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How ACS local sections are supporting their communities during COVID-19

ACS local sections and members are gathering lab equipment, making chemistry-themed face masks, and more to pitch in during the pandemic




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During the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals have taken unprecedented steps to disinfect N95 face masks

With protective equipment in short supply, health-care facilities are decontaminating and reusing items designed to be disposable




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During the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals have taken unprecedented steps to disinfect N95 face masks

With protective equipment in short supply, health-care facilities are decontaminating and reusing items designed to be disposable




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TCS launches AI-powered solution to detect wafer anomaly in semiconductor manufacturing

The solution harnesses the company's contextual knowledge of the semiconductor industry and the power of deep learning tech, to help chip makers digitally re-imagine their product quality assurance process. Sophisticated quality inspection of wafers during the semiconductor manufacturing process is essential to detect and classify defects early and accurately, TCS said.




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Engineering of functional skeletal tissues [electronic resource] / Felix Bronner, Mary C. Farach-Carson and Antonios G. Mikos (eds.)

London : Springer, c2007




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PwC deferring promotions, increments and bonuses of India employees, partners to take 25% pay cut

PwC India is deferring promotions, increments and bonuses for all its employees in India due to Covid impact.




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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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Eight in 10 Indian companies not currently considering permanent staff layoffs or redundancies: Korn Ferry survey

Given the government’s extensive requests on avoiding laying off employees, the majority of companies have not implemented or are not currently considering permanent staff layoff/redundancies (84%) or temporary layoff/furlough (83% without government subsidy support and 91% leveraging government subsidy).




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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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Atomic layer deposition and electrospinning for membrane surface engineering methods for water treatment: a short review

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01134J, Critical Review
Jieun Lee, In S. Kim, Moon-Hyun Hwang, Kyu-Jung Chae
With the development of water purification, the membrane process has drawn attention because of its separation efficiency. However, low rejection efficiency and flux decline driven by membrane fouling remain as...
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Sediment and biofilm affect disinfectant decay rates during long-term operation of simulated reclaimed water distribution systems

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00978G, Paper
Ni Zhu, Kris Mapili, Haniyyah Majeed, Amy Pruden, Marc A. Edwards
Unique water chemistry and operational conditions of reclaimed water distribution systems facilitated accumulation of sediment which resulted in depletion of disinfectants and microbial regrowth.
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Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Applications for the Intrinsic Chemiluminescence Production from the Degradation of Haloaromatic Pollutants during Environmentally-Friendly Advanced Oxidation Processes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00325E, Perspective
Li Mao, Hui-Ying Gao, Bo Shao, Chun-Hua Huang, Ben-Zhan Zhu
The ubiquitous distribution of halogenated aromatic compounds (XAr) coupled with their carcinogenicity has raised public concerns on their potential risks to both human health and our ecosystem. Recently, advanced oxidation...
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Emerging investigator series: formation of brominated haloacetamides from trihalomethanes during zero-valent iron reduction and subsequent booster chlorination in drinking water distribution

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1244-1255
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00977A, Paper
Pengzhou Luo, FeiFei Wang, Stuart W. Krasner, Chao Fang, Shenghua Chen, Wenhai Chu
This study investigated the transformation of a THM mixture and the change of toxicity risk in drinking water distribution systems for the first time.
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Fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during hydrothermal liquefaction of municipal wastewater treatment sludge

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1388-1399
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01139K, Paper
Jie Yu, Anastasia Nickerson, Yalin Li, Yida Fang, Timothy J. Strathmann
PFAS sorbed to sludge degrade to varying degrees when sludge is subjected to hydrothermal liquefaction for production of liquid fuel.
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714 police personnel infected with COVID-19 in Maharashtra; 194 cases of assault on cops during lockdown

As many as 98,774 cases were registered and 19,082 persons were arrested for violating prohibitory orders during the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. 




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Photoassociation of ultracold CsYb molecules and determination of interspecies scattering lengths / Alexander Guttridge

Online Resource




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Use of optical correlation techniques for characterizing scattering objects and media / Oleg V. Angelsky, Steen G. Hanson, Peter P. Maksimyak

Online Resource




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Engineering optics with MATLAB / Ting-Chung Poon, Virginia Tech, USA, Taegeun Kim, Sejong University, South Korea

Barker Library - QC454.F7 P66 2018




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Birthplace of the atomic bomb: a complete history of the Trinity Test Site / William S. Loring

Hayden Library - QC773.3.U5 L66 2019




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The formative years of relativity: the history and meaning of Einstein's Princeton lectures: featuring Einstein's classic text The meaning of relativity in its historical context / Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn

Hayden Library - QC173.6.G878 2017




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Pocket guide to rheology: a concise overview and test prep for engineering students / Xian Wen Ng

Online Resource




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Gravitational-wave astronomy: exploring the dark side of the Universe / Nils Andersson, Mathematical Sciences and STAG Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Dewey Library - QC179.A53 2020




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Covid-19: How to handle your credit card during these times

Always try to pay the full dues to avoid high interest charges




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Part 3 – Ch54 – Suffering On The Road

These are the recordings of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are published in 'The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah', 2011. This was read by Ajahn Amaro during the winter of 2012

The post Part 3 – Ch54 – Suffering On The Road appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.




