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Famished: eating disorders and failed care in America / Rebecca J. Lester

Dewey Library - RC552.E18 L473 2019




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Medical imaging and radiotherapy research: skills and strategies / Aarthi Ramlaul, editor

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Diabetes complications, comorbidities and related disorders edited by Enzo Bonora, Ralph A. DeFronzo

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Rapid recovery in total joint arthroplasty: contemporary strategies / Giles R. Scuderi, Alfred J. Tria, Fred D. Cushner, editors

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Resilient cyborgs: living and dying with pacemakers and defibrillators / Nelly Oudshoom

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Nanobiosensors: From Design to Applications


 

Containing cutting edge research on the hot topic of nanobiosensor, this book will become highly read

Biosensor research has recently re-emerged as most vibrant area in recent years particularly after the advent of novel nanomaterials of multidimensional features and compositions. Nanomaterials of different types and striking properties have played a positive role in giving the boost and accelerated pace to biosensors development technology.



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Biogeochemical Cycles: Ecological Drivers and Environmental Impact


 

Biogeochemical Cycles: Ecological Drivers and Environmental Impact is a collection of the latest information on the techniques and methods currently used in this field, focusing on biological and/or ecological effects of biogeochemical elemental cycles including carbon, nitrogen, major and trace elements, chemical weathering on multiple scales of nanometers to watersheds, and advances in technology of studying these processes.

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Organic Syntheses, Volume 96


 
The current volume continues the tradition of the Organic Syntheses series, providing carefully checked and edited experimental procedures that describe important synthetic methods, transformations, reagents, and synthetic building blocks or intermediates with demonstrated utility in organic synthesis. These significant and interesting procedures should prove worthwhile to many synthetic chemists working in increasingly diverse areas. A trusted guide

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Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Plants: Ethnopharmacological Properties, Biological Activity and Production Strategies, 4 Volume Set


 
Covers the structurally diverse secondary metabolites of medicinal plants, including their ethnopharmacological properties, biological activity, and production strategies

Secondary metabolites of plants are a treasure trove of novel compounds with potential pharmaceutical applications. Consequently, the nature of these metabolites as well as strategies for the targeted expression and/or purification is of high interest. Regarding their biological and

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Potassium-ion Batteries: Materials and Applications


 

Battery technology is constantly changing, and the concepts and applications of these changes are rapidly becoming increasingly more important as more and more industries and individuals continue to make “greener” choices in their energy sources.  As global dependence on fossil fuels slowly wanes, there is a heavier and heavier importance placed on cleaner power sources and methods for storing and transporting that power.  Battery technology is a



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Essentials of Fluidization Technology


 
A concise and clear treatment of the fundamentals of fluidization, with a view to its applications in the process and energy industries.

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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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Thermodynamic Processes 1: Systems without Physical State Change


 

Thermodynamic Processes 1 offers a comprehensive take on process engineering, whereby technology transforms materials and energy production into various products. The scientific methods required for designing such processes are the result of knowledge from a number of different disciplines. As a result, thermodynamics is the basic discipline in process engineering training.

The application of laws and concepts of thermodynamics is essential before



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Zinc Batteries: Basics, Developments, and Applications


 

Battery technology is constantly changing, and the concepts and applications of these changes are rapidly becoming increasingly more important as more and more industries and individuals continue to make “greener” choices in their energy sources.  As global dependence on fossil fuels slowly wanes, there is a heavier and heavier importance placed on cleaner power sources and methods for storing and transporting that power.  Battery technology is a



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WNS Fungus Reaches Minnesota

The fungus that causes White-nose Syndrome is confirmed in the northeastern and southeastern corners of the state.



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USFWS Issues Extension

The USFWS has issued a 6 month extension on their decision to list the Northern long-eared bat as endangered.



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An MS method for proteomic analysis of small samples

Researchers develop an MS shotgun proteomic method to tackle small numbers of cancer cells in blood.




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Richard Zare wins Priestly Medal

A love of chemistry has taken Zare in many directions throughout his long career.




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Carbon nanotubes stretch the boundaries of biomarker detection

A nanostructured immunosensor measures IL-6 concentrations as low as 0.5 pg/mL.




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MS maps actinides in exposed workers

A new bio-imaging technique can simultaneously identify, visualize, and quantify long-lived actinides within tissue samples.




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Visualizing Materials Chemistry at Atomic Resolution

Analytical electron microscopy-empowered by advances in electron optics and detectors-is poised to radically transform our understanding of the complex phenomena arising from atomic and electronic structure in materials chemistry.




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Food Detectives

Analytical chemists devise methods to confirm foods are what they claim to be.




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Tracking refractive and molecular changes during bacterial spore germination

Raman spectroscopy, phase contrast microscopy, and optical trapping are combined to gain information with high temporal resolution.




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Ozone monitoring for the masses

Monitoring personal exposure to the pollutant ozone becomes possible for the first time with the development of a miniaturized ozone monitor.




