bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ChemInform Abstract: A Novel, Broad‐Spectrum Antitumor Compound Containing the 1‐Hydroxycyclohexa‐2,5‐dien‐4‐one Group: The Disclosure of a New Antitumor Pharmacophore in Protoapigenone 1.
Authors: Yuan Qianying , Liu Ziwei , Xiong Chaomei , Wu Liqian , Wang Jianping , Ruan Jinlan
Published: October 2011

This study aims at further defining the minimum cytotoxic pharmacophore shared by the biflavonoid protoapigenone.
ChemInform Abstract: Pentafluorophenylammonium Triflate (PFPAT): An Efficient, Metal‐Free and Reusable Catalyst for the von Pechmann Reaction
Authors: Montazeri Naser , Khaksar Samad , Nazari Akbar , Alavi Seyedeh Soghra , Vahdat Seyed Mohammad , Tajbakhsh Mahmood
Published: October 2011

of phenols with β‐ketoesters (12 examples)
ChemInform Abstract: Applications of Thermal and Microwave‐Assisted Cyclization in the Synthesis of Baylis—Hillman‐Derived Heteropolycyclic Systems.
Authors: Ganto Mlungiseleli M. , Lee Yi‐Chen , Kaye Perry T.
Published: October 2011

A conventional heating method for the synthesis of title compounds (IV) with significant lower yields is also given.
ChemInform Abstract: Oxidative C—H/C—H Coupling of Azine and Indole/Pyrrole Nuclei: Palladium Catalysis and Synthesis of Eudistomin U.
Authors: Yamaguchi Atsushi D. , Mandal Debashis , Yamaguchi Junichiro , Itami Kenichiro
Published: October 2011

A new method for the oxidative C—H/C—H coupling of aromatic N‐oxides and indole/pyrrole nuclei is developed.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Some 2‐Aryl‐ and 2,3‐Diaryl‐quinolin‐4‐carboxylic Acid Derivatives.
Authors: Saeed A. E. M. , Elhadi S. A.
Published: October 2011

A series of title quinolinecarboxylic acids (IV) (18 examples) are synthesized and evaluated for their antibacterial activity.
ChemInform Abstract: Development of Novel Naphthalimide Derivatives and Their Evaluation as Potential Melanoma Therapeutics.
Authors: Sk Ugir Hossain , Gowda A. S. Prakasha , Crampsie Melissa A. , Yun Jong K. , Spratt Thomas E. , Amin Shantu , Sharma Arun K.
Published: October 2011

Naphthalimide analogues bearing isothiocyanate and thiourea functionalities are developed.
ChemInform Abstract: Sequential Hydration—Condensation—Double Cyclization of Pyridine‐Substituted 2‐Alkynylanilines: An Efficient Approach to Quinoline‐Based Heterocycles.
Authors: Peng Lijie , Wang Honggen , Peng Changlan , Ding Ke , Zhu Qiang
Published: October 2011

Treatment of the starting anilines (I) with β‐keto esters, amides, or nitriles under conditions A) results in formation of quinoline‐based tetracyclic skeletons.
ChemInform Abstract: Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Mediated Expeditious Synthetic Route to 1,3‐Oxazine Derivatives.
Authors: Shinde Pravin V. , Kategaonkar Amol H. , Shingate Bapurao B. , Shingare Murlidhar S.
Published: October 2011

PEG‐400 acts as promoter without the need of any additional catalyst.
ChemInform Abstract: A Facile Synthesis of 6H‐[1,3,5]Triazino[2,1‐b]quinazolin‐6‐ones.
Authors: Abbott Shaun , Cloutier Josee , Houde Karine , Penney Christopher , Zacharie Boulos
Published: October 2011

A general reaction for the synthesis of target compounds (II) is developed through acid‐mediated cyclization of arylaminotriazines (I).
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis, Structure and Cytotoxicity of 3‐C, N, S, Se Substituted Benzo[b]selenophene Derivatives.
Authors: Arsenyan Pavel , Paegle Edgars , Belyakov Sergey , Shestakova Irina , Jaschenko Elina , Domracheva Ilona , Popelis Juris
Published: October 2011

Insertion of aryl and hetaryl groups in position 3 of benzoselenophene (I) by Stille and Sonogashira type coupling reactions and interactions of (I) with hetaryl stannanes and terminal acetylenes afford the title derivatives.
ChemInform Abstract: Total Synthesis of Doubly Locked 5Za15Ea‐Biliverdin Derivative: A Convergent Synthesis of the E‐anti Dipyrrole Component Locked with a 7‐Membered Ring.
Authors: Chen Liyi , Iwamoto Ryoji , Ukaji Yutaka , Inomata Katsuhiko
Published: October 2011

A total synthesis of the doubly locked 5Za15Ea biliverdine derivative (VI) is given.
ChemInform Abstract: Copper(I)‐Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Methyl O‐Propargylpodocarpate and Azides at Room Temperature.
Authors: Nguyen Dao M. , Miles D. Howard
Published: October 2011

An efficient methodology for the synthesis of novel 1,2,3‐triazole derivatives of podocarpic acid via “click” chemistry cycloaddition reactions of methyl‐O‐propargylpodocarpate and propargyl‐O‐propargylpodocarpate with azides is developed.
ChemInform Abstract: Cytotoxic Ring A‐Modified Steroid Analogues Derived from Grundmann′s Ketone.
Authors: Mayer Christoph D. , Bracher Franz
Published: October 2011

