stig Impact of catalyst support on water-assisted CO oxidation over PdO/MO2 (M = Sn, Ti, and Si) catalysts: experimental and theoretical investigation By pubs.rsc.org Published On :: Nanoscale, 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4NR03963G, PaperKun Liu, Luliang Liao, Guangfu LiaoThis study investigates the influence of different supports on PdO-based catalysts during CO oxidation, particularly under humid conditions.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
stig Towards a better understanding of the effect of protein conditioning layers on microbial adhesion: A focused investigation on Fibronectin and Bovine Serum Albumin layers on SiO2 surfaces By pubs.rsc.org Published On :: Biomater. Sci., 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4BM00099D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Maya Rima, Christina Villeneuve-Faure, Marvine Soumbo, Fatima El Garah, Ludovic Pilloux, Christine Roques, Kremena MakashevaThe interaction of foreign implants with its surrounding environment is significantly influenced by the adsorption of proteins on the biomaterial surfaces, playing role in the microbial adhesion. Therefore, understanding protein...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
stig Kamal Haasan gets prestigious French honour By www.rediff.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:38:47 +0530 Kamal is the second Tamil actor after Sivaji Ganesan to be awarded this honour. Full Article Kamal Haasan Thevar Magan International Film Festival of Los Angeles Best Foreign Language Film Tamil Nadu State Film Mumbai International Film Festival National Order Arts Hey Ram Kalathur Kannamma Gemini Ganesan Sivaji Ganesan Moondram Pirai Balu Mahendra Mani Ratnam Time Magazine Padma Shri
stig Death in Gujarat Refinery fire rises to 2; IOCL constitutes team to investigate By www.thehindubusinessline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:59:20 +0530 The fire that began on Monday afternoon with a blast in a benzene storage tank of the refinery later spread to two other adjoining tanks, Jawahar Nagar police station inspector A B Mori said Full Article Companies
stig Chemical Safety Board finalizes investigation into Arkema fires following Tropical Storm Harvey By cen.acs.org Published On :: 25 May 2018 23:01:08 +0000 Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather Full Article
stig Chemical Safety Board finalizes investigation into Arkema fires following Tropical Storm Harvey By cen.acs.org Published On :: 03 Jun 2018 12:02:27 +0000 Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather Full Article
stig EC investigates sale of Solvay’s nylon unit to BASF By cen.acs.org Published On :: 30 Jun 2018 13:15:47 +0000 Full Article
stig Police investigate death on Indianapolis' near northeast side By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:22:06 +0000 Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are on the scene in the area of East 32nd Street and Baltimore Avenue. Full Article
stig Police investigate death on Indianapolis' near northeast side By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:22:06 +0000 Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are on the scene in the area of East 32nd Street and Baltimore Avenue. Full Article
stig Neighbor of father and son arrested in Ahmaud Arbery killing is also under investigation By news.yahoo.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:07:35 -0400 The investigation into the fatal shooting in Brunswick, Georgia, will also look at a neighbor of suspects Gregory and Travis McMichael who recorded video of the incident, authorities said. Full Article
stig ‘Not a Bonafide Counterintelligence Investigation’: Barr Slams Comey’s Handling of Flynn Probe By news.yahoo.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:05:03 -0400 Attorney General Bill Barr explained that the FBI did not conduct “a bonafide counterintelligence investigation” in the case that led former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn to plead guilty to federal investigators in 2017.Barr, speaking in an exclusive interview with CBS News after the Justice Department dropped its case against Flynn on Thursday, said that his review of the case found Bureau investigators laid “a perjury trap” for Flynn in a January 2017 White House interview.“They didn’t warn him, the way that would usually be required by the Department, they bypassed the Justice Department, they bypassed the protocols at the White House, and so forth,” Barr stated. “These were things that persuaded me that there was not a legitimate counterintelligence investigation.”Former FBI director James Comey admitted in a December 2018 interview that he “sent” the agents to interview Flynn, adding that it was “something I probably wouldn’t have done or maybe gotten away with in a more organized administration.”In its Thursday court filing, the Justice Department explained that it was “not persuaded” that Flynn’s interview, which led to his guilty plea for lying to FBI agents Peter Strzok and Joe Pientka, had proper predication and was materially relevant.Comey tweeted his disappointment, following the decision, saying "the DOJ has lost its way."> The DOJ has lost its way. But, career people: please stay because America needs you. The country is hungry for honest, competent leadership.