Recent electronic structure calculations for the title compounds performed by Wu et. al. [1] are critically reconsidered, applying high precision full-potential bandstructure methods. It is shown that the bandstructure calculations presented by the authors contain several important inconsistencies, which make their main conclusions highly questionable. In a recent paper Wu et. al. [1] presented...

Petroleum based mineral oils have been used for insect pest control for over a century (Agnello, 2002). However, their use is as current today as it was before the advent of chemical insecticides, given that they are compatible with modern sustainable management practices. These products pose a number of advantages over conventional pesticides and they have very low mammalian toxicity, low resi...

Background: HER2 (encoded by the ERBB2 gene) is a non-ligand-binding member of this family that exerts its activity through homo- or heterodimerization with other ERBB proteins. While multiple HER2-targeted therapies are FDA-approved for breast cancer, clinical utility targeting in bladder cancer patients remains undefined. Therefore, we leveraged prospective sequencing initiative and new colle...

We have examined the adsorption behaviors of carbon monoxide (CO) molecule on TiO2 anatase supported Au overlayers. The results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used in order to gain insights into the effects of the adsorption of CO molecules on the considered hybrid nanostructures. We have investigated different adsorption geometries of CO over the nanoparticles....

We have examined the adsorption behaviors of carbon monoxide (CO) molecule on TiO2 anatase supported Au overlayers. The results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used in order to gain insights into the effects of the adsorption of CO molecules on the considered hybrid nanostructures. We have investigated different adsorption geometries of CO over the nanoparticles....

Exokernel is a minimal operating system kernel that safely multiplexes hardware resources, while leaving all system abstractions to applications. An exokernel exhibits better performance and offers more functionality because applications can provide optimized system abstractions, at the user-level, based on their needs. Current design of the exokernel system, however, does not support multiproc...

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) or hydrotalcite-like compounds exist either as naturally occurring minerals or as synthesized materials by low-cost synthesis methods. LDHs consist of positively charged metal hydroxide layers having the composition [M1–x Mx(OH)2][Ax/m ·nH2O] where M and M are divalent and trivalent cations, respectively. The value of x is the molar fraction and can vary between...

Amorphous carbon (a-C) has the potential to provide properties important to solar photovoltaics that are comparable to those of silicon-based materials with further advantages such as low cost, solution processing, air stability, and higher thermal resistance. We employ accurate computational approaches to explore and understand active layers based on bulk heterojunctions containing a-C. Our re...

The discovery in fluorine doped LaFeAsO superconductor with TC = 26 K was reported in February of 2008[1]. This discovery inspired researchers around the globe to study this unusual family of materials, which contain as their essential feature a square net of iron in the formal oxidation state Fe. In the following month of 2008, hundreds of papers were published on these and related compounds a...

Renewable energies make up the industrial sector with the greatest growth in the world. The synthesis of biodiesel from renewable biological sources, including animal fats and vegetable oils, has received considerable attention due to its environmental advantages and sustainable production in comparison with fossil fuels [1]. In general, biodiesel is produced by transesterification of vegetable...