FOLEY, KRISTEN MADSEN. Multivariate Spatial Temporal Statistical Models for Applications in Coastal Ocean Prediction. (Under the direction of Montserrat Fuentes and Lian Xie.) Estimating the spatial and temporal variation of surface wind fields plays an important role in modeling atmospheric and oceanic processes. This is particularly true for hurricane forecasting, where numerical ocean models...

Web surveys potentially cost less to administer and are more convenient for participants than either telephone or paper-based surveys, but concern remains about the representativeness of the respondents to the population. This research investigates the effectiveness of using Webbased survey methods by comparing response rates and demographic characteristics of the telephone-based and web-based ...

This article is the result of library research. research included in normative legal discussion aims to explain basis Islamic law on judge’s ex officio authority Nganjuk Religioun Court judges judgement talak-divorce cases, number: 2033/Pdt.G/2017/PA.Ngj. Researcher analysis data by maqāsid sharī'ah theory. The findings this study are that use efficio rights which does not follow civil procedur...

We examine Danish student participation in upper secondary and university education in 1985 and 2005 using a generalization of the famous Mare educational transition model. Factors not related to the observed characteristics of the household in which the respondent was raised have become more important relative to observable family background variables for upper secondary school success than th...

this research considers whenever husband's permission is necessary in islam jurisprudence. there are many traditionsabout this subject. these traditionsexpress that woman is obliged to get permission from her husband to do some religious act recommended such as fasting, pilgrimage,aitkafand other daily affairs such as leaving home, vow and so on.therefore,it is necessary to examine the imp...

BACKGROUND In Gambella region, inhabitants owe socio-cultural factors that might favor refusal for HIV testing service utilization among Antenatal Care attendees. OBJECTIVE To assess determinants for refusal of HIV testing service utilization among ANC attendees in Gambella Region. METHODS A comparative cross sectional study was conducted among ANC attendees from March 2008 to May 2008 in f...