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The Impact Of Tsunamis On The Island Of Majorca Induced By North Argelian Seismic Sources, José A. Álvarez-Gómez, Maitane Olabarrieta, Mauricio González, Luís Otero, Emilio Carreño, José M. Martínez-Solares Jan 2010

The Impact Of Tsunamis On The Island Of Majorca Induced By North Argelian Seismic Sources, José A. Álvarez-Gómez, Maitane Olabarrieta, Mauricio González, Luís Otero, Emilio Carreño, José M. Martínez-Solares

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The north of Algeria is the main earthquake-related tsunami generation zone that threatens the Balearic Islands. In this work we review the major seismic series of the area -the 1980 El Asnam and the 2003 Boumerdes-Zemmouri earthquakes– in order to obtain a probable worst characteristic earthquake rupture. We estimate rupture dimensions of 55 km x 16 km, reaching the fault plane a depth of 13 km. The dip and rake have been taken as constants, with values of 50° and 90° respectively, while the strike is adjusted to the local tectonic structure. With these characteristics a magnitude M_w= 7.3 earthquake …

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Oligocene History Of The Çardak - Dazkırı Subbasin (Denizli, Sw Turkey): Integrated Molluscan And Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy, Yeşi̇m İslamoğlu, Aynur Hakyemez Jan 2010

Oligocene History Of The Çardak - Dazkırı Subbasin (Denizli, Sw Turkey): Integrated Molluscan And Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy, Yeşi̇m İslamoğlu, Aynur Hakyemez

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The detailed analysis of molluscan and planktonic foraminiferal fauna in the Oligocene Çardak-Dazkırı sub-basin, in northeastern Denizli provin ce (western Turkey) allowed accurate dating of the deposits, together with interpretation of their depositional environments. Gastropod, bivalve, scaphopod and planktonic foraminiferal assemblages identified in ten sections reveal a succession which was deposited between the Late Rupelian and Early Chattian. Planktonic foraminifera, documented for the first time in the basin, indicate the P19 Zone (Turborotalia ampliapertura Zone) of the Late Rupelian at the base of the succession whereas Molluscan fauna, determined for the first time in this study, assign the whole succession, …

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Application Of The Normalized Full Gradient (Nfg) Method To Resistivity Data, Ali̇ Aydin Jan 2010

Application Of The Normalized Full Gradient (Nfg) Method To Resistivity Data, Ali̇ Aydin

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

This paper proposes the application of the normalized full gradient (NFG) method to resistivity studies and illustrates that the method can greatly reduce the time and work load needed in detecting buried bodies using resistivity measurement. The NFG method calculates resistivity values at desired electrode offsets by extrapolation of a function of resistivity measurements (i.e. the gradient) to other depth levels using resistivity measurements done at one electrode offset only. The performance and reliability of the NFG method is tested on laboratory and field resistivity data from two sites by comparing the trend of the resistivity values at six or …

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Taxonomy Of Rudists From The Campanian Transgressive Sediments Of Brašljevica, Donje Orešje And Sv. Martin, Northern Croatia, Alan Moro, Vlasta Cosovic, Josip Benic, Jasmina Dokmanovic Jan 2010

Taxonomy Of Rudists From The Campanian Transgressive Sediments Of Brašljevica, Donje Orešje And Sv. Martin, Northern Croatia, Alan Moro, Vlasta Cosovic, Josip Benic, Jasmina Dokmanovic

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Rudists are common fossils in transgressive Upper Cretaceous deposits in three localities placed in northwestern part of Croatia. Their appearances coincide with the beginning of a transgressive sequence through floatstones-thickets. Within the rudist community, Vaccinites Fischer 1887, Hippurites Lamarck 1801 and Hippuritella Douvillé 1908 could be differentiated according to their general or generic morphological elements. The age of deposits was obtained from the Sr-isotope composition of the rudist shells as well as the micro- and nannofossil community from sediments overlying the rudists-bearing sediments at the Donje Oresje and Brasljevica localities. According to this data the age of the transgressive sediments …

