In this dissertation, I write three essays in Development Economics. In essay 1, I provide robust evidence on the effects of BRAC's Targeting the Ultra-Poor Program in Bangladesh (TUP). In addition to BRAC's own classification, I exploit type-1 errors in assignment (leaving elig…
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Although an extensive research base exists for attachment effects on several interpersonal behaviors (see Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007a for a review), recent work has suggested the important role of attachment theory in mitigating intergroup biases and conflict (see Mikulincer & Sh…
The general exclusion of undocumented migrants - in the form of constraints of access to goods and resources, lacks in entitlements and in legal and social protections, and so on - impacts their lives in different ways. As being afforded equal respect and dignity is a prerequisi…
There is a scarcity of research exploring the field of Speech and Language Disorders (SLD) in the Greek mainstream primary education context. Accordingly, the aim of this study was twofold: (i) to identify the nature and extent of speech, language and communication skills of Gre…
The presented thesis investigates the identification of burst locations in water distribution systems (WDS) by analysis of field and simulation experimental data. This required the development of a new hybrid method of burst detection and sizing, and also a burst location identi…
Background: The incidence of eating psychopathology in athletes is considerably higher than in the general population. Facilitating the early identification and successful management of eating problems in this group is therefore essential. Objectives: The thesis aimed to improve…
This research recommends a new approach to brand strategy for Korean professional football teams, focusing on the relationships between team brand identity as the basic element of sports team branding, team brand loyalty as the most desirable goal, and identification between fan…
This thesis explores the range of strategies used for educational provision for gifted children in mathematics in a group of schools in England. A review of literature relating to international theory and existing research in gifted education and empirical work into the teaching…
The underlying idea of this thesis is that the surface chemical and morphological nature of bacterial strains uniquely differentiates one from another and hence can be used as the basis for their identification and control. It follows that their interactions with an artificial s…
The autoimmune disease known as autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is clinically defined by a low numbers of platelets in the circulation blood. Anti-platelet antibodies bind to glycoprotein molecules on the membranes of platelets and result in their dysfunction and destr…
In situations of identifying a time-varying system that changes rapidly with time, basis function expansion of the unknown parameters transform the time-varying identification problem into a time-invariant one. Typically, in the applications that use this approach, an equation e…
This dissertation focuses on the history of the Palestinian Arab city of Nazareth from 1940 to 1966. It explores Palestinians' bids for citizenship in both British-ruled Palestine and Israel by tracing local politics and identity formation in this Arab urban center. Utilizing st…
This dissertation explores historical and social contexts through which governments employ technology to identify individuals through their bodies. It poses the question of why these programs are necessary and investigates the promise and limitations of these technologies' influ…
The term "in Christ" is widely recognized within the Christian Church as a signature term of the Apostle Paul. But while the term is recognized as fundamental to his theology, occurring 180 times specifically and 300 times generally, functional usage is minimal. However, when th…
Throughout the nearly 500 year history of Jesuit education, the system of schooling established by the Society of Jesus according to the spirituality and pedagogy of their founder St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), academic rigor, character formation in faith and justice, and e…
Video games are steadily becoming one of the largest and most influential forms of media in history. Today, video games are so popular that the Nintendo mascot Mario from the Mario Brothers video game series is more recognized than Disney's Mickey Mouse. The reach and influence …
The advanced survival of the early premature infant (EPI) since the post-surfactant era has not many improved comorbidities. EPI comorbidities influence their lifelong health, social, and cognitive outcomes. EPIs often have immature and disorganized responses to stimuli during t…
The purpose of the following analysis is to highlight rhetorical patterns common during wartime across multiple decades and forms of mass media communication, and to demonstrate how the technologies of media intersect with rhetorical patterns in the creation of collectives and c…
The field of plant natural product (NP) discovery has changed substantially since the isolation of morphine from opium poppy in 1806. The largest of these changes came in the last decade with the integration of computational genomics into the field, which resulted in the develop…