25 research outputs found
Snapshot of migration to and from Lebanon in the last five years
No full textMaysa Baroud (Joint Visiting Fellow Middle East Council on Global Affairis & Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
Country report and migration profile for Lebanon
No full textMaysa Baroud (Joint Visiting Fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs & Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and Intenational Affairs) ; published by: Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, competence Center MENA Peace & Securit
Migration in the Eastern Mediterranean : commanalities and differences among Egypt, Lebanon, Greece and Cyprus
No full textAuthors: Maysa Baroud, Angeliki Dimitriadi, Amina Fahmy, Annagrace Messa ; published by: Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, competence Center MENA Peace & Securit
Lebanon's refugee return agenda : negotiating global protection norms and responsibility sharing
No full textSince the onset of displacement from Syria in 2011, Lebanon has been lobbying international circles for prompt refugee return even though the conflict in Syria has not ended. As part of these efforts, Lebanese representatives have sought to reshape global understandings of key refugee protection norms, advocating for ‘gradual,’ ‘progressive,’ and ‘safe’ return in lieu of voluntary repatriation in safety and with dignity. Ongoing discussions of the EU-Lebanon Migration Deal announced in early May 2024 must not further these obstructive interpretations but rather focus on Lebanon’s calls for increased responsibility sharing
Readiness of healthcare providers for eHealth: the case from primary healthcare centers in Lebanon
No full textAbstract Background eHealth can positively impact the efficiency and quality of healthcare services. Its potential benefits extend to the patient, healthcare provider, and organization. Primary healthcare (PHC) settings may particularly benefit from eHealth. In these settings, healthcare provider readiness is key to successful eHealth implementation. Accordingly, it is necessary to explore the potential readiness of providers to use eHealth tools. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the readiness of healthcare providers working in PHC centers in Lebanon to use eHealth tools. Methods A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess participants’ socio-demographics, computer use, literacy, and access, and participants’ readiness for eHealth implementation (appropriateness, management support, change efficacy, personal beneficence). The study included primary healthcare providers (physicians, nurses, other providers) working in 22 PHC centers distributed across Lebanon. Descriptive and bivariate analyses (ANOVA, independent t-test, Kruskal Wallis, Tamhane’s T2) were used to compare participant characteristics to the level of readiness for the implementation of eHealth. Results Of the 541 questionnaires, 213 were completed (response rate: 39.4 %). The majority of participants were physicians (46.9 %), and nurses (26.8 %). Most physicians (54.0 %), nurses (61.4 %), and other providers (50.9 %) felt comfortable using computers, and had access to computers at their PHC center (physicians: 77.0 %, nurses: 87.7 %, others: 92.5 %). Frequency of computer use varied. The study found a significant difference for personal beneficence, management support, and change efficacy among different healthcare providers, and relative to participants’ level of comfort using computers. There was a significant difference by level of comfort using computers and appropriateness. A significant difference was also found between those with access to computers in relation to personal beneficence and change efficacy; and between frequency of computer use and change efficacy. Conclusion The implementation of eHealth cannot be achieved without the readiness of healthcare providers. This study demonstrates that the majority of healthcare providers at PHC centers across Lebanon are ready for eHealth implementation. The findings of this study can be considered by decision makers to enhance and scale-up the use of eHealth in PHC centers nationally. Efforts should be directed towards capacity building for healthcare providers
Indoor Positioning and Fall Detection System Without Wearables: <redacted>
No full textThis thesis report, one of a set of two reports, describes a novel way to detect incidents that could occur in the daily life of the elderly. Unlike most systems already implemented in this field, this system does not use any wearable (positioning) sensors and works off an Single Board Computer (SBC).Independent of both of these systems is a system for reassurance to alleviate distress.This is the public version of the report. The original report is shared with the jury.Electrical Engineerin
Spread of CTX-M-15 Extended Spectrum β-lactamases Encoding Genes Among Enterobacteriaceae in the Middle Eastern Region
No full textThe CTX-M type enzymes have become the most prevalent extended spectrumβ-lactamases (ESBLs) worldwide. Among the CTX-M type enzymes, CTX-M-15 is themost widespread and has been reported from all continents. It has been recoveredfrom different Enterobacteriaceae and has been isolated from both community andhospital acquired infections. This review primarily highlights the prevalence of CTXM-15 in addition to other ESBLs in the Middle East. Detection of any type of ESBL isof importance in therapeutic treatment
Scaling in three-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional rotating turbulent flows
No full textWe have made velocity time series measurements (using hot film probes) and velocity field measurements (using particle image velocimetry) on turbulent flow in a rotating annulus. For low annulus rotation rates the Rossby number was of order unity and the flow was three-dimensional (3D), but at high rotation rates the Rossby number was only about 0.1, comparable to the value for oceans and the atmosphere on large length scales. The low Rossby number (quasi-geostrophic) flow was nearly two-dimensional (2D), as expected from the Taylor-Proudman theorem. For the 3D flow we found that the probability distribution function (PDF) for velocity differences along the direction of the flow, deltav(d)=v(x(0)+d)-v(x(0)), was Gaussian for large separations d and non-Gaussian (with exponential tails) for small d, as has been found for nonrotating turbulent flows. However, for low Rossby number flow, the PDF was self-similar (independent of d) and non-Gaussian. The exponents characterizing the structure functions, S-p=[(deltav)(p)]similar tod(p)(zeta) were obtained by the extended self-similarity method. For 3D flow the exponents departed from p/3 with increasing p, as has been found for turbulence in nonrotating flows, while for the quasi-2D turbulent flow, the exponents increased linearly with p, as expected for a self-similar flow. We applied the beta-test of the hierarchical structure model [She and Leveque, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 336 (1994)] and found that beta remained constant at betasimilar or equal to0.75 as the rotation was increased from the 3D to the 2D regime; this indicates that both the quasi-2D and 3D flows are highly intermittent. The PIV images provided another indication of the intermittency-both the quasi-2D and 3D flows had coherent vortices which could be distinguished from the background flow. We also applied the gamma-test of the hierarchical structure model and found that gamma increased from 0.18 for the 3D flow to 0.34 for the quasi-2D flow; the latter value is in accord with expectation for self-similar turbulence. We conclude that our rotating 3D flow is similar to nonrotating turbulent flows, while the rotating quasi-2D turbulence is different from both the 3D rotating turbulence and from nonrotating 2D turbulence studied in other experiments. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.MechanicsPhysics, Fluids & PlasmasSCI(E)EI61ARTICLE82091-21041
