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COx-Free Hydrogen and Carbon Nanofibers Produced from Direct Decomposition of Methane on Nickel-Based Catalysts (2006)
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Chai, S. P., Zein, S. H. S., & Mohamed, A. R. (2006). COx-Free Hydrogen and Carbon Nanofibers Produced from Direct Decomposition of Methane on Nickel-Based Catalysts. Journal of natural gas chemistry / Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15(4), 253-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1003-9953%2807%2960002-4

Direct decomposition of methane was carried out using a fixed-bed reactor at 700 °C for the production of CO x -free hydrogen and carbon nanofibers. The catalytic performance of NiO-M/SiO 2 catalysts (where M=AgO, CoO, CuO, FeO, MnO x and MoO) in met... Read More about COx-Free Hydrogen and Carbon Nanofibers Produced from Direct Decomposition of Methane on Nickel-Based Catalysts.

Production of High Purity Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Catalytic Decomposition of Methane (2006)
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Hong, K. B., Ismail, A. A. B., Mahayuddin, M. E. B. M., Mohamed, A. R., & Zein, S. H. S. (2006). Production of High Purity Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Catalytic Decomposition of Methane. Journal of natural gas chemistry / Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15(4), 266-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1003-9953%2807%2960004-8

Acid-based purification process of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) produced via catalytic decomposition of methane with NiO/TiO 2 as a catalyst is described. By combining the oxidation in air and the acid refluxes, the impurities, such as amorp... Read More about Production of High Purity Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Catalytic Decomposition of Methane.

Face recognition in pictures is affected by perspective transformation but not by the centre of projection (2006)
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Liu, C. H., & Ward, J. (2006). Face recognition in pictures is affected by perspective transformation but not by the centre of projection. Perception, 35(12), 1637-1650. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5545

Recognition of unfamiliar faces is susceptible to image differences caused by angular sizes subtended from the face to the camera. Research on perception of cubes suggests that apparent distortions of a shape due to large camera angle are correctable... Read More about Face recognition in pictures is affected by perspective transformation but not by the centre of projection.

Transfer between two- and three-dimensional representations of faces (2006)
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Liu, C. H., Ward, J., & Young, A. W. (2006). Transfer between two- and three-dimensional representations of faces. Visual Cognition, 13(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506280500143391

Because stereoscopic depth cues are not present in an ordinary photograph, matching a two-dimensional (2-D) photograph to a three-dimensional (3-D) face requires establishing a correspondence between information derived from monocular depth cues and... Read More about Transfer between two- and three-dimensional representations of faces.

Electric field induced blueshift of the e1-hh1 exciton transition in a GaAs1-xNx/GaAs (x<1%) stepped quantum well (2006)
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Hill, G., Hopkinson, M., Steer, M. J., Gupta, R., Lim, A. C., & Haywood, S. K. (2006). Electric field induced blueshift of the e1-hh1 exciton transition in a GaAs1-xNx/GaAs (x

The authors present room temperature photoluminescence and photocurrent measurements on a three layer GaAsNGaAs Al0.35 Ga0.65 As (N≤1%) stepped quantum well. A blueshift in the ground state transition energy is observed with the application of an ele... Read More about Electric field induced blueshift of the e1-hh1 exciton transition in a GaAs1-xNx/GaAs (x<1%) stepped quantum well.

Patterns in species richness and endemism of European freshwater fish (2006)
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Reyjol, Y., Hugueny, B., Pont, D., Bianco, P. G., Beier, U., Caiola, N., Caiola, N., Casals, F., Cowx, I., Economou, A., Ferreira, T., Haidvogl, G., Noble, R., de Sostoa, A., Vigneron, T., & Virbickas, T. (2007). Patterns in species richness and endemism of European freshwater fish. Global ecology and biogeography, 16(1), 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00264.x

Aim To analyse the patterns in species richness and endemism of the native European riverine fish fauna, in the light of the Messinian salinity crisis and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Location European continent. Methods After gathering native fis... Read More about Patterns in species richness and endemism of European freshwater fish.

Moderate temperature synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes on alumina supported nickel oxide catalyst (2006)
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Chai, S. P., Zein, S. H. S., & Mohamed, A. R. (2007). Moderate temperature synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes on alumina supported nickel oxide catalyst. Materials letters, 61(16), 3519-3521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2006.11.108

A simple nickel oxide catalyst has been developed in synthesizing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) at moderate temperature. The catalyst used in the experiment was without a preceding reduction in hydrogen flow. The synthesis of SWNTs was perfo... Read More about Moderate temperature synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes on alumina supported nickel oxide catalyst.

Assessing mechanical function of the zygomatic region in macaques: validation and sensitivity testing of finite element models (2006)
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Kupczik, K., Dobson, C. A., Fagan, M. J., Crompton, R. H., Oxnard, C. E., & O'Higgins, P. (2007). Assessing mechanical function of the zygomatic region in macaques: validation and sensitivity testing of finite element models. Journal of anatomy, 210(1), 41-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00662.x

Crucial to the interpretation of the results of any finite element analysis of a skeletal system is a test of the validity of the results and an assessment of the sensitivity of the model parameters. We have therefore developed finite element models... Read More about Assessing mechanical function of the zygomatic region in macaques: validation and sensitivity testing of finite element models.