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Morphology, Taxonomy And Lifestyle Of The Maastrichtian Rudist Bivalve Thyrastylon, Simon Francis Mitchell Jan 2010

Morphology, Taxonomy And Lifestyle Of The Maastrichtian Rudist Bivalve Thyrastylon, Simon Francis Mitchell

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The rudist bivalve Thyrastylon is redescribed based on extensive material collected from Jamaica. The new material shows that the left valve contains slits, and that this is the diagnostic feature of the genus. The genus is redefined as follows: a radiolitid rudist with no ligamental infold, stretched cellular microstructure and compact layers in the outer layer of the right valve; the radial bands are partially infolded into the shell layer of the right valve; the left valve has oscules developed above the radial bands and has concentric, slit-like pores that penetrate the shell and open out onto the inner part …

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Numerical Ages Of Selected Rudist Bivalvia: Preliminary Results, Robert W. Scott Jan 2010

Numerical Ages Of Selected Rudist Bivalvia: Preliminary Results, Robert W. Scott

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The ranges of most biostratigraphically diagnostic fossils have been calibrated to the geologic time scale in mega-annums. Five methods for integrating fossil ranges with the numerical geologic time scale are currently used: (1) species in stratigraphic positions with radiometrically dated beds; (2) strontium isotopes of unaltered shell material; (3) cyclostratigraphic frequencies of enclosing strata; (4) integration with zones and sequence stratigraphy; and (5) graphic correlation. Preliminary studies show that rudist occurrences have been calibrated in numerical ages by Sr isotopes, zonal integration and graphic correlation. Where the same species are dated by two methods, a more complete range is the …

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Cellular Distribution Of Activity For Three Enzymes With Maltose Binding Protein As Fusion Partner And The Structural Implications, Özde F. Ütkür, Berna Sariyar Akbulut, Amable Hortaçsu Jan 2010

Cellular Distribution Of Activity For Three Enzymes With Maltose Binding Protein As Fusion Partner And The Structural Implications, Özde F. Ütkür, Berna Sariyar Akbulut, Amable Hortaçsu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The bacterial SEC pathway is commonly used for secretion of heterologous proteins in E. coli by fusing them to transported proteins to facilitate downstream processing. While some proteins are translocated very efficiently, some reside in the cytoplasm. In this work, maltose binding protein (MBP) was fused to 3 cytoplamic enzymes from Thermus thermophilus (serine protease, 251 residues; glucose isomerase, 381 residues; pullulanase, 718 residues) to study the protein transport from the cytoplasm by quantifying the distribution of activities in different cellular compartments. Pullulanase activity was harvested exclusively in the periplasm; however, glucose isomerase activity was harvested exclusively in the cytoplasm. …

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Electro-Oxidation Of Some Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs On An Alumina Nanoparticle-Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode, Mahla Tabeshnia, Hossein Heli, Ali Jabbari, Ali A. Moosavi-Movahedi Jan 2010

Electro-Oxidation Of Some Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs On An Alumina Nanoparticle-Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode, Mahla Tabeshnia, Hossein Heli, Ali Jabbari, Ali A. Moosavi-Movahedi

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The electro-oxidation of mefenamic acid, diclofenac, and indomethacin on glassy carbon and alumina nanoparticle-modified glassy carbon electrodes in a phosphate buffer solution at physiological pH was studied. The techniques of cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, impedance spectroscopy, and steady state polarization measurements were applied. The drugs were irreversibly oxidized on bath electrodes via an anodic peak and the process was controlled by diffusion in the bulk of solution. Alumina nanoparticles increased the oxidation current, and lowered the peak and onset potentials. As such, alumina nanoparticles had an electrocatalytic effect, both kinetically and thermodynamically. The kinetic parameters of heterogeneous electron transfer and diffusion …

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Influence Of Alcl_3 On The Optical Properties Of New Synthesized 3-Armed Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Films, Adnan Kurt Jan 2010

