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3 Citations
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14 Pages

13 August 2020

C–H activation with transition metal catalysis has become an important tool in organic synthesis for the functionalization of low reactive bonds and the preparation of complex molecules. The choice of the directing group (DG) proves to be cruci...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,429 Views
53 Pages

Progress in Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions with 7-Azaindoline as the Directing Group

  • Yan-Ping Zhang,
  • Yong You,
  • Jun-Qing Yin,
  • Zhen-Hua Wang,
  • Jian-Qiang Zhao and
  • Wei-Cheng Yuan

1 December 2023

α-Substituted-7-azaindoline amides and α,β-unsaturated 7-azaindoline amides have emerged as new versatile synthons for various metal-catalyzed and organic-catalyzed asymmetric reactions, which have attracted much attention from chemi...

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  • Open Access
2,540 Views
15 Pages

Sampling Associated with a Unitary Representation of a Semi-Direct Product of Groups: A Filter Bank Approach

  • Antonio G. García,
  • Miguel Angel Hernández-Medina and
  • Gerardo Pérez-Villalón

12 April 2019

An abstract sampling theory associated with a unitary representation of a countable discrete non abelian group G, which is a semi-direct product of groups, on a separable Hilbert space is studied. A suitable expression of the data samples, the use of...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,014 Views
20 Pages

1 May 2024

C-H borylation is a powerful strategy for the construction of C-B bonds due to the synthetic versatility of C-B bonds. Various transition metals affect the powerful functionalization of C-H bonds, of which Ir is the most common. Substrate-directed me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,166 Views
12 Pages

24 October 2019

We construct several new families of directed strongly regular Cayley graphs (DSRCGs) over the metacyclic group M 4 n = a , b | a n = b 4 = 1 , b 1 a b = a 1 , some of which generalize those ea...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,350 Views
10 Pages

Recommendations for the screening of hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) advise taking a selective approach in using the direct antiglobulin test (DAT) for mothers with blood group O or RhD-negative. This study assessed the relation of DAT results...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,140 Views
11 Pages

A Broadband Switch-Less Bi-Directional Amplifier with Negative-Group-Delay Matching Circuits

  • Yuwei Meng,
  • Zhongbao Wang,
  • Shaojun Fang,
  • Te Shao and
  • Hongmei Liu

A broadband switch-less bi-directional low noise amplifier based on negative group delay (NGD) matching circuits with a non-Foster characteristic is proposed. To validate the feasibility, two circuits were designed and compared, which are matched by...

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  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,586 Views
23 Pages

Iridium-Catalysed ortho-Directed Deuterium Labelling of Aromatic Esters—An Experimental and Theoretical Study on Directing Group Chemoselectivity

  • Jennifer Devlin,
  • William. J. Kerr,
  • David M. Lindsay,
  • Timothy J. D. McCabe,
  • Marc Reid and
  • Tell Tuttle

25 June 2015

Herein we report a combined experimental and theoretical study on the deuterium labelling of benzoate ester derivatives, utilizing our developed iridium N-heterocyclic carbene/phosphine catalysts. A range of benzoate esters were screened, including d...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,449 Views
20 Pages

1 November 2019

In order to improve the network layer of the Internet of things to improve transmission reliability, save time delay and energy consumption, the Internet of things cooperative communication and intelligent agent technology were studied in this paper....

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1,330 Views
20 Pages

In Japan, where competitive entrance exams are widespread, many students experience unwilling enrollment, entering a university that they do not wish to attend. This can hinder adjustment and increase the risk of dropping out, making support for acad...

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  • Open Access
58 Citations
14,056 Views
22 Pages

26 February 2019

Weinreb amides are a privileged, multi-functional group with well-established utility in classical synthesis. Recently, several studies have demonstrated the use of Weinreb amides as interesting substrates in transition metal-catalyzed C-H functional...

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  • Open Access
2,023 Views
15 Pages

Remarks on Conjectures in Block Theory of Finite Groups

  • Manal H. Algreagri and
  • Ahmad M. Alghamdi

6 December 2023

In this paper, we focus on Brauer’s height zero conjecture, Robinson’s conjecture, and Olsson’s conjecture regarding the direct product of finite groups and give relative versions of these conjectures by restricting them to the alge...

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  • Open Access
1,273 Views
12 Pages

7 November 2024

The notion of matched pair (F,G,,) of finite groups was introduced by Takeuchi in 1981, which is equivalent to a factorization of the group FG. We find in this paper some sufficient conditions when equations νm(FG)=ν...