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Recovering investor expectations from demand for index funds [electronic resource] / Mark L. Egan, Alexander MacKay, Hanbin Yang

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Polarization and public health [electronic resource] : partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic / Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell, Jacob C. Conway, Matthew Gentzkow, Michael Thaler, David Y. Yang

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Personality and intelligence at work [electronic resource] : exploring and explaining individual differences at work / Adrian Furnham

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008




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Greens protest over littering of public places

People have been littering a road at Babugudda by throwing waste every day even when a group of nature lovers in the city has been carrying out cleanliness drive regularly there. The group had also planted hundreds of saplings to make the area, which is adjacent to a crematorium, clean. However, people continue to throw garbage not bothering about the campaigns of greens.




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Urban ethics under conditions of crisis: politics, architecture, landscape sustainability and multidisciplinary engineering / editors, Konstantinos Moraitis, Stamatina Th. Rassia

Rotch Library - HT167.U715 2019




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Manufacturing decline: how racism and the conservative movement crush the American rust belt / Jason Hackworth

Rotch Library - HT384.U5 H34 2019




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Sites unseen: uncovering hidden hazards in American cities / Scott Frickel and James R. Elliott

Rotch Library - HT175.F74 2018




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Building Washington: engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840 / Robert J. Kapsch

Rotch Library - HT168.W3 K37 2018




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Ideas of the city in Asian settings / edited by Henco Bekkering, Adèle Esposito and Charles Goldblum

Rotch Library - HT147.A2 I34 2019




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[ASAP] Ultrasound Enhances ZD2767P–Carboxypeptidase G2 against Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer Cells by Altering the Intracellular Pharmacokinetics of ZD2767D

Molecular Pharmaceutics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00008




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[ASAP] Enhancing Safety and Efficacy by Altering the Toxic Aggregated State of Amphotericin B in Lipidic Nanoformulations

Molecular Pharmaceutics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00313




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Song spirals: sharing women's wisdom of country through songlines / Gay'wu Group of Women: Laklak Burarrwana, Ritjilili Ganambarr, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Banbapuy Ganambarr, Djawundil Maymuru, Sarah Wright, Sandie Suchet-Pearson, Kate Lloyd

STACK BOOKS DU125.Y64 G39 2019




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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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Coronavirus: TVS Electronics halts manufacturing operations till March 31

On the impact of the outbreak, the company said: "COVID-19 has affected the supply of some components to our manufacturing facilities and volume of business in 'Servicetec' segment. This is likely to impact our planned production and volume of business in excess of 10 per cent for the month of March."




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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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Allow restructuring of loans, ask raters not to downgrade: NBFCs to RBI

Mutual Funds say they didn't need to use their liquidity line fully




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Public sector banks sanctioned Rs 5.66 trn in loans during March-April: FM

During March-April 2020, PSBs sanctioned loans worth Rs 5.66 lakh cr for more than 41.81 lakh accounts




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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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[ASAP] Nonintrusive Monitoring of Mental Fatigue Status Using Epidermal Electronic Systems and Machine-Learning Algorithms

ACS Sensors
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b02451




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[ASAP] Conductometric Response-Triggered Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Accurate Gas Recognition and Monitoring Based on Oxide-wrapped Metal Nanoparticles

ACS Sensors
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00188




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[ASAP] Recent Advances in Monitoring, Sampling, and Sensing Techniques for Bioaerosols in the Atmosphere

ACS Sensors
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b02585




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[ASAP] Laser-Induced Graphene Electrochemical Immunosensors for Rapid and Label-Free Monitoring of <italic toggle="yes">Salmonella enterica</italic> in Chicken Broth

ACS Sensors
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b02345




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Re-engineering the uptake of ICT in schools / Frans Van Assche, Luis Anido, David Griffiths, Cathy Lewin, Sarah McNicol, editors ; forewords by Giovanni Biondi and Patricia Manson

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Engineering Education through Social Innovation: The Contribution of Professional Societies / by Douglas Gorham, Nnamdi Nwulu

Online Resource




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Non-wearing of masks to invite heavy fine

The city police on Friday embarked on a special awareness-cum-enforcement drive to ensure compliance with the requirement to wear face masks by all th