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Network Power in the Asia-Pacific: Making Sense of the New Regionalism and Opportunities for Cooperation

Network Power in the Asia-Pacific: Making Sense of the New Regionalism and Opportunities for Cooperation 7 February 2020 — 9:45AM TO 5:30PM Anonymous (not verified) 17 January 2020 Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

The Asia-Pacific region continues to increase in geopolitical and geoeconomic importance. The rise of China and tensions with the US are affecting bilateral relationships and traditional alliances in the region. Whether seen from the perspective of the Quad – Australia, India, Japan and the US – or the Indo-Pacific concept embraced by a wide range of countries but with no shared consensus on scope and objectives or with ASEAN who insists on the importance of its own centrality, the region is redefining and reconceptualising itself.

With a diverse range of initiatives – including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – there are a plethora of regional agreements and institutional groupings that add further complexity.

As the Bretton Woods architecture continues to be dominated by Western powers, China is also spearheading parallel governance initiatives such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Belt and Road Initiative and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a means of enhancing its geopolitical and geoeconomic influence.

This one-day conference will focus on how such networks and alliances have been built, and sustained, in the Asia-Pacific region. In order to understand how new regional initiatives might open up opportunities for new forms of international cooperation, the conference will focus on the themes of cyber-technology and innovation, sustainable development and mitigating the impacts of climate change and new infrastructure initiatives. It will assess whether there is a zero-sum conflict between competing networks and agendas or whether a common approach can be developed.





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Overdose crisis: more common sense and less ideology




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PDE4B Missense Variant Increases Susceptibility to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder-Relevant Phenotypes in Mice

Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have associated intronic variants in PDE4B, encoding cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase-4B (PDE4B), with increased risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as schizophrenia and substance use disorders that are often comorbid with it. However, the pathophysiological mechanisms of genetic risk involving PDE4B are poorly understood. To examine the effects of PDE4B variation on phenotypes with translational relevance to psychiatric disorders, we focused on PDE4B missense variant M220T, which is present in the human genome as rare coding variant rs775201287. When expressed in HEK-293 cells, PDE4B1-M220T exhibited an attenuated response to a forskolin-elicited increase in the intracellular cAMP concentration. In behavioral tests, homozygous Pde4bM220T male mice with a C57BL/6JJcl background exhibited increased reactivity to novel environments, startle hyperreactivity, prepulse inhibition deficits, altered cued fear conditioning, and enhanced spatial memory, accompanied by an increase in cAMP signaling pathway-regulated expression of BDNF in the hippocampus. In response to a traumatic event (10 tone–shock pairings), neuronal activity was decreased in the cortex but enhanced in the amygdala and hippocampus of Pde4bM220T mice. At 24 h post-trauma, Pde4bM220T mice exhibited increased startle hyperreactivity and decreased plasma corticosterone levels, similar to phenotypes exhibited by PTSD patients. Trauma-exposed Pde4bM220T mice also exhibited a slower decay in freezing at 15 and 30 d post-trauma, demonstrating enhanced persistence of traumatic memories, similar to that exhibited by PTSD patients. These findings provide substantive mouse model evidence linking PDE4B variation to PTSD-relevant phenotypes and thus highlight how genetic variation of PDE4B may contribute to PTSD risk.




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Heat Waves Can Make Bumblebees Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds. Here's Why That's a Problem

Female worker bees, which forage for the whole colony, struggle more to detect scents in the heat than males do, per the recent research




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People Born Without a Sense of Smell Have Different Breathing Patterns, Study Finds

Study participants with lifelong anosmia sniffed less than those with a normal sense of smell. Future research could shed light on whether this has negative implications for their health




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It finally made sense

For Irish teens Nicole and Saoirse, interacting with their church’s Immersion student, Bree, led to an understanding of the gospel.




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A Classroom Strategy: Making Sense of Fractions Through Group Work (Video)

A 5th grade teacher uses fractions to promote both language and math skills in her dual-language classroom.




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Sensex Rises By 305 Points, Nifty By 103 In Early Market Trade

Equity benchmark indices rallied in early trade on Wednesday amid continuous foreign fund inflows along with buying in heavyweight IT stocks, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank.




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Nifty Hits All-Time High After Upbeat Growth Data, Sensex Up 300 Points

Nifty hit a fresh record high on Friday, as faster-than-expected economic growth in the September-quarter added to optimism over the global interest rate outlook.