The syntheses of steroid and azasteroid analogues containing a six‐membered A‐ring with various functionalities, tetracyclic analogues bearing a five‐membered A‐ring, and bicyclic secosteroid analogues are conducted.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of α‐Fluoro‐β‐amino Acids via the Reformatsky Reaction of Chiral N‐tert‐Butylsulfinylimines with Ethyl Bromofluoroacetate.
Authors: Jing Zhi Tao , Huang Yan Gen , Qing Feng Ling
Published: October 2011

A simple procedure is developed to give the amino acid derivatives with moderate diastereoselectivity.
ChemInform Abstract: Part 3. Design and Synthesis of Proline‐Derived α2δ Ligands.
Authors: Rawson David J. , et al. et al.
Published: October 2011

Design and synthesis of a series of substituted benzylproline α2δ ligands with improved pharmacokinetic profile over (4S)‐phenoxyproline derivatives described previously are reported.
ChemInform Abstract: New Non‐Quinone Geldanamycin Analogues from Genetically Engineered Streptomyces hygroscopicus.
Authors: Hong Young‐Soo , et al. et al.
Published: October 2011

Compounds (I) are isolated as new non‐quinone geldanamycin analogues from the fermentation broth of a mutant Streptomyces hygroscopicus strain.
ChemInform Abstract: Total Synthesis of a 20‐Deoxybryostatin.
Authors: Green Anthony P. , Lee Alan T. L. , Thomas Eric J.
Published: October 2011

The first total synthesis of 20‐deoxybryostatin (I) using a modified Julia approach is given.
ChemInform Abstract: Three New Cytotoxic Aryltetralin Lignans from Sinopodophyllum emodi
Authors: Sun Yan‐Jun , Li Zhan‐Lin , Chen Hong , Liu Xiao‐Qiu , Zhou Wei , Hua Hui‐Ming
Published: October 2011

isolation, structure determination and cytotoxicity of three new aryltetralin lignans, 4‐acetyl‐4‐demethyl‐podophyllotoxin (Ia) and sinolignans A (Ib) and B (II), and the new natural products (III) along with twelve known lignans
ChemInform Abstract: Room‐Temperature Synthesis of ZIF‐8: The Coexistence of ZnO Nanoneedles.
Authors: Zhu Minqi , Venna Surendar R. , Jasinski Jacek B. , Carreon Moises A.
Published: October 2011

Zeolite imidazolate framework ZIF‐8 is synthesized by mixing MeOH solutions of [ZnCO3]2·[Zn(OH)2]3 and 2‐methylimidazole at room temperature and various stirring times.
ChemInform Abstract: Mechanism and Kinetics of Mechanochemical Processes
Authors: Urakaev F. Kh.
Published: October 2011

Review: 92 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Modern Oxidation of Alcohols Using Environmentally Benign Oxidants
Authors: Arends Isabel W. C. E. , Sheldon Roger A.
Published: October 2011

Review: 208 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Chemistry of Nucleic Acids: Impacts in Multiple Fields
Authors: Khakshoor Omid , Kool Eric T.
Published: October 2011

Review: 67 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Chemistry of Endohedral Fullerenes
Authors: Liu Guoquan , Wu Yimin , Porfyrakis Kyriakos
Published: October 2011

Review: 85 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Organometallic Chemistry of 2‐Pyridine‐ and 2‐Pyrroleimines — Applications in Organic Synthesis and Catalysis
Authors: Savoia Diego
Published: October 2011

Review: 126 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Fumonisin, a Template for Methodology Development and Drug Discovery
Authors: McDonald Frank E. , Pereira Claney L. , Chen Yi‐Hung
Published: October 2011

Review: 60 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Asymmetric Catalysis with Chiral Porous Metal‐Organic Frameworks: Critical Issues
Authors: Wang Cheng , Zheng Min , Lin Wenbin
Published: October 2011

Review: 46 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Antifreeze Activity of Fish Antifreeze Glycoproteins and Their Analogues
Authors: Peltier Raoul , Brimble Margaret A. , Wojnar Joanna M. , Williams David E. , Evans Clive W. , DeVries Arthur L.
Published: October 2011

Review: 107 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: α,β‐Unsaturated Trifluoromethyl Ketones in the Synthesis of Fluorinated Heterocycles
Authors: Nenajdenko Valentine G. , Balenkova Elizabeth S.
Published: October 2011

Review: 207 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Hetero‐Diels—Alder (HDA) Reactions of 1‐Phosphono‐1,3‐butadienes with Azo and Nitroso Dienophiles. An Entry Towards Versatile Heterocyclic Synthons for Aminophosphonic Compounds
Authors: Monbaliu Jean‐Christophe , Villemin Elise , Elias Benjamin , Marchand‐Brynaert Jacqueline
Published: October 2011

Review: 158 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: 1,5‐Polyols. Challenging Motifs for Configurational Assignment and Synthesis
Authors: Friestad Gregory K. , Sreenilayam Gopeekrishnan
Published: October 2011

Review: 68 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Alkene Selenenylation: A Comprehensive Analysis of Relative Reactivities, Stereochemistry and Asymmetric Induction, and Their Comparisons with Sulfenylation
Authors: Soloshonok Vadim A. , Nelson Donna J.
Published: October 2011

