The lack of reference aromatic systems in the realm of inorganic aromatic compounds makes the evaluation of aromaticity in all-metal and semimetal clusters a difficult task. To date, calculation of nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICS) has been the most widely used method to discuss aromaticity in these systems. In the first part of this work, we briefly review our previous studies, showin...

In this work, we have analyzed the local aromaticity of the six-membered rings (6-MRs) of planar and pyramidalized pyracylene species through the structurally based harmonic oscillator model of aromaticity (HOMA), the electronically based para-delocalization index (PDI), and the magnetic-based nucleus independent chemical shift (NICS) measurements, as well as with maps of ring current density. ...

he aromatic behavior of the azo-linked cyclopentadienide derivatives have been revealed in various natural compounds. In Tthis research, density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP level are used to optimize the geometry of the compounds. In addition, we were interested in the evaluation of the aromaticity of the selected compounds using nucleus independent chemical shifts NIC...

Prior to installation of a large harmonic load it is necessary to conduct a harmonic analysis using computer simulation in order to pr"iirt possible negative effects of harmonics' The 'problem is that many parameters are unknown and need to be assumed. One of these are existing or background harmonic levels. Tthe paper describes the resubs of harmonic measurements as Qn inclication of existing ...

Nuclear ionic channels (NICs) represent ubiquitous structures of living cells, although little is known about their functional properties and encoding genes. To characterize NICs, liver nuclear membrane vesicles were reconstituted into either planar lipid bilayers or proteoliposomes. Reconstitution of nuclear envelope (NE) vesicles into planar lipid bilayer proceeded with low efficiency. NE ves...

The influence of various all-electron basis sets and effective core potentials employed along with several DFT functionals (B3LYP, B3PW91, BLYP, BP86 and M06) on the magnitude of nucleus independent chemical shift (NICS) values in different metallic nano-clusters and hydrocarbons is studied. In general, it is demonstrated that the NICS values are very sensitive to the applied method/basis set; ...

The NIST Identifier Collaboration Service (NICS) is a proposed service to encourage collaboration among researchers and developers when choosing identifiers, far in advance of when it might ordinarily occur. This would support and enhance standards development activities, and development and communications in a variety of fields from software development to system administration. Implementation...

The fact that modern Networked Industrial Control Systems (NICS) depend on Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) is well known. Although many studies have focused on the security of NICS, today we still lack a proper understanding of the impact that network parameters, e.g. network delays, packet losses, background traffic, and network design decisions, have on cyber attacks targeti...

Negative impedance converters (NICs) have been proposed as structures to improve the performance of RF circuits and electrically small antennas. However, NICs suffer from stability problems. This paper presents a compact procedure to analyze the stability of NICs. Then, the required and sufficient conditions to predict the stability of a negative impedance converter are given. These conditions ...