This paper proposes and evaluates a WSN based system for target tracking in small areas. The system can be applied in surveillance, rural or industry monitoring, where a particular zone, for instance, surroundings of an entrance should be controlled. The system is able to store the target movement patterns and it allows for their identification using video sensors connected to strategically dep...

The concept of an electrostatic motif on the surface of biological macromolecules as a definite topographical pattern of electrostatic potentials in three-dimensional space, provides a powerful tool for identification of functionally important regions on the surface of structurally related macromolecules. Using this approach, we identify a functional region common to cholinesterases (ChEs) and ...

ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I extend my thanks to my committee chair, Dr. Polad Shikhaliev, for all his advice and help in research and preparation of this thesis and to all of the members of my supervisory committee: for their assistance and taking time to serve on my supervisory committee. I also thank Shannon Fritz for her selfless help with every aspect of the research project. When it came to the p...