For centuries the pursuit of competing political objectives has led to military conflict. Prussian military theorist Major-General Carl von Clausewitz wrote, “War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.” History has shown that the ability to affect an adversa…
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In what ways is access to information and credit important for economic development? The first chapter of my dissertation considers how information and credit constraints can affect occupational choice and the allocation of individuals across sectors. In the second chapter I exa…
This study examined Arab Americans' use of the Internet as a functional alternative to traditional U.S. mainstream media. The study employed the theory of the uses and gratifications to understand Arab Americans' most salient motive for using the Internet, and whether the Intern…
Purpose of study. To develop a national policy to improve healthcare delivery in Saudi Arabia through the use of the WWW and Web accessible healthcare information resources. In addition, this study sought to develop a report on the status of the availability of healthcare inform…
The phenomenon of crony capitalism is often described as the major cause of the Asian economic collapse in 1997. The main objective of this study is to address this phenomenon empirically through the structure of Malaysian political economy and tests the hypothesis that crony fi…
Can information theory provide concepts and methods to aid in the analysis of Biblical Hebrew and Syriac texts and language? The purpose of this dissertation is to evaluate the usefulness of information theory concepts in the study of Semitic phonology, morphology and lexicology…
The scientific and socio-political dimensions of volcanic hazards have been realigned since the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, and have highlighted the need for volcanic activity to be studied from interdisciplinary perspectives. By focussing on communication, adaptabilit…
The focus of this study is the consumer behaviour habits of adults giving of toys to children aged 11 and under as gifts. It is borne out of a need to understand why adults buy gifts for children adding to the issues on consumption practices and materialism. It begins by discuss…
The use, reuse and manipulation of information has become a key factor in the success of any organisation in an increasingly competitive and global business environment. Ensuring that employees are able to access (or are provided with) the right information in a timely manner is…
Effective management of information about client requirements in construction projects lifecycle can contribute to high construction productivity; within budget and schedule, and improve the quality of built facilities and service delivery. Traditionally, requirements management…
This research (the first long-term ethnographic study of FOI in Britain) investigates concepts at the heart of FOI - transparency, trust, secrecy, truth, private, public, power and agency. Eighteen months participant observation fieldwork, alongside policy-makers, practitioners,…
This dissertation explores evidence and provides insight to secrecy-related information actions that can and are sometimes used as a method to circumvent established government policy and law. These information actions may also be used to cover up such circumventions after the f…
Specificational sentences are famous because they exhibit connectivity. Connectivity refers to the fact that the pre- and the post-copular phrase in a copular sentence behave as if they were in a c-command configuration. More Specifically, a number of syntactic and semantic phen…
The informational role of international institutions and domestic politics. Why did President Bush attempt to acquire a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force before the war with Iraq, even though there was a substantial risk that his request wou…
The microstructure approach to the foreign exchange market has been very popular recently, especially after years of macroeconomic research has failed to offer an adequate explanation for short run movements in the foreign exchange market. The foreign exchange microstructure lit…
The installation of a land register with multiple goals, requires the establishment of a basic chart with average scale (between 1:50 000 and 1:25 000), representative in a total and more or less precise way the territory. The techniques generally used in the developing countrie…
The twentieth century was a century of scientific and technological development. Especially the fact of information and communication technologies, beyond being a technological leap, has led to different levels of development and changes / transformations. Therefore, development…
After photography first emerged in the early 19th century, it has developed as a technology that enhances human ability to preserve visual information and challenges the tradition of painting as the fundamental apparatus to contain optic experiences. For generations, artists hav…