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About: University of Houston is a education organization based out in Houston, Texas, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 23074 authors who have published 53903 publications receiving 1641968 citations.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Anxiety, Finite element method, Catalysis
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TL;DR: The thermal decomposition of ammonia-borane has been studied by thermogravimetry, differential thermal analysis, and decomposition product measurements as mentioned in this paper, showing that hydrogen evolution begins near 120°C and proceeds in stages as the temperature is increased to 200°C leaving a white residue.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use the improvisational theatre metaphor to examine the performance implications of improvisational processes in firms and recognize similarities and differences between the concepts of performance and success in both theatre and organizations, and extract three main lessons from improvisational theater that can be applied to organizational improvisation.
Abstract: This article uses the improvisational theatre metaphor to examine the performance implications of improvisational processes in firms. We recognize similarities and differences between the concepts of performance and success in both theatre and organizations, and extract three main lessons from improvisational theatre that can be applied to organizational improvisation. In the first lesson, we start by recognizing the equivocal and unpredictable nature of improvisation. The second lesson emphasizes that good improvisational theatre arises because its main focus, in contrast to the focus of firms, is more on the process of improvising and less on the outcomes of improvisation. Lastly, in the third lesson, we look at the theatre techniques of ‘agreement’, ‘awareness’, ‘use of ready-mades’, and ‘collaboration’, and translate them into concepts that are relevant for organizations in developing an improvisational capability.
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TL;DR: ERG components of proximal retinal origin that are more sensitive to test flashes and adapting backgrounds than PII provide the ‘threshold’ negative and positive (b‐wave) responses of the mouse dark‐adapted ERG.
Abstract: The most sensitive response in the dark-adapted electroretinogram (ERG), the scotopic threshold response (STR) which originates from the proximal retina, has been identified in several mammals including humans, but previously not in the mouse. The current study established the presence and assessed the nature of the mouse STR. ERGs were recorded from adult wild-type C57/BL6 mice anaesthetized with ketamine (70 mg kg−1) and xylazine (7 mg kg−1). Recordings were between DTL fibres placed under contact lenses on the two eyes. Monocular test stimuli were brief flashes (λmax 462 nm; -6.1 to +1.8 log scotopic Troland seconds(sc td s)) under fully dark-adapted conditions and in the presence of steady adapting backgrounds (-3.2 to -1.7 log sc td). For the weakest test stimuli, ERGs consisted of a slow negative potential maximal ≈200 ms after the flash, with a small positive potential preceding it. The negative wave resembled the STR of other species. As intensity was increased, the negative potential saturated but the positive potential (maximal ≈110 ms) continued to grow as the b-wave. For stimuli that saturated the b-wave, the a-wave emerged. For stimulus strengths up to those at which the a-wave emerged, ERG amplitudes measured at fixed times after the flash (110 and 200 ms) were fitted with a model assuming an initially linear rise of response amplitude with intensity, followed by saturation of five components of declining sensitivity: a negative STR (nSTR), a positive STR (pSTR), a positive scotopic response (pSR), PII (the bipolar cell component) and PIII (the photoreceptor component). The nSTR and pSTR were approximately 3 times more sensitive than the pSR, which was approximately 7 times more sensitive than PII. The sensitive positive components dominated the b-wave up to > 5 % of its saturated amplitude. Pharmacological agents that suppress proximal retinal activity (e.g. GABA) minimized the pSTR, nSTR and pSR, essentially isolating PII which rose linearly with intensity before showing hyperbolic saturation. The nSTR, pSTR and pSR were desensitized by weaker backgrounds than those desensitizing PII. In conclusion, ERG components of proximal retinal origin that are more sensitive to test flashes and adapting backgrounds than PII provide the ‘threshold’ negative and positive (b-wave) responses of the mouse dark-adapted ERG. These results support the use of the mouse ERG in studies of proximal retinal function.
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TL;DR: The discovery of a highly active Ni-Co alloy electrocatalyst for the oxidation of hydrazine (N(2)H(4)) is reported and evidence for competing electrochemical (faradaic) and chemical (nonfarADAic) reaction pathways is provided.
Abstract: We report the discovery of a highly active Ni−Co alloy electrocatalyst for the oxidation of hydrazine (N2H4) and provide evidence for competing electrochemical (faradaic) and chemical (nonfaradaic) reaction pathways. The electrochemical conversion of hydrazine on catalytic surfaces in fuel cells is of great scientific and technological interest, because it offers multiple redox states, complex reaction pathways, and significantly more favorable energy and power densities compared to hydrogen fuel. Structure−reactivity relations of a Ni60Co40 alloy electrocatalyst are presented with a 6-fold increase in catalytic N2H4 oxidation activity over today’s benchmark catalysts. We further study the mechanistic pathways of the catalytic N2H4 conversion as function of the applied electrode potential using differentially pumped electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS). At positive overpotentials, N2H4 is electrooxidized into nitrogen consuming hydroxide ions, which is the fuel cell-relevant faradaic reaction pathway....
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TL;DR: In this article, an experimental system and methodology were developed to realize dry etching of single crystal silicon with monolayer accuracy, which was self-limiting with respect to both reactant and ion dose.
Abstract: An experimental system and methodology were developed to realize dry etching of single crystal silicon with monolayer accuracy. Atomic layer etching of silicon is a cyclic process composed of four consecutive steps: reactant adsorption, excess reactant evacuation, ion irradiation, and product evacuation. When successful, completion of one cycle results in removal of one monolayer of silicon. The process was self‐limiting with respect to both reactant and ion dose. Control of the ion energy was the most important factor in realizing etching of one monolayer per cycle.
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Matthew Meyerson | 194 | 553 | 243726 |
Gad Getz | 189 | 520 | 247560 |
Eric Boerwinkle | 183 | 1321 | 170971 |
Pulickel M. Ajayan | 176 | 1223 | 136241 |
Zhenan Bao | 169 | 865 | 106571 |
Marc Weber | 167 | 2716 | 153502 |
Steven N. Blair | 165 | 879 | 132929 |
Martin Karplus | 163 | 831 | 138492 |
Dongyuan Zhao | 160 | 872 | 106451 |
Xiang Zhang | 154 | 1733 | 117576 |
Jan-Åke Gustafsson | 147 | 1058 | 98804 |
James M. Tour | 143 | 859 | 91364 |
Guanrong Chen | 141 | 1652 | 92218 |
Naomi J. Halas | 140 | 435 | 82040 |
Antonios G. Mikos | 138 | 694 | 70204 |