Electrochemical Oxidation of Methane to Methanol on Electrodeposited Transition Metal Oxides.

Electrochemical partial oxidation of methane to methanol is a promising approach to the transformation of stranded methane resources into a high-value, easy-to-transport fuel or chemical. Transition metal oxides are potential electrocatalysts for this transformation. However, a comprehensive and systematic study of the dependence of methane activation rates and methanol selectivity on catalyst morphology and experimental operating parameters has not been realized.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Memories of Carbohydrate Fragments in Collision-Induced Dissociation.

Collision-induced dissociation (CID) tandem mass spectrometry is commonly used for carbohydrate structural determinations. In the CID tandem mass spectrometry approach, carbohydrates are dissociated into fragments, and this is followed by the structural identification of fragments through subsequent CID. The success of the structural analysis depends on the structural correlation of fragments before and after dissociation, that is, structural memory of fragments.

Give Me a Like: How HIV/AIDS Nonprofit Organizations Can Engage Their Audience on Facebook.

With the rapid proliferation and adoption of social media among healthcare professionals and organizations, social media-based HIV/AIDS intervention programs have become increasingly popular. However, the question of the effectiveness of the HIV/AIDS messages disseminated on social media has received scant attention in the literature. The current study applies content analysis to examine the relationship between Facebook messaging strategies employed by 110 HIV/AIDS nonprofit organizations and audience reactions in the form of liking, commenting, and sharing behavior.

[The Development of Research Ethics Involving Indigenous People in Taiwan: A Brief Introduction].

Adhering to ethics protocols has become increasingly important in the process of doing research in Taiwan since the introduction of research-ethics mechanisms. Adhering to these protocols affects research on Taiwan's indigenous peoples due to the vulnerability of indigenous groups and to their increasing rights consciousness. The present paper explains the context of group rights from a national self-determination perspective and then discusses the current indigenous research-ethics mechanisms in Taiwan.

Seeking sex partners through the internet and mobile phone applications among men who have sex with men in Taiwan.

It has become popular for men who have sex with men (MSM) to use mobile-phone geosocial networking applications (mobile apps) to find sex partners. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Taiwan to compare the sexual and substance-use behaviors of MSM seeking sex partners through the internet and mobile apps. Of the 1060 participants, 65.

Remote sulfonamido group enhances reactivity and selectivity for asymmetric Michael addition of nitroalkanes to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.

The pyrrolidine-camphorsulfonamide-based catalyst 1 a catalyzes the enantioselective conjugate addition of nitroalkanes to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes in the presence of five equivalents of water in iPrOH to give the corresponding chiral Michael adducts in good yields and high enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee) with a catalyst loading as low as 1 mol%.