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Direct Ladderization of Cyclooctatetraene-containing, Processable Conjugated Ladder Polymers from Annulated bis-Zirconacyclopentadienes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06902A, Edge Article
Open Access
August J. Rothenberger, Harrison M. Bergman, He Li, Miao Qi, Yunfei Wang, Yi Liu, T. Don Tilley
Conjugated ladder polymers (CLPs) are difficult yet captivating synthetic targets due to their fully unsaturated fused backbones. Inherent challenges associated with their synthesis often lead to low yields, structural defects,...
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Following a seven-day cinema diet

The Mumbai Film Festival this year had themes of suffocation, alienation, personal struggle, politics, rape, morality, gender, family…and a few characters we fell in love with, says Namrata Joshi




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Fuelling the indie spirit

This year’s edition of the Viewing Room at the NFDC Film Bazaar grows bigger with202 films in 19 languages, with over 100 of them being directorial debuts




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Centre releases funds for rural local bodies in Kerala, Meghalaya




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A nanofluidic exchanger for harvesting saline gradient energy

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00544A, Paper
Saranath Sripriya, Cyril Picard, Vincent Larrey, Frank Fournel, Elisabeth Charlaix
Optimising, by tailored flows, the coupled ion transport in the proximity of selective nanopores multiplies by 300 the recovered osmotic power.
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Real-time impedance-activated dielectrophoretic actuation for reconfigurable manipulation of single flowing particles

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,5145-5154
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00622D, Paper
Alexis Lefevre, Cristian Brandi, Adele De Ninno, Filippo Ruggiero, Enrico Verona, Michaël Gauthier, Paolo Bisegna, Aude Bolopion, Federica Caselli
We present an original all-electrical platform that combines MIC-sensing and DEP-actuation for precise and selective trajectory control of single flowing particles.
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Observing root growth and signalling responses to stress gradients and pathogens using the bi-directional dual-flow RootChip

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00659C, Paper
Open Access
Claudia Allan, Yiling Sun, Stephen C. Whisson, Michael Porter, Petra C. Boevink, Volker Nock, Claudia-Nicole Meisrimler
Using a bi-directional dual-flow RootChip with integrated force sensing micropillars, root growth and signalling responses to stress gradients and pathogens were studied in Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana benthamiana and Solanum lycopersicum.
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Legislative bodies should use technology to discuss, shape welfare schemes for the poor, says LS Speaker Birla

By ensuring accountability and transparency of the Executive, democratic institutions make governance more responsible and efficient, says the Lok Sabha Speaker




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What is elimination inflammation diet that helped Vidya Balan lose weight?

Chronic inflammation can cause weight gain, fatigue, and pain. It is linked to serious conditions like diabetes and heart disease.




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In major victory for labourers, Rajasthan extends urban jobs scheme to new municipal bodies

The villagers organised a “victory march” in Bhim on Friday to welcome the State government’s decision




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Gukesh brooks no complacency as he readies forces for World title assault

The 18-year-old has an opportunity to become the youngest World chess champion, with many observers — including several top players — expecting him to defeat Ding Liren. But Gukesh isn’t taking the Chinese defending champion, whom he is yet to beat in a classical game, lightly




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Soldier with Yemen's exiled government opens fire, killing two Saudi troops, wounding another

Police in the area published pictures of the soldier, saying there was a 30-million-Yemeni-rial reward for information leading to the soldier's arrest




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Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association [electronic resource]

Binghamton, NY : Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, [2014]-




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The selective extraction of dietary polyamines from chicken breast using the application of a lab-on-a-chip electromembrane and dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02172F, Paper
Fatemeh Barzegar, Samaneh Nabizadeh, Marzieh Kamankesh, Jahan B. Ghasemi, Abdorreza Mohammadi
Excessive dietary polyamines (PAs), including putrescine (PUT), spermine (SPM), and spermidine (SPD), have become a worldwide concern due to their carcinogenicity and reduced shelf life.
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A simple, fast and inexpensive approach to quantify low concentrations of iron in biodiesel by voltammetry after extraction induced by microemulsion breaking

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00342J, Paper
Cristian Henrique Krause, Alexandre Batista Schneider, Leandro Kolling, Lauren Thauani Teixeira Oliveira, Márcia M. Silva
An alternative approach to assay iron (Fe) in biodiesel by differential pulse adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (DPAdCSV) is presented herein. The sample treatment involved a simple, rapid, but effective extraction...
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Caffeine quantification in dietary supplements using high-throughput on-line solid phase extraction coupled to Venturi easy ambient sonic-spray ionization mass spectrometry

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00333K, Paper
David Ulisses Tega, Luan Felipe Campos Oliveira, Patrick Cesar Ferreira, Bruna Beatriz Soldera, Heliara Dalva Lopes Nascimento, Marcos Nogueira Eberlin, Alessandra Sussulini
Optimization of a LC-V-EASI-MS system. Employment of LC-V-EASI-MS and online SPE to enhance analytical performance for caffeine determination reaching 90 s per sample.
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Integrating amino acids into Bcr-Abl inhibitors: design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico studies

