The title compound, bis­[di­thio­bis­(formamidinium)] hexa­bromido­ruthenium dibromide trihydrate, [(NH2)2CSSC(NH2)2]2[RuBr6]Br2·3H2O, crystallizes in the ortho­rhom­bic system, space group Cmcm, Z = 4. The [RuBr6]2− anionic complex has an octa­hedral structure. The Ru—Br distances fall in the range 2.4779 (4)–2.4890 (4) Å. The S—S and C—S distances are 2.0282 (12) and 1.783 (2) Å, respectively. The H2O mol­ecules, Br− ions, and NH2 groups of the cation are linked by hydrogen bonds. The conformation of the cation is consolidated by intra­molecular O—H⋯Br, O—H⋯O, N—H⋯Br and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The [(NH2)2CSSC(NH2)2]2+ cations form a hydrogen-bonded system involving the Br − ions and the water mol­ecules. Two Br − anions form four hydrogen bonds, each with the NH2 groups of two cations, thus linking the cations into a ring. The rings are connected by water mol­ecules, forming N—H⋯O—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds.

The present study focuses on the synthesis and structural characterization of a novel dinuclear CuII complex, [tri­chlorido­copper(II)]-μ-chlorido-{bis­[2-hy­droxy-N'-(propan-2-yl­idene)benzohydrazide]copper(II)} monohydrate, [Cu2Cl4(C10H12N2O2)2]·H2O or [Cu(H2L)2(μ-Cl)CuCl3]·H2O [H2L = 2-hy­droxy-N'-(propan-2-yl­idene)benzohydrazide]. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n with one mol­ecule of water, which forms inter­actions with the ligands. The first copper ion is penta-coordinated to two benzohydrazine-derived ligands via two nitro­gen and two oxygen atoms, and one bridging chloride, which is also coordinated by the second copper ion alongside three terminal chlorines in a distorted tetra­hedral geometry. The arrangement around the first copper ion exhibits a distorted geometry inter­mediate between trigonal bipyramidal and square pyramidal. In the crystal, chains are formed via inter­molecular inter­actions along the a-axis direction, with subsequent layers constructed through hydrogen-bonding inter­actions parallel to the ac plane, and through slipped π–π stacking inter­actions parallel to the ab plane, resulting in a three-dimensional network. The inter­molecular inter­actions in the crystal structure were qu­anti­fied and analysed using Hirshfeld surface analysis. Residual electron density from disordered methanol mol­ecules in the void space could not be reasonably modelled, thus a solvent mask was applied.

The crystal structure of the title compound, hexa­aqua­nickel(II) dichloride–1,4,7,10,13,16-hexa­oxa­cyclo­octa­deca­ne–water (1/2/2), [Ni(H2O)6]Cl2·2C12H24O6·2H2O, is reported. The asymmetric unit contains half of the Ni(OH2)6 moiety with a formula of C12H32ClNi0.50O10 at 105 K and triclinic (P1) symmetry. The [Ni(OH2)6]2+ cation has close to ideal octa­hedral geometry with O—Ni—O bond angles that are within 3° of idealized values. The supra­molecular structure includes hydrogen bonding between the water ligands, 18-crown-6 mol­ecules, Cl− anions, and co-crystallized water solvent. Two crown ether mol­ecules flank the [Ni(OH2)6]2+ mol­ecule at the axial positions in a sandwich-like structure. The relatively symmetric hydrogen-bonding network is enabled by small Cl− counter-ions and likely influences the more idealized octa­hedral geometry of [Ni(OH2)6]2+.

The National Academy of Engineering has elected 83 new members and 16 foreign members, announced NAE President C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., today.

Major participating companies include InBody Co.,Ltd., a leading global body composition analyzer, Dot Co.,Ltd., a smart watch for the visually impaired, DaesungMaref, a limb compression rehabilitation device, Zespa Co.,Ltd.

Mayor Joon-pyo Hong of Daegu said that, "This event is an expo that was held by combining robots, automation devices, and parts and materials. It is a place where you can see the endless potential for development in the relevant fields."

During this edition of work, matters, Steve and the guys talk about recipes for success in life, work, and in the kitchen and or the barbecue. #workcompcentral #workerscompensation #success…

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In this episode we talk with Jeff DeLuca about Feature Driven Development (FDD). As one member of the agile methods family FDD is not so famous as Scrum or Extreme Programming but is becoming more and more popular, especially for situations where you have fixed price contracts. As the inventor of FDD Jeff gives short introduction to the method itself, talks about the basic ideas behind FDD and discusses with us how FDD relates to other members of the agile family.

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Felienne talks with Alexander Tarlinder on how to test as a developer. What can and should developers test?

Neil Madden, author of the API Security in Action book discusses the key requirements needed to secure an API, the risks to consider, models to follow and which task is the most important.

Alexander Pugh discusses why and when to use Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Host Jeremy Jung spoke with Pugh about interacting with systems without APIs like mainframes; the importance of having developers involved when building bots; the difficulty...

Lukas Fittl of pganalyze discusses the performance of Postgres, one of the world’s most popular database systems. SE Radio host Philip Winston speaks with Fittl about database indexing, queries, maintenance, scaling, and stored procedures. They also discuss some features of pganalyze, such as the index and vacuum advisors.

Samuel Chapman Armstrong was the founder of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (later Hampton University). Armstrong's father served as the kingdom of Hawaii's minister of education and emphasized student labor as a key part of schooling. The younger Armstrong enlisted in the Union army during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and commanded regiments in the United States Colored Troops. After the war he worked with the Freedmen's Bureau and began planning a school to train black teachers. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute opened in 1868 and emphasized labor alongside academics. The institution produced African American educators across the South, most notably Booker T. Washington. In 1878 Hampton's mission expanded with the admission of Native American students. The growth intensified Armstrong dependence on benefactors and in turn left it further exposed to the rising racism among American whites. In his later years academics at Hampton were publicly de-emphasized in favor of its trade-school programs. Armstrong died of a stroke in 1893.
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[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people estimated to be living in fuel poverty (i) currently; and (ii) in each of the last five years.

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[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to her Ministerial Statement following the announcement of the Chancellor's Autumn Budget, to provide an estimated value of the total exceptional items mentioned in the Reserve Claim section.

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If you listened to our previous episode -- and of course you did! -- you heard a panel discussion of the ins and outs of low code development. In this episode we expand on that initial conversation to bring you a discussion that compares and contrasts low code with cloud native development. 

Returning for this discussion is Joel Kallman, who heads the Oracle development team behind Oracle APEX. Joel is in Columbus, Ohio. Also returning is Oracle ACE Director and Groundbreaker Ambassador Martin Giffy D’Souza. Martin is Director of Innovation at Insum Solutions, and lives in Alberta, Canada. Joining the panel is Oracle ACE Director and Groundbreaker Ambassador Roel Hartman. Roel lives in the Netherlands, where he is Director & Senior APEX Developer at APEX Consulting. Also on the panel is Oracle ACE Director Niels de Bruijn. Niels is Business Unit Manager at MT AG in Cologne, Germany. 

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Richard Goudis, Chief Operating Officer at Herbalife, sits down for an interview with Dr. Linda Livingstone, Dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management. Richard also answers various questions from audience members. (Part 2 of 2)

More than 800 people have been thrown out of work by the abrupt closure of audio-video equipment manufacturer Funai (Thailand) Co in Nakhon Ratchasima.

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Monitoring of electromagnetic field levels

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