> > -- James Comey (@Comey) May 7, 2020Barr pointed to recently-released information that showed the FBI moved to close its surveillance of Flynn after finding “no derogatory information” about the retired general’s contacts with Russians, only for Strzok to keep the case open, leading to the eventual interview.“They were closing the investigation, in December [2016], they started that process and on January 4, they were closing it. When they heard about the phone call, which the FBI had the transcripts to — there was no question as to what was discussed, the FBI knew exactly what was discussed — and General Flynn, being the former director of the DIA, said to them, ‘you listen to everything, you know what was said,’” Barr explained.“So there’s no mystery about the call, but they initially tried some theories of how could open another investigation, which didn’t fly, and then they found out that they had not technically closed the earlier investigation, and they kept it open for the expressed purpose of trying to catch — lay a perjury trap — for General Flynn,” he added. A different filing released last week showed handwritten notes from an FBI official that questioned if the goal of Flynn’s White House interview was “to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired.”Barr also did not comment on whether those that sought to entrap Flynn would face criminal charges, pointing to U.S. Attorney John Durham’s probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation and saying his team was “in the middle” of “looking at the whole pattern of conduct.”“I’m going to wait until all the evidence is [in], and I get their recommendations as to what they found and how serious it is. But, if we were to find wrongdoing, in the sense of any criminal act, obviously we would follow through on that,” Barr said. “But again, just because something may even stink to high heaven, and appear to everyone to be bad, we still have to apply the right standard and be convinced that there is a violation of a criminal statute and that we can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. The same standard applies to everybody.” Full Article
stig South Dakota illegally placed disabled people in nursing homes, federal investigation finds By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 12:41 Full Article
stig Sweden: National Prosecutor Investigates Workplace Environment Crime After Nurse Dies of COVID-19 By www.loc.gov Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 13:30:38 +0000 (May 4, 2020) On April 29, 2020, the Swedish National Prosecutor announced that it is investigating a workplace environment crime (arbetsmiljöbrott) after a nurse working at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm died of COVID-19. The investigation comes following a report by the local safety representative (skyddsombud), who reportedly claimed that the hospital lacked the appropriate […] Full Article
stig Stigma Reason For High COVID-19 Mortality Rate In Ahmedabad: AIIMS Chief By www.ndtv.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:15:52 +0530 Coronavirus needs to be destigmatised so that people get treatment in time which will help reduce the mortality rate, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria said... Full Article All India
stig European Data Watchdog Investigates Skype Leaks To The NSA By packetstormsecurity.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:35:15 GMT Full Article headline government privacy microsoft data loss spyware skype nsa
stig Sweden Is Dropping Its Rape Investigation Into Assange By packetstormsecurity.com Published On :: Fri, 19 May 2017 13:49:30 GMT Full Article headline government britain data loss sweden
stig eBay Faces Investigations Over Massive Data Breach By packetstormsecurity.com Published On :: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:11:24 GMT Full Article headline hacker database data loss password ebay
stig The FCA fines Brenntag for obstructing an antitrust investigation By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2018-02-13 On 21 December 2017, the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”) published a decision imposing a fine of 30 million euros on Brenntag SA and Brenntag AG (together “Brenntag”) for obstructing longstanding investigations (the ... Full Article
stig Authorities investigate new video showing Ahmaud Arbery just prior to shooting By news.yahoo.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:35:00 -0400 Authorities have confirmed they are looking into a new video related to the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia man who was allegedly shot by a father and son in February. The video, obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, shows someone who appears to be Arbery on a home surveillance camera down the block from a construction site just minutes before the 25-year-old was shot on the afternoon of Feb. 23. Two police cars can be seen in the video minutes later traveling down the street in the direction Arbery ran and was later shot. Full Article
stig Safety investigation of COVID-19 in Cargill slaughterhouse didn't include worker representation, review finds By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 15:03:53 EDT A review from Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety has found that Cargill did not attempt to engage worker representation as it investigated the circumstances that led to the largest COVID-19 outbreak linked to a single facility in Canada. Full Article News/Canada/Calgary