Preparation of mesoporous Pd/Si3N4nanocomposites as heterogeneous catalysts via three different chemical routes (2006)
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Cheng, F., Kelly, S. M., Young, N. A., Hope, C. N., Beverley, K., Francesconi, M. G., Clark, S., Bradley, J. S., & Lefebvre, F. (2006). Preparation of mesoporous Pd/Si3N4nanocomposites as heterogeneous catalysts via three different chemical routes. Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society, 18(25), 5996-6005. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm061106h

Mesoporous palladium/silicon nitride nanocomposites were prepared via three different chemical routes to generate simultaneous control of the solid-state morphology of the palladium nanoparticles and that of the silicon nitride support at the same ti... Read More about Preparation of mesoporous Pd/Si3N4nanocomposites as heterogeneous catalysts via three different chemical routes.

Efficient correlation-corrected vibrational self-consistent field computation of OH-stretch frequencies using a low-scaling algorithm (2006)
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Benoit, D. M. (2006). Efficient correlation-corrected vibrational self-consistent field computation of OH-stretch frequencies using a low-scaling algorithm. The Journal of chemical physics, 125(24), Article 244110. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2423006

The authors present a new computational scheme to perform accurate and fast direct correlation-corrected vibrational self-consistent field (CC-VSCF) computations for a selected number of vibrational modes, which is aimed at predicting a few vibration... Read More about Efficient correlation-corrected vibrational self-consistent field computation of OH-stretch frequencies using a low-scaling algorithm.

Diversity improvement estimation from rain radar databases using maximum likelihood estimation (2006)
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Paulson, K. S., Watson, R. J., & Usman, I. S. (2006). Diversity improvement estimation from rain radar databases using maximum likelihood estimation. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 54(1), 168-174. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2005.861571

This research examines route diversity as a fade mitigation technique in the presence of rain, for terrestrial microwave links. The improvement in availability due to diversity depends upon the complex spatio-temporal properties of rainfall. To produ... Read More about Diversity improvement estimation from rain radar databases using maximum likelihood estimation.

Polymorphism versus species richness - Systematics of large Dendrobates from the eastern Guiana Shield (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae) (2006)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Veith, M., Noonan, B. P., & Lötters, S. (2006). Polymorphism versus species richness - Systematics of large Dendrobates from the eastern Guiana Shield (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae). Copeia, 623-629. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511%282006%296%5B623%3APVSROL%5D2.0.CO%3B2

A molecular phylogeny based on a fragment of the mitochondrial 16 S rRNA gene and morphological comparisons suggests that only one polymorphic species of large Dendrobates, commonly assigned to D. tinctorius, occurs on the eastern Guiana Shield and i... Read More about Polymorphism versus species richness - Systematics of large Dendrobates from the eastern Guiana Shield (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae).

Is urbanization scrambling the genetic structure of human populations? A case study (2006)
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Ashrafian-Bonab, M., Lawson Handley, L. J., & Balloux, F. (2007). Is urbanization scrambling the genetic structure of human populations? A case study. Heredity, 98(3), 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800918

Recent population expansion and increased migration linked to urbanization are assumed to be eroding the genetic structure of human populations. We investigated change in population structure over three generations by analysing both demographic and m... Read More about Is urbanization scrambling the genetic structure of human populations? A case study.

The evolution of fighting structures in hartebeest (2006)
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Capellini, I. (2006). The evolution of fighting structures in hartebeest. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 8(6), 997 - 1011

Question: Is sexual selection for the evolution of larger horns and related fighting structures opposed by food constraints in bovids? Data studied: Horn circumference and length, pedicel height, skull weight, and body size (skull length) were measur... Read More about The evolution of fighting structures in hartebeest.

Flux compactifications of M-theory on twisted tori (2006)
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Hull, C. M., & Reid-Edwards, R. A. (2006). Flux compactifications of M-theory on twisted tori. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006(10), 086-086. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/086

We find the bosonic sector of the gauged supergravities that are obtained from 11-dimensional supergravity by Scherk-Schwarz dimensional reduction with flux to any dimension D. We show that, if certain obstructions are absent, the Scherk-Schwarz ansa... Read More about Flux compactifications of M-theory on twisted tori.

Genetic population structure and contemporary dispersal patterns of a recent European invader, the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis (2006)
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Herborg, L. M., Weetman, D., Van Oosterhout, C., & Hänfling, B. (2007). Genetic population structure and contemporary dispersal patterns of a recent European invader, the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Molecular ecology, 16(2), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.03133.x

Genetic studies of recently established populations are challenging because the assumption of equilibrium underlying many analyses is likely to be violated. Using microsatellites, we investigated determinants of genetic structure and migration among... Read More about Genetic population structure and contemporary dispersal patterns of a recent European invader, the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis.