The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) facilitates communication between parts of the Internet by determining paths by which data can get from one network to any other. Just as IP is used ubiquitously as an addressing scheme, BGP is used ubiquitously...
Plant genetic engineering. ; Plants -- Effect of cadmium on. ; Cadmium -- Physiological transport.
Iron plays a central role in key biological processes in both plants and animals. Lack of available iron commonly limits plant growth and nutritional value. Worldwide, dietary iron is primarily obtained from plant sources and, despite our best...
Arabidopsis -- Effect of metals on. ; Zinc -- Physiological transport. ; Iron -- Physiological transport. ; Plants -- Effect of iron on. ; Plants -- Effect of zinc on.
Iron and zinc deficiency commonly limit plant growth and crop yields. Furthermore, deficiencies in both of these micronutrients are common throughout the world, particularly in developing countries where people may only consume simple diets...
Early renal changes during diabetes include sodium (Na) retention and renal hypertrophy. Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) is elevated during diabetes and is implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. We tested the hypothesis that TNF...
This study presents δ18O analyses of garnets microsampled by laser fluorination from two localities in the deep seated, Barrovian metamorphic terrane of eastern Vermont. The broad goals of the research were to constrain further the amount,...
Mast cells -- Immunology. Mast cells -- Physiology. Dendritic cells. Immunological tolerance -- Molecular aspects. Medical Term Cell Degranulation.
Mast cells (MC) have until recently been regarded as pro-inflammatory, however this view changed with the observation that the absence of MC impairs the development of transplant tolerance to allografts. However, little is known about whether MC...
The increasing demand for transportation energy coupled with the need to reduce carbon emissions for a sustainable future are driving forces to develop alternative fuels. One promising alternative to petroleum is conversion of lignocellulosic...
Estradiol is a key regulator of immune protection in the female reproductive tract (FRT). Its concentration varies during the menstrual cycle, leading to changes in innate immune protection. In this thesis, I demonstrate the multiple levels at...
Recent technological advances have fostered the emergence of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), which consist of tiny, wireless, battery-powered nodes that are expected to revolutionize the ways in which we understand and construct complex physical...
The Maine Coastal Current (MCC) flows south-westward along the New England coast in the Gulf of Maine. Red tides, river-borne pollutants, and biological species are hypothesized to be transported by the MCC. The transport pathways, and their...
Intracellular transport between the ER and Golgi is mediated by vesicles that bud from donor membranes and then fuse with acceptor membranes. Bi-directional vesicle transport maintains distinct organelle composition through a process known as...
Stark-geometry photorefractive multiple quantum well (PR-MQW) spatial light modulators (SLMs) show promise for several optoelectronic applications such as high-speed image correlation and real-time 3-D holographic imaging. Their performance is...
Quantum dots. Heterostructures. Metal oxide semiconductors -- Design and construction. Silicon oxide. Electron gas. Ohmic contacts. Microelectronics -- Technological innovations.
Solid-state approaches to quantum computing include quantum dot qubit implementations based on the Loss-DiVincenzo proposal. Prior work in GaAs two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) materials serves as a proving ground for device designs that can be...
Studies of the secretory pathway have revealed a multitude of secretory proteins that depend on the coat protein complex II (COPII) for export from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in transport vesicles. Some secretory proteins require protein...
Zinc -- Physiological transport. Arabidopsis thaliana -- Physiology. Homeostasis. Trace elements in plant nutrition.
Zinc deficiency is a widespread and common problem in many organisms. In plants, zinc deficiency causes growth inhibition, resulting in reduced final yields. Although zinc is an essential element in plants, zinc uptake, translocation and...
The processes affecting gas transport through the firn column are important to understand in order to accurately interpret climate records from ice cores. Historically, density measurements have been used to estimate open and closed porosity in the...
Vibrio cholerae is the etiologic agent of cholera in humans. Intestinal colonization occurs via ingestion of contaminated food and water and results in symptoms that include the production of the characteristic rice water stool, vomiting, and...
Solar (Computer architecture). ; Ubiquitous computing. Sensor networks. ; Detectors. ; User interfaces (Computer systems).
The complexity of developing context-aware pervasive-computing applications calls for distributed software infrastructures that assist applications to collect, aggregate, and disseminate contextual data. In this dissertation, we present a Context...
Coherent states. Quantum field theory. Nonlinear theories.
In this thesis we study the properties of time-dependent, nontopological configurations and their effect on the macroscopic properties of a system described by a nonlinear field theory. These structures seem to be ubiquitous in relativistic field...
The ubiquitous complexity of common diseases is one of the biggest challenges facing the field of personalized treatments and precision medicine. This complexity can be attributed to various sources such as the genetic make-up of an individual,...
Protein secretion is executed by the secretory pathway, which involves the delivery of membrane and soluble secretory proteins in vesicle intermediates that capture newly-synthesized proteins assembled in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and then...
Breast -- Magnetic resonance imaging. Breast -- Tomography. Near infrared spectroscopy. Optical tomography. Imaging systems -- Design and construction. Diagnostic imaging -- Mathematical models.
The eukaryotic secretory pathway delivers proteins and lipids to their correct destination in a regulated manner. Transport through the secretory pathway is mediated by vesicles or tubular elements that bud from donor compartments. These transport...