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The future of automotive supply chains: Integrating sustainability with operational efficiency

By Terry Onica, Director, Automotive, QAD.

The automotive industry is at a pivotal crossroads, driven by rapid advancements in vehicle technology and increasing regulatory pressure around sustainability.




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Coast Guard’s new posture statement highlights service’s operational strains

Coast Guard's new operational posture statement is not a "pitch for money" but rather a realistic assessment of the Coast Guard’s readiness challenges.

The post Coast Guard’s new posture statement highlights service’s operational strains first appeared on Federal News Network.




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SOTI research shows four in five UK organisations need operational intelligence to optimise their mobile fleet

New global research from SOTI, in a report titled Mobility in Motion: When Technology Transformation Meets Operational Intelligence, has highlighted the challenges UK organisations face in optimising their device management.




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The love-hate relationship between financial planning and operational planning

By Stephen Dombroski, Director of Food and Beverage Markets, QAD.

For many business organizations, internal departments working independently of one another is the norm. This norm creates siloed day-to-day functions and rigid disconnects in processes. This is especially true when it comes to sales and operations planning (S&OP).




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Bridging Generational Divides

FEDtalk host Jason Briefel, a non-attorney partner and Director of Government and Public Affairs at Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C., sits down with Stacy Outlaw, Chief Marketing Officer at WAEPA; Jeffrey Vargas, founder of Generationology; and Stephan Matthews, Regional Council President for Region XI of Blacks In Government, Inc.

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Key Republican calls for ‘generational’ increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries

The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense.

The post Key Republican calls for ‘generational’ increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries first appeared on Federal News Network.




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Rational queueing

Location: Engineering Library- T57.9.H37 2016




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Infinite Storm makes tedious drama out of an inspirational true story

Things are never going to turn out well for someone who decides to go mountain climbing in a movie called Infinite Storm…



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Inspirational Conservatoire now in print

First illustrated history of one of Britain’s finest performing arts schools.




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Operational Service Medal For Regiment

The King has approved the award of the first Operational Service Medal [Bermuda] for members of the Royal Bermuda Regiment. Governor Rena Lalgie said, “As Governor of Bermuda, and Commander in Chief of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, I am pleased to announce that His Majesty The King has approved the award of the first Operational […]




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BHCS MRI Machine Now Fully Operational

Bermuda HealthCare Services [BHCS] announced that their MRI machine is “now fully operational following recent recovery efforts after Hurricane Ernesto’s impact.” A spokesperson said, “With essential services restored, BHCS is ready to accept clients for MRI procedures.” Dr. Ewart Brown, Chairman of BHCS, remarked, “We are delighted to inform the community that our MRI services […]





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'A Real Pain' film presents the parallels of generational struggle


From the horror of the Holocaust to the struggles that the cousins face in the modern day, the movie is about the overall pains of life, film star Jennifer Grey iterated.




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'Generational' young England talents excite O'Shea

England have a "generational" crop of talent that has more potential than the squad that reached the 2019 World Cup final, says Rugby Football Union director of performance Conor O'Shea.




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Rational group algebras of generalized strongly monomial groups: Primitive idempotents and units

Gurmeet K. Bakshi, Jyoti Garg and Gabriela Olteanu
Math. Comp. 93 (), 3027-3058.
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How Recovering the History of a Little-Known Lakota Massacre Could Heal Generational Pain

When the U.S. Army massacred a Lakota village at Blue Water, dozens of plundered artifacts ended up in the Smithsonian. The unraveling of this long-buried atrocity is forging a path toward reconciliation




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SolidWorks World: ‘Valuable’ and ‘Inspirational’

SolidWorks World 2009 Wraps Up Exhilarating Week of Learning and Networking




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UPDATE: DMV Operational Changes for June 8, 2023, Cash Booths at Tolls Plazas Now Open

Due to a reduction in the Air Quality Index (AQI) CASH BOOTHS at the toll plazas OPENED at 4:45 pm today, June 8, 2023. The Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will continue to monitor the AQI forecast and determine the effects it may have, if any, on DMV operations for Friday, June 9, 2023. Residents […]



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The Myth of Generational Guilt: Reparations and the Finished Work of Christ (Owen Strachan) (Selected Scriptures)

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.




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The Church and Rational Truth




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Using Education To Stop the Generational Cycle of Violence Against Women in the Pacific

Parliamentary representation by women in Pacific Island countries remains stubbornly low at 8.4 percent. Yet women leaders across the region have been meeting every year for the past four decades to discuss goals and drive action to address gender inequality and the most pressing development challenges in the Pacific. One of the critical issues discussed […]




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Operationalizing the Bangladesh Climate Development Partnership

The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) has recently launched the Bangladesh Climate and Development Partnership to drive climate actions at scale and with urgency. The BCDP is an example of country-led climate platform established to scale up implementation of climate actions and is being recognized as an important modality by the global community to deliver climate actions at scale.




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Generational Curses: What Are They and How to Break the Cycle

Generational curses impact family patterns and behaviors. Learn how to identify, break, and heal from ancestral trauma to free yourself and future generations.




