Testimonies

In recent years, computational testimonies for the existence of conical intersections in many polyatomic systems became abundant and compelling [6-11]. The current consensus concerning the ubiquitous presence of conical intersections in polyatomic molecules is due in large part to computational experiments. ... 

And wouldn t you know it.someone already has. Without a doubt Strike is most proud of the new testimonials that have been placed in this section for this edition. Strike had little faith that someone would actually apply the (legal) recipes here from the first edition, but one person named Merlin did Not only is Merlin the handsomest chemist around (seen a picture) but she/he has provided some experimentals for which every one of you ingrates will be thankful for years to come. Maybe not now. But someday soon. 

Forensic scientists work with physical evidence, ie, "data presented to a court or jury in proof of the facts in issue and which may include the testimony of witnesses, records, documents or objects." Physical evidence is teal or tangible and can HteraHy include almost anything, eg, the transient scent of perfume on the clothing of an assault victim the metaboHte of a dmg detected in the urine of an individual in a driving-under-the-influence-of-dmgs case the scene of an explosion or bullets removed from a murder victim s body. 

Historically, physical evidence has taken on increasing importance in criminal matters. Court decisions have consistentiy looked askance at a defendant s admissions of guilt and even question eyewitness testimony. Physical evidence has traditionally been viewed as impartial and unbiased, and not subject to the problems associated with confessions made by an accused or the testimony of witnesses. 

ARCO Chemical Co., Testimony to the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission on Proposed Regulation Mo. 13 (Oyygenate Mandate Program), Denver, Colo., June 4,1987. 

W. Schult2, testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the House Committee on Commerce, 104th Congress, 1st session, Washington, D.C., Eeb. 2, 1995. 

The use of plastics in the U.S. building and constmction sector increased at a rate of nearly 6% per year from 3,077,000 t in 1980 to 5,389,000 t in 1990 as shown in Table 2 (by resin class) and Table 3 (by market appHcation). This advance is almost two times the overall U.S. GNP growth for the same period and is a testimony of plastics increasing popularity as materials within the building and constmction sector. 

The original Ringelmann chart was a reflectance chart the observer viewed light reflected from the chart. More recently, light transmittance charts have been developed for both black (1) and white (2) gradations of optical density which correlate with the Ringelmarm chart scale. It is now common practice in the United States to send air pollution inspectors to a "smoke school" where they are trained and certified as being able to read the density of black and white plumes with an accuracy that is acceptable for court testimony. 

As Table 15.1 indicates, reactions leading to alcohols are not in short supply. Nevertheless, several more will be added to the list in the present chapter—testimony to the importance of alcohols in synthetic organic chemistry. Some of these methods involve reduction of car bonyl groups ... 

In mathematics, Laplace s name is most often associated with the Laplace transform, a technique for solving differential equations. Laplace transforms are an often-used mathematical tool of engineers and scientists. In probability theory he invented many techniques for calculating the probabilities of events, and he applied them not only to the usual problems of games but also to problems of civic interest such as population statistics, mortality, and annuities, as well as testimony and verdicts. 

The imposing structure and potential medicinal importance of rapamycin provide a strong impetus for the development of an efficient path by which a total synthesis can be achieved. At present, the chemical literature is replete with interesting synthetic studies that focus on various features of the rapamycin molecule. These undertakings provide salient testimony to the excitement that this natural product has generated. Rapamycin has already succumbed to four distinct and instructive total syntheses 5 8 this chapter will... 

PdF4 is the only stable palladium(IV) halide [18] (testimony to the oxidizing nature of palladium(IV)) and is a very moisture-sensitive diamagnetic red solid the structure is based on Pd6F24 hexameric units linked three-dimensionally. It has octahedrally coordinated palladium with two terminal (cis) fluorines and four bridging ones. Despite the absence of other tetra-halides, the complete series of PdX - exist (cf. Ir). 

The proteins are a group of macromolecular substances of great importance in biochemistry. Their very name provides testimony to this - it was coined by Mulder in 1838 from the Greek word proteios , meaning of first importance . They appear in all cells, both animal and plant, and are involved in all cell functions. 

Wold JS. Supercomputing network A key to U.S. competitiveness in indnstries based on life-sciences excellence. Testimony before the U.S. Senate, Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Science, Technology and Space Subcommittee. http //www.funet.fi/pnb/sci/molbio/historical/biodocs/wold.txt... 

Set against this background is the finding that the inhibition of [ H]noradrenaline uptake by the neuroleptic, chlorpromazine, is even greater than that of imipramine and yet chlorpromazine has no apparent antidepressant effects. This serves as a testimony... 

Expert Testimony. Drug abuse experts testified on both sides. 

Outcome. After consideration by the jury, defense testimony was rejected and Juarez was found guilty of second degree murder. 

Testimony by the prosecution s expert was that it was possible Cavesuella had taken PCP at some time. Whether or not he did on the night of the killings could not be determined. However, Cavesuella s actions were inconsistent with someone who, under the influence of PCP, is significantly impaired. 

Evans, John. The universall medicine or the virtues of my magneticall or antimoniall cup. Confirmed to be an health-procuring, an health-preserving, and an health-restoring effectuall medicine, by extant monuments of antiquity. By testimonies of... 

Scott, Tim. Did they confect the Philosophers Stone an updated report on 20th century testimony,. The Stone (Jul 1996) 1-6. 

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