stig Patience: George Papadopoulos says the Durham investigation 'is far more along than anyone can imagine' By twitchy.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:57:32 Z Full Article <![CDATA[CIA]]> <![CDATA[investigation]]> <![CDATA[George Papadopoulos]]> <![CDATA[John Durham]]>
stig 'Somebody's having a bad day': John Brennan seems VERY troubled by DOJ dropping Flynn charges (and the ongoing Durham investigation) By twitchy.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:44:57 Z Full Article <![CDATA[CIA]]> <![CDATA[Donald Trump]]> <![CDATA[John Brennan]]>
stig Investigators reviewing additional video footage in Ahmaud Arbery case... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T08:25:37Z Investigators reviewing additional video footage in Ahmaud Arbery case... (Second column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Armed Black Panthers protest in neighborhood... Full Article
stig Analysis: The corruption investigation that has the potential to unravel the Queensland Labor Government By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:14:21 +1000 The longer the suddenly escalated investigation into Deputy Premier Jackie Trad takes to play out, the heavier the burden for other Labor MPs fighting to hold on to power, writes Josh Bavas. Full Article Corruption State Parliament Politics and Government Schools Education Secondary Schools Alp Political Parties Government and Politics
stig Tokopedia says investigating alleged data leak of 91m users By www.dealstreetasia.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 16:41:33 +0000 A hacker has offered the details of its 91 million users for "$5,000 on the Darknet". The post Tokopedia says investigating alleged data leak of 91m users appeared first on DealStreetAsia. Full Article PT Tokopedia
stig Williams investigating crashes By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Sun, 16 May 2010 18:50:20 GMT Williams will launch a full investigation into the causes of its two crashes at the Monaco Grand Prix Full Article
stig Australian government tells ICC it should not investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T20:00:06Z Prosecutor rejects Australia’s argument International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction because Palestine is ‘not a state’The Australian government has told the International Criminal Court it should not investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine because Palestine is “not a state”, arguing the court prosecutor’s investigation into alleged attacks on civilians, torture, attacks on hospitals, and the use of human shields, should be halted on jurisdictional grounds.Australia was lobbied to make the submission to the court by Israel, which is not a party to the court. But the office of the prosecutor has rejected Australia’s argument, saying it had not formally challenged Palestine’s right to be a party to the court before. Continue reading... Full Article Australian foreign policy Israel Palestinian territories International criminal court Australia news Middle East and North Africa International criminal justice
stig CCI investigation against Coal India! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: बंगाल के ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों को घटिया कोयला,कोल इंडिया... Full Article
stig Denmark must investigate foreign bribery more proactively By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:58:00 GMT Denmark’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been weak. Only 13 foreign bribery allegations have surfaced, and sanctions have been imposed in just one case that falls under the Convention. Law enforcement authorities have not been sufficiently proactive, and cases have been prematurely closed without complete investigations. Denmark must take more investigative steps and make greater efforts to gather evidence from abroad. Full Article
stig Progress made but Chile should better detect and thoroughly investigate foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:00:00 GMT Chile has made positive efforts to implement the Convention, but there has not been a single foreign bribery conviction. Chile did not sufficiently investigate several of the six foreign bribery allegations that have surfaced since 2001. Chile should improve its investigative and detection efforts, says OECD Full Article
stig A strategic perspective on the prevention, detection and investigation of international tax crime By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:22:00 GMT Heads of tax crime investigation in 44 countries, as well as the Financial Action Task Force and World Customs Organisation, have come together this week at Europol Headquarters in the Hague for the second meeting of the OECD Forum of Heads of Tax Crime Investigation. Full Article
stig Despite progress made and improved legal framework, OECD seriously concerned about Turkey’s level of detection and investigation of foreign bribery By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:22:00 GMT Turkey is a significant and geopolitically critical economy. Its companies, like those from many other countries, operate in corruption-prone sectors and countries. In spite of this, only 10 allegations have come to the attention of Turkish authorities since foreign bribery became an offence in Turkey in 2003. Full Article
