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Acknowledgments and Disclaimers: I have served as Principal Investigator on research grants from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the LSU Council on Research, the Louisiana Board of Regents, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Science Foundation which have supported much of the above research. The following mandatory acknowledgment and disclaimer applies to ##1,3-16,18,28-41: "This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0424011. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation." The preceding acknowledgement and disclaimer except with 0424011 replaced by 0708084 applies to ##1-5,26-28,30. The following applies to #17: "This project has been funded in part by the National Academy of Sciences under the Collaboration in Basic Science and Engineering Program, supported by Contract No. INT-0002341 from the National Science Foundation. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the National Academy of Sciences or the National Science Foundation, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products or organizations imply endorsement by the National Academy of Sciences or the National Science Foundation." Some of my recent collaborators are Olivier Bernard, Patrick De Leenheer, Domitilla Del Vecchio, Marcio de Queiroz, Jerome Harmand, Zongli Lin, and Frederic Mazenc. |