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AI-driven dataset to reveal new insights around diabetes




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INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLE OF TRANSITION AND NOBLE METALS MEDIATING PHOTOCHEMICAL VAPOR GENERATION

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00261J, Tutorial Review
Open Access
Ralph E Sturgeon, Enea Pagliano, Gisele Simone Lopes, Renato Neto, Jane Kelly Sousa Brito
Abstract The recent expansion of the suite of elements amenable to photochemical vapor generation (PVG) is primarily linked to the addition of mg/L concentrations of selected transition metals (TMs) to...
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Projektmanagement – Definitions and Quick Insights

Projects happen to be critical to the innovation of any business and also its particular capability to provide consumers with benefit. Find explanations and quick insights to popular projektmanagement topics collectively www.trust-advisory.de/treffen-von-projektmanagemententscheidungen-nach-sitzungssaal/ with best practice tips from the APM Body system of Knowledge 7th Edition. Content articles Easily method projects currently taking previous track record […]




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Insights on India’s household sector

The report notes a shift in financial savings towards life insurance and equities, with a projected rise in equity holdings evidenced by the rapid surge in demat accounts




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New insight into π–π interactions: realization of full color emission from blue to red under hydrostatic pressure without exogenous intramolecular charge transfer

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17377-17385
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03810J, Communication
Aisen Li, Jiaqiang Wang, Changjiang Bi, Zirun Chen, Shuping Xu, Kai Wang, Jinfeng Wang, Zhen Li
A new strategy to disclose the relationship between π–π stacking without exogenous ICT and photophysical properties was propounded through the construction of smart piezochromic materials with a discrete π–π dimer and high-pressure technique.
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Microplastics encapsulation in aragonite: efficiency, detection and insight into potential environmental impacts

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00004H, Paper
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Nives Matijaković Mlinarić, Katarina Marušić, Antun Lovro Brkić, Marijan Marciuš, Tamara Aleksandrov Fabijanić, Nenad Tomašić, Atiđa Selmani, Eva Roblegg, Damir Kralj, Ivana Stanić, Branka Njegić Džakula, Jasminka Kontrec
This study confirms encapsulation of nontreated and humic acid treated polystyrene and polyethylene microplastics into aragonite, main building block of coral skeleton.
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Taking State-Capacity Research to the Field: Insights from Collaborations with Tax Authorities [electronic journal].




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Store expensiveness and consumer saving: Insights from a new decomposition of price dispersion [electronic journal].




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Social capital and the spread of Covid-19: Insights from European countries [electronic journal].




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Child Care and Human Development: Insights from Jewish History in Central and Eastern Europe, 1500-1930 [electronic journal].




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Insights into the modulation mechanisms of multiple active sites in a conjugated small molecule towards organic cathode capacity from first-principles

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00547C, Research Article
Zhaopeng Sun, Hao Tian, Meng Zhang, Yi Zhang, Zhiping Li, Weiwei Huang
The modulation mechanisms of Na+ within the redox-active sites of the two-dimensional conjugated organic small-molecule 3BQ, and their impact on the initial capacity of a 3BQ cathode for Na-ion batteries, were investigated using first-principles calculations.
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Festivals, agriculture, elections set to boost India's oil demand: S&P Global Commodity Insights

According to the commodities information services provider, India's oil demand decreased in September on a yearly basis, due to above normal rainfall, which affected road movement, construction, and mining activities




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Mountain rides, mindfulness and insightful reading

Start your day with InsuranceDekho CTO Ish Babbar’s morning mindfulness routine: deep breathing, stretching, running & more




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Truly insightful: Gautam Adani hosts envoys from EU, Belgium, Denmark and Germany




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Insights into the photoinduced anion translocation of the Donor-π-Acceptor+(ion)- molecules

