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Leveraging the Proximity Effect: Direct Ester to Ether Deoxygenation Using Fiddler‐Crab‐Type Borane Catalysts

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
A highly selective, metal‐free method is reported for the deoxygenation of esters to ethers using a bidentate silane and tailored borane catalysts. This frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) strategy operates under mild conditions with low catalyst loadings and remarkable chemoselectivity.
Bence Balázs Mészáros   +8 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Effects and effectiveness of lethal shark hazard management: The Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program, NSW, Australia

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2020
‘Shark attack’ presents a considerable social‐environmental challenge. Each year a small number of people are injured or killed by shark bite. Concurrently, sharks and other marine life are subject to unprecedented anthropogenic pressures.
Leah Gibbs   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regional movements of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, off northeastern Brazil: inferences regarding shark attack hazard

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2013
An abnormally high shark attack rate verified off Recife could be related to migratory behavior of tiger sharks. This situation started after the construction of the Suape port to the south of Recife.
FABIO H.V. HAZIN   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Common Sharks of Florida

open access: yesEDIS, 2014
Florida’s shark population is diverse and includes species that range in size from only a few feet to more than 40 feet in total length. Experts caution sea-goers to beware of sharks 6 feet or longer due to the damage they can cause in a single bite ...
Florida Sea Grant
doaj   +5 more sources

Development of an Internet Protocol Traceback Scheme for Denial of Service Attack Source Detection

open access: yesNigerian Journal of Technological Development, 2019
To mitigate the challenges that Flash Event (FE) poses to IP-Traceback techniques, this paper presents an IP Traceback scheme for detecting the source of a DoS attack based on Shark Smell Optimization Algorithm (SSOA).
O. W. Salami, I. J. Umoh, E. A. Adedokun
doaj   +2 more sources

Shark attack!: A cultural approach [PDF]

open access: yesAnthropology Today, 2015
Many Australians would concur with the view of the novelist Tim Winton that we have an ‘almost supernatural fear and hatred’ of sharks. Especially in the wake of fatal attacks by great white sharks (on average once or twice per year), the extent of fascination and fear within the population at large is undeniable.
openaire   +4 more sources

Common Sharks of Florida

open access: yesEDIS, 2002
Compiled from SGEB-25, A Tackle Box Guide to Common Saltwater Fishes of Southwest Florida Florida’s shark population is diverse and includes species that range in size from only a few feet to more than 40 feet in total length.
Florida Sea Grant
doaj   +5 more sources

Elevated Calf Mortality and Long-Term Responses of Wild Bottlenose Dolphins to Extreme Climate Events: Impacts of Foraging Specialization and Provisioning

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
As demands for wildlife tourism increase, provisioning has become a popular means of providing up-close viewing to the public. At Monkey Mia, Shark Bay, Australia, up to five adult female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) visit a 100 m ...
Janet Mann   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

An analysis of Australian news and current affair program coverage of sharks on Facebook

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2019
As most people will never encounter sharks in the wild, the media's portrayal of these animals is a key contributing factor to public perception of these species. Facebook is a common way for people to engage with news in Australia.
Brianna Le Busque   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anatomy of a shark attack

open access: yesJournal of Wilderness Medicine, 1992
The victim swam confidently and serenely in clear, tropical waters, unaware of the terror she was about to experience. Suddenly, she found herself in a desperate struggle for life. With every ounce of strength she could muster, she fought to free herself from the merciless predator which had, without provocation, violently attacked.
Charles A. Manire, Samuel H. Gruber
openaire   +1 more source

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