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6 Citations
2,818 Views
12 Pages

Rhodium-Catalyzed Alkylation of Aromatic Ketones with Allylic Alcohols and α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

  • Wan-Di Li,
  • Jia-Shuo Zhang,
  • Lin-Yan Zhang,
  • Zhong-Wen Liu,
  • Juan Fan and
  • Xian-Ying Shi

26 July 2023

The direct transition-metal-catalyzed addition of C–H bonds to unsaturated C=X (X=C, O, and N) bonds via C–H bond activation has been recognized as a powerful tool for the construction of C–C bonds (in terms of atom and step economy...

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1 Citations
1,679 Views
28 Pages

N,N- and N,O-Bidentate-Chelation-Assisted Alkenyl C–H Functionalization

  • Yawei Zhang,
  • Chengxing Peng,
  • Xiaoli Li,
  • Xiuying Liu,
  • Liyuan Ding,
  • Guofu Zhong and
  • Jian Zhang

Chelation-assisted olefinic C–H functionalization has been demonstrated to be a powerful method of constructing multi-substituted alkenes from simpler ones. This strategy produces complex alkenes in a regio- and stereoselective manner, followed...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,821 Views
23 Pages

Passive Joint Emitter Localization with Sensor Self-Calibration

  • Guangbin Zhang,
  • Hengyan Liu,
  • Wei Dai,
  • Tianyao Huang,
  • Yimin Liu and
  • Xiqin Wang

23 January 2023

This paper studies the problem surrounding distributed passive arrays (sensors) locating multiple emitters while performing self-calibration to correct possible errors in the assumed array directions. In our setting, only the angle-of-arrival (AoA) i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,447 Views
16 Pages

Optimum Structure of Corporate Groups

  • Stylianos Artsidakis,
  • Yiannis Thalassinos,
  • Theofanis Petropoulos and
  • Konstantinos Liapis

Corporate groups consist of a set of companies, often described as subsidiaries, which are usually controlled by one single entity, the parent or holding company. The term control means the parent company’s rights to direct the relevant activit...

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24 Citations
6,383 Views
23 Pages

To solve the problems of the decreased reliability and safety of battery pack due to the inconsistency between batteries after single batteries are grouped is of great significance to find an appropriate sorting method of single batteries. This study...

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972 Views
16 Pages

Homogeneous Structures and Homogeneous Geodesics of the Hyperbolic Oscillator Group

  • Giovanni Calvaruso,
  • Amirhesam Zaeim,
  • Mehdi Jafari and
  • Moslem Baghgoli

15 January 2025

In this paper, we study some homogeneity properties of a semi-direct extension of the Heisenberg group, known in literature as the hyperbolic oscillator (or Boidol) group, equipped with the left-invariant metrics corresponding to the ones of the osci...

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  • Open Access
3,337 Views
14 Pages

15 February 2023

Palladium-catalyzed C-H activation reactions have attracted the attention of organic researchers due to their unique high selectivity, broad functional group tolerance, and high efficiency, and they are widely used in natural products and asymmetric...

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1 Citations
7,059 Views
27 Pages

12 November 2021

COVID-19 social distancing limitations have resulted in the utilization of hybrid online formats focused on visual contact among learners and teachers. The preferred option has been Zoom. The focus of one voluntary, democratic, self-reflective univer...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,875 Views
27 Pages

21 January 2024

To overcome the problems of the high sidelobe levels and low computational efficiency of traditional Capon-based beamformers in optimizing the two-dimensional (elevation–azimuth) beampatterns of conformal arrays, in this paper, we propose a rob...

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5 Citations
2,197 Views
13 Pages

1 February 2024

The conjugation of phytosterols (PSs) with fatty acids results in producing phytosterol esters (PSEs) characterized by enhanced lipophilicity and improved functional properties of major interest in food and nutraceutical applications. The use of immo...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,700 Views
5 Pages

4 December 2020

In the present Short Note, we report a synthesis for the title compound, N-(9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracen-1-yl)-2-methylbenzamide by reacting 2-methylbenzoyl chloride (or 2-methylbenzoic acid) with 1-aminoanthraquinone. The synthesized target comp...