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A Year of Restaurants

It’s been an interesting year, to say the least. Started a new job. Left that job. Ended a relationship. Have a newfound affinity for Islay Scotch. (Those last two things aren’t related, surprisingly.) Throughout this tumultuous year, there has been adventures to many amazing restaurants around the world.

The main goal was to continue on the quest to eat at 50 of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants before I turn 50. Last year, I managed to make it to 10 restaurants. This year, I went to 17 restaurants on the list. That means I’m over the halfway point of this crazy challenge in just under two years.

This year kicked off with a trip to London in January where I came down with a severe bout of something viral and was bedridden for a bit. Not quite fully recovered, I stupidly went to the four restaurants I had reservations at: The Clove Club, Lyle’s, The Ledbury, and Dinner by Heston Blumenthal.

In April, a trip to Peru was to include three restaurants on the list. We went to Maido and Astrid & Gaston. Sadly, we couldn’t get reservations to Central due to some confusion with the online booking site. Instead, we went to its sister restaurant, Kjolle, which ended up being amazing. Like, how is this restaurant not on the list itself?!

A potato tart from Kjolle

In May, we made a road trip out of it, driving to Zwolle, in the Netherlands to go to De Librije. After an amazing meal and stay at the attached hotel, we drove to Ghent, Belgium for a brief stay to go to Hof Van Cleve.

Midway through the year, the 2019 list came out, adding Atelier Crenn and Benu from San Francisco to the list. Benu was visited the year prior, so I took the easy win.

Side Challenge

I had a secondary goal of going to every Michelin 3-starred restaurant in the Bay Area. This included Saison, Benu, Quince, and Coi in San Francisco—all of which I had been to in 2018. There is Manresa down in Los Gatos (which I also went to in 2018), The Restaurant at Meadowood (also visited in 2018) up in Napa Valley, and the French Laundry that is also up in Napa Valley. In 2019, Michelin added SingleThread and Atelier Crenn to the ranks of 3-star restaurants.

That means, I had three restaurants to go to to complete the side quest. It also meant adding one more to the 50 list. In July, I went to Atelier Crenn, SingleThread, and French Laundry in a single weekend.

The setting sun shining some light at the French Laundry

Thomas Keller, of the French Laundry, was a consultant on the movie Ratatouille, which set my expectations high. I really wanted them to serve the dish from the movie, but sadly, it didn’t happen. The meal was still wonderful, though.

Side challenge completed.

Autumn

I wanted to make another big jump for the 50 list. Getting a restaurant here or there just wasn’t going to cut it. There are five restaurants on the list in Paris. I managed to snag reservations at four of the five to be within three days of each other: Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Arpège, Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, and Astrance. (I seemed to have forgotten about Septime, which is unfortunate.)

Lunch at Arpège was divine

Paris is also where I learned of a whisky speakeasy hidden under a sake bar. Absolutely amazing. I already want to go back.

Last year, for Thanksgiving, we took Kitt’s parents to Copenhagen to have dinner at Geranium. This year, we took them to Barcelona. Disfrutar and Tickets were the primary targets, inching us further along the Fifty quest. Barcelona is a hotbed of molecular gastronomy. It was home to elBulli, run by Ferran Adria, well known as the creator of culinary foam. Former chefs from the restaurant started Disfrutar. Ferran’s brother, Albert, has since created a collection of restaurant within a stone’s throw of each other including Enigma and Pakta, which we also managed to get reservations to.

Enigma ended up being the most interesting of the bunch—and maybe the most challenging, too. Dishes included hare brain and squid head. There was also some foie gras, which I personally enjoy. Enigma was fascinating as it moved us through six stations and about 30 courses of food, including a speakeasy at the end.

One last Fifty adventure of the year was a trip to Buenos Aires for Don Julio, a steakhouse, and Tegui, a more “traditional” upscale restaurant with a tasting menu. Of course, I discovered that there’s a Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list that’s done by the same people who do the World’s list. As such, I made reservations for Mishiguene and Chila.

Mishiguene was a neat experience. It’s very casual but they did a tasting menu that was filling and flavourful. The portions were huge and felt like it could’ve fed a table of four. Chila ended up being the highlight of the trip with great service and amazing dishes. I felt like it deserves to be on the World’s 50 Best.

Ending the year past the halfway mark on the 50 by 50 adventure was very satisfying—and very filling.

Side Adventures

The side adventures have been a lot of fun, too.

With frequent trips to Portland, I’ve tried to get to many of the nice restaurants there and have been delightfully impressed. A return visit to Le Pigeon, for example, wasn’t as gut-busting as the first time I went but was still delicious. I’ve also been to DOC, Beast, Coquine, and Nodoguro. Not to mention the love I have for Bamboo Sushi.

Canada has its own Top 100 list with a handful of restaurants right here in Ottawa: Atelier, who’s head chef once worked at Alinea in Chicago; Riviera; Stofa; and Fauna. Atelier is definitely the fanciest of the bunch but I prefer the slightly more casual experience at the other places. Fauna has been consistent both times I’ve gone. Not on the list are places like Whalesbone and Aperitivo, which were also quite good. It’s nice to see Ottawa’s food scene expand.

