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Six stocks to buy in an uncertain environment of protectionism and fraud

A slew of government reforms, visible earnings growth in these companies make their stocks good picks even today. Find out which they are




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Wiley Blackwell Companion to Karl Barth


 

The most comprehensive scholarly survey of Karl Barth’s theology ever published

Karl Barth, arguably the most influential theologian of the 20th century, is widely considered one of the greatest thinkers within the history of the Christian tradition. Readers of Karl Barth often find his work both familiar and strange: the questions he considers are the same as those Christian theologians have debated for centuries, but he often addresses these questions



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The Wiley Blackwell Concise Companion to The Hadith


 

The most comprehensive and up-to-date English-language guide on hadith scholarship

The source of much of our knowledge of the first two centuries of Islamic history, the hadith literature is made up of thousands of traditions collected during the formative years of Islam. Alongside the Qur'an, the hadith forms a second major body of Islamic scripture, and much of Islamic belief and practice rests on the hadith including Islamic law, Islamic theology



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Wiley Blackwell Companion to Christian Martyrdom


 

A unique, wide-ranging volume exploring the historical, religious, cultural, political, and social aspects of Christian martyrdom

Although a well-studied and researched topic in early Christianity, martyrdom had become a relatively neglected subject of scholarship by the latter half of the 20th century. However, in the years following the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, the study of martyrdom has experienced a remarkable resurgence



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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice


 
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice brings together a team of distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative account of social justice in the major religious traditions.

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Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature


 

A comprehensive introduction to ancient wisdom literature, with fascinating essays on a broad range of topics.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature is a wide-ranging introduction to the texts, themes, and receptions of the wisdom literature of the Bible and the ancient world. This comprehensive volume brings together original essays from established scholars and emerging voices to offer a variety of perspectives on the “wisdom” biblical



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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue


 

This comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field’s pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of interfaith collaboration. 



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Law Library: News & Events: Constitution Day 2019 featuring Kannon Shanmugam: "The State of the Constitution"

Seats are still available for tomorrow's Constitution Day event! Kannon Shanmugam, head of the Supreme Court practice at Paul, Weiss, will speak about the role of the judiciary in our constitutional system and the relationship between the judiciary and the other branches of government.

Kannon is a partner in the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.  He heads the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice and is managing partner of the firm’s Washington office. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier appellate advocates, Kannon has argued 27 cases before the Supreme Court, including several of the Court’s most significant recent business and criminal cases.  Beyond the Supreme Court, he has argued dozens of appeals in courts across the country.  In ranking Kannon in the first tier of appellate advocates nationwide, Chambers USA praised him as “brilliant” and “unflappable."
 
The discussion will take place at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17, in the Mumford Room (LM-649), located on the sixth floor of the Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E. The program is free and open to the public. Registration is highly recommended.

Please register for this event via Eventbrite




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Law Library: News & Events: Save the date! Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence on December 4, 2019

Save the date on your calendars! The Law Library will present the Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence on Wednesday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m.

Registration will open in mid-November.

Click here for more information.




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Law Library: News & Events: Martha Nussbaum on Philosophy and Life: The 2019 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence

Join us for the 2019 Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence!

Philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum will be the featured speaker for the 10th anniversary of the event on Wednesday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m. Brian Butler, Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina Asheville, will interview Professor Nussbaum on “Philosophy and Life: Fragility, Emotions, Capabilities.” A question-and-answer period will follow.

Register at kellogg2019.eventbrite.com. We recommend reserving your tickets early, as these will go quickly and space is limited! We will not livestream this event, so you will want to be in the room!




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Law Library: News & Events: EVENT CANCELED: 2019 Kellogg Lecture in Jurisprudence

Dear Friends and Colleagues,


We regret to announce the cancellation of the 2019 Kellogg Lecture. The lecture will be rescheduled to a date in 2020. Registrants have received notices via Eventbrite about the cancellation.


Announcements for the new date will be posted to the Law Library’s blog, sent via our News & Events email list, and posted as a new Eventbrite page.


We hope that you will join us next year.

The Law Library of Congress




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Law Library: News & Events: National Book Festival Presents Jeffrey Rosen and Dahlia Lithwick on RBG, March 19

On March 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Jefferson Building, National Book Festival Presents Jeffrey Rosen in a discussion of his new book, “Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty and Law,” with Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor at Slate. Book sales and signing to follow. Co-sponsored by the Law Library of Congress.

Click this link to register for this FREE event and purchase a copy of "Conversations with RBG" (purchase of book not required for attendance).

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This event is part of the Law Library's NIGHT OF LAW at the Thomas Jefferson Building. We also invite you to join our 5:00 p.m. activity, Transcribe-a-thon for Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents. Be sure to register for both events!