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3507-3528
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00417E, Research Article
Yuying Liu, Zeyu Yang, Jie Zhang, Na Guo, Nanxin Liu, Qingqing Zhang, Xintao Dang, Yanchen Li, Jie Zhang, Xiaoyan Pan
In continuation of our previous research, a series of novel Bcr-AblT315I inhibitors with tert-leucine or serine as a flexible linker were developed and biological evaluation was performed in vitro.
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Design, synthesis, and structure–activity relationship studies of 6H-benzo[b]indeno[1,2-d]thiophen-6-one derivatives as DYRK1A/CLK1/CLK4/haspin inhibitors

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00537F, Research Article
Open Access
Abdelfattah Faouzi, Alexandre Arnaud, François Hallé, Jean Roussel, Mandy Aymard, Vincent Denavit, Cong Viet Do, Angélique Mularoni, Mohamed Salah, Ahmed ElHady, Thanh-Nhat Pham, Alexandre Bancet, Marc Le Borgne, Raphaël Terreux, Roland Barret, Matthias Engel, Thierry Lomberget
A series of sulfur-containing tetracycles was designed and evaluated for their ability to inhibit protein kinase DYRK1A, a target known to have several potential therapeutic applications including cancers, Down syndrome or Alzheimer's disease.
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Inhibition of monoamine oxidases by heterocyclic derived conjugated dienones: synthesis and in vitro and in silico investigations

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00608A, Research Article
Sunil Kumar, Bishnu Prasad Pandey, Mohamed A. Abdelgawad, Mohammed M. Ghoneim, Rania B. Bakr, Hoon Kim, Bijo Mathew
A total of 18 heterocyclic derived conjugated dienones (CD1–CD18) were evaluated for their potential monoamine oxidase (MAO)-A/-B inhibitory activity.
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Synthesis, in silico and bio-evaluation studies of new isothiocyanate derivatives with respect to COX inhibition and H2S release profiles

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00495G, Research Article
Yakup Berkay Yilmaz, Tuğba Güngör, Serhat Dönmez, Hazal Nazlıcan Atalay, Pınar Siyah, Serdar Durdağı, Mehmet Ay, Tugba Boyunegmez Tumer
New isothiocyanate derivatives (I1–3 and I1a–e) were synthesized and screened for their anti-inflammatory activities and H2S-releasing capacities. Compounds I1 and I1c demonstrated the most potent and selective COX-2 inhibition.
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564: Render ATL, New Colors Available, Gradients, HDR, and More

Chris previews a bit of his Render ATL 2023 talk, and then we mouth blog some color ideas, thoughts, and shame you for your non-HD websites.




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599: Fighting the Algorithm With RSS, Blogging, and the IndieWeb

Dave and Chris discuss indie web culture, the role of social media in today's society, and the challenges and strategies of freelancing. Additionally, they discuss a range of topics from content moderation, coding and refining tech skills, to emerging startups and the future of web technology.




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‘Threat culture’ in Centre for West Asian Studies of JNU: former seminar coordinator

Sima Baidya also says she has lodged a complaint against the chairperson of the centre and has sought security from the university authorities as she has been intimidated




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Rushdie’s trysts with truth

Essays in meditation on story, storytelling and storytellers




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Policy prescription for economic and political maladies

Bimal Jalan delves deep into issues that are critical to the country with suggestions on how to overcome challenges 




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Fertilizer subsidies to come down, Mandaviya says

The Minister said the Centre increased subsidy to protect farmers interest, and added that it is likely to come down




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Research paper warns against nationwide switch to natural farming without proper studies

It can hamper national food production, say authors, who cite contrasting results from two studies




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Polls to rural local bodies, due late December, may be delayed

This is because the process of re-organisation of local bodies in general and village panchayats in particular is not yet complete. An official, who handled the previous round of local bodies’ polls, says this may take three to four months




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Toddler dies after falling into water tank near Tirupattur




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Hindu Tamil Thisai journalist Kalyanasundaram dies at 50




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T.N. CM Stalin inaugurates new buildings for rural local bodies




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Fibrotaxis: gradient-free, spontaneous and controllable droplet motion on soft solids

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01022A, Paper
Open Access
Sthavishtha Bhopalam, Jesus Bueno, Hector Gomez
Most passive droplet transport strategies rely on spatial variations of material properties to drive droplet motion, leading to gradient-based mechanisms with intrinsic length scales that limit the droplet velocity or...
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How to Animate Gradient Text Using CSS

Web design takes a captivating turn when CSS comes into play. It enables a world of transformations, such as taking static text elements and infusing them with life. Our focus today is one such engaging transformation – animate gradient text …




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PN Rao plans to foray into power suits for the ladies

PN Rao, the century-old brand, known for its fine bespoke and ready-to-wear suits, is all set to launch its new women’s range




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Give the cauliflower diet a go

Among the endless low-carb, paleo diets for weight loss is the cauliflower diet, which is healthy and doesn’t compromise on taste, says Radha Thomas




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Alone in the Abyss / directed by: Claudie Ottawa ; produced by: Manon Barbeau, Patricia Bergeron, Manon Barbeau, Yves Bisaillon, Ravida Din ; production agencies: Corporation Wapikoni mobile (Montreal), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2018




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Vizianagaram MLC election: A.P. High Court sets aside disqualification of Raghu Raju; election to local bodies hangs in balance

As per the earlier schedule, the election will take place on November 28 and counting is scheduled for December 1.




