many difficulties not satisfactorily explained by my theory of descent with modification, but I cannot possibly believe that a false theory would explain so many classes of facts as I think it certainly does explain. On these grounds I drop my anchor, and believe the difficulties will slowly disappear.’ One of the virtues of Janet Browne’s outstanding biography, is the unassuming manner that re...

CHOI, KWANGBOM. P-Coffee: a new divide-and-conquer method for multiple sequence alignment (Under the direction of Dr. Dennis R. Bahler). We describe a new divide-and-conquer method, P-Coffee, for alignment of multiple sequences. P-Coffee first identifies candidate alignment columns using a position-specific substitution matrix (the T-Coffee extended library), tests those columns, and accepts on...

T digital divide has loomed as a public policy issue for over a decade. Yet, a theoretical account for the effects of the digital divide is currently lacking. This study examines three levels of the digital divide. The digital access divide (the first-level digital divide) is the inequality of access to information technology (IT) in homes and schools. The digital capability divide (the second-...