Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A social science review.

The varied effects of recent extreme weather events around the world exemplify the uneven impacts of climate change on populations, even within relatively small geographic regions. Differential human vulnerability to environmental hazards results from a range of social, economic, historical, and political factors, all of which operate at multiple scales. While adaptation to climate change has been the dominant focus of policy and research agendas, it is essential to ask as well why some communities and peoples are disproportionately exposed to and affected by climate threats.

Rapid identification of metal-binding peptoid oligomers by on-resin X-ray fluorescence screening.

N-Substituted glycine peptoid oligomers have recently attracted attention for their metal binding capabilities. Due to their efficient synthesis on solid phase, peptoids are well suited for generation of compound libraries, followed by screening for molecular recognition and other diverse functional attributes. Ideally, peptoids could be simultaneously screened for binding to a number of metal species.

A high throughput screening method for the selection of zeolites for binding cations.

An effective high throughput screening technique is described for the rapid analysis of zeolites as binding agents for cationic sequestration.

Micro-X-ray fluorescence as a general high-throughput screening method for catalyst discovery and small molecule recognition.

A powerful high-throughput screening technique is described for the rapid screening of bead-based libraries for catalyst discovery and molecular recognition. Micro-X-ray fluorescence (MXRF) screens materials for elemental composition with mesoscale analysis. This method is nondestructive and requires minimal sample preparation and no special tags for analysis, and the screening time is dependent on the desired sensitivity.

A Simple Preparative Route to Bis(imido)uranium(VI) Complexes by the Direct Reductions of Diazenes and Azides.

In clean, one-pot procedures, the uranium complex 1 reductively cleaves azides and azo compounds to generate bis(imido) derivatives [Eq. (a)]. This unusual reaction has not been observed previously in either the actinide series or with a metallocene complex.