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Vaccine acceptability factors for the general public and health care professionals in Canada [electronic resource]

[Ottawa] : Health Canada = Santé Canada, [2020]




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Das geheimnis des kiver [electronic resource] : ein einfacher weg zu mehr lebensqualität und zufriedenheit / by Leonhard Kubizek

Vienna : Springer-Verlag/Wien, 2006




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Cystic fibrosis methods and protocols [electronic resource] / edited by William R. Skach

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2002]




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Costi sociali e aspetti farmacoeconomici [electronic resource] / M.P. Amato, E. Portaccio

Milano : Springer, 2005




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Contemporary medical acupuncture [electronic resource] : a systems approach / Guan-Yuan Jin

Dordrecht : Springer, 2008




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DHFL to face transaction audit on Yes Bank links

“Grant Thornton has already started scrutinising documents related to transactions,” said one of the persons in the know. “The existing administrators want to make things transparent so that the matter does not impact the valuation of DHFL assets.”




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Institute of Cost Accountants volunteer services to ICMR

Private labs, which had termed the Rs 4,500 cap as being on the ‘moderate side’, objected to the order as there was no clarity regarding reimbursement for the free tests.




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Five in 10 organisations across industries keeping their salary increment budgets unchanged: Survey

According to the survey, five in 10 companies have deferred or suspended their promotion schedule; at the same time a downward trend on promotions numbers across all job levels was observed wherein 33% of organisations admitted to having reduced it. However, most organisations in IT/ITES, life sciences/pharma and retail sector have refrained from any downwards trend in overall promotion cycle.




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Hiring activity sees decline of 62% in April 2020 compared to April 2019: Naukri JobSpeak

The decline in hiring is led by industries like hotel/restaurant/travel/airlines (-91%), auto/ancillary (-82%), retail (-77%) and accounting/finance (-70%). The job market across cities registered a double-digit dip in hiring. The decline was led by metros wherein Delhi declined by 70% followed by Chennai (-62%), Kolkata (-60%) and Mumbai (-60%).




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Umar Akmal didn’t show remorse for failing to report fixing approaches, says PCB disciplinary panel head

Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan submitted his detailed judgement on the case to the Pakistan Cricket Board, which made it public on Friday.




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Manu Bhaker gets electronic target installed at home in place of manual machine

Manu Bhaker was sure in her mind that the Olympics will take place next year despite the uncertainty in the world of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Bacteria poration on modified boron-doped diamond electrode surfaces induced by divalent cation chelation

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01108K, Paper
Meng-Hsuan Lin, Shafigh Mehraeen, Gang Cheng, Cory Rusinek, Brian P. Chaplin
This work showed that divalent ions from the outer membrane of bacteria can be chelated by N-propyl-2-hydroxyacetamide functional groups that were immobilized on boron-doped diamond electrodes.
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Enhanced removal of organic pollutants from super heavy oil wastewater using specially modified lignite activated coke

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00033G, Paper
Kun Tong, Guodong Ji, Fan Nie, Mingdong Zhang, Wen Ren, Shuixiang Xie
Lignite activated coke (LAC) has been modified in situ by adsorbing the biodegradation effluent of super heavy oil wastewater (SHOW) to extract organic pollutants from raw SHOW before biodegradation is investigated.
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Atomic layer deposition and electrospinning for membrane surface engineering methods for water treatment: a short review

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01134J, Critical Review
Jieun Lee, In S. Kim, Moon-Hyun Hwang, Kyu-Jung Chae
With the development of water purification, the membrane process has drawn attention because of its separation efficiency. However, low rejection efficiency and flux decline driven by membrane fouling remain as...
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Investigation of titanium mesh as a cathode for the electro-Fenton process: consideration of its practical application in wastewater treatment

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01144G, Paper
Jiho Lee, Aseom Son, Young-Jin Ko, Min-Jung Shin, Woong Sub Kim, Jae Woo Choi, Jaesang Lee, Seok Won Hong
We show that a Ti electrode with a large opening size is a promising cathode material in the application of the electro-Fenton process for degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater treatment.
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Photocatalytic reductive defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid in water under visible light irradiation: the role of electron donor

