp hs. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg., Vol.136, No.1 (Jan 2010): 43-47. Mohamed A. Bitar, Anthony T. Macari, Joseph G. Ghafari.
Pediatric Otolaryngology Section, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Medical Center.

Symptoms of reproductive tract infections and mental distress among women in low-income urban neighborhoods of Beirut, Lebanon. J Womens Health (Larchmt), Vol.18, No.10 (26 Oct 2009): 1701-1708. Marwan Khawaja¹, Afamia Kaddour¹, Huda Zurayk^1,3, Nathalie Choueiry¹, Faysal El-Kak².
¹Center for Research on Population and Health, ²Department of Health Behavior & Education, ³Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, FHS.

Acral pseudolymphomatous angiokeratoma of children in an elderly man: Report of a case and review of the literature. International Journal of Dermatology, Vol.49, No.2 (Feb 2010): 184-188. Adèle Chedraoui*, Joelle Malek*, Hussam Tamraz*, Shukrallah Zaynoun, Abdul Ghani Kibbi, Samer Ghosn.
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

Severe hemophagocytic syndrome developing after treatment initiation for disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Case report and literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol.41, No.6-7 (2009): 535-537. Maher M. Balkis¹, Lama Bazzi¹, Ali Taher¹, Ziad Salem¹, Imad Uthman¹, Nadim Kanj¹, Fouad I. Boulos², Souha S. Kanj¹.
Departments of ¹Internal Medicine, ²Pathology & Lab Medicine, Medical Center.

Postprandial metabolic and hormonal responses of obese dyslipidemic subjects with metabolic syndrome to test meals, rich in carbohydrate, fat or protein. Atherosclerosis, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 November 2009. Dalia El Khoury, Nahla Hwalla, Vincent Frochot, Jean-Marc Lacortea, Michèle Chaberta, Athina D. Kalopissis.
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.

Synchronous fluorescence based biosensor for albumin determination by cooperative binding of fluorescence probe in a supra-biomolecular host-protein assembly. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol.25, No.5 (2010): 1149-1154. D. Patra.
Department of Chemistry, FAS.

Designing and testing of an Arabic version of the hedonic scale for use in acceptability tests. Food Quality and Preference, Vol.21, No.1 (2010): 33-43. Hamza Daroub, Ammar Olabi, Imad Toufeili.
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.

Optimising the medical management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes in the Middle East: Pivotal role of metformin. International Journal of Clinical Practice,Vol.64, No.2 (2010): 149-159. M. Al-Maatouq, M. Al-Arouj, S.H. Assaad, S.N. Assaad, Sami T. Azar, A. A. K. Hassoun, N. Jarrah, S. Zatari, K.G.M.M. Alberti.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

Renewable Energy Policies in the Gulf countries: A case study of the carbon-neutral "Masdar City" in Abu Dhabi. Energy Policy, Vol.38, No.1 (2010): 378-382. Danyel Reiche.
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, FAS.

Drivers, barriers and incentives to implementing environmental management systems in the food industry: A case of Lebanon. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol.18, No.3 (Feb 2010): 200-209. May A. Massoud¹, Rabih Fayad², Mutasem El-Fadel², Rabih Kamleh¹.
¹Department of Environmental Health, FHS, ²Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Energy policies of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—possibilities and limitations of ecological modernization in rentier states. Energy Policy, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 January 2010. Danyel Reiche.
Department of Political Science & Public Administration, FAS.

Fluctuations in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) as a predictor for the development of diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetic patients. International Journal of Diabetes Mellitus, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 January 2010. Jocelyn Eid Fares, Mona Kanaan, Monique Chaaya², Sami T. Azar¹.
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, ²Department of Epidemiology and Population Heath, Medical Center.

Effect of religion on the attitude of primiparous women toward genetic testing. Prenatal Diagnosis, Early View (Articles online in advance of print), Published Online: 19 Jan 2010. Ihab M. Usta, Anwar H. Nassar, Antoine A. Abu-Musa, Antoine Hannoun.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Center.

Differential expression of hippocampal connexins after acute hypoxia in the developing brain. Brain and Development, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 January 2010. Michele P. Zeinieh*¹, Rabih S. Talhouk¹, Marwan E. El-Sabban², Mohamad A. Mikati^3,4.
¹Department of Biology, FAS, ²Departments of Human Morphology, ³Adult and Pediatric Epilepsy Program/Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, ⁴Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine.

Emerging role of CD20 blockade in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 January 2010. Mohamed A. Kharfan-Dabaja, Ali Bazarbachi.
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center.

