Machine learning-based decision support systems bring relief to the decision-makers in many domains such as loan application acceptance, dating, hiring, granting parole, insurance coverage, and medical diagnoses. These support systems facilitate processing tremendous amounts of …
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This dissertation is devoted to exploring Armenian Üsküdar (an Anatolian side municipality of Istanbul) and its surroundings within the lenses of “conviviality” as conceptualized by Freitag (2014). Armenian neighborhoods in Üsküdar had all its relevance within the Ottoman rule i…
The impact of social networks and relationships on health outcomes has been acknowledged and studied within the concept of “social capital” in the field of public health for over two decades. To date, however, few research studies have included Indigenous peoples, and even fewer…
XVIII. yüzyılda İstanbul’a yapılan göçler hakkında temel görüş; bu yüzyılda iç göçün artık önlenemez bir hâl aldığı, yöneticilerin ise bunu durdurmaya ve hatta zaman zaman şehrin tahliyesine çalıştığı yönündedir. Buradan hareketle bu tez çalışmasında, göçlerin gerçekten artıp ar…
Demografik yapı özelliği farklı olan yerlerde, izlenen metotlara göre değişkenlik gösterebilecek, tarih öğretimi problemleri çıkabilir. Bunu etkileyen unsurlar olarak, toplum yapısı, eğitim politikaları, öğretmen ve okul tutumları vb. sayılabilir. Bu problemin araştırılması için…
Balkan ülkeleri ile Türkiye’nin tarihsel süreçte yaşadığı siyasi, sosyal ve kültürel birliktelik ve Türkiye’de yaşayan Balkan kökenliler göz önünde bulundurulduğunda, mevcut ölçeklerin Türkiye’den Balkanlara turistik amaçlı gidenlerin motivasyonlarını ölçmede içerik olarak yeter…
Bu tez çalışmasının birinci bölümünde, yapısal eşitlik modellemesinin tarihçesi genel olarak anlatılmış ve bu yöntemin zaman içerisinde göstermiş olduğu gelişmeler ele alınmıştır. Daha sonra, yapısal eşitlik modellemesi hakkında temel bilgiler verilmiş ve literatürde yer alan ça…
Kentler tarihsel süreçte farklı din ve kültürlere sahip toplumlarca yönetilir. Kentte yaşayan veya kente getirilen nüfus farklı inançlara sahiptir. Demografik yapının değişimine bağlı olarak yerleşim alanlarında da farklılıklar oluşur. Mevcut dini yapılarda kendi ibadetlerini ge…
מאז גילוי והפקת הנפט בשנות השלושים של המאה ה-20 עלתה חשיבותן של מדינות המפרץ, שעד אז היו בשולי המזרח התיכון כלכלית ופוליטית כאחת. הפקת הנפט אפשרה למדינות אלו להתעצם כלכלית ולהפוך לגורם משמעותי בכלכלה האזורית כמו גם העולמית. עם עליית חשיבותו של הנפט והפיכתו למקור ההכנסה העיקרי של…
Amphibians exhibit a pronounced population decline, and it is estimated that up to a third of amphibians are threatened with extinction. My research focuses on the Near Eastern fire salamander ( Salamandra infraimmaculata ), species which facing a certain level of risk in Israel…
During most of the 20 th century, immigration to the United States had slowed considerably. When the United States changed to the immigration policy of family reunification in 1965, the source of immigrants shifted from Europe to South America, Central America, and Asia. With th…
This dissertation consists of three studies that evaluate how women form partnerships, leave partnerships, and the economic outcomes of those partnerships. These demographic transitions and outcomes are evaluated in three country contexts with differing political, welfare regime…
This dissertation contributes to literature in three areas of child and adolescent health and economic wellbeing. All three chapters use data from the Young Lives Study of International Child Poverty, a longitudinal study of two age cohorts (1-year olds and 8-year olds) that beg…
This dissertation integrates simulated genetic data with empirical non-genetic data to develop a framework for reconstructing human demographic processes. In the first study, I simulate mitochondrial DNA for demographic scenarios representing the initial dispersal of modern huma…
Limited acculturation of older ethnic immigrants in Canada may adversely impact their psychological well-being. When older adults are equipped with effective means of communication and are familiarized with the services and resources of their host country, they can expand their …
Irregular migration has become a politically controversial issue in most immigrant-receiving countries. Academic research has shown that states and their immigration policies actively create the legal conditions for the existence and perpetuation of irregular migration. Much of …
The populations of Russia, Central Asia, and China have unique demographic features that pose special theoretical and applied problems. The essays in this dissertation explore different associated phenomena directly and indirectly related to central planning, including famine, u…
Marriage and fertility are institutions that comprise a fundamental part of adult life in Africa. Decades ago, universal and early marriage ensured that women spent the majority of their reproductive lives married; and marriage was the main locus of childbearing. However, while …
Even though Pakistan is a highly patriarchal society, it has not featured prominently in studies focusing on son preference and sex ratios at birth. But with fertility declining and given strong son preference (Pakistan has one of the highest desired sex ratios in the world), ho…