<p>This dissertation is motivated by the fact that while the literature has had a great deal of success in developing empirical models for monetary policy analysis, the same can not be said for fiscal policy. This work ...

<p>Among women worldwide, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer with an incidence rate of 15.3 per 100,000 and a mortality rate of 7.8 per 100,000 women. This is largely attributed to the lack of infrastructure ...

<p>Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, governmental authorities across the country have attempted to legislate the behavior of HIV-positive individuals. North Carolina's HIV Control Measures--administrative regulations ...

<p>In 2011, an estimated 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed among women, as well as an estimated 57,650 additional cases of in situ breast cancer [1]. Breast conserving surgery (BCS) is a recommended ...

The Kenting National Park was established in 1984, and it is the first national park in Taiwan. The coastal environment and the high human population make it difficult to balance the environmental protection and local ...

<p>The Assistant and Registered Medical Officers (AMO/RMOs) of Sri Lanka have held a major role in health care delivery, particularly in rural areas. The Sri Lankan government decided to discontinue the AMO training program ...

Park officials at Carara National Park, Costa Rica, face considerable challenges. They believe poaching has become a significant threat to the park’s biodiversity and that their enforcement measures, largely due to limited ...

<p>Recent studies have linked expressive suppression to impairments in interpersonal functioning, but the mechanism underlying this relationship has not been well articulated. One possibility is that the individual who ...

<p>In computer vision, the pictorial structure model represents an object in an image by parts that are arranged in a deformable configuration. Each part describes an object's local photometric appearance, and the configuration ...

Kidney exchange enables incompatible pairs to exchange kidneys so each recipient can receive a transplant. Compatible pairs have not yet been incorporated in any kidney exchange program. The present study incorporates ...