Influence Of Alcl_3 On The Optical Properties Of New Synthesized 3-Armed Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Films, Adnan Kurt

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Three-armed poly(methyl methacrylate)[PMMA] was synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization at 100 °C using benzene-1,3,5-triyl tris(4-(bromomethyl) benzoate as 3-armed initiator and a cuprous(I) bromide/2,2'-bipyridine catalytic system. The characterization of PMMA was confirmed by FT-IR, ^1H-NMR, GPC, DSC, and TGA techniques. Optical absorption measurements were also studied by UV-VIS technique. Transmittance and reflectance measured in the wavelength range 300-700 nm were used to calculate the optical constants. The changes in dispersion and Urbach parameters were investigated as a function of AlCl_3 content. The wide band tails increased in width and the optical energy gap decreased from 2.39 to 1.28 eV as …

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Multichannel Spectrophotometry For Analysis Of Organophosphate Paraoxon In Beverages, Miroslav Pohanka, Jana Zdarova Karasova, Kamil Kuca, Jiri Pikula Jan 2010

Multichannel Spectrophotometry For Analysis Of Organophosphate Paraoxon In Beverages, Miroslav Pohanka, Jana Zdarova Karasova, Kamil Kuca, Jiri Pikula

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Multichannel spectrophotometry was performed to assay for paraoxon in spiked beverages. A 96-well microplate was used for this purpose. The measuring protocol was based on inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase by paraoxon that resulted in decreased or no reaction of the enzyme product thiocholine with Ellman's reagent (5,5'-dithiobis [2-nitrobenzoic acid]). The above assay was practically tested using spiked drinking water, mineral water, and coffee. Analytical parameters such as the limit of detection, time, and sample size consumption were adequate. The limit of detection for beverages ranged from 32 to 48 ppb corresponding to 0.32-0.48 ng of paraoxon in absolute values. …

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Ionic Liquids As Solvent For Efficient Esterification Of Carboxylic Acids With Alkyl Halides, Yetki̇n Gök, Bülent Alici, Engi̇n Çeti̇nkaya, İsmai̇l Özdemi̇r, Özlem Özeroğlu Jan 2010

Ionic Liquids As Solvent For Efficient Esterification Of Carboxylic Acids With Alkyl Halides, Yetki̇n Gök, Bülent Alici, Engi̇n Çeti̇nkaya, İsmai̇l Özdemi̇r, Özlem Özeroğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The selective esterification of carboxylic acid derivatives with a variety of alkyl halides was carried out using ionic liquid as solvent in the presence of triethylamine. The reaction was found to proceed under relatively mild conditions with excellent conversions (up to 99%) and selectivities. The ionic liquid was recycled and reused.

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Chelating Agent Free Solid Phase Extraction (Caf-Spe) Method For Separation And/Or Preconcentration Of Iron(Iii) Ions, Özcan Yalçinkaya, Orhan Murat Kalfa, Ali̇ Rehber Türker Jan 2010

Chelating Agent Free Solid Phase Extraction (Caf-Spe) Method For Separation And/Or Preconcentration Of Iron(Iii) Ions, Özcan Yalçinkaya, Orhan Murat Kalfa, Ali̇ Rehber Türker

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This paper presents a chelating agent free solid phase extraction (CAF-SPE) method for the separation and/or preconcentration of trace iron(III) ions. This method is based on the sorption of Fe(III) ions without using any chelating agent onto Amberlyst 36 resin. A good relative standard deviation (3%), high recovery (>95%), high enrichment factor (100), and low detection limit (0.32 \mu g L^{-1}) were obtained. The adsorption capacity of resin was 117 mg g^{-1} for iron(III). The method was applied for the determination of iron various in water and commercial tea bag samples. The accuracy of the method was confirmed by …

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Isolation Of Bis(1,4-Diphenyl-1,4-Bis(2-Pyridyl)-2,3-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene) Disilver With Bridging (N-N) Dinucleating Subunits: Formation Of A 6-Membered Chelate Ring, Amitabha Datta, Neerish Revaprasadu Jan 2010

