nc Big 4 audit firms look to increase women in leadership roles By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-03-07T14:20:48+05:30 The Big Four employ about 200,000 in India. On average, around 40% are women. Clients of the Big Four are pressing for better diversity at workplaces to make them future-ready, a senior partner with a Big Four firm said. However, women in leadership roles cannot be increased overnight, countered another senior executive. Full Article
nc PwC deferring promotions, increments and bonuses of India employees, partners to take 25% pay cut By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-03-27T16:34:40+05:30 PwC India is deferring promotions, increments and bonuses for all its employees in India due to Covid impact. Full Article
nc Deloitte India announces promotions, promotes 30 directors to partners By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-01T01:02:39+05:30 With the new announcements, Deloitte’s partner tally crosses 480. The promotions were across the five verticals — audit, tax, consulting, financial services and risk— but audit division saw the maximum number of partner induction (over 10). Full Article
nc India plans a more employer-friendly apprenticeship to cater to MNCs By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-03T23:44:51+05:30 The skill development and entrepreneurship ministry has received multiple queries from firms abroad on apprenticeship norms in India as they scout for new destinations under their ‘one plus one strategy’ of having at least one manufacturing facility outside China. Full Article
nc Eight in 10 Indian companies not currently considering permanent staff layoffs or redundancies: Korn Ferry survey By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T13:33:24+05:30 Given the government’s extensive requests on avoiding laying off employees, the majority of companies have not implemented or are not currently considering permanent staff layoff/redundancies (84%) or temporary layoff/furlough (83% without government subsidy support and 91% leveraging government subsidy). Full Article
nc Five in 10 organisations across industries keeping their salary increment budgets unchanged: Survey By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T15:08:54+05:30 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. Full Article
nc One in three Indian professionals now have decreased income: LinkedIn survey By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T15:44:36+05:30 IT, media, and manufacturing employees think their firms will do worse in the next 6 months. However, they’re confident about long-term growth - 77% of manufacturing professionals, 67% of media professionals, and 65% of IT professionals thought their companies would pick up in the next 2 years. Full Article
nc Outstanding Reviewers for Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology in 2019 By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0EW90016H, EditorialWe would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Enhanced removal of organic pollutants from super heavy oil wastewater using specially modified lignite activated coke By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0EW00033G, PaperKun Tong, Guodong Ji, Fan Nie, Mingdong Zhang, Wen Ren, Shuixiang XieLignite 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.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Simultaneous ozonation of 90 organic micropollutants including illicit drugs and their metabolites in different water matrices By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0EW00260G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Garyfalia A. Zoumpouli, Fernanda Siqueira Souza, Bruce Petrie, Liliana Féris, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Jannis WenkThe ozonation of 90 chemically diverse organic micropollutants (OMPs) including four classes of illicit drugs and their metabolites was studied in pure buffered water, tap water and wastewater effluent at...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Tracking copper, chlorine, and occupancy in a new, multi-story, institutional green building By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0EW00105H, PaperRain Richard, Kerry A. Hamilton, Paul Westerhoff, Treavor H. BoyerWater quality deterioration in buildings poses risks to human health and infrastructure.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Adsorption performance and mechanism of antibiotics from aqueous solution on porous boron-nitride-carbon nanosheets By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0EW00117A, PaperGang Wang, Yunqi Zhang, Shiyong Wang, Yuwei Wang, Haoran Song, Sihao Lv, Changping LiAntibiotics are a class of emerging contaminants with a potential threat to human and animal health. Chloramphenicol (CAP) and Roxithromycin (ROX) which are extensively used have been attracted attention recently....The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Enhanced degradation of atrazine by microbubble ozonation By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0EW00227E, PaperYunsi Liu, Shuo Wang, Lifang Shi, Wanmeng Lu, Pan LiEnhanced degradation of atrazine by microbubble ozonation probably derives from two sources: decomposition of ozone and collapse of microbubbles.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Applications for the Intrinsic Chemiluminescence Production from the Degradation of Haloaromatic Pollutants during Environmentally-Friendly Advanced Oxidation Processes By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0EW00325E, PerspectiveLi Mao, Hui-Ying Gao, Bo Shao, Chun-Hua Huang, Ben-Zhan ZhuThe 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...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Factors associated with elevated levels of antibiotic resistance genes in sewer sediments and wastewater By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0EW00230E, PaperAlessia Eramo, William R. Morales Medina, N. L. FahrenfeldThe sewer environment is a potential hotspot for the proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and other hazardous microbial agents.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Mechanisms and performance of calcium peroxide-enhanced Fe(II) coagulation for treatment of Microcystis aeruginosa-laden water By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1272-1285DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00005A, PaperHuaijia Xin, Shu Yang, Yulin Tang, Mengyi Wu, Yang Deng, Bin Xu, Naiyun GaoPre-oxidation has been extensively studied as a pre-treatment for enhancement of algae-laden water coagulation.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Balancing water quality and flows in combined sewer systems using real-time control By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1357-1369DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00882A, PaperSara C. Troutman, Nancy G. Love, Branko KerkezAn open-source control algorithm for combined sewers demonstrates how treatment plant benefits can be balanced with operation of the collection system.