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New technologies for constructing C-S and C-N bonds / by Markku Antti Savolainen
I. Markovnikov-Selective Hydrothiolation of Styrenes: Application to the Synthesis of Stereodefined Olefins There have been few reports in the literature describing Lewis Acid-catalyzed hydrothiolations that furnish Markovnikov-selective C–S bond...
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Multiple element intraoperative ultrasound hyperthermia system.
Operative ultrasonography -- Instruments. ; Cancer -- Thermotherapy -- Instruments.
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Serpentine/chlorite and illite/smectite in the Tuscaloosa formation: origins, chemistry, mineralogic structures, and oxygen isotope compositions.
Silicate minerals -- Louisiana. Silicate minerals -- Mississippi. Formations (Geology) -- Louisiana. Formations (Geology) -- Mississippi.
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Cerenkov radiation in dielectric-loaded waveguides.
Cherenkov radiation.
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Building a better trap: the use of iron dithiocarbamate complexes in the in vivo and ex vivo detection and quantification of nitric oxide.
Nitric oxide -- Analysis. ; Dithiocarbamates. ; Iron compounds. ; Organonitrogen compounds. ; Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Nitric oxide is synthesized by living organisms and plays important roles in circulatory, neurological, and immune function. Nitric oxide can also play pathophysiological roles, depending on the amount of the molecule, the presence of other species...
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Coaxial microwave antennas for interstitial and intracavitary hyperthermia.
Cancer -- Radiotherapy.
Hyperthermia, the elevation of tissue temperature from 42°C to 50°C, is currently being investigated as an adjunct to radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer. The interstitial microwave antenna array hyperthermia (IMAAH) system is designed...
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Direct experimental investigation of the electron distribution function in a magnetized plasma.
Plasma dynamics. Electrons.
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In situ and laboratory measurements of cold plasmas.
Low temperature plasmas -- Measurement.
Measurement of the ionospheric thermal particle population bridges the two different communities of ground-based radar and space-based rocket studies, which have the common goal of characterizing heavy ion transport in the cusp/cleft region. We...
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Upper hybrid resonance scattering by magnetoplasma columns.
Plasma (Ionized gases). ; Scattering (Physics).
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Computational studies of small group IB clusters and their van der Waals complexes.
Transition metal complexes -- Spectra. ; Chemical reaction.
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The purification and characterization of a three-subunit ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase complex from Paracoccus denitrificans.
Cytochrome c. ; Paracoccus denitrificans.
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Gas diffusivity and air permeability of the firn from cold polar sites.
Snow -- Permeability. ; Snow surveys -- Antarctica -- East Antarctica. ; Surfaces -- Areas and volumes. ; Gas flow. ; Porosity.
Recent field investigations of a megadunes region of East Antarctica provide evidence that differences in grain size, thermal conductivity, and permeability across a megadune are due to relative accumulation patterns in the absence of significant...
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Motion optimized conformal microwave imaging for biomedical applications / by Neil R. Epstein.
Investigations into alternative breast cancer (BC) imaging techniques have become increasingly popular based on the limitations of traditional imaging modalities: X-ray mammography uses ionizing radiation, has limited intrinsic contrast and is...
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Acquisition and registration of 3D optical surface scanning, MRI, and microwave tomographic imaging for improved clinical breast imaging and surgical planning / by Matthew John Pallone.
Continual improvements to clinical breast imaging technologies have led to ever earlier detections and increasingly accurate localizations of female breast cancers. While these advancements have certainly improved the prognoses of many patients,...
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A dynamically refocusable sampling infrastructure for 802.11 networks.
Telecommunication -- Traffic -- Measurement -- Statistical methods. IEEE 802.11 (Standard). Universities and colleges -- Computer networks -- New Hampshire -- Hanover -- Case studies.
The edge of the Internet is increasingly wireless. Enterprises large and small, homeowners, and even whole cities have deployed Wi-Fi networks for their users, and many users never need to--or never bother to--use the wired network. With the advent...
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Thermodynamic and spectroscopic studies of metalloprotein stability ligation and reactivity / by George P. Lisi III.
Metal ions confer structural stability and reactivity to a large number of proteins that use the amino acids histidine (His) and cysteine (Cys) to form stable metal-ligand complexes. The stability of metal-His and metal-Cys interactions and their...
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Reactive intermediates in chromium carcinogenesis.
Chromium -- Toxicology. Carcinogenesis.
