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Political Economies of the Middle East and North Africa


 
Despite its oil wealth, the Middle East and North Africa is economically stagnating. Growth rates are comparatively unfavorable and insufficient to substantially improve citizens’ lives. Whether this economic inertia can be overcome or will continue into the indefinite future is a vital question that confronts both the region and the world. 

In this book leading Middle East scholar Robert Springborg discusses the economic future of this region by

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The assemble, grow and lift-off (AGLO) strategy to construct complex gold nanostructures with pre-designed morphologies

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00553C, Edge Article
Open Access
Xin Luo, Christophe Lachance-Brais, Amy Bantle, Hanadi F. Sleiman
The AGLO strategy generates complex gold nanostructures with user-designed morphologies in solution, using only a simple 2D DNA origami sheet as a versatile transient template. The products are robust and stable as standalone gold nanostructures.
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Allylic C(sp3)–H alkylation via synergistic organo- and photoredox catalyzed radical addition to imines

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00819B, Edge Article
Open Access
Jiaqi Jia, Rajesh Kancherla, Magnus Rueping, Long Huang
A new catalytic method for the direct alkylation of allylic C(sp3)–H bonds from unactivated alkenes via synergistic organo- and photoredox catalysis is described.
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Nitric oxide monooxygenation (NOM) reaction of cobalt-nitrosyl {Co(NO)}8 to CoII-nitrito {CoII(NO2−)}: base induced hydrogen gas (H2) evolution

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01572E, Edge Article
Open Access
Sandip Das, Kulbir, Somnath Ghosh, Subash Chandra Sahoo, Pankaj Kumar
Base-induced hydrogen (H2) gas evolution in the nitric oxide monoxygenation reaction.
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Introduction of a 7-aza-6-MeO-indoline auxiliary in Lewis-acid/photoredox cooperative catalysis: highly enantioselective aminomethylation of α,β-unsaturated amides

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01890B, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Santosh K. Pagire, Naoya Kumagai, Masakatsu Shibasaki
An efficient cooperative chiral Lewis acid and photoredox catalytic system towards the highly enantioselective radical conjugate addition of α-amino radicals to α,β-unsaturated amides is developed with the implementation of unique auxiliaries.
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Water-induced formation of an alkali-ion dimer in cryptomelane nanorods

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01517B, Edge Article
Open Access
Shaobo Cheng, Vidushi Sharma, Altug S. Poyraz, Lijun Wu, Xing Li, Amy C. Marschilok, Esther S. Takeuchi, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Marivi Fernández-Serra, Yimei Zhu
Water displaces potassium ions and initiates the formation of a homonuclear dimer ion (K2+) in the tunnels of hollandite.
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Efficient alkene hydrosilation with bis(8-quinolyl)phosphine (NPN) nickel catalysts. The dominant role of silyl-over hydrido-nickel catalytic intermediates

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00997K, Edge Article
Open Access
Jian Yang, Verònica Postils, Michael I. Lipschutz, Meg Fasulo, Christophe Raynaud, Eric Clot, Odile Eisenstein, T. Don Tilley
A cationic nickel complex of the bis(8-quinolyl)(3,5-di-tert-butylphenoxy)phosphine (NPN) ligand, [(NPN)NiCl]+, is a precursor to efficient catalysts for the hydrosilation of alkenes with hydrosilanes under mild conditions and low catalyst loadings.
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Protease-Responsive Mass Barcoded Nanotranslaters for Simultaneously Quantifying the Intracellular Activity of Cascaded Caspases in Apoptosis Pathways

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01534B, Edge Article
Open Access
Hongmei Xu, Xiaodan Huang, Zhenzhen Zhang, xuemeng zhang, Qianhao Min, Jun-Jie Zhu
Quantitatively delineating the activation network of multiple proteases that participate in cellular processes is highly essential to understanding physiological and pathological states of cells. In this study, protease-responsive mass barcoded...
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Highly efficient non-doped blue fluorescent OLEDs with low efficiency roll-off based on hybridized local and charge transfer excited state emitters