Review: 92 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: 5‐Hydroxymethylcytosine, the Sixth Base of the Genome
Authors: Muenzel Martin , Globisch Daniel , Carell Thomas
Published: October 2011

Review: ca.100 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Origins and Evolutionary Genomics of the Novel Swine‐Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans — Past and Present Perspectives
Authors: Mamun M. M. A. , Huda A. K. M. N.
Published: October 2011

Review: 68 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Beating Cancer in Multiple Ways Using Nanogold
Authors: Dreaden Erik C. , Mackey Megan A. , Huang Xiaohua , Kang Bin , El‐Sayed Mostafa A.
Published: October 2011

Review: 60 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Chemical Investigation of Light Induced DNA Bipyrimidine Damage and Repair
Authors: Heil Korbinian , Pearson David , Carell Thomas
Published: October 2011

Review: 55 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Boron‐Containing Inhibitors of Synthetases
Authors: Baker Stephen J. , Tomsho John W. , Benkovic Stephen J.
Published: October 2011

Review: 55 refs.
ChemInform Abstract: Bioinspired Catecholic Chemistry for Surface Modification
Authors: Ye Qian , Zhou Feng , Liu Weimin
Published: October 2011

Review: 195 refs.
Rapid synthesis and catalytic performance of α‐Mn2O3 single‐crystal nanowires
Authors: Yuan Xinsong , Yang Baojun , Hao Jianwen , Hu Xingming , Zhu Jinmiao , Dong Huaze , Wang Yanping
Published: October 2011

Single‐crystal α‐Mn2O3 nanowires were prepared via a “self‐sacrificing template” route, simply by calcining the prepared α‐MnO2 nanowire precursors at 550 °C for 1.5 h. XRD, TEM, SEM and HRTEM characterizations show that the as‐prepared α‐Mn2O3 samples are all phase pure and the nanowires have uniform diameters of approximately 15‐30 nm and lengths up to several micrometers. The catalytic performances of the prepared α‐Mn2O3 nanowires were studied in the degradation of coking wastewater with H2O2 as the oxidant, and the technological conditions were optimized by single‐factor and orthogonal experiments. (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
Variable‐power discrete‐rate adaptive modulation with orthogonal space–time block coding for Nakagami‐mfading channels
Authors: Yu Xiangbin , Leung Shu‐Hung , Wong Wai‐Ki
Published: October 2011

The performance system with variable‐power adaptive modulation over Nakagami‐mfading channels is presented. The optimum switching thresholds for attaining maximum spectrum efficiency (SE) subject to a target bit error rate (BER) and an average power constraint are derived. The existence and uniqueness of the Lagrange multiplier used in the constrained optimization are discussed. The probability density functions of instantaneous signal‐to‐noise ratio for both perfect and imperfect channel state information are derived, which lead to deriving closed‐form SE and BER expressions. Simulation results show that the theoretical analysis and simulation are in good agreement. The variable‐power adaptive modulation with space–time coding provides SE better than the constant power counterpart, and it has performance degradation in SE and BER for imperfect channel state information. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
CARROT AND STICK: HOW RE‐EMPLOYMENT BONUSES AND BENEFIT SANCTIONS AFFECT EXIT RATES FROM WELFARE
Authors: Van der Klaauw Bas , Van Ours Jan C.
Published: October 2011

To increase the exit from welfare, benefit recipients in the municipality of Rotterdam were exposed to various financial incentives. Once their benefit spell exceeded one year, welfare recipients were entitled to a re‐employment bonus if they found a job that lasted at least 6 months. However, they could also be punished for noncompliance with eligibility requirements and face a sanction, i.e. a temporary reduction of their benefits. We find that the financial sticks in the form of benefit sanctions were effective in stimulating the exit from welfare, while the financial carrots in the form of re‐employment bonuses were not. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Searching surface orientation of microscopic objects for accurate 3D shape recovery
Authors: Shim Seong‐O , Mahmood Muhammad Tariq , Choi Tae‐Sun
Published: October 2011

In this article, we propose a new shape from focus (SFF) method to estimate 3D shape of microscopic objects using surface orientation cue of each object patch. Most of the SFF algorithms compute the focus value of a pixel from the information of neighboring pixels lying on the same image frame based on an assumption that the small object patch corresponding to the small neighborhood of a pixel is a plane parallel to the focal plane. However, this assumption fails in the optics with limited depth of field where the neighboring pixels of an image have different degree of focus. To overcome this problem, we try to search the surface orientation of the small object patch corresponding to each pixel in the image sequence. Searching of the surface orientation is done indirectly by principal component analysis. Then, the focus value of each pixel is computed from the neighboring pixels lying on the surface perpendicular to the corresponding surface orientation. Experimental results on synthetic and real microscopic objects show that the proposed method produces more accurate 3D shape in comparison to the existing techniques. Microsc. Res. Tech. 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Isotope‐coded dimethyl tagging for differential quantification of posttranslational protein carbonylation by 4‐hydroxy‐2‐nonenal, an end‐product of lipid peroxidation
Authors: Rauniyar Navin , Prokai Laszlo
Published: October 2011

