The corrections provided by Xie and Cui [Xie, F., Cui, W., in press. Cost range and network structures. Social Networks, 30] to one of the heorems provided by Doreian [Doreian, P., 2006. Actor network utilities and network evolution. Social Networks, 28, 137–164] are both necessary nd helpful. Accepting these corrections, and linking them more closely to the work of Hummon [Hummon, N.P., 2000. ...

In 2011, Cui and Cao proposed a secure anonymous key agreement for distributed networks, in which user collect other users’ identity of his own group to utilize them in communication and attacker can’t determine the real identity of user. However, the drawback of calculation consumption exists in the above protocol. In the paper, we adopt Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) to reduce the computat...

Meso- and macrocyclic polydentate amine ligands have been widely explored in oxidation catalysis and for the stabilization of unstable metal-superoxide, -peroxide, and -oxo intermediates. Herein we report on the design and synthesis of a novel mesocyclic, tripodal, triamine ligand that we believe will be an excellent addition to this field. We explored a number of synthetic procedures towards t...

The synthesis of substituted dihydrooxazoles by the CuI-catalyzed cycloisomerization of terminal propargyl amides is reported. The reaction has been shown to have good substrate scope and experiments to delineate the mechanism have been performed. Substrates containing a benzylic methylene were oxidized to the ketone under the reaction conditions.

How many lives have already been saved by the anti-cancer drug metformin? Inadvertently perhaps, among the millions of type 2 diabetics with occult or known cancers and who have been prescribed metformin since the 1950s, thousands may have benefited from the anticancer properties of this first-line pharmacotherapy. Quo vadis? Now, researchers aim to move metformin from a non-targeted stage of c...

Direct hydroxylation of a wide scope of aryl halides was catalyzed by a combination of CuI and lithium pipecolinate in water with yields up to 92%.

We obtain the equivalence of the properties (β) and (NUC) in Orlicz function spaces. This answers a question raised by Y. Cui, R. Pluciennik and T. Wang.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly lethal disease, and surgical resection one of the major treatment methods used. However, to date, at least best our knowledge, there no effective prognostic scoring system for overall survival (OS) relapse‑free (RFS) patients following hepatectomy. The present study developed low‑cost easy‑to‑use model based on clinicopathological characteristics with ...