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3 Citations
5,779 Views
17 Pages

23 November 2017

The objective of this project was to create similar exposure groups (SEGs) for occupational monitoring in a structural steel fabrication facility. Qualitative SEG formation involved worksite observation, interviews, and audits of materials and proced...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,417 Views
4 Pages

N-Benzo[c][1,2,5]thiazol-4-yl-3-trifluoromethylbenzamide

  • Hamad H. Al Mamari,
  • Nasser Al Awaimri and
  • Yousuf Al Lawati

29 July 2019

The title compound, N-benzo[c][1,2,5]thiazol-4-yl-3-trifluoromethylbenzamide (1) was synthesized by reacting 3-trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride (4) and 4-aminobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (5). The compound was characterized by various spectroscopic meth...

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5 Citations
3,805 Views
6 Pages

N-(2-Hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-methylbenzamide

  • Hamad H. Al Mamari and
  • Yousuf Al Lawati

19 December 2019

The title compound, N-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-methylbenzamide was synthesized by reacting 3-methylbenzoyl chloride or 3-methylbenzoic acid with 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol. In the present report, the synthesized target compound was fully char...

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  • Open Access
1,265 Views
31 Pages

Pattern Recognition in Urban Maps Based on Graph Structures

  • Xiaomin Lu,
  • Zhiyi Zhang,
  • Haoran Song and
  • Haowen Yan

Map groups exhibit distinct spatial distribution characteristics, making their pattern recognition crucial for map generalization, map matching, geographic dataset construction, and urban planning/analysis. Current pattern recognition methods for map...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,650 Views
21 Pages

16 March 2019

The total variation (TV) regularization-based methods are proven to be effective in removing random noise. However, these solutions usually have staircase effects. This paper proposes a new image reconstruction method based on TV regularization with...

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12 Citations
5,621 Views
14 Pages

15 October 2020

Creating a sustainable urban space should allow everyone to benefit from urbanization regardless of their ability. Spatial equity is one of the significant factors of sustainability. Several studies have explored pedestrian accessibility and spatial...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,909 Views
14 Pages

Screening Direct Seeding-Related Traits by Using an Improved Mesocotyl Elongation Assay and Association between Seedling and Maturity Traits in Rice

  • Muhammad Uzair,
  • Suyash B. Patil,
  • Hongrui Zhang,
  • Ashmit Kumar,
  • Humphrey Mkumbwa,
  • Syed Adeel Zafar,
  • Yan Chun,
  • Jingjing Fang,
  • Jinfeng Zhao and
  • Xueyong Li
  • + 2 authors

18 April 2022

Direct seeding (DS) of rice gained much attention due to labor scarcity and unavailability of water. However, reduced emergence and poor seedling establishment are the main problems of DS which causes significant yield losses. Herein, DS-associated s...

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6 Citations
6,324 Views
92 Pages

3 December 2024

The development of efficient synthetic procedures to access fused N, O-heterocyclic skeletons has been a pivotal research topic in organic synthesis for several years. Owing to the applications of N, O-fused heterocycles in organic synthesis, materia...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,323 Views
16 Pages

26 May 2020

Localized functionalization of polymer surface with an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet was investigated at various treatment conditions. Polystyrene samples were treated with the plasma jet sustained in argon under direct or remote conditions. The tw...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,426 Views
22 Pages

28 January 2022

This paper proposes an adaptive protection scheme (APS) based on the original heap-based optimization (HBO) and a modified HBO (MHBO). APS is used to solve protection relays coordination problems that include directional overcurrent relays (DOCRs) as...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,299 Views
36 Pages

Synthesis of Polysubstituted Ferrocenesulfoxides

  • Min Wen,
  • William Erb,
  • Florence Mongin,
  • Yury S. Halauko,
  • Oleg A. Ivashkevich,
  • Vadim E. Matulis and
  • Thierry Roisnel

The purpose of the study is to design synthetic methodologies, especially directed deprotometalation using polar organometallic reagents, to access polysubstituted ferrocenesulfoxides. From enantiopure 2-substituted (SiMe3, PPh2) S-tert-butylferrocen...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,794 Views
14 Pages

25 August 2022

Irrigation contributes to land and ecosystem degradation, especially in intensive farming areas. However, in marginal areas, long-established irrigation systems also supply agroecosystem services. This study aimed to identify and prioritize the exter...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,469 Views
20 Pages

23 December 2022

Due to the single market within the European Union (EU), capital mobility has created many challenges in the field of tax policy, especially whether taxes should be coordinated or governments should retain fiscal sovereignty for the sake of tax compe...

