Studies towards the synthesis of bioactive natural products and development of new synthetic methods by Khanizeman, Rabi’ah Nisha

“…Therefore the content of this thesis describes the syntheses and development of new synthetic methods towards bioactive natural products containing 1,3-amino alcohol, 1,3-diamine, THP-ring as well as tri-aryl ethylene unit which represent the key themes of (+)-negamycin (Chapter 1), (-)-cernuine and (+)-cermizine D (Chapter 2), enigmazole A (Chapter 3) and tamoxifen (Chapter 4), respectively.…”
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Development of novel chemical ligation methods for the synthesis of posttranslationally modified proteins by Yang, Renliang

“…In chapter 3, we introduce a novel chemical ligation method named dual native chemical ligation at lysine. …”
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Indo-European youth priesthoods and the Männerbund theory: a study of the Vedic Vrātyas and their ancient Indo-European analogues by Elby, T

“…Chapter Two analyses the origin of the concept of the Männerbund. …”

Study on designer surface plasmon resonators by Gao, Fei

“…Chapter 2 introduces a dispersion tuning method on designer surface plasmon resonators. …”
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The interrelation of EU law with inter se international agreements of the EU member states by Georgaki, K, Eleftheriadis, P

“…Against this background, Chapter Two examines and discards the premise that EU law constitutes a ‘new legal order’, highlighting the nature of EU law as international law. …”

The Organizational Ombudsman by Rowe, Mary, Gadlin, Howard

“…This chapter discusses the OO (organizational ombudsman) in the context of organizational conflict management systems (CMS). …”
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The Chinese expansion and language coexistence in Modern China by LaPolla, Randy J.

“…This chapter outlines the history of the development and spread of what became what we now know as the Sinitic (Chinese) languages and the effects that migrations, cultural contact, and national policies had on the development. …”
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Multi-angle data acquisition to compensate transducer finite size in photoacoustic tomography by Hakakzadeh, Soheil, Mozaffarzadeh, Moein, Mostafavi, Seyed Masood, Kavehvash, Zahra, Rajendran, Praveenbalaji, Verweij, Martin, de Jong, Nico, Pramanik, Manojit

“…In photoacoustic tomography (PAT) systems, the tangential resolution decreases due to the finite size of the transducer as the off-center distance increases. To address this problem, we propose a multi-angle detection approach in which the transducer used for data acquisition rotates around its center (with specific angles) as well as around the scanning center. …”
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Structural study of enteroviruses by Qin, L

“…</p> <p>The work described in this thesis extends our structural understanding of enteroviruses detailing the receptor binding manner of Echovirus 11 and closely related enteroviruses (chapter 3) and the polyclonal antibody response to poliovirus (chapter 4). …”

Lewis acid-catalyzed reactions of alcohol pro-electrophiles as novel strategies for C-C and C-N bond formation by Rao, Weidong

“…In Chapter III, a novel strategy to highly conjugated indenes involving unexpected iron(II) chloride-catalyzed dimerization of 1,1,3-trisubstituted-prop-2-yn-1-ols was described. …”
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Nanoporous gold nanostructures : morphological design and their energy conversion applications by Yang, Zhe

“…The detailed controllability of NPG coated shape memory polymer movement is systematically studied in chapter 4. In chapter 5, I directly synthesize NPG-molybdenum sulfide hybrid structure by exploiting the photothermal effect to significantly increase localized temperature to initiate reduction of molybdenum sulfide precursors. …”
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Impact of interspecific competition on African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in an ecosystem with artificial perennial water provision by Sandoval Serés, ME

“…Thirdly, I evaluated if African wild dogs avoid large competing predators (leopards, lions and hyaenas) reactively or proactively in space and time at different spatial and temporal scales, using camera trap data to perform generalized linear mixed models, activity pattern overlap and time-to-event analyses (Chapter 4). Finally, I discussed water management strategies to help decrease the level of interspecific competition on African wild dogs and assist in their conservation (Chapter 5). …”

Beyond Data Literacy: Reinventing Community Engagement and Empowerment in the Age of Data by Bhargava, Rahul, Deahl, Erica, Letouzé, Emmanuel, Noonan, Amanda, Sangokoya, David, Shoup, Natalie

“…The Internews Center for Innovation and Learning and the Rockefeller Foundation…”
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Air-gapped microaxial transmission line technology for Si-based microwave integrated circuits by Tian, Yang

“…The organization of the thesis is summarized at the last part of this chapter.…”
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A comprehensive study on spectral clustering by Lu, Siyao

“…Firstly, a guideline on the selection of similarity matrices, adjacency matrix and Laplacian matrix, under different conditions is proposed through a large number of simulations in Chapter 2. Next, an improved spectral clustering method with more general input metrics is investigated with satisfying performance in Chapter 3. …”
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Artificial intelligence and power in public service management by Vogl, TM

“…This chapter is based on interview data, open ended survey responses, and publicly available documents and recordings. …”

Introduction: exponential inequalities: what can equality law do? by Atrey, S, Fredman, S

“…The purpose of the introductory chapter is twofold: first, to explain the meaning of the term 'exponential inequalities' which is the subject of this book; and, secondly, to set out the context and significance of the research in the individual contributions and the book as a whole. …”

Instability Scaffolding: Enacting Strategic Instabilities to Produce Authentic Premium Wine by Zhang, Alan

“…Chapter Three offers insight into the modern-day operations of a world-renowned fine wine producer. …”
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Development of (Z)-alkenylsilane coupling methodology and application towards the synthesis of incednine by Kuper, C

“…This is followed by a chapter focusing on the development of a novel strategy to access more reactive dimethyl alkenylsiloxanes and their applications. …”

Global Bifurcations Organizing Weak Chimeras in Three Symmetrically Coupled Kuramoto Oscillators with Inertia by Ashwin, P, Bick, C

“…We further highlight a second organizing center associated with a codimension two symmetry-breaking heteroclinic connection.…”