The step from unicellular to multicellular organisms was a major milestone in evolution. This was achieved by the generation of membrane-associated cell adhesion molecules. Cell adhesion is not only an essential component but sometimes even a driving force in the creation of the structural and functional complexity observed during metazoan evolution. The way multicellular organisms are morpholo...

Given the importance of IT investments in today’s organization, firms tend to spend increasing amounts of time and resources to better manage IT projects. However these projects continue to have high failure rates thus highlighting the need for improved risk management. A stream of IS research has focused on identifying several causes of managerial risks. The theory base that has been used in t...

Synthetic biology has presented engineers with a fascinating opportunity: can we understand the principles of our origins – animal embryonic development – by reengineering it in the laboratory? I investigate, from an engineer’s perspective, some of problems that arise in developing geometric form in a deformable substrate. More abstractly, I attack the problem of establishing spatial patterns, ...

In this work, the empirical parameterization describing the alpha particles’ track depth in CR-39 detectors is extended to describe longitudinal track profiles against etching time for protons and alpha particles. MATLAB based software is developed for this purpose. The software calculates and plots the depth, diameter, range, residual range, saturation time, and etch rate versus etching time. ...