Isolation Of Bis(1,4-Diphenyl-1,4-Bis(2-Pyridyl)-2,3-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene) Disilver With Bridging (N-N) Dinucleating Subunits: Formation Of A 6-Membered Chelate Ring, Amitabha Datta, Neerish Revaprasadu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A novel Ag(I) dinuclear complex {[(C_6H_5)(C_5H_4N)-C=N-N=C- (C_5H_4N)(C_6H_5)]Ag}_2.ClO_4(ClO_4) (1/2CH_3CN) (1) that was derived under mild conditions, during the course of combination of AgClO_4 with a polymorphic azine ligand, 1,4-diphenyl-1,4-bis(2-pyridyl)-2,3- diaza-1,3-butadiene (L) (condensed product of phenyl 2-pyridyl ketone and hydrazine monohydrate) is reported. The aforementioned complex is based on a central rotationally flexible diazine subunit (N-N). The azine ligand, L, having the N_2 dinucleating fragment, provides a coordination focus for pairs of metal centres and ultimately leads to the formation of a 6-membered chelate ring in 1.

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Comparative Kinetic Studies On The Alkaline Hydrolysis Of Halogen Substituted Isocoumarins, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Muhammad Aslam Malana, Muhammad Yousaf, Muhammad Rehan, Mazhar Abbas Jan 2010

Comparative Kinetic Studies On The Alkaline Hydrolysis Of Halogen Substituted Isocoumarins, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Muhammad Aslam Malana, Muhammad Yousaf, Muhammad Rehan, Mazhar Abbas

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Kinetics of the hydrolysis of 3-(2'-chloro-6'-fluorobenzyl) isocoumarin (1), 3-(4'-fluorophenyl)isocoumarin (3), 3-(2'- fluorophenyl)isocoumarin (5), 3-(2'-chlorophenyl)isocoumarin (7), and 3-(4'-chlorophenyl)isocoumarin (9) were studied spectrophotometrically in the presence of aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide. The rates of hydrolyses for these isocoumarins were compared. The data for isocoumarin (1) were further investigated to probe the reaction mechanism. The dependence of pseudo-first order rate constant k_{obs} on hydroxide ion concentration is fitted by the expression k_{obs} = k_o + k_1[OH] + k_2 [OH]^2, showing the formation of monoanionic and dianionic tetrahedral intermediates during the course of reaction. The magnitude of k_o shows significant participation of solvent …

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A Theoretical Study Of The Effects Of Polar Substitution On The Activation Barriers For Internal Rotation Around The C-N Bond In P-Substituted Nitrosobenzenes: Comparison Of Dft And Mp2 Calculations, Şafak Özhan Kocakaya, Necmetti̇n Pi̇ri̇nççi̇oğlu Jan 2010

A Theoretical Study Of The Effects Of Polar Substitution On The Activation Barriers For Internal Rotation Around The C-N Bond In P-Substituted Nitrosobenzenes: Comparison Of Dft And Mp2 Calculations, Şafak Özhan Kocakaya, Necmetti̇n Pi̇ri̇nççi̇oğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The activation barriers for internal rotation around the C-N bond in p-substituted nitrosobenzenes were calculated using the density functional theory (DFT) and second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) methods with the 6-31+g(d) basis set. The polarisable continuum model (PCM) was used to model the solvent effect. An explicit water molecule was also introduced to form a hydrogen bond with the nitrosogroup and its effect on the barrier was studied by DFT. The barriers were well-correlated with Hammett sigma^+ rather than sigma values, meaning a strong resonance effect. The MP2 method produces better and comparable results with the few available experimental values.

