DEDICATION To my husband Jeffrey, my parents, and my son v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I need to thank of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry Department for giving me such an invaluable chance to study here. Thank you to my advisor and mentor, Professor Sankaran Thayumanavan, for the chance to do research in such a wonderful research group. Thank you for all of the direction, s...

iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Sharma Chakravarthy, for giving me an opportunity to work on this challenging topic and providing me ample guidance and support through the course of this research. I am grateful to Altaf Gilani and Dustin for their invaluable help and advice during the implementation of this work. I would like to thank all my friends in the ITLAB for th...

Abstract Background Respiratory virus infections (RVIs) in adult hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) candidates have been shown to impact posttransplant outcomes; however, there are few studies pediatric patients. We sought evaluate the role of specific viruses and location viral infection on post HCT outcomes. Methods evaluated allogeneic recipients receiving myeloablative conditioning from 3/...

The p r o j e c t n o t e p r e s e n t s t h e c o m p u t e r p rog ram GECO (GEometry C O n s u l t e r ) , wh i ch g e n e r a t e s e x p l a n a t i o n s ( d e s c r i p t i o n s ) o f g e o m e t r i c a l c o n c e p t s i n B u l g a r i a n . Ti le p rog ram r e p l i e s t o q u e s t i o t ~ s such as "What i s X" , "Compare X and Y ' , where X and Y a r e c o n c e p t s i n g e ...

To My Parents, Family and Friends iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Sharma Chakravarthy, for giving me an opportunity to work on this challenging topic and providing me ample guidance and support through the course of this research. Elkhalifa for their invaluable help and advice during the implementation of this work. I would like to thank all my frien...