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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1981. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [88]-91).

Thesis (M.S.)--Boise State University, 2009. / Title from t.p. of PDF file (viewed May 14, 2010). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-49).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (M. Eng.)--University of Louisville, 2004. / Department of Mechanical Engineering. Vita. "December 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-111).

Thesis (M.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-189) Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2006. / Typescript (photocopy). "August 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-179) and index. Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Texas State University-San Marcos, 2007. / Vita. Appendices: leaves 101-117. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 5-7, 33-36, 65-66, 95-98).

We are working to enable the engineering of integrated biological systems. Specifically, we would like to be able to build systems using standard parts that, when combined, have reliable and predictable behavior. Here, we define standard characteristics for describing the absolute physical performance of genetic parts that control gene expression. The first characteristic, PoPS, defines the level of transcription as the number of RNA polymerase molecules that pass a point on DNA each second, on a per DNA copy basis (PoPS = Polymerase Per Second; PoPSdc = PoPS per DNA copy). The second characteristic, RiPS, defines the level of translation as the number of ribosome molecules that pass a point on mRNA each second, on a per mRNA copy basis (RiPS = Ribosomes Per Second; RiPSmc = RiPS per mRNA copy). In theory, it should be possible to routinely combine devices that send and receive PoPS and RiPS signals to produce gene expression-based systems whose quantiative behavior is easy to predict. To begin to evaluate the utility of the PoPS and RIPS framework we are characterizing the performance of a simple gene expression device in E. coli growing at steady state under standard operating conditions; we are using a simple ordinary differential equation model to estimate the steady state PoPS and RiPS levels. / Poster presented at the 2005 ICSB meeting, held at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.

Table of corrections inserted opposite table of contents. Bibliography: p.191-212. Investigates calibration for errors of a synthetic aperture in Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar and Multiple Pass Synthetic Aperture Radar. Both are reviewed as the problems of array processing and are solved from the point of array calibration.