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An Efficient One-Pot Synthesis Of Dihydropyrimidinones Catalyzed By Zirconium Hydrogen Phosphate Under Solvent-Free Conditions, Mustafa Küçüki̇slamoğlu, Şenol Beşoluk, Mustafa Zengi̇n, Mustafa Arslan, Mehmet Nebi̇oğlu Jan 2010

An Efficient One-Pot Synthesis Of Dihydropyrimidinones Catalyzed By Zirconium Hydrogen Phosphate Under Solvent-Free Conditions, Mustafa Küçüki̇slamoğlu, Şenol Beşoluk, Mustafa Zengi̇n, Mustafa Arslan, Mehmet Nebi̇oğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A simple, efficient, and practical procedure for the Biginelli reaction using zirconium hydrogen phosphate [Zr(H_2PO_4)_2] as a novel solid acid catalyst is described under solvent-free conditions in high yields. The catalyst exhibited remarkable reactivity and it is reusable.

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Synthesis And Antimicrobial Activities Of Some New Biheterocyclic Compounds Containing 1,2,4-Triazol-3-One And 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Moieties, Ahmet Demi̇rbaş, Nesli̇han Demi̇rbaş, Hakan Bektaş, Hacer Bayrak, Şengül Alpay Karaoğlu Jan 2010

Synthesis And Antimicrobial Activities Of Some New Biheterocyclic Compounds Containing 1,2,4-Triazol-3-One And 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Moieties, Ahmet Demi̇rbaş, Nesli̇han Demi̇rbaş, Hakan Bektaş, Hacer Bayrak, Şengül Alpay Karaoğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

2-(4-Amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-oxo-4,5--dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol- 1-yl)-N'-[(2,6-dihalogenophenyl)-methylene]acetohydrazides (3a,b) was obtained via the formation of 2-(4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-oxo-4,5- dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)acetohydrazide (2), which was obtained starting from 4-amino-5-(4-chlo\-rophenyl)-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one (1) in 2 steps. 2-{[4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-oxo-4,5--dihydro-1H- 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]acetyl}-N-phenylhydra-zine carbothioamide (4), which was prepared starting from 2, was converted to the corresponding 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivative (5) in acidic media. Moreover, the basic treatment of 4 resulted in the formation of 4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)- 2-[(4-phenyl-5-thioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methyl]-2,4- dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one (7). The reactions of compounds 5 and 7 with methyl iodide in the presence of sodium ethoxide afforded the corresponding N-methyl (6) and S-methyl (8) derivatives, respectively. The synthesis of Mannich bases (10a and 10b) was performed from the reaction of 7 with …

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Preparation Of Polystyrene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Optimization By Response Surface Methodology (Rsm), Sadik Erdem Yalçinkaya, Nuray Yildiz, Mehmet Saçak, Ayla Çalimli Jan 2010

Preparation Of Polystyrene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Optimization By Response Surface Methodology (Rsm), Sadik Erdem Yalçinkaya, Nuray Yildiz, Mehmet Saçak, Ayla Çalimli

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Preparation of polystyrene (PS)-montmorillonite nanocomposites was carried out in 3 steps: purification and determination of the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of clay, synthesis of organoclay, and preparation of nanocomposites. In organoclay synthesis, 3 types of surfactants, long-chained (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)), short-chained (tetraethylammonium bromide (TEAB)), and ringed (benzyltriethylammonium bromide (BTEAB)), were used. Gallery distances of pure clay and organoclays (CTAB-O, TEAB-O, and BTEAB-O) were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis as 1.25, 2.09, 1.52, and 1.63 nm, respectively. Preparation of nanocomposites was carried out by in situ polymerization. Composites, containing 2%, 4%, and 6% organoclay by mass, were characterized by XRD, …

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Sulfonic Acid-Functionalized Silica: A Remarkably Efficient Heterogeneous Reusable Catalyst For The One-Pot Synthesis Of 1,4-Dihydropyridines, Behzad Mohammadi, Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini Jamkarani, Taghi A. Kamali, Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Ali Mohajeri Jan 2010

Sulfonic Acid-Functionalized Silica: A Remarkably Efficient Heterogeneous Reusable Catalyst For The One-Pot Synthesis Of 1,4-Dihydropyridines, Behzad Mohammadi, Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini Jamkarani, Taghi A. Kamali, Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Ali Mohajeri

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

An efficient one-pot method for the synthesis of 1,4-dihydropyridines from \beta-dicarbonyl compounds, aldehyde, and ammonium acetate is reported using sulfonic acid-functionalized silica at 90 °C under solvent-free conditions with good to excellent yields. The catalyst is easily prepared, stable (up to 300 °C), reusable, and efficiently used under reaction conditions.