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A spectroscopic investigation of chromium-thiolate complexes.
Chromium. Glutathione.
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An EPR spectroscopic investigation of paramagnetic organometallic complexes.
Organometallic compounds. ; Paramagnetism. ; Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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The role of mitochondria in chromium carcinogenesis.
Chromium. Carcinogens. ; Mitochondria.
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Thermodynamic studies of copper binding to azurin : development and application of a novel method to determine the reduction potential and reduction thermodynamics of metalloproteins / by Molly L. Croteau
Cupredoxins, such as stellacyanin, plastocyanin, amicyanin, rusticyanin, and azurin perform electron transfer (ET) reactions with partner protein(s) in the cell. The role of the redox cofactor in these proteins is played by a copper ion, which...
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How sea ice microstructure influences the polar transport of salts from the ocean into the atmosphere / by Ross Lieb-Lappen
Sea ice appears to form an impenetrable boundary at the ocean-atmosphere interface in polar regions, yet in fact its porous structure provides critical pathways for the exchange of heat, gases, salts, and other chemical species impacting the global...
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I. Reactivity of electron deficient indoles toward nucleophiles, Diels-Alder reactions and dipolar cycloadditions; II. Synthesis of pyrrolo[3,4-b]indoles.
Indole -- Synthesis. Indole -- Reactivity. Pyrroles. Diels-Alder reaction.
Earlier in our laboratory, a facile synthesis of the 2- and 3-nitroindoles was realized. These compounds showed promise as powerful intermediates in the synthesis of novel structures and natural products. The reactivity of 2- and 3-nitroindoles...
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The purification and partial characterization of a reconstitutively active iron-sulfur protein.
Cytochrome c. ; Iron-sulfur proteins. ; Proteins -- Analysis.
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The roles of glutathione and ascorbate in chromium (VI)-induced carcinogenesis in vivo.
Chromium -- Toxicity testing. ; Glutathione. ; Vitamin C -- Physiological effect. ; Carcinogenesis. ; DNA damage.
Chromium(VI) is a human carcinogen and causes DNA damage following reduction by intracellular reductants. In order to explore the effects of intracellular reductants on the carcinogenicity of Cr(VI), the roles of glutathione and ascorbate in...
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Nonlinear theory of the Cerenkov maser.
Cherenkov radiation. ; Maser physics.
The Cerenkov Maser radiation is examined using linear and nonlinear theory. Linear theories for the gain in the single particle and the collective limits have been given previously. In this work, we show the connections between these two operating...
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A knowledge-based environment for the automated design of analog electronic circuits.
Electronic analog computers -- Circuits -- Design and construction -- Computer programs. ; SLADE (Computer program).
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Charge separation in exciplexes.
Excited state chemistry. ; Photochemistry. ; Charge transfer.
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Three dimensional finite element simulations for regional electromagnetic hyperthermia treatment of cancer.
Cancer -- Treatment. ; Fever. ; Electromagnetic waves. ; Finite element method. ; Maxwell equations.
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Quality control of solid dielectric cable.
Electric cables. ; Dielectrics.
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Mutational analysis of the mitochondrial Rieske iron-sulfur protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Iron-sulfur proteins.
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Kinetic processes of cadmium and cadmium sulfide thin films formation by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition.
Chemical vapor deposition. ; Thin films. ; Cadmium plating. ; Cadmium compounds.
Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) is a complex process. In this thesis, we try to understand the formation mechanism of cadmium (Cd) and cadmium sulfide (CdS) thin films by MOCVD. CdS can be formed from the spontaneous reaction of...
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Studies on the syntheses of bis-pyridocarbazoles and derivatives of ellipticine.
Pyridocarbazoles. ; Ellipticine. ; Cancer -- Research.
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Characterization of metal ion binding to zinc finger peptides and metal ion competition reactions between metallothionein and Sp1 zinc finger #3.
Zinc-finger proteins. ; Metallothionein. ; Binding sites (Biochemistry).
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Magnetic resonance microwave absorption imaging.
Magnetic resonance. ; Microwaves -- Physiological effect. ; Thermoelasticity. ; Neutron spin echoes. ; Microwave imaging in medicine. ; Imaging systems in medicine -- Design. ; Breast -- Magnetic resonance imaging.
Magnetic Resonance has been shown to detect tissue displacements generated by a mechanical stimulus or an ultrasound (US) field. Magnetic Resonance Microwave Absorption (MRMA) imaging uses MR to image microwave-induced thermoelastic waves as a...