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04738A, Edge Article
Open Access
Hao-Ting Qu, Iida Partanen, Kai-Hsin Chang, Yan-Ding Lin, Igor O Koshevoy, Andrey Belyaev, Pi-Tai Chou
By strategic design and synthesis of a new series of phosphonium salts (compounds 1–7[OTf]), where [OTf]- stands for the trifluoromethanesulfonate anion, we performed comprehensive spectroscopic and dynamic studies on the...
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Bridge Editing of Spin-Flip Emitters gives Insight into Excited State Energies and Dynamics

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05860G, Edge Article
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Florian Reichenauer, Robert Naumann, Christoph Förster, Winald Robert Robert Kitzmann, Antti-Pekka M. Reponen, Sascha Feldmann, Katja Heinze
Six-coordinate chromium(III) complexes with high spin-flip (SF) photoluminescence quantum yields and lifetimes (molecular rubies) have attracted huge interest in the past years due to their applicability in sensing, photocatalysis or...
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Correction: Deciphering hepatoma cell resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors: insights from a Liver-on-a-Chip model unveiling tumor endothelial cell mechanisms

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC90093F, Correction
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Madhu Shree Poddar, Yu-De Chu, Chau-Ting Yeh, Cheng-Hsien Liu
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Insights from data with R [electronic resource] : an introduction for the life and environmental sciences / Owen L. Petchey, Andrew P. Beckerman, Natalie Cooper, Dylan Z. Childs.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.




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Converging optical and electrochemical detection strategies for multimodal hydrazine sensing: insights into substituent-driven diverse response

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00063C, Paper
Rikitha S. Fernandes, Sahil Deepak Vasistha, Ritesh Kumar Singh, Sanket Goel, Nilanjan Dey
A pair of pyrene-based chalcogen derivatives have been developed, which demonstrate multimodal ratiometric response towards hydrazine.
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Design, synthesis and mechanistic insights into triclosan derived dimers as potential anti-plasmodials

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00494A, Research Article
Shekhar, Shefali Chowdhary, Joel Mosnier, Isabelle Fonta, Bruno Pradines, Vipan Kumar
In pursuit of novel anti-plasmodial agents, a library of triclosan-based dimers both with and without a 1H-1,2,3 triazole core were designed, synthesized and evaluated in order to achieve a multitargeted approach.
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Medicinal chemistry-based perspective on thiophene and its derivatives: Exploring the structural insights to discover plausible druggable leads

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00450G, Review Article
Shikha Thakur, Devendra Kumar, shivani jaiswal, Kapil Kumar Goel, Pramod Rawat, Vivek Srivastava, Sonia Dhiman, Hemant R Jadhav, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi
Thiophene is a privileged pharmacophore in medicinal chemistry owing to its diversified biological attributes. The thiophene moiety has been ranked 4th in US FDA drug approval of small drug molecules,...
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Co-assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Gold Nanorods: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Modelling

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00871E, Paper
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Jiaxin Hou, William W Sampson, Ahu Gumrah Dumanli
A coarse-grained molecular dynamics model is developed to explore the co-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and gold nanorods (AuNRs) under sedimentation conditions with varying vol- umetric concentration and particle-size ratios....
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Reflections on Practice : Insights / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Mechanistic insight into the dehydrogenation reaction catalyzed by an MLC catalyst with dual ancillary ligand sites

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01767F, Research Article
Gui-Xiang Zhou, Cheng Hou
This study reveals a mechanism in which a ruthenium complex catalyst improves catalytic efficiency and lowers the energy barrier in the dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol by dynamically switching ligand sites.
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Theoretical insights into Pd-catalyzed dual γ-1,1-C(sp3)–H activation of aliphatic carboxylic acids: mechanistic pathways, substituent influence on product selectivity, diastereoselectivity, and additive effects

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6393-6410
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01451K, Research Article
Jiaoyang Liu, Li-juan Huang, Zeang Sun, Juan Li
DFT calculations were employed to explore the detailed reaction mechanism and the origins of the experimentally observed product, regio-, and diastereoselectivities in the Pd-catalyzed dual-γ-1,1-C(sp3)–H activation of aliphatic carboxylic acids.
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Mechanistic insights into rhodium-catalyzed C−H activation and annulation using vinyl acetate to access cinnolines and cinnolin-4(1H)-ones

