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November 2024 Queer Romances

The temps are lowering, the holidays are coming, and ’tis the season to treat yourself! (Note: for a solid self-gift this month in the queer romance realm, check out the new edition of Alyssa Cole’s How to Find a Princess, coming in trade paperback for the first time on November 12th!)






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Peer Reviewed Romance

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25-year-old employee requests off to attend a funeral, micromanager demands for proof of the service: 'After this, I want to quit'

The last thing anyone wants when they are going through a family emergency is to have to deal with your micromanaging boss simultaneously. Here, we have an employee who took one day off to attend the funeral service of a family member. He did not request any bereavement leave or anything more than just the one day of paid time off he was certainly entitled to based on his contract. 

However, upon his return to the office, his micromanaging supervisor demanded for proof that he did, in fact, take time off to attend a funeral service. Apparently, this was because he also had to dip out early one day due to a dentist appointment. The supervisor's own boss was skeptical about the whole thing and forced the supervisor to request for proof. Now, all the employee wants to do is leave the company with no notice instead.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about a 40-year-old company man who was passed over for a promotion in favor of a much younger coworker.




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Clinical Study Results Show Nutrition 21's Chromax(R) Chromium Picolinate Improves Cognitive-Cerebral Function in Older Adults

Clinical Study Results Show Nutrition 21's Chromax(R) Chromium Picolinate Improves Cognitive-Cerebral Function in Older




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Aromatherapy can Reduce Post-surgical Opioid Use by Half: Study

Post-surgical opioid use in hip replacement patients can be reduced by half with aromatherapy, reveals a new study. The new preliminary was study




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ChromaCode’s tech to boost COVID-19 testing gets Bill Gates’s backing

Boasting a technology that can dramatically increase the capacity of existing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing used to identify people infected with COVID-19 and other illnesses, ChromaCode has attracted new funding from Bill Gates-backed Adjuvant Capital.  “We want a good solution for a resource-limited environment,” says ChromaCode founder and executive chairman Alex Dickinson, a serial entrepreneur […]

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Sony PS5 Chroma Collection Accessories and Custom Fortnite DualSense Controller Launched in India

Sony has introduced the Chroma Collection accessories and a Fortnite Limited Edition DualSense wireless controller for PlayStation 5 users in India. These new offerings provide stylish customisation options with unique colours and designs, enhancing the gaming experience. The Chroma Collection features




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Vanvaas: Makers Unveil Romantic Anthem ‘Yaadon Ke Jharokhon Se,’ Featuring Utkarsh Sharma And Simrat Kaur

'Vanvaas' releases its enchanting romantic anthem 'Yaadon Ke Jharokhon Se,' showcasing the captivating chemistry between Utkarsh Sharma and Simrat Kaur with soulful vocals by Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam.




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Old Flames, New Friends : Can Friendship Rise From The Ashes Of Romance Years Later

"Congratulations and celebrations!" Justin's friends shouted in unison, raising their glasses in a toast as they gathered in a cosy corner of the reception hall. It was Justin's intimate wedding reception, and his closest friends from school, college, and work were




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Critical review of fluorescence and absorbance measurements as surrogates for the molecular weight and aromaticity of dissolved organic matter

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1663-1702
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00183D, Critical Review
Open Access
Julie A. Korak, Garrett McKay
Optical surrogates are used to characterize dissolved organic matter composition like aromaticity and molecular weight. We both review the genesis of surrogate-composition relationships and critically evaluate additional supporting evidence.
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A 150 years record of polycyclic aromatic compounds in the Sihailongwan Maar Lake, Northeast China: impacts of socio-economic developments and pollution control

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1748-1759
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00309H, Paper
Jianing Zhang, Chong Wei, Yongming Han, Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe, Dewen Lei, Wolfgang Wilcke
The geochemical composition of sediment cores can serve as a proxy for reconstructing past human and nature-driven environmental and climatic changes.
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Uncovering Anna Perenna : a focused study of Roman myth and culture [Electronic book]/ edited by Gwynaeth McIntyre and Sarah McCallum.

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.




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Tokens and Social Life in Roman Imperial Italy [Electronic book] / Clare Rowan.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.




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State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin : The Institutional Diagnostic Project [Electronic book] / edited by François Bourguignon, Romain Houssa, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Paul Reding.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.




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Reuse and renovation in Roman material culture : functions, aesthetics, interpretations [Electronic book] / edited by Diana Y. Ng, Molly Swetnam-Burland.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.




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Reading and teaching ancient fiction : Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman narratives [Electronic book] / edited by Sara Johnson, Rubén René Dupertuis, and Chris Shea.

