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Prevalence of temporomandibular joint disorder in the Lebanese population, and its association with depression, anxiety, and stress

Head & Face Medicine, 2020
Background The objectives of this study were to study the prevalence of temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) and its association with anxiety, depression, and stress among the general Lebanese population as well as in a sample of patients recruited ...
Elio Kmeid, Mansour Nacouzi, Souheil Hallit, Ziad Rohayem   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ownership concentration, ownership identity, and bank performance [PDF]

Banks and Bank Systems, 2018
This paper examines whether ownership concentration and certain type of ownership can affect the financial performance of Lebanese banks. It uses longitudinal data from the largest 35 Lebanese banks over the period 2009–2014 and employs the panel ...
Nehme Azoury, Andre Azouri, Elie Bouri, Danielle Khalife   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

Spirit Christology: Lactantius and His Sources [PDF]

, 1983
Lactantius conceives the preexistent Christ as the first-born spirit of God, a holy spirit from the supreme spirit of the Deity.’ Analogously the angels are spirits of God in so far as they too derive their origin from the Deity and share a spiritual ...
McGuckin, John A.
core   +2 more sources

Analysis of selected factors influencing mortality of patients with COVID-19 treated in a community hospital in a rural region of Poland

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: Factors influencing mortality in patients with COVID-19 treated in a community hospital in a rural region in south-eastern Poland during the first and the second wave of the pandemic were analyzed.
Marek Kos, Renata Hatalska-Żerebiec, Małgorzata Jurczyk-Stachyra, Karol Paciura, Justyna Janeczko, Robert Podsiadły, Piotr Sobolewski   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is there a relationship between Eustachian tube dysfunction and nasal septal deviation in a sample of the Lebanese population?

Head & Face Medicine, 2020
Background The Eustachian tube (ET) is considered an organ by itself due to its specific functions. An ET Dysfunction (ETD) is discussed when this tube is unable to ventilate the middle ear properly.
Victoria Al Karaki, Souheil Hallit, Mansour Nacouzi, Ziad Rohayem   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noncontiguous multifocal Brucella spondylodiscitis with paravertebral abscess: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Human brucellosis is the most frequently contracted zoonotic infection worldwide. Although being an old disease that carries minimal risks of mortality, it remains a source of considerable sequelae and disability.
Sarah Gerges, Alessandro Khoury, Souheil Hallit, Fadi Hoyek, Rabih Hallit   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bellini Duct Carcinoma Misdiagnosed with Urothelial Papillary Carcinoma

Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, 2020
Background. Collecting (Bellini) duct carcinoma (CDC) or Bellini duct carcinoma (BDC) is a rare subtype of kidney tumors, accounting for less than 3% and known to have the worst prognosis.
Joey El Khoury, Maher Abdessater, Rami Halabi, Fadi Nasr, Johnny Boustany, Anthony Kanbar, Charbel El Hachem, Raghid El Khoury   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Creativity and its link to epilepsy

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Creative thinking represents one of our highest‐order cognitive processes, involving multiple cortical structures and an intricate interplay between several cortical and subcortical networks. It results in novel ideas that translate to useful products or concepts. The evolutionary purpose of creativity is therefore apparent, as it advances our
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip L. Pearl
wiley   +1 more source