Org. Chem. Front., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01734J, Research Article
Yuqin Wang, Yiling Zeng, Ya-Nan Tian, Zheng Liu, Jinhua Wang, Shuyou Chen, Shiqing Li
Transition metal-catalyzed C−H activation and annulation involving vinyl acetate remains a significant challenge, and the mechanistic process following vinyl insertion is ambiguous. Herein, we report the Rh(III)-catalyzed two-fold C−H activation...
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Bisphenol A (BPA) toxicity assessment and insights into current remediation strategies

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35128-35162
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA05628K, Review Article
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Joshua O. Ighalo, Setyo Budi Kurniawan, Banlambhabok Khongthaw, Junaidah Buhari, P. K. Chauhan, Jordana Georgin, Dison Stracke Pfingsten Franco
To mitigate the toxic effects of BPA, there is a need to utilize hybrid remediation strategies for its removal from the aqueous environment.
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Exploring heterocyclic scaffolds in carbonic anhydrase inhibition: a decade of structural and therapeutic insights

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35769-35970
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06290F, Review Article
Open Access
Nafeesa Naeem, Amina Sadiq, Gehan Ahmed Othman, Habab M. Yassin, Ehsan Ullah Mughal
Heterocyclic compounds represent a prominent class of molecules with diverse pharmacological activities.
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Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Oxidative Biaryl Coupling to form Arylomycin Core by an Engineered CYP450

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02197E, Paper
Vandana Kardam, Vaibhav Bhatt, Kshatresh Dubey
Arylomycin, a potent antibiotic targeting bacterial signal peptidases, is difficult to synthesize experimentally due to its poor to moderate yields and the formation of a mixture of compounds. A recent...
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An insightful study on the reduction and extraction of neptunium assisted by molybdenum

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17909-17917
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02547D, Paper
Huaixin Hao, Yaoyang Liu, Hong Cao, Zhipeng Wang, Chao Xu, Jing Chen
Mo dramatically boosts the extraction of Np(V) by TRPO through the catalytic reduction effect in both the aqueous phase and organic phase.
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Heavy metal leaching from stormwater control measures – insights into field and lab prestressed media and road-deposited sediments

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00388H, Paper
Open Access
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Philipp Stinshoff, Yannic Henn, Steffen H. Rommel, Brigitte Helmreich
Heavy metals bound to filter media from stormwater control measures can leach out under unfavorable conditions. The potential overestimation due to different prestressing (lab vs. field) was evaluated with respect to the potential mobile fraction.
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Techno-economic insights and deployment prospects of permanent carbon dioxide sequestration in solid carbonates

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8756-8775
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03166K, Paper
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Andreas Mühlbauer, Dominik Keiner, Christian Breyer
While a rapid defossilisation of the energy system is the highest priority, additional post-fossil CDR for net-negative emissions will be necessary. Routes for mineralisation (in situ-, ex situ mineralisation, enhanced rock weathering) are examined.
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Unravelling the potential of yolkin for nutraceutical use: the origin, structure, and functional insights of a hen egg yolk polypeptide complex

Food Funct., 2024, 15,10746-10760
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03023K, Paper
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Aleksandra Zambrowicz, Katarzyna Kapczyńska, Paweł Kania, Jakub Stanisław Nowak, Marta Kaszowska, Katarzyna Szymczak-Kulus, Wioletta Kazana-Płuszka, Marta Piksa, Sabina Górska, Dominika Jakubczyk, Józefa Macała, Agnieszka Zabłocka
The nutraceutical potential of yolkin health benefits from hen egg yolk.
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Mechanistic insights into EGCG's preventive effects on obesity-induced precocious puberty through multi-omics analyses

Food Funct., 2024, 15,11169-11185
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03844D, Paper
Qiuyun Gu, Qiujv Du, Lina Xia, Xiaoting Lu, Xiaoqing Wan, Ying Shao, Jieyi He, Peiying Wu
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) has demonstrated potential effects on obesity-induced precocious puberty, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
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United Flavours: An insightful journey of camera buffs




