The first part of my dissertation investigates information technology and examines the matching between buyers and sellers in IT outsourcing markets, and how the social network between firms explains the observed matches. ...

The familiar story of President Roosevelt’s triumphant victory over the Supreme Court in the Spring of 1937 has become legend. In this story, the threat posed by the President’s “courtpacking” plan caused the Supreme Court ...

Evaluation of capacity fade in Li-ion batteries in the ballparks of energy research has assumed significant importance in recent times extensively owing to growing demand and need for portable power supplies and electric ...

Wide band gap (WBG) based power switches have improved the efficiency and power density in the power electronic systems. The higher cost compared to silicon switches is the road block for large scale adoption of SiC ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that are approximately 20-22 nucleotides in length and have a prominent role in regulating gene expression. miRNA-based regulation has been shown to significantly ...

Automatic essay scoring (AES) is the task of using computer technology to evaluate the quality of written essays and give feedback. AES systems are one of the most important educational applications of natural language ...

Political stability is vital for ensuring safety and security of people. Both the material and intangible losses caused by political instabilities include human lives, GDP decline, increased inflation rates, higher poverty ...

For 4,000 years those in position to influence policy have attempted to protect consumers from loans with terms they consider harmful. This continues today with attempts to address loans from payday lenders, pawnshops, ...

Edit distance is a measurement of similarity between two sequences such as strings, point sequences, or polygonal curves. Because many matching problems from a variety of areas, such as signal analysis, bioinformatics, ...

One of challenges of conditions like chronic mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is identifying and measuring cognitive deficits associated with the condition. It is not uncommon for individuals in the chronic ...