John Boyer offers a meticulously researched examination of the social and political
atmosphere of late imperial Vienna. He traces the demise of Vienna's liberal culture and the …

… Boyer’s office in typing several chapters and in preparing the bibliography, Dr. An-Ching
Tang for preparing the artwork in several chapters, and the secretaries in the Duke University …

An analysis of major US crops shows that there is a large genetic potential for yield that is
unrealized because of the need for better adaptation of the plants to the environments in which …

In this sequel to Political Radicalism in Late Imperial Vienna, John Boyer picks up the history
of the Christian Social movement after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power in Vienna in …

Upconverting lanthanide-doped nanocrystals were synthesized via the thermal decomposition
of trifluoroacetate precursors in a mixture of oleic acid and octadecene. This method …

The synthesis, characterization, and spectroscopy of upconverting lanthanide-doped NaYF
4 nanocrystals (NCs) is presented. The monodisperse cubic NaYF 4 NCs were synthesized …

In this communication we describe a technique for measuring the absolute quantum yields (QYs)
of upconverting nanomaterials based on the use of a commercially available …

This paper presents theoretical characterizations and analysis for the physical layer of multihop
wireless communications channels. Four channel models are considered and developed…

Invertase (INV) hydrolyzes sucrose into glucose and fructose, thereby playing key roles in
primary metabolism and plant development. Based on their pH optima and sub-cellular …

The optical properties of five different nanocrystalline Y 2 O 3 : Er 3+ , Yb 3+ samples are
presented and discussed. Green and red emission was observed following excitation with 488 …