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Biotech firms consider contingency plans as the coronavirus outbreak hits CROs

The industry's reliance on China-based firms for chemistry services is in the spotlight




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Arkema to go on trial for Crosby fires

The chemical maker intends to argue that the fires should be considered an act of God




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Your skin microbiome can be used to predict your age

As we age, our skin changes, and so too do the bugs that live there




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DuPont and Dutch firm pursue microbiome therapy




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Enzyme smooths path to planar chiral macrocycles

Good yields and enantioselectivity abide




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Molded microfluidic device makes gel “apartments” for single cells

Hydrogel device allows localized treatment and analysis of 10,000 individual cells at a time




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Merck and Princeton scientists create method to map cell-surface microenvironments

The technique, called MicroMapping, identifies potential protein interactions on and between cells




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Opening plastic packaging produces microplastics

Tearing and cutting lead to measurable debris from various forms of plastic




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DuPont, APC Microbiome Ireland link up for babies




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Microreactor enables rapid testing of green solvents

Strategy reduces volumes and times needed to evaluate CO<sub>2</sub>-switchable systems




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Structure of active ribonucleotide reductase solved with cryo-electron microscopy

Long-awaited image of elusive disordered tail helps scientists better understand the enzyme's mechanism




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Gilead strikes deal with microbiome specialist Second Genome




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Environmental toxicologist wants to understand how microplastics affect human health

Stephanie Wright of King's College London discusses what's known about microplastics and how much more there is to learn




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Magnetic liquid frees microfluidics from friction

Conveyor-belt effect in the liquid speeds sensitive cell samples with less pressure




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Enzyme and microbial biosensors [electronic resource] : techniques and protocols / edited by Ashok Mulchandani and Kim R. Rogers

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [1998]




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Five in 10 organisations across industries keeping their salary increment budgets unchanged: Survey

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.




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Effect of antimicrobial washout from anaerobic digesters on microbial community composition

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00094A, Paper
Anthony D. Kappell, Daniel E. Carey, Daniel H. Zitomer, Patrick J. McNamara
Differences in abundance of genera key to methanogenesis and anaerobic digestion persist after antimicrobial washout.
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Simultaneous ozonation of 90 organic micropollutants including illicit drugs and their metabolites in different water matrices

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00260G, Paper
Open Access
Garyfalia A. Zoumpouli, Fernanda Siqueira Souza, Bruce Petrie, Liliana Féris, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Jannis Wenk
The 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...
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Enhanced degradation of atrazine by microbubble ozonation

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00227E, Paper
Yunsi Liu, Shuo Wang, Lifang Shi, Wanmeng Lu, Pan Li
Enhanced degradation of atrazine by microbubble ozonation probably derives from two sources: decomposition of ozone and collapse of microbubbles.
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Mechanisms and performance of calcium peroxide-enhanced Fe(II) coagulation for treatment of Microcystis aeruginosa-laden water

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1272-1285
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00005A, Paper
Huaijia Xin, Shu Yang, Yulin Tang, Mengyi Wu, Yang Deng, Bin Xu, Naiyun Gao
Pre-oxidation has been extensively studied as a pre-treatment for enhancement of algae-laden water coagulation.
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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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Technoproductive evaluation of the energyless microbial-integrated diffusion dialysis technique for acid mine drainage valorization

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1217-1229
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01020C, Critical Review
Hanaa M. Hegab, Ahmed ElMekawy, Christopher Saint, Fawzi Banat, Shadi W. Hasan, Deepak Pant
Acid mine drainage (AMD) presents severe ecological pollution challenges because of its extreme acidity and sulphate and toxic metal contents.
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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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Influence of activated carbon on performance and microbial communities in the treatment of solvent pollutant mixtures in a continuous stirred tank reactor

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1445-1455
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00096E, Paper
Pablo Ferrero, Marta Izquierdo, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Hornos, Josep Manuel Penya-Roja, Vicente Martínez-Soria
Granular 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.
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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.
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Emerging investigator series: activated sludge upon antibiotic shock loading: mechanistic description of functional stability and microbial community dynamics

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1262-1271
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00069H, Paper
Seungdae Oh, Donggeon Choi
Elucidating 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).
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Microaggressions in Everyday Life, 2nd Edition


 

The essential, authoritative guide to microaggressions, revised and updated

The revised and updated second edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life presents an introduction to the concept of microaggressions, classifies the various types of microaggressions, and offers solutions for ending microaggressions at the individual, group, and community levels. The authors—noted experts on the topic—explore the psychological effects of microaggressions



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Microwave dielectric spectroscopy of ferroelectrics and related materials / Jonas Grigas

Online Resource




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Designing territorial metabolism: Barcelona, Brussels, and Venice / Geoffrey Grulois, Maria Chiara Tosi, Carles Crosas, [eds.]