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DoP releases operational guidelines for Strengthening of Medical Device Industry scheme

The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has released the operational guidelines for the newly announced central sector scheme for Strengthening of Medical Device Industry (SMDI), aiming at providing





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Young Adults Become Quite Rational While Making Sexual Choices: Study

Young adults considered both the risks and benefits of their sexual behavior in a highly consistent and thoughtful manner, stated a new study published in the journal i Psychological Science.




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Six Years of Ayushman Bharat: An Inspirational Success Story

Ayushman Bharat celebrates six years of enhancing healthcare accessibility for millions, unifying state initiatives, and broadening coverage for at-risk




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Development of a composite drought indicator for operational drought monitoring in the MENA region

The composite drought indicator (CDI) supports operational drought management decision making in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.

The post Development of a composite drought indicator for operational drought monitoring in the MENA region first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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India's first railway test track for high-speed trials to be operational in Dec 2025

India's first dedicated railway test track, under construction in Rajasthan, is expected to be completed by December 2025 with a total investment of Rs 820 crore, according to the Ministry of Railways.




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Adsorption and vibrational spectroscopy of CO on the surface of MgO from periodic local coupled-cluster theory

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254,628-640
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00041B, Paper
Open Access
Hong-Zhou Ye, Timothy C. Berkelbach
Local correlation allows accurate periodic CCSD(T) calculations to be efficiently performed for molecules on realistic surfaces with large basis sets, yielding accurate adsorption energies and vibrational frequencies.
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Translocal Care across Kosovo's Borders : Reconfiguring Kinship along Gender and Generational Lines [Electronic book] / Carolin Leutloff-Grandits.

New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2023]




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Vibrational analysis of auranofin complexes with cysteine and selenocysteine unveils distinct binding motifs and specific unimolecular reactivity

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02023E, Research Article
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Roberto Paciotti, Davide Corinti, Cecilia Coletti, Nazzareno Re, Giel Berden, Jos Oomens, Simonetta Fornarini, Maria Elisa Crestoni
The [(Et3P)AuCys]+ and [(Et3P)AuSec]+ ions and their deamination products were characterized using IRMPD spectroscopy backed by DFT calculations finding differences in binding motifs and reactivity.
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Rationally reconstructing the surface microstructure of a chemical bath deposited electron transport layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,7910-7920
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01808G, Research Article
Xinxuan Yang, Lexin Wang, Meihan Liu, Jiahui Jin, Lili Yang, Lin Fan, Maobin Wei, Huilian Liu, Haoran Chen, Jinghai Yang, Yulei Chang, Fengyou Wang
A reconstruction strategy is designed to manipulate the surface microstructure of a CBD SnO2 ETL, yielding PSCs with a high PCE >24%.
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Piezoelectric and microfluidic tuning of an infrared cavity for vibrational polariton studies

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01101A, Paper
Wei Wang, Jaime de la Fuente Diez, Nicolas Delsuc, Juan Peng, Riccardo Spezia, Rodolphe Vuilleumier, Yong Chen
A new method uses piezoelectric and microfluidic tuning to study vibrational polaritons in liquids under flow. This enables modifying cavity length adjustments and flexibility in experimental setups.
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Rational design of a lysosome-targeted fluorescent probe for monitoring the generation of hydroxyl radicals in ferroptosis pathways

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12864-12872
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00562G, Paper
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Lili Zhong, Datian Fu, Jin Xu, Linyan Tan, Haimei Wu, Min Wang
A novel hydrocyanine-based turn-on fluorescence probe HCy-Lyso, with excellent lysosome-targeting ability and ˙OH-responsive efficiency, has been applied for monitoring the variation in lysosomal ˙OH levels during ferroptosis.
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3-Perfluoroalkylated fluorescent coumarin dyes: rational molecular design and photophysical properties

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,332-344
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00006D, Paper
Ayano Ikemura, Yukiko Karuo, Yuki Uehashi, Tomohiro Agou, Masahiro Ebihara, Yasuhiro Kubota, Toshiyasu Inuzuka, Masaaki Omote, Kazumasa Funabiki
The photochemical properties of a coumarin derivative with a promising electron-withdrawing fluoroalkyl group at the 3-position in solution and in the crystal were investigated in detail.
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Enhanced mechanical properties of acrylate and 5-vinyl-2-norbornene-based ethylene terpolymers: rational design and synthesis using remotely modulated phosphine–sulfonate palladium complexes

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00722K, Paper
Yong-Qing Li, Gui-Ping Cao, Yu-Cai Cao
From a practical perspective, it is important to maintain or increase the mechanical properties of functional ethylene copolymers to those of nonpolar polyethylene (PE).
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Towards the rational design of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-1,4-benzenediamine (6PPD) electrochemical sensor

Analyst, 2024, 149,5165-5173
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00973H, Paper
Emily Dominique, Christophe Renault
The strong adsorption of 6PPD onto glassy carbon and its reversible two electron oxidation enables simple and sensitive electrochemical detection with an LOD of 10 nM.
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Advancing cerumen analysis: exploring innovative vibrational spectroscopy techniques with respect to their potential as new point-of-care diagnostic tools

