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Volume 36 Issue 3

Issue of Chemistry International

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Journal Overview

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Masthead - Full issue pdf

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From the Editor

Fabienne Meyers

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Where does IUPAC fit in? This is a legitimate question we should ask when contemplating the missions, programs, and initiatives of other organizations. In the main feature on page 2, David StC Black, former IUPAC secretary general and, since 2012, ICSU secretary general shows us what ICSU does and how IUPAC fits in.

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Chemistry International May-June 2014 Volume 36 No. 3

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Features

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The International Council for Science

David Black

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The mission of the International Council for Science (ICSU) is to strengthen international science for the benefit of society. Its long-term vision is for a world where excellence in science is effectively translated into policymaking and socioeconomic development. In such a world, universal and equitable access to scientific data and information would be a reality and all countries would have the scientific capacity to use these and to contribute to the new generation of knowledge.

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Water Quality in the Middle East

Yehuda Shevah

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Among the many problems that plague the region, the western states of the Middle East, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan suffer most from water scarcity. The three states depend on three major trans-boundary surface and groundwater reservoirs, which historically supplied 75% or more of water but nowadays are critically low because of overuse, lack of rainfall, and climate change, which magnify the water stress in this arid region. Consequently, the shared water resources are under heavy natural and man-made pressures, in terms of quantity and quality, affecting every aspect of life from ecosystems and the environment, to food security and health.

IUPAC Wire

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Measurements and the Global Energy Challenge

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On 20 May, World Metrology Day commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875. This treaty provides the basis for a coherent measurement system worldwide.

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Árpád Ambrus to Receive the IUPAC International Award for Advances in Crop Protection Chemistry

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On 27 January 2014, the IUPAC Division on Chemistry and the Environment announced that the 2014 IUPAC International Award for Advances in Harmonized Approaches to Crop Protection Chemistry will be presented to Prof. Árpád Ambrus of the National Food Chain Safety Office of Hungary.

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Cheers from IUPAC Istanbul 2013

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Helmut Buschmann is Awarded the 2014 IUPAC-Richter Prize

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The 2014 IUPAC-Richter Prize in Medicinal Chemistry has been awarded to Dr. Helmut Buschmann. Dr. Buschmann received this award in recognition of his outstanding creative contributions to the invention, discovery and development of the novel analgesic drug tapentadol (Nucynta™, Palexia™), first approved in 2008.

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The Fourth Polymer International-IUPAC Awarded to William Dichtel

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In February 2014, the Executive Editorial Board of Polymer International and the IUPAC Polymer Division announced that William Dichtel from Cornell University was the fourth winner of the Polymer International-IUPAC Award for Creativity in Applied Polymer Science or Polymer Technology.

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In Memoriam

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Robert A. Alberty, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and former dean of MIT’s School of Science—whose seminal contributions to the thermodynamics and kinetics of biochemical reactions are still at the forefront of chemistry—passed away on 18 January 2014, at the age of 92.

The Project Place

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pH Measurement in Seawater

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Critically Evaluated Propagation Rate Coefficients for Radical Polymerization: Vinyl Esters

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Experimental Thermodynamics—Volume IX: A, Advances in Transport Properties and B, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Applications

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Properties and Units in Clinical Molecular Biology and Genetics

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Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation, and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21^st Century

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Methods to evaluate the scavenging activity of antioxidants toward reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

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Development and Dissemination of a Green Chemistry Curriculum for Latin American and African Universities

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NOTeS

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Symbols of the Elements, Part II

Juris Meija

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Typographical symbols of chemical elements were established in the early 19th century and they soon spread throughout the textbooks of chemistry. This spread, however, was not an exemplary adoption of international standards. Rather, a garden variety of individual notations soon emerged. This is a brief story of their eradication.

