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Podcast: Saving wolves that aren’t really wolves, bird-human partnership, and our oldest common ancestor

Stories on birds that guide people to honey, genes left over from the last universal common ancestor, and what the nose knows about antibiotics, with Devi Shastri.  The Endangered Species Act—a 1973 U.S. law designed to protect animals in the country from extinction—may need a fresh look. The focus on “species” is the problem. This has become especially clear when it comes to wolves—recent genetic information has led to government agencies moving to delist the grey wolf. Robert Wayne helps untangle the wolf family tree and talks us through how a better understanding of wolf genetics may trouble their protected status.  [Image: Claire N. Spottiswoode/Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Podcast: The archaeology of democracy, new additions to the uncanny valley, and the discovery of ant-ibiotics

This week, what bear-mounted cameras can tell us about their caribou-hunting habits, ants that mix up their own medicine, and feeling alienated by emotional robots with Online News Editor David Grimm. And Lizzie Wade joins Sarah Crespi to discuss new thinking on the origins of democracy outside of Europe, based on archeological sites in Mexico. Listen to previous podcasts. Download the show transcript. Transcripts courtesy of Scribie.com. [Image: rpbirdman/iStockphoto; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Why eggs have such weird shapes, doubly domesticated cats, and science balloons on the rise

This week we have stories on the new capabilities of science balloons, connections between deforestation and drug trafficking in Central America, and new insights into the role ancient Egypt had in taming cats with Online News Editor David Grimm. Sarah Crespi talks to Mary Caswell Stoddard about why bird eggs come in so many shapes and sizes. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image:; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Paying cash for carbon, making dogs friendly, and destroying all life on Earth

This week we have stories on the genes that may make dogs friendly, why midsized animals are the fastest, and what it would take to destroy all the life on our planet with Online News Editor David Grimm. Sarah Crespi talks to Seema Jayachandran about paying cash to Ugandan farmers to not cut down trees—does it reduce deforestation in the long term? Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Kerrick/iStockphoto; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Randomizing the news for science, transplanting genetically engineered skin, and the ethics of experimental brain implants

This week we hear stories on what to do with experimental brain implants after a study is over, how gene therapy gave a second skin to a boy with a rare epidermal disease, and how bone markings thought to be evidence for early hominid tool use may have been crocodile bites instead, with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic. Sarah Crespi interviews Gary King about his new experiment to bring fresh data to the age-old question of how the news media influences the public. Are journalists setting the agenda or following the crowd? How can you know if a news story makes a ripple in a sea of online information? In a powerful study, King’s group was able to publish randomized stories on 48 small and medium sized news sites in the United States and then track the results.  Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Chad Sparkes/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Odd new particles may be tunneling through the planet, and how the flu operates differently in big and small towns

Hoping to spot subatomic particles called neutrinos smashing into Earth, the balloon-borne Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) detector has circled the South Pole four times. ANITA has yet to detect those particles, but it has twice seen oddball radio signals that could be evidence of something even weirder: some heavier particle unknown to physicists’ standard model, burrowing up through Earth. Science writer Adrian Cho joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the possibility that this reading could lead to a big change in physics. Next, host Meagan Cantwell asks researcher Ben Dalziel what makes a bad—or good—flu year. Traditionally, research has focused on two factors: climate, which impacts how long the virus stays active after a sneeze or cough, and changes in the virus itself, which can influence its infectiousness. But these factors don’t explain every pattern. Dalziel, a population biologist in the Departments of Integrative Biology and Mathematics at Oregon State University in Corvallis, explains how humidity and community size shape the way influenza spreads. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Stuart Rankin/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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How measles wipes out immune memory, and detecting small black holes

Measles is a dangerous infection that can kill. As many as 100,000 people die from the disease each year. For those who survive infection, the virus leaves a lasting mark—it appears to wipe out the immune system’s memory. News Intern Eva Fredrick joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about a pair of studies that looked at how this happens in children’s immune systems. Read the related studies in Science and Science Immunology. In our second segment this week, Sarah talks with Todd Thompson, of Ohio State University in Columbus, about his effort to find a small black hole in a binary pair with a red giant star. Usually black holes are detected because they are accruing matter and as the matter interacts with the black hole, x-rays are released. Without this flashy signal, black hole detection gets much harder. Astronomers must look for the gravitational influence of the black holes on nearby stars—which is easier to spot when the black hole is massive. Thompson talks with Sarah about a new approach to finding small, noninteracting black holes. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Ads on this week’s show: Bayer Download a transcript (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast