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during hydrothermal liquefaction of municipal wastewater treatment sludge By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1388-1399DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01139K, PaperJie Yu, Anastasia Nickerson, Yalin Li, Yida Fang, Timothy J. StrathmannPFAS sorbed to sludge degrade to varying degrees when sludge is subjected to hydrothermal liquefaction for production of liquid fuel.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc A new concept in constructed wetlands: assessment of aerobic electroconductive biofilters By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1312-1323DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00696F, PaperArantxa Aguirre-Sierra, Tristano Bacchetti-De Gregoris, Juan José Salas, Andrés de Deus, Abraham Esteve-NúñezThe METland® concept constitutes a hybrid concept for treating wastewater where microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) are integrated with constructed wetlands (CW) to enhance pollutant removal.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Landfill leachate contributes per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals to municipal wastewater By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1300-1311DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00045K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.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. BradleyWidespread 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.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Influence of activated carbon on performance and microbial communities in the treatment of solvent pollutant mixtures in a continuous stirred tank reactor By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1445-1455DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00096E, PaperPablo Ferrero, Marta Izquierdo, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Hornos, Josep Manuel Penya-Roja, Vicente Martínez-SoriaGranular 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.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Chlorine/UV treatment of anatoxin-a by activation of the secondary amine functional group By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1412-1420DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01112A, PaperMoshan Chen, Ernest R. BlatchleyA UV treatment process with prechlorination promotes the direct UV photodegradation of anatoxin-a by forming an N–Cl bond on the amine group.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Pilot-scale ozone/biological activated carbon treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate: potential for synergism between nitrate and contaminant removal and potable reuse By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1421-1431DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00013B, PaperZhong Zhang, Jacob F. King, Aleksandra Szczuka, Yi-Hsueh Chuang, William A. MitchReverse osmosis treatment for potable reuse can reduce the cost for removing nitrate and contaminants from wastewater prior to discharge.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Synthesis of a flower-like MoS2/carbon nanocomposite with enhanced adsorption performance toward Eu(III): the cooperative effects between S atoms and carboxyl groups By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1482-1494DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00155D, PaperChaofeng Zhao, Pengcheng Gu, Xuewei Liu, Tao Wen, Yuejie AiCombining 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.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Insight into ferrihydrite effects on methanogenesis in UASB reactors treating high sulfate wastewater: reactor performance and microbial community By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0EW00154F, PaperZhen Jin, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yaobin ZhangFerrihydrite supplemented to establish DIET between iron-reducing bacteria and methanogens with Fe oxides in anaerobic digestion.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc Emerging investigator series: activated sludge upon antibiotic shock loading: mechanistic description of functional stability and microbial community dynamics By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1262-1271DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00069H, PaperSeungdae Oh, Donggeon ChoiElucidating 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).The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc 2019 Best Papers published in the Environmental Science journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1210-1212DOI: 10.1039/D0EW90017F, EditorialKristopher McNeill, Paige J. Novak, Peter J. VikeslandThe Editors-in-Chief of the Environmental Science journals introduce the Best Papers of 2019.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
nc News from the John W. Kluge Center: Don’t miss out: 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:23:27 -0600 Get your free tickets here. This week, on 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. Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller will take part in a discussion moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell on the history of the wall itself, why it fell, and how German reunification impacts today’s politics and the future of democracy. 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 Full Article
nc News from the John W. Kluge Center: You Are Invited to a Author Salon with Susan Schneider on Artificial Intelligence By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:12:41 -0600 Join Us for a Kluge Center Author Salon with Susan Schneider on Artificial Intelligence Get your free tickets here. On Thursday January 30, at 4pm in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion with Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation Susan Schneider. Schneider will discuss her new book, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind, which is an exploration of what artificial intelligence can, and cannot, achieve. Humans may not be Earth’s most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and Jeopardy! are now all AIs. Given the rapid pace of progress in AI, many predict that it could advance to human-level intelligence within the next several decades. From there, it could quickly outpace human intelligence. What do these developments mean for the future of the mind? In Artificial You, Susan Schneider says that it is inevitable that AI will take intelligence in new directions, but urges that it is up to us to carve out a sensible path forward. As AI technology turns inward, reshaping the brain, as well as outward, potentially creating machine minds, it is crucial to beware. Homo sapiens, as mind designers, will be playing with “tools” they do not understand how to use: the self, the mind, and consciousness. Schneider argues that an insufficient grasp of the nature of these entities could undermine the use of AI and brain enhancement technology, bringing about the demise or suffering of conscious beings. To flourish, we must grasp the philosophical issues lying beneath the algorithms. Schneider will discuss these topics and more, with a reception to follow. 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. Register for a ticket here. Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov Full Article
