The development of hydrogeology with respect to hard-rock and fractured-rock aquifers is described. differences between porous karst are explained, as well the groundwater flow regimes in different fractured rocks. A position taken on numerical modeling, from beginning modeling present day, focus particular challenges. Because importance aquifers, tools for exploration future resource managemen...

This thesis is composed by three independent essays on the limits of political accountability. In the first essay I analyze an extremely stylized model of political agency with two dimensional outcomes. I show that the non-contractible nature of rewards to the agent (the politician) is especially taxing when the voters want to control outcomes in more than one dimension. I compare and contrast ...

Innovations in financial services have created challenges for banks that Information Systems (IS) research can address. My interests involve transaction cost theory, substitution and complementarity theory, and consumer informedness theory to understand consumer behavior and firm performance in the omni-channel world of digital banking. At a high level, my research inquiry asks: How can financi...

Introduction: In order to benefit from the advantages of essay exams, one must be sure to reliably judge students based on essay test scores. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation of scores in the essay and MCQ parts of renal pathophysiology final exam and students’ views about the effect of the type of test on their study. Methods: This descriptive correlational survey wa...

I have been asked by the Editors to give some thoughts about the future of &complex systems approaches' and nonlinearist methodology in Economic Science. Since this will be an essay that will attempt to stimulate the readers into making up their own thoughts, projections, and guesstimates, this essay shall be written in &English'. This tack is taken here because the writing down of a particular...