stig OECD encouraged by Israel’s recent investigative activity, but remains seriously concerned with overall efforts to enforce foreign bribery laws By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:27:00 GMT Israel is not sufficiently proactive in detecting and investigating foreign bribery, with no prosecutions over the past 7 years, despite 14 allegations of foreign bribery involving Israeli individuals or companies. The OECD Working Group on Bribery is, however, encouraged by the recently-opened investigations, and will pay close attention to how these evolve. Full Article
stig The role of media and investigative journalism in combating corruption By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:26:00 GMT This study explores good practices and challenges in the detection of international corruption cases via media reporting and investigative journalism. Full Article
stig Investigating the complexities of school funding (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:21:00 GMT Back in 2013, when we launched the OECD's first international review of school resource policies, we may not have been fully prepared for the detective-type work we were getting into. The OECD Review of School Resources covers 18 school systems and aims to shed light on a part of education policy that has been surprisingly left in the dark. Full Article
stig Council Act: Revision to the "Decision-Recommendation on the Co-operative Investigation and Risk Reduction of Chemicals" By legalinstruments.oecd.org Published On :: Sun, 27 May 2018 19:08:00 GMT The Decision-Recommendation on the Co-operative Investigation and Risk Reduction of Chemicals revises and replaces a 1991 Decision-Recommendation of the Council. The Decision-Recommendation is composed of two parts: Part A focuses on the development of harmonised hazard and exposure assessment methodologies for chemicals and Part B focuses on risk prevention and reduction. Full Article
stig Met Police officer is under investigation for posting jokey videos on TikTok while he's on duty By Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:17:25 +0100 The London Metropolitan Police constable could become one of the UK's first officers to face misconduct proceedings over his use of the controversial video-sharing app. Full Article
stig Met Police officer is under investigation for posting jokey videos on TikTok while he's on duty By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:17:25 GMT The London Metropolitan Police constable could become one of the UK's first officers to face misconduct proceedings over his use of the controversial video-sharing app. Full Article
stig Hertfordshire Police open investigation after Mark Sampson receives threatening messages By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:18:47 GMT EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES AND ADRIAN KAJUMBA: Hertfordshire Police have opened an investigation into allegations that Mark Sampson received threatening messages. Full Article
stig Barnsley and Leeds investigate crowd trouble at Oakwell after police make three arrests By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:39:03 GMT Barnsley and Leeds have announced they are 'working together' to assess the crowd trouble which marred Sunday's derby clash at Oakwell. Full Article
stig Vijay Sethupathi To Replace Kamal Haasan In This Prestigious Project? By www.filmibeat.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 11:54:53 +0530 Kamal Haasan, the Ulaganayagan, recently had an chat with the talented actor Vijay Sethupathi through social media. Interestingly, the online interaction of the actors was titled as 'Thalaivan Irukkindran'. To the uninitiated, Thalaivan Irukkindran is the title of Kamal Haasan's upcoming project, Full Article
stig Why Is Coronavirus Causing Social Stigma? By www.boldsky.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:31:10 +0530 Since India went under a complete lockdown, the doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who are selflessly taking care of the COVID-19 patients are facing a lot of problems due to social stigma and discrimination. Healthcare professionals and their families are Full Article
stig Investigation on drug mafias being handled in 'inefficient manner' in Punjab: Bajwa writes to Ravi Shankar Prasad By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:09:01 +0530 Full Article
stig Microsecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction for the investigation of fatigue behavior during ultrasonic fatigue loading By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2019-08-20 A new method based on time-resolved X-ray diffraction is proposed in order to measure the elastic strain and stress during ultrasonic fatigue loading experiments. Pure Cu was chosen as an example material for the experiments using a 20 kHz ultrasonic fatigue machine mounted on the six-circle diffractometer available at the DiffAbs beamline on the SOLEIL synchrotron facility in France. A two-dimensional hybrid pixel X-ray detector (XPAD3.2) was triggered by the strain gage signal in a synchronous data acquisition scheme (pump–probe-like). The method enables studying loading cycles with a period of 50 µs, achieving a temporal resolution of 1 µs. This allows a precise reconstruction of the diffraction patterns during the loading cycles. From the diffraction patterns, the position of the peaks, their shifts and their respective broadening can be deduced. The diffraction peak shift allows the elastic lattice strain to be estimated with a resolution of ∼10−5. Stress is calculated by the self-consistent scale-transition model through which the elastic response of the material is estimated. The amplitudes of the cyclic stresses range from 40 to 120 MPa and vary linearly with respect to the displacement applied by the ultrasonic machine. Moreover, the experimental results highlight an increase of the diffraction peak broadening with the number of applied cycles. Full Article text