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Crystallography and Crystal Defects, 3rd Edition


 

The classic book that presents a unified approach to crystallography and the defects found within crystals, revised and updated

This new edition of Crystallography and Crystal Defectsexplains the modern concepts of crystallography in a clear, succinct manner and shows how to apply these concepts in the analyses of point, line and planar defects in crystalline materials. 

Fully revised and updated, this book now includes:



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Pics: Sai Pallavi is the epitome of elegance

Sai Pallavi is celebrating her 28th birthday on Saturday (May 9) and on the special occasion, check out some of her eye-popping pics in sarees. She certainly looks like the epitome of elegance and grace in the six-yard staple.




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Former Delhi Police Commissioner recalls the day terror struck Parliament

Nearly 20 years ago, when a suicide squad stormed the complex, the author was among the first to appear on the scene.




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REVEALED: How much India <em>really</em> spends on defence

'India is ahead only of Pakistan in the amount spent on each soldier a year.'




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'I feel Chintu will call any moment'

'When Chintu told me about his plans to go to Delhi in February for a wedding, I advised him against it.'




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A bimetallic PtPd hybrid nanostructure-amplified enzyme-free conductometric immunoassay for lipocalin-2 in renal cell carcinoma on an interdigitated micro-comb electrode

Anal. Methods, 2020, 12,1988-1994
DOI: 10.1039/C9AY02525A, Paper
Chaoqun Huang, Fengling Zhang, Qingshui Wang, Yao Lin, Jiyi Huang
A new enzyme-free conductometric immunoassay based on bimetallic PtPd hybrid nanostructures was developed for the sensitive determination of lipocalin-2 in renal cell carcinoma.
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Recent advance in the analysis methodologies for microplastics in aquatic organisms: Current knowledge and research challenges

Anal. Methods, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0AY00143K, Minireview
Jingkun Zhu, Can Wang
The widespread occurrence and high bioavailability of microplastics have increasingly attracted wide attention to society. Because of the presence of microplastics in aquatic organisms, it is necessary to investigate their...
The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry




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Versatile additively manufactured (3D printed) wall-jet flow cell for high performance liquid chromatography-amperometric analysis: application to the detection and quantification of new psychoactive substances (NBOMes)

Anal. Methods, 2020, 12,2152-2165
DOI: 10.1039/D0AY00500B, Paper
Open Access
Hadil M. Elbardisy, Eduardo M. Richter, Robert D. Crapnell, Michael P. Down, Peter G. Gough, Tarek S. Belal, Wael Talaat, Hoda G. Daabees, Craig E. Banks
Additive manufacturing is an emerging technology of vast applicability, receiving significant interest in a plethora of industrial and research domains as it allows the translation of designs produced via computer software, into 3D printed objects.
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The Oxford handbook of Anglo-Saxon archaeology [electronic resource] / edited by Helena Hamerow, David A. Hinton and Sally Crawford.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.




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Introduction to Stochastic Analysis and Malliavin Calculus [electronic resource] / by Giuseppe Prato

Pisa : Scuola Normale Superiore : Imprint: Edizioni della Normale, 2014




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Image processing and pattern recognition : based on parallel shift technology / Stepan Bilan, Sergey Yuzhakov

Bilan, Stepan, 1962- author




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Information systems research : issues, methods, and practical guidelines / edited by Robert Galliers




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Recent advances in computer vision : theories and applications / Mahmoud Hassaballah, Khalid M. Hosny, editors




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Income Splitting: Opportunities and Pitfalls

In this webinar, the tax lawyers of Minden Gross LLP will provide a practical overview of income splitting strategies available today. This webinar will review in detail the various attribution rules devised to thwart income planning, and guide participants to strategies still available for safe and effective income splitting.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

May 12, 2015 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST




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Cantax Productivity Seminars - Fall 2014

Experience the productivity-boosting power of this full-day seminar! These interactive, information-packed sessions are an excellent opportunity for both new and experienced Cantax users to brush up on their "Cantax know-how" and get valuable information they need to prepare T1 personal and T2 corporate returns efficiently.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

December 10, 2014 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST
December 11, 2014 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST




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No spectators allowed at Hungarian GP

'We do believe that staging the event behind closed doors, which our fans can still watch on television, is preferable to not having a race at all.'




