This thesis deals with the theory of the primary nucleation and subsequent expansion of the superfluid 3He-B phase in the metastable, hypercooled A phase. An overview of the theory of dynamical phenomena in Fermi superfluids ...

The growth rates of Si(001) and Ge(001) by gas-source molecular-beam epitaxy (GS-MBE) from $\rm Si\sb2H\sb6$ and $\rm Ge\sb2H\sb6$ as a function of T$\sb{\rm s}$ are well described by a model based upon dissociative $\rm ...

Women's professional athletics in America---part business venture, part self-help group, part sociological movement---has become an intriguing site for exploring the relationship of women to the global socio-cultural matrix. ...

The bacterial population of the vaginal canal is a primate infant’s first exposure to the microbial community inhabiting the outside world. Yet, little is known about this community and the effect it might have on the ...

This dissertation explores J. S. Bach's Six Brandenburg Concertos in the light of a Bildprogrammatik, governed by the same principles that defined arrangements of Baroque art and sculpture, and with the royal hunt as its ...

The role of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTCase) in arginine metabolism in B. subtilis was examined. A purification procedure for OTCase was developed. Purified OTCase was characterized and used to elicit monospecific ...

This dissertation explores how individual members of Congress pursue policy goals by engaging with the bureaucracy. This behavior, which I call “backchannel policymaking”, is a new way of thinking about policymaking and ...

In this thesis, we study the importance of background knowledge in relation extraction systems. We not only demonstrate the benefits of leveraging background knowledge to improve the systems' performance but also propose ...

Backscattering ion channeling measurements were performed to determine the lattice site location of the constituents of two systems. For (GaSb) 1_x(Ge2)x spectra were obtained at a set of incident beam orientations ...