Group 9 transition metal pincer complexes have shown tremendous utility in a variety of E-H (E = main group element) bond activation reactions. In an effort to access new types of highly reactive pincer-like transition ...

Lithium-ion batteries have been used extensively over the past two decades in the portable consumer electronics industry. More recently, Li-ion batteries have become candidates for much larger-scale applications such as ...

The hazards associated with combustible dusts are not universally well known, particularly when compared to a somewhat similar hazard, flammable gas. The primary resources currently used in communication about dust explosions ...

Arguably, no reform in health care in the past decade has generated as much attention, idealism, and optimism as the movement toward interdisciplinary teams. Since the early 2000s, the Canadian federal government has ...

Premise plumbing can contain copper and lead bearing fixtures, and although copper is considered primarily an aesthetic issue, the neurotoxic effects of lead present a significant public health concern. Utilities approach ...

Numerous scholars have observed that Don McKay’s poetry is profoundly musical and particularly attentive to the sounds of birds. However, it has not been examined how musicology can illuminate McKay’s use of birdsong. This ...

A method for the extraction, identification and quantification of eleven specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with off-flavours and off-odours in two different types of beers were developed. For this ...

Concrete, due to its low cost, durability and fire resistance, is one of the world’s most widely used construction materials. Concrete is typically reinforced with steel bars and welded wire mesh. Since the cost of steel ...

As energy systems shift away from fossil-fuel based electricity, the non-dispatchability of renewable energy converters (REC) continue to stress the grid infrastructure and conventional thermal generating units. These ...

Electronically collected animal movement data has been analyzed either statistically or visually using generic geographical information systems. The area of statistical analysis in this field has made progress over the ...