An atom-economical diastereoselective synthesis of indenodithiepines and indenodithiocines has been developed via a domino reaction of propargylic alcohols and dithioacetals in the presence of InCl3 as a catalyst. A range of functionalized dithiepines and dithiocines, fused to the indene ring, were obtained in good to excellent yields under mild conditions.

Enantiomerically pure β-aminoalcohols, produced through an organocatalytic Mannich reaction, were subjected to an Ugi multicomponent reaction under classical or Lewis acid-promoted conditions with diastereoselectivities ranging from moderate to good. This approach represents a step-economical path to enantiomerically pure, polyfunctionalized peptidomimetics endowed with three stereogenic center...

The Black Sea wave climate was the subject of various studies and research projects. In the last years this region becomes an important corridor for energy transportation. These new economical developments are leading to increased sea traffic and request the possibility of better prediction systems for the wave conditions especially concerning the nearshore areas in the neighborhood of the majo...

About at the break of sixties and seventies of this century the first functional and publicly used information system developed from originally experimental and non commercial applications of computer technology in storing and retrieval of document records. At the beginning these were mostly parallel editions of bibliographies in both printed and magnetic format. Thus developed on one hand data...

In the economical caching problem, an online algorithm is given a sequence of prices for a certain commodity. The algorithm has to manage a buffer of fixed capacity over time. We assume that time proceeds in discrete steps. In step i, the commodity is available at price ci ∈ [α, β], where β > α ≥ 0 and ci ∈ N. One unit of the commodity is consumed per step. The algorithm can buy this unit at th...

As a service to the bridge design profession, Bethlehem Steel has conducted hundreds of studies of steel plate girder bridges using its Preliminary Bridge Girder Optimization Program. The program is unique because it optimizes plate girder designs on the basis of least cost, not least weight. An evaluation of many study results leads to a number of guidelines which are offered in this paper. Wh...

This thesis proposes architectures and algorithms for digital acquisition of parametric signals. It furthermore provides bounds for the performance of these systems in the presence of noise. Our simple acquisition circuitry and low sampling rate enable accurate parameter estimation to be achieved economically. In present practice, sampling and estimation are not integrated: the sampling device ...

The growth of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) as the emerging choice for provisioning and managing core networks has placed significant emphasis on MPLS based recovery mechanisms. The present global protection frameworks require extensive involvement of Label Switching Routers (LSRs) in the protection framework. The LSRs are involved in failure propagation and maintenance of information r...

Fe3O4 nanoparticles were employment as an efficient and magnetically separable Nano catalyst for the synthesis of amides via one-pot Beckmann rearrangement of ketones under solvent-free conditions. Various secondary amides were synthesized by this method in moderate to good yields. The catalyst showed high thermal stability and was recovered and reused at least five times without any considerab...