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Sensex, Nifty Touch All-Time High Day After BJP's Poll Victory In 3 States

India's benchmark indexes opened at fresh all-time highs on Monday, aided by strong domestic macroeconomic data and elevated bets of a US rate cut in March




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With gun safety in Court, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania AGs stand for common sense

PHILADEPHIA — The Attorneys General of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania reiterated their support for common sense gun safety laws today as attorneys for the States of Delaware and New Jersey delivered oral arguments defending landmark gun safety legislation. In Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association v. Delaware Department of Safety & Homeland Security, currently before the […]



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Hisense 55 inches Ultra HD 4K Smart LED TV(55A71F) Review

Read the in depth Review of Hisense 55 inches Ultra HD 4K Smart LED TV(55A71F) TV. Know detailed info about Hisense 55 inches Ultra HD 4K Smart LED TV(55A71F) configuration, design and performance quality along with pros & cons, Digit rating, verdict based on user opinions/feedback.




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Sense line and decoupling capacitors

Hello,

A mybe silly question came to my mind: When routing sense lines, is it better to hav them as close as possible to DUT or afer the decoupling capacitors ?

Force in red, sense in purple.

Best way is 1 or 2 ?

Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas to everybody !




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Go further into movies with the 50" Hisense 4K TV for only $138 at Walmart's early Black Friday sale

The Hisense 50" Class R6 Series 4K UHD Roku Smart TV is currently on sale for $138 at Walmart's early Black Friday sale — get it now and save 43% or $100-off.




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Introducción a Colosenses A

La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día.




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Introducción a Colosenses B

La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día.




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Making Sense of Grace and Election

Grace is not merely poured out in the moment of salvation; it is evident throughout His eternal plan of redemption. After all, He chose those whom He would save before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). Theologians refer to this precious truth as the doctrine of election, and it has been a major point of debate and division in the church.

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The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

Artificial intelligence has more in common with ants than humans, says Neil Lawrence. Only by taking a more nuanced view of intelligence can we see how machines will truly transform society




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The fascinating truth about why common sense isn't really that common

New research is revealing that common sense is a lot more idiosyncratic than we thought, with important implications for tackling political polarisation and the future of AI




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The fascinating truth about why common sense isn't really that common

New research is revealing that common sense is a lot more idiosyncratic than we thought, with important implications for tackling political polarisation and the future of AI




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Being Social May Be Key to 'Sense of Purpose' as You Age

Title: Being Social May Be Key to 'Sense of Purpose' as You Age
Category: Health News
Created: 7/12/2022 12:00:00 AM
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De novo TRPM3 missense variant associated with neurodevelopmental delay and manifestations of cerebral palsy [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

We identified a de novo heterozygous transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M (melastatin) member 3 (TRPM3) missense variant, p.(Asn1126Asp), in a patient with developmental delay and manifestations of cerebral palsy (CP) using phenotype-driven prioritization analysis of whole-genome sequencing data with Exomiser. The variant is localized in the functionally important ion transport domain of the TRPM3 protein and predicted to impact the protein structure. Our report adds TRPM3 to the list of Mendelian disease–associated genes that can be associated with CP and provides further evidence for the pathogenicity of the variant p.(Asn1126Asp).




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‘Being secret doesn’t make sense’

UPDATES: Senator Nick Xenophon said it doesn’t make sense for the agreement between the Liberal and National parties to be kept as a private secret.




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A skilful primer makes sense of the mathematics beneath AI's hood

Anil Ananthaswamy's Why Machines Learn: The elegant maths behind modern AI explores the mechanics of the AI revolution, but doesn't examine its ethics




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The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

Artificial intelligence has more in common with ants than humans, says Neil Lawrence. Only by taking a more nuanced view of intelligence can we see how machines will truly transform society




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Neuroscientists Identify 16 Neuronal Types Involved in Human Sense of Touch

New research led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, Karolinska Institute and Linköping University provides a landscape view of the human sense of touch.

The post Neuroscientists Identify 16 Neuronal Types Involved in Human Sense of Touch appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.




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Rahul Rawail on R.D. Burman: ‘He used swear words to give directors a sense of the tune’

Legendary film director, Rahul Rawail, who was in Bengaluru to conduct a masterclass, talks about his cinematic journey




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Researchers Explore How the Human Body Senses Temperature

As winter arrives and daylight hours decrease, it gets easier to hit the snooze button and stay in bed. It turns out that there’s a scientific reason behind this phenomenon that helps to explain why people struggle to adjust their internal clocks—also known as circadian rhythm or sleep-wake cycle—when the weather turns colder.