Peroxidation of cellular membrane lipids, rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, generates electrophilic, α, β‐unsaturated aldehydes such as 4‐hydroxy‐2‐nonenal (HNE). HNE is a highly reactive and cytotoxic molecule that can react with the nucleophilic sites in proteins causing posttranslational modification. The identification of protein targets is an important first step; however, quantitative profiling of site‐specific modifications is necessary to understand the biological impact of HNE‐induced carbonylation. We report a method that uses light (H12CHO) and heavy (D13CDO) isotopic variant of formaldehyde to differentially label primary amines (N‐termini and ε‐amino group of lysines) in peptides through reductive methylation and, combined with selective enrichment of modified peptides, permits comparison of the extent of carbonylation in two samples after mixing for simultaneous liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Specifically, dimethyl‐labeled peptide carbonyls were fractionated from unmodified peptides using solid‐phase hydrazide chemistry to immobilize them to porous glass beads and, after removing the unmodified peptides by thoroughly washing the beads, subsequently recover them by acid‐catalyzed hydrolysis. The method was developed using HNE‐modified synthetic peptides and also showing enrichment from a complex matrix of digested human plasma proteins. Applicability was confirmed using apomyoglobin as an analyte, implicating thereby its potential value to proteome‐wide identification and relative quantification of posttranslational protein carbonylation with residue‐specific information. Because HNE attachment may not necessarily cause change in protein abundance, this modification‐focused quantification should facilitate the characterization of accompanied changes in protein function and, also, provide important insights into molecular signaling mechanisms and a better understanding of cellular processes associated with oxidative stress. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Simultaneous measurement of phosphatidylglycerol and disaturated‐phosphatidylcholine palmitate kinetics from alveolar surfactant. Study in infants with stable isotope tracer, coupled with isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Authors: Vedovelli Luca , Baritussio Aldo , Carnielli Virgilio Paolo , Simonato Manuela , Giusti Pietro , Cogo Paola Elisa
Published: October 2011

Disaturated‐phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG) are respectively the first and the third most abundant phospholipid in human alveolar surfactant. Their concentration decreases in airway surfactant of adults and infants with respiratory distress syndrome and cystic fibrosis. In this study, we used mass spectrometry (IRMS) to investigate the turnover of DSPC and PG in tracheal aspirates (TA) obtained from infants with normal or diseased lungs. We studied eight infants requiring mechanical ventilation: two with no lung disease, four with diaphragmatic hernia, one with ATP‐binding cassette sub‐family A member 3 heterozygote mutation and one with sepsis. Patients received deuterated water for 48 h as metabolic precursors of palmitate‐DSPC and palmitate‐PG. Serial TAs were obtained every 6 h for five days or until extubation. DSPC and PG were isolated from TA by column and high‐performance thin layer chromatography. Deuterium enrichments of palmitate‐DSPC and PG residues were measured by IRMS coupled with a gas chromatographer. Median secretion time (ST), peak time (PT) and fractional synthesis rate (FSR) were 3.7 [0.9– 13.4] h, 71.0 [52.2 – 85.2] h and 6.6 [6.3 – 11.1] %/day for DSPC and 19.3 [6.4 – 22.8] h, 49.0 [33.0 – 52.5] h and 5.8 [4.8 – 10.9] %/day for PG. This study shows that it is feasible to use deuterium derived from body water to trace simultaneously airway surfactant DSPC and PG in humans. When compared within the same patient, DSPC and PG had similar fractional synthesis rates, but PG had a shorter PT, suggesting differences in the life cycle of these essential surfactant components. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A robust weakly compressible SPH method and its comparison with an incompressible SPH
Authors: Shadloo Mostafa Safdari , Zainali Amir , Yildiz Mehmet , Suleman Afzal
Published: October 2011

This paper presents a comparative study for the weakly compressible (WCSPH) and incompressible (ISPH) smoothed particle hydrodynamics methods by providing numerical solutions for fluid flows over an airfoil and a square obstacle. Improved WCSPH and ISPH techniques are used to solve these two bluff body flow problems. It is shown that both approaches can handle complex geometries using the multiple boundary tangents (MBT) method, and eliminate particle clustering‐induced instabilities with the implementation of a particle fracture repair procedure as well as the corrected SPH discretization scheme. WCSPH and ISPH simulation results are compared and validated with those of a finite element method (FEM). The quantitative comparisons of WCSPH, ISPH and FEM results in terms of Strouhal number for the square obstacle test case, and the pressure envelope, surface traction forces, and velocity gradients on the airfoil boundaries as well as the lift and drag values for the airfoil geometry indicate that the WCSPH method with the suggested implementation produces numerical results as accurate and reliable as those of the ISPH and FEM methods. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Why process safety programs sometimes fail
Authors: Kelly Brian D.
Published: October 2011

Process safety management (PSM) failures are common across industry. Many of these failures trace their roots back to lack of understanding and support by senior management. Inadequate resources, improper metrics and unrealistic expectations are some of the reasons for such failures. Formal audits often fail to disclose the reasons why PSM may not provide its full intended benefits. This article discusses some of the principal reasons for process safety shortcomings. © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2011
Network resource stocks and flows: how do alliance portfolios affect the value of new alliance formations?
Authors: Wassmer Ulrich , Dussauge Pierre
Published: October 2011

