Development research goals

A chemist must realize that theories, models, and approximations are powerful tools for understanding and achieving research goals. The price of having such powerful tools is that not all of them are perfect. This may not be an ideal situation, but it is the best that the scientihc community has to offer. Chemists are advised to develop an understanding of the nature of computational chemistry approximations and what results can be trusted with any given degree of accuracy. 

The metal vapor method also has played an important role in the development of organometallic lanthanide chemistry (6-10). This high energy technique demonstrated that the lanthanide metals had a much greater range of organometallic chemistry than had been assumed previously. The metal vapor technique applied to lanthanides identified reasonable new research goals which could subsequently be pursued by solution techniques. Not only the metal vapor reactions. 

In recent years, the development of metalated container molecules has also become an attractive research goal (35-38). This is mainly due to the fact that such compounds allow for an interplay of molecular recognition and transition-metal catalysis (39-41). Consequently, several research groups are involved in the development of new receptor molecules that create confined environments about active metal coordination sites. The aim of this review is to highlight recent advances in this area. 

Although much useful information on ciguetera toxins has been generated, the presence of these toxins in some seafood remains a serious international health problem. Future research goals should include the development of practical tests for product safety, the development of specific antidotes for the toxins, the introduction of methods to minimize the accidental consumption of toxic seafood, the discovery of the genesis of the toxins and methods to control the problem, and the development and dissemination of an information base on all aspects of this and other seafood toxin problems for the seafood industry, health personnel, researchers, and the public. 

The second example also involves catalysts development. The goal of this project, headed by Leo E. Manzer and Walter Cicha at the DuPont Central Research Station, was charged with developing a new highly selective catalyst for the manufacture of phosgene while reducing the amount of the undesired by-product, carbon tetrachloride. As a result of basic studies by the DuPont catalysts research team, it was recognized that carbon tetrachloride formation arose from chlorination of the carbon catalyst that is used in the commercial process to promote the reaction of carbon monoxide and chlorine. 

MacDonald G. Edwards M. and Retelle M. (2001). PARCS develops two updated research goals. Witness the Arctic, 9(1), 8-9. 

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Ottawa, Canada) created an international network of laboratories (WaterTox) whose goal was to identify and use a battery of toxicity tests which were simple and easy to use, affordable, yet sensitive and reliable, for water toxicity testing (Forget et al., 2000). In the original WaterTox battery (Phase I) the following toxicity tests were used ... 

Improvements in existing control technology for fine particulates and the development of advanced techniques are top-priority research goals. Conventional control devices have certain limitations. Precipitators, for example, are limited by the magnitude of charge on... 

For this reason, lecture courses in physical chemistry are usually accompanied by a program of laboratory work. Such experimental work should not just demonstrate established principles but should also develop research aptitudes by providing experience with the kind of measurements that can yield important new results. This book attempts to achieve that goal. Its aim is to provide a clear understanding of the principles of important experimental methods, the design of basic apparatus, the plaiming of experimental procedures, and the significance of the final results. In short, the aim is to help you become a productive research scientist. 

Since AN binds the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor irreversibly, this toxin is useful for studying this receptor as well as the mechanisms of neuromuscular action. Analogues of AN have been used to study the receptor subtypes, and important research goals are the development of new drag... 

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