Structural studies in main group chemistry : XV. Di- and tri-organotin arylsulphonates

An X-ray diffraction study of (2,6-dimenthylphenyl)dicyclopentadienyl-titanium has shown the two slightly staggered cyclopentadienyl ligands to be π-bonded to the titanium atom (average distance TiC 2.35 Å); the ring planes include an angle of 41.6°. The aryl ligand is σ-bonded to the titanium atom (TiC distance 2.18 Å). The short distance (2.55 Å) between Ti and one of the methyl hydrogen atoms suggests an interaction between the two atoms.     

Recognition and storage of metal heart marker position from biplane X-ray images at video rates

We have developed a semiautomatic microcomputer-based instrument for recording the three-dimensional positions of metal heart markers from biplane X-ray images at 60 frames/s. This instrument eliminates the need for film processing and tedious digitizing by human operators. Markers are recognized electronically on each video line using criteria of density changes (edge detection), size, and location. Only the X-Y or Z-Y location of each marker is stored. This transformation of the gray scale image into a list of coordinates achieves a data compression of 250 fold. A small fast memory and a second large one provide an effective slowing of the high peak rates of the marker location data. This buffering allows the marker coordinates to be permanently stored on a floppy disk for later analysis. Four s of data can be stored in one burst when 20 markers are used. The instrument was designed to measure the pumping action of the heart through the calculation of instantaneous local strain, wall thickness, and chamber volume. This paper compares alternate recognition strategies and storage methods.     

A Fast Algorithm for Orthogonalizing Polynomials on an Arbitrarily Shaped Region (Revised Version)

Segmented image coding segments an image into non-rectangularregions and approximates the texture in each region by a weightedsum of orthonormal base functions. These orthonormal base functions,which are region-specific, used to be generated by the Gram-Schmidt(GS) algorithm, which is unfortunately very time-consuming. Thispaper presents the polynomial recursive orthogonalization (PRO)algorithm which generates the same orthonormal base functionsas GS, but which is faster than GS because it is based on a recurrencewhich has fewer terms than the corresponding GS equation. Thepaper presents theoretical and experimental results which showthat PRO is two to three times faster in practice (dependingon the number of computed base functions).     

Course of poly(4-aminodiphenylamine)/Ag nanocomposite formation through UV-vis spectroscopy

Kinetics of chemical oxidative polymerization of 4-aminodiphenylamine (4ADPA) was followed in aqueous 1 M p-toluene sulfonic acid (p-TSA) using silver nitrate (AgNO3) as an oxidant by UV-vis spectroscopy. The medium was found to be clear and homogeneous during the course of polymerization. The absorbances corresponding to the intermediate and the polymer were followed for different concentrations of 4ADPA and AgNO3 and at different reaction time. The appearance of a band around 450 nm during the initial stages of polymerization corresponds to the plasmon resonance formed by the reduction of Ag+ ions. Rate of poly(4-aminodiphenylamine)/Ag nanocomposite (RP4ADPA/AgNC) was determined for various reaction conditions. R(P4ADP/AgNC) showed second order power dependence on 4ADPA and first order dependence on AgNO3. The observed order dependences of 4ADPA and AgNO3 on the formation of P4ADPA/AgNC were used to deduce a rate equation for the reaction. Rate constant for the reaction was determined through different approaches. The good agreement between the rate constants obtained through different approaches justifies the selection of rate equation.     

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based functional supramolecular polymers: next-generation materials for optoelectronic applications

The very concept of dye and pigment chemistry that was long known to the industrial world underwent a radical revision after the discovery and commercialization of dyes such as mauveine, indigo, and so on. Apart from their conventional role as coloring agents, organic dyes, and pigments have been identified as indispensable sources for high-end technological applications including optical and electronic devices. Simultaneous with the advancement in the supramolecular chemistry of π-conjugated systems and the divergent evolution of organic semiconductor materials, several dyes, and pigments have emerged as potential candidates for contemporary optoelectronic devices. Of all the major pigments, diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) better known as the ‘Ferrari Pigment’ and its derivatives have emerged as a major class of organic functional dyes that find varied applications in fields such as industrial pigments, organic solar cells, organic field–effect transistors, and in bioimaging. Since its discovery in 1974 by Farnum and Mehta, DPP-derived dyes gained rapid attention because of its attractive color, synthetic feasibility, ease of functionalization, and tunable optical and electronic properties. The advancement in supramolecular polymerization of DPP-based small molecules and oligomers with directed morphological and electronic features have led to the development of high performing optoelectronic devices. In this review, we highlight the recent developments in the optoelectronic applications of DPP derivatives specifically engineered to form supramolecular polymers.     

Speech recognition in noise with active and passive hearing protectors: a comparative study

The perceived negative influence of standard hearing protectors on communication is a common argument for not wearing them. Thus, "augmented" protectors have been developed to improve speech intelligibility. Nevertheless, their actual benefit remains a point of concern. In this paper, speech perception with active earplugs is compared to standard passive custom-made earplugs. The two types of active protectors included amplify the incoming sound with a fixed level or to a user selected fraction of the maximum safe level. For the latter type, minimal and maximal amplification are selected. To compare speech intelligibility, 20 different speech-in-noise fragments are presented to 60 normal-hearing subjects and speech recognition is scored. The background noise is selected from realistic industrial noise samples with different intensity, frequency, and temporal characteristics. Statistical analyses suggest that the protectors' performance strongly depends on the noise condition. The active protectors with minimal amplification outclass the others for the most difficult and the easiest situations, but they also limit binaural listening. In other conditions, the passive protectors clearly surpass their active counterparts. Subsequently, test fragments are analyzed acoustically to clarify the results. This provides useful information for developing prototypes, but also indicates that tests with human subjects remain essential.     

Corrections to “JPEG dequantization array for regularizeddecompression”

An error in the theoretical derivations leading up to the main equation in the article by Frost et al. (see ibid., vol.6, p.883-88, 1997) is pointed out, and corrections are presented. Due to the error, the experimentally obtained “optimal” parameters are really only suboptimal     

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