Week Ending January 16, 2010

Alu-repeat-induced deletions within the NCF2 gene causing p67-phox-deficient chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Human Mutation, Early View (Articles online in advance of print), Published Online: 1 Dec 2009. Marcus Gentsch, Aneta Kaczmarczyk, Karin van Leeuwen, Martin de Boer, Magdalena Kaus-Drobek, Marie-Claire Dagher, Petra Kaiser, Peter D. Arkwright, Manfred Gahr, Angela Rösen-Wolff, Matthias Bochtler, Elizabeth Secord, Pamela Britto-Williams, Gulam Mustafa Saifi, Anne Maddalena, Ghassan Dbaibo^1,2, Jacinta Bustamante, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Dirk Roos, Joachim Roesler.
¹Department of Pediatrics and ²Department of Biochemistry, Medical Center.

Distribution system state estimation through Gaussian mixture model of the load as pseudo-measurement. IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., Vol.4, No.1 (Jan 2010): 50–59. R. Singh, B.C. Paul, R.A. Jabr.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Comparison of carcinogen, carbon monoxide, and ultrafine particle emissions from narghile waterpipe and cigarette smoking: Sidestream smoke measurements and assessment of second-hand smoke emission factors. Atmospheric Environment, Vol.44, No.1 (Jan 2010): 8-14. Nancy Daher¹, Rawad Saleh¹, Ezzat Jaroudi¹, Hiba Sheheitli¹, Thérèse Badr¹, Elizabeth Sepetdjian², Mariam Al Rashidi², Najat Saliba², Alan Shihadeh¹.
¹Aerosol Research Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department, ²Department of Chemistry, FAS.

Endoscopy in the management of intra-ventricular lesions: Preliminary experience in the Middle East. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Vol.112, No.1 (Jan 2010): 17-22. Marwan W. Najjar, Narmer I. Azzam, Tarafa S. Baghdadi, Ali H. Turkmani, Ghassan Skaf.
Department of Surgery, Neurosurgery Division, Medical Center.

A load balancing energy efficient clustering algorithm for MANETs. International Journal of Communication Systems, Vol.23, No.4 (Apr 2010): 463-483. Haidar Safa, O. Mirza*.
Department of Computer Science, FAS.

Bilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum after treatment with continuous positive airway pressure after orthognathic surgery. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 January 2010. Naji Abou Chebel, Dany Ziade, Rana Achkouty.
Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Center.

The interaction of gender and clinical risk profile in patients referred for exercise nuclear imaging versus exercise echocardiography. International Journal of Cardiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 January 2010. Salam Itani*¹, Katia Sibai², Samir Arnaout, Walid Gharzuddine, Habib A. Dakik.
Departments of ¹Dermatology, ²Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Updating snort with a customized controller to thwart port scanning. Security and Communication Networks, Early View (Articles online in advance of print), Published Online: 13 Jan 2010. Wassim El-Hajj, Hazem Hajj, Zouheir Trabelsi, Fadi Aloul.
Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Treatment-resistant infantile Evans syndrome. Pediatrics International, Vol.43, No.5 (Oct 2001): 502-504. Samar Muwakkit¹, Rima Rachid¹, Ali Bazarbachi², Thurayya Araysi ², Ghassan S Dbaibo¹ .
Departments of ¹Pediatrics, ²Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

Endocrine dysfunction in a patient with PHACE syndrome including port-wine stain of the right per iorbital area. Endocr Pract., Vol.26 (Nov 2009): 1-14. [Epub ahead of print]. Marie Merheb¹, Roula Hourani², Mira Zantout¹, Sami Azar¹.
¹Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, ²Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Center.

A short cervical length in pregnancy: management options. Am J Perinatol., Vol.26, No.10 (Nov 2009): 761-70. Epub 2009 Oct 6. Review. Abdulrahman Sinno, Ihab M Usta, Anwar H Nassar.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Center.

Therapy-induced PML/RARA proteolysis and acute promyelocytic leukemia cure. Clin Cancer Res., Vol.15, No.20 (15 Oct 2009): 6321-636. Epub 2009 Oct 6. Review. Rihab Nasr, Valérie Lallemand-Breitenbach, Jun Zhu, Marie-Claude Guillemin, Hugues de Thé.
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Isometries of half supersymmetric time-like solutions in five dimensions. Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol.27, No.2 (Jan 2010): 025003 (15 pp). J.B. Gutowski, Wafic Ali Sabra.
Centre for Advanced Mathematical Sciences and Physics Department, FAS.

