While the HPCS languages (Chapel, Fortress and X10) have introduced improvements in programmer productivity, several challenges still remain in delivering high performance. In the absence of optimization, the high-level ...

To improve the understanding of aerosol composition, sources, and spatial and temporal variations, atmospheric aerosols were characterized in three locations. Ambient aerosols were characterized using 24-hour samples ...

In this work, gene therapy was combined with cell therapy to tackle three tissue engineering applications. The goal of the first project was to promote endothelialization of tissue engineering vascular grafts (TEVGs). We ...

Compressive sensing (CS) is a novel sampling methodology representing a paradigm shift from conventional data acquisition schemes. The theory of compressive sensing ensures that under suitable conditions compressible signals ...

The discovery of neural stem cells (NSC) within the adult mammalian brain continues to fuel optimism regarding the ability of potential regenerative medicine applications to provide enhanced functional recovery from brain ...

Protease activity has been demonstrated to be an important prognostic and predictive marker in diseases such as cancer and stroke. As such, much attention has been given to the development of diagnostic tools that would ...

Mineral scale formation is important to many areas of science and engineering, from drinking water treatment to oceanography to oil and gas production. In some cases mineral deposition is beneficial, as in water treatment ...

Computer software is ubiquitous. More than 35 × 10 18 computer instructions are executed around the globe each second. As computers dominate more aspects of our lives, there is a growing need to reason more accurately about ...

The problem of modeling systems from frequency response measurements is of interest to many engineers. In electronics, we wish to construct a macromodel from tabulated impedance, admittance or scattering parameters to ...

Atomic force microscope (AFM) is an important tool for measuring the topographical and other properties of a sample with nanometer resolution. The cantilever probe of the AFM is influenced by nonlinear interaction forces ...