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Synthetic biology : a primer / Geoff Baldwin ... [et al.]




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Writing and publishing science research papers in English : a global perspective / Karen Englander

Englander, Karen, author




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Fundamentals of molecular mycology / Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, Muniswamy David, PhD

Thangadurai, D., author




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The fungal kingdom / edited by Joseph Heitman, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina ; Barbara J. Howlett, School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, NSW, Australia ; P




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Bridging the gap between industry and synchrotron: an operando study at 30 bar over 300 h during Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

React. Chem. Eng., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9RE00493A, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
M. Loewert, M.-A. Serrer, T. Carambia, M. Stehle, A. Zimina, K. F. Kalz, H. Lichtenberg, E. Saraçi, P. Pfeifer, J.-D. Grunwaldt
Long-term operando spectroscopic study of a Fischer–Tropsch catalyst at a synchrotron radiation facility under realistic conditions with full product analysis.
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Optimization of the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from CO2 rich synthesis gas: closing the loop between experimental investigations and model-based reactor design

React. Chem. Eng., 2020, 5,949-960
DOI: 10.1039/D0RE00041H, Paper
Open Access
Nirvana Delgado Otalvaro, Markus Kaiser, Karla Herrera Delgado, Stefan Wild, Jörg Sauer, Hannsjörg Freund
Kinetic modeling, model-based optimization and experimental validation for the direct DME synthesis.
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Sustainable chemo-enzymatic preparation of enantiopure (R)-β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles via lactic acid bacteria-mediated bioreduction of aromatic ketones and a heterogeneous “click” cycloaddition reaction in deep eutectic solvents

React. Chem. Eng., 2020, 5,859-864
DOI: 10.1039/D0RE00067A, Communication
Paola Vitale, Francesco Lavolpe, Francesca Valerio, Mariaelena Di Biase, Filippo Maria Perna, Eugenia Messina, Gennaro Agrimi, Isabella Pisano, Vito Capriati
A chemo-enzymatic strategy for the preparation of enantiopure (R)-β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles using a lactic acid bacterium as a whole-cell biocatalyst and a heterogeneous “click” cycloaddition reaction in deep eutectic solvents is disclosed.
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Catalyst Acquisition by Data Science (CADS): a web-based catalyst informatics platform for discovering catalysts

React. Chem. Eng., 2020, 5,903-911
DOI: 10.1039/D0RE00098A, Paper
Jun Fujima, Yuzuru Tanaka, Itsuki Miyazato, Lauren Takahashi, Keisuke Takahashi
An innovative web-based integrated catalyst informatics platform, Catalyst Acquisition by Data Science (CADS), is developed for use towards the discovery and design of catalysts.
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Nano-TiO2 promoted CaO-based high-temperature CO2 sorbent: Role of crystal level properties on efficiency of the CO2 sorption

React. Chem. Eng., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0RE00124D, Paper
Sanat Chandra Maiti, Chinmay Ghoroi
This work investigates the multi-cycle CO2 sorption, and the kinetics of the carbonation reaction of nano-TiO2 promoted CaO synthesized from commercially available micron size CaCO3. The morphology of the CaCO3...
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Samit Basu’s new novel, ‘Chosen Spirits’, describes a best-case scenario for Earth’s future

The author on why his new novel is “anti-dystopian" and how he found writing reality stranger than fiction




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This Mother’s Day, the best movies/ shows to watch on Disney+ Hotstar: From ‘Baahubali’ to ‘Badhaai Ho’

On May 10, here’s a list of Indian movies and TV shows you and your mother can binge together (virtually) — that celebrate the matriarch — and will make the lockdown slightly more bearable




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Sai Pallavi’s first look in Rana Daggubati’s Telugu film ‘Viraata Parvam’

In the poster, Sai Pallavi is seen waiting for someone at Martyrs Memorial




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Long before the novel coronavirus, it was Malabar pepper and Maharashtrian ivory that connected Italy to India

The ancient Pompeii ruins house several evidences of long-standing trade ties between the two countries



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WWE’s Braun Strowman: ‘I feel it is my responsibility to perform for my fans globally’

Ahead of special event ‘Money In The Bank’, the reigning WWE Universal Champion talks to us about how the sports-entertainment company are successfully organising fights despite the pandemic




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ICICI Bank Q4 net rises 26% to ₹1,221 crore

On the assets front, gross non-performing assets (NPAs) stood at 5.53% of gross advances as on March 31, 2020, compared to 6.70 per cent last year.




