Synthesis of functional ‘polyolefins’: state of the art and remaining challenges

Functional polyolefins (i.e., polyethene or polypropene bearing functional groups) are highly desired materials, due to their beneficial surface properties. Many different pathways exist for the synthesis of these materials, each with its own advantages and drawbacks. This review focuses on those synthetic pathways that build up a polymer chain from ethene/propene and functionalised polar vinyl monomers. Despite many recent advances in the various fields of olefin polymerisation, it still remains a challenge to synthesise high molecular- weight copolymers with tuneable amounts of functional groups, preferably with consecutive insertions of polar monomers occurring in a stereoselective way. To overcome some of these challenges, polymerisation of alternative functionalised monomers is explored as well

Lovro Ticl, truba : drugi dio diplomskog ispita

Drugi dio diplomskog ispita Lovre Ticla (truba), studenta Muzičke akademije Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Ispit je održan na Muzičkoj akademiji u dvorani Huml 21. 6. 2023. Klavirska pratnja: Linda Mravunac-Fabijanić, umj. sav. Mentor: red. prof. art. Dario Teskera. Gosti izvođači: Lovro Čutić (truba) i Josipa Leko (orgulje). Program: 1. Bohuslav Martinů: Sonatina za trubu i klavir; 2. Alessandro Stradella: Sonata za trubu u D-duru; 3. Joseph Turrin: Caprice za trubu i klavir; 4. Gottfried Finger: Sonata za dvije trube i orgulje u C-duru

Lovro Ticl, truba : drugi dio diplomskog ispita

Drugi dio diplomskog ispita Lovre Ticla (truba), studenta Muzičke akademije Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Ispit je održan na Muzičkoj akademiji u dvorani Huml 21. 6. 2023. Klavirska pratnja: Linda Mravunac-Fabijanić, umj. sav. Mentor: red. prof. art. Dario Teskera. Gosti izvođači: Lovro Čutić (truba) i Josipa Leko (orgulje). Program: 1. Bohuslav Martinů: Sonatina za trubu i klavir; 2. Alessandro Stradella: Sonata za trubu u D-duru; 3. Joseph Turrin: Caprice za trubu i klavir; 4. Gottfried Finger: Sonata za dvije trube i orgulje u C-duru

Conceptual comparison of constructs as first step in data harmonization: Parental sensitivity, child temperament, and social support as illustrations

This article presents a strategy for the initial step of data harmonization in Individual Participant Data syntheses, i.e., making decisions as to which measures operationalize the constructs of interest - and which do not. This step is vital in the process of data harmonization, because a study can only be as good as its measures. If the construct validity of the measures is in question, study results are questionable as well. Our proposed strategy for data harmonization consists of three steps. First, a unitary construct is defined based on the existing literature, preferably on the theoretical framework surrounding the construct. Second, the various instruments used to measure the construct are evaluated as operationalizations of this construct, and retained or excluded based on this evaluation. Third, the scores of the included measures are recoded on the same metric. We illustrate the use of this method with three example constructs focal to the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis (CATS) study: parental sensitivity, child temperament, and social support. This process description may aid researchers in their data pooling studies, filling a gap in the literature on the first step of data harmonization. •Data harmonization in studies using combined datasets is of vital importance for the validity of the study results. •We have developed and illustrated a strategy on how to define a unitary construct and evaluate whether instruments are operationalizations of this construct as the initial step in the harmonization process. •This strategy is a transferable and reproducible method to apply to the data harmonization process