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New alkoxo-bridged mixed-valence cobalt clusters: Synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties
2008
Two new Co II /Co III complexes, [{Co II Co III (mea) 3 } 2 (bpe) 3 ](ClO 4 ) 4 · 1.5CH 3 OH · 1.5H 2 O ( 1 ) and [ Co 4 II Co 3 III ( dea ) 6 ( CH 3 COO ) 3 ] ( ClO 4 ) 0.75 ( CH 3 COO ) 1.25 · 0.5 H 2 O ( 2 ) [Hmea = monoethanolamine H 2 dea = diethanolamine and bpe = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane], have been obtained by reacting cobalt(II) perchlorate ( 1 and 2 ), Hmea ( 1 )/H 2 dea ( 2 ), bpe ( 1 ) and sodium acetate ( 2 ). The crystal structures of 1 and 2 have been solved by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystal 1 contains “Chinese lantern”-like shaped cations, resulting by connecting two {Co II Co III (mea) 3 } moieties with three flexible bpe ligands. The coordination sphere of the …
What determines the willingness to sanction violations of newly introduced social norms: Personality traits or economic preferences? evidence from th…
2021
Abstract Social norms govern human behavior and usually change slowly over time. While individuals’ willingness to sanction others is decisive for the enforcement of social norms and thus social stability, little is known about individual sanctioning behavior related to newly introduced social norms. During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have used various tools to rapidly and actively introduce the new norm of wearing a face mask; this offers a unique setting to study the determinants of individuals’ willingness to sanction a cooperation norm. In a nationwide online survey in Germany, we find that higher levels of conscientiousness and neuroticism, but none of the economic preferences (…
Recognising forced migrants in transnational social work
2018
PurposeNation states’ neoliberal policies do not regard asylum seekers and undocumented migrants as deserving of a good life. Social work in welfare states is highly connected to the policies of nation states. There is a need to address theories in social work that have a transnational focus at the local level. Axel Honneth’s recognition theory enables an approach to forced migration from the direction of personal relations and personhood itself. The core idea is that if people cannot gain recognition, this causes harm to their self-realisation. The purpose of this paper is discuss how the recognition theory overcomes a national focus in social work.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is …
Reward and punishment: investigating cortico-bulbar excitability to disclose the value of goods
2013
A continuing challenge for neuroscientists is to develop new conceptual tools and methodologies for understanding, predicting and modelling the influences of rewarding/punishing outcomes on human behaviour and decision making. Reinforcement shapes behaviours from the most primitive (fight/flight, ingest/regurgitate, approach/avoid) to complex (buy/sell). Understanding the neural processes underlying reinforcement is critical for understanding economic and social decision-making. Moreover, comprehension of deranged processing and responses to reinforcing stimuli is crucial across a range of psychology fields and society as a whole, including psychiatric and neurological illness, eating disor…
Phase coexistence in finite van der Waals systems
1999
Phase coexistence in finite systems obeying van der Waals equation of state is studied by minimizing a model free energy function for a spherical liquid droplet and a gaseous phase around it. Phase diagrams are calculated for finite systems with a large range of sizes. According to this model, the highest temperature where a droplet and vapour can exist in equilibrium decreases as N −0.4, where N is the number of particles in the system. The model predicts higher equilibrium vapour pressures than molecular dynamics simulations.
Comparing Traditional and IRT Scoring of Forced-Choice Tests.
2018
This article explores how traditional scores obtained from different forced-choice (FC) formats relate to their true scores and item response theory (IRT) estimates. Three FC formats are considered from a block of items, and respondents are asked to (a) pick the item that describes them most (PICK), (b) choose the two items that describe them the most and the least (MOLE), or (c) rank all the items in the order of their descriptiveness of the respondents (RANK). The multi-unidimensional pairwise-preference (MUPP) model, which is extended to more than two items per block and different FC formats, is applied to obtain the responses to each item block. Traditional and IRT (i.e., expected a po…
Multi-Layer Offloading at the Edge for Vehicular Networks
2020
This paper proposes a multi-layer platform for job offloading in vehicular networks. Offloading is performed from vehicles in the Vehicular Domain towards Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) Servers deployed at the edge of the network, and between MEC Servers. Offloading decisions at both domains are challenging for the overall system performance. Optimization at the MEC Layer domain is obtained by model-based Reinforcement Learning, while a strategy to decide the best offloading rate from the Vehicular Domain is defined to achieve the desired trade-off between costs and performance. Numerical analysis shows the achieved performance.
An equivalent single-layer model for magnetoelectroelastic multilayered plate dynamics
2012
Abstract An equivalent single-layer model for the dynamic analysis of magnetoelectroelastic laminated plates is presented. The electric and magnetic fields are assumed to be quasi-static and the first-order shear deformation theory is used. The formulation of the model provides for a preliminary fulfillment of the electro-magnetic governing equations, which allows to determine the electric and magnetic potential as functions of the mechanical variables. Then, by using this result, the equations of motion are written leading to the problem governing equations. They involve the same terms of the elastic dynamic problem weighted by effective stiffness coefficients, which take the magneto-elect…
Lithuanian armed forces in Ilūkstė region in 1919–1920
2006
Dalį Ilūkstės apskrities lenkų ir lietuvių karinės pajėgos okupavo 1919 m. vasarą. Lenkų valdžios įstaigos nedelsdamos įtraukė 6 apskrities rytinės dalies valsčius ir Gryvos miestą į savo valstybės sudėtį ir atsisakė svarstyti šį klausimą su Latvijos atstovais. Klausimas buvo išspręstas tiktai 1920 m. liepos pradžioje, kai dėl Raudonosios armijos puolimo lenkų kariuomenė buvo priversta pasitraukti iš Ilūkstės apskrities. Tuo pasinaudojo Latvijos pusė, tuo momentu pagal savo galimybes užimdami dalį tos teritorijos. Likusią užėmė lietuviai, kurie jau nuo 1919 m. vasaros buvo rūpimoje Ilūkstės apskrities dalyje. Nors derybose tarp Latvijos ir Lietuvos buvo deklaruota, kad sienos tarp tų valsty…
Solvent-Enhanced Diastereo- and Regioselectivity in the PdII-Catalyzed Synthesis of Six- and Eight-Membered Heterocycles viacis-Aminopalladation
2009
The Pd(II)-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative cyclization of tosyl-protected cis- and trans-N-allyl-2-aminocyclohexanecarboxamides was examined, and efficient syntheses of cyclohexane-fused pyrimidin-4-ones and 1,5-diazocin-6-ones were developed. In the course of the research, a marked solvent effect was observed on both the regio- and diastereoselectivity. Additionally, a novel Pd(II)-mediated domino oxidation, oxidative amination reaction was discovered. Our experimental and theoretical findings suggest that the reactions proceed via a cis-aminopalladation mechanism.