We examine how new network resources accessed through alliance formations interact with network resources present in a firm's alliance portfolio. We test our theoretical model using event study methodology and data from the global air transportation industry. We find that the market rewards firms forming alliances that contribute resources that can be synergistically combined with firms' own resources as well as with network resources accessed through their alliance portfolios. Our results also indicate that the market penalizes firms entering into alliances that create resource combinations that are substitutes to resource combinations deployed by existing alliance partners. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
CoFeed: privacy‐preserving Web search recommendation based on collaborative aggregation of interest feedback
Authors: Felber Pascal , Kropf Peter , Leonini Lorenzo , Luu Toan , Rajman Martin , Rivière Etienne , Schiavoni Valerio , Valerio José
Published: October 2011

Search engines essentially rely on the structure of the graph of hyperlinks. Although accurate for the main trend, this is not effective when some query is ambiguous. Leveraging semantic information by the mean of interest matching allows proposing complementary results that are tailored to the user's expectations. This paper proposes a collaborative search companion system, CoFeed, that collects user search queries and that considers feedback to build user‐centric and document‐centric profiling information. Over time, the system constructs ranked collections of elements that maintain the required information diversity and enhance the user search experience by presenting additional results tailored to the user's interest space. This collaborative search companion requires a supporting architecture adapted to large user populations generating high request loads. To that end, it integrates mechanisms for ensuring scalability and load balancing of the service under varying loads and user interest distributions. Moreover, collecting the recommendation data poses the problem of users’ privacy, and the bias one peer can induce to the system by sending fake recommendations. To that end, CoFeed ensures both publisher anonymity and rate limitation. With the former, the origin of the data is never known by the server that processes it, even if several servers collude to spy on some user. The latter, combined with decoupled authentication, allows to minimize the influence of cheating peers sending fake recommendations. Experiments with a deployed prototype highlight the efficiency of the system by analyzing improvement in search relevance, computational cost, scalability and load balancing. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Joint detection and estimation for cooperative communications in cluster‐based networks
Authors: Wang Tsang‐Yi , Pu Jyun‐Wei , Li Chih‐Peng
Published: October 2011

A joint data detection and channel estimation scheme is proposed for cooperative communications in cluster‐based networks. In the proposed approach, each relay detects the source information using its joint detection and estimation rules and then compresses this information and forwards it to the destination node. The source information received from all the relays in the network is combined at the destination node in accordance with a fusion decision rule in order to determine the corresponding symbol vector. The joint detection and estimation rule at the relays and the fusion rule at the destination node are both processed using an expectation maximization algorithm. In order to reliably avoid poor local maxima, we utilized one pilot symbol per signal block to obtain a better initial starting point for the expectation maximization algorithm. The simulation results show that the feedback mechanism accelerates the convergence of the local channel estimates toward the Cramer–Rao lower bound. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A History of England
Authors: Ranke Leopold von
Published: October 2011

German historian Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886) is well known for pioneering the modern historical method which advocates empiricism, rather than a focus on the philosophy of history. Emphasizing the importance of presenting history exactly as it happened, Ranke asserted that different eras need to be understood in their own contexts rather than in relation to each other: history should not be regarded as one long, teleological narrative. These principles of writing history, established in earlier publications, are all evident here. Originally published in eight volumes between 1859 and 1869, Ranke's history, 'principally in the seventeenth century', was first published as a six-volume history in English by the Clarendon Press in 1875, the mammoth task of its translation distributed among eight Oxford dons. Volume 6 consists of appendices, including a discussion of other historians' opinions, and extracts from the correspondence of William III, as well as an index.
Prehistoric Thessaly
Authors: Wace Alan John Bayard , Thompson Maurice Scott
Published: October 2011

This study of prehistoric artefacts and ruins discovered in north-east Greece by the team of archaeologists led by A. J. B. Wace and M. S. Thompson was first published in 1912, thirty years after that area first revealed prehistoric remains. The one hundred and twenty sites in the Thessaly area have yielded domestic artefacts and ruins ranging from spit supports to tombs. These are depicted through detailed sketches, photographs and descriptions. The evolving architecture uncovered at different strata at the excavation sites, and the changing forms of the artefacts discovered alongside them, are explored in relation to other Greek excavation sites to determine any possible historic significance. Modern technological advances have taken some aspects of archaeology in a very different direction, but the practices of meticulous data collection and comparative analysis between sites and strata demonstrated here provide a valuable lesson in establishing a chronology of cultural and domestic development.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates
Authors: Grote George
Published: October 2011

Best known for his influential History of Greece, the historian and politician George Grote (1794–1871) wrote this account of Plato's dialogues as a philosophical supplement to the History. First published in 1865, Grote's account of Plato's works includes substantial footnotes and marginalia. This third volume contains discussion of Menexenus, Kleitophon, Timaeus and Kritias, as well as extensive coverage of the Republic and the Laws. It also contains the index to all three volumes, originally issued separately. Grote includes apocryphal works, as he relied on the order and classification of Plato's works specified by the ancient Greek scholar Thrasyllus of Mendes. With three volumes each running to over six hundred pages, Grote's scholarship is formidably comprehensive. The publication of Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates confirmed him as one of the greatest authorities on Plato in the nineteenth century.
Principles of Geometry
Authors: Baker H. F.
Published: October 2011