Next Year

2020 will bring many more food adventures as I attempt to get to another 15 restaurants or so on the way to completing the 50.

Completing the second half of this adventure gets harder as the restaurants are fewer and farther between.

I already have reservations to Noma, which has returned to Copenhagen after being closed for a couple years. I’m hoping to also do a side trip to Maaemo in Oslo and Frantzen in Stockholm around the same time, which will require short flights from city to city.

I’d like to get to Tokyo, which has three restaurants on the list. Maybe add on an extension to Hong Kong to do the two restaurants there.

Probably the most ambitious will be planning out the possibility of two other trips.

One, to northern Italy. There are three restaurants: Le Calandre, Piazza Duomo, and the venerable Osteria Francescana. But there’s also Hisa Franko that’s a two and a half hour drive to the east, in Slovenia; and Mirazur, that’s a three hour drive to the west, in France. A one or two week road trip through the north of Italy sounds incredible.

The other, equally ambitious adventure, would be a trip to northern Spain, split between Bilbao and San Sebastian, to go to Asador Etxebarri, Nerua, Mugaritz, Elkano, Azurmendi, and Arzak.

Were I able to pull off all four of these trips as desired, I’d be at 46 of the 50 restaurants by the end of the year. Crazy.

Those would be amazing trips, for sure. At the same time, part of the fun of trying to tackle this list is heading off to places I haven’t been before—especially in out-of-the-way places. Hof Van Cleve, sitting out in the middle of rolling green hills, took me to a place I never would’ve picked. Trips to Lima and Buenos Aires were also new adventures to cities and countries I hadn’t been before.

As such, the places that excite me are places like Bangkok, Moscow, and Istanbul.

Onwards

Who knows what, exactly, the new year will bring. I just consider myself lucky to be this far along this journey and hope the new year brings many new adventures.




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Men’s Milan Fashion Week postponed to mid-July, goes virtual

The Men’s Milan Fashion Week set for June will be postponed to mid-July and presented in purely digital format with photos and video to avoid the risk




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幸運是我 = Happiness / 英皇影業有限公司出品 ; 無錫光合映畫影視文化有限公司聯合出品 ; 藍海娛樂有限公司攝製 ; 出品人楊受成 ; 監製管東銚, 余偉國 ; 編劇・導演羅耀輝.

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寒戰. II = Coldwar. II / 中國電影股份有限公司 [and 4 others] 出品 ; 出品人喇培康 [and 3 others] ; 編劇/導演梁樂民, 陸劍青 ;編劇吳煒倫 ; 監製江志強, 何韻明, 江平 ; 萬誘引力電影製作(香港)有限公司, Homeland Pictures Limited 製作.

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New Linksys Wireless-G Printserver Works With Multifunction Printers To Add Versatility To Home And Small Office Networks




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Linksys And Sotto Wireless Team To Streamline Telecommunications And Networking For Small



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Linksys Highlights New Products and Programs for Small Business at its Connected Office Day







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Cisco Simplifies and Integrates Security to Beat Cybersecurity's Worst Enemy - Complexity


Cisco Security's open and integrated platform approach is enhanced with new zero trust, cloud, endpoint and breach defense capabilities.
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Cisco 2020 Data Privacy Benchmark Study Confirms Positive Financial Benefits of Strong Corporate Data Privacy Practices


Global study shows benefits from data privacy averaging 2.7 times investment
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Metal oxides in energy technologies / edited by Yuping Wu




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Organic chemistry : principles and mechanisms / Joel M. Karty, Elon University

Karty, Joel, author




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Physical chemistry : principles and applications / Ashok Kumar Srivastava

Srivastava, A. K. (Ashok Kumar), author




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Won’t call in Army, but may seek more forces to help stressed cops: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray

Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday refuted rumours that the army would be called out in Mumbai as Covid-19 cases showed no signs of abating, and said if required, the state may seek additional forces from the Centre to afford rest to the stretched state police force in a phased manner. “If you violate the lockdown, you are extending the crisis,” he said.




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Tirupur sees chance as global brands come calling for masks

At the end of March, Raja Shanmugam was worried. Either export shipments were getting delayed or payments were not coming through from European buyers. But, when he reopened his factory on Wednesday




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Gujarat: Village mutes lockdown woes with loudspeakers

The biggest bane of the lockdown is the total lack of entertainment which is making people restless and tensed. But welcome to Sanjanasar, a village located 18km from the temple town Palitana in Bhavnagar district, which is keeping its population of 2,000 not only happy, but productive too. Here’s how.




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Kolkata heroes feed strays, distribute ration among the needy in times of lockdown

Two women – one who runs a rice and fish curry pice hotel on the pavement opposite to Science College in Ballygunge and the other who owns multiple Chinese cuisine restaurants in the city - have emerged as Kolkata’s standout Covid heroes through their acts of compassion.




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Two months after first Covid-19 case, Karnataka completes one lakh tests

Two months after Karnataka registered its first COVID-19 positive case, the state completed one lakh-test milestone on Friday, Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar said on Saturday.