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I would like to sincerely thank Frau Dr. G. Schoenian, for making this dissertation real. She had supervised, guided, supported and advised me about scientific thinking that enourmsly helped to accomplish the work presented in this thesis. She also maticulously reviewed the manuscript.

This work is dedicated to my parents, wife, Hanan, and three children, Ahmed, Anas and Tarek.