Architectural limitations in many situations make it necessary for the RC shear walls to be extended in plan in different directions at a single location that makes them a 3D configuration. Analysis of such walls is very challenging. In this research about 450 cases of 3D shear walls are considered with different shapes and heights. L, T and H-shape walls are studied. They are nonlinearly analy...

The synthesis of chiral aluminum and yttrium alkoxides and their application for lactide polymerization are reported. The complexes (SalBinap)MOR [4, M = Al, R = (i)Pr; 5, M = Y, R = (CH(2))(2)NMe(2)] are synthesized by reacting the ligand (SalBinap)H(2) [2,2'-[(1,1'-binaphthalene)-2,2'-diylbis(nitrilomethylidyne)]bisphenol] with the appropriate metal trisalkoxide. While enantiomerically pure y...

A simple, rapid and sensitive spectrophotometric method is herewith proposed for the determination of copper(II) by using diamine-dioxime ligand, meso-3,6,6,9-tetramethyl-4,8-diazaundecane-2,10-dione dioxime or meso-HexaMethyl Propylene Amine Oxime (meso-HMPAO). This method is based on the formation of a stable 1 : 1 red-pink complex between copper(II) and meso-HMPAO in aqueous solution. Absorp...

Mol-ecules of the title macrocycle, C(36)H(22)N(4)O(4), are located on an inversion center. The porphyrin ring shows a wave-like conformation with adjacent pyrrole rings tilted above the porphyrin plane and the inter-porphyrin distance is 3.584 (3) Å. The dihedral angles between the meso-furyl groups and the porphyrin plane are 38.87 (7) and 48.29 (7)°; these are much smaller than those observe...

© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim 1 wileyonlinelibrary.com elastic twins and polarization domain walls is complicated, [ 8–10 ] especially in multiferroics with magnetic domains in addition. [ 11 ] Two geometric hierarchies arise that are of signifi cant interest: (1) ferroelastic nano-twins that lie inside ferroelectric meso-domains, as fi rst shown by Simon et al . [ 12 ] and ...

Using a recently developed technique (SEA TADPOLE) for easily measuring the complete spatiotemporal electric field of light pulses with micrometer spatial and femtosecond temporal resolution, we directly demonstrate the formation of theo-called boundary diffraction wave and Arago's spot after an aperture, as well as the superluminal propagation of the spot. Our spatiotemporally resolved measure...

By making use of a new technique for measuring the complete spatiotemporal electric field of light with micrometer spatial and femtosecond temporal resolution, we directly demonstrate the formation of the so called boundary diffraction wave and Arago’s spot, as well as the superluminal propagation of a “diffrac tion free” pulse. We believe that such spatiotemporally resolved measurements and th...

Meso-alkylidenyl-thia(p-benzi)porphyrin and its ring expanded analog containing exocyclic C-C double bonds at meso-positions, undergo initial protonation at the exocyclic alkylidene alpha-carbon.

The persistent adrenocorticolytic DDT metabolite 3-methylsulfonyl-DDE (MeSO(2)-DDE) was originally identified in Baltic grey seals, a population suffering from adrenocortical hyperplasia. In mice, MeSO(2)-DDE induces mitochondrial degeneration and cellular necrosis in the adrenal zona fasciculata. In this study, we used precision-cut tissue slice culture to examine local CYP11B1-catalyzed irrev...

Alumina (Al2O3) decorated anatase TiO2 nanotubes with ordered mesoporous pore walls (Al2O3/meso-TiO2 nanotubes) are successfully synthesized through vacuum pressure induction technology, and then combined with the thermal decomposition of a mesoporous TiO2 sol precursor, inside the cylindrical nanochannels of an anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) template. The decorated Al2O3 was formed by in situ de...