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Hydrogenation of sulfoxides to sulfides mediated by incomplete cubane-type Mo3S4 clusters: synthetic applications and mechanistic insights

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00987H, Paper
Juanjo Mateu-Campos, María Gutiérrez-Blanco, Eva Guillamón, Vicent S. Safont, Rosa Llusar
Air-stable diamino Mo3S4 clusters are efficient catalysts for the late-stage functionalization of drugs and other valuable products containing sulfide moieties.
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Mechanistic insights into the oxidative coupling of methane over a Li/MgO catalyst: an experimental and microkinetic modeling study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01132E, Paper
Zaili Xiong, Jijun Guo, Yuwen Deng, Meirong Zeng, Zhandong Wang, Zhongyue Zhou, Wenhao Yuan, Fei Qi
This study investigates the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) using a Li/MgO catalyst in a packed bed reactor.
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New insights into influences of initial oxidization states on dynamic reconstruction of Cu catalysts and C–C coupling in CO2 reduction

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6224-6232
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00781F, Paper
Chen Qin, Xuheng Li, Haoyang Li, Ting Wang, Xue Zhang, Yuyao Wang, Fuping Pan, Kai-Jie Chen
The spontaneous oxidization/reduction of the Cu surface occurs during CO2 reduction, resulting in the dynamic evolution of i-CuOx species. The in situ formed i-CuOx plays decisive roles in promoting C–C coupling.
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Theoretical insights into Pt–Rh alloy nanoparticles: stability, elemental distribution, and catalytic mechanisms for NO + CO reactions

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6286-6297
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00755G, Paper
Yuzheng Li, Xianbao Duan, Zhang Liu, Caoran Li, Fangwen Ye, Zhihong Zhang, Liuqing Chen, Chun Du, Qingbo Wang, Bin Shan
Pt–Rh alloy nanoparticles featuring surfaces with both Pt and Rh atoms are poised to demonstrate bifunctional catalytic prowess in the NO + CO reaction.
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Combining computational and experimental studies to gain mechanistic insights for n-butane isomerisation with a model microporous catalyst

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01035C, Paper
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Matthew E. Potter, Lucas Spiske, Philipp N. Plessow, Evangeline B. McShane, Marina Carravetta, Alice E. Oakley, Takudzwa Bere, James H. Carter, Bart D. Vandegehuchte, Kamila M. Kaźmierczak, Felix Studt, Robert Raja
Using a model microporous catalyst, the influence of acid site density and partial pressure is explored in alkane isomerisation. Combining with DFT calculations shows the role of olefins in this industrially important catalytic process.
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Insight into the influence of Re and Cl on Ag catalysts in ethylene epoxidation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00858H, Paper
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Claudia J. Keijzer, Pim T. Weide, Kristiaan H. Helfferich, Justyna Zieciak, Marco de Ridder, Remco Dalebout, Tracy L. Lohr, John R. Lockemeyer, Peter van den Brink, Petra E. de Jongh
Crystalline AgReO4 was formed in Re-promoted Ag catalysts. The effect of Re on catalysis and EO isomerization was tested without and with the industrially relevant ethyl chloride. EO isomerization was greatly affected by both Re and Cl.
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BP/GaN and BP/GaP core/shell nanowires: theoretical insights into photovoltaic and gas-sensing abilities

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20235-20251
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02602K, Paper
Rishit S. Shukla, Vidit B. Zala, Sanjeev K. Gupta, P. N. Gajjar
BP/GaN and BP/GaP core/shell nanowires (CSNWs) show good sensitivity for some small oxide gases. Also, BP/GaP CSNWs show >33% photovoltaic conversion efficiency.
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Rationalization of the light-induced electron injection mechanism in a model 1D ZnO nanowire-dye complex: insights from real-time TD-DFTB simulations

