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Hong Kong eases lockdown as no local Covid-19 transmission seen in 19 days

While gyms, beauty salons, bars, restaurants and other such public places have been reopened, saunas, karaoke lounges, party rooms and nightclubs would remain closed for at least another two weeks




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Tesla ordered to keep US vehicle factory in Fremont closed amid lockdown

Elon Musk has said those employees who do not feel comfortable coming back to work are not obligated to do so




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Covid-19: Bill in US Congress to give Green Cards to 40,000 nurses, doctors

The move is likely to benefit a large number of Indian nurses and doctors in the US, who are either on H-1B or J2 visas




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Positively Geared: How to Build a Multi-million Dollar Property Portfolio from a $40K Deposit


 
Fast-track your financial dreams with this Aussie property investment guide for the 2020s

Positively Geared offers a powerful approach for clever property investment, empowering readers to make money when they buy properties, not just when you sell them. This sustainable approach to wealth building will equip you with the knowledge, skills and insider strategies to not only build a diverse property portfolio, but also maintain a portfolio that achieves


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Super Filmi Week: Kudos to Kangana

Kangana Ranaut's guts, Amitabh Bachchan's venomous threat and dark TV serials occupied Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week.




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Golden Globes: When stars let down their guard

'To me,' says Aseem Chhabra, 'the Golden Globes hold the most meaning as one gets to see stars celebrating, getting emotional, letting their guard down and showing us their regular human side.'




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Does Bhansali glorify jauhar?

'I am angry because this ever happened.' 'I am sad because it's painful to think what they must be going through.''I am glad we've fought hard to break through such cruel tradition.''But it burns my blood to think we're still holding on to regressive culture that is stemmed from preserving this so-called honour,' says Sukanya Verma.







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Why Kylie Jenner didn't respond to Diljit Dosanjh

'It started as a kind of joke. Now I think it has gone far enough.'






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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga: Dostana all over again

'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga is a step backward for the portrayal of female camaraderie in our movies,' argues Sreehari Nair.




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Tashkent Files: Irony does surya namaskars

'This film is a product of a dangerous trend to take just a sprinkling of truth, mix it with free-flowing speculation and present it as historical facts,' says Manavi Kapur.






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Sit Down Servant, Sit Down

Much can be said about this song’s sacred and secular connotations. At first glance, one might assume that the song speaks to its religious roots; however, given the environment in which the song was created, the song can be taken literally. Taken from The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s enhanced CD, From Ear to Ear, and adapted from field recordings by John and Alan Lomax, this song was known to have been sung by the 1871 Fisk University Jubilee Singers.




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The World Turned Upside Down

The Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg carry forward the tradition of military music heard on the battlefields of Yorktown.




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In Freedom We're Born: Songs from the American Revolution

New lyrics set to familiar (or some not so familiar) English melodies, recorded using 18th-century instrumentation to recreate the ambience of a small tavern or public meeting place.




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Low-dose ethanol intake prevents high-fat diet-induced adverse cardiovascular events in mice

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3549-3562
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02645B, Paper
Junhui Nie, Linel Darrel Ngokana, Jiayuan Kou, Yuchen Zhao, Jiajie Tu, Heng Ji, Peizhu Tan, Tingting Zhao, Yuwei Cao, Zhaojing Wu, Qi Wang, Shuangfeng Ren, Xiuchen Xuan, Hui Huang, Yanze Li, Huan Liang, Xu Gao, Lingyun Zhou
This study aimed to clarify whether low-dose ethanol intake could prevent high-fat diet-induced adverse effects on cardiomyocytes in mice.
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The effect of culinary doses of spices in a high-saturated fat, high-carbohydrate meal on postprandial lipemia and endothelial function: a randomized, controlled, crossover pilot trial

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3191-3200
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02438G, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Kristina S. Petersen, Connie J. Rogers, Sheila G. West, David N. Proctor, Penny M. Kris-Etherton
Lower doses of spices (2 and 6 g) than previously tested may attenuate postprandial lipemia and impairments in endothelial function caused by a high-saturated fat, high-carbohydrate meal.
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Whole-wheat flour particle size influences dough properties, bread structure and in vitro starch digestibility

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3610-3620
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02587A, Paper
Suyun Lin, Jing Gao, Xiaoxuan Jin, Yong Wang, Zhizhong Dong, Jian Ying, Weibiao Zhou
Whole-wheat flour (WWF) particle size is critical to dough properties, bread quality, and in vitro starch digestibility of bread.
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Black mulberry ethanol extract attenuates atherosclerosis-related inflammatory factors and downregulates PPARγ and CD36 genes in experimental atherosclerotic rats

Food Funct., 2020, 11,2997-3005
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02736J, Paper
Yun-Guo Liu, Jia-Li Yan, Yan-Qing Ji, Wen-Jing Nie, Yan Jiang
Atherosclerosis (AS) is the pathological basis of various vascular diseases and currently is seriously affecting human health.
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Gut microbiota mediate the protective effects on endometritis induced by Staphylococcus aureus in mice

