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L'Amour de loin and the Vocal Works of Kaija Saariaho
(2008-05-02)Part II of this dissertation examines the vocal work of Kaija Saariaho, culminating in an overview and analysis of Acts I and II of her first opera L?Amour de loin. While now known as a composer of highly successful operas, ... -
L-Arginine And L-Phenylalanine Based Poly (Ester Amide)S, Their Synthesis, Characterization, Formulations And Applications As Gene Delivery Vectors And Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
(2011-01-31)A family of water soluble and positively charged L-arginine based poly (ester amide)s (Arg-PEAs) was synthesized by solution polycondensation. These biodegradable Arg-PEAs consist of 3 nontoxic building blocks: L-arginine, ... -
L^P Estimates For A Singular Integral Operator Motivated By Calderxc3Xb3N'S Second Commutator
(2011-05-31)My research centers on Lp estimates for singular integral operators using techniques from real harmonic analysis. In particular I use time-frequency analysis and oscillatory integral theory. Singular integral operators are ... -
$L^P$-Estimates And Polyharmonic Boundary Value Problems On The Sierpinski Gasket And Gaussian Free Fields On High Dimensional Sierpinski Carpet Graphs
(2014-08-18)We define a suitable trace space on the set X halving the Sierpinski Gasket, then we prove Lp -estimates for p > 1 for the restriction operator on domLp [INCREMENT](SG). We also construct a right inverse to the restriction ... -
Labor And Public Sector Restructuring In South Korea: A Comparative Analysis Of Telecommunications And Railways
(2010-10-20)In the face of growing global competition, unions had common challenges and difficulties in retaining their bargaining power. Yet, their responses to market restructuring varied within and across countries resulting in a ... -
Labor Market Impacts Of Social Security Policies In Developing Countries: A Case Study Of Pakistan
(2013-05-26)This dissertation studies the impact of changes in social security policies on labor market outcomes in Pakistan. In the first chapter, I use a firm-size contingent policy change to examine the effects of Social Security ... -
The Labor Market Response To Economic Growth In Vietnam: Aggregate And Micro-Level Analyses Of Labor Market Indicators From 1993 To 2008
(2013-08-19)Economic growth generally has been associated with declining poverty and increasing living standards (Fields 2001). When this is true, economic growth has translated into increased well-being through higher labor earnings ... -
Labor Unions, Corruption, and Electric Vehicles: Three Essays on Applied Microeconomics
(2019-08-30)Government intervention can lead to second-best economic outcomes when market failures occur. However, too much government intervention may result in lower social welfare. The first essay evaluates the welfare consequences ... -
LABOR, LAW, AND INFORMALITY IN LATIN AMEIRCA: EMPIRICAL ESSAYS
(2017-05-30)Chapter 1 replicates and extends Khamis (2009) to provide a detailed analysis of informality in the Mexican labor market. The goal is to develop a deeper understanding of factors that drive a Mexican worker to join the ... -
Lacquered Words: The Evolution Of Vietnamese Under Sinitic Influences From The 1St Century Bce Through The 17Th Century Ce
(2013-01-28)As much as three quarters of the modern Vietnamese lexicon is of Chinese origin. The majority of these words are often assumed to have originated in much the same manner as late Sino-Korean and Sino-Japanese borrowed forms: ... -
Lactation And Choline Intake Influence Biomarkers Of Choline Metabolism
(2013-08-19)This study examined the influence of lactation, and choline intake during lactation, on biomarkers of choline metabolism. Lactating (n=27) and control (n=21) women were randomized to 480 or 930mg choline/d for 10-12 wks; ... -
Lactose oxidase: a preservative of dairy products
(2018-08-30)Lactose oxidase (LO) oxidizes lactose to lactobionic acid, producing H2O2 that could act as an antimicrobial and activate the lactoperoxidase system (LPS), an antimicrobial system present in milk. We evaluated the antimicrobial ... -
Laminations On The Circle And Hyperbolic Geometry
(2014-08-18)We develop a program studying group actions on the circle with dense invariant laminations. Such actions naturally and frequently arise in the study of hyperbolic manifolds. We use the convergence group theorem to prove ... -
Land And Community: Property Rights And The Future Of Rural Landscapes
(2011-01-31)This dissertation is comprised of four separate articles describing four separate studies, all of which deal with property rights and problems of collective action in land use. Each of the studies addresses the same central ... -
Land Use Rights Transaction, Credit Choices, Risk Rationing, And Entrepreneurship Amongst Chinese Farm Households
(2012-01-31)Using data from 730 farm households in Shaanxi province collected in November 2010, three studies focusing on a policy reform allowing Chinese farmers to transact land use rights and its impact on risk rationing in a rural ... -
LAND USE, SEASONAL, AND DROUGHT EFFECTS ON PHOSPHORUS FROM OWASCO LAKE TRIBUTARIES
(2019-05-30)Non-point source pollution (NPS), especially from agricultural runoff, is a leading contributor to water quality impairments in the U.S. Lately, attention to nutrient pollution, specially to phosphorus, has arisen due to ... -
Land, Power And The Production Of Agriculture In Tanzania And Uganda
(2011-01-31)In 2007 the World Bank released the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development signifying a reinvigorated interest in sub-Saharan Africa‟s agricultural crisis (World Bank 2007). As part of the debate, ... -
Land, State-Building, and Political Authority in Africa
(2017-01-30)This dissertation examines the effect of customary institutions on the state’s control over property rights, in an era of booming demand for African agricultural land. Through the cases of Zambia and Senegal, the dissertation ... -
Land, Trees, and Gold: The Politics of Resource Claims by Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia
(2019-05-30)This dissertation analyzes the process of claims-making over natural resources in Indonesia, particularly within conservation zones. Using a framework of marginalization and inequality in the distribution and access to ...