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00205D, Paper
Wanjun Wang, Yu Chen, Guiying Li, Wenquan Gu, Taicheng An
Visible light-driven defluorination of PFOA was achieved via a photo-reductive pathway by using Pt–Bi2O4 as a photocatalyst and KI as an electron donor.
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Graphene stimulating nucleation-and-growth rate of NaCl crystals from hypersaline solution via membrane crystallization

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01124B, Paper
Annarosa Gugliuzza, Maria Luisa Perrotta, Francesca Macedonio, Elena Tocci, Lidietta Giorno, Enrico Drioli
Membrane crystallization (MCr) is regarded as a powerful tool for promoting the formation of crystals of salt from hypersaline solutions such as seawater brine. In this kind of process, a...
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Tracking copper, chlorine, and occupancy in a new, multi-story, institutional green building

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00105H, Paper
Rain Richard, Kerry A. Hamilton, Paul Westerhoff, Treavor H. Boyer
Water quality deterioration in buildings poses risks to human health and infrastructure.
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Recovery of ammonium and phosphate using battery deionization in a background electrolyte

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00183J, Paper
Moon Son, Benjamin L. Aronson, Wulin Yang, Christopher A. Gorski, Bruce E. Logan
The electrochemical cell containing ammonium selective battery electrodes can be effective for recovering ammonium, but not phosphate, from solutions due to its high mass capacity for ammonium ions, with a low energy demand.
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Factors associated with elevated levels of antibiotic resistance genes in sewer sediments and wastewater

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00230E, Paper
Alessia Eramo, William R. Morales Medina, N. L. Fahrenfeld
The sewer environment is a potential hotspot for the proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and other hazardous microbial agents.
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Removal of organic micropollutants in anaerobic membrane bioreactors in wastewater treatment: critical review

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1230-1243
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01058K, Critical Review
Michael Lim, Dominique Patureau, Marc Heran, Geoffroy Lesage, Jeonghwan Kim
The anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) is a promising technology for achieving an energy-saving or even energy-positive wastewater treatment process as it produces high effluent quality and renewable energy in the form of methane.
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Emerging investigator series: formation of brominated haloacetamides from trihalomethanes during zero-valent iron reduction and subsequent booster chlorination in drinking water distribution

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1244-1255
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00977A, Paper
Pengzhou Luo, FeiFei Wang, Stuart W. Krasner, Chao Fang, Shenghua Chen, Wenhai Chu
This study investigated the transformation of a THM mixture and the change of toxicity risk in drinking water distribution systems for the first time.
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Fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during hydrothermal liquefaction of municipal wastewater treatment sludge

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1388-1399
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01139K, Paper
Jie Yu, Anastasia Nickerson, Yalin Li, Yida Fang, Timothy J. Strathmann
PFAS sorbed to sludge degrade to varying degrees when sludge is subjected to hydrothermal liquefaction for production of liquid fuel.
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Technoproductive evaluation of the energyless microbial-integrated diffusion dialysis technique for acid mine drainage valorization

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1217-1229
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01020C, Critical Review
Hanaa M. Hegab, Ahmed ElMekawy, Christopher Saint, Fawzi Banat, Shadi W. Hasan, Deepak Pant
Acid mine drainage (AMD) presents severe ecological pollution challenges because of its extreme acidity and sulphate and toxic metal contents.
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Bacterial community structure correlates with Legionella pneumophila colonization of New York City high rise building premises plumbing systems

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1324-1335
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01084J, Paper
Xiao Ma, David Pierre, Kyle Bibby, Janet E. Stout
Several bacterial taxa were found enriched in L. pneumophila culture positive water samples, demonstrating a potential association between Legionella colonization and the premises plumbing bacterial community.
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Removal and growth of microorganisms across treatment and simulated distribution at a pilot-scale direct potable reuse facility

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1370-1387
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01087D, Paper
Scott E. Miller, Roberto A. Rodriguez, Kara L. Nelson
Multi-barrier advanced treatment trains are able to purify wastewater to drinking water standards, but improved methods are needed to better understand microbial concentrations, viability, and growth potential throughout treatment and distribution.
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The effects of water chemistry on the detachment and dissolution of differently stabilized silver nanoparticles from ceramic membranes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1347-1356
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01141B, Paper
Anne M. Mikelonis, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Desmond F. Lawler
A multilevel statistical model was developed to demonstrate stabilizing agent impact on detachment of silver nanoparticles from ceramic water treatment membranes.
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The impact of monochloramines and dichloramines on reverse osmosis membranes in wastewater potable reuse process trains: a pilot-scale study

