This paper investigates the reliability characteristics of a complex system having nine subsystems arranged in the form of 3x3 matrix in which each row contains three subsystems. The configuration of the row is of the type 2-out-of-3: F. Each subsystem has n units connected in series. The system fails if any one row containing three subsystems fails. The considered system analyzed incorporating...

The synthesis and spectroscopic characterisation of eight new first-row transition metal (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu) aluminylene complexes is reported.

The potential energy surfaces of low-lying states in rhenium tetrahydride (ReH(4)) were explored by using the multiconfiguration self-consistent field (MCSCF) method together with the SBKJC effective core potentials and the associated basis sets augmented by a set of f functions on rhenium atom and by a set of p functions on hydrogen atoms, followed by spin-orbit coupling (SOC) calculations to ...

Models based on Markov chains are used for decision-making studies in many application domains; however , there are no widely adopted methods for performing sensitivity analysis on the associated transition probability matrices (TPMs). This article describes two simulation-based approaches for probabilistic sensitivity analysis of a given finite-state, finite-horizon, discrete-time Markov chain...

Abst ra : The structure and complexation properties of macrocycles containing atoms from the second row of the periodic table (e.g., sulfur and phosphorus) have received less attention than the corresponding properties of macrocycles containing only first row atoms (e.g., oxygen and nitrogen). We describe results in two areas: macrocyclic thioethers for chelation of late transition metal ions, ...

The first ruthenabenzothiophenes have been achieved via the C-H activation of thiophene. These species feature high thermal stability and resistance of a moderate oxidant, which constitute valuable addition to the rare metallaaromatic containing second-row transition metals.

Transition metal–boron complexes BnM have been predicted at density functional theory level to be molecular bowls (n 1⁄4 8–14) hosting a transition metal atom (M) inside or molecular tires (n 1⁄4 14) centered with a transition metal atom. Small Bn clusters prove to be effective inorganic ligands to all the VB–VIIIB transition metal elements in the periodic table. Density functional evidences ob...

The reactivity of the PGeP germylene 2,2’-bis(di-isopropylphosphanylmethyl)-5,5’-dimethyldipyrromethane-1,1’-diylgermanium(II), Ge(pyrmPiPr2)2CMe2, with late first-row transition metal (Fe-Zn) dichlorides has been investigated. All reactions led to pincer chloridogermyl complexes. FeCl2 and CoCl2 afforded paramagnetic square planar complexes formula [MCl{?3P,Ge,P-GeCl(pyrmPiPr2)2CMe2}] (M=Fe, C...