Equilibrium and kinetics of cadmium adsorption from aqueous solutions using untreated Pinus halepensis sawdust. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol.173, No.1-3 (Jan 2010): 236-242. L. Semerjian.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

The effect of war stress on multiple sclerosis exacerbations and radiological disease activity. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Vol.288, No.1-2 (Jan 2010): 42-44. Bassem Yamout¹, Salam Itani¹, Roula Hourany², Abla Mehio Sibaii³, Shadi Yaghi¹.
¹Department of Internal Medicine, ²Department of Diagnostic Radiology, ³Department of Epidemiology and Population, Medical Center.

Lumbar disc herniation in young children. Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway), Vol.99, No.1 (Jan 2010): 19-23. Rashid Haidar¹, I. Ghanem, S. Saad², Imad Uthman³.
Departments of ¹Surgery, ²Physiology, ³Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Eliciting policymakers' and stakeholders' opinions to help shape health system research priorities in the Middle East and North Africa region. Health policy and Planning, Vol.25, No.1 (Jan 2010): 15-27. Fadi El-Jardali¹, Jihad Makhoul, Diana Jamal², Diana, Michael Kent Ranson, Nabil M. Kronfol, Victoria Tchaghchagian².
¹Department of Health Management and Policy, ²Department of Health Behavior and Education, FHS.

Endobronchial metastasis of osteosarcoma presenting as position-dependent and variable airway obstruction of the trachea. Thorax, Vol.65, No.1 (Jan 2010): 92. Ola Mazboudi¹, Miguel R. Abboud², Samar Muwakkit², Samir Akel³, Ahmad Husari¹.
¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, ²Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, ³Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Surgery, ⁴Department of Surgery, Medical Center.

Work and mental health: the case of older men living in underprivileged communities in Lebanon.
Ageing and Society, Vol.30 (2010): 25-40. Monique Chaayaa, Abla Mehio Sibaia, Nabil Tabbal, Hiam Chemaitelly, Zana El Roueiheb, Zeinab N. Slim.
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, FHS.

School counseling in Lebanon: Past, present, and future. Journal of Counseling & Development, Vol.88, No.1 (Win 2010): 13-17. Huda Ayyash-Abdo, Rayane Alamuddin, Samar Mukallid.
Department of Education, FAS.

Endobronchial metastasis of osteosarcoma presenting as position-dependent and variable airway obstruction of the trachea. Thorax, Vol.65 (2010): 92. O Mazboudi¹, M R Abboud², S Muwakkit², S Akel³, A Husari¹.
¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, ²Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, ³Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical Center.

Week Ending January 9, 2010

Pulmonary hypertension in children and young adults with sickle cell disease: Evidence for familial clustering. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Vo.54, No.3 (Mar 2010): 398-402. Hanane A. Dahoui¹, Munya N. Hayek¹, Paul J. Nietert², Mariam T. Arabi², Samar A. Muwakkit¹, Raya H. Saab¹, Abdallah N. Bissar, Nidal M. Jumaa, Fadi S. Farhat, Ibrahim A. Dabbous¹, Fadi F. Bitar, Miguel R. Abboud¹ .
¹Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon, ²Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Center; Faculty of Medicine.

A position-based routing algorithm in 3D sensor networks. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Early View (Articles online in advance of print), Published Online: 8 Jan 2010. Alaa M. Al Tahan, Mohamed K. Watfa.
Computer Science Department, FAS.

Nonsense mutation in the ALOX12B gene leads to autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis in a Lebanese family. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Vol.24, No.2 (Feb 2010): 232-233. M Kurban, Y Shimomura, Ruba Bahhady*, Samer Ghosn, Abdul Ghani Kibbi, AM Christiano.
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

Multiple asymptomatic skin-coloured papules on the left great and second toes. Clin Exp Dermatol., Vol.34, No.8 (Dec 2009): 933-934. O. Abbas, A. Chedraoui, A. G. Kibbi, M. Zayour, S. Ghosn.
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

Wound cleansing, topical antiseptics and wound healing. Int Wound J., Vol.6, No.6 (Dec 2009): 420-430. Bishara S. Atiyeh¹, Saad A. Dibo², Shady N. Hayek¹.
¹Division Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, SA Dibo,²Department of Surgery, Medical Center.