Henry Frederick Baker (1866–1956) was a renowned British mathematician specialising in algebraic geometry. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1898 and appointed the Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry in the University of Cambridge in 1914. First published between 1922 and 1925, the six-volume Principles of Geometry was a synthesis of Baker's lecture series on geometry and was the first British work on geometry to use axiomatic methods without the use of co-ordinates. The first four volumes describe the projective geometry of space of between two and five dimensions, with the last two volumes reflecting Baker's later research interests in the birational theory of surfaces. The work as a whole provides a detailed insight into the geometry which was developing at the time of publication. This, the second volume, describes the principal configurations of space of two dimensions.
Royal Naval Biography
Authors: Marshall John
Published: October 2011

John Marshall (c.1784–1837) was a naval officer and biographer. He first went to sea at the age of nine, and by the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 had reached the rank of lieutenant. After the war, he started to research the lives of contemporary high-ranking naval officers, some of whose service reached as far back as 1760. These volumes, first published between 1823 and 1830, contain the results of this monumental research, and demonstrate the new 'cult' of the navy in the early nineteenth century. Some of the biographies were contributed by the officers themselves, with others containing private or official letters and other records. Organised according to seniority in rank, these volumes contain a wealth of fascinating information on the careers of naval officers and battles and wars in which they took part. Volume 4, Part 2, contains the conclusion of biographies of commanders.
Elements of Moral Cognition
Authors: Mikhail John
Published: October 2011

Is the science of moral cognition usefully modelled on aspects of Universal Grammar? Are human beings born with an innate 'moral grammar' that causes them to analyse human action in terms of its moral structure, with just as little awareness as they analyse human speech in terms of its grammatical structure? Questions like these have been at the forefront of moral psychology ever since John Mikhail revived them in his influential work on the linguistic analogy and its implications for jurisprudence and moral theory. In this seminal book, Mikhail offers a careful and sustained analysis of the moral grammar hypothesis, showing how some of John Rawls' original ideas about the linguistic analogy, together with famous thought experiments like the trolley problem, can be used to improve our understanding of moral and legal judgement.
Kaye's and Malleson's History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857–8
Authors: Kaye John , Malleson George Bruce
Published: October 2011

This six-volume History of the Indian Mutiny was first produced in 1890 by Colonel George Malleson (1825–1898), who combined Sir John Kaye's History of the Sepoy War in India with his own later work. Kaye (1814–1876) was a prolific writer of biography and history who started the Calcutta Review in 1844. His use of evidence collected from personal and professional contacts supports (perhaps predictably) his assertion that the rebellion is a story of British 'national character', and the narrative is illustrated with biographical and personal anecdotes. Malleson's contributions however are derived from his controversial 'Red Pamphlet' (1857) and other writings, in which he is unafraid to criticise or praise British troops and administration as the occasion demands. Volume 4 covers the storming of Delhi and continues to follow the events in Agra, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Oudh, and Bihar with detailed narratives of the actions of key figures.
Civil and Criminal Justice in the West Indies
Authors: Dwarris Fortunatus
Published: October 2011

Sir Fortunatus Dwarris (1786–1860) was an English barrister, civil servant and abolitionist. After graduating from University College, Oxford, in 1808 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1811. In 1823 Dwarris was appointed a commissioner for an Imperial Commission of Inquiry on the state of legal and slave codes of the self-governing colonies of the British West Indies. This detailed volume, first published in 1827, contains three reports summarising the Commission's findings and recommendations. Focusing on the islands of Barbados, Tobago, Dominica, and Antigua, this volume provides a detailed analysis of the various criminal and civil laws peculiar to each island, together with a description of the various courts and processes in each. The commissioners perceptively discuss and illustrate the institutionalised racism of these laws, providing valuable information for the study of slavery and emancipation and the legal history of the British West Indies.
A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century
Authors: Lecky William Edward Hartpole
Published: October 2011

W. E. H. Lecky (1838–1903) was one of the most distinguished Victorian historians. He was unusual in the extent to which he made use of archival sources, and noted for his ability of do justice to both sides of an argument. His History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century was first published as part of A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, but was reissued in 1892 as a five-volume work. He has been described as the first revisionist Irish historian, as the aim of the book was partly to respond to Froude's The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, which is markedly anti-Irish in its sentiments. Lecky was no nationalist, and opposed Home Rule, but wanted to provide a more truthful and balanced account, and his account of the United Irishmen and the events of 1798 was highly regarded. Volume 2 covers the period 1760–1789.
Present State of the Spanish Colonies
Authors: Walton William
Published: October 2011

William Walton (?1783–1857) was British agent at Santo Domingo (Haiti), one of the two states on the island of Hispaniola, over which the British had briefly fought with the French before it proclaimed its independence in 1804. Returning to England in 1809 he began to write on Spanish and South American affairs. This work was published in two volumes in 1810. Volume 1 deals with Hispaniola, which was settled by both the Spanish and French, and officially divided in 1697. Haiti was now independent, but the other part (now the Dominican Republic) remained under Spanish control until 1821. Walton discusses the history and geography of the island, and particularly the natural resources and wildlife. The rebellion of Haiti had seriously damaged the economy, which had been thriving, and more successfully exploiting the island's resources than the larger Spanish colony. Walton's object was to encourage the growth of trade between Britain and the region.
The History, Civil and Commercial, of the West Indies
Authors: Edwards Bryan
Published: October 2011