Atlanta : SBL Press, 2018.




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Pulp fictions of medieval England : Essays in popular romance [Electronic book] / ed. by Nicola McDonald.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2018]




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Ovid's women of the year : narratives of Roman identity in the Fasti [Electronic book] / Angeline Chiu.

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]




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Imagining 'we' in the age of 'I' : romance and social bonding in contemporary culture [Electronic book] / edited by Mary Harrod, Suzanne Leonard, and Diane Negra.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.




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The fringes of citizenship : Romani minorities in Europe and civic marginalisation [Electronic book] / Julija Sardelic.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2021]




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A companion to the political culture of the Roman Republic [Electronic book] / edited by Valentina Arena, Jonathan Prag ; with assistant editor Andrew Stiles.

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2022.




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A companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East [Electronic book] / edited by Ted Kaizer, Durham University, Durham, UK.

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022.




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British women poets and the romantic writing community [Electronic book] / Stephen C. Behrendt.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2009]




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Optimization of reaction parameters for the synthesis of natural aroma esters by factorial design

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2994-3002
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00265B, Paper
Open Access
Adrian Ioan Dudu, Csaba Paizs, Monica Ioana Toşa
In this study, the synthesis of aroma esters by the direct esterfication of carboxylic acids with aromatic alcohols mediated by lipase B from Candida antarctica encapsulated in a sol–gel matrix in a solvent-free system is presented.
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“25 years of The Netherlands' Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (NCCC)” themed collection – A personal invitation Aromatization of n-alkanes: a mini review on catalysts and reactants

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00384E, Minireview
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Hongqi Wang, Raveendran N. Shiju
The catalytic aromatization of n-alkanes is an important process in the chemical industry, especially for the production of valued-added aromatics from the abundant and unreactive small alkanes. This mini review...
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Measuring mechanical cues for modeling the stromal matrix in 3D cell cultures

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01425H, Paper
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Linda Srbova, Ossi Arasalo, Arttu J. Lehtonen, Juho Pokki
An approach to quantify microscale viscoelasticity in breast-cancer-associated stromal tissues was developed for cell-scale analyses of physiologically stiff 3D cell cultures.
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Effect of Aromatic Side Chain on the Dilational Rheological Properties of N-Acyltaurate Amphiphiles at Water-Decane Interfaces

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00269E, Paper
Yang-Wen Zhu, Zhicheng Xu, Li Zhang, Ping Liu, Yu Hou, Lei Zhang, Lu Zhang
To elucidate the effect of aromatic side chains on dilational rheological properties of N-acyltaurate amphiphiles at the decane-water interface, the interfacial rheological properties of sodium N-2-(2-naphthoxy)-tetradecanolytaurinate (12+N-T) and sodium N-2-(p-butylphenoxy)-...
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Grind, shine and detect: mechanochemical synthesis of AIE-active polyaromatic amide and its application as molecular receptor of monovalent anions or nucleotides

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13227-13236
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02129K, Paper
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Jakub S. Cyniak, Artur Kasprzak
The mechanochemical synthesis of AIE-active amide, as well as the application of the title compound as molecular receptor of monovalent anions and nucleotides, are described.
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Dispersive micro solid phase extraction of glibenclamide from plasma, urine, and wastewater using a magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer followed by its determination by a high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detector

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13168-13179
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00452C, Paper
Open Access
Najmeh Sabbaghi, Shayessteh Dadfarnia, Ali Mohammad Haji Shabani, Majid Farsadrooh
The present study describes the development of a simple and selective analytical method for dispersive micro solid phase extraction and determination of glibenclamide (GLB) using magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer (MMIP) as a sorbent.
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The synthesis of tetraarylethylene-based conjugated polymers for the application of fluorescence sensing towards nitroaromatics

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4221-4230
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00821A, Paper
Rentuya Wu, Xiaosong Sun, Wenyue Dong, Yanwei Li, Qian Duan, Teng Fei
Two tetraarylethylene-based conjugated polymers were synthesized and they exhibit high sensitivity and selectivity towards 2,4,6-trinitrophenol sensing.
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Bisbenzothieno[b]-fused BODIPYs in panchromatic photoinitiating for the free radical and cationic photopolymerization and application in 3D printing

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00926F, Paper
Yangyang Xu, Wenlong Tang, Hui Deng, Jianjun Zhang, Zhongquan Zhu, Changjiang Yu, Haiguang Zhu, Ke Sun, Jiazhu Li, Jacques Lalevée
Abstract: Polymerization reactions induced by lights occupy an increasing share in the area of polymer synthesis; however, the effective photopolymerization under visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) rather than UV still...
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Aromatic vs. aliphatic linkers: impact on dye loading and stability in oligoglycerol-derived dendronized polymersomes

