Emerging Therapeutic Strategies for Targeting Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells by Ahmad Hamad, Zeyad Sahli, Maya El Sabban, Maha Mouteirik, Rihab Nasr

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Halodule uninervis extract facilitates the green synthesis of gold nanoparticles with anticancer activity by Nadine Wehbe, Joelle Edward Mesmar, Riham El Kurdi, Ali Al-Sawalmih, Adnan Badran, Digambara Patra, Elias Baydoun

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Surgical Outcomes and Sociodemographic Disparities Across All Races: An ACS-NSQIP and NHIS Multi-Institutional Analysis of Over 7.5 Million Patients by Dany Y. Matar, BA, Samuel Knoedler, Anthony Y. Matar, BS, Sarah Friedrich, PhD, Harriet Kiwanuka, MD, Ryoko Hamaguchi, MD, Carla M. Hamwi, BS, Gabriel Hundeshagen, MD, MMS, Valentin Haug, MD, Ulrich Kneser, MD, PhD, Keisha Ray, PhD, Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD, Adriana C. Panayi, MD, PhD

“…Results:. Among 7,504,734 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Improvement Database patients specifying race, 83.8% were White (WT), 11.8% Black or African American (B/AA), 3.3% Asian (AS), 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN), 0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NH/PI), 7.3% Hispanic. …”
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Regulation of nuclear factor-κB in intestinal epithelial cells in a cell model of inflammation by Fadia R. Homaidan, Iman Chakroun, Marwan E. El-sabban

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Rates of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in Hospitalized Non-Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients: A 9-Year Retrospective Study at a Lebanese Tertiary Medica... by Zakhour R, Khafaja S, Korman R, Boutros CF, El Zein Z, Chmaisse A, Haj M, Haddara A, El-Houry Z, Jbahi M, Chamseddine S, Bou Karroum S, Al Oweini D, Youssef YS, Youssef N, Nasser M, Fayad D, Abi Farraj F, El Nakib C, Isaac I, Lteif M, Araj GF, Dbaibo GS

“…Ramia Zakhour,1,2,* Sarah Khafaja,1,2,* Rawan Korman,1,* Celina F Boutros,1 Zeinab El Zein,1– 3 Ahmad Chmaisse,1 Magda Haj,1 Amani Haddara,1 Zeina El-Houry,1 Malak Jbahi,1 Sarah Chamseddine,1 Samer Bou Karroum,1 Dana Al Oweini,1 Yolla Salama Youssef,1 Nour Youssef,1,2 Mayse Nasser,1 Danielle Fayad,1 Farida Abi Farraj,1 Clara El Nakib,1 Imad Isaac,1 Mireille Lteif,1 George F Araj,1,4 Ghassan S Dbaibo1– 3 1Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR) and WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Bacterial Pathogens, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 2Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon; 3Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon; 4Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ghassan S Dbaibo, Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR), Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, 1107, Lebanon, Email gdbaibo@aub.edu.lbIntroduction: Multidrug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacterial infections are considered a major public health threat. …”
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Digital Twins of Biological Systems: A Narrative Review by Ghufran A. Alsalloum, Nour M. Al Sawaftah, Kelly M. Percival, Ghaleb A. Husseini

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Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Colon in Young Adults: A Case Report and Literature Review by Farida Abi Farraj, Hadi Sabbagh, Tarek Aridi, Najla Fakhruddin, Fadi Farhat

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Investigation of RF Signal Energy Harvesting by Soudeh Heydari Nasab, Mohammad Asefi, Lutfi Albasha, Naser Qaddoumi

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Crossed Unfused Ectopic Pelvic Kidneys: A Case Illustration by Jad A. Degheili, Murad M. AbuSamra, Fadi El-Merhi, Albert El-Hajj

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Advanced Techniques and Antenna Design for Pulse Shaping in UWB Cognitive Radio by Lise Safatly, Mohammed Al-Husseini, Ali El-Hajj, Karim Y. Kabalan

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Iatrogenic Penile Glans Amputation: Major Novel Reconstructive Procedure by Rami Nasr, Samer L. Traboulsi, Rami R. Abou Ghaida, Joseph Bakhach

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THE WEST AND NON-WEST: A NEW APPROACH TO THE OLD DICHOTOMY by D. A. Kuznetsov

“…Moscow: Institute of Latin American Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015. 172 p.…”
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Prevalence and Correlates of Hypertension Unawareness among Lebanese Adults: The Need to Target Those “Left Behind” by Fatima Ghaddar, Lama Hammad, Rania A. Tohme, Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Nahla Hwalla, Abla M. Sibai

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Changing Trends in Eye-Related Complaints Presenting to the Emergency Department in Beirut, Lebanon, over 15 Years by Haytham I. Salti, Carl-Joe Mehanna, Bachir Abiad, Nicola Ghazi, Samih Raad, Anita Barikian, Randa Haddad, Adnan Ashkar, Elie Harmouche, Elie Zaghrini, Afif Mufarrij

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Fabrication of heteroatom-doped graphene-porous organic polymer hybrid materials via femtosecond laser writing and their application in VOCs sensing by Rasha Diab, Ganjaboy Boltaev, Mahmoud M. Kaid, Ahmad Fawad, Hani M. El-Kaderi, Mohammad H. Al-Sayah, Ali S. Alnaser, Oussama M. El-Kadri

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Parasitic Disease Screening among HIV Patients from Endemic Countries in a Toronto Clinic by Cecilia T Costiniuk, Curtis L Cooper, Steve Doucette, Colin M Kovacs

“…BACKGROUND: Many North American-based HIV patients originate from parasitic disease-endemic regions. …”
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IMPROVEMENT OF THE CASTINGS SURFACE QUALITY AS A RESULT OF APPLICATION OF SPHERICAL CHROMITE SPHERICHROME by A. A. Korobov

“…Comparison of chrome sand of Republic of South Africa abd chromite of new generation Spherichrone (producer – the American company Oregon Resources corporation) for priduction of castings with surface of high quality is given.…”
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La toute-épice en Europe occidentale, un complément by Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave

“…This short paper complements information about historical introduction of the seeds of Pimenta in Europa, the important paper of the English, the nearly ignorance of the seeds in French and American cooking, but their uses in some liqueurs and in cosmetic.…”
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IPV Screening and Readiness to Respond to IPV in Ob-Gyn Settings: A Patient-Physician Study by Katherine M. Jones, Laura H. Taouk, Neko M. Castleberry, Michele M. Carter, Jay Schulkin

“…Methods. 400 ob-gyns were randomly selected from American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ (ACOG) Collaborative Ambulatory Research Network. …”
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Retaining Severely Damaged Talar Body and Medial Malleolar Cartilage for Diabetic Ankle/Hindfoot Charcot Arthrodesis Using Intramedullary Nail: A Short Report by Kaissar Yammine MD, PhD, Camille Samaha MD, Chahine Assi MD, MSc

“…All 4 patients were very satisfied at 12 months with a mean American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) ankle-hindfoot score of 87 ± 3.1. …”
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