Xinglong Tan, Jian Wang, Shuanggen Jin and Xiaolin Meng (School of Environment and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China) (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China) (Department of Geomatics Engineering, Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey) (Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG), The Uni...

Olof Henricsson, Frank Bignone, Wolfram Willuhn, Frank Ade, Olaf K ubler Emmanuel Baltsavias , Scott Mason , Armin Grun Communication Technology Laboratory Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland Commision III, Working Group 2

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my major adviser, Dr. Maureen Sullivan, for his expertise and mentorship throughout my time at Oklahoma State University. She allowed me a considerable measure of independence on this project, which has been an invaluable professional learning experience. I would also like to express my gratitude to my other committee members, Drs. Their comments and s...

Effects of Wear Particles Generated at the Interface Between Total Hip Stem and Bone Cement on the Cytokine Release of Human Osteoblasts Robert Lenz1, Wolfram Mittelmeier1, Doris Hansmann1, Barbara Nebe2, Rainer Bader1 1Department of Orthopedics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; 2Departmant of Internal Medicine, Cellular Biology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany rainer.bader@med....

Doris L. Fortin,1 Venu M. Nemani,1 Susan M. Voglmaier,1 Malcolm D. Anthony,1 Timothy A. Ryan,2 and Robert H. Edwards1 1Departments of Neurology and Physiology, Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences, Cell Biology, and Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-2140, and 2Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New Yo...