This thesis focuses on a distinctive period in Karian history marked by the Hekatomnid dynasty in the 4th century BC. The basic question is the ways in which the Hekatomnid power was reflected in the Karian settlement practices and urban imagery. In this regard Maussollos, the most well-known member of the Hekatomnid dynasty, and his policies, including vast building projects and synoikismoi activities, are important indicators in giving a hint on Karian political praxis for the solution of conjectural problems arising from Karia&amp / #8217 / s being &amp / #8216 / in-between&amp / #8217 / Greece and Persia. On the other hand, it is suggested that these particular Hekatomnid power practices are displayed in the urban imagery, where &amp / #8216 / scenographic planning&amp / #8217 / is observed to have been applied deliberately with this purpose, particularly in the Maussollan capital, Halikarnassos. Correspondingly, the Maussolleion is considered as the utmost level of Hekatomnid power display through the urban imagery founded by the scenographic planning in Halikarnassos.

This thesis includes two topics. The first topic is a data dispatcher design of a digital image processor for plasma display panels, which can be used in a 42-inch plasma display panel (PDP). The second one is a low-power small-area digital I/O cell design. The data dispatcher is applied to a 42-inch panel, which is produced by AUO corporation, as a test platform. It comprises FPGAs and RAMs to carry out data dispatching. The solution is verified to provide a better image quality, while the cost is also reduced. Regarding the low-power small-area digital I/O cell, we propose a totally different concept in contrast to traditional I/O cells. It is focused on low power consumption and small area. The proposed design is carried out by TSMC 1P5M 0.25 mm CMOS process at 2.5 V power supply. The power consumption is measured to be at least 51.4% less than prior works. The area is proven to be at least 44% more efficient.

<p>This thesis describes the development and use ofnon-immunoglobulin affinity proteins denoted affibodies asalternatives to antibodies in different immunotechnologyapplications. A 58 aa IgG Fc binding three-helix bundle domainZ, derived from staphylococcal protein A has been used asframework for library constructions, in which the face of themolecule involved in the native binding activity has beenengineered by combinatorial protein engineering. Recruting 13surface-located positions for simultanenous substitutionmutagenesis, using degenerated oligonucleotides for libraryassembly at the genetic level, two libraries differing in thechoice of codons were constructed to serve as general sourcesof novel affinity proteins. The libraries were adapted fordisplay on<i>E. coli</i>filamentous phage particles allowing<i>in vitro</i>selection of desired variants capable ofbinding a given target molecule. In selections using human IgAas target, several new IgA specific affibodies could beidentified. One variant Z_IgA1, was further investigated and showed binding toboth IgA1 and IgA2 human subclasses as well as to secretoryIgA. This variant was further demonstrated uesful as ligand inaffinity chromatography purification for recovery of IgA fromdifferent samples including unconditioned human plasma.Affibodies of different specificities were also fused to otherprotein domains to construct fusion proteins of relevance forimmunotechnology applications. Using Fc of human IgG as genefusion partner, "artificial antbodies" could be produced in<i>E. coli</i>as homodimeic proteins, where the antigenbinding was confered by N-terminally positioned affibodymoieties of different valencies. One area of application forthis type of constructs was demonstrated through specificdetection of the target protein by Western blotting. Exploitingthe uncomplicated structure of affibody affinity proteins, genefusions between affibodies and the homotetrameric reporterenzyme β-galactosidase were constructed, which could beproduced as soluble proteins intracellularly in<i>E. coli</i>. The potential use of such recombinantimmunoconjugates in immunotechnology was demonstrated in ELISAdot-blot and immunohistochemistry, where in the latter case IgAdepositions in the glomeruli of a human kidney biopsy could bespecfically detected with low background staining ofsurrounding tissues. In a novel format for sandwich ELISA, thepossible advantage of the bacterial origin of the affibodyclass of affinity proteins was investigated. As a means tocircumvent problems associated with the presence of humanheterophilic antibodies in serum, causing bakground signals dueto analyte-independent crosslinking of standard capture anddetection antibody reagents, assay formats based oncombinations of antibody and affibody reagents for capture anddetection were investigated and found to be of potentialuse.</p><p><b>Keywords:</b>phage display, combinatorial, affinity, IgAligand, immunohistochemistry, affibody-fusions</p>

Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. / Keywords: scene reconstruction vision, image based rendering, graphics, color consistency, specular objects. Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-57).

München, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2008

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-171).

Zugl.: Oldenburg, Univ., Diss.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-92).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2010. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S. in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Christian J. Darken, Joseph A. Sullivan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-92). Also available online.