Variety of tetrazole derivatives, including antihypertensive pharmaceutical agent Irbesartan, are produced using alkali metal azides (MeN 3). Azides or hydrazoic acids (HN 3) are extremely lethal when ...

In my previous column (see “Editor's Picks,” at right), I discussed transverse flexural testing of a unidirectional composite as one method of evaluating the strength of the fiber/matrix interfacial ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents a partitioning algorithm for recursively computing the steady state probabilities for a finite, irreducible Markov chain ...

Computer scientists are a demanding bunch. For them, it’s not enough to get the right answer to a problem — the goal, almost always, is to get the answer as efficiently as possible. Take the act of ...