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India's rising distress, mounting job losses

About Rs 10 lakh crore worth of output is gone for good while job losses are estimated to have crossed 140 million.




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Talent demand for remote jobs will continue to rise post lockdown: TimesJobs survey

The survey titled ‘Covid-19 and its impact on jobs at India Inc’ aims to understand the impact of the lockdown on the country’s employment scenario. It received 1,345 responses from HR professionals working in different sectors.




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86% fear job losses as coronavirus scare mounts: Survey

Worries about job losses are the highest in the country as 86 per cent being worried about losing their jobs and livelihood post-COVID-19 lockdowns. In comparison, this is only 31 per cent in Britain, 33 per cent in Australia and 41 per cent in the US and a high 71 per cent Hongkongers fear job loses, says the survey.




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Most employers keen to retain existing workforce amid COVID-19 crisis, says survey

According to staffing company Genius Consultants '9th Hiring, Attrition and Compensation Trend 2020-21', around 81 per cent of the respondents have shown interest to carry on with existing manpower and retaining them.




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In times of Covid, diamond jobs are not forever

After the lockdown was imposed, imports of rough stones dried up, and nearly 70% of workers left for their hometowns in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and interiors of Gujarat.




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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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Biochar-augmented biofilters to improve pollutant removal from stormwater – can they improve receiving water quality?

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00027B, Critical Review
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Alexandria B. Boehm, Colin D. Bell, Nicole J. M. Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gallo, Christopher P. Higgins, Terri S. Hogue, Richard G. Luthy, Andrea C. Portmann, Bridget A. Ulrich, Jordyn M. Wolfand
Stormwater biofilters are being implemented widely in urban environments to provide green space, alleviate flooding, and improve stormwater quality.
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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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Stepwise ammonium enrichment using selective battery electrodes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00010H, Paper
Moon Son, Eric Kolvek, Taeyoung Kim, Wulin Yang, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Christopher A. Gorski, Bruce E. Logan
Electrochemical cells containing battery electrodes (battery deionization) can be effective in recovering and concentrating ammonium in wastewater with a low energy demand.
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Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Applications for the Intrinsic Chemiluminescence Production from the Degradation of Haloaromatic Pollutants during Environmentally-Friendly Advanced Oxidation Processes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00325E, Perspective
Li Mao, Hui-Ying Gao, Bo Shao, Chun-Hua Huang, Ben-Zhan Zhu
The ubiquitous distribution of halogenated aromatic compounds (XAr) coupled with their carcinogenicity has raised public concerns on their potential risks to both human health and our ecosystem. Recently, advanced oxidation...
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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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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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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 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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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
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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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Synthesis of a flower-like MoS2/carbon nanocomposite with enhanced adsorption performance toward Eu(III): the cooperative effects between S atoms and carboxyl groups

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1482-1494
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00155D, Paper
Chaofeng Zhao, Pengcheng Gu, Xuewei Liu, Tao Wen, Yuejie Ai
Combining experimental studies and theoretical calculations to investigate the performance and mechanism of a MoS2/carbon composite for the effective elimination of Eu(III) from wastewater.
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Stable immobilized amine sorbents for heavy metal and REE removal from industrial wastewaters

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1286-1299
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00915A, Paper
Walter Christopher Wilfong, Brian W. Kail, Qiuming Wang, Fan Shi, Greg Shipley, Thomas J. Tarka, McMahan L. Gray
Stable and immobilized amine sorbents can simultaneously remove/recover cationic and oxyanionic toxic metals plus valuable rare earth elements from industrial and mining effluents prior to discharging into environmental water systems.
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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
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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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Correction: Understanding fecal sludge drying in membrane-lined container-based toilets for developing countries with CFD modeling

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1505-1506
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW90023K, Correction
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Babak Ebrazi Bakhshayesh, Shray Saxena, Paul T. Imhoff
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Emerging investigator series: phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater by adsorption on steelmaking slag preceding forward osmosis: an integrated process

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00187B, Paper
Biplob Kumar Pramanik, Md. Aminul Islam, Muhammad Bilal Asif, Rajeev Roychand, Sagor Kumar Pramanik, Kalpit Shah, Muhammed Bhuiyan, Faisal Hai
Phosphorus is a critical non-renewable mineral essential for sustainable crop production.
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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: TOMORROW - Ivan Krastev on Europe's Illiberal Turn

It's not too late to sign up for our author salon with Ivan Krastev on The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy.