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01341B, Edge Article
Open Access
Xianhao Lv, Mizhen Sun, Lei Xu, Runzhe Wang, Huayi Zhou, Yuyu Pan, Shitong Zhang, Qikun Sun, Shanfeng Xue, Wenjun Yang
A new pure fluorescent blue HLCT-emitter was designed and synthesized. Highly efficient non-doped blue OLEDs with low efficiency roll-off were achieved.
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Pore engineering of ultrathin covalent organic framework membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration and molecular sieving

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01679A, Edge Article
Open Access
Digambar B. Shinde, Li Cao, A. D. Dinga Wonanke, Xiang Li, Sushil Kumar, Xiaowei Liu, Mohamed N. Hedhili, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Matthew Addicoat, Kuo-Wei Huang, Zhiping Lai
Pore surface engineering of ultrathin COF membranes by introducing different lengths of alkyl chains into the skeleton, which allows us to precisely control the pore size of COF membranes for OSN applications and molecular sieving.
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SAXS studies of the thermally-induced fusion of diblock copolymer spheres: formation of hybrid nanoparticles of intermediate size and shape

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4312-4321
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00569J, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
E. J. Cornel, P. S. O'Hora, T. Smith, D. J. Growney, O. O. Mykhaylyk, S. P. Armes
Dilute dispersions of poly(lauryl methacrylate)-poly(benzyl methacrylate) diblock copolymer spheres of differing mean diameter are mixed and thermally annealed at 150 °C to produce either spherical or non-spherical nanoparticles of intermediate size.
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What is the role of acid–acid interactions in asymmetric phosphoric acid organocatalysis? A detailed mechanistic study using interlocked and non-interlocked catalysts

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4381-4390
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01026J, Edge Article
Open Access
Dennis Jansen, Johannes Gramüller, Felix Niemeyer, Torsten Schaller, Matthias C. Letzel, Stefan Grimme, Hui Zhu, Ruth M. Gschwind, Jochen Niemeyer
Supramolecular acid–acid interactions lead to competing monomeric and dimeric pathways in phosphoric acid catalysis – so that stereoselectivities depend on catalyst concentration.
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Chemical synthesis and immunological evaluation of new generation multivalent anticancer vaccines based on a Tn antigen analogue

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4488-4498
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00544D, Edge Article
Open Access
Carlo Pifferi, Ane Ruiz-de-Angulo, David Goyard, Claire Tiertant, Nagore Sacristán, Diego Barriales, Nathalie Berthet, Juan Anguita, Olivier Renaudet, Alberto Fernández-Tejada
A fully-synthetic anticancer vaccine candidate incorporating an hexadecavalent Tn antigen analogue display via oxime linkages induced tumor-specific IgG antibodies and cellular immune responses in mice coadministered with QS-21 as an adjuvant.
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Hydrogen peroxide reduction on single platinum nanoparticles

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4416-4421
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00379D, Edge Article
Open Access
Xin Chang, Christopher Batchelor-McAuley, Richard G. Compton
At the single platinum nanoparticle scale the hydrogen peroxide reduction reaction is a surface limited process.
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Self-assembly of reversed bilayer vesicles through pnictogen bonding: water-stable supramolecular nanocontainers for organic solvents

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4374-4380
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00206B, Edge Article
Open Access
Shiva Moaven, Brandon T. Watson, Shelby B. Thompson, Veronica J. Lyons, Daniel K. Unruh, Dominick J. Casadonte, Dimitri Pappas, Anthony F. Cozzolino
A new air and moisture stable antimony thiolate compound has been prepared that spontaneously forms stable hollow vesicles.
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Biocatalytic reversible control of the stiffness of DNA-modified responsive hydrogels: applications in shape-memory, self-healing and autonomous controlled release of insulin

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4516-4524
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01319F, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Chen Wang, Amit Fischer, Avner Ehrlich, Yaakov Nahmias, Itamar Willner
Biocatalytic control over the stiffness of pH-responsive hydrogels is applied to develop shape-memory, self-healing and controlled release matrices.
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Metal-free carbon monoxide-releasing micelles undergo tandem photochemical reactions for cutaneous wound healing

