“…The reference section offers a complete list of the publications resulting from this project. The papers are organized as follows: (a) Papers ( [7], [13], [4], [12], [8]) are published in peer-reviewed journals ; (b) Papers ( [14], [15], [16], [17], [2], [1], [3], [10]) are published in non-peerreviewed journals or in conference proceedings; (c) There are no papers presented at meetings, but not published in conference proceedings; (d) Papers ( [18], [19], [5], [20], [11], [9]) are manuscripts submitted or in preparation, but not published; and (e) Papers ( [21], [22], [23]) are M.S. and Ph.D. theses resulting from the grant.…”