Rotch Library - HT243.E85 D47 2018




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[ASAP] Microparticles-in-Thermoresponsive/Bioadhesive Hydrogels as a Novel Integrated Platform for Effective Intra-articular Delivery of Triamcinolone Acetonide

Molecular Pharmaceutics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00126




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[ASAP] Targeted Delivery of Anti-inflammatory and Imaging Agents to Microglial Cells with Polymeric Nanoparticles

Molecular Pharmaceutics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b00489




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[ASAP] Nerve Growth Factor Gene Delivery across the Blood–Brain Barrier to Reduce Beta Amyloid Accumulation in AD Mice

Molecular Pharmaceutics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00218




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[ASAP] Discovery and SAR Studies of Orally Active Somatostatin Receptor Subtype-2 (SSTR2) Agonists for the Treatment of Acromegaly

ACS Chemical Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00124




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Govt allocates Rs. 48,042 crore in three key schemes to compete with China, Vietnam in electronics manufacturing

"Two long-term policy decisions have been taken to make India hub of electronics manufacturing in new directions and medical electronics. Cabinet has approved production linked-incentive for electronics companies. We will give Rs 40,995 crore in the coming five years for production linked-incentive," Union Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.




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Government notifies three incentives schemes worth Rs 48,000 crore for electronics manufacturing push

For domestic mobile phone companies, the investment threshold is Rs. 200 crore over four years and sales criteria is Rs. 5000 crore in five years and for components it is Rs. 100 crore for 4 years and Rs. 600 crore of sales in 5 years.




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Ossify invests Rs 225 crore to acquire manufacturing facility for producing Compaq TVs

The company plans to make investments of around Rs 210 crore on infrastructure development of the facility over the next four years. This new manufacturing facility will cater to the domestic and international business for Compaq televisions, for which it holds licence for multiple countries and regions.




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YES Bank posts Rs 4,766-crore pre-tax loss in Q4; gross NPAs at 16.8%

The lender had psoted a pre-tax loss of Rs 2,338.31 crore in the same quarter of previous financial year




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Rs 411-crore fraud: SBI approaches CBI as three loan defaulters flee India

Besides SBI, other members of the consortium that has been cheated are Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, IDBI, Central Bank of India and Corporation Bank




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Public sector banks sanction loans worth Rs 5.66 lakh crore for March-April period

The borrowers represented the micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs), retail, agriculture and corporate sectors, which was indicative of an economic revival, said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s office in a tweet on Thursday.




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Union Bank of India cuts MCLR by up to 15 bps across all tenors

Union Bank of India announced reduction in its MCLR up to 15 basis points across all tenors, effective May 11. Overnight MCLR has been reduced by 15 bps to 7.15 per cent from 7.30 per cent and one-month MCLR by 10 bps to 7.25 per cent.




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Bank credit up 6.74% to Rs 102.69 lakh crore; deposits rise 9.82%

In the previous fortnight which ended on April 10, 2020, bank credit had grown by 7.20 per cent and deposits by 9.45 per cent.




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SBI complains to CBI after Rs 411 crore loan defaulters flee country

​​​The CBI had recently booked the company engaged in export of Basmati rice to the West Asian and European countries and its directors Naresh Kumar, Suresh Kumar and Sangita on the basis of complaint from the State Bank of India (SBI), which suffered the loss of more than Rs 173 crore, they said.




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Prices remain muted despite decline in crop arrivals across mandis: CRISIL

Report points to the possibility of grains being hoarded by farmers and traders to be sold at a later date when mandi operations and logistics normalise




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Farmers destroy crop as lockdown brings floriculture market to standstill

Normally, farmers anticipate a huge bump in demand during the February-May season due to weddings and other such occasions




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Coca-Cola commits Rs 100 crore to support fight against coronavirus in India

Coca-Cola said its financial contribution will be utilised for various purposes, which include activation of over 50 locations across 10 states in partnership with its bottlers to support the hydration needs of the underserved communities through distribution of beverages during the lockdown period.




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[ASAP] Microscale Biosensor Array Based on Flexible Polymeric Platform toward Lab-on-a-Needle: Real-Time Multiparameter Biomedical Assays on Curved Needle Surfaces

ACS Sensors
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00078




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[ASAP] Three-Dimensionally Printed Microelectromechanical-System Hydrogel Valve for Communicating Hydrocephalus

ACS Sensors
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00181




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[ASAP] Polymer-Based Micromotor Fluorescence Immunoassay for <italic toggle="yes">On-the-Move</italic> Sensitive Procalcitonin Determination in Very Low Birth Weight Infants’ Plasma

ACS Sensors
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b02515




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Educational mobility of second-generation Turks. Cross-national perspectives / philipp Schnell

Online Resource




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NMMC’s tally crosses 500 with 43 new cases

8 fresh cases in PMC; Kamothe sealed