A method for the determination of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHCs) was developed. In this study, functionalized polysulfone membrane has been utilized as a sorbent for the extraction of CHCs in water samples. Two different functionalized polysulfones, (i) phosphonic acid function…
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This dissertation describes a study of Raman coherence effects using superconducting quantum circuits. Raman coherence can occur in a three-level system driven by two coherent electromagnetic fields. In a suitable system with a metastable state, the effect is typically manifest …
The use of systems of differential equations in mathematical modelling in conjunction with epidemiology continues to be an area of focused research. Chapter one briefly acquaints readers with epidemiology, cholera, and the need for effective control strategies. Chapter two of th…
Stilbenoids are polyphenolic compounds that are believed to protect plants against abiotic and biotic stresses. Importantly, an increasing number of these specialized plant metabolites have been associated with potential health benefits in humans. Therefore, understanding the mo…
The work described herein has explored solid-phase transduction of nucleic acid hybridization on platforms composed of paper substrates, and also glass surfaces within glass/polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic channels. Single-stranded probe oligonucleotides were conjugated to qua…
A broad class of important materials, such as silicon carbide (SiC), are fabricated by temperature-controlled pyrolysis of pre-ceramic polymers. In particular, fabrication of SiC membranes by pyrolysis of a polymer precursor that contains Si is quite attractive for separation of…
Massive young star clusters and OB associations (M > 10 4 [special characters omitted]) dominate the energetic feedback from stars into the interstellar medium. They contain the most massive and luminous stars in the Galaxy, which shape their environments through winds, ionizing…
Oxadiazoles, thiadiazoles and their derivatives are important classes of heterocyclic compounds and have created great interest in synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry due to their versatile medicinal potential. 1,3,4-oxadiazole and 1,3,4-thiadiazole rings containing compou…
Electromagnetic shielding is becoming more and more important with the abundance of wireless devices. Therefore a need has arisen for more versatile, flexible and low-cost solutions for shielding. For these requirements, carbon microfiber material has been proposed for electroma…
This dissertation is mainly focused on assimilation of data into hydrodynamic models of water flow in open channel networks which is motivated by the need for accurate flow models in various applications such as emergency response and flood monitoring systems, automated gate sys…
This thesis reports the preparation of novel multi-responsive and multiply stimulable triblock copolymers. The resultant polymers were used to coat cotton fabrics and glass to render them amphiphobic. Further, a method was developed for the preparation of poly(ethylene glycol)- …
Replication protein A (RPA) is known to interact with guanine- (G-) rich sequences that adopt G-Quadruplex (GQ) structures. Most studies reported in the literature were performed on GQ formed by homogeneous sequences, such as the human telomeric repeat, and RPA's ability to unfo…
Curved carbon-rich materials such as carbon nanotubes and carbon nanocones have unique mechanical strength, charge carrying ability and structure. Efficient syntheses to access these strained structures are required to obtain usable quantities of these materials in order to expl…
2,3-Benzodiazepin-4-one (BDZ-11) derivatives are a special group of 2,3-benzodiazepine compounds. These compounds have been previously synthesized as AMPA receptor inhibitors, and they are also potential drugs for the treatment of various neurological diseases involving excessiv…
Polymelem possesses a polymeric structure of heptazine (C6N 7) rings connected by amine bridges and our study has demonstrated that it is a promising precursor for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing carbon materials. Nitrogen-containing carbon nanotube (NCNT) was produced by p…
Is there any similarity between the contexts of the Holy Bible and the Holy Quran, and can this be proven mathematically? The purpose of this research is using the Bible and the Quran as our corpus, we explore the performance of various feature extraction and machine learning te…
The following dissertation contains two distinct empirical essays which contribute to the overall field of Financial Economics. Chapter 1, entitled "The Determinants of Dynamic Dependence: An Analysis of Commodity Futures and Equity Markets," examines the determinants of the dyn…
The development of strategies to control the interface between biomolecules and a solid support is critical to a number of research areas, including drug discovery, tissue engineering, and gene microarray technology. In particular, tremendous effort has been extended toward inte…
The objective of this work is to research and develop new methods for multiscale modeling and simulation of the dynamic behavior of complex multiscale processes using multibody simulation methods. Many example applications may be found in the modeling of macro-biomolecular syste…