Based on data from the 1990 Indonesian Census and the 1991 Demographic and Health Survey, analyses of fertility, fertility decline, and the use of contraceptive methods in Indonesia are presented. Two levels of analysis are carried out in this thesis:…

Program tracing is a common technique employed by software and hardware developers who are interested in characterizing the dynamic behavior of complex software systems. However, despite the popularity of trace-driven analyses, there are surprisingly few options for encoding trace data…

In order to perform meaningful experiments in optimizing compilation and runtime system design, researchers usually rely on a suite of benchmark programs of interest to the optimization technique under consideration. Programs are described as numeric, memory-intensive, concurrent, or object-oriented, based…

High-sulfidation epithermal deposits are genetically associated with calc-alkaline volcanism in subduction zones, and although these ore deposits are excellent places to focus research, subduction zone stratovolcanoes provide important windows on magmatic-hydrothermal processes that are not available from study of the…

To keep pace with the increasing user base and resulting processing requirements, enterprise and e-commerce applications need constant innovation in their application design and system architecture. Scalability and availability are the basic principles that must be adhered to by the…

This dissertation examines a number of syntactic and semantic aspects of the full set of TAM (tense-aspect-modal) markers in the dialect of Paciran Javanese (Western Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), spoken in East Java, Indonesia.First, I identify the inventory of TAM markers in…

The largest naturally-occurring lake of hyperacid brine in the world is located in the crater of Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia. The hyperacid Banyu Pahit River flows down the side of Kawah Ijen and is a major source…

Designers of software components can use finite-state properties to denote behavioral interface specifications which enforce client-side programming rules that state how the components ought to be used. This allows users of these components to check their client code for compliance…