Publications

  1. Shahait, Mohammed, Sarah Ibrahim, Laith Baqain, and Zahi AbdulSater. 2024. “Bibliometric Analysis of Focal Therapy in Prostate Cancer Research.” BJUI Compass bco2.353. doi: 10.1002/bco2.353.
     
  2. Youssef, Tammam, Fouad Bitar, Hassanain Alogla, Maya El Khoury, Jihan Moukhaiber, Farah Alamin, Bassam AlHareth, Cristoveanu Catalin Gabriel, Rana Youssef, Labib Abouzahr, Zahi Abdul Sater, and Fadi Bitar. 2024. “Establishing a High-Quality Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program in Post-Conflict Regions: A Model for Limited Resource Countries.” Pediatric Cardiology. doi: 10.1007/s00246-023-03384-7.
     
  3. Bitar, Fouad, Mariam Arabi, Ziad Bulbul, Georges Nemer, Yehya Jassar, Fadi F. Bitar, and Zahi Abdul Sater. 2024. “Congenital Heart Disease Research Landscape in the Arab World: A 25-Year Bibliometric Review.” Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 10:1332291. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1332291.
     
  4. Skelton, Mac, Ahmed Khalid Al-Mash’hadani, Zahi Abdul-Sater, Mohammed Saleem, Saad Alsaad, Marwa Kahtan, Ahmed Hazim Al-Samarai, Ahmed Moyed Al-Bakir, and Layth Mula-Hussain. 2023. “War and Oncology: Cancer Care in Five Iraqi Provinces Impacted by the ISIL Conflict.” Frontiers in Oncology 13:1151242. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1151242.
     
  5. Tolba, Marwan, Mac Skelton, Zahi Abdul Sater, Ibtihal Fadhil, Ali Al-Zahrani, Tezer Kutluk, Kamal Akbarov, Ali Taher, Richard Sullivan, and Layth Mula-Hussain. 2023. “Cancer Research in Vulnerable Populations: A Call for Collaboration and Sustainability From MENAT Countries.” JCO Global Oncology (9):e2300201. doi: 10.1200/GO.23.00201.
     
  6. Sater, Zahi Abdul, Theresa Farhat, Mohamed N. Elsayed, Yara Youssef, Marium Husain, Malak Kaddoura, Lubna Jaber, Deborah Mukherji, and Ali Taher. 2023. “The State of Cancer Research in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Bibliometric Analysis.” Frontiers in Oncology 13:1083836. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1083836.
     
  7. Sharafeddin, Mageda A., and Ahmad Samarji. 2023. “Facilitating Computing Education to Graduate Students in Journalism and Public Relations from Dewey’s Lens: Prototyping.” Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 15(5):1544–60. doi: 10.1108/JARHE-04-2022-0125.
     
  8. Samarji, Ahmad. 2023. “The “S” in “STEM”: education and policies amid and post-COVID-19”. Emerald Open Research, Vol. 1 No. 13.
     
  9. Chehimi, Ghada, and Mira M. Alameddine. 2022. “The Making of a 21st Century English Language Teacher during the Pandemic.” International Journal on Social and Education Sciences 4(1):101–20. doi: 10.46328/ijonses.297.
     
  10. Chen, Hongjie, Nahal Haddadi, Xiaofeng Zhu, Diana Hatoum, Size Chen, Najah T. Nassif, Yiguang Lin, and Eileen M. McGowan. 2022. “Expression Profile of Sphingosine Kinase 1 Isoforms in Human Cancer Tissues and Cells: Importance and Clinical Relevance of the Neglected 1b-Isoform.” Journal of Oncology 2022:2250407. doi: 10.1155/2022/2250407.
     
  11. Abdelhady, Samar, Hawraa Issa, Ohanes Ashekyan, Muhammad Ali Haidar, Oumaima Outani, Yasmine Samir, Eslam Belal, Zaynab Shakkour, Stefania Mondello, and Firas H. Kobeissy. 2022. “Brain Injury Biomarkers: Proteins and Autoantibodies Interplay.” Pp. 239–50 in Diagnosis and Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury. Elsevier.
     
  12. Dhayni, Kawthar, Kazem Zibara, Hawraa Issa, Saïd Kamel, and Youssef Bennis. 2022. “Targeting CXCR1 and CXCR2 Receptors in Cardiovascular Diseases.” Pharmacology & Therapeutics 237:108257. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108257.
     
  13. Al-Haj, Nadine, Hawraa Issa, Ola El Zein, Stanley Ibeh, Mohammad Amine Reslan, Yara Yehya, Firas Kobeissy, Kazem Zibara, Ali H. Eid, and Abdullah Shaito. 2022. “Phytochemicals as Micronutrients: What Is Their Therapeutic Promise in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury?” Pp. 245–76 in Role of Micronutrients in Brain Health, Nutritional Neurosciences, edited by W. Mohamed and T. Yamashita. Singapore: Springer Singapore.
     