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4499-4507
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00135J, Edge Article
Open Access
Jian Cheng, Bin Zheng, Sheng Cheng, Guoying Zhang, Jinming Hu
Metal-free carbon monoxide-releasing polymers (CORPs) are synthesized via a direct polymerization approach, exhibiting not only improved stability but also accelerated wound healing performance as compared to CORM-3.
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Machine-enabled inverse design of inorganic solid materials: promises and challenges

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00594K, Minireview
Open Access
Juhwan Noh, Geun Ho Gu, Sungwon Kim, Yousung Jung
The grand challenge of materials science, discovery of novel materials with target properties, can be greatly accelerated by machine-learned inverse design strategies.
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Chemical control of competing electron transfer pathways in iron tetracyano-polypyridyl photosensitizers

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4360-4373
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC06272F, Edge Article
Open Access
Kristjan Kunnus, Lin Li, Charles J. Titus, Sang Jun Lee, Marco E. Reinhard, Sergey Koroidov, Kasper S. Kjær, Kiryong Hong, Kathryn Ledbetter, William B. Doriese, Galen C. O'Neil, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom, Dale Li, Kent Irwin, Dennis Nordlund, Amy A. Cordones, Kelly J. Gaffney
Photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer in Fe tetracyano-polypyridyl complexes was investigated with static and time-resolved UV-visible absorption and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering which revealed a competition of two relaxation pathways.
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Designing naphthopyran mechanophores with tunable mechanochromic behavior

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4525-4530
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01359E, Edge Article
Open Access
Brooke A. Versaw, Molly E. McFadden, Corey C. Husic, Maxwell J. Robb
Structure–activity relationships for strategic substitution of the naphthopyran mechanophore scaffold enable polymeric materials with tunable mechanochromic behavior.
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Redox deracemization of β,γ-alkynyl α-amino esters

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4444-4449
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00944J, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Lu Zhang, Rongxiu Zhu, Aili Feng, Changyin Zhao, Lei Chen, Guidong Feng, Lei Liu
A one-pot deracemization of β,γ-alkynyl α-amino esters consisting of an aerobic oxidation and chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation has been described.
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Functional group interaction profiles: a general treatment of solvent effects on non-covalent interactions

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4456-4466
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01288B, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Mark D. Driver, Mark J. Williamson, Joanne L. Cook, Christopher A. Hunter
Functional group interaction profiles are a quantitative tool for predicting the effect of solvent on the free energy changes associated with non-covalent interactions.
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A highly stable RNA aptamer probe for the retinoblastoma protein in live cells

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4467-4474
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01613F, Edge Article
Open Access
Thao T. Le, Andreas Bruckbauer, Bogachan Tahirbegi, Alastair J. Magness, Liming Ying, Andrew D. Ellington, Anthony E. G. Cass
An RNA G-quadruplex aptamer, specific for the human retinoblastoma protein (RB) and highly stable inside cells, is selected and its application to live cell probing of the protein illustrated.
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Selective electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to ethanol via a relay catalytic platform

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01133A, Edge Article
Open Access
Juan Du, Shaopeng Li, Shulin Liu, Yu Xin, Bingfeng Chen, Huizhen Liu, Buxing Han
The relay catalytic platform is very efficient and selective for CO2 electroreduction to ethanol.
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Quinone Methide Dimers Lacking Labile Hydrogen Atoms Are Surprisingly Excellent Radical-Trapping Antioxidants

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC02020F, Edge Article
Open Access
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Derek A. Pratt, Mark A R Raycroft, Jean-Philippe R Chauvin, Matthew Galliher, Kevin Romero, Corey Stephenson
Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) is the mechanism by which the vast majority of radical-trapping antioxidants (RTAs), such as hindered phenols, inhibit autoxidation. As such, at least one weak O–H bond...
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Correction: Enantioselective synthesis of isochromans and tetrahydroisoquinolines by C–H insertion of donor/donor carbenes

