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mo to rnc his workstation 10 lp~~ddd~ somccf my YYYIYY~~. and eve me that
.psiai word ofoneottragcmont whm I needed it mwt; Mr. Leroy Isidore, my
cnllengue, assistod in the processing of the experimental data; and my fellow
gradunle students gave incessant aupport and eneourkgemenl.
The funding lor the research by the National Research Council of Canada
ullder drategic grant # 330164 is gratefully acknowledged. Alao, 1 am in-
dcbted to Dr. P. A. Aldrich (former D m of Graduate Studies) for the award
of n graduate fellowship, and to Dr. Jack Clarlr at C-CORE for the award
of n C-CORE fillowship. Thanks a n also cxpresd to Dr. John Malpas
~ncl Dr. C. A, Sharp (Dean and Associakc Dean, mpectively, of Graduate
Stadien) for their help.
No amount ol gr~litude can adoquatoly repay I.,; rife, Melody, and my
d~trpl~l~r, Rvmnah, for thcir inspiration, support, and sacrifice during my
yam ofntady. This thesis truly belongs to them.
l.~?t, boll mml importantly, I should like to thank the Almighty for mak-
inag everything