  14. Kawtharany, Lynn, Laurence Bessueille, Hawraa Issa, Eva Hamade, Kazem Zibara, and David Magne. 2022. “Inflammation and Microcalcification: A Never-Ending Vicious Cycle in Atherosclerosis?” Journal of Vascular Research 59(3):137–50. doi: 10.1159/000521161.
     
  15. Reslan, Mohammad Amine, Hawraa Issa, Nadine Al-Haj, Stanley Ibeh, Yara Yehya, Houssein Hajj Hassan, Firas Kobeissy, Ali H. Eid, Kazem Zibara, and Abdullah Shaito. 2022. “Phytochemicals as Micronutrients: What Is Their Therapeutic Promise in the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease?” Pp. 277–308 in Role of Micronutrients in Brain Health, Nutritional Neurosciences, edited by W. Mohamed and T. Yamashita. Singapore: Springer Singapore.
     
  16. Zbib, Imad, Reem Ghaddar, Ahmad Samarji, and Marwan Wahbi. 2021. “Examining Country of Origin Effect among Lebanese Consumers: A Study in the Cosmetics Industry.” Journal of International Consumer Marketing 33(2):194–208. doi: 10.1080/08961530.2020.1740634.
     
  17. Daher, Marilyne, Talar Telvizian, Christelle Dagher, Zahi Abdul-Sater, SarahAbdel Massih, AlissarEL Chediak, Maya Charafeddine, Mohammed Shahait, Raafat Alameddine, Sally Temraz, Fady Geara, Bassem Youssef, Albert El Hajj, Rami Nasr, Wassim Wazzan, Muhammad Bulbul, Raja Khauli, Ali Shamseddine, and Deborah Mukherji. 2021. “High Rates of Advanced Prostate Cancer in the Middle East: Analysis from a Tertiary Care Center.” Urology Annals 13(4):418. doi: 10.4103/UA.UA_47_20.
     
  18. Ghaddar, Dalia, Mariam Itani, Nesreen Ghaddar, Kamel Ghali, and Joseph Zeaiter. 2021. “Model-Based Adaptive Controller for Personalized Ventilation and Thermal Comfort in Naturally Ventilated Spaces.” Building Simulation 14(6):1757–71. doi: 10.1007/s12273-021-0783-x.
     
  19. El Loubani, Mohamad, Nesreen Ghaddar, Kamel Ghali, and Mariam Itani. 2021. “Hybrid Cooling System Integrating PCM-Desiccant Dehumidification and Personal Evaporative Cooling for Hot and Humid Climates.” Journal of Building Engineering 33:101580. doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101580.
     
  20. Mneimneh, Farah, Nesreen Ghaddar, Kamel Ghali, and Mariam Itani. 2021. “The Effectiveness of Evaporative Cooling Vest with Ventilation Fans on the Thermal State of Persons with Paraplegia during Exercise.” Building and Environment 206:108356. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108356.
     
  21. Itani, Mariam, Dalia Ghaddar, Nesreen Ghaddar, and Kamel Ghali. 2021. “Model-Based Multivariable Regression Model for Thermal Comfort in Naturally Ventilated Spaces with Personalized Ventilation.” Journal of Building Performance Simulation 14(1):78–93. doi: 10.1080/19401493.2020.1850865.
     
  22. Issa, Hawraa, Ali H. Eid, Bassam Berry, Vahideh Takhviji, Abbas Khosravi, Sarah Mantash, Rawan Nehme, Rawan Hallal, Hussein Karaki, Kawthar Dhayni, Wissam H. Faour, Firas Kobeissy, Ali Nehme, and Kazem Zibara. 2021. “Combination of Angiotensin (1-7) Agonists and Convalescent Plasma as a New Strategy to Overcome Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) Inhibition for the Treatment of COVID-19.” Frontiers in Medicine 8:620990. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.620990.
     
  23. Samarji, Ahmad. 2021. “Transitioning from Physical Classroom to Distance Education during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Lebanese Case Study in Higher Education.” Pp. 101–14 in Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, edited by E. Sengupta and P. Blessinger. Emerald Publishing Limited.
     
  24. Itani, Mariam, Nesreen Ghaddar, Kamel Ghali, and Abdelaziz Laouadi. 2020. “Development of Heat Stress Charts for Older People under Indoor Environmental Conditions.” Energy and Buildings 224:110274. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110274.
     
  25. Samarji, Ahmad. 2020. “The PBL Approach in an EFL Setting: Maximizing Students’ Engagement and Humanizing Their Experiences.” Pp. 205–18 in Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, edited by E. Sengupta, P. Blessinger, and M. Makhanya. Emerald Publishing Limited.
     
