Publications by authors named "Safaa A Baydoun"
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- Antibiotic contamination in the Litani River, a heavily polluted river in Lebanon, was studied, focusing on amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, and azithromycin, with a thorough analysis of water quality and microbial resistance.
- Analysis showed amoxicillin and ciprofloxacin were present at 250 ng/L and 107.2 ng/L respectively, while azithromycin was not detected; significant levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria like E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were also identified.
- Although various water quality parameters exceeded safe levels, the ecological risk assessment indicated that the presence of these antibiotics poses a low risk to the environment.
Internet addiction is an emergent problem; yet, both a strong conception of the factors precipitating challenging activities and a gold standard tool for evaluating symptoms are deficient. The aim of this study was to carry out a psychometric analysis using the most commonly employed screening tool, the young Internet Addiction Test (IAT), comprising a sample of Lebanese University medical students. Two hundred and fifty-six undergraduate medical students from a university in Beirut, Lebanon were included in our IAT.
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