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It Doesn’t Make Sense: Why US Tariffs on Chinese Cleantech Risk the Green Transition

Global demand for renewable energy is surging so why make solar panels, wind turbines and EVs dearer for western consumers?




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Onelink by First Alert� Brings Common Sense to the Smart Home Revolution - Onelink by First Alert

The new HomeKit-enabled Onelink by First Alert� Wi-Fi Smoke + Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm pairs First Alert�s legacy of safety and innovation with Apple�s revolutionary HomeKit technology.




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Whole You Celebrates The Senses And Encourages People To Live A Life Without Limitations - Video of legally-blind photographer living his Whole Day

Video of legally-blind photographer living his Whole Day, as he captures a celebration of senses and movement




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you have a scary sense of humor, boss




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The Sophisticated Threads behind a Hat That Senses Traffic Lights

A new technique to make electronic fibers could help solve wearable technology’s flexibility problem




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Every Word Is Nonsense

Kelly Lee Owens “Dreamstate” There’s not a lot of lyrics to “Dreamstate” beyond variations on the phrases “feel the dreamstate” and “dream to live,” but Kelly Lee Owens gets a lot out of those words. It’s in the repetition, the re-arranging of the words, and how she seems to surf the waves of her synth […]




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'It was nonsense': Entitled employee constantly takes credit for other's work, coworker gets revenge by making a fake presentation for her to present in front of boss

There's always that one coworker who knows how to get away with taking credit for everyone else's hard work. You put in the effort, lose sleep over the details, and then they swoop in, ready to present it all like they thought of it themselves. This exact situation happened in one office until one clever employee decided to turn the tables. After watching his entitled coworker repeatedly swipe his projects and pass them off as her own, he put together a presentation just for her. Packed with confusing data points and meaningless buzzwords, the presentation was just convincing enough to look important…until you actually tried to explain it. And sure enough, the coworker snagged it and confidently presented it in front of their boss. The employee watched with quiet satisfaction as she stumbled through, each buzzword making less sense than the last. When the boss turned to him for clarification, he threw her under the bus, telling the boss she had no idea what she was talking about. Sweet, sweet office justice.




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Enhanced Virtual Reality Walking With Tactile Senses

Walking is a basic human activity that affects physical mobility, as well as cognitive and sensory perceptions. The use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented




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Sensex Sinks 413 Pts On Profit-Booking

BSE Sensex crashed nearly 413 points and NSE Niftycracked below the 8,400-mark in early trade today on profit-booking at higher levels and foreign capital outflows ahead of IIP data to be released later in the day.




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Samantha Ruth Prabhu To Nimrat Kaur: Dressing sense takes centre-stage even at screening of film Citadel Honey Bunny

Actresses put out their best fashion foot forward at the screening of the much anticipated OTT series Citadel: Honey Bunny




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Sensex, Nifty open flat, Bharti Airtel and ICICI Bank among top gainers

Sensex was trading at 79,584.29 after rising 88.14 points or 0.11 per cent, while Nifty was trading at 24,172.95 after rising 31.65 points or 0.13 per cent.




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Bears on prowl! Sensex tanks 820 points, Nifty below 24,000

The Indian stock market closed in red on Tuesday as heavy selling was seen in all sectors except IT and realty.




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Sensei reels in $16M to expand its contactless store platform in Europe

While Amazon Go helped popularize the concept of completely contactless stores, the arena is growing with others like 7-Eleven and Walmart entering the category, as well as several startups such as Standard Cognition, Zippin, AiFi, Grabango, and Trigo.  In Europe, Portuguese startup Sensei has been capitalizing on this momentum to grow its contactless store platform, and […]

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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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The senses in early modern England, 1558-1660 [Electronic book] / ed. by Simon Smith, Amy Kenny, Jacqueline Watson.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2020]




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The corporeal image : film, ethnography, and the senses [Electronic book] / David MacDougall.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2005]




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Comforting common sense, woman to woman

A companionable book filled with personal advice shared with honesty




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Making sense of smart cities

Fundamental queries on the Smart Cities Mission answered.




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Our five senses / by Christian Lopetz

Lopetz, Christian, author