A dimensional tolerancing knowledge management system using Nested Ripple Down Rules (NRDR). Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 4 January 2010. Ramsey F. Hamade, V.C. Moulianitis, D. D’Addonna, G. Beydoun.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Automating dimensional tolerancing using Ripple Down Rules (RDR). Expert Systems with Applications, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 January 2010. G. Beydoun, A. Hoffmann, Ramsey F. Hamade.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Relative deprivation and mortality in South Africa. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 70, No.5 (Mar 2010): 720-728 . Nisreen Salti.
Department of Economics, FAS.

Solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm: A pancreatic enigma. Arch Pathol Lab Med., Vol.133, No.12 (Dec 2009): 1989-1993. (Resident Short Reviews). Zaher I. Chakhachiro, Ghazi Zaatari.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical Center.

The potential use of Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists and antagonists as prophylact ic and/or therapeutic agents. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol., Vol.31, No.3 (2009): 331-338. Review. A. Makkouk, Alexander M. Abdelnoor.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical Center.

Insight onto the pathophysiology and clinical complications of thalassemia intermedia. Hemoglobin, Vol.33, Suppl.1 (2009): S145-S159. Maria D. Cappellini, Khaled M. Musallam, Ali T. Taher.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology Division, Medical Centre.

Preoxygenation by 8 deep breaths in 60 seconds using the Mapleson A (Magill), the circle system, or the Mapleson D system. J Clin Anesth., Vol.21, No.8 (Dec 2009): 574-578. Samar K. Taha, Mohamad F. El-Khatib, Sahar M. Siddik-Sayyid, Faraj W. Abdallah*, Carla M. Dagher*, Jules-Marie A. Chehade*, Anis S. Baraka.
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Center.

Lateral shelf acetabuloplasty in the treatment of Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease: improving mid-term outcome in severely deformed hips. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, Vol.4, No.1 (2009): 13-20. Ismat Ghanem, Elias Haddad, Rachid Haidar, Suha Haddad-Zebouni, Noël Aoun, Fernand Dagher and Khalil Kharrat.
Department of Orthodaedic Surgery, Medical Center.

Trihalomethane formation potential in selected drinking waters of Lebanon. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, Vol.9, No.3 (2009): 321-336. L. Semerjian, J. Dennis, G. Ayoub.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, , Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Smart encryption channels for securing virtual machine-based networked applications. Security and Communication Networks, Vol.2, No.6 (Nov 2009): 507-518. W. Itani, A. Kayssi, A. Chehab.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Long-term outcome of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Lebanon: a single institution experience from the Ame rican University of Beirut. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther., Vol.2, No.2 (2009): 333-9. Khalil M. Charafeddine^1*, H.A, Hatoum²*, Zaher K. Otrock*¹, Rami Mahfouz¹, Ziad M. Salem², A.I. Shamseddine², Ali T. Taher², N.S. El-Saghir², Ali Bazarbachi².
Departments of ¹Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, ²Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Scintigraphic imaging of pericarditis. Clin Cardiol., Vol.32, No.11 (Nov 2009): E89. Habib A. Dakik,¹, Mukbil Hourani², Ali Bazarbachi¹.
¹Departments of Internal Medicine; ²Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Center.

Tumor of the follicular infundibulum: an epidermal reaction pattern? Am J Dermatopathol., Vol.31, No.7 (Oct 2009): 626-33. Ossama Abbas, Meera Mahalingam. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/DAD.0b013e31819c8608

Immediate vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade in severe ocular injuries. Techniques in Ophthalmology, Vol.7, No.4 (Dec 2009): 158-162. Ahmad Mansour.
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine.

First occurrence of native cymothoids parasites on introduced rabbitfishes in the Mediterranean Sea. Acta Parasitologica, Vol.54, No.4 (2009): 380-384. Esmail Shakman, Ragnar Kinzelbach, Jean Paul Trilles, Michel Bariche
Department of Biology, FAS.

Inhibition of endotoxin-Induced pro-inflammatory markers by water extracts of Onopordum cynarocephalum and Achillea damascena. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, Vol.3, No.9 (Sep 2009): 686–698. Rabih S. Talhouk¹, Malak A. Esseili*¹, Joanna Kogan*³, Marwan R. Atallah*^1,3, Salma N. Talhouk^2,3, Fadia R. Homeidan³.
¹Department of Biology, FAS, ²Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, ³IBSAR Nature Conservation Center for Sustainable Futures.

Week Ending January 2, 2010

Anopheles gambiae innate immunity. Cellular Microbiology, Vol.12, No.1 (Jan 2010): 1-9. Hassan Yassine, Mike A. Osta.
Department of Biology, FAS.