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Friedel-Crafts Acylation Of Arenes With Carboxylic Acids Using Silica Gel Supported Alcl_3, Kaveh Parvanak Jan 2010

Friedel-Crafts Acylation Of Arenes With Carboxylic Acids Using Silica Gel Supported Alcl_3, Kaveh Parvanak

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Aromatic compounds react smoothly with carboxylic acids in the presence of silica gel supported aluminium trichloride to afford the corresponding ketones with high regioselectivity in high to excellent yields. The catalyst is stable (as a bench top catalyst) and can be easily recovered and reused without appreciable change in its efficiency.

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Chemistry Of 2-Aminoanthraquinones, Mostafa Gouda, Moged Berghot, Alaa Shoeip, Khaled Elattar, Abd El Galil Khalil Jan 2010

Chemistry Of 2-Aminoanthraquinones, Mostafa Gouda, Moged Berghot, Alaa Shoeip, Khaled Elattar, Abd El Galil Khalil

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This review represents a systematic and comprehensive survey of the methods of preparation and the chemical reactivity of 2-aminoanthraquinone. This compound is an important intermediate for the synthesis of a variety of otherwise difficult to obtain synthetically useful and novel heterocyclic systems.

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Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization, Mass Spectrometry, And Crystal Structure Of N-{[(4-Bromophenyl)Amino]Carbonothioyl}Benzamide, Sohail Saeed, Naghmana Rashid, Moazzam Bhatti, Peter Jones Jan 2010

Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization, Mass Spectrometry, And Crystal Structure Of N-{[(4-Bromophenyl)Amino]Carbonothioyl}Benzamide, Sohail Saeed, Naghmana Rashid, Moazzam Bhatti, Peter Jones

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

N-{[(4-bromophenyl)amino]carbonothioyl}benzamide was synthesized and characterized by IR, ^1H- and ^{13}C-NMR, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. The crystal structure was determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data. It crystallizes in monoclinic space group P2_1/n with unit cell dimensions a = 13.822(3) Å, b = 5.927(2) Å, c = 16.642(3) Å, and \beta = 103.963(3)°. There is a strong intramolecular hydrogen bond of the type N__H \Lambda O, with an H\Lambda O distance of 2.6129 (11) Å. The mass fragmentation pattern is also discussed.

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Dimer Models For Knot Polynomials, Moshe Cohen Jan 2010

Dimer Models For Knot Polynomials, Moshe Cohen

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

A dimer model consists of all perfect matchings on a (bipartite) weighted signed graph, where the product of the signed weights of each perfect matching is summed to obtain an invariant. In this paper, the construction of such a graph from a knot diagram is given to obtain the Alexander polynomial. This is further extended to a more complicated graph to obtain the twisted Alexander polynomial, which involved "twisting" by a representation. The space of all representations of a given knot complement into the general linear group of a fixed size can be described by the same graph. This work …

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A Quadratic Lower Bound For Rocchio’S Similarity-Based Relevance Feedback Algorithm With A Fixed Query Updating Factor, Zhixiang Chen, Bin Fu, John P. Abraham Jan 2010

A Quadratic Lower Bound For Rocchio’S Similarity-Based Relevance Feedback Algorithm With A Fixed Query Updating Factor, Zhixiang Chen, Bin Fu, John P. Abraham