nc Amre confident of Mumbai Indians chances By www.rediff.com Published On :: Mumbai Indians assistant coach Praveen Amre on the challenge of the second Indian Premier League season and his team's chances. Full Article
nc Ram Janambhoomi Teertha Kshetra put under section 80G; donations to trust exempted from income tax By Published On :: Saturday, May 09, 2020, 01:37 +0530 The Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has been created for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The 15-member trust was constituted by the Modi government, after the Supreme Court's verdict on November 9 settled the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case. Full Article
nc Excise duty on liquor increased by 25%: Assam Industries and Commerce Minister By Published On :: Saturday, May 09, 2020, 08:12 +0530 The Assam government has taken several crucial decisions in its Cabinet meeting including increasing the excise duty on liquor by 25 percent."In the Cabinet, we took several decisions which included increasing the excise duty on liquor by 25 percent. Full Article
nc Sub-Inspector, 4 Naxals killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh; 1 AK-47 rifle, 1 SLR weapon seized By Published On :: Saturday, May 09, 2020, 09:17 +0530 One Chhattisgarh Police Sub Inspector (SI) lost his life and 4 banned CPI-M Maoists were killed in an encounter near Pardhoni village under Manpur police station limits on Saturday. Full Article
nc Migrants resort to violence in Gujarat's Surat, pelt stones at police, damage vehicles; 50 detained By Published On :: Saturday, May 09, 2020, 13:48 +0530 The incident took place in Mora village near the industrial town of Hazira. Full Article
nc Riyaz Naikoo encounter: Private mobile phones restored in Kashmir, internet remains suspended By Published On :: Saturday, May 09, 2020, 17:23 +0530 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. Full Article
nc Protests in Visakhapatnam over gas leak incident, locals demand closure of LG Polymers chemical plant By Published On :: Saturday, May 09, 2020, 17:48 +0530 The incident took place even as state Director General of Police DG Sawang was inspecting the vapour leak spot and talking to the management on the measures taken to restore normalcy. Full Article
nc Can Science Resolve the Nature / Nurture Debate? By www.wiley.com Published On :: 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Following centuries of debate about "nature and nurture" the discovery of DNA established the idea that nature (genes) determines who we are, relegating nurture (environment) to icing on the cake. Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how cellular environments and certain experiences and behaviors influence gene expression at the molecular level, with significant implications for health and wellbeing. To the amazement of Read More... Full Article
nc The World's Construction Mechanism: Trajectories, Imbalances, and the Future of Societies By www.wiley.com Published On :: 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The interdisciplinarity between the biological and human sciences is here to serve a daring objective: to decipher, by means of a logical chain, the explanatory factors of human trajectories and imbalances between societies and nations. To do this, The World’s Construction Mechanism is based on an unprecedented analysis of the dynamics of the human species, combining the contributions of anthropology, archeology, biology, climatology, economics, geography Read More... Full Article
nc Quantum gravity and the functional renormalization group: the road towards asymptotic safety / Martin Reuter, Frank Saueressig By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 07:10:36 EDT Hayden Library - QC178.R49 2019 Full Article
nc 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 By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 07:10:36 EDT Online Resource Full Article
nc Proceedings of the Europe/Africa Conference Dresden 2017- Polymer Processing Society PPS: conference date, 27-29 June 2017: location, Dresden, Germany / editors, Udo Wagenknecht, Petra Pötschke, Sven Wiessner and Michael Gehde By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 07:10:36 EDT Online Resource Full Article
nc Practicing the correspondence principle in the old quantum theory: a transformation through implementation / Martin Jähnert By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 08:50:33 EDT Online Resource Full Article
nc 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 By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 08:50:33 EDT Online Resource Full Article
nc General relativity: a concise introduction / Steven Carlip, The University of California at Davis By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 08:44:58 EDT Hayden Library - QC173.55.C37 2019 Full Article
nc Beyond the dynamical universe: unifying block universe physics and time as experienced / Michael Silberstein, W.M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt (Elizabethtown College) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 08:44:58 EDT Hayden Library - QC174.13.S55 2018 Full Article
nc The age of innocence: nuclear physics between the First and Second World Wars / Roger H. Stuewer By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:30:37 EDT Hayden Library - QC773.S78 2018 Full Article
nc George Placzek: a nuclear physicist's odyssey / Aleš Gottvald (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic), Misha Shifman (University of Minnesota, USA) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:30:37 EDT Hayden Library - QC774.P53 G65 2018 Full Article
nc Quantum language and the migration of scientific concepts / Jennifer Burwell By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:30:37 EDT Hayden Library - QC174.13.B874 2018 Full Article
nc Novel trends in rheology VIII: conference date, 30-31 July 2019: location, Zlín, Czech Republic / editors, Martin Zatloukal and Jan Musil By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 4 Aug 2019 09:32:45 EDT Online Resource Full Article
nc Ether and modernity: the recalcitrance of an epistemic object in the early twentieth century / edited by Jaume Navarro (University of the Basque Country, Spain) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 4 Aug 2019 09:32:45 EDT Hayden Library - QC177.E74 2018 Full Article
