This thesis has two main objectives. First, it outlines a taxonomy of reflexive development practice, which aims at transcending the divide between modernism and postmodernism in the methodology of development economics. Second, the thesis examines the taxonomy in two countries …
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This thesis presents an approach to design, specify, validate, verify, implement, and evaluate composed web/grid services. Web and grid services can be composed to create new services with complex behaviours. The BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) standard was created to…
Carbonyl reduction is a fundamental transformation that underpins synthetic chemistry. The re-routing of carbonyl reduction through less-conventional intermediates allows new selectivity and reactivity to be found in the resulting reaction space. We have shown for the first time…
Salivary IgA is the primary antibody of mucosal immunity. It has been suggested that chronic stress may lower levels of IgA and lead to an increased susceptibility to respiratory illness. It is also suggested that acute stress increases IgA during active coping (that involves me…
This dissertation describes the development of various palladium-catalyzed syntheses of organoboron compounds with the 1,2-metallate shift of organoboron “ate” complexes as a common mechanistic feature. Chapter one discusses the history of the 1,2-metallate shift with a focus on…
This project will encompass the equipping of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministry students at Blue Mountain College with a biblical theology of corporate worship. Chapter 1 discusses the context, rationale, and research methodology for the project. Chapter 2 deals with the bi…
This project seeks to introduce leaders to biblical counseling at Mount Ararat Bible Church (MABC) in Northridge, California. Chapter 1 describes the ministry context of MABC and the goals of the project. Chapter 2 establishes the centrality of the heart in biblical counseling t…
One of the central elements of the contemporary Austrian School, usually taken to begin with the South Royalton conference, has been extension and critical examination of the theory of the market process. One theme of those investigations has been trying to understand the nature…
Whilst a significant gender gap in bicycle usage in the UK has been apparent for some time, the reasons why women are cycling less than men has not been comprehensively studied. Similarly, whilst we know that people influence each other's travel choices, social influence and cyc…
This research, with the title «at-Tafsīr al-Maqāsīdī: tārīḥuhu wa ishkālīyatuhu wa mafhūm at-tafsīr al-maqāsīdī ʿinda Imām Ibn ʾĀshūr», which can be translated as «The objective-based interpretation of the Qur’an: Its history, problems and concept in Ibn ʾĀshūr’s ]Tafsir at-Taḥr…
This thesis finds that the term ‘terrorist financing’ is a misnomer in that much of the activity encompassed by that term involves neither terrorism nor money. Instead, terrorist financing more accurately refers either to the flow of economic and material value to ‘terrorist’ ac…
Many studies have been done of Fakhr al-Dinal-Razi and his system of thought, taking into account his contributions from theology, philosophy, and exegesis. However, works specifically devoted to his exegetical thought have been few. In fact, none of these has dealt with al-Razi…
I begin with a consideration of some of Ninian Smart's remarks on the possible reactions to the plurality of world religions. This discussion serves to moot the notions of truth and falsity in religion and the crucial issue of the religious insider's point of view--all accomplis…