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Coherent acoustic phonons in metal/dielectric superlattices
(2009-11-05)
Pulsed infrared laser annealing experiments on metal implanted
dielectric matrices were performed, using a free electron laser as a
source of infrared radiation at 8 and 9 *m wavelengths. This was
the first study where ...
Characterizing eukaryotic single cell motility via bimodal analysis
(2009-12-16)
Bimodal analysis, a cellular-scale approach to studying eukaryotic single cell migration by performing a model-based analysis of single cell video-microscopy data, is described. The bimodal framework that is a generalization ...
Divided we fail: economic inequality, social mistrust, and political instability in Latin American democracies
(2009-01-08)
Although it is well-established, at least since Aristotle, that high levels of economic inequality produce political instability, the underlying mechanism by which this link works has been largely underspecified. By placing ...
Development of combined Raman spectroscopy - optical coherence tomography for the detection of skin cancer
(2009-12-23)
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with an incidence rate that continues to rise. Fortunately, it can be highly curable if detected at an early stage. Best clinical practices require physicians to ...
Network and Service Failure Restoration and Prevention in Multi-hop Wireless and Mobile Networks
(2009-12-01)
Wireless networks are more prone to failures than their wireline counterparts. The unique characteristics of wireless networks introduce fundamental challenges to the design of restoration related wireless networks that ...
The role of lipid second messengers in angiogenesis and the vascular endothelium response to radiation.
(2009-11-24)
The findings presented in this dissertation identify cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) as a key component in tumor angiogenesis and the response of vascular endothelial cells to therapeutic doses of ionizing radiation ...
Surface and bulk defects in cadmium zinc telluride and cadmium manganese telluride crystals
(2009-11-23)
This dissertation reports the study of defects in Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) and Cadmium Manganese Telluride (CMT) nuclear detectors. In this dissertation I studied the defects associated with surface processing of ...
The role of class identity in political orientations
(2009-12-10)
For a variety of reasons, scholars have increasingly turned their attention to the role of gender, race, and ethnicity and away from social class during recent decades. This paper argues that through class identity’s ...
A control approach to human-like locomotion in biped robots. with An approach for numerical simulation of constrained mechanical systems
(2009-12-10)
There has been considerable research devoted to control and experimental realization of bipedal locomotion with the aim to develop a fully functional humanoid robot. Similar to humans, such a robot should be able to walk ...
Optical spectroscopy for the evaluation of surgical margin status following breast cancer resection
(2009-12-23)
The presence of tumor within 1-2 millimeters of the surgical margin following partial mastectomies is strongly correlated with the risk of local breast tumor recurrence; thus, there is a need to develop a non-invasive, ...