Get your free tickets here.

It’s happening TOMORROW, February 19, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building.

Join former Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations Ivan Krastev as he is interviewed on his new book about Europe’s, and the world’s, turn towards illiberalism.

A reception will follow the discussion.

Get your free tickets here.

The event is free, but registration is recommended. Entry is not guaranteed.

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




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Happening TOMORROW: Fergus Bordewich on Congress at War

Tomorrow, join the John W. Kluge Center for an Author Salon with Fergus M. Bordewich on Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America.

Get your free tickets here.

On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Fergus M. Bordewich will be interviewed by Becky Brasington Clark, director of the Library of Congress Publishing Office about the role of Congress during the Civil War.

A reception will follow the discussion.

Get your free tickets here.

The event is free, but tickets are recommended. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.

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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Aurangabad train mishap: Mortal remains of 16 migrant labourers sent to MP

The mortal remains of the 16 migrant labourers, who were killed after a goods train ran over them in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad on Friday, had been sent to their native state Madhya Pradesh on a special train.




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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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Two held in Shamli for 'objectionable' WhatsApp post against PM Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi

A case was registered against the two men under Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act and Indian Penal Code Sections 500




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Riyaz Naikoo encounter: Private mobile phones restored in Kashmir, internet remains suspended

The situation in the valley, which has been witnessing lockdown since the third week of March due to COVID-19 pandemic, was generally calm barring a few local protests in some villages of Pulwama in south Kashmir.




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Particles, fields, quanta: from quantum mechanics to the standard model of particle physics / Gerhard Ecker

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The reality of time flow: local becoming in modern physics / Richard T.W. Arthur

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Quantum Brownian Motion Revisited: Extensions and Applications.

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Thermodynamics in the quantum regime: fundamental aspects and new directions / Felix Binder, Luis A. Correa, Christian Gogolin, Janet Anders, Gerardo Adesso, editors

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Many-body methods for atoms and molecules / Rajat Kumar Chaudhuri, Sudip Kumar Chattopadhyay

Hayden Library - QC176.8.E4 C43 2017




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Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Condensed Matter Physics: RACMP-2018: conference date, 12-13 October 2018: location, Kurukshetra, India / editors, R. K. Moudgil, Annu Sharma and Manish K. Kashyap

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Surface plasmon resonance sensors: a materials guide to design, characterization, optimization, and usage / Leiva Casemiro Oliveira, Antonio Marcus Nogueira Lima, Carsten Thirstrup, Helmut Franz Neff

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Photoassociation of ultracold CsYb molecules and determination of interspecies scattering lengths / Alexander Guttridge

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Excursions in ill-condensed quantum matter: from amorphous topological insulators to fractional spins / Adhip Agarwala

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The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics / by Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard

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Beyond the dynamical universe: unifying block universe physics and time as experienced / Michael Silberstein, W.M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt (Elizabethtown College)

Hayden Library - QC174.13.S55 2018




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Ether and modernity: the recalcitrance of an epistemic object in the early twentieth century / edited by Jaume Navarro (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Hayden Library - QC177.E74 2018




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Michelson-Morley experiments: an enigma for physics and the history of science / Maurizio Consoli, Alessandro Pluchino

Hayden Library - QC173.52.C66 2019




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The molecule as meme / Jeffrey Huw Williams

Hayden Library - QC173.W556 2018




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Einstein's unfinished revolution: the search for what lies beyond the quantum / Lee Smolin ; illustrations by Kaca Bradonjić

Hayden Library - QC174.13.S6545 2019




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Symmetry breaking in the standard model: a non-perturbative outlook / Franco Strocchi

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Diffraction optics of complex-structured periodic media: localized optical modes of spiral media / V.A. Belyakov

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Physical chemistry of cold gas-phase functional molecules and clusters / Takayuki Ebata, Masaaki Fujii, editors

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Mott insulators: physics and applications / Sindhunil Barman Roy

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