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Understanding inpatient nurses' engagement in worksite health promotion: a case study.
Nurses -- Health and hygiene. Employee health promotion.
Background. Worksite health promotion programs (HPP) support employees' health behaviors to prevent downstream diseases. Maximizing participation can optimize program impact. Objectives. To assess staff nurses' participation in three HPP - flu...
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Single cycle terahertz pulse propagation in water.
Electromagnetic devices -- Design. Electromagnetic waves -- Transmission -- Measurement. Picosecond pulses. Water.
Single cycle electromagnetic pulses have been difficult to experimentally generate and to theoretically analyze. With the recent development of terahertz systems based on near infrared femtosecond lasers it has become possible to perform single...
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Immunomodulatory effects of chronic low dose arsenic exposure.
Arsenic -- Toxicology. Lungs -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects. Lungs -- Diseases -- Genetic aspects. Medical Term Arsenic -- toxicity.
Toxic metals are a major health concern in the environment and particularly in Superfund and other toxic waste sites. Arsenic (As) is considered the number one environmental chemical of human health concern both in the U.S. and worldwide. It is...
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Improved synthesis and functionalization of the viridin core skeleton
The furanosteroid class of compounds issues a siren call to both chemists and biologists alike -- the intriguing pentacyclic skeleton, densely packed and highly functionalized, continues to entice synthetic minds to develop new and elegant methods...
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Computational aspect of tomographic microwave imaging for biomedical applications
Microwave imaging (MI) is based on recovering dielectric properties (permittivity and conductivity) of materials. Over the last two decades, MI has attracted increasing interests in biomedical applications, in particular, for breast cancer...
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Bayesian nonparametric methods for non-exchangeable data / by Nicholas J. Foti.
Bayesian nonparametric methods have become increasingly popular in machine learning for their ability to allow the data to determine model complexity. In particular, Bayesian nonparametric versions of common latent variable models can learn as...
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A catalog of clusters to z [is less than or equal to] 1 from the Oxford Dartmouth Thirty Degree Survey.
Galaxies -- Clusters -- Mathematical models. Galaxies -- Formation -- Mathematical models. Galaxies -- Clusters -- Catalogs. Galaxies -- Spectra. Algorithms. Andromeda Galaxy.
A sample of 46 previously unidentified, intermediate- to high-redshift, near-infrared (NIR)-selected galaxy clusters have been discovered in the Andromeda catalog of the Oxford Dartmouth Thirty Degree Survey (ODTS). These clusters vary from low- to...
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Combined MRI and near-infrared spectroscopy for increased specificity of breast cancer imaging / by Michael A. Mastanduno.
A yearly breast contrast-MR scan is recommended to high-risk women because of MR's high sensitivity to breast tumors. However, breast contrast-MR yields a high number of false positives that lead to expensive and sometimes unnecessary biopsy...
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Advancement of magnetic resonance poroelastography for applications in brain imaging / by Adam J. Pattison.
Brain tissue mechanics are an important biomarker for neurological disorders, yet methods to obtain tissue information yield inconsistent conclusions. These techniques can be invasive or require excised tissue, where tissue function is altered from...
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Magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia as an adjuvant cancer therapy with chemotherapy / by Alicia Ailie Petryk.
Magnetic nanoparticle-based hyperthermia for cancer treatment is a promising technology, particularly when applied as part of an adjuvant strategy with established cancer therapies (chemotherapy, radiation and surgery). In Europe, early clinical...
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A computational study of radio relics in galaxy cluster mergers / by Dane Patrick Owen.
Radio relics are extended regions of synchrotron radio emission that have been found in the outskirts of a few dozen galaxy clusters. Relics are often associated with clusters undergoing merger activity. They are not associated optically with a...
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Chemico-physical and pharmacologic factors that influence delivery of IONPs to tumors in rodent breast cancer models / by Jennifer Tate.
Nanoparticles have made significant advances in recent years in the realm of cancer therapy. These nanoparticles typically range in size from 10-250nm in diameter, allowing for differential systemic-based biodistribution. The enhanced permeability...
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Silicon/silicon-germanium quantum dots with single-electron transistor charge sensors / by Mingyun Yuan.
Si/SiGe quantum dots (QDs) are promising candidates for spin-based quantum bits (qubits) as a result of the reduced spin-orbit coupling as well as the Si isotopes with zero nuclear spin. Meanwhile qubit readout is a challenge related to...
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