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Intermolecular C-H...N and C-H...O interactions in (2S,4S,5R)-(-)-3,4-dimethyl-5-phenyl-2-(1,3-thiazol-2-yl)-1,3-oxazolidine
The title compound, CââHââNâOS, prepared from
(1R,2S)-(-)-ephedrine, contains the oxazolidine ring
in an envelope conformation, with the nitrogen atom
0.623 (2) Ă
from the plane of the other four oxazolidine ring
atoms. Intermolecular C--H...N and C--H...O interactions
generate a two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded
network, with shortest C...N and C...O distances of
3.403 (3) and 3.463 (2) Ă
, respectively
Visualising Bluetooth interactions: combining the Arc Diagram and DocuBurst techniques
Within the Bluetooth mobile space, overwhelmingly large sets of interaction and encounter data can very quickly be accumulated. This presents a challenge to gaining an understanding and overview of the dataset as a whole. In order to overcome this problem, we have designed a visualisation which provides an informative overview of the dataset.
The visualisation combines existing Arc Diagram and DocuBurst techniques into a radial space-filling layout capable of conveying a rich understanding of Bluetooth interaction data, and clearly represents social networks and relationships established among encountered devices.
The end result enables a user to visually interpret the relative importance of individual devices encountered, the relationships established between them and the usage of Bluetooth 'friendly names' (or device labels) within the data
Bluetooth friendly names: bringing classic HCI questions into the mobile space
We explore the use of Bluetooth friendly names within the mobile space. Each Bluetooth-enabled device possesses a short string known as a 'friendly name' used to help identify a device to human users. In our analysis, we collected friendly names in use on 9,854 Bluetooth-enabled devices over a 7-month period.
These names were then classified and the results analysed. We discovered that a broad range of HCI themes are applicable to the domain of Bluetooth friendly names, including previous work on personalisation, naming strategies and anonymity in computer mediated communication.
We also found that Bluetooth is already being used as a platform for social interaction and communication amongst collocated groups and has moved beyond its original intention of file exchange
Bluetooth familiarity: methods of calculation, applications and limitations
We present an approach for utilising a mobile deviceâs Bluetooth sensor to automatically identify social interactions and relationships between individuals in the real world. We show that a high degree of accuracy is achievable in the automatic identification of mobile devices of familiar individuals. This has implications for mobile device security, social networking and in context aware information access on a mobile device
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Threats to safe transitions from hospital to home: a consensus study in North West London primary care.
BACKGROUND: Transitions between healthcare settings are vulnerable points for patients. AIM: To identify key threats to safe patient transitions from hospital to primary care settings. DESIGN AND SETTING: Three-round web-based Delphi consensus process among clinical and non-clinical staff from 39 primary care practices in North West London, England. METHOD: Round 1 was a free-text idea-generating round. Rounds 2 and 3 were consensus-obtaining rating rounds. Practices were encouraged to complete the questionnaires at team meetings. Aggregate ratings of perceived level of importance for each threat were calculated (1-3: 'not important', 4-6: 'somewhat important', 7-9: 'very important'). Percentage of votes cast for each patient or medication group were recorded; consensus was defined as â„75%. RESULTS: A total of 39 practices completed round 1, 36/39 (92%) completed round 2, and 30/36 (83%) completed round 3. Round 1 identified nine threats encompassing problems involving communication, service organisation, medication provision, and patients who were most at risk. 'Poor quality of handover instructions from secondary to primary care teams' achieved the highest rating (mean rating at round 3 = 8.43) and a 100% consensus that it was a 'very important' threat. Older individuals (97%) and patients with complex medical problems taking >5 medications (80%) were voted the most vulnerable. Anticoagulants (77%) were considered to pose the greatest risk to patients. CONCLUSION: This study identified specific threats to safe patient transitions from hospital to primary care, providing policymakers and healthcare providers with targets for quality improvement strategies. Further work would need to identify factors underpinning these threats so that interventions can be tailored to the relevant behavioural and environmental contexts in which these threats arise
On the Significance of the Quantity "A Squared"
We consider the gauge potential A and argue that the minimum value of the
volume integral of A squared (in Euclidean space) may have physical meaning,
particularly in connection with the existence of topological structures. A
lattice simulation comparing compact and non-compact ``photodynamics'' shows a
jump in this quantity at the phase transition, supporting this idea.Comment: 6 pages, one figur
Variations des caractéristiques de l'humus forestier d'un sol ferrallitique (Guyane) selon l'essence arborée considérée : résultats préliminaires
Intermolecular N-H...O and C-H...O interactions form a two-dimensional network in (2S,4S,5R)-(-)-3,4-dimethyl-5-phenyl-2-(pyrrol-2-yl)-1,3-oxazolidine
The title compound, Cââ
HââNâ0, prepared from (1R,2S)-
(-)-ephedrine, crystallizes in space group P1 with two
molecules in the asymmetric unit. The oxazolidine rings
of the two molecules adopt an envelope conformation,
with the N atom 0.609 (6) and 0.623 (6)Ă
from the
plane of the other four oxazolidine ring atoms. Intermolecular Npyrrole--H...O and Cphenyl--H...O interactions generate a two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network with N...O and C...O distances of 3.004 (4) and
3.051 (4)Ă
, respectively, and 3.599 (5) and 3.632 (5)Ă
,
respectively, for the two independent hydrogen-bonding
systems
Asymptotic Dynamics in Quantum Field Theory
A crucial element of scattering theory and the LSZ reduction formula is the
assumption that the coupling vanishes at large times. This is known not to hold
for the theories of the Standard Model and in general such asymptotic dynamics
is not well understood. We give a description of asymptotic dynamics in field
theories which incorporates the important features of weak convergence and
physical boundary conditions. Applications to theories with three and four
point interactions are presented and the results are shown to be completely
consistent with the results of perturbation theory.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figure
Effects of a tropical geophagous earthworm, Millsonia anomala, on some soil characteristics, on maize-residue decomposition and on maize production in Ivory Coast
Maize was grown under field conditions in the presence and absence of the tropical endogenic earthworm #Millsonia anomala (Omodeo and Vaillaud, 1967) in soil of a secondary forest of central Ivory Coast. Experimental units were isolated by PVC sheets to limit earthworm movements. Decomposition and redistribution of nitrogen from maize crop residues incorporated in the soil were monitored using 15N-labelled residues. The density of #M. anomala decreased from 50 to 15.9/m2 during the cultivation period (90 days). Activity of #M. anomala. Nonetheless, total nitrogen exportation was not significantly different between the two treatments. Furthermore, N from the organic residues left after the cultivation period was less easily assimilated by plants in treatments with earthworms. (Résumé d'auteur
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