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Iwould like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Sharma Chakravarthy for giv-ing me an opportunity toworkonthischallenging topic and for providing continuous guidance, advice, and support throughout the course of this research work. I thank Dr. Eric Hanson and Dr. Li-Min Fu for serving on my super...

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Summary:Iwould like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Sharma Chakravarthy for giv-ing me an opportunity toworkonthischallenging topic and for providing continuous guidance, advice, and support throughout the course of this research work. I thank Dr. Eric Hanson and Dr. Li-Min Fu for serving on my supervisory committee and for their careful perusal of this thesis. I would like to thank Sharon Grant for main-taining a well administered research environment. I also thank many ofmy friends for making my stay in Gainesville memorable. On a more personal note, I would like tothankmy father Dr. Sami Anwar, my mother Mrs. Afaf Anwar, my great bother Tarek, my two wonderful sisters Hanan and Nahla, and my cute little nephew Tamer. Without their love, support and