The Western Meadowlark at Racine, Wisc., Etc.

Sophie Racine

The first [4+2]-annulation between aminocyclobutanes and aldehydes to access tetrahydropyranyl amines is reported. With phthalimido cyclobutane dicarboxylates and aromatic aldehydes, tetrahydropyrans were obtained in 53-92% yield and 3:117:1 dr using scandium triflate or iron trichloride as catalyst. The use of thymineor fluorouracilsubstituted cyclobutanes gave direct access to six-membered ri...

WISC at MediaEval 2017: Multimedia Satellite Task

This working note describes the work of theWISC team on the Multimedia Satellite Task at MediaEval 2017. We describe the runs that our team submitted to both the DIRSM and FDSI subtasks, as well as our evaluations on the development set. Our results demonstrate high accuracy in the detection of flooded areas from user-generated content in social media. In the first subtask consisting of disaste...

(nematoda: Tetrameridae) in Meadowlark

Pathogenicity of adult and third-stage Microtetrameres centuri Barus, 1966 in meadowlarks (Sturnella spp.) is reported for the first time. Adults do not encyst; their effects are mainly mechanical. Some glandular atrophy of its avian host is detected but no marked inflammatory response is exhibited. Juveniles also encyst experimentally in the perivisceral sinus of the grasshopper (alternate hos...

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Bilateral and multilateral development cooperation agencies are to an increasing extent promoting and adopting a sector-wide approach (SWAp) in their development cooperation. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), for example, joined their first sector-wide approach cooperation in the late 90s, and today they are involved in SWAps in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin...

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