OF THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biology in the Graduate School of Arts and Science of Northeastern University, March 2012

OF THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Science of Northeastern University,

Ochterus santosi sp. nov., from the state of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, is described, illustrated, and compared with other species of the genus from the Americas. An identification key to the species recorded from the country is also presented.

OF DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biology in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Northeastern University, August, 2009

The paper contains a description of a new species of the subgenus Microsaurus Dejean, 1833, of the genus Quedius Stephens, 1829, based on specimens from northeastern North America (Canada: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick; USA: New Hampshire).

MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND BEHAVOIR AT WINTER FEEDING AND FALL BAITING STATIONS IN A POPULATION OF WHITE-TAILED DEER INFECTED WTTH BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE NORTHEASTERN LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.

OF DISSERTATION Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Northeastern University, April 2009

OF DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Northeastern University, January, 2012

E Bertaglia, F Zoppo, A Bonso, A Proclemer, R Verlato, L Corò, R Mantovan, D D’Este, F Zerbo, P Pascotto, on behalf of the Northeastern Italian Study on Atrial Flutter Ablation Investigators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Front Cover: Map of the Blackberry Creek watershed in Kane and Kendall Counties, Illinois, and the Fox River watershed in northeastern Illinois (modified from Bartosova et al. 2007). CONTENTS Abstract 1