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Two instances of assault on police personnel reported in Mumbai

An architecture graduate has been arrested




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Over 350 Indians return to Chennai from Dubai on two flights

A 29-year-old woman with the mortal remains of her husband was one of the passengers




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Provide financial assistance to priests, barbers, says Vasan

Tamil Maanila Congress president G.K. Vasan on Saturday urged the State government to provide financial assistance to temple priests and caterers amon




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COVID-19: Public art in Hyderabad to spread awareness

Md. Abdul Basith, with a team of 15 artists, spreads awareness on the lockdown through public art at various junctions in the city




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Coronavirus lockdown | Bengal arranging special trains to bring back 30,000 stranded people: Official

‘The stranded people are mostly migrant workers, patients and their attendants, students, pilgrims and tourists from West Bengal’




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Coronavirus | Global death toll nears 275,000

More than 3,946,130 cases were registered in 195 countries and territories. Of these, at least 1,293,700 are now considered recovered.




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‘Government’ responsible for tragedy in Aurangabad: Shiv Sena

The plight faced by migrant labourers was not restricted to Maharashtra but to the entire country, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said in an editorial




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Bihar workers in Jodhpur struggle to go back home




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Social distancing part of tribal culture in Raj




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Oil drops 4% to below $30 a barrel as glut grows, output cuts eyed

Signalling a slow recovery in demand, data from the Energy Information Administration showed US crude and distillate inventories rose last week.




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No valid basis for EU tariffs in Boeing-Airbus subsidy dispute: US to WTO

The WTO has found the world's two largest planemakers received billions of dollars of unfair subsidies in a pair of cases dating back to 2004




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Covid-19 to push UK economy towards deepest recession: Bank of England

It would also be the sharpest annual contraction since 1706, according to reconstructed Bank of England data going back to the 18th Century




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Bank of England sees worst slump in 300 years as coronavirus bites

The BoE said Britain's economy might be on course to shrink by 25% in the three months to June and unemployment could more than double to 9% of the workforce




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China either made a terrible mistake or probably it was incompetence: Trump

Trump also described the allegations from the opposition Democratic party that Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential elections to help him win the polls as the "Russia hoax"




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Kim Jong-un sends 'verbal message' to Xi Jinping on coronavirus success

Last week, Kim Jong-un has made his 'first public appearance' after 20 days of absence.




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Asset Liability Management Optimisation: A Practitioner's Guide to Balance Sheet Management and Remodelling


 

An advanced method for financial institutions to optimize Asset Liability Management for maximized return and minimized risk

Financial institutions today are facing daunting regulatory and economic challenges. As they manage bank regulation and competition, institutions are also optimizing their Asset Liability Management (ALM) operations. The function of the ALM unit today goes beyond risk management related to the banking book into managing regulatory



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What's your baby watching?

How do the shows we watch and the songs we listen to, affect us? The question bothers Geetanjali Krishna after a domestic worker gushes about her six-month-old daughter's love for a nagin-themed TV show and Mika's Gandi Baat.




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Getting ready for the Baahubali juggernaut!

Prepping for the Baahubali juggernaut, remembering a toddler Vinod Khanna and making Deepika Padukone dance to Jennifer Lopez's tunes, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week was pretty eventful.




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Baahubali 2: A colossal bore

Beneath its dazzling veneer, this emperor has no clothes, says J Jagannath.





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The burning actor rushes to his bubble bath

The key to every Daniel Day-Lewis performance was a big theme and a thousand details.And in the final phase of his acting career, says Sreehari Nair, America became his big theme, and the details... well, he just popped them out like waffles.




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Super Filmi Week: John Wick's Amar Akbar Anthony moment

John Wick's Amar Akbar Anthony connection, filmi fundas from Gabbar Singh and best Bollywood songs of 2017 so far, everything you need to know about Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.




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Bratty Sanju Baba to lovable Munna Bhai

'The most striking comment Yasser Usman makes -- not only about Sanjay Dutt, but also our contemporary society -- is about the transformation that he goes through: From being a man who claimed Muslim blood to one who is a devotee of Hindu gods,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.




