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This PhD dissertation presents developed standardized tools for risk assessment which fill in the current gap between rapid, user-friendly tools and sophisticated tools designed for use by scientists and engineers, with respect to flood risk analysis. This research commenced with an identification of major influencing parameters and data used to compute flood hazard and assess community vulnerability. From these results, key components were identified and applications which compute flood hazard…

A hopeful writer’s dream is fraught by personal troubles and his feelings of obligation to care for his struggling family. BRIEF SYNOPSIS In a small fishing village in Nova Scotia, a young, hopeful Callum idolizes his fisherman father. An essay about his father highlights Callum’s hidden talent as a writer and his teacher encourages Callum to follow his passion and to write for others. Unfortunately, life hinders Callum’s dream when his alcoholic father quits his job and the family is forced…

CRP was identified from patients with acute pneumococcal pneumonia at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (Tillett and Francis, 1930), a name that reflects its reaction with the C-polysaccharide of Pneumococcus. This pentameric protein with MW 118 kDa has five non-covalently bonded and non-glycosylated identical subunits of 206 amino acids each to form a disk-shaped pentagon (Fig. 1). CRP has been proven as an early indicator of infectious or inflammatory conditions as well as a…

The key to a fruitful and healthy relationship is communication and understanding one another; without it, love will fade away into the darkness, failing to grow as both parties separate. Such ideas are in The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan, where she explores the development of relationships through identity and word. Ruth Young, the protagonist, struggles with comprehending the actions of her mother, LuLing, from her youth and present, of which an Alzheimer’s diagnosis exacerbates those…