Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by ritualistic-repetitive behaviors and impaired verbal/non-verbal communication. Many ASD susceptibility genes implicated in neuronal pathways/brain development have been identified. The Lebanese population is ideal for uncovering recessive genes because of shared ancestry and a high rate of consanguineous marriages. Aims here are to analyze for ...

For a long time, there have been the mountainous discussions about intertexuality in the field of novelist narrative studies by scholars from China and western countries in their academic practices in terms of the in-textual responses from a novelist narrative text to another produced either by the same writer or by different novelists based on the academic focus of the textual influences from ...

j'HOUSANDS of patients pass through the doors of a great hospital every year, and not all are ln-patients. Many receive advice and treatment ^hich can be carried out at home, and in every hospital the out-patient department is very important. Long hours are devoted by skilled physicians and surgeons to the treatment of out-patients, but having given their help, what is impossible to the medical...

the use of healthy planting material is an important prerequisite for controlling destructive viral diseases in potato production. virus elimination methods such as meristem culture and thermotherapy are usually used to produce the nucleus stock of healthy planting material. here, we report a new technique of electrotherapy for elimination of two potyviruses, potato virus a (pva), and potato vi...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND In Lebanon, Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has a major public health impact through high disease prevalence, significant downstream pathophysiologic effects, and enormous financial liabilities. Diet is an important environmental factor in the development and prevention of T2D. Dietary patterns may exert greater effects on health than individual foods, nutrients, or food groups. ...