There is an increasing body of evidence that the pineal gland acts
as a neuroendocrine transducer, translating neural information about
environmental lighting condition into hormonal information. In the
rat, light controls the production of melatonin which acts via the
hypothalamic-hypophyseal pathway to control the function of the gonads,
A similar...
Unlike other biosensing, electrochemical biosensor has the advantages of robustness, easy miniaturization, excellent detection limits, and capability in handling small analyte volumes. The detection selectivity of the electrochemical biosensors is mainly supported by bioreceptors. However, these receptors always suffer from the performance variation caused by the environment and the thermal-...
This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper focuses on the environmental impacts of land use and their implications for the design on water quality trading policies. The second and third papers address local land use regulations and their impact on land values...
This study is intended to investigate and propose a systematic method for uncertainty quantification for the computer code validation application. Uncertainty quantification has gained more and more attentions in recent years. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requires the use of realistic best estimate (BE) computer code to follow the rigorous...
A statistical analysis technique for estimating bit-error rate (BER) and eye
opening is presented for both NRZ and duobinary signaling schemes. This method
enables fast and accurate BER distribution simulation of a serial link transceiver
including channel and circuit imperfections, such as finite pulse rise/fall time, duty cycle
variation, and...
Five experiments were conducted to investigate the
effect of dietary fish meal on the incidence of Sudden Death
Syndrome (SDS) in broiler chickens. Growth, feed
efficiency, total mortality and mortality due to SDS were
evaluated. Necropsy examination was performed on broilers
suspected of dying from SDS. Liver lipid and fatty...
Most of existing commercial unsaturated polyester (UPE) resins are typically composed of a UPE and a high amount of highly volatile, flammable, and toxic styrene. The emission of hazardous styrene in the handling of the UPE resins and the preparation and use of fiber-reinforced UPE composites poses severe hazards to...
Several horizontal flight segments from SESAME and
ALPEX are studied using structure functions and specral
analysis methods. Theoretical analysis of the relative
errors in structure function and correlation function in
the presence of large scale wave activity is presented. The
effect of stratification and shear on the -5/3 inertial
subrange...
Community colleges today are experiencing monumental shifts in their operating
environments. Some of these changes are known, but many of them are not. They
include shifts in curriculum, funding, and societal expectation to name a few. Through
the constructs of high quality work environment and organizational fluidity theory, this
research...