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC90081H, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Leslie A. Nickerson, Benjamin D. Bergstrom, Mingchun Gao, Yuan-Shin Shiue, Croix J. Laconsay, Matthew R. Culberson, Walker A. Knauss, James C. Fettinger, Dean J. Tantillo, Jared T. Shaw
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A time-domain view of charge carriers in semiconductor nanocrystal solids

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC05925C, Perspective
Open Access
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Wenbi Shcherbakov-Wu, William A. Tisdale
Time-domain spectroscopy and transient photocurrent techniques have revealed new understanding of mesoscale carrier dynamics in nanocrystal solids, including the role of energetic disorder, interactions with trap states, and nonequilibrium dynamics
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It's not the right stage to put differential premium on banks: Finance Secy

Finance minister had announced hiking the deposit insurance limit to Rs 5 lakh for each bank depositor




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BS Insurance Round Table 2020: No major impact of tax change, say experts

Six top life insurance executives brainstorm on the impact of tax exemption removal and the upcoming IPO of Life Insurance Corporation. Edited Excerpts:




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Patna: Schools to say ‘no’ to gatherings

Schools are not likely to be the same when they reopen after the lockdown ends. Most of them will not conduct morning assemblies, sports activities, cultural events, seminars and parent-teacher meets for several months in order to ensure social distancing norms.




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Bihar: Absentee doctors yet to respond to notices

Though two days have passed since the state health department issued show-cause notices to 362 absentee doctors, more than 85% of them have not come up with any explanation yet.




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Now, write letters & send cards to Covid warriors

Writing letters may have become a passé, but thanks to the initiative of Patna postal division, many city residents are now thanking corona warriors by sending them personal handwritten letters or greeting cards.




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Show-cause notices issued to 87 medicos of JNMCH

Dr Sinha on Friday said that show-cause notices have been issued to 87 erring PG students.




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Photosensitive students and digital media : a survey of educators regarding knowledge and self efficacy / Janene Sproul

Sproul, Janene, author




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Interim report : first steps for improving educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs

Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs, author, issuing body




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The value of international education to Australia / prepared by Deloitte Access Economics

Deloitte Access Economics




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Alternatives to privatizing public education and curriculum : Festschrift in honor of Dale D. Johnson / by Daniel Ness & Stephen J. Farenga




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Das Fernstudium an den Universitäten und Fachhochschulen Australiens / Anno Ortmeier

Ortmeier, Anno




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Evolving entrepreneurial education : innovation in the Babson classroom / edited by Victoria L. Crittenden, Kathryn Esper, Nathaniel Karst, Rosa Siegers, Babson College, USA




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Study skills connected : using technology to support your studies / Stella Cottrell and Neil Morris

Cottrell, Stella, author




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A study on the effectiveness of anonymous agents in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) for the facilitation of student learning and execution of team projects / Wudhijaya Philuek

Philuek, Wudhijaya, author




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Handbook of research on collaborative teaching practice in virtual learning environments / Gianni Panconesi (Esplica, Italy), Maria Guida (National Institute for Documentation, Innovation, and Educational Research, Italy), [editors]




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The stupid country : how Australia is dismantling public education / Chris Bonnor and Jane Caro

Bonnor, Chris




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Annual research report / School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology

Murdoch University. School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, author, issuing body




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Theories into practice : understanding and rethinking our work with young children and the EYLF / Andrea Nolan & Bridie Raban

Nolan, Andrea, author




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Innovation and creativity : inquiry into innovation and creativity : workforce for the new economy / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training

Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, author, issuing body




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Global creation : space, mobility, and synchrony in the age of the knowledge economy / Simon Marginson, Peter Murphy and Michael A. Peters

Marginson, Simon




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The power of education : from surviving to thriving : educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students / House of Representatives, Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs

Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs




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Technologies education for the primary years / Peter Albion, Coral Campbell and Wendy Jobling

Albion, Peter, author




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Hands on : trade & technical careers for girls & women - things you should know & places to go / [writer Jenny Pausacker]

Pausacker, Jenny