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ii DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my wife Dr. Therese Bu Akl– for being a caring and supportive partner who made my life such a wonderful journey; to my daughters Maria and Yasmine– for their patience and love; and to my sister Susan and her husband Alex – for their kindness and support. Thank you. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my appreciation to Dr. Joon Sang Lee for the vital ...

It is difficult to know whether different dimensions of trust have different effects on local residents' acceptance of nuclear power plants (NPPs). In previous research such trust has been considered as a single dimensional concept. This paper divides trust into goodwill trust and competence trust, and we explore the ways in which trust affects acceptance of NPPs through structural equation mod...

The first structurally characterised two-coordinate hydrido-germylenes, :Ge(H)L (L = -N(Ar){Si(OBu)}, Ar = C6H2{C(H)Ph2}2R-2,6,4; R = Pr(i) ((tBuO)L(†)), Me ((tBuO)L*)), have been prepared, and their dimerisation shown to be thermodynamically unfavourable, largely due to the extreme steric bulk of their amide ligands.