According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. In Out of the Crisis, originally published in 1982, Deming offers a theory of management based on his famous 14 Points for Management. Management's failure to plan for the future, he claims, brings about loss of market, which brings about loss of jobs. Management must be judged not only by the quarterly dividend, but by innovative plans to stay in business, protect investment, ensure future dividends, and provide more jobs through improved product and service. In simple, direct language, he explains the principles of management transformation and how to apply them.

Out of the Crisis

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Marine natural products.

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Aryl-aryl bond formation one century after the discovery of the Ullmann reaction.

Fenton chemistry encompasses reactions of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of iron to generate highly reactive species such as the hydroxyl radical and possibly others. In this review, the complex mechanisms of Fenton and Fenton-like reactions and the important factors influencing these reactions, from both a fundamental and practical perspective, in applications to water and soil treatment, are discussed. The review covers modified versions including the photoassisted Fenton reaction, use of chelated iron, electro-Fenton reactions, and Fenton reactions using heterogeneous catalysts. Sections are devoted to nonclassical pathways, by-products, kinetics and process modeling, experimental design methodology, soil and aquifer treatment, use of Fenton in combination with other advanced oxidation processes or biodegradation, economic comparison with other advanced oxidation processes, and case studies.

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Advanced Oxidation Processes for Organic Contaminant Destruction Based on the Fenton Reaction and Related Chemistry

Interest in catalysis by metal nanoparticles (NPs) is increasing dramatically, as reflected by the large number of publications in the last five years. This field, "semi-heterogeneous catalysis", is at the frontier between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, and progress has been made in the efficiency and selectivity of reactions and recovery and recyclability of the catalytic materials. Usually NP catalysts are prepared from a metal salt, a reducing agent, and a stabilizer and are supported on an oxide, charcoal, or a zeolite. Besides the polymers and oxides that used to be employed as standard, innovative stabilizers, media, and supports have appeared, such as dendrimers, specific ligands, ionic liquids, surfactants, membranes, carbon nanotubes, and a variety of oxides. Ligand-free procedures have provided remarkable results with extremely low metal loading. The Review presents the recent developments and the use of NP catalysis in organic synthesis, for example, in hydrogenation and C--C coupling reactions, and the heterogeneous oxidation of CO on gold NPs.

Nanoparticles as Recyclable Catalysts: The Frontier between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis

Coronary vasodilation is impaired in both hypertrophied and nonhypertrophied myocardium of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A study with nitrogen-13 ammonia and positron emission tomography

In this review, after a general introduction devoted to show the importance of the role played by C 2 -symmetry chiral auxiliaries to provide high levels of stereoselection, a complete survey of the preparation and use of optically active 1, 1'-binaphthyl derivatives as chiral auxiliaries in asymmetric synthesis is attempted

Synthesis and Applications of Binaphthylic C2-Symmetry Derivatives as Chiral Auxiliaries in Enantioselective Reactions

The method employing dimolybdenum tetraacetate for the assignment of the absolute configuration of optically active 1,2-diols is thoroughly revisited and applied to several compounds, some of which were synthesized by asymmetric cis-dihydroxylation No exceptions were found to the empirical rule relating the sign of the induced CD spectrum and the configuration of the substrate, whatever its structure and sterical requirements To broaden the scope of the method, its applicability to critical situations commonly encountered with synthetic products is tested It is demonstrated that the method can be applied on samples with low chemical and optical purity, and that it may lend itself as a means to estimate the ee The roles of the water content of the sample and of the diol-to-dimolybdenum ratio are investigated

Determination of Absolute Configuration of Acyclic 1,2-Diols with Mo2(OAc)4. 1. Snatzke's Method Revisited

The dihedral angle θ of 1,1‘-binaphthyl derivatives is quantitatively related to the wavelength splitting Δλmax of the 220 nm couplet of the CD spectra. This relation is almost independent of measurement conditions (solvent, concentration). Its reliability has been quite successfully tested on about 10 compounds derived from 2,2‘-dimethyl-1,1‘-binaphthyl. A simple and versatile method for the conformational assessment of this class of compounds is reported.

Conformational Study of 2,2‘-Homosubstituted 1,1‘-Binaphthyls by Means of UV and CD Spectroscopy

A new HPLC stationary phase was synthesized by thein situ covalent immobilization of human serum albumin (HSA). The protein was immobilized on a commerically available diol column which had been activated with 1,1-carbonyldiimidazole. Initial chromatographic studies show that this phase can be used for chiral separations of enantiomeric solutes and that these separations may reflectin vitro binding to the HSA. The effects of mobile phase composition and temperature on the stereochemical resolutions are reported.

Piero Salvadori

Papers

Coronary vasodilation is impaired in both hypertrophied and nonhypertrophied myocardium of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A study with nitrogen-13 ammonia and positron emission tomography

Synthesis and Applications of Binaphthylic C2-Symmetry Derivatives as Chiral Auxiliaries in Enantioselective Reactions

Determination of Absolute Configuration of Acyclic 1,2-Diols with Mo2(OAc)4. 1. Snatzke's Method Revisited

Conformational Study of 2,2‘-Homosubstituted 1,1‘-Binaphthyls by Means of UV and CD Spectroscopy

Synthesis and chromatographic properties of an HPLC chiral stationary phase based upon human serum albumin