Human behavior during interactive communication can be complex, consisting of an interplay of data streams in multiple modalities, from multiple parties occurring with different orders and timings. This thesis focuses on ...

Finally, we consider the problem of modifying the algorithm for listing efficient extreme points to identify the extreme points contained in each maximal efficient face. As each efficient extreme point- is considered, an ...

In addition to the study of three different practical designs, generic investigations on the scaling effect and pebble wear are also conducted. The coupled modeling approach developed in this thesis can provide better ...

For the second half of this work, we move to a biological context in which we studied the effect of specific mutations in a protein. We find that in the context of the DnaE intein, mutations to the Thr69 residue can alter ...

In this research, a detailed procedure for effective calibration was introduced by decoupling the different phenomena in the experimental tests during the calibration process. This procedure maximizes the robustness of the ...

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Here I describe the structure-based design of macromolecular bioconjugates for the effective inhibition of three different diseases with broad public interest: anthrax, influenza, and HIV/AIDS. To that end, I have synthesized ...

As the span of our urban environments continue to grow, and industries supporting life in our cities proliferate, a key dilemma one can observe is the contamination of soil and a detrimental loss of biodiversity. This ...