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Sacred Games: The Gangster as Mumbai

'What would a composite of Dawood, Rajan, and Arun Gawli be like?''What if an absconding mafia boss were to land in Mumbai tomorrow, tired from all the running, and tender his final apology to the city by narrating his story and narrating it with brutal honesty?'Sreehari Nair watches Sacred Games.




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Diljit bags a Karan Johar film

Priyanka Chopra plays mum to an 18 year old!Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.




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Why should patriotic Indians be embarrassed by Mulk?

'Mulk questions the very principle, of good-Muslim exceptionalism.''That, of course, we adore Abdul Hamid, A P J Abdul Kalam and Bismillah Khan and if only more Muslims were like them.''Anubhav Sinha sticks his neck out to say that these are no exceptions.''Most Muslims are like them. It is the terrorists who are exceptions,' says Shekhar Gupta.




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MKDNH: A Mumbai Bollywood ignores

'Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota is exactly why Hindi cinema needs more film-makers who know a South Indian language,' notes J Jagannath.




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Backstory Radio Presents: The American Indian Story

In October 2010, the hosts of Backstory visited Colonial Williamsburg's Kimball Theatre to perform a live show.




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Purification, characterization and molecular cloning of a dicaffeoylquinic acid-hydrolyzing esterase from human-derived Lactobacillus fermentum LF-12

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3235-3244
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00029A, Paper
Yujin Liu, Minhao Xie, Peng Wan, Guijie Chen, Chunxu Chen, Dan Chen, Shijie Yu, Xiaoxiong Zeng, Yi Sun
Dicaffeoylquinic acids (DiCQAs), the main components of kudingcha made from the leaves of Ilex kudingcha, could be transformed by gut microbiota.
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The prophylactic effects of different Lactobacilli on collagen-induced arthritis in rats

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3681-3694
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02556A, Paper
Zhexin Fan, Bo Yang, R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Wei Chen
The current study evaluated the prophylactic effects of different Lactobacillus species on arthritis induced by collagen.
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DHA substitution overcomes high-fat diet-induced disturbance in the circadian rhythm of lipid metabolism

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3621-3631
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02606A, Paper
Rulong Chen, Zhengyu Zuo, Qi Li, Hualin Wang, Na Li, Hongyu Zhang, Xiaoli Yu, Zhiguo Liu
DHA substitution overcomes high-fat diet-induced disturbance in the circadian rhythm of lipid metabolism via the core gene Clock/Bmal1 controlled circadian nuclear receptor pathway.
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Colonization and immunoregulation of Lactobacillus plantarum BF_15, a novel probiotic strain from the feces of breast-fed infants

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3156-3166
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02745A, Paper
Na Zhang, Chen Li, Zhihua Niu, Hongyan Kang, Miaoshu Wang, Bo Zhang, Hongtao Tian
Immunosuppression is a manifestation imbalance in the immune system, often during unhealthy states.
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cis 9, trans 11, but not trans 10, cis 12 CLA isomer, impairs intestinal epithelial barrier function in IPEC-J2 cells and mice through activation of GPR120-[Ca2+]i and the MLCK signaling pathway

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3657-3667
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00376J, Paper
Han Su, Weijie Zhao, Fenglin Zhang, Min Song, Fangfang Liu, Jisong Zheng, Mingfa Ling, Xiaohua Yang, Qiang Yang, Haiwen He, Lin Chen, Xumin Lai, Xiaotong Zhu, Lina Wang, Ping Gao, Gang Shu, Qingyan Jiang, Songbo Wang
In vitro and in vivo studies show that c9, t11-CLA, but not t10, c12-CLA isomer, impairs intestinal epithelial barrier function in IPEC-J2 cells and mice via activation of GPR120-[Ca2+]i and the MLCK pathway.
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Lycium barbarum polysaccharides ameliorate intestinal barrier dysfunction and inflammation through the MLCK-MLC signaling pathway in Caco-2 cells

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3741-3748
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00030B, Paper
Wei Li, Mingbo Gao, Ting Han
Impairment of the intestinal barrier often occurs in inflammatory bowel diseases, and pro-inflammatory factors play a vital role in the pathogenesis of intestinal diseases.
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