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20280-20287
DOI: 10.1039/D3NR06557J, Paper
Dalma M. Márquez, Carlos R. Lien-Medrano, Germán J. Soldano, Cristián G. Sánchez
Zinc oxide nanowires (ZnO NWs) possess a unique one-dimensional (1D) morphology that offers a direct pathway for charge transport.
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Insights into the electrochemical catalytic mechanism of atomically dispersed metal on h-BCN monolayer

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02845G, Paper
Na Zhou, Yanning Wang, Jiao Wang, Panchao Zhao, Hang Zhang
Exploiting efficient and inexpensive electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of great significance for the rapid development of renewable energy technologies.
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Enhancing antioxidant properties of CeO2 nanoparticles with Nd3+ doping: structural, biological, and machine learning insights

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2108-2120
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02107F, Paper
Oscar Ceballos-Sanchez, Diego E. Navarro-López, Jorge L. Mejía-Méndez, Gildardo Sanchez-Ante, Vicente Rodríguez-González, Angélica Lizeth Sánchez-López, Araceli Sanchez-Martinez, Sergio M. Duron-Torres, Karla Juarez-Moreno, Naveen Tiwari, Edgar R. López-Mena
The antioxidant capabilities of nanoparticles are contingent upon various factors, including their shape, size, and chemical composition.
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Dyslexia in many languages [electronic resource] : insights, interactions, and interventions / edited by Gad Elbeheri, Gavin Reid and Angela Fawcett.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge , 2025.




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Arshdeep shares insights on death-overs bowling

Young Arshdeep Singh is getting better continuously, and the left-arm seamer has attributed this to his ability to keep things simple and stay level-headed in pressure situations, which has helped him evolve into a death-overs specialist.




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Structural insight into the recognition of pathogen-derived phosphoglycolipids by C-type lectin receptor DCAR [Protein Structure and Folding]

The C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) form a family of pattern recognition receptors that recognize numerous pathogens, such as bacteria and fungi, and trigger innate immune responses. The extracellular carbohydrate-recognition domain (CRD) of CLRs forms a globular structure that can coordinate a Ca2+ ion, allowing receptor interactions with sugar-containing ligands. Although well-conserved, the CRD fold can also display differences that directly affect the specificity of the receptors for their ligands. Here, we report crystal structures at 1.8–2.3 Å resolutions of the CRD of murine dendritic cell-immunoactivating receptor (DCAR, or Clec4b1), the CLR that binds phosphoglycolipids such as acylated phosphatidyl-myo-inositol mannosides (AcPIMs) of mycobacteria. Using mutagenesis analysis, we identified critical residues, Ala136 and Gln198, on the surface surrounding the ligand-binding site of DCAR, as well as an atypical Ca2+-binding motif (Glu-Pro-Ser/EPS168–170). By chemically synthesizing a water-soluble ligand analog, inositol-monophosphate dimannose (IPM2), we confirmed the direct interaction of DCAR with the polar moiety of AcPIMs by biolayer interferometry and co-crystallization approaches. We also observed a hydrophobic groove extending from the ligand-binding site that is in a suitable position to interact with the lipid portion of whole AcPIMs. These results suggest that the hydroxyl group-binding ability and hydrophobic groove of DCAR mediate its specific binding to pathogen-derived phosphoglycolipids such as mycobacterial AcPIMs.




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Transform 2016: A refugee’s prayer - An insight into short-term refugee ministry

Meeting Christian refugees praying for European governments made a deep impression on a Transform participant. For another, the term ‘refugee’ got a whole new meaning.




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Insights & Advice from a Music Life Coach

This week, we welcome Joanne Janzen, an Edmonton-based music life coach who also hosts her own podcast, fittingly titled The Music Life Coach Podcast. In this enlightening conversation with Jo, she teaches us what exactly a music life coach does and how she became one while also navigating her own career as a professional musician. We then get into career development, psychology, mental health, live performance, and how Jo's work differs from and complements that of an artist manager. She also gives us some tips on professional networking and developing a "personal mindset strategy" to propel your career forward.

http://musiclifecoach.joannejanzen.com/ http://canadianmusician.com