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After a tough 2006 season, the New York Giants appeared to be heading for more disappointment–and potential shake-ups–in the coming season. Instead, they fought their way to an unforgettable Super Bowl finish against the previously undefeated New England Patriots. In A Team to Believe In, head coach Tom Coughlin gives the ultimate insider’s account of the Giants’ 2007 campaign and reflects on the resilience and selflessness that allowed the team to succeed. Behind the saga of persistence and on-the-field triumphs, however, is the story of how Coughlin, a proud and intensely private man, often mischaracterized by the press as a strict disciplinarian, has continually made subtle adjustments to his approach to the game and to the new players. Whether giving the right speech for the right occasion, drawing media criticism away from his players, or fostering team unity with offbeat events and smartly timed relaxed curfews, Coughlin approached the season willing to make the necessary changes to his management style–and the team followed. In gripping detail, Coughlin takes us on the Giants improbable 2007 journey: the tough staffing and free-agency decisions; the early-season setbacks that again placed the team in the media’s crosshairs; late-season near misses, comeback victories, and goal-line stands; the play-off march through Tampa Bay and Dallas and the overtime victory against Green Bay in the subzero cold of Lambeau Field; and the amazing two weeks that ended with Super Bowl XLII. Along the way, Coughlin explains what life experiences prepared him for the season’s challenges and what lessons helped his team achieve a string of improbable victories. The 2007 New York Giants are an inspiring example of team and trust, hope and perseverance, and A Team to Believe In is the thrilling story of their astounding underdog season.

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The aim of this work was to obtain a fundamental understanding of drug release mechanisms from polymers that undergo thermoreversible gelation and to synthesize new polymers based on these that exhibit both pH and temperature sensitivity. Novel block and random copolymers with cationic character have been developed for drug delivery and gene therapy applications. The development of these materials began with a study of the mechanism of drug release from poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) block copolymers. This study revealed the release rates of drugs from water-soluble hydrogels composed of the PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymer Pluronic F127 was dictated almost solely by the rate of interfacial dissolution at the water/gel interface. A setup was designed to measure drug release from such soluble systems in order to avoid confounding hydrodynamic effects as a result of shear on the delicate polymer/gel interface. This study was followed by a complementary analysis of the effect ionic salts play in the phase transitions and drug release profiles in aqueous F127 solutions. In an attempt to incorporate pH sensitivity into such drug release systems, several block copolymers of poly (N, N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (PDEAEM), PEO, and PPO were synthesized via anionic polymerization. Diblock materials (PEO-b-PDEAEM), either with or without a carboxylic acid endcap, were synthesized and characterized. Tablet dissolution experiments demonstrated pH-sensitivity in their drug release profiles relative to PEO tablets. Pentablock materials (PDEAEM-b-PEO-b-PPO-b-PEO-b-PDEAEM) were synthesized that maintain the thermoreversible gelation and micellization properties of F127 while introducing pH-dependent release from aqueous gels of the copolymer. This is the first example of non-crosslinked materials that exhibit both pH- and temperature-sensitive behavior. Using a similar synthesis route, random copolymers of PDEAEM and poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate)) (PEGME) were synthesized which are water soluble and non-crytotoxic, whereas homopolymers of PDEAEM are neither. These materials have potential as gene therapy vectors.

(cont.) This thesis presents a detailed, atomistic-level computer simulation and molecular-thermodynamic investigation of the micellar solution behavior of nonionic, zwitterionic, and ionic surfactants in aqueous solutions, as well as of the aqueous micellar solubilization of solubilizates by surfactants. It is hoped that the approaches developed in this thesis to use computer simulations and molecular-thermodynamic theory in a complementary way will not only extend our ability to make accurate predictions of surfactant solution behavior, but will also contribute to our fundamental knowledge of the solution behavior of surfactants and solubilizates. It is further hoped that this thesis will provide a solid foundation for future research in the area of surfactant science, and, more generally, that it will assist future researchers working to connect atomistic-level computer simulation methods with continuum thermodynamic models.

ORCLE (Optical/RF Combined Link Experiment), is an airborne network in which aircraft have multiple directional antennas that are restricted in their pointing direction. A pair of aircraft in ORCLE can be linked if they both have an antenna pointing at each other. Four topology algorithms, which coordinate the pointing of the antennas and attempt to maximize a connectedness metric, are presented and analyzed using a custom 2D simulation platform. Three of the algorithms are based on the Relative Neighbor Graph (RNG): the first constrains the RNG to requirements of the ORCLE network, the second augments the constrained RNG with edges from the Delaunay Triangulation, and the third algorithm tries to improve on the second by adding edges to reduce the diameter. The final algorithm uses a novel concept of overlapping sets of nested convex hulls to select the links of the network. All algorithms are stateless and interface with a Target Transition Layer, which gradually migrates topologies to prevent a large number of edges from being lost simultaneously. Scenes with varying node density, number of terminals per node, fields of view, and re-targeting delays are used to test the algorithms against a wide range of possible situations.