Signaling pathway underlying the up-regulatory effect of TNF-α on the Na⁺/K⁺ ATPase in HepG2 cells. Cytokine, In Press, Corrected Proof, 2009 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print]. Ari Kassardjian, Zeina Dakroub, Ola El Zein*, Sawsan Ibrahim Kreydiyyeh.
Department of Biology, FAS.

Retinal vascular events after intravitreal bevacizumab. Acta Ophthalmol., 2009 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print]. Ahmad M. Mansour, Leon A. Bynoe, John C. Welch, Richard Pesavento, Padmamalini Mahendradas, Focke Ziemssen, Sivakami A. Pai.
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine; Medical Center.

Perspectives on palliative care in Lebanon: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical and nursing specialties. Palliative and Supportive Care, Vol.7, No.3 (Sep 2009): 339-347. Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Hani Dimassi, Sarah Abboud*.
Hariri School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine.

Challenges for CO₂ mitigation in the Lebanese electric-power sector. Energy Policy, Vol.38, No. (Feb 2010): 912-918. Leila Dagher, Isabella Ruble.
Department of Economics, FAS.

Persistent left lower abdominal pain. Gastroenterology, Vol.138, No.1 (Jan 2010): e5-e6. Mustafa Z. El-Hakam¹, Ala Sharara¹, Victor Chedid*².
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, ²Faculty of Medicine.

The antiproliferative effect of kefir cell-free fraction on HuT-102 malignant T lymphocytes. Clinical lymphoma & myeloma, Vol.9 Suppl 3 (2009): S198-203. Sandra Rizk, Katia Maalouf, Elias Baydoun.
Department of Biology, FAS.

The current Arab work ethic: Antecedents, implications, and potential remedies. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol.91, No.1 (Dec 2009): 35-49. Yusuf M. Sidani, Jon Thornberry.
Department of Economics, FAS.

Unfolding landscape in a Lebanese village: Rural heritage in a globalising world. International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol.15, No.4 (Jul 2009): 317-337. Jala M. Makhzoumi.
Department of Landscape Design & Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Treatment and prevention of hepatitis B and C in thalassemia. Hemoglobin, Vol.33, Suppl.1 (2009): S139-S144. Michella E. Mallat, Ala I. Sharara.
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

Overview of iron chelation therapy with desferrioxamine and deferiprone. Hemoglobin, Vol.33, Suppl..1 (2009): S58-S69. Maria D. Cappellini, Khaled M. Musallam, Ali T. Taher.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology Division, Faculty of Medicine.

Iron overload: Consequences, assessment, and monitoring. Hemoglobin, Vol.33, Suppl.1 (2009): S46-S57. Ali T. Taher, Khaled M. Musallam, Adlette Inati.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology Division, Faculty of Medicine.

Week Ending December 26, 2009

Differential expression of hippocampal connexins after acute hypoxia in the developing brain. Brain Dev., 2009 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print]. Michele P. Zeinieh¹, Rabih S. Talhouk¹, Marwan E. El-Sabban², Mohamad A. Mikati^3,4.
¹Department of Biology, FAS; ²Departments of Human Morphology, ³Adult and Pediatric Epilepsy Program-Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, ⁴Department of Biochemistry, Medical Center.

Overview on practices in Thalassemia Intermedia management aiming for lowering complication-rates across a region of endemicity: the OPTIMAL CARE study. Blood, 2009 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print]. Ali T. Taher, Khaled M. Musallam, Mehran Karimi, Amal El-Beshlawy, Khawla Belhoul, Shahina Daar, Mohamed-SalahEldin Saned, Abdul-Hamid El-Chafic, Maria R. Fasulo, Maria D. Cappellini.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology Division, Medical Center.

Electroencephalographic changes in pyridoxine-dependant epilepsy: new observations. Epileptic Disord., 2009 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print]. Georges Naasan²*, Mohamad Yabroudi²*, Amal Rahi¹, Mohamad A. Mikati^2,3.
¹Office of the Medical Center Director; ²Adult and Pediatric Epilepsy Program, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, ³Department of Biochemistry, Medical Center.

Endobronchial metastasis of osteosarcoma presenting as positi on-dependent and variable airway obstruction of the trachea. Thorax, Vol.65, No.1 (Jan 2010): 92. O. Mazboudi¹, Miguel R. Abboud², S. Muwakkit², Samir Akel³, A. Husari¹.
¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine; ²Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, ³Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical Center.

