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US accuses China, Russia of coordinating on virus conspiracies




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China continues to hide, obfuscate Covid-19 data from world: Pompeo




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US accuses China, Russia of coordinating on virus conspiracies

"Even before the COVID-19 crisis we assessed a certain level of coordination between Russia and the PRC in the realm of propaganda," said Lea Gabrielle, coordinator of the State Department's Global Engagement Center, which tracks foreign propaganda.




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White House: US planning to ship 8,000 ventilators abroad




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Coronavirus strikes staffers inside the White House




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Epilepsie, schwangerschaft und fertilitat [electronic resource] : fakten, hintergrunde und empfehlungen / Jurgen Bauer

Darmstadt : Steinkopff, 2005




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Entry inhibitors in HIV therapy [electronic resource] / edited by Jacqueline D. Reeves and Cynthia A. Derdeyn

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, c2007




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Avian reservoirs [electronic resource] : virus hunters & birdwatchers in Chinese sentinels posts / Frédéric Keck.

Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.




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Emerging technologies in surgery [electronic resource] / Richard M. Satava, Achille Gaspari, Nicola Di Lorenzo, [editors]

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2007]




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Empfehlungen zum einsatz und zur verwendung der herz-lungen-maschine [electronic resource] / edited by Peter Feindt, Frank Harig, Michael Weyand

Darmstadt : Steinkopff Verlag Darmstadt, 2006




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Encyclopedia of cognitive behavior therapy [electronic resource] / Arthur Freeman, editor-in-chief ; editors, Stephanie H. Felgoise [and others]

New York : Springer, [2005]




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Effektivität der ergotherapie im psychiatrischen krankenhaus [electronic resource] : mit einer synopse zu geschichte, stand und aktueller entwicklung der psychiatrischen ergotherapie / T. Reuster

Darmstadt : Steinkopff, 2006




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Echographie de contraste [electronic resource] : methodologie et applications cliniques / Francois Tranquart, Jean-Michel Correas, Ayache Bouakaz

Paris ; Berlin : Springer, 2007




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Duplexsonographie der oberflächlichen beinvenen [electronic resource] / Erika Mendoza ; mit einem Geleitwort von W. Hach

Darmstadt : Steinkopff, 2007




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Die echokardiographie im perioperativen und intensivmedizinischen bereich [electronic resource] / M.D. Seeberger, H.-R. Zerkowski, Herausgeber

Darmstadt : Steinkopff, [2007]




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Die Geburtshilfe [electronic resource] / Henning Schneider, Peter Husslein, Karl-Theo M. Schneider (Hrsg.)

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Medizin Verlag Heidelberg, 2006




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Das serotonerge system aus neurologischer und psychiatrischer sicht [electronic resource] / Horst Przuntek

Heidelberg : Steinkopff, 2006




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Constipation [electronic resource] : etiology, evaluation and management / [edited by] Steven D. Wexner, Graeme S. Duthie

New York, NY : Springer, 2006




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Adults with a health education but not working in health occupations [electronic resource] / by Feng Hou and Christoph Schimmele

[Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2020




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The Christian History of Korean-American Adoption

How World Vision and Compassion International sparked an Oregon family to raise eight mixed-race children.




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Five Ways We Misunderstand American Religious History

From religious liberty to religious violence, it helps to get our facts straight.




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Companies must disclose all whistleblower plaints to auditors

The Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (Caro 2020) will be applicable for audit of financial statements of eligible companies for financial years commencing on and after April 1, 2019, and would be applicable to all those companies on which Caro 2016 was applicable.




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Wipfli to hire 500 people amid talent war in US

The company, which had set up its first office in 2004, has nearly 250 employees in the country and looks to hire more technology professionals here as they see a talent war at their headquarters in the US, said Kurt Gresens, managing partner, Wipfli. The consulting firm said it would expand its offices here at a bigger facility at a technology park in the southwestern part of Bengaluru.




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Big 4 audit firms look to increase women in leadership roles

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.




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India plans a more employer-friendly apprenticeship to cater to MNCs

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.




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No hiring freeze: Companies hunting top talent despite salary, job cuts

More than 200 director-level and above posts were available over the past week, according to Xpheno, a staffing firm that compiles data from job portals, LinkedIn and company sites.




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CSS Corp rolls out pay hikes, to hire 1000 people this quarter

The company is planning to hire 1000 employees by the end of June across markets. Companies such as Infosys, Wipro, TCS, WNS and others have delayed pay hikes and put promotions on hold as they see uncertainty over business growth in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak across key markets. CSS Corp has also paid 100% of variable salary to the majority of its employees.




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Hiring activity sees decline of 62% in April 2020 compared to April 2019: Naukri JobSpeak

The decline in hiring is led by industries like hotel/restaurant/travel/airlines (-91%), auto/ancillary (-82%), retail (-77%) and accounting/finance (-70%). The job market across cities registered a double-digit dip in hiring. The decline was led by metros wherein Delhi declined by 70% followed by Chennai (-62%), Kolkata (-60%) and Mumbai (-60%).




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Manu Bhaker gets electronic target installed at home in place of manual machine

Manu Bhaker was sure in her mind that the Olympics will take place next year despite the uncertainty in the world of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Emerging investigator series: membrane distillation and high salinity: analysis and implications

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01055F, Tutorial Review
Mukta Hardikar, Itzel Marquez, Andrea Achilli
In energy efficient membrane distillation, the low transmembrane temperature difference exacerbates salinity's effect on water flux and specific energy consumption.
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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.
The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry




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Insight into ferrihydrite effects on methanogenesis in UASB reactors treating high sulfate wastewater: reactor performance and microbial community

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00154F, Paper
Zhen Jin, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yaobin Zhang
Ferrihydrite 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




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Author Salon: Ronald C. White

The John W. Kluge Center invites you to a Kluge Center Author Salon with Ronald C. White

Free tickets are available here.

