Abstract:DEDICATIONThis dissertation is dedicated to my parents and my own family who have been always giving me unconditional love, indissoluble strength, endless inspiration.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAll of this would not have been possible had Dr. Robert G. Webster not taken me as his graduate student. I will always remember my first conversation with Dr. Webster about my rotating his lab and the first conversation with Dr. Webster at the day I officially joined the lab: "Work hard, young people." I have been doing nothin… Show more
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