Lambic and other barrel-aged beer styles are gaining popularity in the United States and Europe and are often treated as a premium product that can command a premium price. However, these styles can be prone to spoilage during the barrel-aging process, which represents a significant time and product commitment by...
Septoria canker remains the most important disease of poplars in intensively managed forest plantations. Genetic resistance has long been considered the best way to manage for this disease. Transgenic resistance mediated by RNA silencing against pathogens and pests (HIGS: host-induced gene silencing) has shown promise in other pathosystems but has...
Oomycetes are an important group of organisms with a variety of ecological roles similar to fungi. Although many are well-studied plant pathogens known for their devastating effects on agricultural systems, most are little-studied saprobes and parasites of plants and animals in nearly every ecosystem on earth. The advent of affordable...
The electron, gamma and neutron radiation degradation of III-V semiconductors
and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) is investigated in this thesis.
Particular attention is paid to InP and InGaAs materials and InP/InGaAs
abrupt single HBTs (SHBTs). Complete process sequences for fabrication of
InP/InGaAs HBTs are developed and subsequently employed to produce...
We examine the interactions and feedbacks between bathymetry, waves, currents, and
sediment transport. The first two pro jects focus on the use of remote sensing techniques
to expand our knowledge of the nearshore. Due to the plethora of snap-shot data that is
available from satellites and their distribution via Google...
Oxides of post-transition metals often show unique structures and properties due to the presence of lone pair electrons and the diffused s orbitals. The present work focuses on synthesis and characterizations of oxides containing Te, a heavy post transition metal.
New series of pyrochlore oxides of the formula Cs(M,Te)₂O₆ (M...
The nature of the isoprenoid pathway and diversity of biologically
significant products suggests that the pathway may be highly regulated,
particularly under stress conditions, where the availability of high
energy intermediates is limited. It was postulated that germinating
seeds suffer from a limited supply of available energy and must therefore...