Please join the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress for a talk on the leadership lessons we can take from former presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 30, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson Building.

A reception will follow the discussion.

Ronald C. White is the author of numerous books, including a biography of Grant and three books on Lincoln: A. Lincoln: A Biography (2009), Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (2002), and The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words (2005). Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will interview White on leadership as well as the challenges American communities face regarding monuments to historic figures.

Tickets are recommended, but not required, and are free.

Register for a ticket here.

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

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




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Happening This Week: 100 Years of Women Voting

Get your free tickets here.

This Thursday, November 21, at 4pm in the Thomas Jefferson Building’s Coolidge Auditorium, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion of the 100 years of women voting since the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution.

Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will lead a panel featuring two leading scholars on women and voting: Christina Wolbrecht of the University of Notre Dame, and Jane Junn of the University of Southern California. Wolbrecht is the co-author of the forthcoming book A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage.

This event will highlight the recently opened LOC exhibit, “Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote,” which will be open for viewing after the event.

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: You are invited to Whistleblowing in Historical Context

Whistleblowing in Historical Context: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Get your free tickets here.

On Tuesday, January 14, at 4pm, in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion on whistleblowing, featuring perspectives from the realms of medical research, national security, and congressional committees.

The panel will feature Carl Elliott, professor in the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota and current Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History, Allison Stanger, professor of International Politics and Economics at Middlebury College, and Emilia DiSanto, former Deputy Inspector General to the U.S. Department of State and Chief Investigative Counsel and Special Counsel to the Senate Committee on Finance. Kluge Center Director John Haskell will moderate.

A reception will follow the discussion.

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




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Applications Now Open for New Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking

Applications are now open for the Library of Congress Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking.

Negotiation is vital to public policymaking in the U.S. Congress. In fact, legislative productivity is dependent on effective legislative negotiations, given the complexities of our system of separated branches with a bicameral legislature.

 In an effort to support scholarship in this area, the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship in the field of congressional policymaking, with a special focus on legislative negotiations.

Apply here. And check the fellowship requirements and eligibility information here.

The application deadline is currently set for June 15, but we will be revisiting this deadline as the COVID-19 situation develops. Please respond to this email if you are currently applying or interested in applying for this fellowship and are having trouble meeting the deadline. Kluge staff will be in touch with you.

The fellowship program is made possible by generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Applications Open April 15 for Kluge Fellowships

Applications open next Wednesday, April 15 for Kluge Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.

Twelve Kluge Fellowships are awarded each year through a competitive selection process. Kluge Fellowships are offered for a period of four to eleven months.

Since the inception of the Kluge Center, dozens of Kluge Fellows have gone on to distinguished academic careers; many have made lasting contributions as public intellectuals. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Fellowship program. The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences with special consideration given to those whose projects demonstrate relevance to contemporary challenges.

You will be able to apply here. And in the meantime check the fellowship requirements and eligibility information here.

The application deadline is currently set for July 15, but we will be revisiting this deadline as the COVID-19 situation develops. Please email scholarly@loc.gov if you are currently applying or interested in applying for this fellowship and are having trouble meeting the deadline. Kluge staff will be in touch with you.




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News from the John W. Kluge Center:Applications are now open for Kluge Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

Applications are now open for Kluge Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.

Twelve Kluge Fellowships are awarded each year through a competitive selection process. Kluge Fellowships are offered for a period of four to eleven months.

Since the inception of the Kluge Center, dozens of Kluge Fellows have gone on to distinguished academic careers; many have made lasting contributions as public intellectuals. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Fellowship program. The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences with special consideration given to those whose projects demonstrate relevance to contemporary challenges.

Apply here. And check the fellowship requirements and eligibility information here.

The application deadline is currently set for July 15. Please email scholarly@loc.gov if you are applying for this fellowship and having trouble meeting the deadline due to the crisis surrounding the covid-19 epidemic. Kluge staff will be in touch with you.




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Gurugram school boy commits suicide after girl levels allegations on him on Instagram

The 17-year-old boy committed suicide in Gurugram`s upscale building after a girl made serious allegations against him on Instagram.




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No hike in school fees in academic year 2020-21: Maharashtra Education Department

Giving a big relief to parents during the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, the Maharashtra Education Department has announced that there will be no hike in school fees in the academic year 2020-21.




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Migrants resort to violence in Gujarat's Surat, pelt stones at police, damage vehicles; 50 detained

The incident took place in Mora village near the industrial town of Hazira.




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Bois Locker Room: Petition filed in Delhi HC seeks SIT, CBI probe in the case

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi High Court on Saturday (May 9, 2020) seeking a SIT or CBI investigation into the case related to 'Bois Locker Room' social media group, in which nearly 22 teenage boys allegedly shared objectionable pictures of minor girls and discussed about raping women.




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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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Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin claims responsibility for Handwara attack, says 'India has upper hand' — Video

Almost five days after the encounter operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara that claimed lives of five security personnel including a decorate officer, the Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen, headed by Syed Salahuddin, has reportedly claimed the responsibility.




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Optical thin films and coatings: from materials to applications / edited by Angela Piegari and François Flory

Online Resource




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Quantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / by Michael Epperson

Online Resource




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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

Online Resource




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

Online Resource




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George Placzek: a nuclear physicist's odyssey / Aleš Gottvald (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic), Misha Shifman (University of Minnesota, USA)

Hayden Library - QC774.P53 G65 2018