Polymers with controlled degrees of functional groups at a desired polymer chain length are
useful building blocks for custom designing specialty poly-mer systems. Catalytic reactions …

Hydrogen adds to square-planar d8 complexes of the Vaska type [/ra «i-IrX (CO)(PR3) 2] to
giveoxidative addition products in which the H2has added parallel to the X-Ir-CO axis. In …

The application of functionalized polymers to site-directed delivery of the antiulcer
prostaglandin, misoprostol, is described. By use of homogeneous catalysis, the simple polymer, …

CH bond activation is an area of great current interest. 13 We recently described115 thermal
alkane dehydrogenation by using [IrH2 (7; 2-02CCF3)(PAr3) 2](1, Ar= p-C6H4F) as catalyst …

Novel EPDM (ethylenepropylenediene monomer) and polybutadiene polyols can be synthesized
by a two‐step process of controlled hydroformylation and then reduction of the formyl …

Background: Although there have been analyses on the qualities associated with individuals
who chose to repeatedly donate blood, there is little known about national blood donation …

The increasing complexity of randomized clinical trials and the practice of obtaining a wide
variety of measurements from study participants have made the consideration of multiple …

2. Methods The NHANES is an ongoing, stratified, multi-stage probability sample of the US
non-institutionalized population. Conducted biannually by the Centers for Disease Control …

Cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), is a major pest of tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum) in Australia. Host‐plant resistance may prove an alternative to current control …

The green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is becoming resistant to many of the pesticides
used in the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) industry. A potential alternative method of …