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712 Views
18 Pages

A truncated M-fractional Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation in high-dimensional space has been proposed. The model provides the oretical support for studying the interaction patterns among waves. According to the attributes of the truncated M...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,153 Views
15 Pages

Multiplicative noise removal is a quite challenging problem in image denoising. In recent years, hyper-Laplacian prior information has been successfully introduced in the image denoising problem and significant denoising effects have been achieved. I...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
805 Views
17 Pages

2 September 2025

The convective Cahn–Hilliard–Oono equation is analyzed under the conditions μ10 and μ3+μ40. The Lie invariance criteria are examined through symmetry generators, leading to the identification of Lie algebra, where transla...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,100 Views
32 Pages

Transient Equivalent Modelling of a Wind Farm Based on QPSO-Based Wind Turbine Fault Ride-Through Control

  • Jianan He,
  • Shenbing Ma,
  • Xu Zhang,
  • Meiling Luo,
  • Lei Li,
  • Jian Niu,
  • Haitao Liu,
  • Ping Jin and
  • Yabo Liang

28 February 2025

At present, the equivalent modeling method of wind farms mostly adopts single-machine multiplication equivalence, which has the deficiencies of large model error and difficulty in accurately reflecting the fault transient characteristics of wind farm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,287 Views
14 Pages

Barriers and Facilitators to the Learning and Acquisition of Research Competencies among Nursing Students through Active Methodologies: A Qualitative Study Using Reflective Writing

  • Juan Francisco Velarde-García,
  • Beatriz Álvarez-Embarba,
  • María Nieves Moro-Tejedor,
  • Leyre Rodríguez-Leal,
  • Oscar Arrogante,
  • María Gema Alvarado-Zambrano,
  • Jorge Pérez-Corrales and
  • Domingo Palacios-Ceña

Background: The development of educational research, critical thinking skills, and evidence-based practice requires proposals for educational innovation. The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of undergraduate nursing students on t...

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6 Citations
3,222 Views
33 Pages

1 June 2025

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) represent a promising pathway for energy conversion, yet their reliance on platinum-group metal (PGM)-based anode catalysts poses critical sustainability challenges, which stem from finite mineral reserves, environm...

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2,477 Views
18 Pages

2 December 2023

The representation theory of a finite group, G, is an important area of research currently. This paper studied the modular representation of finite groups, which are direct products. There are three approaches to studying this representation: the rin...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,731 Views
16 Pages

Can Zooplankton Add Value to Monitoring Water Quality? A Case Study of a Meso/Eutrophic Portuguese Reservoir

  • Ivo Pinto,
  • Sandra Nogueira,
  • Sara Rodrigues,
  • Nuno Formigo and
  • Sara C. Antunes

25 April 2023

Despite the key role of zooplankton communities in regulating the water quality of lentic ecosystems, they are absent from the list of biological elements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) for the assessment of ecological status. Based on this,...

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12 Citations
4,574 Views
9 Pages

28 April 2020

α-Nitrocinnamate underwent the conjugate addition of an active methylene compound such as nitroacetate, 1,3-dicarbonyl compound, or α-nitroketone, and the following ring closure afforded functionalized heterocyclic frameworks. The reactio...

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35 Citations
7,480 Views
37 Pages

Traceless Directing Groups in Sustainable Metal-Catalyzed C–H Activation

  • Athanasios Zarkadoulas,
  • Ioanna Zgouleta,
  • Nikolaos V. Tzouras and
  • Georgios C. Vougioukalakis

27 April 2021

Sustainable transformations towards the production of valuable chemicals constantly attract interest, both in terms of academic and applied research. C–H activation has long been scrutinized in this regard, given that it offers a straightforward path...

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  • Open Access
5,477 Views
15 Pages

14 March 2013

Let C1 and C2 be algebraic plane curves in 2 such that the curves intersect in d1 · d2 points where d1, d2 are the degrees of the curves respectively. Oka and Sakamoto proved that π1( 2 C1 U C2)) ≅ π1 ( 2 C1) × π1 ( 2 ...

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4 Citations
3,025 Views
38 Pages

9 May 2022

We prove various results in infinite-dimensional differential calculus that relate the differentiability properties of functions and associated operator-valued functions (e.g., differentials). The results are applied in two areas: (1) in the theory o...

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