Bookworm

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Early Days of X-ray Crystallography

André Authier ISBN: 978-0-19-965984-4, 441 pages, 2013

Davide Viterbo

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Conference Call

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MacroMolecular Complexes

Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Stephen Creager, Olukayode Karunwi

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European Polymer Congress

Stanislaw Penczek

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Research and Education in the Middle East

Iona Black, Morton Z. Hoffman, Zafra Margolin Lerman

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Stamps International

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Quadruple Celebration

Daniel Rabinovich

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Where 2B & Y

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Balticum Organicum Syntheticum

6-9 July 2014, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Photochemistry

13-18 July 2014, Bordeaux, France

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Physical Organic Chemistry

10-15 August 2014, Ottawa, Canada

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History & Philosophy and the Teaching of Chemistry

3-7 August 2014, Allendale, Michigan

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Isoprenoids, Recent Progress in Chemistry, Biology and Applications

7-10 September 2014, Prague, Czech Republic

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Nuclear Chemistry

14-19 September 2014, Maresias, SP, Brazil

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Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability

2–5 November 2014, New Delhi, India

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Mark Your Calendar

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About this journal

Chemistry International (CI) is the newsmagazine of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). News about IUPAC, its chemists, publications, recommendations, conferences and the work of its Divisions and Committees along with special feature articles is published quarterly in CI.

From 2022 onwards, CI is an online only publication and is freely accessible to all readers. The print edition has been discontinued.

In recognition of IUPAC’s Centenary in 2019, a new initiative, the Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry, was launched. The purpose of the initiative is to showcase the value of Chemistry and chemists and to inform the general public on how the chemical sciences contribute to the well-being of society and the sustainability of planet Earth. An article about The Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry is published annually in CI. For further information go to: https://iupac.org/what-we-do/top-ten/

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In addition to Chemistry International, De Gruyter is proud to partner with IUPAC in the publication of the society's flagship monthly journal, Pure and Applied Chemistry and the new Open Access journal Chemistry Teacher International, as well as the IUPAC Standards Database. You can find links to all of the IUPAC Content available on De Gruyter Online at the IUPAC & De Gruyter Home Page, as well as special content, such as themed Virtual Issues of content drawn from across journals and volume years.

For further information about IUPAC please visit the IUPAC website.

Volume 36 Issue 3

Issue of Chemistry International

Masthead - Full issue pdf

From the Editor

Abstract

Contents

Chemistry International May-June 2014 Volume 36 No. 3

The International Council for Science

Abstract

Water Quality in the Middle East

Abstract

Measurements and the Global Energy Challenge

Abstract

Árpád Ambrus to Receive the IUPAC International Award for Advances in Crop Protection Chemistry

Abstract

Cheers from IUPAC Istanbul 2013

Helmut Buschmann is Awarded the 2014 IUPAC-Richter Prize

Abstract

The Fourth Polymer International-IUPAC Awarded to William Dichtel

Abstract

In Memoriam

Abstract

pH Measurement in Seawater

Critically Evaluated Propagation Rate Coefficients for Radical Polymerization: Vinyl Esters

Experimental Thermodynamics—Volume IX: A, Advances in Transport Properties and B, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Applications

Properties and Units in Clinical Molecular Biology and Genetics

Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation, and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21st Century

Methods to evaluate the scavenging activity of antioxidants toward reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

Development and Dissemination of a Green Chemistry Curriculum for Latin American and African Universities

Symbols of the Elements, Part II

Abstract

Early Days of X-ray Crystallography

André Authier ISBN: 978-0-19-965984-4, 441 pages, 2013

MacroMolecular Complexes

European Polymer Congress

Research and Education in the Middle East

Quadruple Celebration

Balticum Organicum Syntheticum

6-9 July 2014, Vilnius, Lithuania

Photochemistry

13-18 July 2014, Bordeaux, France

Physical Organic Chemistry

10-15 August 2014, Ottawa, Canada

History & Philosophy and the Teaching of Chemistry

3-7 August 2014, Allendale, Michigan

Isoprenoids, Recent Progress in Chemistry, Biology and Applications

7-10 September 2014, Prague, Czech Republic

Nuclear Chemistry

14-19 September 2014, Maresias, SP, Brazil

Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability

2–5 November 2014, New Delhi, India

Mark Your Calendar

Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation, and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21^st Century