The current dissertation contains three series of studies that revealed laypeople's nuanced, meticulous, and early-emerging attentiveness to gender membership, gender self-identification, and gender roles and norms in their personal and social life. Specifically, the studies tog…
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a prevalence of approximately 1% children worldwide. ASD is characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction and the presence of restricted interests and repetitive behaviours. Genetic alterati…
Understanding how the Renaissance rhetorical curriculum taught style as behavior makes it possible to unite the study of women writers' identities with formal criticism. Nancy L. Christiansen shows that early modern humanists built on the Isocratean tradition of teaching rhetori…
Migratory animals are ecologically and economically important and are especially vulnerable to predation. Predators affect migratory prey through both consumption and changes to prey behavior scaling up to affect populations to communities. The balance between consumptive and be…
O paradigma atual da biologia da conservação reconhece a importância da inclusão da vertente das ciências sociais no planeamento, gestão e avaliação de medidas de conservação. A sua integração deixou de ser apenas um complemento e tornou-se numa componente vital de intervenções …
Background: The emotional bond between humans and animals has strong historical roots and is of growing interest. According to the common notion of the "pet effect," many pet owners believe that living with a pet may improve their health and well-being. However, there are contra…
There is a significant interest in harnessing the available flexibility that exists on the demand side of the distribution energy systems by implementing energy storage or demand response programs. Appropriate choices regarding technical design parameters, involvement of flexibi…
In education contexts, agent-based simulations have been used at all levels, from the individual to the classroom to the state, to explore individual-level interactions and often to provide conclusions and explanations that could support decision-making. The aim of this research…
The design and implementation of development programs is driven by a set of assumptions on development interventions that typically overlook the role of context; particularly social norms and institutions. Moreover, evaluation is still focused in understanding if an intervention…
Blast injury has been coined the "signature injury of the Iraq war" resulting in a surge of interest in understanding and addressing the corresponding pathological sequelae. As modern warfare develops into a distinctly guerrilla style combat by smaller terrorist groups against l…
An analysis of Shahnameh miniatures produced during the Safavid Empire reveals that these images prescribed certain behaviors and convey a reinforcement of these behaviors towards women of the upper class. For Safavid Iran, the Shahnameh—an epic (story) of the mythology and hist…
When do states experience coup d’états? Previous studies of military intervention have analyzed various social conditions that have been assessed as determinants of coup behavior. Relationships between select social conditions and coup behavior are often determined by how a vari…
Background. The effect of labor migration on HIV risk is well documented. Many studies show that domestic and international labor migration increases sexual risk behavior. However, little is known about the role of gender on HIV risk among labor migrants. This study examines and…
Diarrheal diseases affect an estimated 19% of children under the age of five years in Egypt. The mother's behaviors in response to symptoms of diarrhea in her child play an important role in determining the health outcome for the child, since the mother's intervention can preven…
The travel and tourism industry in Massachusetts, already mired in a recession, suffered severe financial hardship after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Tourism leaders tried to stop the economic hemorrhaging by promoting more local and regional travel. However, since …
This dissertation contains three essays sharing a common goal: to understand observed bidding behavior in different auction settings through the eyes of economic theory, and to make empirically-grounded policy suggestions to improve the performance of the market mechanism. The f…
Background. Tobacco use is on the rise in developing countries. One such country is Egypt, which has the highest rate of smoking in the developing Arab world (33.5% are daily smokers, of which 19.6% are under 15 years). Understanding the correlates of smoking behavior among Egyp…
The awareness and consciousness of time, especially in relation to the calendar systems, have profound implications for how we choose to live our lives. This thesis explores theories of time-consciousness, such as those of Kant, Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre. Aspects of the und…
In their universal quest to improve customer relationships, firms rely heavily on technology-based solutions that CRM provides. However, studies and business reports estimate that 30% to 75% of CRM initiatives fail to achieve their goals. This high incidence of failure is often …