Bryan Edwards (1743–1800) was a wealthy West Indian planter, politician and historian. He vigorously opposed the abolition of the slave trade, since the sugar industry relied heavily on it. His most important work was The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, originally published in two volumes in 1793, and subsequently expanded (this fifth edition of 1819 reaching five volumes) with many plates and maps. In this wide-ranging work, he described his aim as 'to describe the manners and dispositions of the present inhabitants, as influenced by climate, situation, and other local causes … an account of the African slave trade, some observations on the negro character and genius, and reflections on the system of slavery established in our colonies'. Volume 3 examines the French colony of St Domingo and the rebellion there, and also discusses Jamaica, Barbados and St Lucia.
Diary, Reminiscences and Correspondence
Authors: Robinson Henry Crabb
Published: October 2011

Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867) was a lawyer, journalist and indefatigable diarist, who was acquainted with almost all the important figures in English and European cultural circles. His surviving writings amount to almost one hundred volumes, from which this selection was compiled in 1869. He studied at Jena where he became acquainted with Goethe and Schiller, and became foreign editor for The Times, despatching eyewitness reports on the Battle of Corunna. He travelled to Switzerland and Italy with Wordsworth, and his reminiscences of William Blake are an important source of information on that visionary. He attended Coleridge's public lectures, recording not only the content but anecdotes about the audiences. Other activities included helping found the Athenaeum Club and University College, London. The combination of anecdote and critical appraisal of the notables about whom he writes makes the diaries a valuable source for the culture of the nineteenth century.
The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington
Authors: Wellesley Arthur
Published: October 2011

Arthur Wellesley (1769–1852), the first Duke of Wellington, was one of the most successful military figures of the early nineteenth century. After fighting in the fourth Anglo-Mysore war in India, his successes during the Peninsular War (1809–1814) and his victory at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) established his reputation as a brilliant military tactician. These volumes, first published between 1834 and 1839, contain the letters, dispatches, instructions and general military orders Wellington wrote throughout his military career. Edited by his private secretary, Colonel John Gurwood (1790–1845), they offer a wealth of fascinating details concerning Wellington's campaigns in India and Europe, from mundane administrative tasks to discussions of tactics, personnel and intelligence-gathering. These volumes are reissued from the 1844 revised edition, and provide invaluable information for the study of warfare during this period. Volume 1 covers his campaigns in India between 1798 and 1803.
History of Europe during the French Revolution
Authors: Alison Archibald
Published: October 2011

Archibald Alison (1792–1867) was a Scottish historian with a particular interest in the French Revolution. He wrote from a deeply conservative standpoint and was a fierce opponent of the 1832 Reform Act. Although mocked by Disraeli in Coningsby as 'Mr Wordy', he wrote works which became bestsellers in the nineteenth century. This ten-volume History of Europe during the French Revolution, published between 1833 and 1842, regarded the French Revolution as the origin of all that was wrong with modern Europe. Alison feared that while Britain had escaped revolution in 1789, democratic reform could still lead to anarchy, as in the French July Revolution of 1830. Although criticised by Acton and J. S. Mill for his methodology, Alison has more recently been studied by scholars for insights into nineteenth-century historiography. Volume 1 compares pre-Revolutionary France with England, and carries the narrative up to the execution of Louis XVI.
History of Europe during the French Revolution
Authors: Alison Archibald
Published: October 2011

Archibald Alison (1792–1867) was a Scottish historian with a particular interest in the French Revolution. He wrote from a deeply conservative standpoint and was a fierce opponent of the 1832 Reform Act. Although mocked by Disraeli in Coningsby as 'Mr Wordy', he wrote works which became bestsellers in the nineteenth century. This ten-volume History of Europe during the French Revolution, published between 1833 and 1842, regarded the French Revolution as the origin of all that was wrong with modern Europe. Alison feared that while Britain had escaped revolution in 1789, democratic reform could still lead to anarchy, as in the French July Revolution of 1830. Although criticised by Acton and J. S. Mill for his methodology, Alison has more recently been studied by scholars for insights into nineteenth-century historiography. Volume 2 covers the period from Louis XVI's execution to the establishment of the Directory in November 1795.
History of Europe during the French Revolution
Authors: Alison Archibald
Published: October 2011

Archibald Alison (1792–1867) was a Scottish historian with a particular interest in the French Revolution. He wrote from a deeply conservative standpoint and was a fierce opponent of the 1832 Reform Act. Although mocked by Disraeli in Coningsby as 'Mr Wordy', he wrote works which became bestsellers in the nineteenth century. This ten-volume History of Europe during the French Revolution, published between 1833 and 1842, regarded the French Revolution as the origin of all that was wrong with modern Europe. Alison feared that while Britain had escaped revolution in 1789, democratic reform could still lead to anarchy, as in the French July Revolution of 1830. Although criticised by Acton and J. S. Mill for his methodology, Alison has more recently been studied by scholars for insights into nineteenth-century historiography. Volume 3 covers the campaigns of 1796–1799 in Italy, Germany and Egypt, and Napoleon's coup d'etat.
D. D. Home
Authors: Home Madame Dunglas
Published: October 2011