Nsaid-induced colopathy: case report and review of the literature. J Med Liban, Vol.57, No.4 (Oct-Dec 2009): 274-276. Ihab El Hajj, Mohammad Hawchar, Ala Sharara.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Medical Center.

Focus groups findings reveal barriers to teaching communication skills to medical students. J Med Liban, Vol.57, No.4 (Oct-Dec 2009): 248-52. Basim R. Saab, Stella Major, Umayya M. Musharrafieh, Joumana Antoun.
Department of Family Medicine, Medical Center.

Impact of a communication skills audiovisual package on medical students' knowledge. J Med Liban, Vol.57, No.4 (Oct-Dec 2009): 226-30. Basim R. Saab, Jinan Usta, Stella Major, Joumana Antoun.
Department of Family Medicine, Medical Center.

Emergency abdominal radiology: The acute abdomen. J Med Liban, Vol.57, No.3 (Jul-Sep 2009): 178-212. G.A. Birjawi, Lara J. Nassar*, Lamya Ann Atweh*, Samir Akel, Maurice C. Haddad.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Center.

Imaging in oncology. J Med Liban, Vol.57, No.3 (Jul-Sep 2009): 156-66. Review. M.H. Hourani, Lara J. Nassar*, Mazen Haydar*, Roula G. Hourany-Rizk.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Center.

Radiology for practitioners. Foreword. J Med Liban, Vol.57, No.3 (Jul-Sep 2009): 149-50. Maurice C. Haddad, F Joffre.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Center.

Epidermal stem cells: Practical perspectives and potential uses. Br J Dermatol., Vol.161, No.2 (Aug 2009): 228-236. Epub 2009 Apr 22. Review. O. Abbas, M Mahalingam.
Department of Dermatology, Medical Center.

Renal venous thrombosis in a newborn with prothrombotic risk factors. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis, Vol.20, No.6 (Sep 2009): 458-460. Samar A. Muwakkit, Raya Saab, Sami A. Sanjad, S.I. Bhar*, RS Ishak*, Z.A. Samad, A.K. Chan, Miguel R. Abboud.
Department of Pediatrics, Medical Center.

Week Ending December 19, 2009

City Debates 2008: Spaces of Faith and Fun. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol.33, No.4 (Dec 2009): 1073-1078. Mona Harb.
Department of Architecture and Graphic Design, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.

Retinal vascular events after intravitreal bevacizumab. Acta Ophthalmologica, Forthcoming (Dec 2009). Ahmad M. Mansour, Leon A. Bynoe, John C. Welch,  Richard Pesavento, Padmamalini Mahendradas,  Focke Ziemssen, Sivakami A. Pai.
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine.

Acute coronary syndromes: Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, 2002-2005. Clin Cardiol. Early View (Articles online in advance of print), Published Online: 14 Dec 2009. M. Abdallah¹, W. Karrowni¹, W. Shamseddeen¹, S. Itani¹, Loulou Kobeissi², Ziyad Ghazzal¹, Samir Alam¹, Habib A. Dakik¹.
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; ²Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, FHS.

Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for adults with sickle cell disease. N Engl J Med., Vol.361, No.24 (10 Dec 2009): 2380-2381. Miguel R. Abboud.
Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon, Medical Center.

Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in intractable childhood epilepsy: Open-label study and review of the literature. Epilepsy Behav. [Epub ahead of print] (8 Dec 2009). Mohamad A. Mikati, R. Kurdi, Z. El-Khoury, A. Rahi, W. Raad.
Adult and Pediatric Epilepsy Program, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center.

Efficacy and safety of insulin glargine and glimepiride in subjects with Type 2 diabetes before, during and after the period of fasting in Ramadan. Ibrahim Salti; Diabetes and Ramadan Study Group. Diabet Med., Vol.26, No.12 (Dec 2009): 1255-1261.
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center.

Wound cleansing, topical antiseptics and wound healing. Journal : International Wound Journal, Vol.6, No.6 (18 Dec 2009): 420-430. Bishara S. Atiyeh, Saad A. Dibo*, Shady N. Hayek.
Division Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical Center.

Preoxygenation by 8 deep breaths in 60 seconds using the Mapleson A (Magill), the circle system, or the Mapleson D system. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Vol.21, No.8 (Dec 2009): 574-578. Samar K. Taha, Mohamad F. El-Khatib, Sahar M. Siddik-Sayyid, Faraj W. Abdallah, Carla M. Dagher*, Jules-Marie A. Chehade*, Anis S. Baraka.
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Center.