Many important problems in multiagent systems involve the allocation of multiple resources among the agents. For resource allocation problems, the well-known VCG mechanism satisfies a list of desired properties, including efficiency, strategy-proofness, individual rationality, and the non-deficit property. However, VCG is generally not budget-balanced. Under VCG, agents pay the VCG payments, wh...

The CuCrSe2 shows attractive physical properties, such as thermoelectric and multiferroic but pure-phase crystal is still quite challenging to obtain because CuCr2Se4 can be easily precipitated from a matrix. Here, taking the advantage of this precipitation reaction, we grew series CuCrSe2-CuCr2Se4 hetero-composites by adjusting growth parameters explored their thermal conductivity property. De...

This review is an endeavor to highlight the progress in the inverse-electron-demand hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of 1-oxa-1,3-butadienes in recent years. The huge number of examples of 1-oxadienes cycloadditions found in the literature clearly demonstrates the incessant importance of this transformation in pyran ring synthesis. This type of reaction is today one of the most important methods fo...

Spheroids that are formed from aggregated cells have enhanced biological function compared to individual cells. In particular, hetero-spheroids composed of different types of cells, such as hepatocytes and endothelial cells, express tissue specific functions at a high level, which is advantageous for more precise drug screening and biological research. In this study, we propose rapid formation ...

The direct formation of (hetero)biaryls from readily available (hetero)aryl halides under mild reaction conditions can be efficiently achieved through the Masuda borylation–Suzuki coupling (MBSC) sequence. MBSC sequence catenates Pd-catalyzed borylation and Suzuki into a one-pot process, giving access to diverse symmetrically unsymmetrically substituted scaffolds. (Hetero)biaryls are ubiquitous...

The corporate data warehouse integrates data from various operational data stores of a company. These operational data stores may be heterogeneous with respect to the represented information. The hetero-homogeneous data warehouse modeling approach overcomes issues associated with the integration of heterogeneous information from the operational data stores by featuring a generally homogeneous s...

A series of planar hetero[8]circulenes and their doubly charged ions are studied by the NICS and GIMIC methods to interpret the aromatic properties of these high symmetry species. In accordance with the performed calculations all studied hetero[8]circulenes are found to be nonaromatic compounds because paratropic and diatropic ring-currents are completely canceled yielding almost zero net curre...

The symmetric core of the nuclear pore complex can be considered schematically as a series of concentric cylinders. A peripheral cylinder coating the pore membrane contains the previously characterized, elongated heptamer that harbors Sec13-Nup145C in its middle section. Strikingly, Sec13-Nup145C crystallizes as a hetero-octamer in two space groups. Oligomerization of Sec13-Nup145C was confirme...