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Cyber safety : a systems thinking and systems theory approach to managing cyber security risks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
If we are to manage cyber security risks more effectively in today's complex and dynamic Web 2.0 environment, then a new way of thinking is needed to complement traditional approaches. According to Symantec's 2014 Internet ...
Privatizing the Saudi electricity sector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Electricity demand in Saudi Arabia has been growing rapidly with an average peak demand growth rate of 6% over the past decade. Currently, the structure of the electricity industry is based on a monopoly framework dominated ...
Self-Interfaces : utilizing real-time biofeedback in the wild to elicit subconscious behavior change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
In this thesis, I introduce Self-Interfaces as a method for creating behavior change. Self-Interfaces are interfaces that intuitively communicate relevant aspects of covert physiological signals through biofeedback to give ...
Applying machine learning techniques to the analysis of policy data of the military health enterprise
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
It is common practice in organizational research to apply policy analysis to better understand how an enterprise is approaching and addressing a particular topic of interest. The approach to policy analysis commonly used ...
An experimental and theoretical tool for studying the language of geometric concepts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
In this thesis, I propose concretizing the Piagetian view of children as 'gifted learners' to children as 'gifted language builders', who construct and learn many languages to reduce their uncertainty about the world. These ...
Sex-specific computationally generated biomarkers for cardiovascular risk stratification post acute coronary syndrome
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Women who present with symptoms consistent with an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) are often under-diagnosed and under-represented in clinical trials. Moreover, there are data to suggest that women with cardiovascular disease ...
Assessing the impact of annotation on understanding and retaining online news articles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Today's online news readers are distracted and inundated with content. Readers tend to skim and spend little time reading an article, leaving them less informed and sometimes, unknowingly, incorrectly informed since they ...