This dissertation documents and analyzes the architecture of the working-class bathhouse - its emergence in the nineteenth-century and revision and continued elaboration in the twentieth. It is a case study that examines ...

<p>A three-dimensional tissue culture device previously described by Elliott et al. 1 is tested for its capacity to mimic cancer interstitial fluid pressure and interstitial pH. The device described by Elliott et al. is ...

<p>The Piedmont region of the southeastern United States has undergone considerable land-use change since settlement by Europeans and Africans. Forests were cleared for agriculture, followed centuries later by land ...

<p>Lichen-forming fungi employ a successful mode of nutrition as symbiotic partners with green algae and/or cyanobacteria (the photobiont). Nearly one fifth of all known fungi are obligate lichen formers, yet we know little ...

<p>Synthetic biology is an emerging technology field whose goal is to use biology as a substrate for engineering. Self-assembly is one of the many methods for fabricating such synthetic biosystems.</p><p>Self-assembly is ...

<p>Quantum chemical computations provide convenient and effective ways for molecular design using computers. In this dissertation, the molecular designs of optimal nonlinear optical (NLO) materials were investigated through ...

<p>Determining the genetic basis of adaptation has become a central focus of evolutionary biology, and the incorporation of increasingly sophisticated analytical tools from molecular biology has made identifying causal ...

<p>Diseases caused by smooth muscle dysfunction such as hypertension and asthma are major public health concerns, a better understanding of the signaling pathways that regulate smooth muscle contraction could identify new ...

<p>Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants formed from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and are found in the environment as complex mixtures. PAHs are developmentally ...

<p>Chronic exposure to toxicant mixtures is a serious threat to environmental and human health. It is especially important to understand the effects of these exposures for contaminants, such as polycyclic aromatic ...