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Rocchio’s similarity-based relevance feedback algorithm, one of the most important query reformation methods in information retrieval, is essentially an adaptive supervised learning algorithm from examples. In practice, Rocchio’s algorithm often uses a fixed query updating factor. When this is the case, we strengthen the linear Ω(n) lower bound obtained by Chen and Zhu (Inf. Retr. 5:61–86, 2002) and prove that Rocchio’s algorithm makes Ω(k(n−k)) mistakes in searching for a collection of documents represented by a monotone disjunction of k relevant features over the n-dimensional binary vector space {0,1}n, …

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Homogenization Of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Silvia Jiménez Jan 2010

Homogenization Of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Silvia Jiménez

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is concerned with properties of local fields inside composites made from two materials with different power law behavior. This simple constitutive model is frequently used to describe several phenomena ranging from plasticity to optical nonlinearities in dielectric media. We provide the corrector theory for the strong approximation of fields inside composites made from two power law materials with different exponents. The correctors are used to develop bounds on the local singularity strength for gradient fields inside microstructured media. The bounds are multiscale in nature and can be used to measure the amplification of applied macroscopic fields by the …

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Impact Of Urban Runoff On Phosphorus, Nitrogen, And Dissolved Oxygen In A Shallow Subtropical Lake, Ryan Mesmer Jan 2010

Impact Of Urban Runoff On Phosphorus, Nitrogen, And Dissolved Oxygen In A Shallow Subtropical Lake, Ryan Mesmer

LSU Master's Theses

This research assessed the current conditions of water quality in a shallow subtropical lake, influenced by a highly developed urban environment. Specifically, the research focused on the dynamics of phosphorus, nitrogen, and dissolved oxygen, as well as the effects of stormwater runoff on lake water quality. Furthermore, the research quantified gross primary production, net primary production, and respiration in order to discern seasonal variation in lake metabolism. A water quality monitoring platform with multi-parameter probes was deployed in the center of University Lake on the Louisiana State University campus. A series of lake water quality parameters including dissolved oxygen (DO) …

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An Agile Ba: A Case Study Of The Business Analyst In Agile, Nathan Wagner Jan 2010

An Agile Ba: A Case Study Of The Business Analyst In Agile, Nathan Wagner

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Companies adopting Agile software development methodologies are becoming a growing trend. The roles responsible for managing and participating in these types of projects must make a significant shift in focus when moving from the waterfall development process to a more adaptive way of working. Even with the growing adoption and increasing amount of study around Agile, the literature and texts prescribing the various Agile methodologies do not address the specific role of the Business Analayst. In this paper, the role of the Business Analyst in Agile is explored through a qualitative study within a large software development organization utilizing Agile …

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Book Review: Visual Motion Of Curves And Surfaces, Andrei Ludu Jan 2010

Book Review: Visual Motion Of Curves And Surfaces, Andrei Ludu

Publications

This is Dr. Ludu's review of the book Visual Motion of Curves and Surfaces by Roberto Cipolla and Peter Giblin. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. ISBN: 978-0-521-63251-5.

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On Residual Lifetimes Of K-Out-Of-N Systems With Nonidentical Components, Subhash C. Kochar, Maochao Xu Jan 2010

On Residual Lifetimes Of K-Out-Of-N Systems With Nonidentical Components, Subhash C. Kochar, Maochao Xu

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this article, mixture representations of survival functions of residual lifetimes of k-out-of-n systems are obtained when the components are independent but not necessarily identically distributed. Then we stochastically compare the residual lifetimes of k-out-of-n systems in one- and two-sample problems. In particular, the results extend some results in Li and Zhao [14], Khaledi and Shaked [13], Sadegh [17], Gurler and Bairamov [7] and Navarro, Balakrishnan, and Samaniego [16]. Applications in the proportional hazard rates model are presented as well.

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Review: Nontangential Limits In Pt(Μ)-Spaces And The Index Of Invariant Subgroups, Stephan Ramon Garcia Jan 2010

Review: Nontangential Limits In Pt(Μ)-Spaces And The Index Of Invariant Subgroups, Stephan Ramon Garcia

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

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