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How This Woman Plans to Become the Fastest Person on a Bike

Denise Mueller-Korenek set the women's paced bicycle speed record in 2016, pedaling to 147 miles per hour. Now she's ready to attempt to break the overall record of 167 miles per hour and take the title of fastest cyclist ever.




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Decoding Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation | WIRED25

WIRED contributing editor Garrett M. Graff, who covers special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, authored the magazine's June cover story about Mueller's time in Vietnam, and wrote "The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terror." Graff breaks down the investigation's status, the big outstanding questions, and where the investigation is likely to go after the midterm election.




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Mechanic Deconstructs a 1974 Harley-Davidson

A mechanic from Greenpoint, Brooklyn breaks down a 1974 Harley-Davidson shovelhead motorcycle. The classic Harley is taken apart, piece-by-piece, as the mechanic explains the importance of each part. You can watch new episodes of [De]constructed on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV: https://www.wired.com/brandlab/2018/06/wired-smart-tv-app-new-way-watch-wired/




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How Self-Driving Cars Could Become a Reality

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for AT&T Self-driving cars are close to becoming a universal reality and connectivity plays a vital part in their operation. The more data a self-driving car can access, the better it can learn to operate safely and efficiently. Learn how AT&T's new mobile 5g network will provide the support necessary for self-driving cars to take the next step from concept to commonplace.




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Why It's Almost Impossible to Run 100 Meters In 9 Seconds

Usain Bolt is "the world's fastest man" because he has the record for the 100 meter sprint at 9.58 seconds. But could runners go faster? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez explores the science of extreme sprinting speed.




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Deconstructing Swiss & Japanese Movement Watches

Professional watchmaker Ryan Jewell breaks down two different Carpenter watches; one watch with Japanese movement and another with Swiss movement.




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Why Solving a Rubik's Cube in Under 3 Seconds is Almost Impossible

The current world record for solving a Rubik's cube is 3.47 seconds. Could it be faster? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez explores the mind-boggling math and finger-twisting world of speed cubing.




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Real Nutrition for Real Recovery Explained | WIRED Brand Lab

BRANDED CONTENT | Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for BUILT WITH CHOCOLATE MILK Serious athletes turn to lowfat chocolate milk as a post-workout recovery beverage. Learn more about the science behind the recovery.




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Why Some Cities Are Banning Facial Recognition Technology

A handful of US cities have banned government use of facial recognition technology due to concerns over its accuracy and privacy. WIRED's Tom Simonite talks with computer vision scientist and lawyer Gretchen Greene about the controversy surrounding the use of this technology.




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Measurement and simulation of radiofrequency emissions from telecommunications transmitters / Phillip John Knipe

Knipe, Phillip John, author




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Out from the shadows [videorecording] / produced by Rosemarie Reed Productions, Ltd. ; producer/director, Rosemarie Reed ; writers, Rosemarie Reed, Michael Wachholz




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Entropy demystified : the second law reduced to plain common sense / Arieh Ben-Naim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Ben-Naim, Arieh, 1934- author




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Quantum states and scattering in semiconductor nanostructures / Camille Ndebeka-Bandou, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, Francesca Carosella, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France, Gérald Bastard, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France

Ndebeka-Bandou, Camille, 1987- author




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Latest News: National Recording Registry Announced

The gentle sounds of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” Russ Hodges’ thrilling play-by-play of the National League tiebreaker between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951, the Village People’s international dance anthem, “Y.M.C.A.,” “Cheap Trick at Budokan” and the original 1964 Broadway cast recording of “Fiddler on the Roof” are among the newest recordings inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today named these and 20 other recordings as aural treasures worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historical and aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage.

Click here for more information.




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The Promise and limits of private power [electronic resource] : promoting labor standards in a global economy / Richard M. Locke

Locke, Richard M., 1959-




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Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate, Economics Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Economics Legislation Committee, author




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Treasury Laws Amendment (Recovering Unpaid Superannuation) Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate, Economics Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Economics Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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Eurasian Business Perspectives [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 22nd Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference / edited by Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin, Hakan Danis, Ender Demir, Ugur Can




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Work Analysis in the Knowledge Economy [electronic resource]: Documenting What People Do in the Workplace for Human Resource Development

Jacobs, Ronald L




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Becoming a better boss [electronic resource] : why good management is so difficult / Julian Birkinshaw

Birkinshaw, Julian M., author




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Becoming an extraordinary manager [electronic resource] : the 5 essentials for success / Len Sandler

Sandler, Len, 1946-




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The new manager mindset [electronic resource] : become a trusted, respected, and reputable leader / Robert Hoekman Jr

Hoekman, Robert, author




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Linear regression : a mathematical introduction / Damodar N. Gujarati (Professor Emeritus of Economics, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY)

Gujarati, Damodar N., author




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Schaum's outline of theory and problems of statistics and econometrics / Dominick Salvatore, Ph.D., Derrick Reagle, Ph.D

Salvatore, Dominick, author




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Financial and tax practices of for-profit aged care providers / The Senate, Economics References Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Economics References Committee, author, issuing body




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Knowing emotions : truthfulness and recognition in affective experience / Rick Anthony Furtak

Furtak, Rick Anthony, author




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Decolonizing research : indigenous storywork as methodology / edited by Jo-ann Archibald Q'um Q'um Xiiem, Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan and Jason De Santolo ; with a foreword by Linda Tuhiwai Smith




