There are various kinds of noise that affects DNA array data and it is a challenge to obtain high quality data from an experiment. Background correction is a first step for DNA array data processing; however, current methods ...

Surface water is used for drinking by many people around the world. E. coli is the most frequently used bacterial indicator used for assessing water quality. The survival, sources, and concentrations of E. coli were ...

The performance of communication and storage systems can be improved if the data being sent or stored has certain patterns and structure. In particular, some benefit if the frequency of the symbols is balanced. This ...

This dissertation reports on the findings of a single, embedded, interpretive case study centered on nine teachers, supportt staff and administrators in a small, fledgling, faith-baised, independent school in a major city ...

This thesis consists of a close textual reading of the three chapters of Book VI of the Florentine Codex in which the ritual bathing of the Nahua infant is described. Bernardino de Sahagún’s Spanish translation is compared, ...

This study compared the effects on children of two schoolgrounds chosen for maximum variability of vegetation, one richly biodiverse and the other relatively barren. A total of 349 children in grades one through seven ...

Many older adults experience complications related to hospitalization. The most prevalent of complications is delirium which often goes undetected and untreated and results in increased morbidity and mortality. Nurses ...

First, the baryonic content of simulated halos of virial masses between 5 x 10^{9} M_{\odot}$ to 5 x 10^{12} M_{\odot}$ in the APOSTLE project is examined in the context of the missing baryon problem. Baryonic particles ...

This dissertation identified key parallels between the theories of place attachment and interpersonal attachment, a comparison that then informed three objectives of the research program: (1) to explore the functions of ...