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3695-3705
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02963J, Paper
Xiaoyu Hu, Ruiying Mu, Mingyue Xu, Xin Yuan, Peng Jiang, Jian Guo, Yongguo Cao, Naisheng Zhang, Yunhe Fu
Endometritis, the inflammation of the endometrial lining caused by bacterial pathogens, is associated with reproductive failure.
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Ergosterol peroxide from Pleurotus ferulae inhibits gastrointestinal tumor cell growth through induction of apoptosis via reactive oxygen species and endoplasmic reticulum stress

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02454A, Paper
Yi Yang, Xiaoyu Luo, Mayila Yasheng, Jun Zhao, Jinyu Li, Jinyao Li
Ergosterol peroxide was purified from Pleurotus ferulae by silica gel chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 chromatography and recrystallization and named as PFEP, which was identified by ESI-MS and NMR.
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Correction: Efficacy of proprietary Lactobacillus casei for anti-tuberculosis associated gastrointestinal adverse reactions in adult patients: a randomized, open-label, dose–response trial

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3751-3751
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO90017F, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Song Lin, Shanliang Zhao, Jiahong Liu, Jianwen Zhang, Chao Zhang, Haibo Hao, Yuxia Sun, Jing Cai, Yang Yang, Yan Ma, Yuanyuan Li, Jinyu Wang, Aiguo Ma
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The effect of quercetin on endothelial cells is modified by heterocellular interactions

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00141D, Paper
Open Access
Sarka Tumova, Michael J. Houghton, Gary Williamson
Single cell-type models are useful for determining mechanisms, but in vivo, cell–cell interactions are important, and neighbouring cells can impact endothelial cell function.
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Kinetic profile and urinary excretion of phenyl-γ-valerolactones upon consumption of cranberry: a dose-response relationship

Food Funct., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00806K, Paper
Claudia Favari, Pedro Mena, Claudio Curti, Geoffrey Istas, Christian Heiss , Daniele Del Rio, Ana Rodriguez-Mateos
Cranberries are a rich source of poly(phenols), mainly monomeric and oligomeric flavan-3-ols. However, information on the appearance of their main circulating microbial metabolites, namely phenyl-γ-valerolactones and phenylvaleric acid, is lacking...
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Protective effects of Bifidobacterium adolescentis on collagen-induced arthritis in rats depend on timing of administration

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00077A, Paper
Zhexin Fan, Bo Yang, R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton, Guoxun Shi, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Wei Chen
Early probiotics adminitration is a key timing to alleviate inflammation in rats with arthritis.
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Adjunctive vitamin A and D during pulmonary tuberculosis treatment: a randomized controlled trial with a 2×2 factorial design

Food Funct., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02751C, Paper
Jinyu Wang, Ke Xiong, Qiuzhen Wang, Shanliang Zhao, Yufeng Liu, Aiguo Ma
Background and objective: Vitamin A and D have immunoregulatory effects and may improve the response to pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. The interaction of vitamin A and D on pulmonary tuberculosis treatment...
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With 30 days more to pay premium, make sure you don't let your policy lapse

Usually, general insurers give 30 days for health and 90 days for auto insurance policyholders to pay renewal premiums, even after the due date has passed




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Covid-19: Quality PMS portfolios will help weather this downturn better

Investors who are over-allocated to the mid- and small-cap category need to switch to large- and multi-cap-oriented schemes




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Investment strategy: Benefit from the collective wisdom of markets

By going with ETFs, you eliminate decision-making, and emotional biases that come into play when picking active funds




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Be flexible with your financial plan, don't make big commitment

Clearly, these are unusual times. So, things need to be done differently




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Lockdown 2.0: Govt extends renewal of health, motor policies till May 15

If the renewal of motor third party and health policy falls due between March 25 and May 3, the lockdown period, then policyholders can make the renewal payment on or before May 15




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Using telemedicine to get critical medical advice in times of the lockdown

All you need is a smart phone to start consulting health specialists over video call, phone call, whatsapp, and other applications. And it does not burn a hole in your pocket




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Dealing with Covid-19: Keep your vehicle in good shape during lockdown

Fill fresh engine oil and coolant before you store it away




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You can claim 100% tax deduction on donation towards PM CARES Fund

The government has provided tax relief and extensions in deadlines for statutory compliances




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Trailer: Does Batla House tell the encounter honestly?

The answers will come -- hopefully! -- when the film releases on August 15, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.






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We want a PM who protects our freedom: Bezwada Wilson

Interview with 2016 Magsaysay award winner and National Convenor, Safai Karamchari Andolan




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TikTok to face scrutiny from Dutch watchdog over use of children's data

TikTok to face scrutiny from Dutch watchdog over use of children's data




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Don't hike fees, give parents more payment options: Maharashtra Education department

Don't hike fees, give parents more payment options: Maharashtra Education department




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Covid-19 lockdown: Delayed academic plans and uncertainty - anxiety grips CBSE class 12 students

Covid-19 lockdown: Delayed academic plans and uncertainty - anxiety grips CBSE class 12 students