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Courses in Environmental and Sustainability Studies in the U.S.

With many students looking for courses on sustainability and environmental issues, here is a round up of some popular courses in American universities




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Mohenjo Daro: Tries the audience’s patience

The very straight, simple and oft-repeated tale of foster parents, mistaken identity, good vs evil is just another fantasy, a mishmash of many such larger than life epics.




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Aatadukundam Raa: The joke is on the audience

A clichéd story that relies heavily on a film family’s lineage




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Visible-light heterogeneous photocatalysis with an ionic porous organic polymer (IPOP): synthesis of β-keto sulfoxides and benzothiophene diesters by tandem radical addition–oxidation reactions

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01382D, Research Article
Ajay Kumar Sahoo, Parag Tamuly, Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy
An IPOP, constructed constructed from cyanuric chloride and the readily accessible 2,5-di(pyridin-4-yl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (BpyTzTz), is shown to exhibit excellent visible light absorption and serve as a metal-free heterogeneous photocatalyst.
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Phosphine-controlled divergent reactions of MBH-carbonates with azaheptafulvenes: access to o-anilinyl diene and benzazepine derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6418-6425
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01298D, Research Article
Wei Hao, Yiwen Zhang, Xiao Han, Zhen Wang, Weijun Yao
A phosphine controlled divergent cascade reaction of MBH-carbonates with azaheptafulvenes was disclosed. PPh3 provided o-aminophenyl diene while PCy3 offered benzazepine derivative through formal [8 + 3] annulation/ring contraction cascade.
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Hemilabile P,N-Ligand-Assisted Gold Catalyzed Hiyama Allylation to Access Allylarenes and 1,4-Dienes Derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01879F, Research Article
Yuanhao He, Wanping Ma, Yu Zhong, Yanfei Hu, Mingou Li, Fen Zhao, Zhonghua Xia, Baomin Fan
Oxidant-free gold-catalyzed reactions are emerging as a novel synthetic tool for organic transformations. Here in, we reported a hemilabile P,N-ligand-assisted gold-catalyzed Hiyama cross coupling reaction of aryl and alkenyl iodides...
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Moneylenders push family to end life, man his daughter die, wife survives

Head of the family was being harassed and intimidated by two Nizamabad-based moneylenders




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Livingstone rises to the occasion as England levels ODI series against West Indies

England finished its successful run chase on 329-5 in the second one-day international with 15 balls remaining




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Indian students can even work in UK after studies: UK minister




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Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico studies of novel N-substituted-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-6-carboxamides as promising anticancer agents

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35323-35335
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA04492D, Paper
Open Access
Navid Dastyafteh, Manica Negahdaripour, Mohammad Hosein Sayahi, Mina Emami, Younes Ghasemi, Elham Safaei, Homa Azizian, Zahra Pakrouh Jahromi, Mehdi Asadi, Mohammad Reza Mohajeri-Tehrani, Fateme Zare, Minoo Shahidi, Zahra Pooraskari, Sayed Mahmoud Sajjadi-Jazi, Bagher Larijani, Mohammad Mahdavi, Sara Ranjbar
Synthesis and cytotoxicity evaluation of novel benzimidazoles were explained. The most potent derivative was subjected to cell cycle, apoptosis, and in silico investigations. Compound 5o proved to be a promising anticancer agent.
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Surface science studies of the coverage dependent adsorption of methyl acetate and methyl propanoate on graphite

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35373-35385
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA04466E, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Jack E. Fulker, Wendy A. Brown
The adsorption of methyl acetate and methyl propanoate has been studied on a graphite surface at 28 K. TPD data show that the desorption energy of both molecules is highly coverage dependent with repulsive interactions being seen at low coverages.
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Harnessing the UiO-67 metal–organic framework for advanced detection of cadmium ions in water bodies

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35618-35627
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06811D, Paper
Open Access
Bhuvaneswari Selvaraj, Lakshmi Priya G., Selva Balasubramanian
Heavy metal ions are hazardous pollutants that pose serious threats to ecosystems and human health, making it imperative to detect and monitor their presence in water for environmental protection.
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Investigation of variable range hopping and dielectric relaxation in GdCrO3 orthochromite perovskites

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36161-36172
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06104G, Paper
Open Access
Mohamed Youssef Gneber, Imen Elhamdi, Jalel Messoudi, Radhia Dhahri, Foudil Sahnoune, Mosbah Jemmali, Magdy Hussein, Essebti Dhahri, Benilde Faria Oliveira Costa
This study investigates the structural, electrical, and dielectric properties of GdCrO3 (GCO) compounds. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the formation of the perovskite phase of GCO, crystallizing with the Pbnm space group.
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