The purpose of this ministry project is to promote longevity in ministry by equipping a select group of new pastors within the Pillar Church Planting Network (hereafter the Pillar Network). Those chosen have less than three years of experience in a pastoral role in their local c…
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This dissertation consists of three theoretical and empirical essays. In all essays strategic behavior is a key factor. The first essay tries to explain certain pricing behaviors in cellular communication markets using social interactions as a basis for modeling. The second essa…
At the intersection of East and West lays a conflicted social disjuncture presented physically in the disparate sectors of Beirut, Lebanon, and revealed in the city's divergent infrastructure. The crowded roadways saturated with pedestrians, taxicabs, minibuses, and other commut…
Broadly, public diplomacy is governmental engagement directly with global publics in pursuit of national interests. Public diplomacy engagement involves outreach, listening, informing, explaining, collaboration, and persuasion. Specific to this dissertation, the U.S. government …
The trustworthiness of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) comes from the data it receives, which in turn depends on the trustworthiness of each and every node in that network. Among several motivations for developing WSN trust models, the social networking and ecommerce models are …
In the present computer age, cellular technology and portable computers are becoming an integral part of the life. Each computer user wants to access the computing resources, irrespective of the location. Because of this need the computing paradigm “Mobile Computing” has assumed…
Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) is an alternative material that has been widely studied to enhance the mechanical properties of a polymer matrix due to a number of perceived advantages over traditional plant fibre forms. Mechanical properties of MFC networks were found to depen…
A key part of a fruit fly's development is the formation of segmentsin its body. These structures are built by the protein forms of so-called segment polarity (SP) genes. It is the asymmetric expression of SP genes which creates the fruit-fly's segmental structure. The SP genes …
Network Proxies and Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are tools that are used every day to facilitate various business functions. However, they have gained popularity amongst unintended userbases as tools that can be used to hide mask identities while using websites and web-service…
The aim of this study was to explore how musicking (a term denoting any music related activity, see Small 1998, p. 9) could be used locally to support people with dementia and their caregivers in a sustainable manner. The data for the study came primarily from a group known as “…
Network Protocols are critical to the operation of the Internet and hence the security of these protocols is paramount. Our work covers the security of three widely deployed protocols: Domain Name System (DNS), Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security…
In this thesis I contribute to the growing literature on the structure of covert networks by exploring the organisation and functioning of two new groups. (1) The Right Club, a Right-wing, Pro-German group active in the UK at the outbreak of World War Two, and (2) The leadership…
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of a number of nodes, each typically having a small amount of non-replenishable energy. Some of the nodes have sensors, which may be used to gather environmental data. A common network abstraction used in WSNs is the (source, sink) archit…
A network based commercial broadcasting system transmits high definition multimedia files from a central location of an organization to any desired site regardless of geographical location. This is a significant topic because this technology provides the management of an organiz…
An increase consumption of bandwidth by networked applications has created the urge to have a measurement tool which is used to measure the available bandwidth, in order to maximize the usage of this limited resource. Internet Service Providers (ISP) requires this measurement to…
Living in a networked world, human agents are increasingly connected as advances in technology facilitates the flow of information between and the availability of services to them. Through this research, we look at interacting agents in networked environments, and explore how th…
Wireless communications have experienced tremendous growth in the last decade, which has placed significant demand for RF spectrum, leading to spectrum "crunch." Driven by numerous studies that revealed the significant under-utilization of many licensed channels in the VHF and U…
The delay-throughput characteristics of a meteor burst communication network have been analyzed. The intermittent nature of a meteor burst (MB) channel is modelled by random service interruptions on a waiting line process. In the first part of this work a protocol for a point to…
Turkey is located between Europe, which has increasing demand for natural gas and the geographies of Middle East, Asia and Russia, which have rich and strong natural gas supply. Because of the geographical location, Turkey has strategic importance according to energy sources. To…