Acknowledgments
I thank professor F Dini-Andreote for the opportunity in composing this
paper, for his feedback and encouragement to pursue this publication. In
addition, I thank my graduate colleagues for discussion opportunities,
TA Carlo, Carlo Lab members, FAO Silveira, and the GWC of Penn State (G
Gordon) for comments and suggestions to this manuscript. I also
acknowledge my current PhD scholarship funded by Fulbright, CAPES, and
The Pennsylvania State University.