  26. Zbib, Mohamad B., Matthew Howard, Michael R. Maughan, Nicolas J. Briot, T. John Balk, and David F. Bahr. 2020. “Conformal Coating of Metallic Shells on Carbon Nanotube Turfs.” MRS Advances 5(64):e1. doi: 10.1557/adv.2018.524.
     
  27. Mohsen, Mohamed, Mohamed Al Ansari, Ramzi Taha, Ahmed Senouci, and Ala AbuTaqa. 2020. “Optimum Dispersion Parameters of Carbon Nanotubes: Concrete Strength by Response Surface Methodologies.” Pp. 298–307 in Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction (CIC 2020). Qatar University Press.
     
  28. Riman, Manar. 2020. “Vanishing of the Brauer Group of a Del Pezzo Surface of Degree 4.” Journal of Number Theory 214:348–59. doi: 10.1016/j.jnt.2020.03.008.
     
  29. Dhillon, Bipandeep, Fatemah Aleithan, Zahi Abdul-Sater, and Ali A. Abdul-Sater. 2019. “The Evolving Role of TRAFs in Mediating Inflammatory Responses.” Frontiers in Immunology 10:104. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00104.
     
  30. Saleh, Fred, and Ghassan Mouhanna. 2019. “Specialized Rural Pain Clinics: Lessons for a Small Country like Lebanon.” Neurophysiology and Rehabilitation Fred-Saleh. doi: 10.33805/2641-8991.115.
     
  31. Saleh, Fred. 2019. “Integration of Basic Sciences in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula.” American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research 4(3):201–4. doi: 10.34297/AJBSR.2019.04.000798.
     
  32. Samarji, Ahmad. 2019. “An Overlooked Aspect of Internationalization: Power Blocs and the ‘Cultural Other’ in the Classroom.” Educational Considerations 45(1). doi: 10.4148/0146-9282.2169.
     
  33. Alnahhal, Wael, Ramzi Taha, Nasser Alnuaimi, and Abathar Al-Hamrani. 2019. “Properties of Fibre-Reinforced Concrete Made with Discarded Materials.” Magazine of Concrete Research 71(3):152–62. doi: 10.1680/jmacr.17.00293.
     
  34. Mohsen, Mohamed O., Mohamed S. Al Ansari, Ramzi Taha, Nasser Al Nuaimi, and Ala Abu Taqa. 2019. “Carbon Nanotube Effect on the Ductility, Flexural Strength, and Permeability of Concrete.” Journal of Nanomaterials 2019:1–11. doi: 10.1155/2019/6490984.
     
  35. Saleh, Fred, and Nadia Ismail. 2018. “Forensic Nursing Education and Practice in Lebanon: Current Status and Future Perspectives.” Nursing and Health Care 80–83. doi: 10.33805/2573-3877.127.
     
  36. Saleh, Fred. 2018. “Establishing a rural school of nursing in Lebanon: a practical model.” Nurs Health Care3, 72-5.
     
  37. Samarji, Ahmad. 2018. “Education Within the Middle East and North African Prisons: Challenges and Opportunities”. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2909-5.ch007.
     
  38. Ikhmayies, Shadia J., and Mohamad B. Zbib. 2018. “Synthesis of ZnO Hexagonal Prisms on Aluminum Substrates by the Spray Pyrolysis Technique.” Pp. 177–86 in Transition Towards 100% Renewable Energy, Innovative Renewable Energy, edited by A. Sayigh. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
     
  39. Zbib, Mohamad B., Matthew Howard, Michael R. Maughan, Nicolas J. Briot, T. John Balk, and David F. Bahr. 2018. “The Mechanical Response of Arrays of Carbon Nanotubes Coated with Metallic Shells.” MRS Advances 3(45–46):2801–8. doi: 10.1557/adv.2018.562.
     
  40. Dabbous, Dima. 2018. “Reforming the broadcasting sector in the Southern Mediterranean: a critical overview”, MedMedia Closing Conference, Headquarters of the Arab States Broadcasting Union.
     
  41. Ikhmayies, Shadia J., and Mohamad B. Zbib. 2017. “Spray Pyrolysis Synthesis of ZnO Micro/Nanorods on Glass Substrate.” Journal of Electronic Materials 46(10):5629–34. doi: 10.1007/s11664-017-5629-z.
     
  42. Ikhmayies, Shadia J., and Mohamad B. Zbib. 2017. “Synthesis of ZnO Hexagonal Micro Discs on Glass Substrates Using the Spray Pyrolysis Technique.” Journal of Electronic Materials 46(7):3982–86. doi: 10.1007/s11664-017-5495-8.
     
  43. Dabbous, Dima. 2017. “Legal Reform and Women’s Rights in Lebanese Personal Status Laws”, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Research on Islamic Feminism in the Arab World.