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Internet of vehicles: technologies and services toward smart cities: 6th International Conference, IOV 2019, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, November 18-21, 2019, Proceedings / Ching-Hsien Hsu, Sondès Kallel, Kun-Chan Lan, Zibin Zheng (eds.)

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Belly-rippers, surgical innovation and the ovariotomy controversy / Sally Frampton

Hayden Library - RG481.F73 2018




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Building a multimodal future: connecting real estate development and transportation demand management to ease gridlock / Justin B. Schor, Federico Tallis

Rotch Library - HE308.S36 2019




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Lives on the line: how the Philippines became the world's call center capital / Jeffrey J. Sallaz

Dewey Library - HE8789.P45 S35 2019




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Underground works under special conditions: proceedings of the Workshop (W1) on Underground Works Under Special Conditions, Madrid, Spain, 6-7 July 2007 / editors, Manuel Romana, Áurea Perucho, Claudio Olalla

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Worked examples for the design of concrete structures to Eurocode 2 / Tony Threlfall

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Ultrasonic treatment of light alloy melts / by G I Eskin

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Seismic loads: guide to the seismic provisions of ASCE 7-16 / Finley A. Charney, Ph.D., P.E., Thomas F. Heausler, P.E., S.E., Justin D. Marshall, Ph.D., P.E

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Architecting networked engineered systems: manufacturing systems design for industry 4.0 / Jelena Milisavljevic-Syed, Janet K. Allen, Sesh Commuri, Farrokh Mistree

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Case studies in implementing cross-asset, multi-objective resource allocation / Spy Pond Partners LLC, High Street Consulting Group LLC, Burns & McDonnell

Barker Library - TE7.N275 no.921




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A nation on the line: call centers as postcolonial predicaments in the Philippines / Fan M. Padios

Barker Library - HE8789.P6 P33 2018




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Tears for my sisters: the tragedy of obstetric fistula / L. Lewis Wall

Hayden Library - RG701.W35 2018




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Procurement 4.0 and the fourth industrial revolution: the opportunities and challenges of a digital world / Bernardo Nicoletti

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Lockdown | Farmers’ group demands waiver of all crop loans

AIKSCC flags impact of lockdown on procurement, sales




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A council & its crises : challenge and response in Fremantle's community during three times of crisis : the Bubonic Plague, the Great War, and the Depression era / by Michelle McKeough

McKeough, Michelle, 1966- author




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A giant tree has fallen : tributes to Ali Al'amin Mazrui / foreword, Salim Ahmed Salim ; editors, Seifudein Adem, Jideofor Adibe, Abdul Karim Bangura, Abdul Samed Bemath




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The warmth, wit and wisdom of Geoffrey Bolton [sound recording] / as recalled by Bill Bunbury

Bunbury, Bill, 1940-




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Recovering history through fact and fiction : forgotten lives / edited by Dallas John Baker, Donna Lee Brien and Nike Sulway




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Why the allies won / Richard Overy

Overy, R. J., author




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The fall of tsarism : untold stories of the February 1917 Revolution / Semion Lyandres

Lyandres, Semion, 1959- author




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The war at sea : 1914-18 : proceedings of the King-Hall Naval History Conference 2013 / edited by Andrew Forbes

King-Hall Naval History Conference (2013 : Canberra, A.C.T.)




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The Roman empire : economy, society and culture / Peter Garnsey & Richard Saller ; with Jas Elsner ... [and three others] ; and with collaboration of Marguerite Hirt

Garnsey, Peter, author




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2nd ODI: Interesting stats from the humdinger in Pallekele

Statistical highlights of the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Pallekele.






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World Cup 2019: 1st Semi-final: All the Numbers

Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers before the first World Cup Semi-final between India and New Zealand.




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Hashim Amla: One of South Africa's all-time greats

Here's a look at the South African run machine's brilliant record in international cricket, says Rajneesh Gupta.