High-level ab initio calculations are performed on the coinage metal cations ͑Cu + , Ag + , and Au + ͒ interacting with each of the rare gases ͓Rg ͑Rg=He to Rn͔͒. The RCCSD͑T͒ procedure is employed, with basis sets being of approximately quintuple-quality, but with the heavier species using relativistic effective core potentials. The interaction potentials are compared to experimental and theoretical data where they exist. In addition, transport coefficients for the mobility and diffusion of the cations in the rare gases are calculated. The latter have involved a rewriting of some of the programs used, and the required modifications are discussed. The mobility results indicate that, rather than being a rare occurrence, mobility minima may be common phenomena. Finally, a new estimate is put forward for the validity of zero-field mobilities in ion mobility spectrometry.

Kin selection theory predicts that grandparents will differentially invest in their grandchildren as a function of paternity certainty. This study explored the hypothesis of “discriminative grandparental solicitude” (Euler and Weitzel, 1996; Smith, 1988) in a sample of college students. Students with four living grandparents were asked to indicate the frequency of various behaviors received from or directed to each grandparent. A significant linear trend on a majority of the measures supported this hypothesis. Reported contact and closeness were highest with the maternal grandmother (most genetically certain) and lowest with the paternal grandfather (least genetically certain); maternal grandfathers and paternal grandmothers were intermediate. The “preferential investment hypothesis” (Laham, Gonsalkorale, and von Hippel, 2005) predicts that the investment behavior of the maternal grandfather and the paternal grandmother should differ only when there are cousins through the father's sisters. Contrary to the predictions of this hypothesis, grandchildren did not rate the maternal grandfather consistently higher on any of the indices when more certain investment outlets were available to the paternal grandmother.

Using this method, we have found that the prevalence of LAM is higher than that previously recorded and that many patients with LAM are undiagnosed.

The 12π cation (3) and 14π anion (4) derived from the phenalenyl radical (2) support diatropic (“aromatic”) perimeter ring currents, but isoelectronic replacement of the central atom by either boron (5) or nitrogen (6) leads to paratropic (“antiaromatic”) current; the ipsocentric approach to molecular magnetic response accounts for all four patterns in terms of competition between translationally and rotationally allowed virtual π–π* excitations.

The newly discovered atom-centered polygonal wheels B8(2-) and B9- are predicted to show ring currents characteristic of aromatic systems. Ipsocentric mapping of induced current density for both molecules attributes a pi diatropic current to the four electrons of the doubly degenerate pi HOMO and a sigma diatropic current to the four electrons of the doubly degenerate sigma HOMO, each orbital pair having an available transition to corresponding LUMO orbitals in which the angular node count increases by one. Thus, on the magnetic criterion, B8(2-) and B9- are each both pi- and sigma-aromatic as a consequence of the nodal properties of the frontier orbitals of the pi- and sigma-stacks.

Climate change and industrial agricultural practices pose threats to the future of Kansas agriculture. To inform the debate about sustainable agriculture that must soon occur, we seek to illuminate the factors involved in the decision making of farmers in Kansas. Drawing from Actor-Network Theory, we consider how farmers' participation in the industrial agricultural network shapes their decisions, defines the types of knowledge and skills that are valued by farmers and others in the network, transforms what it means to be a Kansas grain farmer, and entrenches unsustainable production practices. [Actor-Network Theory, climate change, industrial agriculture, Ogallala aquifer, water]

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High-level ab initio potential energy curves are calculated for the lowest few states of the [He-Ne](+) complex. RCCSD(T) calculations are employed with large basis sets (up to sextuple-zeta), including extrapolation to the basis set limit, taking account of spin-orbit coupling. In addition, core-valence correlation and multireference effects are investigated. We calculate spectroscopic parameters and compare these to experimentally determined values, to other high-level ab initio results, and to results from potentials that are fitted to experimental data. We present the results of new measurements of the mobility of Ne(+) in He. We also calculate mobilities for Ne(+) in He, and He(+) in Ne, from our potentials and from recent fitted potentials; and compare the calculated and experimental mobilities graphically and statistically.