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Getting the National Redress Scheme right : an overdue step towards justice / Joint Select Committee on oversight of the implementation of redress related recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Australia. Parliament. Joint Select Committee on oversight of the implementation of redress related recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, author, issuing body




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Class and power in Roman Palestine : the socioeconomic setting of Judaism and Christian origins / Anthony Keddie

Keddie, G. Anthony, author




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Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Extend Family Assistance to ABSTUDY Secondary School Boarding Students Aged 16 and Over) Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate, Community Affairs Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Community Affairs Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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Queens of Syria [videorecording]




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Economic and ecological implications of shifting cultivation in Mizoram, India Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

Online Resource




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The Holocene and Anthropocene environmental history of Mexico: a paleoecological approach on Mesoamerica / edited by Nuria Torrescano- Valle, Gerald A. Islebe, Priyadarsi D. Roy

Online Resource




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Primer on enhanced oil recovery / Vladimir Vishnyakov [and more]

Online Resource




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Hydraulic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs: theories, operations, and economic analysis / Hoss Belyadi, Ebrahim Fathi, Fatemeh Belyadi

Online Resource




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Heavy oil recovery and upgrading / James G. Speight

Online Resource




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Subaqueous mass movements and their consequences: assessing geohazards, environmental implications and economic significance of subaqueous landslides / edited by D.G. Lintern [and thirteen others]

Dewey Library - QE39.S83 2019




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Geoecology of landscape dynamics Seema Sahdev, R. B. Singh, Manish Kumar, editors

Online Resource




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Reversibly-regulated drug release using poly(tannic acid) fabricated nanocarriers for reduced secondary side effects in tumor therapy

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00032A, Communication
Chao Chen, Tonghao Ma, Wen Tang, Xiaoli Wang, Yibing Wang, Jiafeng Zhuang, Yucheng Zhu, Ping Wang
This article introduced a reversibly pH-responsive and targeting nanocarrier based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles which could be utilized to reduce the “secondary” side effects on normal tissues.
To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.
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Reconfigurable all-dielectric Fano metasurfaces for strong full-space intensity modulation of visible light

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00139B, Communication
Open Access
Sun-Je Kim, Inki Kim, Sungwook Choi, Hyojin Yoon, Changhyun Kim, Yohan Lee, Chulsoo Choi, Junwoo Son, Yong Wook Lee, Junsuk Rho, Byoungho Lee
We demonstrated strong full-space modulation of visible intensities based on Fano resonances in all-dielectric VO2 metasurface gratings.
To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.
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A GFP-chromophore-based C3V-symmetric tripodal receptor with selective recognition of Hg(II), Fe(III) and Cr(III)

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00108B, Research Article
Chun-Yen Chou, Robert Sung, Wei-Luen Chang, Kuangsen Sung
A novel green-fluorescent-protein-chromophore-based tripodal receptor 1 is synthesized. Its single crystal X-ray diffraction structure looks like a straight, long tube with one end closed. The diameter of the inner cavity...
The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry




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[ASAP] Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Oleic Acid-Modified Titania Nanofluids: Underlying Mechanisms and Oil-Displacement Performance

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00594




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[ASAP] Low Salinity Polymer Flooding: Effect on Polymer Rheology, Injectivity, Retention, and Oil Recovery Efficiency

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00393




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Kerala: One new case; 10 recoveries in Kannur

Only one Covid-19 positive case was reported in the state on Friday. With 10 more recoveries, the total active cases in the state has come down to 16. The positive case has been reported from Ernakulam as a woman who had arrived from Chennai for kidney treatment was confirmed to have contracted the virus.




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Mémoires occupées: fictions françaises et Seconde Guerre mondiale / Marc Dambre (éd.) avec le concours de Christopher D. Lloyd et Richard J. Golsan

Online Resource




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French écocritique: reading contemporary French theory and fiction ecologically / Stephanie Posthumus

Hayden Library - PQ307.E26 P67 2017




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Journal of a homecoming: Cahier d'un retour au pays natal / Aimé Césaire ; translated by N. Gregson Davis ; introduction, commentary, and notes by F. Abiola Irele

Hayden Library - PQ3949.C44 C3413 2017




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Patron Services: Civil Rights in the 20th Century: Personal Papers and Organizational Records in the Manuscript Division

In this session, Manuscript Reference Librarian Edith Sandler will demonstrate how to search for and access personal papers and organizational records documenting the history of the civil rights movement in the 20th century. Time will be included at the end of the session for Q&A about research strategies or steps on specific research projects. All researchers are welcome.

Please note that the maximum class size is 30 researchers unless otherwise indicated.

Individuals requiring accommodations for any of these events are requested to submit a request at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

Patrons are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes prior to the orientation. Seating is available on a first-come basis. Registration does not guarantee entry after the orientation start time.

For more information, please visit: https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/satorient/

 

Date: Saturday, January 25, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST

 

Location: Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ-139B

 

Click here for more information and to register.

 

Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

 

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What Doctors Need to Fulfill the Promise of Electronic Health Records

In this week’s episode of On the Evidence, Genna Cohen and Llew Brown, who research and work with electronic health records (EHRs) at Mathematica, discuss challenges in adopting EHRs as well as what to do about them.




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The Journey to Becoming Data Driven

Too many conversations about the promise of using data to drive decisions lead with new steps, new requirements, new resource needs, and new expectations that are simply out of reach for too many. It doesn’t have to be that way.