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Law Library: News & Events: CANCELED: National Book Festival Presents Jeffrey Rosen with Dahlia Lithwick

The Library will be closed to the public, including researchers and others with reader identification cards, until Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 8 a.m. to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. During the closure, all Library-sponsored public programs, including the National Book Festival Presents Jeffrey Rosen with Dahlia Lithwick, are postponed or canceled.

 




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Law Library: News & Events: Ask-a-Librarian: We Are Here for You!

If you’ve never taken advantage of our Ask-a-Librarian service, allow us to introduce you!

Through the Library's online reference service, the Law Library can help you with:

  • Legal and legislative research assistance for US federal and state, foreign, international, and comparative law
  • Queries on resources unique to the Law Library of Congress

Learn more about this FREE service on this guest post by Chief of the Public Services Division Andrew Winston.




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[ASAP] Pseudo-2D Porous Networks via Interpenetration of 1D Zigzag Ladder-type Coordination Polymers: Adsorption and Separation of Xylene Isomers

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00336




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[ASAP] Adsorption of Polar Volatile Organic Compounds by a Crystalline Network Structure Based on a Bis(benzimidazole)NiCl<sub>2</sub> Complex

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00328




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[ASAP] Role of Prenucleation Building Units in Determining Metal–Organic Framework MIL-53(Al) Morphology

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01384




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[ASAP] Correction to “Building Block and Directional Bonding Approaches for the Synthesis of {DyMn<sub>4</sub>}<italic toggle="yes"><sub>n</sub></italic> (<italic toggle="yes">n</italic>

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00526




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[ASAP] A Synchronous Change in Fluid Space and Encapsulated Anions in a Crystalline Polymethylene Unit Containing Metal–Organic Framework

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00334




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[ASAP] Growth and Characterization of KDP Crystals Grown by the 2D-Translation Method Equipped with Continuous Filtration

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00034




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[ASAP] New Chiral Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Based on Substituted Diarylacetylene Dicarboxylic Acid

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01713




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[ASAP] Rare Earth Ion Encapsulated Basket-like {Gd?P<sub>6</sub>Mo<sup>V</sup><sub>2</sub>Mo<sup>VI</sup><sub>16</sub>O<sub>73</sub>} Cage as Efficient Electrochemical Sensor and Fluo

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00211




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[ASAP] Hydrogen-Bonded Framework Isomers Based on Zr-Metal Organic Cage: Connectivity, Stability, and Porosity

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00407




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Handbook of Fibrous Materials, 2 Volumes: Volume 1: Production and Characterization / Volume 2: Applications in Energy, Environmental Science and Healthcare


 
Edited by a leading expert in the field with contributions from experienced researchers in fibers and textiles, this handbook reviews the current state of fibrous materials and provides a broad overview of their use in research and development. Volume One focuses on the classes of fibers, their production and characterization, while the second volume concentrates on their applications, including emerging ones in the areas of energy, environmental

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PID Control System Design and Automatic Tuning using MATLAB/Simulink


 

Covers PID control systems from the very basics to the advanced topics

This book covers the design, implementation and automatic tuning of PID control systems with operational constraints. It provides students, researchers, and industrial practitioners with everything they need to know about PID control systems—from classical tuning rules and model-based design to constraints, automatic tuning, cascade control, and gain scheduled control. 



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Kinematics of General Spatial Mechanical Systems


 

Guide to kinematic theory for the analysis of spatial mechanisms and manipulators

Kinematics of General Spatial Mechanical Systems is an effective and proficient guide to the kinematic description and analysis of the spatial mechanical systems such as serial manipulators, parallel manipulators and spatial mechanisms. The author highlights the analytical and semi-analytical methods for solving the relevant equations and considers four main elements:



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Molecular Kinetics in Condensed Phases: Theory, Simulation, and Analysis


 

A guide to the theoretical and computational toolkits for the modern study of molecular kinetics in condensed phases

Molecular Kinetics in Condensed Phases: Theory, Simulation and Analysis puts the focus on the theory, algorithms, simulations methods and analysis of molecular kinetics in condensed phases. The authors – noted experts on the topic – offer a detailed and thorough description of modern theories and simulation methods to model molecular



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Economic and Political Weekly

      




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NBA Star Kevin Love Shares Mental Health Struggles in NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

In the current issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine, NBA star Kevin Love talks about his experiences with anxiety and the importance of removing the stigma surrounding men and mental health. The Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player shares what it was like to experience a panic attack right in the middle of a game. He also offers advice to…




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scPopCorn Gets to the Kernel of Single-Cell Experiments: NLM–Made Algorithm Helps NIH Researchers

Researchers at the National Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information have created a new algorithm called scPopCorn (single-cell subpopulations comparison) to capture the differences among populations of cells from single-cell experiments. The algorithm, developed by my team is available at GitHub and is described in an article in Cell Systems (Y. Wang, J. Honka, and T.M. Przytycka, Cell…



  • Research & Development

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Actress Jordin Sparks Talks About Sickle Cell Disease in NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

The current issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine brings you recording artist and Broadway actress Jordin Sparks sharing her family’s experience with sickle cell disease. Sparks opens up about honoring her late stepsister, giving more patients a voice, and reducing stigma. She says, “We need to end the stigma that can come with sickle cell disease.…




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NLM’s Groundbreaking Work to Prevent Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is highly preventable—but only if you live in a place where there’s access to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and routine gynecological screening. Recent advances in vaccines protecting against HPV infection, which is the primary cause of the cancer, and improved cervical screening tests promise a future with a significantly reduced prevalence of…




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New Investigators on the NLM Block!

