High levels of diastereoselection with respect to chirality-at-metal are achieved at equilibrium for complexes containing a new and available range of diazaallyl ligands.

Purpose This study aims to explore the role of interactants' nonverbal sensitivity, anxiety and sociodemographic characteristics in learning and satisfaction within the genetic counseling context. Design/methodology/approach This is a combined simulation and analogue study. Simulations were videotaped with 152 prenatal and cancer genetic counselors and nine simulated clients. The videotapes wer...

A model of a randomly disordered system with site-diagonal random energy fluctuations is introduced. It is an extension of Wegner’s n-orbital model to arbitrary eigenvalue distribution in the electronic level space. The new feature is that the random energy values are not assumed to be independent at different sites but free. Freeness of random variables is an analogue of the concept of indepen...

Objectives: To examine the consequences of informing smokers of a genetic predisposition to nicotine dependence and of providing treatment efficacy information tailored to genetic status. Design: Analogue study using four vignettes; 2 (genetic status) × 2 (whether treatment efficacy information provided) between subjects design. Participants: 269 British adult smokers. Outcome measures: Preferr...

This paper presents a case study in “black-box” assessment of a “smart” device where, based only on the user manuals and the instrument itself, we try to build confidence in smart device reliability. To perform the black-box assessment, we developed a test environment which automates the generation of test data, their execution and interpretation of the results. The assessment was made more com...