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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
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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
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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

Sleep quality among university students in Lebanon during war conflicts: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background Sleep is a vital component for cognitive function, emotional well-being, and overall health, yet it is frequently disrupted by external stressors, such as war and conflict.
Hanna El Haddad, Magalie Estanom, Michel Gergi, Christelle Khalil, Maria Angela Labaki, Rita Youssef, Shafika Assaad   +6 more
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Examining influencer marketing: the roles of para-social relationships, unpaid collaborations, and trustworthiness in shaping consumer buying behavior

Cogent Business & Management
The marketing landscape has intensely changed with the rise of digital platforms and social media. Social media influencer marketing was found by many previous studies to be a significant factor in shaping consumer buying behavior. This explanatory study
Nada Sarkis, Nada Jabbour Al Maalouf, Ramy El Lakiss   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Spirit Moves [PDF]

, 1977
The Charismatic Movement represents one of the most significant developments in the life of the Church today. During the past decade and a half it has rapidly spread through the “mainline” denominational churches.
Stam, Bruce L.
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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

AI chatbots as ‘pocket doctors’: intimate health support for young women in Lebanon

BMC Public Health
Background In conservative societies such as Lebanon and the broader Middle East and North Africa region, gynecological and intimate health issues are heavily stigmatized, limiting young women’s access to care due to fear of judgment, privacy concerns ...
Anthony Mina, Elie Ghadban, Tigresse Boutros, Naya Saade, Lynn Fayad, Michel Abi Karam, Sabine Breidi, Marc Elias, Maryline Ghosh, Layane El Khoury, Nicolas Naassan, Raghid El Khoury   +11 more
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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

The Holy Spirit in the New Testament [PDF]

, 2000
This is a series of four adult Bible lessons that combine to provide a systematic treatment of the New Testament\u27s teaching on the Holy Spirit. The lesson titles are as follows: • The Holy Spirit in the Gospels • The Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts ...
Smith, Gregory A
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