The study of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) has been dominated by various mainstream theories drawn from International Relations and European Studies. These have largely neglected the role of ideas, beliefs, values and practices regarding the use of police and m…
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The emergence of new bandwidth-intensive applications articulated by distance learning, online gaming, Web 2.0 and movie delivery by means of high-definition video, has ultimately justified the necessity of upgrading the access network infrastructure to provide fat-bandwidth pip…
Why do some terrorist groups last much longer than others? This dissertation is among a small but growing number of studies to apply social networks analysis to the study of terrorism, and addresses an outcome of interest that is important but under analyzed. Terrorist group sur…
Low demand for index insurance in several recent pilot programs has created a puzzle for development economists and policy makers concerned with enhancing farmers risk management capacity in low-income economies. Chapter 1 contributes to the resolution of this puzzle by providin…
Indirect economic ties of trade and investment, long overlooked by literature on the relationship between economics and conflict, reduce hostility between states. In a globalized world, states are tied not only by their direct connections, but also by dense and interlocking conn…
Capturing the changes between two biological phenotypes is a crucial task in understanding the mechanisms of various diseases. Most of the existing computational approaches depend on testing the changes in the expression levels of each single gene individually. In this work, we …
Multiscale computational models for the deformation, degradation, and failure of soft tissues can inform the work of tissue engineers, clinicians who treat soft tissue injuries, and biologists who study the growth and development of soft tissues. Increasingly, mechanical models …
The United States has been a very attractive destination for foreign Science and Engineering (S&E) graduate students and postdoctoral scholars for a considerable period of time. Several studies have documented significant contributions of foreign students and foreign scientists …
Conceptualizing the locality today in the global context means to be able to consider a level of denationalisation of the actor (of a locality) participating in a networked situation with actors from other localities. This thesis introduces a new conceptualization of the localit…
One of the most common ways powerful states in international politics have organized their relations with weak polities is through imperial rule, yet most international relations theorists argue that the structure of international system should discourage hierarchic relations of…
The main goal of this study is to examine the characteristics of the networks of Tehrani men and women (structure, composition, and content), their effects upon the flow of resources, and the association between the structure of network and marital relationships. In addition to …
It is usually assumed that the parameters of an optimization problem to be known numbers or scalars. Accordingly, the objective function value is a scalar or a point value. However, in real life, the parameters may not be known exactly and all we know about them is that they fal…
This dissertation covers the two major parts of my Ph.D. research: i) developing a theoretical framework of complex networks and applying simulation and numerical methods to study the robustness of the network system, and ii) applying statistical physics concepts and methods to …
This research looks into the use of artificial intelligence combined with regression approaches to improve the prediction and/or classification of risk for developing pressure ulcers (PU) in an inpatient academic hospital. The models were run using many different combinations of…
Much of the social capital literature focuses on unambiguous social situations where actors share generalized trust or interpersonal trust. Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in northwest Azerbaijan, this thesis focuses instead on distrust and the negotiation of conflicting interpret…
This thesis presents the realization of novel systems for optical sensing networks with an array of long-period grating (LPG) sensors. As a launching point of the thesis, the motivation to implement optical sensing network in precisely catering LPG sensors is presented. It highl…
The goal of this thesis is to develop statistical and learning algorithms for the design, analysis, measurement, and modeling of networking and security systems with specific focus on RFID systems, network performance metrics, user security, and software security. Next, I give a…
The goal of this thesis is to identify measurement, modeling, and optimization opportunities for large scale networks -- with specific focus on cellular networks and online social networks. These networks are facing unprecedented operational challenges due to their very large sc…