Analyst, 2024, 149,5381-5393
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00868E, Paper
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Edoardo Farnesi, Matteo Calvarese, Chen Liu, Carl Messerschmidt, MohammadSadegh Vafaeinezhad, Tobias Meyer-Zedler, Dana Cialla-May, Christoph Krafft, Jonas Ballmaier, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Michael Schmitt, Jürgen Popp
The study demonstrates the potential of advanced vibrational spectroscopy to reveal the complex molecular composition of cerumen, suggesting its promising application as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for identifying disease-related biomarkers.
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DFT rationalization of the mechanism and selectivity in a gold-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of diynones with alcohols

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP01700E, Paper
Guowei Yan, Ji Ma, Simeng Qi, Alexander M. Kirillov, Lizi Yang, Ran Fang
The mechanism, regioselectivity, and chemoselectivity in a gold-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of diynones with alcohols to give furan-3-carboxylate derivatives were explored by density functional theory (DFT).
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Theoretical Insights into the Vibrational Spectra and Chemical Bonding of Ln(III) Complexes with a Tripodal N4O3 Ligand Along the Lanthanide Series

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03677H, Paper
Francielle C Machado, Mateus M Quintano, Carlos Vital dos Santos Junior, Albano Carneiro Neto, Elfi Kraka, Ricardo Luiz Longo, Renaldo Tenorio Moura Jr.
{This study provides new theoretical insights into the vibrational spectra of Ln(III) complexes, along the lanthanide series by utilizing the LModeAGen protocol and integrating cutting-edge topological ideas. It provides a...
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Rationalizing polymorphism with local correlation-based methods: a case study of pnictogen molecular crystals

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03697B, Paper
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Ahmet Altun, Eduardo Schiavo, Michael Mehring, Stephan Schulz, Giovanni Bistoni, Alexander A. Auer
Combined Hartree–Fock plus London Dispersion (HFLD) and fragment-pairwise Local Energy Decomposition (fp-LED) enables computation of lattice energies, their breakdown into pairwise terms, and assessment of relative stability sources in polymorphs.
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Rational construction of micro-plate-like iron oxide/aluminium oxide-fabricated screen-printed carbon electrode for the electrochemical detection of the antiandrogen drug

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1521-1532
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00808H, Paper
Sivakumar Musuvadhi Babulal, Nandini Nataraj, Tse-Wei Chen, Shen Ming Chen, Bih-Show Lou, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Amal M. Al-Mohaimeed, Mohamed Soliman Elshikh, Jaysan Yu
An improved electrochemical sensing platform with a vital strategy for NTM antiandrogen drug detection in real environmental and biofluid samples.
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Civil Aviation Ministry notifies operational guidelines for drone PLI scheme

The PLI scheme will be only for the companies that are involved in the manufacture of drone and drone components in India




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Risk Management: Learning to tackle operational surprises

Knowing what can go wrong is key to getting things done right




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From elementary to advanced: rational design of single component phosphorescence organogels for anti-counterfeiting applications

Mater. Chem. Front., 2024, 8,3577-3586
DOI: 10.1039/D4QM00498A, Research Article
Huamiao Lin, Yi Shi, Yan Li, Shuzhan Chen, Wei Wang, Peng Geng, Jiaying Yan, Shuzhang Xiao
In this work, we designed and synthesized two non-conventional organogels (DBF-dAc and DBF-dPh). DBF-dPh organogels emitted long-lasting room-temperature phosphorescence with a visible afterglow and multi-layered anti-counterfeiting capabilities.
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Re:WIRED GREEN 2022: A Multigenerational Discussion on Fighting Climate Change

WIRED’s global editorial director Gideon Lichfield leads a panel discussion with Sylvia Earle, president and chair of Mission Blue, an organization fighting to protect marine ecosystems, and Sophia Kianni, founder of the Climate Cardinals and US representative to the UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, on what a new generation of climate activists can learn from their forebears who have been on the front lines for years.




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First phase of Maharashtra’s new emergency ambulance project to be operationalised by Sept 2025

Plans afoot to bid for TN and UP, next year




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Rational engineering and synthesis of pyrene and thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-functionalized conjugated microporous polymers for efficient supercapacitor energy storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30508-30521
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA05908E, Paper
Abdul Basit, Yang-Chin Kao, Yasser A. El-Ossaily, Shiao-Wei Kuo, Mohamed Gamal Mohamed
The Py-Th-TzTz CMP was synthesized through a Schiff base reaction and exhibited a decomposition temperature (Td10) of 352 °C. In a three-electrode system, it demonstrated a specific capacitance of 652 F g−1.
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Ternary NiFeCo-Glycerolate Catalysts: Rational Design for Improved Oxygen Evolution Reaction Efficiency

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA06455K, Paper
Irlan Santos Lima, Josué M. Gonçalves, Lúcio Angnes
Catalysts capable of overcoming the bottleneck of water splitting, known as the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), are indispensable to the expansion of renewable energy systems. Thus, we report the synthesis...
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