encouragement and insightful guidance throughout my Ph.D. studies. I am also grateful to Professors Gábor C. Temes, Karti Mayaram and Terri Fiez for their helps in both research and academic matters. I would also like to acknowledge all members of my committee, for taking the time to serve on my defense. All my colleagues in the Analog Group have not hesitated to offer their help to me. First, ...

This paper explores the role of unionization on the wages of Hispanic workers in the US from 1994 to 2013. Preliminary evidence indicates a 25 to 29 percent positive wage gap between unionized Hispanic male workers and their non-unionized counterparts. Once we control for socio-demographic characteristics and account for non-random selection into union membership, there is still a positive effe...

A 62-year-old male carpenter working as a parquet floor fitter, with no previous skin disease, presented with an outbreak of itchy, erythematous and scaly lesions on the back of the hands, neck, cheeks, and forehead. He had experienced a similar episode 1month earlier. On both occasions, the patient had beenworking 48h earlier with an unusual parquet wood imported from Brazil, named garapia. Th...

Anogeissus acuminata (family Combretaceae) is a plant widely distributed in western parts of India like North Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. Parts of this plant are used in treatment of different conditions in traditional medicine. The plant is also used in other parts of world such as Thailand for treatment of diabetes mellitus. The plant is evaluated for various pharmacological actio...

Objective: To evaluate and compare anti-oxidant anti-inflammatory activity of methanolic aqueous extract Anogeissus latifolia leaves Methods: The in vitro antioxidant was investigated using nitric oxide radical inhibition assay, hydroxyl scavenging DPPH free reducing power assay. erythrocyte membrane stabilization, protein denaturation, proteinase inhibitory the vivo carrageenan-induced rat paw...