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01028K, Paper
Raj Kumar Roy, Trisha Samanta, Supriyo Saha, Aparna Ramesh, Naznin Ara Begum, Goutam Ghosh, Pradip Dey
We report the synthesis and self-assembly of oligoglycerol-based dendronized polythiourethanes, which consist of an aliphatic or aromatic linker. Using FRET, the effect of the linker was understood and the dye exchange mechanism was unravelled.
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Combined and rapid detection of anti-Brucella IgG/IgM in clinical samples based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering-lateral flow immunochromatography

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11012-11024
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01367K, Paper
Yongwei Zhang, Ziyue Li, Aolin Zhu, Qian Zhang, Hao Zhou, Xuelei Zhou, Tingwei Liu, Chunyan Liu, Hefei Zha, Xin Zhang, Hui Zhao, Jiutong Li, Guodong Lü, Xinxia Li
Brucellosis is a bacterial infectious disease caused mainly by Brucella. Transmission is mainly by contact with infected domestic or wild animals or their excreta.
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Polycyclic aromatic polymer nanoparticles show potent infectious particle adsorption capability

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01793E, Paper
Yudai Oishi, Mako Toyoda, Nanami Hano, Chihiro Motozono, Takamasa Ueno, Makoto Takafuji
Nonspecific viral adsorption by polymer nanoparticles is more economical and superior in terms of operating cost and energy efficiency than viral adsorption using virus-specific antibodies and filtration techniques involving size...
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PIX: Anita Hassanandani's ROMANTIC holiday!

A tour of Vietnam and Cambodia with Anita and Rohit.




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Masks. PPE. No Romance. The New Normal at Telly Shoots

'We have fewer actors in every scene.''We don't have family scenes or scenes that involve a lot of people.''We are not doing scenes which are intimate or require closeness.'





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Roma, The Favourite lead 2019's Oscar nominations!

Which films are *you* rooting for?




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Storing liquid chromatographic separations on surface energy traps: decoupling the LC and the mass spectrometer

Analyst, 2024, 149,5336-5343
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00828F, Paper
Timothy T. Salomons, David Simon, Richard Oleschuk
A micro-fractionation device to archive liquid chromatographic separations on an array of surface energy traps.
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Helical aromatic foldamers with tubular cavities capable of accommodating multiple halide ions

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05474A, Communication
Seungwon Lee, Byeung Ju Lee, Geunmoo Song, Kyu-Sung Jeong
A series of pyridinium–indolocarbazole oligomers has been synthesized, which fold into helical structures with tubular cavities capable of accommodating up to four iodide ions in a linear arrangement.
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Directed nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04912H, Communication
Yasuyuki Nitta, Takashi Nishikata, Michinori Sumimoto, Yusei Nakashima
In this study, we discovered a directed nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction, "directed SNAr (dSNAr)", in the reaction of ortho-iodobezamides and amine in the presence of pyridine. The reaction proceeded ortho-specifically...
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Sustainable Production of Aromatic Chemicals from Lignin using Enzymes and Engineered Microbes

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05064A, Feature Article
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Timothy D.H. Bugg, Victoria Sodré
Lignin is an aromatic biopolymer found in plant cell walls, that is the must abundant source of renewable aromatic carbon in the biosphere. Hence there is considerable interest in the...
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Theobroma, Mumbai’s popular patisserie, opens its first outlet in Chennai

After 100 outlets across the country, Theobroma opens its first patisserie in the city, in Anna Nagar. The second will open in Nungambakkam next week and feature all the favourites



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Design and synthesis of core shells HZSM-5@MCM-41 with variable acidity and mesoporosity for lignin-catalyzed fast pyrolysis to prepare aromatics

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7235-7243
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00530A, Paper
Yiwen Dai, Bin Guan, Xingxiang Wang, Jiaqi Liu, Zehua Huang, Bin Dai, Jichang Liu, Jiangbing Li
In this study, a uniform micro/mesoporous core–shell composite HZSM-@MCM-41 comprising zeolite was successfully prepared by coating mesoporous MCM-41 shells on nanosized ZSM-5 cores using a two-step hydrothermal method.
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Theoretical investigation of the effect of radical substituents on the open-shell character of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00555D, Paper
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Tomohito Shinozuka, Daiki Shimizu, Kenji Matsuda
Radical substituents was found to significantly alter the open-shell character y of PAHs compared to non-radical substituents.
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