Bromo-nitro substitution on a tertiary α carbon - A previously...
Sodium nitrite in dimethylformamide substitutes nitro for bromine alpha to an amide carbonyl in high yield at a tertiary site. Hammett plots show a strongly positive ρ value (+0.67), indicating a...
View ArticleA GIS methodology for modelling hiking experiences in the Grampians National...
This paper has applied two commonly used multivariate techniques, principal component and discriminant function analyses to create 'constructs' that model and visualise the characteristics of hiking...
View ArticleAn experimental review on coupling of solar pond with membrane distillation
The interest of using solar powered membrane distillation systems for desalination is growing worldwide due to the membrane distillation (MD) attractive features. This study experimentally investigates...
View ArticleThe role of temperature in the strengthening of Cu-Al alloys processed by...
In the present work, Cu-Al alloys were processed by surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) under both room and liquid nitrogen temperature (LNT) conditions. In contrast to room temperature (RT)...
View ArticleAligning multilayer graphene flakes with an external electric field to...
© 2015 The Authors. The increasing demand for multifunctional polymer nanocomposites calls for new technologies to simultaneously enhance mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. This paper...
View ArticleMapping forest canopy height across large areas by upscaling ALS estimates...
Operational assessment of forest structure is an on-going challenge for land managers, particularly over large, remote or inaccessible areas. Here, we present an easily adopted method for generating a...
View ArticleMultiple criteria supplier selection: A fuzzy approach
A company must purchase a lot of diverse components and raw materials from different upstream suppliers to manufacture or assemble its products. However, it is not only a very complicated and...
View ArticleApplication of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and artificial neural...
Determining optimum level of inventory is very important for any organisation which depends on various factors. In this research, six main factors have been considered as input parameters and the...
View ArticleDevelopment of a CNC interpolation scheme for CNC controller based on...
The parametric interpolators of modern CNC machines use Taylor's series approximation to generate successive parameter values for the calculation of x, y, z coordinates of tool positions. In order to...
View ArticleFive Years of Declining Annual Consumption of Grid-Supplied Electricity in...
For decades, consumption of grid-supplied electricity increased in line with a growing economy. In the five years since 2009, however, annual consumption in eastern Australia declined by 7 percent,...
View ArticleDisability at the periphery: Legal theory, disability and criminal law
This special issue of the Griffith Law Review is dedicated to an examination of the relationships and intersections between disability, criminal law and legal theory. Despite the centrality of...
View ArticleClarifying the characteristics of youth who have engaged in appetitive violence
Appetitive violence is a form of proactive violence; its purpose is to generate or maintain a positive emotional state and, possibly, to strengthen social bonds. Portrayals of an increasing frequency...
View ArticleClathrate directed assembly of tetrapyridyl-tetraphenylethylene metal-organic...
This work focuses on three 2-D MOFs based on the ligand tetrapyridyltetraphenylethylene (tppe) with the metal ions manganese(II), nickel(II) and copper(II). These networks are all highly microporous...
View ArticleNote on the physical basis of the Kutta condition in unsteady two-dimensional...
Force generation in avian and aquatic species is of considerable interest for possible engineering applications. The aim of this work is to highlight the theoretical and physical foundations of a new...
View ArticleA standardised tool for assessing needs in forensic psychiatric population:...
Abstract BACKGROUND: The Camberwell Assessment of Need - Forensic Version (CANFOR) is a standardised assessment tool specifically designed to assess needs for care in forensic psychiatric populations....
View ArticleEfficient, decentralized detection of qualitative spatial events in a dynamic...
This paper describes an efficient, decentralized algorithm to monitor qualitative spatial events in a dynamic scalar field. The events of interest involve changes to the critical points (i.e., peak,...
View ArticleColored noise induced bistable switch in the genetic toggle switch systems
Noise can induce various dynamical behaviors in nonlinear systems. White noise perturbed systems have been extensively investigated during the last decades. In gene networks, experimentally observed...
View ArticleEfficacy of acupuncture in the management of atopic dermatitis: A systematic...
Summary Atopic dermatitis (AD) has a high negative impact on quality of life. Acupuncture has antipruritic actions and may assist in treatment of AD; however, the current state of evidence for this...
View ArticleEnterovirus D68 disease and molecular epidemiology in Australia
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Background: Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has received considerable recent attention as a cause of widespread respiratory illness. Neurological syndromes such as acute flaccid paralysis...
View ArticleA general framework to resolve the MisMatch problem in XML keyword search
When users issue a query to a database, they have expectations about the results. If what they search for is unavailable in the database, the system will return an empty result or, worse, erroneous...
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