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1 would like to thank and glorify God for allowing me to finish this long joumey.<br />

1 would like to deeply appreciate rny wonderful supervisor. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor J. David Fuller. for his<br />

academic guidance as well as his mentoring and financiai support provided throughout this study.<br />

My sincere gratitude should p to Pr<strong>of</strong>essors R. G. Vickson. J. K. Ho. H. Wolkowicz and R. P.<br />

Sundarraj for their invduable feedback and careful review. 1 also thank Pr<strong>of</strong>essor E. J. Fragniere<br />

and his colleagues in Switzerland for ailowing me to use their facilities. Many thanks go to<br />

Richard Kyuchul Cho for his friendship for the last couple <strong>of</strong> years.<br />

1 am greatly indebted to my parents for their love. encouragement and pnyer. I am also indebted<br />

to grandmother-in-law and my parents-in-law for their understanding and support. I should<br />

express my *gratitude to rny sister. brocher-in-laws. sister-in-law. uncles and aunts for their help<br />

and cxe.<br />

rinally. rhe bgeatest debt <strong>of</strong> gratitude is owed to my wife Soyoung, whose constant love, patience<br />

and suppon not only inspire me but dso allow me to indulge in academic and pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

endeavon <strong>of</strong> this ma-pitude. Needess to Say, without her, 1 could not have cornpleted this thesis.

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