DEDICATION To my parents Yueying and Fugui, for bring me to this beautiful world To my friends, for making my life vivid To my wife Jessie, for your endless love and patience To my daughter Lillian, for the joy you bring to us everyday v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to gratefully and sincerely thank Dr. Csaba Andras Moritz for his guidance, understanding and patience throughout my graduate stud...

chief contributions to science with their dates : " 1857, Fermentations; 1860, Spontaneous Generation ; 1865, Diseases of Wine and Beer ; 1868, Diseases of Silkworms ; 1881, Virus and Vaccines ; 1885, Prophylaxis Against Rabies." Yet these are but some of the milestones along the road of scientific investigation and discovery, which throughout a long life Pasteur pursued without faltering. In a...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare autosomal recessive disease that displays genetic heterogeneity; there are 9 known subtypes. HPS is characterized by oculocutaneous albinism, a platelet storage pool deficiency and resultant bleeding diathesis, and lysosomal accumulation of ceroid lipofuscin. Patients with HPS, specifically those with the genotypes HPS-1, HPS-2, or HPS-4, are predispose...

The concept of defensive style provides a rich addition to the understanding our clients and factors which inhibit their joy in life satisfaction relationships. Defensive differs from character structure. But, like structure, it can be viewed through observations client’s body memories childhood relational experiences. This paper explores lens style, explains how includes bioenergetic methods o...

steadily brighter. The age of development, however, is one in which the subsequent physical and mental welfare is largely predetermined. Though the child's life be fairly safe, his fortune still lies largely in the hands of his parents, his environment, his teacher, and his physician. First must be met the burdens of heredity, producing thousands of sickly, deformed, and neurotic children. A pe...

PROF. TOMÁŠEK’S LIFE O. Zahradníček, V. Woznicová (Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, and St. Anne’s Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic): Some moments of Prof. Tomášek’s life – Part 1. Prof. Václav Tomášek, the long-time head of the Institute of Microbiology of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and the Faculty Hospital, Brno, was an admirable perso...

A feature-based algorithm for spike sorting involving intelligent feature-weighting mechanism." MS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It gives me great pleasure to present my Master's thesis titled 'A feature-based algorithm for spike sorting involving intelligent feature-weighting mechanism' in partial fulfillment of my MS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. suggestions throughout the research work. H...

Ron Henry, an artist based in Grand Junction, CO, provided the cover art for Fall 2022 edition of The Open Journal Occupational Therapy (OJOT). “On Trail to Durango” is a 36” x painting made from oil and acrylic on gesso board. has been creating beautiful since he was child. Art with strong sense purpose throughout his life. At age 90, attributes longevity living healthy lifestyle regular engag...