How NLM’s newest investigators are advancing discovery through exhilarating research NLM is enhancing its Intramural Research Program to better serve scientists, health professionals, and the public.We would like to introduce you to two exciting, new additions to the NLM team: Xiaofang Jiang, PhD, and Lauren Porter, PhD, recently joined NLM as tenure-track investigators. Both play…




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Correction: Spatial distribution of heavy metals in the West Dongting Lake floodplain, China

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM90015J, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Dong Peng, Ziyu Liu, Xinyue Su, Yaqian Xiao, Yuechen Wang, Beth A. Middleton, Ting Lei
To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.
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Tube-type passive sampling of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes (cVMSs) and benzene series simultaneously in indoor air: uptake rate determination and field application

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,973-980
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00445A, Paper
Qingbo Li, Xiaofeng Wang, Xianyu Wang, Yongchao Lan, Jiaochan Hu
A tube-type passive air sampling method (PAS), using Tenax-TA as the sorbent, was reported to measure the concentrations of cVMSs (D4, D5, and D6) and benzene series compounds simultaneously in indoor air.
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Determinants of serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in school children and the contribution of low-level PFAA-contaminated drinking water

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,930-944
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00497A, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Anders Glynn, Natalia Kotova, Elin Dahlgren, Christian Lindh, Kristina Jakobsson, Irina Gyllenhammar, Sanna Lignell, Cecilia Nälsén
In order to improve human health risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), demography/life-style/physiological factors and drinking water PFAA concentrations were investigated as possible determinants of child serum PFAA concentrations.
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Acetotrophic methanogens are sensitive to long-term nickel contamination in paddy soil

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1014-1025
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00029A, Paper
Chen Xueping, Yu Juan, Chen Zheng, Zhang Hongmei, Cheng Wangda, Bai Fayan, Zheng Yu, Khan Imran Ahamed, He Chiquan, Liu Xiaoyan
Paddy soil accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's cultivated area and faces a serious threat from nickel (Ni).
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Temporal trends of suspect- and target-per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), extractable organic fluorine (EOF) and total fluorine (TF) in pooled serum from first-time mothers in Uppsala, Sweden, 1996–2017

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1071-1083
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00502A, Paper
Open Access
Luc T. Miaz, Merle M. Plassmann, Irina Gyllenhammar, Anders Bignert, Oskar Sandblom, Sanna Lignell, Anders Glynn, Jonathan P. Benskin
Temporal trends (1996–2017) of suspect- and target-per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), extractable organic fluorine (EOF) and total fluorine (TF) were determined in first-time mothers from Uppsala, Sweden.
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Cooking and electronic cigarettes leading to large differences between indoor and outdoor particle composition and concentration measured by aerosol mass spectrometry

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00061B, Paper
Open Access
Yuliya Omelekhina, Axel Eriksson, Francesco Canonaco, Andre Prevot, Patrik Nilsson, Christina Isaxon, Joakim Pagels, Aneta Wierzbicka
We spend about two thirds of our time in private homes where airborne particles of indoor and outdoor origins are present. The negative health effects of exposure to outdoor particles...
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Cost revised for Kaleshwaram work component

Engineer-in-Chief requested for revision of costs




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Jagga Reddy seeks apology from Srinivas Yadav

CM running a one-man show




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Well organised process at AP-TS checkpost on NH

Ramapuram cross roads sees “class people”




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Paddy purchased from 5.8 lakh farmers in one month

Amount to be credited after quantity is confirmed by millers




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HC seeks clarity on govt’s ‘COVID strategy’

Why testing conducted only on people with primary symptoms, asks High Court




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[ASAP] Silver–Bismuth Bilayer Anode for Perovskite Nanocrystal Light-Emitting Devices

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00907




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[ASAP] Gap-Mode Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Au Nanoplates of Varied Thickness

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01021




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[ASAP] Inter- and Intragrain Inhomogeneity in 2D Perovskite Thin Films Revealed by Relative Grain Orientation Imaging Using Low-Frequency Polarized Raman Microspectroscopy

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00992




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[ASAP] Effect of Hydrogen Bonding between Ions of Like Charge on the Boundary Layer Friction of Hydroxy-Functionalized Ionic Liquids

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00689