First published in 1888, this biography relates the remarkable life of Scottish-born medium Daniel Dunglas Home (1833–1886). Descended from a long line of reputed seers, Home was easily the most well known and sought-after of the spiritualists of his day. Famous for his ability to levitate and communicate with the deceased, Home carved out an illustrious career for himself, conducting séances for Napoleon III, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (whose husband Robert lampooned Home as 'Mr Sludge the Medium'), Tolstoy, and Queen Sophia of the Netherlands among others. Written by Home's second wife, Julie de Gloumeline, this book seeks to set the celebrated medium apart from his contemporaries by outlining the truth and purpose behind Home's supernatural exploits. D. D. Home provides a fascinating and personal insight into an enigmatic figure who, in the twenty-five years he worked as a medium, was never exposed as a fraud.
Biographia Navalis
Authors: Charnock John
Published: October 2011

John Charnock (1756–1807) was a professional naval biographer and historian. After completing his studies at Trinity College, Oxford, he joined the Navy as a volunteer and began to research historical and contemporary naval affairs. This six-volume work, first published between 1794 and 1798, contains biographies of over two thousand post-captains and admirals who served in the Navy between 1660 and 1793. Charnock researched this monumental project using collections of historical naval biographies made available by his friend Captain William Locker, lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital. He also drew on his own experiences and his contacts among serving officers to provide valuable insights into contemporary events. However, his sometimes uncritical approach to sources means his work is best consulted together with other evidence. The biographies are arranged by year of first appointment, and alphabetically within each year. Volume 1 contains biographies of officers appointed between 1660 and 1673.
Biographia Navalis
Authors: Charnock John
Published: October 2011

John Charnock (1756–1807) was a professional naval biographer and historian. After completing his studies at Trinity College, Oxford, he joined the Navy as a volunteer and began to research historical and contemporary naval affairs. This six-volume work, first published between 1794 and 1798, contains biographies of over two thousand post-captains and admirals who served in the Navy between 1660 and 1793. Charnock researched this monumental project using collections of historical naval biographies made available by his friend Captain William Locker, lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital. He also drew on his own experiences and his contacts among serving officers to provide valuable insights into contemporary events. However, his sometimes uncritical approach to sources means his work is best consulted together with other evidence. The biographies are arranged by year of first appointment, and alphabetically within each year. Volume 4 contains biographies of officers appointed between 1709 and 1739.
The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B.
Authors: Napier William Francis Patrick
Published: October 2011

Heroic, ambitious, opinionated and independent to the point of insubordination, Sir Charles James Napier (1782–1853) was an inspiring leader. Published in 1857 in four volumes, this is the story of Napier's remarkable, action-packed and often controversial life and military career, as told by his brother William. The biography places Napier's life in historical context, and contains portraits, extracts from his letters and entertaining anecdotes. William's admiration for his brother is evident throughout, and he describes how his brother's fiery character divided opinion. A close friend of Lord Byron, Napier also had a great admirer in Thomas Carlyle, who described him as 'more of a hero than any modern I have seen for a long time'. Volume 1 describes Napier's upbringing in Ireland - where, according to his brother, he was 'sickly as a child from the misconduct of a barbarous nurse' - and his early years abroad in combat.
The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B.
Authors: Napier William Francis Patrick
Published: October 2011

Heroic, ambitious, opinionated and independent to the point of insubordination, Sir Charles James Napier (1782–1853) was an inspiring leader. Published in 1857 in four volumes, this is the story of Napier's remarkable, action-packed and often controversial life and military career, as told by his brother William. The biography places Napier's life in historical context, and contains portraits, extracts from his letters and entertaining anecdotes. William's admiration for his brother is evident throughout, and he describes how Charles's fiery character divided opinion. A close friend of Lord Byron, Napier also had a great admirer in Thomas Carlyle, who described him as 'more of a hero than any modern I have seen for a long time'. Volume 2 includes Napier's influential response to the Chartist unrest in northern England, where his supporters claimed he prevented a civil war, and his appointment as commander of the British army in Sind.
The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B.
Authors: Napier William Francis Patrick
Published: October 2011

Heroic, ambitious, opinionated and independent to the point of insubordination, Sir Charles James Napier (1782–1853) was an inspiring leader. Published in 1857 in four volumes, this is the story of Napier's remarkable, action-packed and often controversial life and military career, as told by his brother William. The biography places Napier's life in historical context, and contains portraits, extracts from his letters and entertaining anecdotes. William's admiration for his brother is evident throughout, and he describes how Charles's fiery character divided opinion. A close friend of Lord Byron, Napier also had a great admirer in Thomas Carlyle, who described him as 'more of a hero than any modern I have seen for a long time'. Volume 3 covers Napier's period as Governor of Sind from 1843, the challenges of disease, climate and political rivalry he faced there, and his significant achievements.
The Syntax of Dutch
Authors: Zwart Jan-Wouter
Published: October 2011

Dutch is a West-Germanic language closely related to English and German, but its special properties have long aroused interest and debate among students of syntax. This is an informative guide to the syntax of Dutch, offering an extensive survey of both the phenomena of Dutch syntax and their theoretical analyses over the years. In particular the book discusses those aspects of Dutch syntax that have played an important role in the development of syntactic theory in recent decades. Presupposing only a basic knowledge of syntax and complete with an extensive bibliography, this survey will be an important tool for students and linguists of all theoretical persuasions, and for anyone working in Germanic linguistics, linguistic typology and linguistic theory.