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1336-1346
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00048E, Paper
Hye-Jin Lee, Mohamad Amin Halali, Siva Sarathy, Charles-François de Lannoy
Dichloramine has a strong oxidative effect on polyamide RO membranes, causing oxidative hydrogen bond breakage of the polyamide rejection layer.
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Landfill leachate contributes per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals to municipal wastewater

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1300-1311
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00045K, Paper
Open Access
Jason R. Masoner, Dana W. Kolpin, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Kelly L. Smalling, Stephanie C. Bolyard, Jennifer A. Field, Edward T. Furlong, James L. Gray, Duncan Lozinski, Debra Reinhart, Alix Rodowa, Paul M. Bradley
Widespread disposal of landfill leachate to municipal sewer in the US calls for improved understanding of the relative organic-chemical contributions to the WWTP waste stream and associated surface-water discharge to receptors in the environment.
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Influence of activated carbon on performance and microbial communities in the treatment of solvent pollutant mixtures in a continuous stirred tank reactor

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1445-1455
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00096E, Paper
Pablo Ferrero, Marta Izquierdo, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Hornos, Josep Manuel Penya-Roja, Vicente Martínez-Soria
Granular activated carbon addition could promote specific microorganisms which favour the anaerobic removal of non-readily biodegradable solvent compounds through their influence on the degradation (methanogenesis) of intermediates.
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Field testing of an onsite sanitation system on apartment building blackwater using biological treatment and electrochemical disinfection

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1400-1411
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01106D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Siva Kumar Varigala, Meghan Hegarty-Craver, Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Prakash Madhavan, Milan Basil, Praveen Rosario, Antony Raj, Viswa Barani, Clement A. Cid, Sonia Grego, Michael Luettgen
Demonstration of an electrochemical toilet wastewater treatment and disinfection technology at the scale of an apartment building and translation of the system into a commercial product.
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Chlorine/UV treatment of anatoxin-a by activation of the secondary amine functional group

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1412-1420
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01112A, Paper
Moshan Chen, Ernest R. Blatchley
A UV treatment process with prechlorination promotes the direct UV photodegradation of anatoxin-a by forming an N–Cl bond on the amine group.
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Pilot-scale ozone/biological activated carbon treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate: potential for synergism between nitrate and contaminant removal and potable reuse

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1421-1431
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00013B, Paper
Zhong Zhang, Jacob F. King, Aleksandra Szczuka, Yi-Hsueh Chuang, William A. Mitch
Reverse osmosis treatment for potable reuse can reduce the cost for removing nitrate and contaminants from wastewater prior to discharge.
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Investigation of metaldehyde removal by powdered activated carbon from different water samples

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1432-1444
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00962K, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Zhuojun Li, Juntao Li, Zhengxiao Guo, Luiza C. Campos
Applying PAC to the water sample collected after static flocculation (position 2) gave the best result regarding the removal of metaldehyde.
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Insight into ferrihydrite effects on methanogenesis in UASB reactors treating high sulfate wastewater: reactor performance and microbial community

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00154F, Paper
Zhen Jin, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yaobin Zhang
Ferrihydrite supplemented to establish DIET between iron-reducing bacteria and methanogens with Fe oxides in anaerobic digestion.
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Molecular level characterisation of ion-exchange water treatment coupled to ceramic membrane filtration

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1495-1504
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01042D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Alan J. R. Smith, Graeme Moore, Andrea J. C. Semiao, Dušan Uhrín
Preferential removal of highly oxygenated larger aromatic and condensed aromatic molecules through ceramic membrane based water treatment.
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Emerging investigator series: activated sludge upon antibiotic shock loading: mechanistic description of functional stability and microbial community dynamics

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1262-1271
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00069H, Paper
Seungdae Oh, Donggeon Choi
Elucidating the functional stability upon environmental stressors is of great practical importance for managing the system performance of various environmental biological processes (e.g., activated sludge).
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News from the John W. Kluge Center: You are invited: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Future of Democracy

Thursday, December 5, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Get your free tickets here.

Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller will take part in a discussion moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell.

Harrison is an expert on the Berlin Wall, the Cold War, and contemporary Germany, and is Associate Professor of History and International Affairs in the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. She is the author of the new book, After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present (2019).

Stelzenmüller is an expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy. She is the inaugural Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution and the Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Kluge Center.

The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed. Register for a ticket here.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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News from the John W. Kluge Center:Join us for a Conversation on the Future of Democracy with Yuval Levin

On May 13, join the John W. Kluge Center for the first in our Conversations on the Future of Democracy series featuring Yuval Levin, who will be discussing his new book, A Time to Build, a look at the critical importance of formative institutions in society, their deterioration in recent decades, and practical steps to begin addressing the problem.

Find the event on May 13 at the Library’s showcase for everything you can access while the doors are closed: Library of Congress: Engage!

And sign up for a free ticket to get a reminder when the event happens.

Yuval Levin is a distinguished scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies. Levin is also the editor-in-chief of National Affairs.

Also, we’ve got a packed schedule of virtual events lined up, so stay tuned for more.




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No hike in school fees in academic year 2020-21: Maharashtra Education Department

Giving a big relief to parents during the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, the Maharashtra Education Department has announced that there will be no hike in school fees in the academic year 2020-21.




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Man attacks 2 police officers, constable with chopper in Mumbai

Two police officers and a constable were injured after a 27-year-old man attacked them with a chopper in south Mumbai early today, police said.




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ED attaches part of AJL Mumbai building worth Rs 16.38 cr; charges Moti Lal Vora

A portion of a nine-storey building in Mumbai's tony Bandra area, valued Rs16.38 crore, has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its money-laundering probe against the Congress-party promoted Associated Journals Limited (AJL).




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Chhattisgarh's first CM Ajit Jogi suffers cardiac arrest, put on ventilator, condition serious

A bureaucrat-turned politician, Ajit Jogi had served as the first CM of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in then Congress government, after the state came into existence.




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Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin claims responsibility for Handwara attack, says 'India has upper hand' — Video

Almost five days after the encounter operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara that claimed lives of five security personnel including a decorate officer, the Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen, headed by Syed Salahuddin, has reportedly claimed the responsibility.




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The Wiley Handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagement: Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice


 

Against a global backdrop of problematic adherence to medical treatment, this volume addresses and provides practical solutions to the simple question: “Why don’t patients take treatments that could save their lives?”

The Wiley handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagementoffers a guide to the theory, research and clinical practice of promoting patient engagement in healthcare treatment at individual, organizational and systems levels. The concept of



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Intervention Library: Finding Interventions and Resources for Students and Teachers (IL:FIRST v1.0)


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Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective


 

Provides multidisciplinary coverage of stalking behavior worldwide from both academic and practical approaches

Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: The International Perspective is a thorough, up-to-date overview of stalking perpetration and victimization in different regions of the world. This authoritative book brings together contributions from a team of leading scholars and practitioners that discuss a diverse range of interrelated



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Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective


 

Provides multidisciplinary coverage of stalking behavior worldwide from both academic and practical approaches

Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: The International Perspective is a thorough, up-to-date overview of stalking perpetration and victimization in different regions of the world. This authoritative book brings together contributions from a team of leading scholars and practitioners that discuss a diverse range of interrelated



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Faceworld


 
We have long accepted the face as the most natural and self-evident thing, believing that in it we could read, as if on a screen, our emotions and our doubts, our anger and joy. We have decorated them, made them up, designed them, as if the face were the true calling card of our personality, the public manifestation of our inner being.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Rather than a window opening onto our inner nature, the face has always

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The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Content Marketing, Podcasting, Social Media, AI, Live Video, and Newsjacking to Reach Buyers Directly, 7th Edition


 

The seventh edition of the pioneering guide to generating attention for your idea or business, packed with new and updated information

In the Digital Age, marketing tactics seem to change on a day-to-day basis. As the ways we communicate continue to evolve, keeping pace with the latest trends in social media, the newest online videos, the latest mobile apps, and all the other high-tech influences can seem an almost impossible task. How can you keep



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