Access to spirocyclic oxindoles via N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed reactions of enals and oxindole-derived α,β-unsaturated imines by Jiang, Kun, Tiwari, Bhoopendra, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…A diastereoselective access to β-lactam fused spirocyclic oxindoles and related compounds bearing all carbon spiro centers is described. This N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed process employed challenging β,β-disubstituted α,β-unsaturated imines to react with enals.…”
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Unbiased in silico design of pH-sensitive tetrapeptides by Hu, Yue, Rigoldi, Federica, Sun, Hui, Gautieri, Alfonso, Marelli, Benedetto

“…We used coarse-grain molecular dynamics simulations to screen all possible histidine-bearing tetrapeptide sequences, finding novel peptide sequences with pH-tunable assembly properties. …”
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Greening our laws : revising land acquisition law for coal mining in India by Srivastav, S, Singh, T

“…The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 provides minimal social and environmental safeguards, and deviates, in important ways, from India’s general land acquisition law. …”

N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed aza-benzoin reaction for access to α-aminoketone molecules containing benzothiazole fragments by Li, Wei, Lv, Jie, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…The target benzothiazole-containing aminoketone products bearing different substituents and substitution patterns can be obtained in good to excellent yields under mild conditions.…”
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RES.2-001 Engineering Design Instructional Computer System (EDICS), Spring 2008 by Wilson, David Gordon, Blanco, Ernesto, Tsutsumi, Seichi, Flowers, Woodie

“…EDICS, or Engineering Design Instructional Computer System, is an interactive multimedia program started in 1981, which consists of three chapters on bearings, rotors and cylinders, lets students with little background in engineering learn about procedures on a computer with text, graphics, animation, sound and diagrams.Online Publication…”
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Carbene-catalyzed N,N-nucleophilic activation of thioureas for access to pyrimidinthione derivatives by Cao, Liya, Li, Tingting, Chi, Robin Yonggui, Jin, Zhichao

“…Pyrimidinthione derivatives bearing various substituents and substitution patterns are afforded as the products in moderate to good yields.…”
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Biocementation of fine-grained soil by Ong, Jun Hao

“…However, the California Bearing Ratio tests did not show improvement for samples tested immediately after compaction. …”
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Compressive strength of brick made of cemented sand by Muhammad Mubarak Nordin

“…Primarily used in the African countries such as Nigeria and Ghana as load-bearing and non-load bearing blocks due to the affordability and availability of the constituent materials. …”
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Impact of structural eurocodes on steel and composite structures by Jin, Y. F., Cai, Y. Q., Chiew, Sing Ping, Lee, Chi King

“…It is found that the flexural buckling resistance, web bearing and buckling resistance and lateral-torsional buckling resistance determined from Eurocodes 3 and 4 are much larger than those from BS5950. …”
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Multi-carrier M-ary DCSK system with code index modulation : an efficient solution for chaotic communications by Cai, Guofa, Fang, Yi, Wen, Jinming, Mumtaz, Shahid, Song, Yang, Frascolla, Valerio

“…In the proposed CIMMC-M-DCSK system, the reference and information-bearing signals for each subcarrier can be transmitted simultaneously by using the orthogonal sinusoidal carriers, where the information bearing signal adopts the M-DCSK modulation to further increase the data rate. …”
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Judging with common sense: George Eliot's Romola and the exemplary life by Hayes, PR

“…Here I propose an approach which takes its initial bearings from Kant’s aesthetic theory, and is filled out by George Eliot’s Romola (1862-3), an unusual but richly significant biographical novel which stages the act of judgment-forming.…”

Lubrication mechanisms in offshore wind turbines by Gadgil, Abhiruchi

“…Lubricant interaction with the bearing and gears has been studied extensively to improve design parameters. …”
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Compressive strength of cemented sand by Chong, Ying Jie.

“…Also known as Sandcrete, this material is widely used as a principal load-bearing and non-load bearing material in African countries due to its affordability, simple constructability and adaptability in tropical countries. …”
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Mild and efficient C2-alkenylation of indoles with alkynes catalyzed by a cobalt complex by Ding, Zhenhua, Yoshikai, Naohiko

“…Direct alkenylation of the C2-position of indoles bearing an easily removable N-pyrimidyl group with alkynes has been achieved by using a cobalt catalyst complexed with a phosphine–pyridine bidentate ligand. …”
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Somatic gene mutation patterns and burden influence outcomes with enasidenib in relapsed/refractory IDH2-mutated AML by Risueño, A, See, WL, Bluemmert, I, de Botton, S, DiNardo, CD, Fathi, AT, Schuh, AC, Montesinos, P, Vyas, P, Prebet, T, Gandhi, A, Hasan, M

“…We recently reported results from the phase 3 IDHENTIFY trial (NCT02577406) showing improved response rates and event-free survival with enasidenib monotherapy compared with conventional care regimens (CCR) in heavily pretreated, older patients with late-stage R/R AML bearing IDH2 mutations. Here we investigated the prognostic impact of mutational burden and different co-mutation patterns at study entry within the predominant IDH2 variant subclasses, IDH2-R140 and IDH2-R172. …”

How to Hold a Grudge : From Resentment to Contentment- the Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life / by Hannah, Sophie, 1971- author 649175

“…But aren't we supposed to just forgive, forget, and move on? Bearing a grudge is too negative, right? Wrong! Grudges, when held correctly, are an essential part of a healthy psychological diet. …”

Aminomethylation of enals through carbene and acid cooperative catalysis : concise access to β2-amino acids by Chi, Robin Yonggui, Xu, Jianfeng, Chen, Xingkuan, Wang, Ming, Zheng, Pengcheng, Song, Bao-An

“…This redox-neutral strategy is suitable for the scalable synthesis of enantiomerically enriched β2-amino acids bearing various substituents.…”
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Understanding systemic cooling poverty by Mazzone, A, De Cian, E, Falchetta, G, Jani, A, Mistry, M, Khosla, R

“…The poorest and most disadvantaged people, who contributed the least to global warming, are the ones bearing the most severe consequences of extreme heat because of their limited adaptive capacity. …”

Cobalt-catalyzed intramolecular reactions between a vinylcyclopropane and an alkyne : switchable [5+2] cycloaddition and homo-ene pathways by Wu, Chunlin, Yoshikai, Naohiko

“…Furthermore, a highly enantioselective variant of the homo‐ene reaction afforded chiral tetrahydrofuran, pyrrolidine, and cyclopentane derivatives bearing 1,3‐diene and alkylidene substituents.…”
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Ancient Tangut manuscripts rediscovered by van Driem, George

“…It is a cause for great joy that, since the appearance of the article by van Driem and Kepping (1991), the original Tangut manuscripts bearing interlinear Tibetan transcriptions, which had been lost for decades, have now been found and returned to the Institute of Oriental Studies in St. …”
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