Accurate prediction of sea level and sea current is of significant importance for a large variety of issues affecting coastal residents and businesses. Tidal height and tidal current predictions are published by the National ...

The US beef, pork, and broiler industry structures have undergone significant changes over the course of the last thirty years. Such changes include increased concentration at the wholesale/packer level as well as increased ...

This paper investigates representations of individuals produced via text and photography in Marcel Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time' and Roland Barthes's 'Camera Lucida' with special emphasis on representations of maternal ...

Methods to automatically convert graphics into raised-line images have been recently investigated. In this thesis, concepts from previous research are extended to the vector graphics case, producing tactile pictures in ...

Recent events, including the attacks of September 11, 2001, have brought into light the need to understand and assess the vulnerability of civil infrastructure systems to terrorist threats. The vulnerability of the nation's ...

The rate and selectivity of chemical reactions on transition metal surfaces can be controlled by using different bimetallic combinations. The interaction of bimetallic components leads to a change in the electronic properties ...

Americans have long had a fascination with ideas of memory, history, and preservation. Following World War II, the United States experienced a surge in the formation of organizations committed to preserving historic sites ...

The mammalian eye consists of many structures that work together to allow for proper vision. Importantly, the lens, a transparent structure which sits behind the cornea and iris, must develop properly and remain clear, ...

Tetrahymena thermophila are ciliates that live in freshwater environments. Little is known about their reaction to hypoxic stress. Hypoxia is thought to induce the glyoxylate cycle, a variant of the tricarboxylic acid ...

vii ABSTRACT Dosage compensation is referred to as the process that corrects dosage imbalance for X linked genes between male and female mammals. However, unlike mammals, there is evidence that the homogametic sex in ...