stig Location of Cu2+ in CHA zeolite investigated by X-ray diffraction using the Rietveld/maximum entropy method By journals.iucr.org Published On :: Rietveld/MEM analysis applied to synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction data of dehydrated CHA zeolites with catalytically active Cu2+ reveals Cu2+ in both the six- and eight-membered rings in the CHA framework, providing the first complete structural model that accounts for all Cu2+. Density functional theory calculations are used to corroborate the experimental structure and to discuss the Cu2+ coordination in terms of the Al distribution in the framework. Full Article text
stig Investigating increasingly complex macromolecular systems with small-angle X-ray scattering By journals.iucr.org Published On :: A review of recent and ongoing development and results within the field of biological solution small-angle X-ray scattering (BioSAXS), with a focus on the increasing complexity of biological samples, data collection and data evaluation strategies. Full Article text
stig Rochelle salt – a structural reinvestigation with improved tools. I. The high-T paraelectric phase at 308 K By journals.iucr.org Published On :: A novel sample cell with control of temperature and relative humidity permitted collection of data of excellent quality, enabling unrestrained refinement of all atomic parameters. One of the K atoms in the structure is disordered; very strong anisotropy in three of the four water O atoms indicates partial static disorder, which does not involve the bonded H atoms. Full Article text
stig Structural investigation of methyl 3-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-7-methyl-2-phenylindolizine-1-carboxylate, an inhibitory drug towards Mycobacterium tuberculosis By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2020-03-20 The title compound, C24H18FNO3, crystallizes in the monoclinic centrosymmetric space group P21/n and its molecular conformation is stabilized via C—H⋯O intramolecular interactions. The supramolecular network mainly comprises C—H⋯O, C—H⋯F and C—H⋯π interactions, which contribute towards the formation of the crystal structure. The different intermolecular interactions have been further analysed via Hirshfeld surface analysis and fingerprint plots. Full Article text
stig Investigation of growth characteristics and semimetal–semiconductor transition of polycrystalline bismuth thin films By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2020-01-01 The preferred orientation growth characteristics and surface roughness of polycrystalline bismuth (Bi) thin films fabricated on glass substrates using the molecular beam epitaxy method were investigated at temperatures ranging from 18 to 150°C. The crystallization and morphology were analyzed in detail and the polycrystalline metal film structure-zone model (SZM) was modified to fit the polycrystalline Bi thin film. The boundary temperature between Zone T and Zone II in the SZM shifted to higher temperatures with the increase in film thickness or the decrease of growth rate. Furthermore, the effect of the thickness and surface roughness on the transport properties was investigated, especially for Bi thin films in Zone II. A two-transport channels model was adopted to reveal the influence of the film thickness on the competition between the metallic surface states and the semiconducting bulk states, which is consistent with the results of Bi single-crystal films. Therefore, the polycrystalline Bi thin films are expected to replace the single-crystal films in the application of spintronic devices. Full Article text
stig Development of a scanning soft X-ray spectromicroscope to investigate local electronic structures on surfaces and interfaces of advanced materials under conditions ranging from low vacuum to helium atmosphere By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2020-03-18 A scanning soft X-ray spectromicroscope was recently developed based mainly on the photon-in/photon-out measurement scheme for the investigation of local electronic structures on the surfaces and interfaces of advanced materials under conditions ranging from low vacuum to helium atmosphere. The apparatus was installed at the soft X-ray beamline (BL17SU) at SPring-8. The characteristic features of the apparatus are described in detail. The feasibility of this spectromicroscope was demonstrated using soft X-ray undulator radiation. Here, based on these results, element-specific two-dimensional mapping and micro-XAFS (X-ray absorption fine structure) measurements are reported, as well as the observation of magnetic domain structures from using a reference sample of permalloy micro-dot patterns fabricated on a silicon substrate, with modest spatial resolution (e.g. ∼500 nm). Then, the X-ray radiation dose for Nafion® near the fluorine K-edge is discussed as a typical example of material that is not radiation hardened against a focused X-ray beam, for near future experiments. Full Article text